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Politics : View from the Center and Left
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To: JohnM who wrote (211827)12/16/2012 1:07:14 PM
From: cnyndwllr  Read Replies (2) of 541009
 
"Ad hominem"?

John, I'm sorry if you viewed my post as a personal attack. I used the words "scary" with guns because guns are scary. You have a machine that's designed for killing and all it takes is a slight tension on one finger and you hold the life of another in your hands. That's the essence of the desire by most people who would support the only truly effective gun control measure to eliminate most mass killings...removing guns from circulation.

My assertion that guns weren't that scary to people like us was to make the point that many progressives don't have such a great fear of guns and might end up on the other end of that debate; refusing to support legislation that would remove most guns from circulation. I would not support such legislation and I tend to the progressive side on most issues.

As far as the "emotional" versus "rational" dichotomy; I'm guilty. I confess.

It is difficult for me to understand why a bright and logical poster, such as yourself, would be so unabashedly supportive of spending political capital while at the same time strengthening the opposition's base by standing on an issue where he could voice no specific proposal that would either accomplish his goals or have any chance of passage. Ed
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