From Skeptic Overlord ATS

[Ninurta]

@"Ninurta" 

Recent politics have also raised new challenges that "old line" moderators may not even recognize.

Take the situation on ATS where there is a dedicated cadre of Brits and occasional others who argue ceaselessly on behalf
of the Left in threads about American politics...

Yes, it seems that mad King George left his pawns on the chessboard! (I ain't and never was one of them there!)

Seriously, I wonder if it just boils down to the British struggling with the right to bear arms against a self-ignorance
of what weapons are used for and actually mean. For many Brits, if there's no weapons about (a generalisation of a
perception in Britain), then surely mass-shootings and genuine accidents would be limited?

A proposal from a country who wished to keep America under its boot... you wouldn't dare suggest it unless you
ignore history and fail to grasp the concept of rights of a people to control their own country and destiny!

But... it still seems the idea of disarming oneself because an outside oppressive force requires it for their own benefit
remained just 'misunderstood.'

Which means something very scary... it means we can agree on many things and disagree on others, a notion that
doesn't fare well in the way debate is taught today. A clashing discourse was supposed to unearth treasures that could
lead to ideas of.. er, lets say, a well-rounded constitution that benefitted everyone it involved and a belief that protection
of oneself, family and country may need more than just a noisy protest or approval from a king.

Yeah, we have a bumper crop of folks here in the states now, and growing, who have no concept of personal responsibility for one's own security, or personal property, or living and let live, allowing others to decide their own mode of living and fate. I've just taken to telling them I have no weapons beyond pointy sticks, which is mostly true. I don't have nearly the collection of firearms that I once had, having settled on just the most effective ones, and let go of the rest, while simultaneously increasing my supply of knives, swords, and spears, and archery tackle.

I mean, if I don't go anywhere, I'm no danger in any way to their little monster brat kids, am I? So leave me alone with my pointy sticks and high tech slingshots, and I'll have no cause to build big boomers to fill the personal defense void...

But right now, I need more beer, 'cause there are aliens about to do battle with!

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