You seem to have a logic chain of A, therefore B, therefore mugglewumpus.

Edit:
Oh, you might be confusing my guns/apples metaphor. A gun can, indeed, rust/die without killing anything.... But no gun can ever be less than a violent object of force, ever.

Baitball Blogger

(46,700 posts)

25. True. A cement mixer might give you more satisfying results if you were trying to ward

Reply to boppers (Reply #24)

Sat Jul 21, 2012, 07:57 PM

Jul 2012

off an attack. It does have some positive uses, but it also has its disadvantages.

Stand still you oily bugger!

cherokeeprogressive

(24,853 posts)

9. "you" as in who?

Reply to proud patriot (Original post)

Sat Jul 21, 2012, 06:07 PM

Jul 2012

GarroHorus

(1,055 posts)

12. Everybody who owns a gun

Reply to cherokeeprogressive (Reply #9)

Sat Jul 21, 2012, 06:14 PM

Jul 2012

Didn't you get the memo from the DU anti-gun lobby?

Everybody who owns a gun is personally responsible for what James Holmes did by virtue of owning a gun.

boppers

(16,588 posts)

18. Every Taliban member is held responsible for throwing acid at women's faces.

Reply to GarroHorus (Reply #12)

Sat Jul 21, 2012, 06:33 PM

Jul 2012

Every Al-Queda member is held responsible for 9/11.

When you join, and support, a scary cult, well, you don't get to claim "but those are the bad guys!"

GarroHorus

(1,055 posts)

19. Ah, now lawful gun owners = Taliban

Reply to boppers (Reply #18)

Sat Jul 21, 2012, 06:35 PM

Jul 2012

You do realize that's an argument a rightwingnut makes about women's health professionals, right?

boppers

(16,588 posts)

28. Human brains are stupid. We group things.

Reply to GarroHorus (Reply #19)

Sat Jul 21, 2012, 08:44 PM

Jul 2012

We then think about groups.

Baitball Blogger

(46,700 posts)

29. Human brains are not stupid. Some brains are so intelligent that they

Reply to boppers (Reply #28)

Sun Jul 22, 2012, 10:33 AM

Jul 2012

have learned how to apply subset theory to the reasoning process.

Here's a neat website that might help quite a few of us improve our reasoning skills:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fallacy

Tuesday Afternoon

(56,912 posts)

21. ~

Reply to boppers (Reply #18)

Sat Jul 21, 2012, 06:48 PM

Jul 2012

At Sat Jul 21, 2012, 06:36 PM an alert was sent on the following post:

Every Taliban member is held responsible for throwing acid at women's faces.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=994302

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This post is disruptive, hurtful, rude, insensitive, over-the-top, or otherwise inappropriate. (See <a href="http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=aboutus#communitystandards" target="_blank">Community Standards</a>.)

ALERTER'S COMMENTS:

Claims DU gun owners are the equivalent of Al-Queda or the Taliban

You served on a randomly-selected Jury of DU members which reviewed this post. The review was completed at Sat Jul 21, 2012, 06:47 PM, and the Jury voted 3-3 to LEAVE IT.

Juror #1 voted to HIDE IT and said: I have trouble taking bopper's reply seriously, but I believe the alerter's interpretation is correct.
Juror #2 voted to HIDE IT and said: Broad brush smear and epic logic fail.
Juror #3 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE and said: A stupid post, but the argument violate rules
Juror #4 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE and said: I completely disagree with bopper's reasoning. He is way off target. (unintentional pun) However, it's his opinion, and has not yet crossed the line. He's very close, however. Would not be surprised if he pushes the envelope in the next couple responses, at this rate.
Juror #5 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE and said: No explanation given
Juror #6 voted to HIDE IT and said: cult member of what? the USA? broad brush smear insult of the highest order. HIDE IT

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baldguy

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16. The Top 1% power elite only allows the rest of us to have weapons so we can kill each other

Reply to proud patriot (Original post)

Sat Jul 21, 2012, 06:30 PM

Jul 2012

and generate fear amongst us. It's a lot cheaper than employing armies of brownshirts to do the job.

proud patriot

(100,705 posts)

17. Just FYI we own a gun .. Perhaps a tweek on the wording to offend less ,

Reply to proud patriot (Original post)

Sat Jul 21, 2012, 06:31 PM

Jul 2012

We don't want your guns , we want guns to stop killing the innocent

even dropping the last two words ??? would work

Quantess

(27,630 posts)

22. Bumper stickers look kinda crappy.

Reply to proud patriot (Original post)

Sat Jul 21, 2012, 07:14 PM

Jul 2012

Bumper stickers are always a bad idea, because no matter how witty or great they seem, they make your vehicle look even trashier than it really is.

Get some really crappy tattoos from your prison pal, instead.

Tuesday Afternoon

(56,912 posts)

23. !

Reply to Quantess (Reply #22)

Sat Jul 21, 2012, 07:17 PM

Jul 2012

4th law of robotics

(6,801 posts)

26. Statistically fatties are more likely to kill people

Reply to proud patriot (Original post)

Sat Jul 21, 2012, 07:59 PM

Jul 2012

(I assume fatties is ok since gun-nuts doesn't even raise an eyebrow,broad brush smears seem all the rage these days).

Of course they don't kill others with their choices.

Except, well they do since many have kids and they pass on their problems to their kids (adult onset diabetes being relabeled type II diabetes since it is now so common in children). They are literally killing and otherwise harming an entire generation with their selfishness and ignorance.

Now I'm not saying they don't have the right to live this way. But they certainly don't have the right to murder their children with their carelessness.

/how long do you suppose that post would last?

The Doctor.

(17,266 posts)

27. Who is 'you'?

Reply to proud patriot (Original post)

Sat Jul 21, 2012, 08:11 PM

Jul 2012

Because accusing millions of people who've never harmed anyone of murder just makes you look stupid.

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