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10. Yep. Look how harmless that sounds. Oh, Sports! Yay sports! We all love sports, right?

Thu Feb 22, 2018, 01:16 PM

Feb 2018

How bad could it be?

Exactly. Makes it sound innocuous. Harmless. Nothin' to it! It's SPORTS! They cobbled together "sports" and "rifle," and suddenly, the whole idea of a rifle is sanded down, buffed and polished, and painted red-white-&-blue, or maybe a pretty pink - with sparkles! There's nothing horrifying or death-causing or blood-spilling or mothers-in-mourning or gory or heart aching. Sports! Fun-fun-fun! See how the perception management works?

And there's NOTHING NOTHING NOTHING fun or sporting or harmless about it. We can't smear it with actual blood, which it deserves. So we use our words, instead, and smear it all over the theater of the mind.

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"School Shooter Weapon" [View all] calimary Feb 2018 OP

I agree. Just call it what it is, "A School Shooter" FM123 Feb 2018 #1

That's a good one. Clear and simple. calimary Feb 2018 #12

The argument will be Va Tech... AncientGeezer Feb 2018 #2

Yet we're still talking GUNS. calimary Feb 2018 #8

I get your point...won't help anything but...I get it. AncientGeezer Feb 2018 #16

Get rid of those too. I've said it before and I'll say it again.... johnpowdy Feb 2018 #17

That's an option...the minute you get rid of the 2ndA AncientGeezer Feb 2018 #19

Yes,,,brilliant. dixiegrrrrl Feb 2018 #3

Yep. Look how harmless that sounds. Oh, Sports! Yay sports! We all love sports, right? calimary Feb 2018 #10

It's a weapon of terror ProudLib72 Feb 2018 #4

That's another good one. calimary Feb 2018 #11

I like my name better. Weapon of Classroom Destruction OhNo-Really Feb 2018 #5

It's DEFINITELY a WMD - a Weapon of Mass Destruction. calimary Feb 2018 #6

Excellent points OhNo-Really Feb 2018 #7

Thank you. And YOU are thinking about this stuff. And coming up with your own ways with words. calimary Feb 2018 #9

It's a Kidwhacker... Wounded Bear Feb 2018 #13

That's a good one, too. calimary Feb 2018 #14

One of the grieving dads from Parkland Florida this morning, Fred Guttenberg, had another GREAT one. calimary Feb 2018 #15

Nekkid emotional appeals certainly have their place in debate. Orsino Feb 2018 #18