Solution to Gun Control? Reject 2nd Amendment. It is that simple.

[LuckyCharms]

97. Here's the thing:

i don't know who funds it. Who funded the campaign that turned cigarettes smokers into social outcasts? I'm brainstorming some ideas in my post. Nothing more than that.

And "education" can mean many things. For example, if you, as a Marine Combat Engineer, told me the details of what it was like to be a marine combat engineer, I would respect your experience and listen to what you had to say. I may think you are telling me the truth, I may think you are exaggerating, or I may not believe you at all. My point is, you would have my respect enough for me to at least listen to what you had to say. You wouldn't be "forcing" me to learn the complexities of being a marine combat engineer, would you? You would be educating me. I would take that education, or I would leave that education, but at the very least, you would have given me food for thought, because I have enough respect for military personnel to listen to their experience in a particular subject matter.

If a civilian in a respected and highly regarded public service position explained how he or she viewed fact vs. opinion, I would view that opinion in the same manner. Education is not about forcing a thought, it is about giving food for thought. It is not about telling people what to believe, and it is not about punishing someone if they decide not to believe you. Education is about presenting a thought in a manner that is logical and persuasive enough to get people thinking.

So, if someone politely presents a case to you, and you want to tell them to go pound sand up their ass, I guess that's fine with me. You want to tell them to fuck off? That's fine with me too. What I'm not fine with is the belligerent tone of your response when I am just quickly brainstorming some ideas. But just because I am not fine with that, I'm not going to tell you to fuck off or go pound sand up your ass.