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BlueMTexpat

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15. I think that

Mon May 30, 2022, 07:06 AM

May 2022

mandatory national service of some kind might also help.

But, of course, that is the "gubment" again.

People are too caught up in their own parochial interests and only listen to those who share or reinforce their own views.

National service is one way to bring people from disparate communities together and learn how their similarities are greater than their differences. Once they experience that, their view of the world generally changes for the better.

FYI: I am a Returned Peace Corps Volunteer. And proud of it!

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Switzerland: So Many Guns, No Mass Shooting [View all] BlueMTexpat May 2022 OP

We could have what other countries have, easily. Irish_Dem May 2022 #1

... BlueMTexpat May 2022 #14

We are not Switzerland. twodogsbarking May 2022 #2

No kidding, but why? róisín_dubh May 2022 #3

this is societal Novara May 2022 #4

This is so true, BlueMTexpat May 2022 #7

Please check DFW's BlueMTexpat May 2022 #13

It was a rhetorical question. róisín_dubh May 2022 #23

... BlueMTexpat May 2022 #24

Here's a non-lethal parallel. Igel May 2022 #21

Indeed. BlueMTexpat May 2022 #12

No shit Ferrets are Cool May 2022 #18

Thanks for clearing that up. We (Sweden) are also no Switzerland. Celerity May 2022 #20

Wikipedia twodogsbarking May 2022 #5

And this twodogsbarking May 2022 #6

That has to be part of a pair. It's really homicides/gun that matters. Igel May 2022 #22

My post is a video BlueMTexpat May 2022 #9

Insult taken. Exactly what is my bias and what do I need to learn? twodogsbarking May 2022 #19

Two major factors DFW May 2022 #8

Thanks, DFW! BlueMTexpat May 2022 #11

Maybe requiring these folks to have guns is the answer. They're such contrarians who so resent allegorical oracle May 2022 #10

I think that BlueMTexpat May 2022 #15

"National service" AntivaxHunters May 2022 #16

Please take into BlueMTexpat May 2022 #17