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wakemewhenitsover

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12. I'm not sure if you're being sarcastic, but just in case you're not... I disagree.

Reply to cali (Reply #9)

Sat Dec 22, 2012, 10:29 AM

Dec 2012

The OP makes an excellent point about misplaced priorities in our society. Was it total inanity for Jonathan Swift to propose that the solution to poor people being a burden on society was to eat the children of poor families?

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What would it cost to put a teacher in every gun store? [View all] Coyotl Dec 2012 OP

just posted graphic Coyotl Dec 2012 #1

that's pretty bizarre mcworld Dec 2012 #2

In the last two years, we have enough unemployed educators to place four of them in each gun shop! Coyotl Dec 2012 #3

Think of the services they could provide! Reading, writing . . . hatrack Dec 2012 #7

The Basics of Probability 101 Coyotl Dec 2012 #11

And that is why "responsible gun owner" is an oxymoron. nt SunSeeker Dec 2012 #14

Very good point! Coyotl Dec 2012 #17

Is there a citation for the figures given in that cartoon? RonW2000 Dec 2012 #19

I'm sure there is. Coyotl Dec 2012 #21

Post removed Post removed Dec 2012 #18

I like the way you think! (n/t) Retrograde Dec 2012 #4

I like the way you think! ellisonz Dec 2012 #5

Numbers tell us a lot, don't they? More education is a necessity. Coyotl Dec 2012 #6

What does putting a teacher in a gun shop accomplish? OneTenthofOnePercent Dec 2012 #8

Actually my dear Polly nadinbrzezinski Dec 2012 #16

with posts like this, DU cali Dec 2012 #9

I know, a real improvement Coyotl Dec 2012 #10

I'm not sure if you're being sarcastic, but just in case you're not... I disagree. wakemewhenitsover Dec 2012 #12

We could double our national debt in a matter of a few years davidpdx Dec 2012 #13

K&R SunSeeker Dec 2012 #15

I bump into several teachers from my school district at the gun store regularly. Remmah2 Dec 2012 #20