11 reasons why Hippies (not psychos) should rule the world!

[hunter]

19. Pacifists put down shit before the shooting starts.

Guns are a crappy tool for solving any problem.

Once the guns come out everything is FUBAR.

My ancestors ended up in the American Wild West because many of them were pacifists who wouldn't take up arms against their fellow man. They were dodging wars in Europe, a few were dodging the Civil War in the U.S..

One of my grandfathers was a conscientious objector during World War II. He wouldn't take up arms, but he did choose to build and repair Liberty and Victory ships over prison when his number came up.

We joke in our family we are pacifists by necessity; the berserker genes are strong in us.

My wife's dad was a combat medic and my own dad was a nearsighted "Radar O'Reilly" medical clerk.

In my own life I've been in many rough situations, including a few with people shooting at one another, or people threatening me with a gun, and not once would the outcomes have been improved had I myself been holding a gun. That's not because I'm incapable or inexperienced with guns.

I think it's really sad that people keep and carry guns thinking they'll be heroes someday. Guns turn ordinary human conflicts into tragedies.