Having some friends that hail from the tiny island on the left of the Atlantic, I've been paying attention to the situation there, apparently their newly appointed bastion of virtue has been engaging in an ongoing tussle with the fourth estate.
Now here's the rub, most people tend to read the version of the news that most aligns with their sensibilities, and judging by some of my chums on faceplant, they seem to be subscribing to Mein Kampf (or the daily version of it) here we are in the second decade of the third millennium and we are taking to regurgitating hate, bile and untruths purely because it appeals to our paradigm of the modern world. (I can confess to being tempted by some of it myself, and I have had to check myself then check the veracity, then take myself into a corner and have a stern word with myself for believing some of it).
Not to belittle the tragedy, the shooting in Florida was upsetting, even from this detached standpoint, the fact that it was more than preventable makes it worse.
Familiar text follows:
"A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed."
This is the (oh so) well quoted 2nd amendment that so many quote (whilst also advocating the trashing of the 1st amendment in many cases) to defend the ownership of firearms, OK well do something that combines the 2nd amendment and some form of gun control, why don't they refuse gun ownership to anyone not being an active member in a militia? That is what the amendment states, follow it! That should exclude people who aren't "Well regulated" (i.e. not willing to participate, unfit to wield anything sharper than a Big Mac or too enthusiastic about pointy bang sticks).
Obviously, anyone with a criminal background should be (and already supposedly is), a minimum age of 21 (as in the alcohol limitation) anyone who wishes to wave a Confederate flag could be classed as treasonous, (thus automatically excluded) anyone who believes that the U.S. won the Vietnam War (obviously their comprehension of history is indicative of their mental state). Along with "Ancient alien theorists", Holocaust deniers, people who deny the moon landings, Justin Bieber fans and Fundamentalists (any sect, partly because the word "mental " is included in the title but mainly for the really obvious reason that they are so evidently weak of mind that they just shouldn't be handed a means to force their opinions on others).
I would have included Country Music fans in the exclusions, but the American gun industry deserves a break.
Excluding the morbidly obese (giving them 6 months to qualify) would also put a huge amount of people on a health kick.
Food for thought
Jim Jeffries on the subject
Now here's the rub, most people tend to read the version of the news that most aligns with their sensibilities, and judging by some of my chums on faceplant, they seem to be subscribing to Mein Kampf (or the daily version of it) here we are in the second decade of the third millennium and we are taking to regurgitating hate, bile and untruths purely because it appeals to our paradigm of the modern world. (I can confess to being tempted by some of it myself, and I have had to check myself then check the veracity, then take myself into a corner and have a stern word with myself for believing some of it).
Not to belittle the tragedy, the shooting in Florida was upsetting, even from this detached standpoint, the fact that it was more than preventable makes it worse.
Familiar text follows:
"A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed."
This is the (oh so) well quoted 2nd amendment that so many quote (whilst also advocating the trashing of the 1st amendment in many cases) to defend the ownership of firearms, OK well do something that combines the 2nd amendment and some form of gun control, why don't they refuse gun ownership to anyone not being an active member in a militia? That is what the amendment states, follow it! That should exclude people who aren't "Well regulated" (i.e. not willing to participate, unfit to wield anything sharper than a Big Mac or too enthusiastic about pointy bang sticks).
Obviously, anyone with a criminal background should be (and already supposedly is), a minimum age of 21 (as in the alcohol limitation) anyone who wishes to wave a Confederate flag could be classed as treasonous, (thus automatically excluded) anyone who believes that the U.S. won the Vietnam War (obviously their comprehension of history is indicative of their mental state). Along with "Ancient alien theorists", Holocaust deniers, people who deny the moon landings, Justin Bieber fans and Fundamentalists (any sect, partly because the word "mental " is included in the title but mainly for the really obvious reason that they are so evidently weak of mind that they just shouldn't be handed a means to force their opinions on others).
I would have included Country Music fans in the exclusions, but the American gun industry deserves a break.
Excluding the morbidly obese (giving them 6 months to qualify) would also put a huge amount of people on a health kick.
Food for thought
Jim Jeffries on the subject
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