>>>>"Religions don't kill people, people kill people"
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>>>I agree. But when the religion exhorts the followers to kill, the religion becomes a killer.
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>>Lets replace "Religion" with "guns"..... what's your view then?
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>>"Guns don't kill people", "people kill people"
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>>I agree, But when a leader exhorts the followers to kill, the "gun" becomes a killer.
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>>Yeah... I know this is a tough one for a republican
I just like to believe people drive a little more politely knowing other drivers may have guns. <s>
>It's a tough one for everyone except those who will bend any logic to suit their purposes. It's not a logical analogy. These are more logical:
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>Guns don't kill people - people use guns to kill people (Without someone aiming and pulling the trigger, guns don't fire)
>Cars don't kill people - people use cars to kill people. (Without a driver the car is not dangerous)
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>otherwise guns and cars and knives would be in jail, not people. Both are inanimate objects.
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>and on and on and on...
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>Now what convinces people to use a gun or a car to kill people? Religious zealots are often one of them.
Charles Hankey
Though a good deal is too strange to be believed, nothing is too strange to have happened.
- Thomas Hardy
Half the harm that is done in this world is due to people who want to feel important. They don't mean to do harm-- but the harm does not interest them. Or they do not see it, or they justify it because they are absorbed in the endless struggle to think well of themselves.
-- T. S. Eliot
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Liberty is a well-armed sheep contesting the vote.
- Ben Franklin
Pardon him, Theodotus. He is a barbarian, and thinks that the customs of his tribe and island are the laws of nature.
