>>>The fact of the matter remains, and that is that the American society is a whole lot more violent and trigger happy than the swiss. The bigger question is how many innocent victims are acceptable before the US finally takes some action to this madness? Currently is about 30.000 a year. So how many are acceptable: 50.000, 100.000, 1.000.000
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>>Many Americans consider those deaths the price of freedom.
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>In my view, that is exactly what is wrong and totally nuts.
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>Freedom is just another word for nothing left to lose.
Popularized by Janis, but trite, and wrong, as you're no doubt aware.
>Freedom and "Can do whatever you want" are two different things.
Not as different as you'd think. How about, freedom is you can do whatever you want, as long as you don't impair others' freedom (?)
Regards. Al
"Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent." -- Isaac Asimov
"Never let your sense of morals prevent you from doing what is right." -- Isaac Asimov
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