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Okay, let me get this straight, and also try to rephrase what I was inquiring about:
For the purpose of this debate, are you assuming that the Christian version of God is true? Or are you demanding first that Christians prove God exists before making the "god given rights argument?
Just curious... How do you know that, from a Christian perspective, God gave no rights?
Yay! Nine-month thread bump!
> avogadro wrote:
> > [TI] Primo wrote:
> well, first step in the direction of gun control would be to just stop selling them. cutting supply will, in due time, cut the problem.
we stopped selling illegal drugs and they're still easily available to just about every american in highschool, why would stopping the sale of guns be any more effective?
As a good is banned from legal trade, its only two sources of illegal distribution are import and domestic production. In terms of domestic production, it's generally much more difficult to produce a firearm than to produce drugs, as the very variety of available drugs means producers can adapt to find a product suiting their capabilities. Firearms have a much more basic, rigid requirement structure.
In terms of imports, I'm willing to bet that domestic America is probably not the best trade route for arms dealers. Individuals in the international firearms smuggling business have their choice of African warlords, terrorists, Central Asian and Eastern European powers, rogue states, and South American rebels, none of which have the strongest of border security to worry about, largely because domestic matters are more pressing in many regions. What makes the US some awesome source of firearms smuggling post-ban?
Disclaimer: I'm not with the gun control advocates on this issue, necessarily. Consider this a Devil's Advocate game. 
A "right" is simply an extension of the system of values and morals.
The system of values are not self-evident. Rather, a value is developed over time as a result of a culture's pragmatic societal considerations. That is why we generally find that values serve some utilitarian function. In short, an acceptance of a moral is a condensed way of advocating an otherwise pragmatic concern (though those pragmatic concerns may have long been outdated).
Even some otherwise mediocre "morals" serve a utilitarian function within their societies. For example, the Jewish prohibition of ham could easily be considered a food management tool. Pigs are much more susceptible to weather fluctuations than other animals, and thus were much more difficult to raise within the Middle East. Thus, such a "moral" was simply a condensation of a pragmatic debate.
Long story short, you're playing a straw man game here.
Interesting... but I'll opt out of this one.
Too early to predict. I find the best indicator of how an election goes, assuming an event like 9/11 didn't just occur, is the economy. We were still in the recession, so people were willing to target the party in power. Hence, Dems got the axe.
One cannot simply delete threads in their family forum as they please. To cleanse your family forum, you must venture forth into the land of #mod, in the halls of the IRC channels. Once inside, you must ask the only beings capable of purifying your forum... the ones called... the moderators!
Keerb's got it wrong. It means you get the equivalent of 27 RC's production per tick. In effect, 27 science means producing 540 RPs per tick.
Still not much. However, if you manage to get one of these gems early in the round, you can invest the early research in construction science for a very nice, quick boost!
He's Ps! What more do you need to know? Just grab your burning torch and start mobbing!
Created a rock so big that he couldn't lift it
Has a type of projectile launched from various types of guns named after him
*grabs a pitchfork*
Joining up with the angry mob!
By the way, what are we angry about?
@DPS
Then you might want to read the thread. That's been introduced, and is part of the current debate going on.
Runs with scissors
Built a rocket capable of traveling to Mars and back, made out of bubble gum and rubber bands, only to crash land it in 4 seconds because he didn't know how to fly it
> avogadro wrote:
> finally lol @ Justinian for calling me offensive.... i think many people find him far more offensive. I try to look at things from different perspectives, to get a better look at a feel for an issue and sometimes try to push debates we have had a thousand times to new areas.
Note, though, that Justinian (with some exceptions, granted) is often considered "offensive" due to the nature of his opinion, rather than the way in which he explains that opinion. You can't really censor someone's opinion as offensive... otherwise, pretty much anyone could be censored if the other side is passionate enough about their viewpoint.
Now, if you're calling Justinian out on the method in which some of his opinions are expressed, that's understandable. Just want to note that a distinction must be made.
Two main factors prevent me from posting here.
1: Busy with other stuff. Side note: Justinian, find me on chat some day!
2: The most active topic here is a gay marriage topic. I never really liked social topics... too many unsubstantiated views and not nearly enough evidence to back things up.
Finally got snow this morning! For only about a couple hours, but still... 
Runs marathons every year... but when I say "run," I mean as a manager, not someone actually getting exercise
Digs mile-long trenches for snowball fights
Claims to own this world
wears cement slippers
Apparently sucks at this game
Is smashing legos at one another in the hopes of observing Higgs Boson particles
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