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Re: OT: Conservative sexism

From Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com>
Newsgroups comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject Re: OT: Conservative sexism
Date 2015-11-06 22:28 -0700
Message-ID <D262DA00.6300D%usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> (permalink)
References (15 earlier) <slrnn3nhvm.35q.jedi@nomad.mishnet> <ece3a33e-1d8b-4703-bfaf-e91c6b0f2d7d@googlegroups.com> <i6ydnZoBn8OZp6DLnZ2dnUU7-Q-dnZ2d@bresnan.com> <D2628D8B.62FB2%usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> <ydudndFSNPOl-qDLnZ2dnUU7-Yvus__v@bresnan.com>

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On 11/6/15, 7:51 PM, in article
ydudndFSNPOl-qDLnZ2dnUU7-Yvus__v@bresnan.com, "GreyCloud" <cumulus@mist.com>
wrote:

> On 11/06/15 17:02, Snit wrote:
>> On 11/6/15, 4:38 PM, in article
>> i6ydnZoBn8OZp6DLnZ2dnUU7-Q-dnZ2d@bresnan.com, "GreyCloud"<cumulus@mist.com>
>> wrote:
>> 
>> ...
>>>>>> In a discussion about "gun violence". While she'd be technically correct
>>>>>> if
>>>>>> you confine the definition of the word "violence", she knows full well
>>>>>> that
>>>>>> the term "gun violence" is  politically supercharged and it creates the
>>>>>> vision of people being senselessly murdered.
>>>>> 
>>>>>       This is simply a problem with the Democrat position on gun control.
>>>>> You
>>>>> are not likely to find a Democrat that won't spin this subject in this
>>>>> way.
>>>> 
>>>> Bull, I personally know plenty that don't. Why doesn't Clinton feel that
>>>> the
>>>> ~11,000 gun deaths are enough to make her argument? Why the need to spin it
>>>> when you risk losing your credibility during a campaign? This makes no
>>>> sense
>>>> to me.
>>> 
>>> But how many people die on the roads every year, to keep things in
>>> perspective here?
>> 
>> It is a decent comparison: the death rates are similar. But we should keep
>> in mind that vehicles are used a LOT more and by a lot more people and for
>> longer times when they are used AND we have a massive amount of rules and
>> laws and regulations about vehicular safety.
>> 
>> We heavily regulate dangerous tools.
>> 
> Yeah, but I don't hear anything about banning cars or having car control.

Many cars are banned and there are LOTS of laws on what type cars you can
use.

> As long as local gov gets to tax the living daylights on a car, they
> don't care.
> 



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Re: OT: Conservative sexism Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2015-11-04 12:17 -0800
  Re: OT: Conservative sexism owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2015-11-04 20:28 +0000
    Re: OT: Conservative sexism Big Fish in a Small Crotch <bigfishinasmallcrotch@myself.com> - 2015-11-04 15:42 -0500
      Re: OT: Conservative sexism Slimer <.m@nsn.s> - 2015-11-04 17:35 -0500
        Re: OT: Conservative sexism Big Fish in a Small Crotch <bigfishinasmallcrotch@myself.com> - 2015-11-04 17:38 -0500
        Re: OT: Conservative sexism Slimer <.m@nsn.s> - 2015-11-05 09:30 -0500
          Re: OT: Conservative sexism Big Fish in a Small Crotch <bigfishinasmallcrotch@myself.com> - 2015-11-05 09:39 -0500
          Re: OT: Conservative sexism Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-11-05 09:30 -0700
            Re: OT: Conservative sexism Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2015-11-05 11:47 -0800
    Re: OT: Conservative sexism owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2015-11-04 20:47 +0000
      Re: OT: Conservative sexism owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2015-11-04 21:57 +0000
        Re: OT: Conservative sexism Big Fish in a Small Crotch <bigfishinasmallcrotch@myself.com> - 2015-11-04 16:59 -0500
        Re: OT: Conservative sexism owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2015-11-05 04:06 +0000
          Re: OT: Conservative sexism Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2015-11-04 20:10 -0800
          Re: OT: Conservative sexism owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2015-11-05 04:33 +0000
            Re: OT: Conservative sexism owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2015-11-05 04:51 +0000
              Re: OT: Conservative sexism owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2015-11-05 05:31 +0000
                Re: OT: Conservative sexism Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2015-11-04 21:41 -0800
                Re: OT: Conservative sexism owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2015-11-05 18:51 +0000
                Re: OT: Conservative sexism Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-11-05 12:18 -0700
                Re: OT: Conservative sexism owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2015-11-05 19:24 +0000
                Re: OT: Conservative sexism Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-11-05 12:44 -0700
                Re: OT: Conservative sexism Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2015-11-05 12:32 -0800
                Re: OT: Conservative sexism JEDIDIAH <jedi@nomad.mishnet> - 2015-11-05 15:19 -0600
                Re: OT: Conservative sexism Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2015-11-05 13:54 -0800
                Re: OT: Conservative sexism GreyCloud <cumulus@mist.com> - 2015-11-06 16:38 -0700
                Re: OT: Conservative sexism Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2015-11-06 15:48 -0800
                Re: OT: Conservative sexism GreyCloud <cumulus@mist.com> - 2015-11-06 19:52 -0700
                Re: OT: Conservative sexism GreyCloud <cumulus@mist.com> - 2015-11-06 19:51 -0700
                Re: OT: Conservative sexism Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-11-06 22:28 -0700
                Re: OT: Conservative sexism GreyCloud <mist@cumulus.com> - 2015-11-07 12:45 -0700
              Re: OT: Conservative sexism Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2015-11-04 21:36 -0800
      Re: OT: Conservative sexism Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2015-11-04 14:53 -0800

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