common sense gun laws are just an appeal to emotion,

Yeah... the emotion of „think of the children“ (which usually gets a „why? What are you hiding?“ from me)

its common sense in the middle east to rape girls if they don't dress "modestly" enough,
So if you go with "Just use common sense" then cultures will clash

Well, it is funny people speak of "common sense" gun laws as if they are a self-explanatory thing, yet when asked they can't name a single provision.

its because there isn't any such provisions, "Common sense" is subjective,

Right-wingers think its common sense to work for your share
Left-wingers think its common sense that as long as you work (at anything) you deserve as much as anyone that works an equal amount of time

Christians think its common sense to pray to god
Atheists think its common sense to be a nice guy that finishes last

You'd be surprised how many people don't know that automatic weapons are already banned in the US, for the most part.

thats because many don't know what "semi-automatic" means, they just go with that meme of a feminist reading somethign that has the word "man" in teh sentence and get triggered

Common sense? Weapons are made for killing, killing is illegal so weapons should be illegal. So repeal the second, and ignore the fact that criminals will not give up any guns and will be further armed by a thriving black market.

i agree! back to swords and maces!

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but yes you're absolutely right

And again, with the "well just call the police" argument, I would normally ask what if they don't show up on time. With the Parkland shooting I now get to ask, "what if the police don't do anything?"

but thats my take on pretty much every single "leftist" argument nowadays, its literally like they took a valid Issue, and cut out the last 50% of it

Emotion says „guns bad“, logic says „no guns worse because bo guns not happening“

People being offended is bad, but it breeds strength and you can't "never offend" anyone

Gun violence can quickly escalate, but if you make guns illegal, criminals can still use them so you'd disarm citizens

Censorship can help against stupid ideas, but censorship can also prevent good ideas from being spread

Child labor is a bad thing, but the alternative is that they have to find other more terrible means to survive in those countries (prostitution etc)

You always have to think of the consequences and side effects more than of what you are actually trying to achieve... and thats not really intuitive when you are guided by emotion.

You can‘t not offend.

Slavery is the worst thing ever, but maybe you shouldn't be buying that Apple phone, and starbucks latte used with african beans

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Even just doing/saying nothing can be offensive.

Just be sure to stay out of the UK when you say something on the internet... they jail people for wrongthink.

well, they cant get me if i'm anonymous! 😛

You really think you are anonymous on the internet?

to be fair, i used to think NO i'm not

but secret services thinking that everything is russia now despite no evidence etc, has led me to believe i can get away with it

simply because modern "civil protection" is getting incompetent

like uhm

in holland here

last month, the ING bank website got DDossed for a day

I don't think the actually believe that it's Russia. I think they're just using that as a scapegoat.

and secret services said it was russia

turns out it was a local 18 year old boy that did it for "the lulz"

Well... the media mafia on the other hand is really good at abusing laws to find people.

well i've never openly stated my identity on any open forums etc, that was connected to my nicknames Jayred or Dr.Wol

so if they find out, they'll have gotten that info from some company that has said they'd protect my privacy, which means i can sue

There is a difference between the public statements of secret services and their secret information 😁

Not if they invoke anti-terrorism laws.

Which, as indicated now by the UK, is possible.

i'm not gonna sue the state, i'm gonna sue said company for violating my privacy

Good luck with that 😁