Originally Posted By barboy /// listen to what what black leaders have to say./// ....can't do it..... been told I can never understand since I'm not Black LOL!!!! Seriously Hans, you and ecdc are so far out there on this race stuff that you sound like fools....... and patronizing racists too.
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt Nice try, but you aren't going to paint me in that corner nor will I let you drag me into a race war. Sorry.
Originally Posted By Ivan45 $$$$Clearly we need more guns. If we had more guns it would solve these problems. Not only should every man woman and child carry a gun,$$$$ i guess your not serious. when will all of you understand that guns are not the REAL BIG PROBLEM. it is bad people who have no God in their lives and do not raise their kids right. Hey parents stay married and raise your kids better and we wont have these problems.
Originally Posted By CuriousConstance Concerning the history of violence, I once had the pleasure of seeing Steven Pinker, the brilliant scientist in person at a local college, here he is giving the same basic talk he gave when I saw him regarding the decline of violence. <a target="blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjT4HlNJNgI">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...4HlNJNgI</a>
Originally Posted By ecdc >>as far as I can tell mankind has only gotten worse, not better and more peaceful.<< <a target="blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09/28/safer-world_n_4009112.html">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/...112.html</a> >>Even though anxiety is a natural response to pervasive and frightening media images of carnage, they say, statistics indicate that most of the world has never been safer.<< Yup. The world is safer than it's probably ever been. Throw in advancements like vaccines, water purification, and a thousand other human accomplishments, and being alive in the 21st century is a pretty sweet gig. The idea that the world is getting less peaceful and more dangerous is a feeling that has no basis in reality.
Originally Posted By TomSawyer "The idea that the world is getting less peaceful and more dangerous is a feeling that has no basis in reality." Which is why it fits in so well with the GOP platform.
Originally Posted By mawnck YA responsible gun owner: <a target="blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://gawker.com/gun-in-teens-pants-discharges-during-hug-kills-girlfr-1440142639">http://gawker.com/gun-in-teens...40142639</a> >>A west Phoenix woman was fatally injured while hugging her boyfriend when the gun in his pants accidentally discharged.<<
