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Banning guns
Opinion (Vanity) | Jan 7, 2013 | William of Barsoom

Posted on 01/07/2013 9:12:53 AM PST by William of Barsoom

Seems reasonable to me...


TOPICS: Humor; Miscellaneous; Science; Society
KEYWORDS: ban; game; gun; vanity; virtual
It seems reasonable to me that if certain guns are to be banned, that those same models should also be banned from use in games and Hollywood movies as well. If one doesn't 'need' any certain type of black-listed gun, then one obviously has no 'need' to see these evil things used in realistic situations. That would amount to virtual 'training' in the use of such evil appliances.

So, if we're going to ban the real thing, it's only sensible to ban all media visualizations and 'experiences' with it. Such experiences might tempt one, or excite one to want such Bad Things. We cannot have this.

It's possible that Hollywood or the gaming industry would oppose this because it could make their product less interesting and exciting and profitable -- as it indeed would.

But some must sacrifice a little more for the greater benefit of acheiving a truly peaceful society where any resistance to the Powers That Be should be unthinkable.

/sarc

1 posted on 01/07/2013 9:13:02 AM PST by William of Barsoom
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To: William of Barsoom

Yeah, and their names should be stricken from all obelisks, statues, monuments, and papyrus, etc! /s


3 posted on 01/07/2013 9:25:59 AM PST by spel_grammer_an_punct_polise (Learn three chords and you, too, can be a Rock Star!)
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To: William of Barsoom

Yeah, and their names should be stricken from all obelisks, statues, monuments, and papyrus, etc! Let their names never be mentioned ever again by anyone! /s


4 posted on 01/07/2013 9:26:54 AM PST by spel_grammer_an_punct_polise (Learn three chords and you, too, can be a Rock Star!)
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To: Tzar

All gun play in movies should be with flat cardboard cutouts of firearms. Then the Special Effects people can turn the cardboard cutout into whatever they want.

RULE! The “gun” must not look like a gun when shown on the screen.


5 posted on 01/07/2013 9:34:36 AM PST by Ruy Dias de Bivar (GUNS.. the rightful property of freemen, and formidable only to tyrannical governments.”)
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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar; Tzar

And the actor holding the gun must shout “bang bang” every time a trigger is pulled.


6 posted on 01/07/2013 9:38:49 AM PST by killermosquito (Buffalo, Detroit (and eventually France) is what you get when liberalism runs its course.)
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To: William of Barsoom
Some people laugh at this prospect but it has already been done. Think back to the remake of E.T. and how they digitally removed guns from the hands of the fed thugs and put “flashlights” in their hands.

This uber sanitizing and purposeful conditioning of the public will not stop. I see it all the time when I hear parents talking about the evil of the gun...that inanimate object that is always bad and never good. Well past “you'll shoot your eye out” stuff and into the insane.

7 posted on 01/07/2013 11:24:45 AM PST by ICE-FLYER (God bless and keep the United States of America)
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