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To: Owl558
That’s sort of like argueing that in the entire history of guns, nobody has ever been killed by one because it is the BULLET that actually kills you.

How about "Guns don't kill people, people do." Is that a bad argument because I see it a lot.

48 posted on 12/14/2012 5:40:46 PM PST by Mr. Know It All
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To: Mr. Know It All

“How about “Guns don’t kill people, people do.” Is that a bad argument...”

I said “sort of like” lol. I was trying to come up with a semi-ok example of an interrelated cause of death, not an anti-gun arguement. In my current field (tech), we try to look at such things as a mix of percentages; 50% stupidity, 30% under the influence, 20% fighting with spouse, for example. You then analyze each. That’s the idea anyway.

Hey, thanks for the discussion on nanny state dictatorship. We actually agree on broad principle as well as the specific question regarding that common plant. Are we citizens or subjects?


50 posted on 12/15/2012 12:57:26 PM PST by Owl558 ("Those who remember George Satayana are doomed to repeat him")
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