[quote=desmond][quote=Jazzman][quote=desmond]What happened? Really now. You will never be able to scream and demand gun control (a la POS Morgan). All the belittling, emails, stats, celebrities, etc, are just a waste of time. And I think they just are feel good measures not to accomplish anything but look at me actions.[/quote]
I don’t believe this to be true in every instance. Piers Morgan stepped over the line as a foreigner telling the US how to run its country, but his reaction is a natural one coming from a country that does not have the same gun culture. Keeping the debate alive for as long as possible is tactical, not (just) theater. I personally laud anyone with the courage to ask the questions that so many are either fearful of asking, or don’t wish to become unpopular by asking, or worse, didn’t know they should ask.[/quote]
Laud all you want. The problem is what does somebody like PM actually know about guns? From what I hear from him-nothing. If needed changes are to be made, and they need to be, loud mouth know-it-alls need to change their approach, as I said above. btw, that is not “courage” and it demeans the real people with actual courage.[/quote]
What does someone like Morgan need to know other than guns are highly dangerous. However, I agree his initial outburst did not help, but he is keeping the debate alive and invites those with very opposite views to debate with him. But this is neither here nor there. The issue is not media personalities, it’s about making the US a safer place to live.
Michael Moore is more factual in his approach, but he’s made as many enemies. I believe these people have a genuine concern, not just for victims of gun violence, but for the frighteningly obdurate views, backed by special interests that don’t allow the debate to breath. It is sometimes difficult to equate, or reconcile a civilized society with the need to be having this debate at all. Does the right to bear arms over-ride the right to live in a peaceful, and safe environment? If you answer in the affirmative, it may be that you either lack a sympathetic imagination, have sociopathic tendencies, or are ignorant by virtue of not having direct experience with the consequences.
