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HEyHEY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 04:25 PM Original message |
What do you value more? Freedom of belief or freedom |
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neuvocat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 04:26 PM Response to Original message |
1. Aerosmith said it best: |
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FreedomAngel82 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 06:59 PM Response to Reply #1 |
58. I would have to go with that one |
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SteppingRazor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 04:26 PM Response to Original message |
2. Freedom of belief, freedom to own a gun... |
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tocqueville (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 04:40 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. that's exactly why the US looks like it does today |
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HEyHEY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 04:44 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. I was thinking... |
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tocqueville (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 05:15 PM Response to Reply #8 |
28. it does indeed |
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SteppingRazor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 04:46 PM Response to Reply #5 |
11. I was asked an either/or question... |
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tocqueville (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 05:00 PM Response to Reply #11 |
23. I still think there is a difference in interpretation |
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SteppingRazor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-05 09:21 AM Response to Reply #23 |
60. We have to agree to disagree there... |
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HEyHEY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 04:40 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. What about a person's right to not be surrounded by armed people? |
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MarsThe Cat (978 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 04:52 PM Response to Reply #6 |
19. I've never heard of that "right"...where's it from? |
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HEyHEY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 04:57 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. Well we consider it a right in Canada - and it's not so silly to us |
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MarsThe Cat (978 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 05:09 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. is it part of your Constitution? |
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HEyHEY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 05:21 PM Response to Reply #25 |
30. It's not in there, but (I forget the exact wording)... |
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MarsThe Cat (978 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 05:32 PM Response to Reply #30 |
36. the argument can be made that guns, properly used- can make people safe- |
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HEyHEY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 05:33 PM Response to Reply #36 |
37. That argument can be lost too..look at how many firearm deaths the US |
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MarsThe Cat (978 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 05:35 PM Response to Reply #37 |
39. if guns aren't illegal- |
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HEyHEY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 05:40 PM Response to Reply #39 |
41. Surrounded, meaning physically by people around you |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 05:12 PM Response to Reply #22 |
26. FYI Canadians own more guns per capita than amerikans. They just aren't |
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HEyHEY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 05:20 PM Response to Reply #26 |
29. FYI - What Michael Moore DIDN'T point out |
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MarsThe Cat (978 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 05:33 PM Response to Reply #29 |
38. are you allowed to carry them if you keep it quiet then, eh? |
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HEyHEY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 05:41 PM Response to Reply #38 |
42. They get a permit |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 05:41 PM Response to Reply #29 |
43. what does MM have to do with this issue? Just wondering. n/t |
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HEyHEY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 05:42 PM Response to Reply #43 |
45. It was the obvious source of your fact |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 05:51 PM Response to Reply #45 |
46. wtf? |
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IntravenousDemilo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 06:40 PM Response to Reply #46 |
56. Bowling for Columbine |
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GirlinContempt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-05 09:26 AM Response to Reply #56 |
61. Made total sense to me |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-05 01:15 PM Response to Reply #56 |
65. yes, thanks. Got to watch that movie closer someday. n/t |
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rinsd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 05:36 PM Response to Reply #22 |
40. I thought Canada had the same gun ownership as the US... |
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HEyHEY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 05:41 PM Response to Reply #40 |
44. We don't allow the same kinda guns |
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rinsd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 05:52 PM Response to Reply #44 |
47. No handguns, I assume then? |
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HEyHEY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 05:57 PM Response to Reply #47 |
49. You can get them, but you have to prove you use them |
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rinsd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 06:00 PM Response to Reply #49 |
51. Thanks...(nt) |
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MarsThe Cat (978 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 05:53 PM Response to Reply #44 |
48. hunting only? |
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HEyHEY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 05:57 PM Response to Reply #48 |
50. At home you wouldn't need a transport permit |
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MarsThe Cat (978 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 06:03 PM Response to Reply #50 |
52. you said that the only guns you're allowed to own- |
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HEyHEY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 06:13 PM Response to Reply #52 |
53. DO you even know what you're arguing anymore? |
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MarsThe Cat (978 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 06:23 PM Response to Reply #53 |
54. ???? |
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HEyHEY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 06:27 PM Response to Reply #54 |
55. I thought I was answering another post |
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eglide (32 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 04:35 PM Response to Original message |
3. Interesting expression |
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HEyHEY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 04:40 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. Well it's happening in places |
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eglide (32 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 04:44 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. Is France a free country? n/t |
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HEyHEY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 04:45 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. Compared to the US in most matters - yeap |
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Kellanved (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 04:48 PM Response to Reply #7 |
13. The French think so |
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CottonBear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 04:48 PM Response to Reply #7 |
14. Of course France is a free country. Hell, they helped us fight the Brits |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 04:50 PM Response to Reply #7 |
16. Yes. I hear Peter Parker likes to vacation there with Mary Jane. |
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Fenris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 04:51 PM Response to Reply #7 |
17. Yes. And they have a conservative President. |
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HEyHEY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 04:54 PM Response to Reply #17 |
21. making them less-free |
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tocqueville (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 05:13 PM Response to Reply #21 |
27. never heard of that one... and about scarfs |
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HEyHEY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 05:22 PM Response to Reply #27 |
32. Maybe it wasn't Chirac - I had a friend living there during an election |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 05:31 PM Response to Reply #32 |
35. Maybe it was Le Pen |
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EstimatedProphet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 08:28 PM Response to Reply #7 |
59. Yet another "France is our enemy because they didn't suck up to us" post |
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CottonBear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 04:45 PM Response to Reply #4 |
10. This is only in public schools and government facilities. n/t |
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HEyHEY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 04:46 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. Still, it's happening |
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CottonBear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 04:50 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. It's happening for the right reasons in France. |
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HEyHEY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 04:53 PM Response to Reply #15 |
20. I'm not debating either way..I'm just saying it is an issue there |
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undergroundpanther (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 04:51 PM Response to Original message |
18. freedom from abuses, |
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Neocondriac (732 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 05:07 PM Response to Original message |
24. I never.. |
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TallahasseeGrannie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 05:23 PM Response to Reply #24 |
33. Yes, that is what I have been wondering |
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GirlinContempt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-05 09:31 AM Response to Reply #33 |
63. Are you proposing that |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 05:21 PM Response to Original message |
31. The two are not alike. Freedom of belief is the same, in the end, as |
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sweetheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 05:28 PM Response to Original message |
34. Freedom, Liberty and Justice |
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IntravenousDemilo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 06:57 PM Response to Original message |
57. I believe in the freedom not to be imposed upon. |
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GirlinContempt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-05 09:38 AM Response to Reply #57 |
64. Ah HAH! |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-05 09:30 AM Response to Original message |
62. I can defend myself from others beliefs--if I want to. |
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WilliamPitt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-05 01:16 PM Response to Original message |
66. Can't have the first without the second |
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