tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7196829553153577775.post2226764142556319993..comments2023-04-06T02:30:06.988-07:00Comments on Torrent of Consciousness: Close your MouthMelanie Boxallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07123851168700589156noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7196829553153577775.post-923308115342984272014-06-18T06:43:23.550-07:002014-06-18T06:43:23.550-07:00We are making a huge mistake really in looking for...We are making a huge mistake really in looking for any logic in any of this.Melanie Boxallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07123851168700589156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7196829553153577775.post-60972534114813617692014-06-18T06:40:52.317-07:002014-06-18T06:40:52.317-07:00Guns in the hands of children is an argument I get...Guns in the hands of children is an argument I get sucked into frequently. Perhaps because it is an area in which I have personal experience. Last night I was arguing with someone. He thinks laws aren't necessary, but brought up medicine bottles and how if you have children you buy the kind with child proof caps and if you don't have children you buy the kind without. So I brought up the fact that in my state if a child gets medicine they shouldn't have and something bad happens the parents are investigated and often charged with at least some sort of neglect. If a child gets a gun left out by the parents and the child shoots themselves or someone else, it is a horrible accident and the parents have gone through enough and shouldn't be charged with anything. <br />But the short skirt analogy is even better. <br />And just because I don't know the answer, so if a person has a gun, and it falls out of the deer stand, and shoots the person, is gravity the one we blame for the bullet wound? Or the person for putting the gun where it could fall? Or the wind for shaking the deer stand? The person in Diamond that this happened to sued and won a small amount from the gun manufacturer but they weren't even anywhere near the deer stand. It gets so confusing.wantonbanterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16353930730534950929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7196829553153577775.post-61113193877876513312014-06-18T06:35:28.508-07:002014-06-18T06:35:28.508-07:00I just read your reply to my daughter on the phone...I just read your reply to my daughter on the phone (she has no internet right now) and she laughed so much at:<br /><br />"it's a matter of being deeply and sexually ATTRACTED to an object (and I'm not talking skirts) "<br /><br />I have to remember that one.Melanie Boxallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07123851168700589156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7196829553153577775.post-30883546826580132682014-06-18T06:34:25.407-07:002014-06-18T06:34:25.407-07:00Aye.Aye.Melanie Boxallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07123851168700589156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7196829553153577775.post-29870744724764982572014-06-18T06:33:18.998-07:002014-06-18T06:33:18.998-07:00Well written, as usual. The wrong things are being...Well written, as usual. The wrong things are being blamed and few people are willing to address the real issue behind it. It's testosterone addiction. :p Sailorchronoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15509873623406533055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7196829553153577775.post-38162451862944443592014-06-18T06:29:43.581-07:002014-06-18T06:29:43.581-07:00One thing (of many) that I have noticed about cons...One thing (of many) that I have noticed about conservatives is that they are quick to assign blame but are generally silent on offering possible solutions (that don't involve killing.)Zusiquhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10852468700318495738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7196829553153577775.post-81401898996312358622014-06-18T05:43:58.185-07:002014-06-18T05:43:58.185-07:00OMG, we are SO on the same wavelength with this. ...OMG, we are SO on the same wavelength with this. I love how you made the comparison to short skirts. I hadn't thought of that one. I've usually used "porn ruins marriages." Yours is perhaps more acceptable in mixed company, but just as poignant. The cognitive dissonance of the right is mind-blowing. On one hand, we have this innocent, inanimate killing machine and on the other hand, a powerful article of clothing. Amazing, isn't it, the dark depths of their twisted logic? And it's virtually impossible to discuss this with them because, well…..their brains are just improperly wired. It's NOT a matter of opinion; it's a matter of being deeply and sexually ATTRACTED to an object (and I'm not talking skirts) yet being in total denial about it. People could go around carrying weed whackers and chainsaws, too….they just don't. Good piece, Mel.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08201647053123651818noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7196829553153577775.post-811315551144829882014-06-18T05:05:36.102-07:002014-06-18T05:05:36.102-07:00More of the same really.More of the same really.Melanie Boxallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07123851168700589156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7196829553153577775.post-20049123562312344302014-06-18T05:04:54.518-07:002014-06-18T05:04:54.518-07:00Can someone say, 'double-standard?' or [in...Can someone say, 'double-standard?' or [insert appropriate disconnected label here]. ;) ~ Blessings! :)<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com