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But any leader who wants to disarm the people is looking at Syria and going, "if the protesters had fewer guns that would be going a lot better."
Australia? England? Totally fucking Syria.
Some people got killed by a crazy guy. We want to find ways of reducing similar incidents, same as if a school bus got hit by a train because of a guy who wasn't paying attention or a building collapsed because of a guy who made corrupt deals. It's not the end of the world or a reason to bring about the end of Western civilization. It may not even warrant a change in the current laws.
Anyway, revolutions are for big stuff—you know, like times when you're asked to pay a couple cent tax on tea and stamps to pay for a war you personally started. (Lookin' at you, George Washington).
No, you'd need something that would surely get EVERYONE pissed off, even the morons. You want to start a revolution, ban religion. Order every church, synagogue and temple torn down within a week. You get space aliens to do that and you'll see what a vast majority of the US can do when it gets pissed off.
But you probably won't like what happens when they win.
Yeah, I was actually thinking about that after I posted.
And yeah... that's one of those things that terrifies me about this whole thing. In order to evoke any sort of response you need to truly fuck some shit up, but the people that are going to rise up the highest against it are not the kind of people that you want rising up into any sort of power. The entire country (And obv beyond it's borders too, but for the sake of ease) kinda feels in a constant state of catch 22 right now. No matter what happens, you're going to be fucking something up (And not in the the give and take, compromise way). And there's no way to break that system. Occupy tried, and failed. And I don't know if they'll be coming back.
Last edited by BigDamnArtist (2012-07-25 02:36:49)
So anyway, it's now time for pictures of cats.
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I think a lot of people -- Americans at least -- like the idea of being part of a revolution (*cough*Red Dawn*cough*), but wouldn't take part in them. We're comfortable with our mediocre lives. Americans used to take action when we didn't like stuff, now we're all talk. Occupy, for all its publicity, was hardly a revolution. We buy bumper stickers that say "If you're not angry, you're not paying attention!" We mutter passive-aggressive comments at our televisions. And we say awful things on the Internet to people who disagree with us. But does that mean we actually care? I don't think so.
Point is, an American Revolution today, no matter what the cause, would fail miserably. And if it succeeded, things would be worse than they were before. Great, you overthrew the government and got your guns back! Who's gonna be the new Secretary of Education? Johnny Triggerfinger over there? People complain about politicians all the time, but they'd only replace them with other politicians. Why? Because the people in Washington are probably the best people in the country to be there. Not all of them are great, but they could be a hell of a lot worse.
I could go on, but the pizza's here and I think that's enough cynicism for one day.
ban religion. Order every church, synagogue and temple torn down
But that's not a bad thing 
Invid wrote:But any leader who wants to disarm the people is looking at Syria and going, "if the protesters had fewer guns that would be going a lot better."
Australia? England? Totally fucking Syria.
They were disarmed by one leader's order and not a democratic process? If so, I stand corrected. I'm all for banning guns, but such changes should be long drawn out affairs like the founders intended 
Squiggly_P wrote:ban religion. Order every church, synagogue and temple torn down
But that's not a bad thing
Speak for yourself. I'm an Atheist, but I'd drag out the guns to defend the local churches.
I'm an atheist, but I don't want to force people to live by my rules if it doesn't affect me. That was the philosophy behind the US constitution before it got all perverted and they started trying to use it to limit rights instead of recognizing them.
Politics sucks. I like the cat idea.
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Lamer wrote:Squiggly_P wrote:ban religion. Order every church, synagogue and temple torn down
But that's not a bad thing
Speak for yourself. I'm an Atheist, but I'd drag out the guns to defend the local churches.
I meant the religion bit. I've got nothing against architecture.
I'm an Atheist and hate politics so-
Ugh, why did I even start this? I hate politics too...
So here's some Fennec triplets.
Sure, but on the other hand.....
So long as we're doing this I have to include my favorites.
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fuckin links
Last edited by MadBadCoyote (2012-07-28 02:31:14)
http://laluzdejesus.com/shows/2012/Loai … za2012.htm
I give you the perfect storm of tacky oil paintings that cost too much painted by someone who obviously thinks he's being clever or funny leeching off famous people and pop culture icons. And people have paid thousands of dollars to hang this crap in their homes, apparently.
Like clockwork: 4 days in and I'm at the point where I call bullshit on the Olympic judges' scores for sports I'm almost totally ignorant of. "What the hell do you mean 15.345 for that vault jump? That was a 15.678 if I ever saw it."
If it has judges to determine a winner, it's a popularity contest, not a sport.
If it has judges to determine a winner, it's a popularity contest, not a sport.
This.
Although now I really want to see a game of like hockey or football scored by judges. You could have points given for originality of victory dances, taunts, flare. It would be awesome.
The kid in the background is pretty much having the same reaction as me.
It is fucking awesome, isn't it? A thing of beauty, so it is.
FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK ME
I didn't think it was possible to want something so much that it's physically painful. But dammit it all.
EDIT: Correction. This was the first time I have been in physical pain from wanting something, and it still hurts more than the lego version. Nothing against the lego...but...it's Lego.
https://store.qmxonline.com/Serenity--T … _p_75.html
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Watch T2 again kids, SKYNET is coming:
http://news.discovery.com/tech/brain-di … 41022.html
"Over time, these stimulations modify the network's response such that the neurons slowly (over the course of 15 minutes) learn to control the aircraft."
Oh yeah, that's super slow 
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