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Originally Posted by WarChild
Some law abiding citizens like guns. They like to own them, to shoot them at targets, to collect them and to hunt with them. They don't kill anybody with them and they don't let their children kill anybody with them either.
I myself am not a gun owner. I have no need for them personally, although I've been to the firing range a few times.
Yes you're right cars server another purpose. What about Alochol as I asked above? What useful purpose does it serve? I myself tend not to drink. I don't like drunk people around me, I find them annoying. People get drunk and crash cars, beat their wives and ruin families every single day. You're allowed to purchase booze because society trusts in you to do the right thing with it. Many people do not.
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Good points about guns....but is it 'just' a hobbie? or a type of 'fix' - confidence that you possess the ability to kill almost anything with it. Democracy means people have the freedom to collect whatever they like, like butterflies, so I have to agree with you on that point. But why not give stamps, comics, Fabrigé eggs, statues, etc... a chance?
in terms of booze, I kinda see it the same as weed, and one or two other drugs -
there is a time and a place. At work - driving - handling a firearm -
overindulgence in anything will usually mess things up. and booze is a drug.
so how do people go about behaving responsibly and not labeling themselves with a disorder to justify their actions? (Addictive personality) People have the strength to dictate their own actions, if they choose to drink irresponsibly? I don't know....and booze does fuck things up, as does weed, crack, and heroine...time and a place. People have to decide. One of those 'downsides of freeddom' Carl Rove is always citing.....
I don't think I'm different from anyone else and I've had my fair share of...'indulgences' and I still choose to not indulge based on the situation.
