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Glenn E. Meyer · July 3, 2010, 12:37 PM

Stop asking philosophically hard questions - it makes my head explode - 44!

Obviously you vote for the candidate who supports open access to guns and then you have to march to Washington to get rid of said person using your 2 amendment solutions on the day after the election.

Now is that a logical and philosophical kettle of fish. Throws a monkey wrench into absolutism.

I once posted that folks tend to be absolutist about candidates because of the implicit assumption that the progun candidate will believe in other things they like. The test is yours - what if they are nuts or believe in other things you strongly dislike or is incompetent on the other major issues.

So as long as I have my gun, the rest of the country's problem can lead to disaster? Now could that happen?

July 3, 2010, 12:37 PM	#16
Glenn E. Meyer Senior Member Join Date: November 17, 2000 Posts: 20,064	Stop asking philosophically hard questions - it makes my head explode - 44! Obviously you vote for the candidate who supports open access to guns and then you have to march to Washington to get rid of said person using your 2 amendment solutions on the day after the election. Now is that a logical and philosophical kettle of fish. Throws a monkey wrench into absolutism. I once posted that folks tend to be absolutist about candidates because of the implicit assumption that the progun candidate will believe in other things they like. The test is yours - what if they are nuts or believe in other things you strongly dislike or is incompetent on the other major issues. So as long as I have my gun, the rest of the country's problem can lead to disaster? Now could that happen? __________________ NRA, TSRA, IDPA, NTI, Polite Soc. - Aux Armes, Citoyens