[1337NancYBoY]

MINE! Is there another side?

I like the cut of your jib.

I claim this page in the name of... ME!

[pathwriter]

Acid doesn't generally dissolve flesh. You'd be pretty damned soft, but you'd still look... vaguely... human.

[Villainous]

and you thought the soup-nazi was bad!

[Varizen]

The only time you'll ever here me say everyone is equal is in their basic rights. No one is equal beyond that. Everyone has points where they excel, and if they know how to capitalize on their own strengths, that sets them apart. No one is economically equal. However, allowing people to be a drain on the system because they don't know how to support themselves is ridiculous. If you cannot work at all, then yeah, sure, you deserve some help. And if you're having some hard times, sure maybe you deserve some help there. But no one should be allowed to drain the system when they just don't want to work. Instead of giving them a lifetime of welfare, invest in that part to clean them up, and get them on their feet. The government would much rather just give a man a fish to feed him for a day rather than teach him to fish and feed him for life.

Of course, I'm quite aware many times the US gets their metaphors wrong and would somehow use the Terry Pratchett saying of "Build a man a fire, and he will be warm for a day. Set a man on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life."

[Cruzandercerberus]

Because gun sellers in the southwest (hell, most places really) take no responsibility for a straw purchase. Little old lady comes in, purchases 20 AR-15s, which are then reported stolen. Clearly a job for the cops not the gunsmith- but when that same old lady comes in a week later and buys 20 more rifles, well, she must just like hunting! From the gunsmith's point of view, he's conducting a legal transaction, so why should he care?

Hmm, well I think that could be solved pretty easily, anyone buying 20 rifles in a month without a FFL (Dealer's license) should set off a red flag for the federal folks doing the mandatory background checks. In fact it's pretty easily fixed, considering there is already a one handgun a month rule in Virginia, which is damn liberal with the gun laws.

That's neither here nor there tho, because people can always get guns, the REAL problem is border control. There is NONE. CBP thinks Mexico should police their half of the crossing, buuuuuut.. anyone who's been to the San Ysidro station can tell you, coming IN to the US is like going through an airport checkpoint, a nice reaming; but LEAVING this US- there is NO guard on duty, the Federales don't give a shit. Its literally a giant metal revolving door in the fence, with a big colorful sign that says MEXICO above it. If I wanted to smuggle guns in I'd only be limited by how many I could carry.

Yeah we've never really had a border. From a force protection standpoint there are better ways to deal with difficult neighbors than a wall. But you are right. 'cause of Mexico is a piss poor excuse to curtail our civil liberties or start paying the Danegeld. Not like we don't do that enough already without their help.

[Cruzandercerberus]

The government would much rather just give a man a fish to feed him for a day rather than teach him to fish and feed him for life.

Politics is the art of controlling your environment, not much of that going on in contributing to self-sufficiency.

[Varizen]

Hey, I'm talking reality versus ideology.

[Cruzandercerberus]

I'm all about pragmatism. Hence the full fucking fury against people who think that they've stumbled onto the "one true way".

You know who you are out there.

[Serataru]

My avatar is Phil Defranco. It is a clip from one of his videos where he imitates a guy on Maury Povich's show. He was doing the "I'm not the father" celebratory dance.

and I'm not the father because i have a vagina

[Varizen]

Ooooh... that is so almost sig worthy Sera... almost.

[Serataru]

[Varizen]

I need a catchy theme song like that...

[Serataru]

I'm going to rewrite the song it wasn't me

and put that line in it