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<blockquote data-quote="JB Books" data-source="post: 1838486" data-attributes="member: 6889"><p>The world is a screwed up place. It always has been. Do I believe in the "good old days?" Well, as I have stated here before, I'm not sure those days were so "good" if you were a woman or minority. However, I'm not a particular fan of modern culture. Too much whining and too many feelings of entitlement and not enough respect for one's self and others. Our brave new world is a never ending peep show in which we idolize the most dysfunctional and broken creatures simply because they are good looking and made it on TV. There is no privacy any more and no ability to just "get away." reddog references 1984 a lot. 1984 came but instead of Big Brother, we have Big Business who in a relentless drive for profits and market share have modled and shaped our society into the twisted disjointed heap we all endure today.</p><p></p><p>As for "what would I do if the came for our guns?" Who knows? Who really and truly knows? All you arm chair commandos who proclaim you'd fight to the death. Would you really? And leave your wives and children behind to the tender mercies of society? All this tough talk is just mental masturbation. It is a collective adolescent fantasy carried on en masse and perpetuated by folks who make a lot of money off of it.</p><p></p><p>Finally, I don't believe it will ever get to that point in our live times. The fact is we have more gun freedoms now than we did in the 1970's and 1980's. The "gun lobby" is stronger now than ever. Fear sells and lots of folks are addicted.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>What???? How dare you impugn my sense of grandiosity?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JB Books, post: 1838486, member: 6889"] The world is a screwed up place. It always has been. Do I believe in the "good old days?" Well, as I have stated here before, I'm not sure those days were so "good" if you were a woman or minority. However, I'm not a particular fan of modern culture. Too much whining and too many feelings of entitlement and not enough respect for one's self and others. Our brave new world is a never ending peep show in which we idolize the most dysfunctional and broken creatures simply because they are good looking and made it on TV. There is no privacy any more and no ability to just "get away." reddog references 1984 a lot. 1984 came but instead of Big Brother, we have Big Business who in a relentless drive for profits and market share have modled and shaped our society into the twisted disjointed heap we all endure today. As for "what would I do if the came for our guns?" Who knows? Who really and truly knows? All you arm chair commandos who proclaim you'd fight to the death. Would you really? And leave your wives and children behind to the tender mercies of society? All this tough talk is just mental masturbation. It is a collective adolescent fantasy carried on en masse and perpetuated by folks who make a lot of money off of it. Finally, I don't believe it will ever get to that point in our live times. The fact is we have more gun freedoms now than we did in the 1970's and 1980's. The "gun lobby" is stronger now than ever. Fear sells and lots of folks are addicted. What???? How dare you impugn my sense of grandiosity? [/QUOTE]
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