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  Is New Zealand right to ban military style guns?

  by ThomasCovenant in

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  2. friends

  in response to the recent terrorist attack in new zealand their government is proposing to ban semi automatic and military style weaponry.. do you agree with this idea?.

  would they be  better off allowing more of these weapons instead?.

  would it be better to perhaps allow more of the muslim community for example, to be armed with semi automatic guns to protect themselves at their places of worship?.

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  ThomasCovenant

  So I'm guessing from some of the postings that more guns is the better response and certainly not banning more guns.

  To take things to the extreme, would it be a better world if everyone was armed to the teeth or if everyone had no guns.

  Again to the extreme, when it was just the nuclear USSR v the nuclear West we had an uneasy peace. If it had only been one nation, either the USA or the USSR, having a nuclear arsenal, would it have been a safer world? Probably not.

  Will it be a better planet if every nation or political faction were to have their own nuclear arsenal?

  I'm not being sarcastic in my posting.

  It's genuinely interesting to hear differing views, although it does get a bit tedious with the overly aggressive and belittling defence or otherwise of the opposing views.
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  Is New Zealand right to ban military style guns?

  by ThomasCovenant in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  in response to the recent terrorist attack in new zealand their government is proposing to ban semi automatic and military style weaponry.. do you agree with this idea?.

  would they be  better off allowing more of these weapons instead?.

  would it be better to perhaps allow more of the muslim community for example, to be armed with semi automatic guns to protect themselves at their places of worship?.

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  ThomasCovenant

  In response to the recent terrorist attack in New Zealand their government is proposing to ban semi automatic and military style weaponry.

  Do you agree with this idea?

  Would they be better off allowing more of these weapons instead?

  Would it be better to perhaps allow more of the Muslim community for example, to be armed with semi automatic guns to protect themselves at their places of worship?

  Will banning these weapons make New Zealand any safer in the long run?
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  Awake! No. 2 2018 on marriage

  by john.prestor in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  so i'm sitting here at the laundromat waiting for the bus, there's a kingdom hall across the street and somebody must come in here regularly cause i found about five different magazines hanging out on a counter by the door and three different jw.org business cards pinned to a bulletin board.

  i picked up an awake!

  for the hell of it, i could use a good laugh, and i ran across this right away in the article '12 secrets of successful families', yeah, you can probably tell where this is going:.

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  ThomasCovenant

  Reading what you quoted I think it was

  'allow yourself to be WRONG'

  not 'allow yourself to be wrongED'.

  There is a big difference to be fair.
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  Is White Nationalism A Major Problem In Your Opinion?

  by minimus in

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  after seeing the atrocity in new zealand, do you think white nationalism is a major issue affecting you or where you live?.

  somebody already called out chelseaclinton, blaming her for the attack!

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  ThomasCovenant

  ''If you come in ILLEGALLY its in the name. You are illegally here and you are a criminal by default of doing so. All Illegals are criminal. Stop saying immigrant when they are illegal aliens. They are illegal full stop''

  I have a confession to make. I drove over the speed limit once. In the UK it is a criminal offence.I am illegal. Full stop.
  
  
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  Climate Change - True Believer or Skeptic?

  by Simon in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  climate change ... who doesn't believe it?

  crazy fools and science deniers ... right?.

  it seems like it's become the new religion, the new orthodoxy, that must be accepted and believed as gospel and preached to all.. is it ok to be skeptical?.

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  ''Change my mind.''

  What I've learned from online forums is this very rarely if ever happens. Myself included.
  

  How often have you (as in anyone reading this) actually changed your mind over any subject?
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  Racist Air

  by Tobyjones262 in

  1. social
  2. current

  so now whites are to blame for pollution.

  lol these idiot libtards are pushing trump for the win every day.

  so all whites are to blame if one factory owner is white but a black who runs a drug cartel whites are still to blame.

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  ThomasCovenant

  Toby, do you dislike people based on the colour of their skin?
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  Racist Air

  by Tobyjones262 in

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  so now whites are to blame for pollution.

  lol these idiot libtards are pushing trump for the win every day.

  so all whites are to blame if one factory owner is white but a black who runs a drug cartel whites are still to blame.

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  ''So now whites are to blame for pollution''

  Really. Wow I never knew that .
  
  
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  How Long Will YOU Identify As A Jehovah’s Witness?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  some witnesses realize that they got into a religion and it turned out to be disastrous.

  many decide they have to somehow get out.

  some do it right away and others take longer.. where are you in your journey?

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  ''It still doesn’t make it right to contribute to a religion that is corrupt and filled with falsehoods.''

  I agree.

  And as I believe that applies to every single religion and religious belief I struggle to have too much respect for non atheists.But I try.
  
  
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  Babies Who Are Not Dead From An Abortion

  by minimus in

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  a woman gets an abortion.

  the baby is supposed to die because of the abortion but doesn’t.

  should that living baby be put to death or should the baby be given medical help to survive?.

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  ThomasCovenant

  Thanks for the info on suffrage. Never realized or even thought of it that way before.( I take it we're talking about the UK. haven't read about other countries.)
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  Babies Who Are Not Dead From An Abortion

  by minimus in

  1. jw
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  a woman gets an abortion.

  the baby is supposed to die because of the abortion but doesn’t.

  should that living baby be put to death or should the baby be given medical help to survive?.

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  ThomasCovenant

  ''Now people aren’t afraid to say they don’t like something.''

  I agree.

  I'm no longer afraid to say I don't like black or brown people, or I don't like homosexuals or abortionists. Or women for that matter, and certainly not black women.

  That's my right surely?

  PS. The views above are not necessarily those held by Thomas Covenant.

  PS Whats wrong with being a nice guy?