Florida House Rejects Gun Safety Discussion, Focuses on Dangers of Pornography

Started by Shiranu, February 21, 2018, 08:45:49 PM

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Atheon

"Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by the rulers as useful." - Seneca

Baruch

Ha’át’íísh baa naniná?
Azee’ Å,a’ish nanídį́į́h?
Táadoo ánít’iní.
What are you doing?
Are you taking any medications?
Don't do that.

Munch

'Political correctness is fascism pretending to be manners' - George Carlin

SGOS

Quote from: Hydra009 on February 23, 2018, 09:48:15 PM
Both problems have the same source: powerful, wealthy special interests essentially buying legislators.

The public may find their legislators' actions baffling, but their legislators don't.  They know exactly what they're doing and why they're doing it.
Montana's Senator Daines is currently trying to turn public land all over the West to private interests, like those guys that seized the National Monument in Oregon.  He refuses to hold public meetings except in two right wing enclaves, but he's been up to this for a year now.  Montana has a fairly strong NRA influence of course, but traditionally the state is run by timber and mining interests, some headquartered in other countries.  The timber base is now largely liquidated, so the latest threat is in privatizing land which is in theory owned by the public.  Montana citizens favor their public land, while industry opposes it, and would prefer to put up "No Trespassing" signs.  Developers like Trump obviously see it filled with condos and casinos.


Baruch

Nobody in the US has heard of Tammany Hall or the Teapot Dome scandal.  This looting of public property has been going on for over 20 years now.  Of course in the West, were mere land might be the only valuable thing around, the looting will be expropriation of this land.  This is what Teddy Roosevelt tried to prevent, because it was already happening in the 1890s.

The Bundy abuse of public land is small potatoes compared to Chinese property interests.
Ha’át’íísh baa naniná?
Azee’ Å,a’ish nanídį́į́h?
Táadoo ánít’iní.
What are you doing?
Are you taking any medications?
Don't do that.

Unbeliever

God Not Found
"There is a sucker born-again every minute." - C. Spellman

Baruch

Quote from: Unbeliever on February 24, 2018, 02:28:58 PM
America's not in the middle of an arms race, but an arms disgrace.

Paranoia are us.  But then, Americans are more evil than other nationals.  Our enemies say so.
Ha’át’íísh baa naniná?
Azee’ Å,a’ish nanídį́į́h?
Táadoo ánít’iní.
What are you doing?
Are you taking any medications?
Don't do that.

Unbeliever

Porn causes masterbation, masturbation causes blindness - so the Floriduh legislation is protecting the kids' eyesight.
God Not Found
"There is a sucker born-again every minute." - C. Spellman

Baruch

Quote from: Unbeliever on February 24, 2018, 04:29:19 PM
Porn causes masterbation, masturbation causes blindness - so the Floriduh legislation is protecting the kids' eyesight.

If parents were smart, they would have realized where babies come from ;-)
Ha’át’íísh baa naniná?
Azee’ Å,a’ish nanídį́į́h?
Táadoo ánít’iní.
What are you doing?
Are you taking any medications?
Don't do that.

Cavebear

Quote from: Shiranu on February 21, 2018, 08:45:49 PM
https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/02/21/587548408/florida-house-declines-debate-on-assault-rifles-calls-porn-a-health-risk?sc=tw

You cant make this shit up. What a shithole state.

It is always easier to work voters up about sex than violence.  I don't know why.  Maybe because most people know something about sex but not enough people experience violence directly.  And there isn't an equal NSA compared to the NRA...
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