+++If Christians ceased to exist, the motivation not to abort you, or to have you put down at birth for being defective like they are starting to do in the Netherlands, would likely be none existent, given the grip anti-christians have had on the university. Do you see worth in your existence? If you do, then you oppose it on this point, if not, then you shouldn’t be making points to begin with.+++
Christians do not have a monopoly on morality. If you need the fear of an eternity in hell to make you a good person, then you’re not a good person. This probably accounts for why all the violent insane loonies end up in Christianity and/or its fellow monotheistic religions.
+++In regards to guns, it’s a mute point… they can be printed, using 3D printers now, and other formulas other than gunpowder exist. Ban it or not, it’s going to be within a few hours reach of every household within two generations. US has the advantage of laws and law enforcement already in existence, well used to the wide spread availability of fire arms, I think Europe especially will be in a state of shock once everyone prints out their own gun a night after a terrorist attack, and a sizeable minority over times becomes a sizeable majority possessing some sort of weapons. Most nations won’t go the way of Italy, completely outlawing violence+++
Under such a nightmare scenario I think most European countries would do almost anything to prevent themselves becoming what America already is. I’m sure the technology to disrupt 3D printers from a distance wouldn’t be too difficult to invent, if it was necessary.
+++Remember, Americans have guns so we can kill you Maia if you ever try to take us over again… it’s the original impulse for our paranoia. Were unlike to disarm just because the British want us to.+++
What do you mean by take you over “again”? The first time we took over Amercia it is true that the Americans didn’t have any guns, but it was mostly disease that wiped them out. What you’ve done with them since, on their own land, is disgusting.
+++But our crime rate outside of inner city gang violence is generally lower than England, so in many ways, it works. Cities like Detroit are even encouraging everyone to arm, it’s lowering the rates of violence.+++
Why don’t you try comparing like with like? If you remove American inner cities from the statistics, you need to remove English inner cities too.
+++If we can pass the Give One Hand Grenade Per Person Test and have the world remain mostly peaceful… no wars, the rare crime using them, then Ill consent. Means we can trust each other.+++
Ok, give me one then. Still better, a gun. Would you have any objection?