@parados,
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I find it funny that you feel you have standing to criticize the grammar
usage of others with the way you mangle the English language.
I believe that my grammar is fully consistent with logic,
and with the rules of grammar, excluding
my rejection
of the rule against splitting infinitives because I am not
(usually) speaking Latin.
When the subject of my sentence is
one person at the beginning,
it does not
mysteriously become some other number of folks at the end.
I am prepared to logically defend my use of grammar,
or any deviation therefrom (unless its just a typo).
Quote:Parados' semi-hysterical assertion assumes, with no evidence,
with only naked prejudice and open contempt for the minds of people of that age
that thay are either too stupid or too spastic or uncoordinated
to handle a steering wheel, or to operate the brakes on a car
and that teaching them to drive must be hopelessly futile because of their assumed inferiority;
in other words: GUILTY UNTIL PROVEN INNOCENT, with no effort to prove anything,
simply to proceed with criminal prosecution of freedom minded adults.
That is VERY unAmerican and very anti-logical.
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MY argument says no such thing.
It seems the only way you can defeat my argument
is to turn it into something I never said.
We disagree as to both of those assertions,
and I ratify what I posted.
U implied, with no evidence, and with no respect for people of a certain age group,
that thay cannot drive cars,
and u seemed to imply that no amount of training woud teach them,
as if driving teachers had thrown up their hands in disgust
at the clumsy stupor of children, disabling them from driving.
Do u know of
ANY such study ??
I hope that u will tell me that I
misinterpreted u.
I have been around plenty of adults and children with guns,
and I have never seen an injury from gunfire
(altho
I have heard that thay have occurred).
I am confident that I am a lot safer firing a submachinegun
than I have been on a bike (from which I have fallen, in childhood, with bloody injuries).
I
re-iterate my point:
the passion is
not against accidental juvenile death (as if he chased a ball in front of a car),
or fell off a boat
; the passion is
hoplophobic rage against GUNS.
I wonder if liberals woud rather lose
3 boys to drowning
instead of
1 boy to acccidental gunfire; just wondering.
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When a parent allows a child to do something dangerous and
the supervision is so lax that the child dies as a result, the parent bears responsibility.
Someone has already questioned as to the children who got killed
on amusement park rides, asking if the parents were liable for
their failure to examine the machinery like a rollercoaster ride
and assess its security. Many, many kids are annually hit by cars walking to and from school;
(what is the ratio to deaths from accidental submachinegun fire ?) This is probably the first time
in American history that a child accidentally shot himself in the head with a submachinegun.
Shoud parents be criminally prosecuted for the pedestrian traffic fatalities ?
Shoud children be allowed to ride in planes ?
I see them there on almost every flight.
More planes have crashed than submachineguns have shot anyone
at target practice. Shoud parents inspect the plane and watch
the pilot, to avoid criminal prosecution ?
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Adults have a duty to provide some protection for children.
Even you can't be so stupid as to not agree with that
Such a sweet compliment, but I will not capitulate to your blandishments.
We agree that thay do,
but u make gunnery practice seem like he was playing Russian Roulette,
or juggling bottles of nitroglycerin. If a person does not bend
his elbows and keeps his weapon pointed downrange, this accident will not occur.
It was
a fluke. If the gun had a longer stock or barrel,
he 'd just have a little bruise on the nose or forehead.
American citizens shoud not lose their freedom
because of a fluke. When kids got killed playing ball,
other kids were not stopped from doing so.
Just teach them to be more careful.
I have long recommended firearms safety and proficiency training in public schools.
Quote:or do you think it is OK to give 5 year olds loaded guns?
Only in
an emergency, if he needs one to defend his life,
or
in training him with little .22 caliber revolvers or .22 rifles
when thay are being taught the safe n proficient use of guns.
I did not have that training at 5, but I had it at 8.
My neighbors in Arizona did too; we had no trouble.
David
