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Which presents more of a danger to you, a policeman with a gun or a murderer with a gun?
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I'd liken it to a policeman with a bazooka and a murderer with a knife collection. I don't want the murderer to be free to swing his knives around, but I'm about 100 feet away from the showdown, and I'm a little worried about the shrapnel from a bazooka shot. No matter how many times the policeman tells me that he's doing this to keep everybody safe, or mentions how evil the murderer is, it's not going to make the shrapnel disappear.
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Missles in the hands of a dictator which can be fired at anybody on any whim are much different than missles in the hands of an elected official needing the approval of others to do anything.
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Lack of authorization doesn't magically stop a finger from flipping a switch or pushing a button. Once an arsenal is deployed, nobody sitting in an office in The Homeland is going to be able to stop it unless the man at the controls is in agreement. Abuse of trust is a bitch, just look at the history of this site... |