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Did I not say I wasn't addressing Darkfish?
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Can you not follow the simple 1,2,3. If you don't want to address what darkfish wrote then don't quote an exchange involving what he wrote.
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Having a laugh is all well and good, but you attempted to do so by being rude and insulting rather than funny, and you failed.
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An imaginary alternate reality complete with a man of straw is perfect for the purpose, the other made to measure one is Donkey Oaty.
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Irrelevant, as I was only addressing your attack.
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Yet you said you didn't know, so I asked about two British posters who had already commented on the subject as perhaps their local knowledge might give you some leads.
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Even if you were right about August you stooped to mockery and insult rather than argument
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No I put forward the arguement that his points were strawmen.
Try these two for size...."Speed limits are supposed to prevent traffic accidents, accidents still happen so speed limits don't do what they are meant to do."
"The policeman said I failed to stop at the stop sign but I applied the brake to slow down so he is wrong"
Do they need any return comment beyond stating that they are false arguements? One of them even manages to equal his getting three wrongs in one line
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That's the point. American gun-control advocates don't point to any legislation.
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Which advocates? Surely someone who is advocating legislation has some legislative proposals in mind or some examples of other legislation.
What you have there Steve is the unthinking extreme fringe of the Brady bunch which is for a gun control position like quoting Jerry Falwell in a topic about the causes of terrorism.
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They just point out that Britain has better gun control that the US, and they have a lower gun crime rate.
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"Better" is such a subjective word that it doesn't fit at all. Plus of course the "gun crime" rates can not be directly compared.