Comments on: A hard-fought right on the Thursday OPEN thread

By: Kristen

Kristen — Sat, 02 Feb 2013 00:36:04 +0000

“Well Kristen, you may not “buy” that people have the right to keep “an armory”, but the SCOTUS recognizes a right to defense and to individual gun ownership.”

The two halves of this sentence bear no relationship to one another.

Rights are not immutable or absolute and you obviously agree with that, as demonstrated by your enthusiasm for denying felons some of those rights. But denying felons gun ownership is just one of many “common sense” approaches we’re going to see implemented in an effort to curb gun violence. Hopefully you’ll be as enthusiastic about those!

By: Chuck

Chuck — Sat, 02 Feb 2013 00:23:09 +0000

Well Kristen, you may not “buy” that people have the right to keep “an armory”, but the SCOTUS recognizes a right to defense and to individual gun ownership. Fortunately for women everywhere, your logic isn’t law. IF it were just think of how they would be affected by the people who didn’t “buy” the right to have an abortion on demand.

The point is, your arguments are contradictory. I think you may trying to make some kind of zero-sum point using reverse psychology, but it the argument really misses the point. You seem to be arguing on the one hand that rights are not absolute and can be subject to reasonable and prudent regulations, unless you are a convicted violent felon. Then your rights become absolute and not subject to regulation. And all the while, posing this in the face of cries for more widespread and stringent background checks. Interesting.

By: gdad

gdad — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 20:22:38 +0000

Speaking of Buffett, the Greensboro paper misspelled his name in the headline of its story about the purchase. Groan.

By: Bill Hudson

Bill Hudson — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 16:32:30 +0000

I have been busy working on my next CD so have not read all the post. But The Feel Good Tour wants to thank Polly Branch of the Plowshare in helping us get ready for our March 20th concert. There will be two songwriters, one is a 2 time Grammy award winning artist.
Our thanks to Plowshare Peace Center!

By: Justin True

Justin True — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 14:34:43 +0000

Dan, I have a feeling someone might say this…
http://25.media.tumblr.com/c0ed311cfaa7245274c30ebc704db42b/tumblr_mgnorcsuKt1r7gbhio1_500.jpg

LOL

By: Dan Casey

Dan Casey — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 14:29:23 +0000

Stay tuned for a “Caption This!” post based on Justin’s link, coming up at noon!

By: Kristen

Kristen — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 14:26:53 +0000

Justin, that is hysterical.

By: Kristen

Kristen — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 14:26:10 +0000

I don’t know, Chuck, but that’s not really my problem. I don’t buy the entire “I am Constitutionally entitled to keep an armory in my basement for self defense” argument anyway. But once you’ve decided that you’re going to preclude one group from that constiutional protection, you’ve already signed on to a version of gun control. You’re already on that slippery slope.

By: Old blue

Old blue — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 14:17:46 +0000

Dan the employees are often the last to know when a business is sold (or any other large scale shake up is in the works). Rumors usually abound, though, and they are often true. Years ago, layoff rumors were flying where I worked at that time. Management denied the rumors. One Friday about 6 p.m., I saw some of the managers leaving a meeting room with stacks of personnel jackets. Massive layoffs followed, but they denied there was anything in the works right to the end. Then they wondered why no one trusted them. Hmm…

By: Dan Casey

Dan Casey — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 12:59:52 +0000

I hear you, Art Hill. I don’t have any kind of inside track on this, btw.