Wouldn't think to ban emotions. Childhood is an excellent time to learn how to manage them. Imagine how many gun-crazies had frightening childhoods.BellePlaine wrote:It's impossible to ban an emotion,
Sure they can ban a tool or two but that's just going to cause more hate. I'd like to suggest that each of us, as individuals, figure out how to manage our emotions.
Absolutely ban the automatic killing tools.
Can't we make it at least a little difficult to kill lots people? Please? Hello?
While it is true that many people relate to the rules and the enforcers of the rules with shadows of their childhood understanding of "authority", the actual adult understanding of the rules (laws) is what needs to be understood . . . it is an agreement that we all choose to abide by, even those in the minority position that lost the vote.
Anti-social loners in private furies DO relate to the society at-large. If our gun rules are lax, it is no different than the latch-key child who feels that nobody cares. Strong regulations may make people grumble, but they also communicate the larger agreement that we all care. Right now, our society seems to be doing a good job of fostering crippling alienation and devaluing life.
Colin
