The answer to the question by the OP - YES!
IMO, American is the .... (hmm wait, violent americans and maybe alot here...I will reserve my further comments)
The answer to the question by the OP - YES!
IMO, American is the .... (hmm wait, violent americans and maybe alot here...I will reserve my further comments)
"Don't bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself." ~William Faulkner
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"Ever look at the word 'Damage'? - It is clearly right in front of you...DA MAGE!"
I'm not sure if it's too violent or not, however, it definitely is NOT one of the more peaceful cultures.
Sure I guess compared to other Caucasian cultures it may not be, but definitely compared to Asian cultures, there is more violence in our culture.
What defines strength and greatness is very different, more violent here. Also what we consider the line between too violent and fun is vague and definitely "more violent."
Even by surfing the forums, flaming is more prevalent and less help is given. Try asking on the forums on how to lower gore on an fps game. Then try asking that on an Asian forum. =)
jesus fuc..... christ. americans and gun, like babies and lollies.
"I need my gun! the cowboys had em! what if someone wants to steal my cows!"
yea and if anyone graps your daughters ass, shot him, it's your right to defend her butt!
@topic: and you ask yourself if US culture is too violent?
how about: yes. see this thread.
ps: @ Where in my post did I state I can't solve a problem without a gun? You don't bring a knife to a gun fight, understand?
maybe not in your last one, but ermmm... you did after asking where you said it....
Last edited by mmocf9825ee83e; 2011-01-09 at 05:35 AM.
Please look up Switzerland. Every male is given an automatic rifle upon entering the military service as part of his obligations. They also happen to have one of the lowest gun-related crime rates in the world. Why? Ask someone if they feel like assaulting or robbing someone when his neighbours all have automatic weapons.
If you criminalize the ownership of firearms, the only people who would bear firearms would be criminals themselves. Thus, you leave the law abiding citizen completely vulnerable.
About chart - same marks can be seen on supermarkets advertisements with good prices, used merely to focus attention, same with this chart - it's meant to eliminate these democrats - but from congress, not from real life - so it quite fit. Can't think of any other mark that would fit there actually - everything could be turned into some reference to "targets". The fact people see it that way shows they are overacting on the gun topics.
About that guy starting shooting - Then again - Why there was no hero to save a day ? Because people live in a false impression of safety and walk unarmed.
right to bear arms... im a druid tank
OT: when the 2nd amendment was made they had to worry bout' da brits and other people who didnt like americans
http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/cr...ers-per-capita
The US is the highest amongst all countries not in a war zone or otherwise(drug cartels, etc).
This is very much correct.(Correct me if I'm wrong) On public TV:
In many European countries you can show nudity but not gun violence ....
In the US, you can show gun violence / explosions ... but not nudity
I'm not asking what this means to a rational person, I'm asking what this means to a nutjob that worships the political rock stars he listens to(hypothetical nutjob). Well, perhaps not entirely hypothetical afterall. Keep in mind, she was on this chart.
Why is there a hero needed in the first place? Hmm? Why should we have to worry about our lives to the point where we carry a gun everywhere we go?About that guy starting shooting - Then again - Why there was no hero to save a day ? Because people live in a false impression of safety and walk unarmed.
IIRC, in Switzerland, the whole "gun under every pillow" sentiment goes back to the 60's and maybe earlier, where they supposedly slept with guns under their pillows in case someone (most likely Germany) invaded.
You'd need to have people to grow up in the same environment (fear of impending invasion by country who has been known to, without debate) to simulate the results that Switzerland got. Merely legalizing won't help.
and you guys wonder why you have so many amok runs and gunshot related crimes :P
if you guys think war and weapons are the only way to achieve piece, i kinda feel sorry for you.
i never owned a single gun, no one ever broke into my home, stole my car or even threatened me with a gun.
why? because guns are illegal here :> for citizens and criminals
funny story eh?
Last edited by mmocf9825ee83e; 2011-01-09 at 05:29 AM.
This. I guess you can call me a skeptic and such but I work around incidents like these and I must say there is always a bad apple and even if that bad apple does something its a societies fault for leaving that bad apple out of the pie.
We might be all different but in the end we are still all human "apples", work together.
~Kretic
Honestly america is tame compaired to europe, i mean no offence, but everytime the goverment does something overthere, you guys riot for weeks, france has like a riot forcast even
And the gunman in AZ was a real psychopath, what i want to know is how he got ahold of several guns for this, there should be some kinda psych evaluation b4 u can even start buying a gun
Also for the rest of the world, alot of the US is real rural areas still, like michigan, once ur past detroit u are in no mans land, there are real purposes to having a gun, plus most people who do own one usualy have it for sport hunting and dont carry it around
Texas is an exception not an example
Last edited by Sableye; 2011-01-09 at 05:35 AM.
No American culture is not too violent you mentioned one psychopath who shot up an event. It's not going to change how I live my life or how I interact with people, if our culture had a bad violence problem people would not go out like they they do now or attend large events. We naturally trust other people around us, that wouldn't happen if we thought stepping on our front porch would get us shot.
Pretty sure getting killed with a gun or knife or pencil ect all sucks the same. Then again I'm Texan and I hunt so gun control sounds like a rotten deal to me lol, but bow hunting is fun too =/ also it's not so much that we are allowed to own guns, but the fact that the classes you take for a license are a joke.
Last edited by Amsden; 2011-01-09 at 05:41 AM.