Comment by matt4077
9 years ago
Quite ok, actually. Nobody was killed. There were no "minutemen of the patriotic revolution" in fatigues and with automatic weapons. There were fantastic, peaceful protests such as https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SeXRmurPTRI
Yeah, there was property damage. So what?
Also, I'm not quite sure what you're actually trying to say? Are you suggesting the protests would have been /better/ if protesters had had automatic weapons?
You are deluding yourself when you call a protest with (significant, I might add) property damage fantastic and peaceful.
Are you not aware that multiple instances of arson were committed [1]?
Also:
> Yeah, there was property damage. So what?
What if this was your property? Would you be as callous if it had been your car that had been set on fire?
[1] http://www.reuters.com/article/us-g20-germany-protests-idUSK...
>Are you not aware that multiple instances of arson were committed [1]?
Are you aware that some property damage and or arson in protests is a tradition in Europe, and we don't consider it the end of the world?
It's part of what it takes to have an actual democracy and an engaged population (at least part of the population).
Sometimes, we even behead our kings and burn down their palaces.
> Are you aware that some property damage and or arson in protests is a tradition in Europe, and we don't consider it the end of the world?
I am European, and I am not aware of any such tradition. Regardless, (1) "tradition" doesn't make something morally right, and (2) a protest involving arson and hundreds of injured people cannot be called peaceful, period.
> Sometimes, we even behead our kings and burn down their palaces.
That is, in my opinion, romantic nonsense. Neither of those things happened here, by any stretch of imagination. No kings were beheaded, and the only thing that was burned down were the houses and carriages of random peasants.
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Citizens burning the property of other citizens is an effective deterrent to tyranny? Your second statement mentions beheading the king and burning palaces, which would be more akin to the citizenry marching on the house of government and setting it ablaze with the politicians inside.
Antifa torches cars. Neo-nazis torch asylum-seekers' hostels.
The public is more concerned with antifa because many people own a car but who owns an asylum-seeker?
I think it would be fair to say that the public is concerned with both, but more actively threatened by the fact that their house might have its windows smashed in because a protest happened to occur near to them. Like it or not, we tend to be more frightened of things that affect us personally.
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Semi-automatic weapons, not automatic.
With respect, this is a crucial point if one desires to be taken seriously by gun owners when talking about guns, because confusing it reveals a lack of basic knowledge of the subject.