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When I used to live in Philadelphia, summer holiday nights used to be very unnerving. Previously I had thought that firing guns wildly into the air in some for
by jlgreco 14y ago
When I used to live in Philadelphia, summer holiday nights used to be very unnerving. Previously I had thought that firing guns wildly into the air in some form of celebration was something that was only done in underdeveloped countries... I grew up in a very rural area where there were lots of guns, but nobody was that irresponsible with them.
- grecy 14y ago> I had thought that firing guns wildly into the air in some form of celebration was something that was only done in underdeveloped countries... ...it is.
- jlgreco 14y agoTouché. More accurately stated I suppose, I had previously thought I lived in a developed area.
- youngerdryas 14y agoAnd the hate America first crowd rolls on.
- grecy 14y agono, no, no, you're looking at it all wrong. The crowd is not "Hate America". The Crowd is "America needs to get better". The first step to fixing problems in to acknowledge they exist. I don't know about you, I strive for constant improvement in my life.
- youngerdryas 14y agoListen to the uncle of the bombers, he has more sense than you.
- grecy 14y agoDo you have a link?
- jlgreco 14y agoAt the very least, in the specific case of people firing their guns wildly into the air on holidays, I think it is fair to say that there is plenty of room for improvement.
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- grecy 14y agoI'm not from Europe at all. I'm from one of the Developed countries that ranks above the US in every major category that counts. http://www.oecd.org/statistics/ http://www.oecd.org/statistics/ It's always so interesting to see Americans who interpret "make it better" as "taking pot shots" What's so inherently wrong with admitting there are problems and working towards improving them?
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- jlgreco 14y agoHe has named it. It is Australia.
- jlgreco 14y agoI don't think he was suggesting it should be made illegal to do that, and obviously I know that it already is... I am quite pro-gun (remember the part about growing up around a lot of responsible gun owners?), but you making the kind of comments that make me strongly reconsider identifying that way. Hurling insults around does not contribute to the discussion; it is just childish and makes you look desperate.
- hga 14y agoI grew up in a less rural area, edge of Joplin, MO, across a significant road there was a working farm, turn left 90 degrees the local college, and while I've heard utility gun fire (often ours), don't think I've ever heard a shot in anger. Which would also include the dozen years I spent in and around MIT and then another dozen in the D.C. area.