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Originally Posted by !@#$%!
so yes, i agree with you that this is not the most civil of scenarios, and with voltaire that this is not the best of all possible worlds, but it's what we have to deal with, and i'm not sure i want to be the first martyr of some ideal cause. "i refuse to be armed, please kill me in the name of peace". sorry, not for me.
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So this cynical defeatism is accurately described as
idiotic? Surprising that I'm a revolutionary for having never owned a gun. Anyway this analogy of owning a gun and wearing a seat belt is the kind of absurd libertarian rational that anyone but an
idiot would entertain. I'm sure you'll stop just shy of saying that owning a tech 9 is prudent. Which model is good judgment, do you think? Which kind of gun screams φρόνησις?