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Gun Control & RKBA

Eleanors38

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2. The point of most bans is not workability, but punishment.

Reply to discntnt_irny_srcsm (Original post)

Sun Oct 9, 2016, 04:31 PM

Oct 2016

Certainly, public display of ones morality is a factor, as is the genuine belief (no matter how mistaken) that a ban will be positive for the public weal. But the driving ardency of any ban is the identification of a cultural enemy by the banned thing, practice or status, and the consequential pleasure in punishing that enemy.

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Would it be fair to say that if you want to ban something... [View all] discntnt_irny_srcsm Oct 2016 OP

Not if you actually want to ban something. PoindexterOglethorpe Oct 2016 #1

I maintain that if you're not able adequately define the object of the ban: discntnt_irny_srcsm Oct 2016 #3

I am someone who would be quite happy to ban all guns. PoindexterOglethorpe Oct 2016 #4

re: "If you actually want to ban something, you ban it." discntnt_irny_srcsm Oct 2016 #6

"Black Rifles Matter!!!" stone space Oct 2016 #5

The point of most bans is not workability, but punishment. Eleanors38 Oct 2016 #2