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I'll say it here: You think this is an American problem, and for the moment, you have the luxury of maintaining that fiction. But it won't last You'd be better served thinking long and hard about what's going on, instead of gloating about the misfortune of others, cause sooner than you think, our misfortune will be yours as well.

That seems rather simplistic. We have *a lot* of problems when it comes to violence in general, and gun violence specifically. But then again, so do you.

5 days ago, an assault rifle was used to kill three people in southern France. Does it really matter why? And, if it does...... care to talk about American gun violence with the same attitude?

Nope, not bent out of shape. Perhaps..... tired of paternalistic Europeans (and Americans, for that matter) acting as though the problem is simple. It's not.

Seems France has "patriots" as well. 4 days ago... https://www.thelocal.fr/20190729/french-police-hunt-gunmen-who-killed-three-including-bystander Apparently all those people were shot with an AK-47. Isn't there any gun control in France?

First, nobody is "bent out of shape". Second, most of us Americans are aware of your (Europe's) condescending paternalism regarding our Constitution and the rights it recognizes. Third, nobody, least of all me, has said there is nothing that can be done. What I said was what *you* say should be done is discarding our rights for the sake of convenience and expeditious action. I, for one, think that's a bad idea. Fourth, we here in America have seen what happens to a population that can't defend itself against it's own government, and we are reluctant to give up our ability to do so. We've also seen what happens when a "constitution" is treated as a disposable object. The rights within soon mean nothing. Fifth, as noted elsewhere, the Constitution can be changed, and it has been. The process is not easy. That is a good thing. Sixth, the ridiculousness of comparing pub brawls and mass shootings is intentional. Just because one gets more "column inches" than the other doesn't mean we have to surrender our rights to the State. You certainly wouldn't (or would you?) give up your rights to prevent pub-glassings. Seventh and finally, your views are as welcome as anybody's. Share them, but don't expect to do so in a vacuum.

Oh lord.... If you had any idea how that sounds. I'll bet more people die in pub-brawls in the UK than die in mass-shootings in the US, so if you don't mind, we'll avoid throwing our entire system of government in the trash.

Back in the day Secrets was something special. which accounts for all the feelings involved watching Ben run that ship aground.

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Threads disappear when people can't control themselves. C'est la vie

"Sour grapes" implies there is something there that we want, but cannot have, when in fact there is nothing left there for anybody to want. It's a corpse.

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It dos appear to be ran by meth addicts over there....

Exactly what I look like riding my wife's scooter in Thailand.

https://secretsasia.com/the-political-arena-enter-at-your-own-risk-f10/ lol

New format making quite the splash. Stick a fork in that sucker, it's done.

So is the whinging and whining about the whinging and whining.

Better Call Saul, a "prequel" to Breaking Bad. Which I also watched on Netflix.

In a thread titled "Secrets forum" one can expect people to discuss the Secrets forum. If that offends you, consider getting the thread deleted and all mention of that forum criminalized. In the absence of that, one could just not open the thread.....