Leemaster777 said:
Yea youre right, only in America can someone have such freedom of speech. Straining your faith in humanity? It strains your faith in humanity when people teaching concealed weapons classes deny teaching certain people?Acrisius said:
Sorry but I think only in Texas applies here, that place is a country unto itself.Acrisius said:
As the owner of a private business in the states you can refuse service to anyone you like, based on whatever crazy ass criteria you think of. It's that old moniker of "we reserve the right to refuse service to anyone". Granted it's not socially acceptable to refuse service based on such asinine things as race, political view, or religious affiliation but that doesn't mean you can't.Wandering_Hero said:
And thank YOU for validating all those whiny, ignorant, gamer-forum stereotypes. Saying that he's projecting is pretty presumptuous of you. Maybe in actuality, he's just posting because he feels that his beliefs have been wrongly presented and completely over-generalized in this particular thread. This isn't backlash...this is the reason why people like that mason county guy exist. There's always going to be a counterweight to any extreme. Its just how nature works.thethingthatlurks said:
No.viranimus said:
That assumes that it's an entirely privately-run business. It's not. He needs a specific license from the state to do it, and there are conditions that come with that license. You can't conduct road tests for the Department of Motor Vehicles if you refuse to pass Asians.IceStar100 said:
*rubs his forehead* Right! Okay, I see how 'masterfully' you avoid both the issue in discussion, and the one I raised in my comment, by simply not addressing it, and calling me names and such, beseeching me to turn away from my accusations and statements; to follow 'my fellow Brits' - the heard, basically - and come to a consensus. Ugh... What is the point, really? If YOU took a second to accost at least ONE of my arguments, no matter how juvenile, or 'basket-case' you find them to be, I would respect that; however, you do not. You use that old cop-out, appologetic argument: 'Well, there are worse things in this world, why pay attention to the "trivial" and small issues'. Pitiful, just pitiful. I refuse to continue, since it would be meaningless. Although, there's still one thing that completely pisses me off, and it's that every time someone attacks Texas, and actually challenges its policies, or anything for that matter, appologatics, like yourself, sping-up from out of nowhere, trying to hide the issue, change it, direct it towards something else and, in my opinion, make complete idiots out of themselves. To that I say - Fine! I care not. As long as it stays far away from me, and Britain does not adopt anything Texan, be it political, social or whatever.harmonic said:
They are stupid, too damn restrictive. USA has tons of gun control laws and not one of them actually proven to reduce crime rates. It HAS been proven that when gun laws become more lenient in an area, crime drops. There are a bunch if cases when guns have been used for self defense, why? because criminals dont fear cops, they people defending themselves.Jimmybobjr said:
Seriously? SEROUSLY?! I thought we were all big boys now. I might not like some things, but at least i describe them fairly. You can hate socialism. Go ahead. But dont describe it in such a bias and literally false fashion. Lets google, define socialism and read it together ok?Tom Templeton said:
...when it's a service licensed by the state, then yes. Same thing when I look back on Gov. George Wallace trying to prevent integration with such excessive force that the National Guard had to be summoned to enact the law.Jarimir said:
Are...are we reading the same article? The one that had such lines as "The fact is if you are a devout Muslim then you cannot be a true American"? And "Why should I arm these people to kill me, that's suicide"? I can't even imagine this sounding non-racist if it was being read by Morgan Freeman.Jarimir said:
Look, he's a state-licensed employee. Vehicle inspection stations aren't allowed to refuse service to Asians under the boldly-stated belief that "those people" are all multi-car pileups waiting to happen.Jarimir said:
...I see. So it's absolutely impossible to be, for instance, a left-leaning moderate? Gun control isn't the gamebreaker issue for most elections, not the least of which because most gun laws are made/regulated by state governments. That's why there are stricter gun laws in New York than Georgia.Jarimir said:
Ah. So that's the new argument? There are more pressing issues than blatant racism by a state-licensed business, and therefore it should be ignored? When has that ever been a valid argument? In any case? Like, for instance, actual court cases? Have the accused ever defend themselves by demanding charges be dropped because there are still people guilty of more severe crimes who need to be tried?Jarimir said:
That's the funny thing: in regard to gun control, Obama is like some sort of wizard. Through sheer virtue of being elected, without so much as proposed legislation, ammo prices skyrocket as it's bought more quickly than it can be produced by comparatively few gun owners out of fear of nonexistent/hypothetical legislation.Jarimir said:
