Fusion

The Sandbox General
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:rofl:

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They sure do complain a lot though.

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Itā€™s both funny and surprising in that we are almost surely not actually done paying for the Spanish American War.

We didnā€™t finish paying for the Civil War until two years ago this past Friday (December 16, 2020 when the last widow died.

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I heard from a podcast that when the UK ended slavery, it was essentially a buy back program. The government had to essentially pay the slave owners off, and in doing so, incurred a significant amount of debt that theyā€™re either still paying off to this day or was paid off not that long ago.

Imagine if you learn that your tax dollars are going to slave owners.

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I mean itā€™s not a horrible idea given the times they were in. If they hadnā€™t done that slavery would have surely lasted longer in the UK empire.

So your tax dollars goes towards ending slavery earlier than it would have ended.

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Sounds like actuarial job security to me!

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now onto gunsā€¦

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Are you talking about a gun buyback program?

Itā€™s not very effective because itā€™s voluntary :frowning:

Iā€™d love if we could pay some $$ as a country and just abolish privately owned handguns thoughā€¦

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One would imagine that giving up guns would be easier than giving up slavesā€¦

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You should come meet my family. ā€˜Shall not be infringedā€™ is perhaps the only part of the constitution they can recite.

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I dunno, we have a lot more guns now than they had slaves

Guns also donā€™t have human rights and that whole moral side

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Also, I donā€™t know if a war between people who love guns and people who hate guns would be entirely fair.

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yup, people who hate guns are far more intelligent and would easily find victory over the dummies

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There should be a randomly generated chess puzzle on each gun to unlock it!

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Rhett Butler: I mean, Mr. Hamilton, thereā€™s not a cannon factory in the whole South.

Man: What difference does that make, sir, to a gentleman?

Rhett Butler: Iā€™m afraid itā€™s going to make a great deal of difference to a great many gentlemen, sir.

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i was actually thinking about that scene

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I think a good portion of people who want guns gone actually have guns. Theyā€™d probably feel less need to own a gun if they know nobody else owns one.

Thatā€™s how I felt when I lived in Asia.