09-22-2005, 07:46 AM
Doc,Sep 22 2005, 03:59 AM Wrote:Now that I think about it seriously, I wouldn't live anywhere where I and others like me might be the minority with out any guns.Lol. It's a pity that you think the rest of the world is the same way America is.
I couldn't live that way.
I intended my original statement as a joke. But it turns out I was being serious.
Guns keep minorities empowered enough for the majority to take them seriously.
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We have a political system where the minority parties end up with disproportionate power unlike america where you have the choice between two dictators for four years. (apologies for being blunt).
Like I said in the previous post, the Maori party here currently looks as if it holds the balance of power with holding a mere 4/162 seats... yes, that's right 2.5% of the population can have a significant effect on the direction of our government (at least for a period of time, whereas a minority party in American type system is pointless)
Prior periods had different minor parties in such a position (in reverse order: a centrist christian party, the left wing greens, a right wing anti-immigration party)
But if you want empowerment through firepower, perhaps you'll be more comfortable in NK instead of NZ (J/K of course :P )