twinkles1994OPVancouver, Washington USA2,258 posts
Here is a little test that will help you decide: You’re walking down a deserted street with your wife and two small children. Suddenly, an Islamic Terrorist with a huge knife comes around the corner, locks eyes with you, screams obscenities, praises Allah, raises the knife, and charges. You are carrying a Glock 40 pistol, and you are an expert shot. You have mere seconds before he reaches you and your family. What do you do? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Democrat’s Answer: Well, that’s not enough information to answer the question! Does the man look poor or oppressed? Have I ever done anything to him that would inspire him to attack? Could we run away? What does my wife think? What about the kids? Could I possibly swing the gun like a club and knock the knife out of his hand? What does the law say about this situation!? Does the Glock have appropriate safety built into it? Why am I carrying a loaded gun anyway, and what kind of message does this send to society and to my children? Is it possible he’d be happy with just killing me? Does he definitely want to kill me, or would he be content just to wound me? If I were to grab his knees and hold on, could my family get away while he was stabbing me? Should I call 911 ??? Why is this street so deserted? We need to raise taxes, have a paint and weed day and make this happier, healthier street that would discourage such behavior. This is all so confusing! ! I need to debate this with some friends for few days and try to come to a consensus. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Republican’s Answer: BANG! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Southern Republican’s Answer: BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! (click…) (sounds of reloading…) BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! (click…) Daughter: “Nice grouping, Daddy! Were those the Winchester Silver Tips?” Son: "Can I shoot the next one Pop!" Wife: "You're not taking that to the taxidermist!"
Well, according to the situation, I'd be an expert shot, so insead of killing him, I'd shoot the knife out of his hand as well as a couple fingers. Does that make me a moderate?
Oh come on Xstacy, you're just an extremely brilliant democrat.
Admit it. In that infinitely intelligent brain of yours you went though the myriad of moral questions in a nanosecond answering each one precisely and coming to the final consensus that in this particular case the terrorist would need to be eliminated to save your family and then you took care of business with one efficient shot thus saving the country billions of dollars on ammo.
Republican or democrats, what amuses me is that in a vast democracy like USA , father and son , brothers .. become presidents . A recent phenomena ? Would the democrats ever vote for a non white , non Christian , mixed-race American president ? I know that republicans wont .
In all seriousness I'm democratic in views... but what would I do??
First, I'd be carring a knife as well, not a gun (I carry a knife in my pocket everywhere I do)... but if he was an Islamic terrorist, I'd probably show him my breasts, or pull the pants down of whatever guy I'm with. Likely he would stop in his tracks long enough for me to take care of business, one way or the other.
i don't match any of the views in the OP, however...i am a republican that would have no problem voting for a non-white, non-christian, mixed-race president. first...race is a social construct, not a biological one, it doesn't exist. second...separation of church and state.
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You’re walking down a deserted street with your wife and two small children. Suddenly, an Islamic Terrorist with a huge knife comes around the corner, locks eyes with you, screams obscenities, praises Allah, raises the knife, and charges. You are carrying a Glock 40 pistol, and you are an expert shot. You have mere seconds before he reaches you and your family.
What do you do?
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Democrat’s Answer:
Well, that’s not enough information to answer the question!
Does the man look poor or oppressed?
Have I ever done anything to him that would inspire him to attack?
Could we run away?
What does my wife think?
What about the kids?
Could I possibly swing the gun like a club and knock the knife out of his hand? What does the law say about this situation!?
Does the Glock have appropriate safety built into it?
Why am I carrying a loaded gun anyway, and what kind of message does this send to society and to my children?
Is it possible he’d be happy with just killing me?
Does he definitely want to kill me, or would he be content just to wound me?
If I were to grab his knees and hold on, could my family get away while he was stabbing me?
Should I call 911 ???
Why is this street so deserted?
We need to raise taxes, have a paint and weed day and make this happier, healthier street that would discourage such behavior.
This is all so confusing! ! I need to debate this with some friends for few days and try to come to a consensus.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Republican’s Answer:
BANG!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Southern Republican’s Answer:
BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! (click…) (sounds of reloading…)
BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! (click…)
Daughter: “Nice grouping, Daddy! Were those the Winchester Silver Tips?”
Son: "Can I shoot the next one Pop!"
Wife: "You're not taking that to the taxidermist!"