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Originally written by Emperor Tullegolar:

It was actually a draw. We were supposed to have liberated the whole thing, but we only got half. And really, we won every other war we started to stop communism except this one and Vietnam. We really do have a decent war record.

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Originally written by Arancaytar:

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Why are people assuming Huckabee is closer to Bush than McCain is?

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Bush has always seemed like a hard-right religious conservative. Is Bush so much less conservative than Huckabee as to put him closer to McCain?

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Originally written by Arancaytar:

To win, he'd have to keep changing his position. This is political suicide in the US. :P

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Originally written by Dr. Alorael:

ID tends to require more biology than the average non-scientist can manage. As the late original Regulation thread brought up over and over, there's a lot of important stuff in detailed protein structure and function.

—Alorael, who thinks it's ultimately a problem of faith over reason. No argument will convince someone who's fundamentally convinced of something regardless of evidence.

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Originally written by Student of Trinity:

Ash: I'd be interested in a discussion with you sometime, but right now I'm very busy, and also a bit tired of evolution and design. Next time the topic comes up, which it eventually will, we can try something. I'm not sure one-on-one would really be best, though, simply because I have very little training in biology. But how to make a larger discussion work efficiently is another interesting problem.

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Originally written by Ash Lael:

Illegal guns begin as legal guns, generally. More legal guns means more opportunity for people to get illegal guns.

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Short of banning the manufacture, distribution, ownership, possession, or use of firearms by anyone, there is no way to keep them from people who get them through illegal means. Countless thousands of military weapons have gone missing over the years. Thousands of police issue weapons have been lost. Reduce the motive to use/possess a gun illegally, and there will be fewer illegally possessed guns.

Edit: Tully, don't be silly. We all know that the government thinks you are mostly harmless.

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Originally written by Spent Salmon:

I own rifles because I hunt for food.

I own a pistol because there are cougar and bear that live in the woods around me. I carry when I am out fishing or hiking so that if I was to be attacked I could either scare the animal or kill it.

But honestly, why the heck do you feel enabled to require a motive check for weapon owners? No one is running around asking prospective car buyers why they need a car and then checking the list of reasons to see if they will be granted that right. No one asks why a person buys or possesses anything that commonly kills people, except of rifles and handguns. Why is that?

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