I worry far more about the loss of rights and the loss of critical thinking than I do the culture of fear. What concerns me is the loss of rights in our democratic nations and the willingness of the people to hand over those rights under some illusion of security and progress. What annoys me about
Bowling for Columbine specifically is the way every gun owner is portrayed as the same freak that's out to kill you. I've know gun owners my whole life and the vast majority are no more crazy than I am.
(okay, bad example)
The point is, guns aren't the problem. Neither are cigarettes. Neither are video games. Neither is rap music. Or any of the scapegoats people create.
The real enemy is a population that is increasingly unable to cope with life. Someone gets shot? Ban all guns. Someone dies of lung cancer? Ban all smoking. Some kid flips out? Ban all video games. Some 12-year-old dies from a hockey puck to the face at an NHL game? Demand unjustified millions spent for safety nets at all arenas to prevent this one-in-a-million accident from ever happening again. And woe to the politician who actually takes a stand against this emotional black mail.
It's this constant loopy-leftist demand for utopia after every national news tragedy that is destroying our democracies. These investigative committees and groups. Spending millions on bleeding heart legislation that does nothing. Sponsorship scandals and gun registration.
Taking away the rights of the majority to placate the loss of the minority. Taxpayer money by the millions spent to appease some grieving mother who was the victim of bad luck. It's time we stopped holding our government hostage whenever something bad happens and cease all the demands for a perfect world using band-aid solutions that we can no longer afford.
We need to learn to cope. We need to stop screaming at the unfairness of life and spending ourselves silly trying to prevent it whenever bad times hit. We need to get out of debt. We need to stop infantilizing our children. We need to downsize government.
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Coping, in all it's forms. Coping with adversity, coping with diversity, coping with life. Coping will enable us to get back on track and deal with our problems responsibly. And coping, you mark my words, will not only save our democracies, but that other malfunctioning organization called the human race. Thank you very much"