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Old 02-05-2007, 01:27 PM   #1
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However, when I see a gun in the hands of a loony, I feel fear...
How do you identify loonies? Because they have a gun? Or because they just "look that way"?
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Old 02-05-2007, 03:48 PM   #2
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How do you identify loonies? Because they have a gun? Or because they just "look that way"?
Quite correct. You only know a loony with a gun *after* they've shot up the schoolhouse full of Amish children.
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Old 02-05-2007, 07:46 PM   #3
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How do you identify loonies? Because they have a gun? Or because they just "look that way"?
I identify them as the ones trying to shoot innocent people.
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Old 02-05-2007, 07:52 PM   #4
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I identify them as the ones trying to shoot innocent people.
They may be loonies. Or they may simply be criminals.

There's a difference between insanity and ethical impairment.
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