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world wide wally

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7. I'm just wondering if there is a new philosophy that is replacing the old one….

Reply to n2doc (Original post)

Fri Sep 5, 2014, 12:45 PM

Sep 2014

I have heard of "Life. liberty, and the pursuit of happiness".

And I have heard of "God, guns, and guts"… but guns first and above all is fairly recent.

I guess the new meme would be: "Guns must come before God, country, family or anything else or how can we ever feel free?"

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But Weren’t They Asking For It? [View all] n2doc Sep 2014 OP

Hate to say... daleanime Sep 2014 #1

No, it is actually pretty heavy-handed. But fatally (pun intended) flawed, to wit: WinkyDink Sep 2014 #2

It's said about black men ie Trayvon Martin justiceischeap Sep 2014 #3

No it's not just you.... AuntPatsy Sep 2014 #4

I've really had enough of people blaming murder victims for being murdered. Nye Bevan Sep 2014 #5

Wow! Well said!!! IdaBriggs Sep 2014 #10

I've somehow managed to never be murdered kcr Sep 2014 #6

no joke, true story barbtries Sep 2014 #8

Please know that my post was in the spirit of mocking blame the victim kcr Sep 2014 #9

kcr, no apology required barbtries Sep 2014 #11

I'm just wondering if there is a new philosophy that is replacing the old one…. world wide wally Sep 2014 #7

Blaming someone for being killed would be ridiculous! Dr. Strange Sep 2014 #12