A Formula to Prevent Violence and other Poor Outcomes
This is a direct response to our many politicians who want to eliminate “gun” violence by disarming the public.
The Big Picture
When you disarm the public, the result is that the most effective agent of violence becomes the police and military. This has been done in many places, and the results are usually the same, the whittling away of the rights of the public to the point of oppression, genocide, subjugation.
And often when governments disarm, it is with the express purpose of clamping down or removing people's rights. This was done in Zimbabwe to the white farmer, destroying a large part of the country's agricultural base. This was done in Germany before World War II to disarm the Jews. Canada has been restricting rights to possess firearms. At the same time, it has been clamping down on protests (ask their truckers), and using the full force of the government to address behaviors the demented left does not like. Ask the Chinese if their government tolerates armed citizens, or protest, or the North Koreans. You'll see certain rights go together.
Standing for Truth
To my friends with an audience:
I implore you please to speak out against the cruelly biased coverage provided of our Hearst papers of the coverage of the war in Israel. Israel faces new calls for truce after shooting, hostages killed, December 18, AP/Hearst.
This is a war for the heart of our civilization, as all wars seem to be. Please tell me why stringers in Deir al-Balah are reporting on a funeral in Shefayim, in the heart of Israel.
Bias in the Byline
It is amazing how the American press is willing to overlook the bias inherent in the byline.
The only reporters allowed to operate in Khan Younis must have Hamas approval. This means that every statistic, every “dead child” reported, should raise the eyebrows of the western press.
Blumenthal's Hate
As usual, Blumenthal has it wrong: Blumenthal, CT religious leaders call for more funding for security
In trying to appear even-handed, he betrays his hate. I don't think anyone is really concerned about attacks on mosques or muslims (the shooting in Burlington is reprehensible, but no evidence of a pattern), the doors of muslim students are not being tagged, nor do we hear about bomb threats on mosques, or pro-genocide professors being mobbed by Jews.
anti-Zionism is anti-Semitism
Antizionism is antisemitism when the only state that is criticized is Israel.
Where is Mr. McKinney's “serious humanitarian concern” for the hundreds of thousands killed in Yemen? Where is this concern for the hundreds of thousands killed in Syria's civil war? Where is this concern for the 1.7 million Afghan seekers of refuge that Pakistan is driving back into Afghanistan?
Where is this concern for the innocent Russians killed by the Ukranians, or the other way around?
Where is the concern about the persecution and rape of Christians by Muslims wherever they have power, or even think they can get away with it (it happens throughout Europe as well)?
