• Johanno
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    22 years ago

    The US is just a rough place.

    Doesn’t matter if you give them nukes, guns or knives.

        • @[email protected]
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          12 years ago

          And I’m obviously being 100% serious. I yearn for a world where everyone carries a tiny nuclear warhead in their pocket. It’s the only way to achieve mutually assured self-defense.

    • 🐱TheCat
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      22 years ago

      I doubt they were referring to the US, guns have only increased here lately.

    • @BeMoreCareful
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      12 years ago

      We are a pretty violent people.

      Oddly enough, I feel were pretty docile too. Especially after watching France riot for two years less retirement. I mean, we just rolled over and let ours die out.

      Blocking traffic is a sin, shooting up a mall or school or whatever… bad day.

      Maybe we’re too violent to get together long enough to organize.

    • @RaoulDook
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      02 years ago

      No, it’s a very safe place to live. Violent crime is rare overall. Most Americans have never seen anyone shot actually in person. The news coverage of the vast landscape of the USA focuses on each event of violence to magnify its emotional impact to get views