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Real Gun Pulled At Counter-Strike Tournament
Audiovore writes "Got Frag? has a press release and interview with the president of Cyber X Gaming about an event which took place after a Counter-Strike LAN gaming qualifier in Los Angeles at the weekend. Apparently, two guys from separate teams got in a fight outside, and when staff tried to break it up one of the participants went to his car, got a gun, and pointed it at the head of a staff member (who happened to be the son of the CXG president.) His team-mates then 'encouraged the person with the gun to fire', although the situation was then calmed down and the remainder of the event was cancelled."
Then only the idoits and criminals (wait.. whats the difference...) have guns.
Gandhi never advocated violence. Many people/reporters/etc would try and give him theoretical situations where he would be "forced" to choose a violent course. The quote was, "Where the choice is between only violence and cowardice, I would advise violence."
And if you bother to read the history of where this statement originates, the next thing he said was, "But I believe that nonviolence is infinitely superior to violence, forgiveness is more manly than punishment. Forgiveness adorns a soldier...But abstinence is forgiveness only when there is the power to punish; it is meaningless when it pretends to proceed from a helpless creature....
But I do not believe India to be helpless....I do not believe myself to be a helpless creature....Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.
We do want to drive out the best in the man, but we do not want on that account to emasculate him. And in the process of finding his own status, the beast in him is bound now and again to put up his ugly appearance.
The world is not entirely governed by logic. Life itself involves some kind of violence and we have to choose the path of least violence."
Go read for yourself his philosophy.
If you are busy trying to argue wether people cane or can't be more or less right, then you've missed why I pointed out that quote which was taken out of context.
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I don't know if you live in America or not but violence has become more commonplace here. I come from the urban setting and I have been shot at and had guns and or knives pulled on me. My friend was shot at by a group of gang members on her way home from college. Another one of my friends got lost and pulled into a parking lot to ask for direction. Then was almost killed only escaped because he keeps a loaded gun on him at all time.
If I was in a city like L.A. I would not hesitate to keep a loaded gun in the car. I'm not saying he was right in using it only that some people have valid reasons
It's also, of course, a complete work of fiction, long since discredited.