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British Civil Liberties Film Released
An anonymous reader sends us to a BBC article about a British film likely to attract the attention of civil liberties supporters. The film, Taking Liberties , is a documentary about eroding civil liberties in present-day Britain. It will be showing in cinemas in major cities across the UK starting next weekend. From the article: "Director Chris Atkins wants Taking Liberties to shake the British public out of their apathy over what he sees as the dangerous erosion of traditional rights and freedoms. 'This film uses shock tactics. We needed to be unashamedly populist... Once you give up traditional liberties such as free speech and the right to protest you are not going to easily get them back,' says Atkins."
Absolutely right. A good way to involve more people would be to make local projections (and I mean even your closest 10 neighbors on your lawn and a laptop), but copyright laws would prevent it even if you collected donations to send to the producers.
That's one more reason we must heavily change the copyright laws, and one more reason why we find strong opposition from above.
Actually, the way that he distorts the truth and offers obviously one-sided arguments is what turns most of the people I know away from him. He's not waking up the sheep, he's pissing them off and making them less likely to listen to a similar message, but one that's presented in a way that they'll listen to. Just because "HE'S FAT" doesn't mean that's what people ignore him for.
Also, you yourself will never be effective at influencing people, because you're so fucking confrontational and arrogant that you think other people who think differently than you are actually "sheep." In actuality, a lot of very intelligent people support viewpoints that are different than yours because they're priorities and assumptions are different.
I know that I'm being a troll here, but I don't understand how an arrogant asshat like yourself, who believes so sincerely that you know better than everyone else, gets away with not having a troll label.
It's always nice to see a few folks crawl out from under their rocks to demonize gun owners. I doubt Mr. Chips above even knows most people who "clamor" for gun rights or who legally own and carry firearms. He's welcome to his prejudice. My experiences are different: typically it's those who clamor for disarmament that can't be trusted with weapons, or responsibility in general. Their fervor to disarm others is nothing more than externalizing their own insecurity. THEY can't control their anger, and would lash out with a weapon if they had one merely due to anger. They lack self-control and emotional maturity.
That internal failing becomes externalized. "People can't be trusted with weapons."
I also found this statement amusing: "The point is that if there are no guns around the damage will be done by other, much less lethal means. Another point is that it is much harder to kill someone when it's up close and personal, like with a knife."
Compare the lethality of knife wounds to pistol wounds. You'll find that knives are more lethal. Someone who actually uses a knife against another person typically has a far more aggressive mindset than the one using the pistol, and in three to five seconds one can inflict dozens of stab wounds. It's not "harder." It's whether or not the attacker is committed to their course of action. If they are, and you are not equally committed to defending yourself and equipped to do so, you have my condolences.
Anyone who would confront an intruder while not themselves armed is either desperate or a fool.
And then we withdrew... from Detriot and Washington DC, leaving it to the gangs that make it more dangerous than living in Iraq.