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An aside - whenever this topic comes up, 99% of the posters seem to agree that no connection exists, and that censorship is bad. I agree that we have to be careful with censorship, but I wanted to ask, what do you think causes the greater amount of violence in America?
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There isn't a greater amount of violence in America. There's violence everywhere. There's one crucial difference between America and the rest of the civilized world, though.
Guns.
America has guns all over the place, and that's why there's so much gun violence. It's the same reason we have so many car wrecks, too. It's because we have so many goddamn cars.
No, I don't mean to be a troll, but there are far too many guns in America, and we don't need them. People who think that they need a gun in their home to protect themselves from criminals are mistaken. The idea that our guns are protecting us from an opressive government is a joke.
I hate Sony, too. How dare they make a superior product? Especially since Sega has always been extra-nice to the consumer by not making a machine only to change their minds and stop producing games for it. Oh, wait, that *was* Sega, with the SegaCD, 32X, 32XCD, Game Gear, and Saturn. Think of it as evolution in action.
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I apologize if anyone has already made this point, but we (humans) have been genetically modifying food for thousands of years, and we aren't all dead yet. Corn used to be 2-3 inches long, before native americans began breeding better strains. Have you ever seen a seedless orange? Drank French wine that was grown after american cuttings were grafted on? Smoked a cigarette? Plants aren't the only things that we have changed, either. Dogs are the most obvious example, since everything from a tiny terriers to great danes came from wild dogs that were domesticated. However, everyone panics when we use some of the devil-spawned modern technology that we have available to speed and refine this process.
I certainly agree that genetically modifying food, especially with modern techniques, can be dangerous, but I am actually more concerned about people genetically modifying diseases. Seriously,what do you think we are more likely to be harmed by: a terrorist with genetically modified flu, or rice with added beta carotene?
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Begin quote: An aside - whenever this topic comes up, 99% of the posters seem to agree that no connection exists, and that censorship is bad. I agree that we have to be careful with censorship, but I wanted to ask, what do you think causes the greater amount of violence in America? End quote. There isn't a greater amount of violence in America. There's violence everywhere. There's one crucial difference between America and the rest of the civilized world, though. Guns. America has guns all over the place, and that's why there's so much gun violence. It's the same reason we have so many car wrecks, too. It's because we have so many goddamn cars. No, I don't mean to be a troll, but there are far too many guns in America, and we don't need them. People who think that they need a gun in their home to protect themselves from criminals are mistaken. The idea that our guns are protecting us from an opressive government is a joke.
I hate Sony, too. How dare they make a superior product? Especially since Sega has always been extra-nice to the consumer by not making a machine only to change their minds and stop producing games for it. Oh, wait, that *was* Sega, with the SegaCD, 32X, 32XCD, Game Gear, and Saturn. Think of it as evolution in action.
I apologize if anyone has already made this point, but we (humans) have been genetically modifying food for thousands of years, and we aren't all dead yet. Corn used to be 2-3 inches long, before native americans began breeding better strains. Have you ever seen a seedless orange? Drank French wine that was grown after american cuttings were grafted on? Smoked a cigarette? Plants aren't the only things that we have changed, either. Dogs are the most obvious example, since everything from a tiny terriers to great danes came from wild dogs that were domesticated. However, everyone panics when we use some of the devil-spawned modern technology that we have available to speed and refine this process. I certainly agree that genetically modifying food, especially with modern techniques, can be dangerous, but I am actually more concerned about people genetically modifying diseases. Seriously,what do you think we are more likely to be harmed by: a terrorist with genetically modified flu, or rice with added beta carotene?