I didn't see any bulls-eyes over any 'faces', was he lying? I like how he 
'assumes' facts like it was commentators and politicians that brought this nut 
to do what he did.  But then I guess he's got his rating to be concerned about, 
he's really nothing but a troll....

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <jst...@...> wrote:
>
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, tartbrain <no_reply@> wrote:
> <snip>
> > Where do we draw the line. When is direct and more importantly,
> > indirect, keep a blind eye to it) violence justified? Oberman
> > is pointing in the right direction. However,  I sense that we
> > must draw the line miles back from where he is pointing to
> > before we will live in a true land of freedom and peace.
> 
> Most likely. But maybe it makes sense to *start* drawing it
> where he's pointing. Maybe that begins to sensitize us to
> the violence occurring outside the line, and we're moved to
> draw another one a little further out, and then another one
> a little further, and so on in increments.
> 
> We don't want to let "the perfect be the enemy of the good,"
> a phrase I'm tired of hearing, but it's become a cliche
> because it makes so much sense.
> 
> We have a good chance to draw *a* line right now, while the
> horror of the shootings is fresh in our minds. We don't want
> to say, "Wait, this line isn't far enough out, we have to
> draw it miles back," because that just ain't ready to happen
> yet. If that's what we insist on, we'll miss our chance to
> draw the line closer in and may never get to the point of
> drawing the one farther out.
> 
> The journey of a thousand miles, and so on. Baby steps are
> better than no steps.
>


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