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McChrystal Weighs in on Gun Control
« on: January 08, 2013, 09:24:35 AM »
http://www.politico.com/story/2013/01/mcchrystal-backs-gun-restrictions-85888.html?hp=r7

According to Politico McChrystal has gone full monty AWB.  The way I read the article I wonder if McChrystal understands what is being debated.  He claims he carried an M-16 and an A-4.  Then follows up with
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“I personally don’t think there’s any need for that kind of weaponry on the streets and particularly around the schools in America. I believe that we’ve got to take a serious look — I understand everybody’s desire to have whatever they want — we have to protect our children and our police and we have to protect our population. And I think we have to take a very mature look at that.”
  Seems to me the quote regurgitates every shibollith of the anti-gun crowd.

So what is McChrystal up to?  Is he ignorant of the real debate?  Is he ignorant of certain constitutional issues?  Is he sucking up to the anti-gun establishment seeking a paying job?  Is he an elitist formerly in camo?  It will take a while to flesh out what is really at play here.  Strange article!
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Re: McChrystal Weighs in on Gun Control
« Reply #1 on: January 08, 2013, 09:30:51 AM »
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we have to protect our children and our police and we have to protect our population.

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Re: McChrystal Weighs in on Gun Control
« Reply #2 on: January 08, 2013, 09:32:06 AM »
This attitude is not uncommon.
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Re: McChrystal Weighs in on Gun Control
« Reply #3 on: January 08, 2013, 09:36:11 AM »
Follow the money:

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McChrystal, who resigned as the top commander in Afghanistan after a Rolling Stone article portrayed him criticizing President Barack Obama, was promoting his memoir, “My Share of the Task.”

Our education system has failed so miserably and our culture has become so materialistic (in the philosophic meaning) that it is only natural an elitist oligarchy should rise up to shepherd the stupid blind masses.

Nobody really believes in natural inalienable rights any longer, only social constructs.

Disarming the public is necessary for the social engineering projects coming to our nascent dystopia.
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Re: McChrystal Weighs in on Gun Control
« Reply #4 on: January 08, 2013, 11:18:15 AM »
Only the right people should really have rights.  Isn't that what he's saying?  A common enough attitude these days.
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Re: McChrystal Weighs in on Gun Control
« Reply #5 on: January 08, 2013, 11:39:13 AM »
Only the right people should really have rights.  Isn't that what he's saying?  A common enough attitude these days.

For some reason, it's an attitude commonly held by upper brass in the military.

I'm for a constitutional amendment that you shouldn't be allowed to promote past field-grade ranks without having the constitution memorized.
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Re: McChrystal Weighs in on Gun Control
« Reply #6 on: January 08, 2013, 11:50:51 AM »
For some reason, it's an attitude commonly held by upper brass in the military.

I'm for a constitutional amendment that you shouldn't be allowed to promote past field-grade ranks without having the constitution memorized.

We already have a constitutional scholar as president. Knowledge isn't the problem; the heart of humans and their quest for money and power is the problem.

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Re: McChrystal Weighs in on Gun Control
« Reply #7 on: January 08, 2013, 11:54:16 AM »
We already have a constitutional scholar as president. Knowledge isn't the problem; the heart of humans and their quest for money and power is the problem.

That, being the essential nature of people, is unlike to change.

Heck, if not for that, communism would probably work out pretty well.

I believe that our constitution took this into account; the checks and balances.  IMO where it fell apart is when then "checks" gave a free pass to abuses of power, as long as it was their side doing it.

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Re: McChrystal Weighs in on Gun Control
« Reply #8 on: January 08, 2013, 12:00:30 PM »
The problem is even the altruists see government, power and money as the path to fix things.

Our allies are often also proponents of huge government, huge corporations and massive institutions. None of which are good for individual liberty.

We no longer have a cultural consensus that the best government is the government that governs least.

No room for the individual that wants to be left alone anymore.
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Re: McChrystal Weighs in on Gun Control
« Reply #9 on: January 08, 2013, 12:06:01 PM »
Heck, if not for that, communism would probably work out pretty well.

If you look at the theory of communism, it would work out very well. You have to have a population of programmed robots though. Once you insert humans and emotions like greed into it, you have the real world communism that we have seen over the last 75 or so years. Sadly, the proponents all want to try it again, because "we just need to change this one thing..." and before you know it, you have another million dead people.
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Re: McChrystal Weighs in on Gun Control
« Reply #10 on: January 08, 2013, 12:30:23 PM »
No, Communism is stupid, even in theory. It's akin to a theory of aviation that assumes gravity causes apples to float above the Earth's surface.
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Re: McChrystal Weighs in on Gun Control
« Reply #11 on: January 08, 2013, 12:47:46 PM »
McChrystal is a Democrat and, of course, a General. He is almost by definition an elitist of the highest order. That may sound more angry than I intend it, I don't dislike the man, but that is who he is.
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Re: McChrystal Weighs in on Gun Control
« Reply #12 on: January 08, 2013, 12:52:11 PM »
McChrystal is a Democrat and, of course, a General. He is almost by definition an elitist of the highest order. That may sound more angry than I intend it, I don't dislike the man, but that is who he is.

Not off-base at all. Assuming successful generals are paragons of civic virtue parallels expecting athletes and entertainers to set moral examples. Nonsensical.

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Re: McChrystal Weighs in on Gun Control
« Reply #13 on: January 08, 2013, 06:28:37 PM »
Every country has Generals.  The title means nothing.  Character means everything.

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Re: McChrystal Weighs in on Gun Control
« Reply #14 on: January 09, 2013, 05:28:50 PM »
He's proven that he has no problem obfuscating the truth to fit an agenda (eg Pat Tillman incident). I'm sure he has a bright future ahead of him as the director of a three-letter agency. 
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Re: McChrystal Weighs in on Gun Control
« Reply #15 on: January 09, 2013, 06:59:29 PM »
No, Communism is stupid, even in theory. It's akin to a theory of aviation that assumes gravity causes apples to float above the Earth's surface.

How much actual communist theory have you read???

I find that commentaries by Americans on communism are usually about as informed as European socialists commentaries on American capitalism.
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Re: McChrystal Weighs in on Gun Control
« Reply #16 on: January 09, 2013, 07:03:19 PM »
How much actual communist theory have you read???

I find that commentaries by Americans on communism are usually about as informed as European socialists commentaries on American capitalism.
And just where do you find fault in the belief that communist theory is inherently stupid?
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Re: McChrystal Weighs in on Gun Control
« Reply #17 on: January 09, 2013, 07:06:19 PM »
How much actual communist theory have you read???

I find that commentaries by Americans on communism are usually about as informed as European socialists commentaries on American capitalism.

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Re: McChrystal Weighs in on Gun Control
« Reply #18 on: January 09, 2013, 07:07:14 PM »
Oh this ought to be good...
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Re: McChrystal Weighs in on Gun Control
« Reply #19 on: January 09, 2013, 07:08:36 PM »
And just where do you find fault in the belief that communist theory is inherently stupid?

It's not actually that different from some of the things Ron Paul and hard core anarcho-capitalists envision, for one.  The end game is for people to choose freely what they'll give to others and who they'll spend their time on, without laws or coercion to force them into economic activities they don't volunteer for.

I think there's certainly an argument to be made, but I'm not convinced that most who make the argument actually understand the theory and like to see some details.

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Re: McChrystal Weighs in on Gun Control
« Reply #20 on: January 09, 2013, 07:12:17 PM »
Oh this ought to be good...

It is a bit of a diversion, but the meme gets tossed out so often it's worth exploring if you ask me.

Funny, sometimes I cruise far left media and read things that essentially could have been written here...except that "radical right" is substituted for "looney left."  

I don't think many people realise that at least some hard core leftists supported Ron Paul on economic and budgetary principles, as opposed to just social ones.

Edit:  in case it's not clear, I'm saying that Ben's post above is reasonable and that fistful's response doesn't appear to be.
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Re: McChrystal Weighs in on Gun Control
« Reply #21 on: January 09, 2013, 07:15:16 PM »
It's not actually that different from some of the things Ron Paul and hard core anarcho-capitalists envision, for one.  The end game is for people to choose freely what they'll give to others and who they'll spend their time on, without laws or coercion to force them into economic activities they don't volunteer for.
Wait...wut?

What the hell free choice is involved in government control, redistribution, and government allotment?
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Re: McChrystal Weighs in on Gun Control
« Reply #22 on: January 09, 2013, 07:16:05 PM »
How much actual communist theory have you read???

Which Communist theory?

I am certainly familiar with the works of Marx and Lenin, but if you want to pull out some Proudhon and tell me that this is 'true communism', while Lenin was just a fake, this debate will immediately end.

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Re: McChrystal Weighs in on Gun Control
« Reply #23 on: January 09, 2013, 07:18:08 PM »
Which Communist theory?

I am certainly familiar with the works of Marx and Lenin, but if you want to pull out some Proudhon and tell me that this is 'true communism', while Lenin was just a fake, this debate will immediately end.



I only know something of Marx, and he's the most likely candidate for anyone talking about "communist theory" in America.   I'd certainly welcome your informed view on this topic.
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Re: McChrystal Weighs in on Gun Control
« Reply #24 on: January 09, 2013, 07:22:30 PM »
Save it for a new thread.

This one's about former General McChrystal.
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