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Date: Wed, 5 Oct 2011 18:42:29 +0100
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Subject: Re: [thingiverse] all this talk about weapons....
From: Edgar Castelo <edgarinven...@gmail.com>
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Everyone of us lives surrounded by people with guns, but most of those are
only to be feared by thieves, assassins, and thugs.
That so many "progressives" fear that, people that can defend themselves,
gives us a good hint about those sainted do-gooderr's real intentions.

On Wed, Oct 5, 2011 at 6:37 PM, Edgar Castelo <edgarinven...@gmail.com>wrote:

> George Soros, and the cretins in Great Britain that call themselves "green
> inclinations, no children" are far worse than any home building Gunsmith...
> And let's be honest for once, THAT'S what the "save the children" Anti-Gun
> Mob is all about, they fear "the masses" having guns.
>
>
> On Wed, Oct 5, 2011 at 6:07 PM, M.Rule <mrule7...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> What if we just wait until there is some evidence of someone actually
>> blocking access to thingiverse because of its content, and then resume
>> this discussion once we see what things crossed the line. This is a
>> good, empirical measure of offensiveness, and we can forget about all
>> these censoring discussions until someone actually blocks the site, if
>> ever.
>>
>> On Wed, Oct 5, 2011 at 12:50 PM, tmo <tmoph...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> > in all seriousness,  what exactly is a weapon?
>> >
>> > someone could seriously injure if not kill another person with a
>> > screwless heart gear thrown out of a moving car.  it fits perfectly in
>> > ones hand, it can be rotated so its spikey.  give that to a ill
>> > tempered 3 year old in a kindergarten setting and someone is going to
>> > get hurt.
>> >
>> > i know that is a stupid example but where is the line drawn?  who
>> > draws that line?
>> >
>> > and ultimately what and who are you protecting from banning this
>> > stuff?  kids see more weapons and violence on tv than at any point in
>> > history and parents park them in front of that for hours a day.
>> >
>> > all of this discussion on weapons is meaningless until there is a
>> > clear cut definition of what is, what can be and what isn't a
>> > weapon.
>> >
>> > if thingiverse were to ban weapons, thingiverse would suck if i was
>> > the person deciding what is and is not a weapon.  everything is a
>> > weapon in the hands of someone who is creative and wants to do
>> > violence to others..
>> >
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Everyone of us lives surrounded by people with guns, but most of those are =
only to be feared by thieves, assassins, and thugs.<br>That so many &quot;p=
rogressives&quot; fear that, people that can defend themselves, gives us a =
good hint about those sainted do-gooderr&#39;s real intentions.<br>
<br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Wed, Oct 5, 2011 at 6:37 PM, Edgar Castel=
o <span dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a href=3D"mailto:edgarinven...@gmail.com">edgarinv=
en...@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" =
style=3D"margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 20=
4); padding-left: 1ex;">
George Soros, and the cretins in Great Britain that call themselves &quot;g=
reen inclinations, no children&quot; are far worse than any home building G=
unsmith...<br>And let&#39;s be honest for once, THAT&#39;S what the &quot;s=
ave the children&quot; Anti-Gun Mob is all about, they fear &quot;the masse=
s&quot; having guns.<div>
<div></div><div class=3D"h5"><br>
<br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Wed, Oct 5, 2011 at 6:07 PM, M.Rule <span=
 dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a href=3D"mailto:mrule7...@gmail.com" target=3D"_blank">m=
rule7...@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quot=
e" style=3D"margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204,=
 204); padding-left: 1ex;">

What if we just wait until there is some evidence of someone actually<br>
blocking access to thingiverse because of its content, and then resume<br>
this discussion once we see what things crossed the line. This is a<br>
good, empirical measure of offensiveness, and we can forget about all<br>
these censoring discussions until someone actually blocks the site, if<br>
ever.<br>
<div><div></div><div><br>
On Wed, Oct 5, 2011 at 12:50 PM, tmo &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:tmoph...@gmail.c=
om" target=3D"_blank">tmoph...@gmail.com</a>&gt; wrote:<br>
&gt; in all seriousness, =A0what exactly is a weapon?<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; someone could seriously injure if not kill another person with a<br>
&gt; screwless heart gear thrown out of a moving car. =A0it fits perfectly =
in<br>
&gt; ones hand, it can be rotated so its spikey. =A0give that to a ill<br>
&gt; tempered 3 year old in a kindergarten setting and someone is going to<=
br>
&gt; get hurt.<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; i know that is a stupid example but where is the line drawn? =A0who<br=
>
&gt; draws that line?<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; and ultimately what and who are you protecting from banning this<br>
&gt; stuff? =A0kids see more weapons and violence on tv than at any point i=
n<br>
&gt; history and parents park them in front of that for hours a day.<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; all of this discussion on weapons is meaningless until there is a<br>
&gt; clear cut definition of what is, what can be and what isn&#39;t a<br>
&gt; weapon.<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; if thingiverse were to ban weapons, thingiverse would suck if i was<br=
>
&gt; the person deciding what is and is not a weapon. =A0everything is a<br=
>
&gt; weapon in the hands of someone who is creative and wants to do<br>
&gt; violence to others..<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; --<br>
&gt; Go visit thingiverse at <a href=3D"http://thingiverse.com" target=3D"_=
blank">http://thingiverse.com</a> and stay tuned to the blog at <a href=3D"=
http://blog.thingiverse.com" target=3D"_blank">http://blog.thingiverse.com<=
/a>.<br>


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