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[QUOTE]Originally posted by thoughtcriminal84: [QB] Just a jumble of random thoughts here, not really directed at anybody in particular: And yet cameras and the pictures they have taken have created situations that have nearly started WW3 on several occasions. Used in particular ways, it's clear that a camera can destroy lives just as effectively as a bullet. It just does so in a different manner. Take for example the aftermath of the Rodney King beating a decade ago. A camera had nothing to do with that, right? The problem with the camera metaphor is that the Major Purpose of a gun is to kill or wound people. The Major Purpose of a camera is to take pictures. That's the inconsistancy giving the analogy a greasy taste to some of you. Side-stepping this by saying things like "But you could use a gun as a paperweight so your Hustler collection won't blow away" is just silly, because it's obvious that while you could use it for that, that is not what it was made for at the slave factory. It's a kind of semantic obfuscation, and I think it's dishonest. (edited for hideous spelling. Twice.) [/QB][/QUOTE]
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