Quote Originally Posted by Yossarian View Post
I guess I've come to terms with the culture war as part of living in a dynamic society, but some people's lack of reasoning on this issue is astounding. I think this is why they are pushing so hard to pass something soon. Good policy is good policy whenever you look at it, but the emotional blinders will (hopefully) only last so long.
I ask this sincerely as I don't understand - what is the definition of "culture war" here? I see children gunned down in Connecticut, and I think we would both agree on this much - this was a senseless act, no? I see folks gunned down in suburban Portland, OR at a mall I once shopped at when I lived there, I see folks in rural PA getting gunned down, I see a lot of shooting taking place what seems fairly regularly all of a sudden. To reduce these ugly statistics down to a phrase such as culture war - if nothing else, does it not seem disrespectful to the victims and their families? Rob