Thread: Pro-knife/Anti-knife?

What would you even argue with me about? You didn't bring up some kind of counter-point or disagree with anything I said; you just asked me whether politicians passing laws based on ignorance "comes as a surprise to me", when obviously it didn't, and obviously I was just agreeing with Anonymous D on the silliness of switchblade laws. In response your accusations, I might reply that arguing with you about this is pointless, because you don't make actual arguments, you just try to poke holes in what other people have said, by deliberate misinterpretation if necessary. So far all you have done is tried to pretend that my comments about switchblade laws betray some ignorance of how laws get made, when of course I understand perfectly well how laws get made, and was only saying that it's regrettable when the process leads to stupid laws.

I'm genuinely interested in talking about this issue, if you feel you have something to say. If you feel that my previous post contained "semi-related" points, please identify them and I'll try to clarify anything that seemed less than pertinent. Also, if you feel that I'm ignorant of something, please explain what you mean. When you say I'm "definitely ignorant in a few very annoying ways", do you mean that there is actually something that I lack knowledge of (if so, please enlighten me), or are you just saying that I have some mannerisms that you find annoying?

Originally Posted by faesce

Like I said, I have no reason to believe he doesn't know what he's talking about when it comes to guns, but to claim such spite towards an elected civil servant following the demands of the (uneducated) majority screams ignorance in every sense of the word and runs parallel to the "fuck the police" motto you hear spewed from hoods all day.

I really want you to clarify what you mean by "ignorance" here. I think you are misusing the word "ignorance". What facts am I missing out on here? What exactly are you trying to say that I'm ignorant of? And if you think that my position here is in anyway comparable to some "fuck the police" nonsense, then you are severely misunderstanding me.

EDIT: If I had to guess, I'd guess that you are trying to say that I'm ignorant of how democracy works because I'm complaining about politicians enacting laws in response to public feeling, and that I should accept that our system is based on politicians acting in accord with public opinion. That would be a misunderstanding of my position, but I'll wait for you to clarify before I go on.