Once again you are unable to put forth any type of logical response to my argument, and once again must resort to name-calling. If one person is able to make a logical argument, and the other is only able to say "nah-uh" and attempt to toss a perceived derogatory remark at their opponent, you have to start wondering who the "nut" is. You have shown no counter-points to my arguments against democracy. Furthermore, you fail to even acknowledge that you are incorrect in your assumption that America is not a democracy, and indeed a republic.

I'm starting to think you don't quite understand how things like debate and logic work and fit into discussing different philosophical beliefs. You would make a great pundit.

An ad hominem attack that did not even attempt to refute a single point. How very typical.

You have no response then, I am to assume?

How do we fix it?

This is one thing I really cannot stand for people to say. We are not a democracy. Democracies are horrible things that allow the trampling of minorities. We should never just got with what the vast majority of people think simply because that is the majority for a couple of reasons. First off, this is the path that leads to tyranny. It is easy to see how a majority could impose their beliefs on the rest of the population: for example look at how much control the Christian fundamentalists have over America due to the majority of Christians. The other problem with democracy is that quite a large number of people are, quite simply put, stupid, evil, and easily manipulated. Are these the people you want deciding what is best for everyone? I don't.

Yes, he should be able to. Of course, he should also be charged with murder instead of unintentional manslaughter if there's any type of incident. You should be punished for what happens, not what might happen. Prohibiting acts and behaviors never works.

Yes. That is exactly what I am saying.

Why the hell is it any of your business what your neighbor does at all as long as he's not hurting anyone? Let him carry all the guns he wants to, I say. Decide to murder someone? Let em rot in jail. Look at it this way - it's not that crack should be illegal, robbing folks should be. You wanna be a crackhead, that's fine. Want to be a crack head that robs people for crack money? Then off to jail with you. We need to stop blaming actions on inanimate objects and demand that people accept personal responsibility for their actions.

Damnit, someone else pointed out why you're still wrong before I got the chance too. But I'm not worried, I'm sure you'll provide another opportunity soon.

But seriously, the fact is prisons in their current configuration don't help anyone - not the criminal and certainly not society. If you put minor lawbreakers in with career criminals, who do you think is going to be influencing who?

Which is why we never have repeat offenders, right?

Dumb people make my brain hurt.

Yes, American isolationism has always worked out so well for Europe...

Uh..the gas prices ARE manipulated. OPEC is a (legal) cartel. What is it you think cartels do?

You're not very good at this.

That's like saying she deserved to be raped because she didn't go to her self-defense classes.

You can tell you're not a sleazy CEO. You raise rates to cover the cost of the leak, fix the leak anyway, and then leave the higher rates in place to profit even after you've made up your loss.

If me calling something a "German-Russian Nonaggression Pact" instead of(as per the link you provided) "The Treaty of Non-Aggression between Germany and the Soviet Union" confuses you, then you are dumb. If you think I was referring to an actual drink, you do not understand how humans use language to communicate subtly.

Either way, thanks for playing Try to Prove the Other Guy Wrong, but I'm afraid you didn't win our daily prize. Try again tomorrow!