I didn't say they shouldn't be regulated at all.... and far from a "logical" extreme, you've reached reductio ad absurdum in very short order.
Crime continues to rise and you think America is getting better? Why not address the violence culture instead of their tools? Oh, that's right... It's because you feel it infringes on your rights to live in a culture who makes sport and entertainment of violence.
FBI Statistical data disagrees with you (FBI Violent Crime Table). I realize the mainstream media has brainwashed a large number of people out there to believe the sky is falling on this issue, but it's really not.
How is that different from Google? Even using a Linux based system, whenever you open your browser to do something, if you have chrome synchronized, if you use gmail or g+, or whatever? And I don't use an Apple, but even on Windows iTunes is constantly checking for updates and wanting to install new stuff (unless you go out of your way to turn it off... but again, how is that different than the others?). I'm asking because people apply different standards to the companies they don't like than they do to the ones that are "blessed." I have Windows 8.1, I did not create an account. Nevertheless, even Windows 7 and XP do their software validation crap every so often, too... so if you're already a Windows user, you were already accepting that. All I'm saying is that the complaints about 8.x are like most arguments on the internet.
Web forums... turning molehills into mountains since 1994.
You're right; and our prisons should release all the perpetrators convicted of victimless crimes (like prostitution and drug use), and fill it with people who violate the rights of others, including those who've endangered the lives of other innocent people because of misuse of their right to own a gun.
Good point... one that people often fail to grasp. I support decriminalization of all drugs... yes, ALL drugs, as the individual should have the right to do with their body what they want. The most common come-back I hear is "so then it's OK for them to kill you for money to support their habit?"
Uh... no, it's not OK. Only a moron could conclude that.
I support the decriminalization of prostitution. The most common come-back I hear is "so then it's OK for a pimp to essentially force a woman to sell her body for him?"
Uh... no, it's not OK. Only a moron could conclude that.
Guns are tools, used for entertainment, sport, self defense... as soon as someone uses one to violate your rights, you can go ahead and execute them, as far as I'm concerned. But get rid of the person that violated your rights... "things" don't violate your rights, only other people do.
So your argument is that we can double (again, in most parts of the country) minimum wage and keep inflation in check... by firing a whole bunch of people and increasing unemployment... and that that's a better solution? Because unemployment is already high, most people don't have multiple jobs.
A slight increase in minimum wage wouldn't "drive inflation through the roof," you have to understand this is a SIGNIFICANT increase in minimum wage.
This is what's getting me... and I use Linux almost exclusively, but it's always been the case that when someone complained, they were jumped on by a bunch of Linux nerds saying stuff like "but you can just disable that, install this, install that, tweak that config file, and you're all set!" Now it's like installing Classic Shell means the OS must be crap... it's not. For my Windows usage, I've experienced both 8.0 and 8.1, and just can't figure out what all the whining is about.
And it's always funny to see the same people that were berating people for needing the latest hardware years ago (in which Linux support always seemed to lag), to now often arguing people need to upgrade their hardware if you want this or that feature to work.
Hypocrisy knows no bounds.
The number of UNIX installations has grown to 10, with more expected. -- The Unix Programmer's Manual, 2nd Edition, June 1972