Never let people who wish to be judged solely on intentions, not results, wield power.
On the other hand, the end doesn't justify the means, either.
A synthesis of the two seems more desirable.

*cough*Grade inflation?*cough*
No, that doesn't happen, and I'm the bad guy for even suggesting it.

How in the world was I not directly addressing the attack on the individual, and the absolute right to self defense?
Nevertheless, thanks for the feedback on the style. While I'm falling short of agreeing with it right now, it's worth some thought.

Wrong.

The Chinese are in favour of stability. They are opposed to massive disruptions that are bad for (their) business, or that might give radical and/or separatist elements within their own country any bright ideas.

Will be a good new name for them.

Yep. Watched that one a while back. Pretty sure I followed a link someone posted on /., don't recall now who it might have been or which discussion, so let me express my thanks here.

Interestingly, I had been about to level this charge at you. You seem to be of the ilk who says things like

As though we are always JUST ONE MOAR LAW away from Utopia.

You are in need of some serious help.

Seldom have I seen someone go to such lengths to justify their own psychopathy.

Your understanding of "reproducibility" is flawed.

Otherwise known as "enlightened self-interest".

This little boy will have to live with for the rest of his life with the knowledge that he killed his Granny, and you speak of charges?

I've said it before, and I'll say it again, Smitty. I've said it before and I'll say it again, Pudge.

I say to each and every one of you who keeps spinning all of these circular arguments that all revolve around "BUT MY GUNS!!"

The gun culture is a culture of fear. The gun culture is a culture of death.

I'm sorry, maybe I didn't say that loudly enough for you to hear. Let me say it more loudly:

THE GUN CULTURE IS A CULTURE OF DEATH.

I charge each and every apologist for guns in America. I charge each and every one of who helps in this way to pile another body, and another AND ANOTHER AND ANOTHER on the sacrificial altar of your Great God BUT MY GUNS!! That's who I fucking charge.

I charge you with the task of growing an ounce of the courage needed to stop defending your imaginary right to an imaginary perfect safety. Because it is your lack of courage, and the fact that act on it as you do, that leads to a state wherein nobody is safe.

mischief or not, the moslem view (long term) is that the whole world MUST be converted, under pain of death if need be.

peace or war, they will want to convert us all and it does not matter what we say or do. nothing can change the moslem view of the world. you are kidding yourself if you think that staying off their land will 'appease' them. being non-moslem annoys them and this will always annoy them. its a truth and one we should admit to ourselves.

'terrorism' from the moslem world will never go to zero. their religion can't tolerate alternative views. its that simple!