This is just crazy

Lemmy · 2007-09-19, 08:25 AM

From Wikipedia:

"The name Taser is an acronym for "Thomas A. Swift's Electric Rifle"[5]. Arizona inventor Jack Cover designed it in 1969; naming it for the science fiction teenage inventor and adventurer character Tom Swift."

I think the guy was right to fight back. In fact I think it was his right. If we can't fight abusive authority when free speech is literally and physicaly being supressed, then when?

The gun nutnicks make a lot of noise about their constitutional right to bear arms, but few people give much thought to the reasoning behind that 'right'; to protect against a tyrannical government, which is exactly what is happening today in America.

We're turning into a fucking police state. Students are tasered for asking questions, people thrown out of political meetings for wearing the wrong t-shirt, pulled over and fined for having anti-Bush bumperstickers on their cars. The word "shit" is being cencored out on TV, people are going to jail for selling porn while assault rifles can be freely purchased, your phones and e-mails wiretapped by the CIA and NSA and the government condones torture and concentration camps.

The Jesus freaks and über-moralists are taking over the country and nobody seems to give a damn.

2007-09-19, 08:25 AM	#9
Lemmy You can now put whatever you want in this space :) Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Next door to a kid with a moped. Posts: 1,492	From Wikipedia: "The name Taser is an acronym for "Thomas A. Swift's Electric Rifle"[5]. Arizona inventor Jack Cover designed it in 1969; naming it for the science fiction teenage inventor and adventurer character Tom Swift." I think the guy was right to fight back. In fact I think it was his right. If we can't fight abusive authority when free speech is literally and physicaly being supressed, then when? The gun nutnicks make a lot of noise about their constitutional right to bear arms, but few people give much thought to the reasoning behind that 'right'; to protect against a tyrannical government, which is exactly what is happening today in America. We're turning into a fucking police state. Students are tasered for asking questions, people thrown out of political meetings for wearing the wrong t-shirt, pulled over and fined for having anti-Bush bumperstickers on their cars. The word "shit" is being cencored out on TV, people are going to jail for selling porn while assault rifles can be freely purchased, your phones and e-mails wiretapped by the CIA and NSA and the government condones torture and concentration camps. The Jesus freaks and über-moralists are taking over the country and nobody seems to give a damn. __________________ BUY MY PORNSITES! Last edited by Lemmy; 2007-09-19 at 08:28 AM.. Reason: Adjusted punctuation.