I for one look for constructive criticism and think it would help improve my writing, but have noticed that those that score very low are those that don't leave comments and that makes me wonder if the low scores are just out of spite. I know I was so hurt by low scoring that it caused me to curtail my writing to the point that i don't even try any longer.

You put your all into writing and to be shot down by those that cant even be bothered to mention why they didn't like it makes it seem futile to put the time into trying to create something enjoyable.

I know I should be thicker skinned, but to a beginning writer, a one or two score is devastating.

and yet, without that tool, he'd be simply making his finger move, something that, unless you're a kung fu master, a vampire, or an alien, won't really kill people. now, if you put a gun back in his hands, and that finger happens to be on a trigger, people die. it's quite simple.

ok, how is this, so you feel better. let's ban all the people who own guns - that way we can stop all the nonsense of guns don't kill people, people kill people - i'd be perfectly happy shipping all of them down to antarctica with their guns so they can shoot each other to their heart's delight.

btw, unless you're a total idiot (a distinct possibility), you know you're just using hyperbolic rhetoric (look it up - google is your friend) and that the poster's point was not that guns are sentient creatures capable of making decisions or with morals and ethics. of course, you might not realize that, in which case, i'm not sure how you managed to pass the Lush IQ test and become a member here. :)

OMG!! I must have been absent on test day!! shhhhh;)

I recently heard that the president can outlaw guns under a provision of the patriot act. Does anyone know the details of this?

Lesbians like broccoli, but some prefer spinach.

It doesn't impress me.

I guess it's all part of the method v classical argument. Reminds me of that apocryphal story of Hoffman and Olivier - Hoffman had apparently stayed awake for days in preparation for a particularly harrowing scene. Completely unimpressed, Olivier said to him "have you tried acting, dear boy?"

This reminds me of a quote i read where Marlon Brando remarked to Val Kilmer '' Your confusing your talent with your paycheck''.

For my money one of the best performances was Leo DiCaprio in What's eating Gilbert Grape? I saw it twice before It registered who he was!

I think Daniel Day-Lewis is the master of transforming himself ''into character'' though and he uses his mind, not diets or trickery to become one with who he protrays

Hillary would have been president with slick willie as first man if not for the Barack Obama surge from out of nowhere. Ms. Clinton would have had as hard a time with an obstructionist congress as what President Obama has encountered or worse, but should she decide to run she would make a strong leader as there is no one in government with more practical know how and with the GOP splintered her chances to shatter the glass ceiling are very good.

Fighting firepower with firepower is a shot not worth taking. Arming teachers goes against everything we should be teaching children. If guns don't kill people, people kill people, then it follows that guns don't protect people, people protect people. Guns and bullets cannot take responsibility for this problem and cant be held responsible for the solution. They are not people. This is our responsibility as members of a society governed by laws created by We the People, not the NRA or weapons manufacturers. Associations and manufacturers will never be shot at. They are not people.

Our country has progressed since 1776-1783, thank god, but not that much if we allow every person on the street access to assault weapons designed for nothing but mass killing of people in seconds, and no sane person can read into the 2nd amendment as granting that right.

Yes!!

Yes, please!

I find it interesting that those that rant and rave about gun control and constitutional protections don't seem to have nearly the same objections to the Patriot Act in regard to basic freedoms being taken away by federal legislation.

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Amendment IV: The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized. Freedom from unreasonable searches: The government may search and seize Americans' papers and effects without probable cause to assist terror investigation.
Amendment VI: In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the state and district wherein the crime shall have been committed, which district shall have been previously ascertained by law, and to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation; to be confronted with the witnesses against him; to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor, and to have the assistance of counsel for his defense. Right to a speedy and public trial: The government may jail Americans indefinitely without a trial.
Amendment I: Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances. Freedom of association: To assist terror investigation, the government may monitor religious and political institutions without suspecting criminal activity.
Amendment VI: ... to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor, and to have the assistance of counsel for his defense. Right to legal representation: The government may monitor conversations between attorneys and clients in federal prisons and deny lawyers to Americans accused of crimes.
Amendment I: Congress shall make no law ... abridging the freedom of speech ... Freedom of speech: The government may prosecute librarians or keepers of any other records if they tell anyone the government subpoenaed information related to a terror investigation.
Amendment VI: ... to be confronted with the witnesses against him ... Right to liberty: Americans may be jailed without being charged or being able to confront witnesses against them. US citizens (labeled "unlawful combatants") have been held incommunicado and refused attorneys.

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