You're right--nothing can be good if a better situation might have hypothetically been possible
A Deathwatch Guard Send a noteboard - 08/01/2013 04:45:56 AM
Except, of course, that isn't true, and everyone knows it isn't true.
Would life be better if the woman's house wasn't broken into, and her day was peaceful and pleasant? Yes. But break-ins happen extremely frequently, and everyone knows this, and knows that all too often they are successful. That's why you can applaud and consider it "awesome" when a break-in attempt is foiled, especially in a way where the criminal faces a level of punishment that I, personally, do not find to be disproportionate. 9/11 is a totally different type of event, one that is rare, and isolated, and therefore clearly terrible because it stands in contrast to what an ordinary day would have been like.
So yes, even though life would be much better if no one's homes were ever broken into, or there were no criminals altogether, that's not the world we live in or could ever live in, which is why a criminal being stopped is a good event and a good story.
And much as Anonymous's post was motivated by a desire to highlight the usefuless of guns, your response is clearly an attempt to mitigate that damage. But just because something you don't like was used to make something good happen, doesn't make it bad.
Would life be better if the woman's house wasn't broken into, and her day was peaceful and pleasant? Yes. But break-ins happen extremely frequently, and everyone knows this, and knows that all too often they are successful. That's why you can applaud and consider it "awesome" when a break-in attempt is foiled, especially in a way where the criminal faces a level of punishment that I, personally, do not find to be disproportionate. 9/11 is a totally different type of event, one that is rare, and isolated, and therefore clearly terrible because it stands in contrast to what an ordinary day would have been like.
So yes, even though life would be much better if no one's homes were ever broken into, or there were no criminals altogether, that's not the world we live in or could ever live in, which is why a criminal being stopped is a good event and a good story.
And much as Anonymous's post was motivated by a desire to highlight the usefuless of guns, your response is clearly an attempt to mitigate that damage. But just because something you don't like was used to make something good happen, doesn't make it bad.
Great story - Mom saves herself and her kids - shoots intruder in the face -
06/01/2013 06:25:15 PM
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the justice system fails again. what a great article
07/01/2013 02:49:04 AM
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I could say something about liberal judges and criminal rights.....but self-control wins out.
07/01/2013 04:37:42 PM
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i didn't realize georgia was such a hotbed of liberalism....
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07/01/2013 06:24:18 PM
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Yeah, it's call the US Supreme Court of the 60's and 70's and other federal mandates.
07/01/2013 07:13:19 PM
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i must have missed where the US supreme court released this guy from prison early....
07/01/2013 09:17:43 PM
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You have serious problems if you think this is a "great" story.
07/01/2013 10:08:53 AM
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This is pretty much the definition of a great story
07/01/2013 01:32:02 PM
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+1 - A mother protecting/perhaps even saving her kids from a criminal is a GREAT story. *NM*
07/01/2013 02:43:17 PM
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Uh. Die Hard was fictional.
08/01/2013 12:36:05 AM
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Story can be fiction or non-fiction, and that's an irrelevant point anyway, Apollo 13 was real
08/01/2013 04:59:40 AM
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Re: This is pretty much the definition of a great story
09/01/2013 12:55:22 AM
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You're right--nothing can be good if a better situation might have hypothetically been possible
08/01/2013 04:45:56 AM
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FIVE .38's to the head and neck and he not only survived, but remained conscious?
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07/01/2013 03:51:00 PM
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.38's are almost like BBs
07/01/2013 04:13:20 PM
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I guess!
07/01/2013 04:28:47 PM
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Yeah, I had the same reaction. 5 shots to the face/head and the guy is going to survive?
07/01/2013 04:35:43 PM
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