Originally posted by: daishi5
Originally posted by: sandorski
Originally posted by: Nemesis 1
Now in insult us all . There are not many gifted people in the world compared to common man. Not one of these Gifted people have what many many common men have but seldom use . Thats commonsense. Commonsense is not knowledge. Common sense is wisdom to use knowledge. SO far the so called smarter people you insulted me with aren't doing well with what the gifted has given to them . They use these advancements to destroy and control the hearts and minds of commoners. If common man has this gift of commonsense why hasn't he used . Because eviloperates under a veil of secrecy and deception. That Vail has been removed. The more people become interested in world affairs . The more eyes are opened because of the gift of wisdom that the average man was gifted with.
"Common Sense" is not all that Common, nor does it often make much Sense. It is most often a mirage used by a Debater to give weight to an argument without any kind of statistical evidence to back up the claim.
The shape of the Earth, orbit around the Sun, and many other such morsels of knowledge we take for granted today did not come from "Common Sense" and those who were early adopters of such knowledge caused an uproar among the Common People for stating it. Some were persecuted or killed for exposing what we now know as simple truths.
I oppose a single world government for this exact reason, so many laws are foisted on us because they are "common sense." (Just for the sake of irony, aren't you a supporter of "common sense" gun laws?)
My reasoning behind this is simple, if we do something because it is common sense without actualy studies about its effects, such as the war on drugs, we can easily end up with laws that actually hurt people without having any good comparison. It is the same reason I support states rights, I believe we should give states more power, I would like to see california able to make mj legal, that way the rest of us would be allowed to see the actual effects of such a policy. Then hopefully other states would slowly come to mimick the most effective policies. When we have a one world power, it is all too likely that the "one state" will pass down common sense laws to "save the children" or some other emotional appeal that will actually end up hurting them. Without other countries to compare the results to, it will be almost impossible to come to valid conclusions about the actuall effects.
Without valid comparisons, we will get to see so much more of the wonderful logic that the city of chicago uses.
"We banned handguns, handgun crime will go down."
"Handgun crime went up."
"See just imagine how much worse it would have been if we had not banned handguns."
And yes, gun laws will probably be the most fought over provisions, but that is because of all the emotioin behind it, and "common sense" such as more guns mean more crime and more dead babies.