crashbandicoot
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Your cut and paste has absolutely nothing to do with my quote.
Guns?
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crashbandicoot
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Then tell us what numbers reflect?
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I pray that I don't ever HAVE to pop a cap inside my house, at night.
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Fact is fact, Columbia ranks #18 in murders worldwide.
You have no problem telling us to live our lives by numbers you perceive in a country you don't live in.
crashbandicoot
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And this is apropos of what?
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And yes I am. Or was. But now I am the business manager so I also count human beans/beings. Figures have a way of ending up being important in the long run no matter what your heart says.
As to shooting. A gun is a tool and any craftsman will enjoy a good tool and a job done right. Until my chickens learn jujitsu they will rely on me to guard their coop.
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Human beings/beans can be counted. Unless unaccounted for.
Your president sleep well?
(7/2/2021).
[Last Friday, the helicopter of President of Colombia Iván Duque was struck by multiple bullets as it approached the airport of the city of Cúcuta, capital of the Norte de Santander region, located on the Venezuelan border. No passengers were injured by the small-arms fire, although Duque’s government released photographs showing the helicopter’s exterior lacerated by bullet holes. The attack occurred in the context of escalating levels of violence in Colombia—as the landmark 2016 peace deal signed with the Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC) lurches unsteadily toward its fifth anniversary—and record-low approval ratings for President Duque. Over the weekend following the attack on the presidential helicopter, at least nine people—including four police officers—were killed in multiple separate incidents across Colombia, from Cali on the Pacific coast to the Department of Cesar (located northwest of the Department of Norte de Santander, also on Colombia’s border with Venezuela).]
[ The attack also prompted U.S. President Joe Biden to call President Duque in a show of support, pledging a donation of 2.5 million doses of Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccines to Colombia while also voicing support for the right to peaceful protest, underscoring the importance of accountability for state security forces, and condemning wanton acts of violence. (Although Colombia’s National Strike Committee recently called for a suspension of the demonstrations that have rocked the country’s major cities since April, leaving at least 60 dead, protests have resurged in Bogotá amid allegations of “egregious abuses” committed against demonstrators by police and security forces.)]
[ Colombia’s coca-growing acreage reached a record high. Furthermore, the power vacuum generated by the FARC’s post-2016 demobilization has incentivized the emergence of numerous smaller splinter groups, eager to vie for drug trade profits and occupy territories over which the FARC once reigned. Even given the increased prominence of other armed groups—most notably the Ejército de Liberación Nacional (ELN), which today represents Latin America’s largest active rebel force—the FARC has remobilized an estimated 40 percent of its armed cadres since agreeing to lay down arms in 2016.]
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Your cocaine cartels count beans?
The dark side of Santa Marta
Armed gangs lurk in the shadows of Santa Marta, burning a farm for tourists to the ground in this tourist haven on the Colombian coast.
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I'm also a pacifist. It's a natural choice for me. I understand your efforts to maintain your pacifist beliefs when surrounded by those who disagree with pacifism. I too used to bite my tongue but I eventually came to understand that it was better to express my views and hope to help others understand through reasoned dialogue. It just seems more honorable and true to my beliefs. Just my experience, your situation and beliefs may very well be different than mine.
I don't see what having a gun has to do with being a pacifist though. Guns and the skill to use them effectively are valuable tools when needed. Even pacifists need to eat when the grocery store has no food. Even pacifists don't want to be attacked and eaten by feral dogs. Even pacifists sometimes need to make a hard choice. That is always a human choice, the gun doesn't make decisions or shoot without a human to guide it. It's just a tool - no more dangerous than an axe or a car. Axes, cars and guns are always more dangerous in the hands of someone with no skill in using them.
Without the knowledge and skill of handling a firearm your choices can be very much limited when you encounter famine, mob violence or those who have no respect for your pacifism, your family or your loved ones. For that level of choice I would rather have the option not to be a victim or unwilling participant.
Just one pacifist's point of view.
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[After more than half a century of civil war and the rise and fall of drug trafficking empires, Colombia remains beset by guerrilla rebels and criminal networks. Despite the 2016 demobilization of the FARC, armed groups and criminal networks are involved in an extensive range of activities including drug production and trafficking, arms trafficking, money laundering, extortion, contraband smuggling and illegal mining.]
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While Colombia's situation has improved since the FARC demobilized, it faces significant challenges from a more fragmented organized crime landscape.
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crashbandicoot
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Nice!Well said and explained.Thank you for a bit of sanity.
thormchammer
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Me, personally, with a lot of firearms experience, I’m keeping it and keeping my mouth shut. Your decision is your decision and no judgement from me on your call. No matter what, remain safe and proper firearms handling practices. Old guns, if loaded, may have volatile loads so handle with care and clear the chambers first, if possible.
stoneshirt
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The other Day,you post your reality Number as 26.36.And now,it's 18.?
"Guns don't kill,People do".....Numbers don't lie,People do.....Watch them Numbers,my Friend........Illusion-al...Oh! and no One reads the Bogota Post.It's all bull$hit.And,for living here in Colombia...It's not for sissy's......stoneshirt.
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That is correct, Columbia has 26.36 gun deaths per 100,000 population, ranked #18 in the world for homicides by firearms in 2019.
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crashbandicoot
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At the risk of being uncordial,you,my friend are full of s--t! You.re a Buddhist and a pacifist,yet you inform us as to how rough it is to live in Columbia.I,m done with this,you,re going in circles again.Best of luck and stay in Columbia.
stoneshirt
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"I don't see what having a gun has to do with being a pacifist though"....Guns are made for One thing,and One thing only,that is to kill.
"but I eventually came to understand that it was better to express my views and hope to help others understand through reasoned dialogue. It just seems more honorable and true to my beliefs. Just my experience, ..
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You live in the shadow long enough , you quit considering what causes it.
What Chavez didn't ruin enough in Venezuela , Colombia is exploiting.
Pacifists pick leaves. And of course by being in the shadow so long see it as a good deal. Hey , it's better than before. And you live.
One of the rules for picking leaves is , no guns. Anyone ask the shadow why?
Yet part of the funds from cocaine , fuel war and violence through arms being acquired with them.
It is an armpit of the world. Brought to you by what? Pacifism or defense?
When it's your turn to pick leaves , pick them with a passion. After all , it's what your country is about.
crashbandicoot
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Now you,re quoting your own posts? "Willie go round in circles"!
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