Gun Control Thread- Should we?

RedskinRat · 12-17-2012, 04:49 PM

May have been better phrased as 'can't physically discipline' not touch unless FD's on another cock snorting binge.

Just to add a little clarity to the sad topic, we live in the least violent times since records were started.

Why do so many people think we live in incredibly violent times?
I think there are a number of systematic biases, what I call "historical myopia" being one of them. The closer you get to the present, the better the records are, and I think this is a major distorter of our impressions of violence. We know about every massacre that has taken place close to the present, but the ones in the distant past are like trees falling in the forest with no one to hear them.

S Pinker

12-17-2012, 04:49 PM	#9
RedskinRat Franchise Player Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: I'm in LA, trick! Posts: 8,700	Re: Gun Control Thread- Should we? May have been better phrased as 'can't physically discipline' not touch unless FD's on another cock snorting binge. Just to add a little clarity to the sad topic, we live in the least violent times since records were started. Why do so many people think we live in incredibly violent times? I think there are a number of systematic biases, what I call "historical myopia" being one of them. The closer you get to the present, the better the records are, and I think this is a major distorter of our impressions of violence. We know about every massacre that has taken place close to the present, but the ones in the distant past are like trees falling in the forest with no one to hear them. S Pinker

Gun Control Thread- Should we?

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