Keith and The Girl is a free comedy talk show and podcast
Check out the recent shows
Click here to get Keith and The Girl free on iTunes.
Click here to get the podcast RSS feed. Click here to watch all the videos on our YouTube channel. |
![]() |
#11 (permalink) |
Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Aotearoa
Posts: 3,836
|
|
(Offline) |
![]() |
![]() |
#13 (permalink) |
Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Scraping by in Queens.
Posts: 870
|
First off, Ron has a great radio voice. and he can tell a great story. I can listen to him do a bunch of audiobooks or short stories if he were to make a podcast like that. That said, as much as I appreciated his point of view I couldn't agree with most of it.
Regarding that mentally ill law, if I remember correctly, I heard a show on NPR (either RadioLab or This American Life) where they mentioned how in the 50's homosexuality was considered a mental illness and they would use that reasoning to put gays in asylums. Also I don't agree on his stance about how we should police who can or cannot have kids. There's no guaranteed a person who is raised well will always come out as a regular nonviolent person. Sociopaths are sociopaths regardless of how they are raised. Lastly, I don't agree on his stance that Hollywood and violent video games or violent movies have anything to do with how killers are created. I grew up watching horror movies at the age of 6 and on. In the 70's and 80's they blamed D&D games and Heavy Metal, and around the Red Scare comic books were considered to cultivate juvenile delinquents. Texas Chainsaw Massacre was one of the first horror films I've seen and I'm not a violent person nor do I have any inclination to buying a gun anytime soon. Not only that, but people argue that kids who harm animals in their youth grow up to be sociopaths and Ron was talking about all the crazy things he did to animals when he was a child and he grew up to be a fine adult without any sociopathic tendencies. I do agree with his stance on protecting his right to bare arms and he made some good points in defense of that right. |
(Offline) |
![]() |
![]() |
#14 (permalink) | |
Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Bluffton, SC
Posts: 366
|
Quote:
By comparison, here in the South, it IS pretty much expected that you have a gun in the home, so I get Ron's point with that. I have went to a local gun ranges recently to get familiar with shooting more than a .22 in preparation of getting my concealed permit license - NOT because I want a gun, but in the South there are wayyy too many home invasions (more so in apartments) & you have the right to bear arms to protect your hom eunder law here. So there is an assumption that most people are have weapons when they own a home, but not in an apartment/condo; therefore, the home invasion/robbery rates are skyrocketing. To the point I even got additional rental insurance. And I hate paying for additional shit I may never need! Now if they let my black ass get a gun, so be it. I do believe in the right to protect yourself, your home, and your family.....but I'm with Chemda in that I do not need or want multiple guns, just one, and by no means do I need an assault riffle, just a nice mag or glock. The fact I am even considering getting a gun is terrifying to me considering I never needed (or could get, or even thought of getting) one in NYC, but in this instance I would have to say outside the city things are pretty different. The 1st time I went to the shooting range was so horrifying for me, I pray I'd never need to point a gun never mind actually shooting it. It does take a lot of time, money, and practice to be fully comfortable/responsible with a firearm, point blank. But I would be lying if I didn't take my husband into consideration as well. I can get a permit, I can get a gun, I can even get a fingerprint safe, but the fact remains I have a gun in my home with a person I argue with at times....and access to my fingerprints. It's just not the gun owner who can be affected, as we are seeing with Newton CT, but also who else has access to the gun....and that's the point that truly scares me & makes me procrastinate even getting the license. |
|
(Offline) |
![]() |
Keith and The Girl is a free comedy talk show and podcast
Check out the recent shows
Click here to get Keith and The Girl free on iTunes.
Click here to get the podcast RSS feed. Click here to watch all the videos on our YouTube channel. |
![]() |
#15 (permalink) |
Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Scraping by in Queens.
Posts: 870
|
Yeah I agree that the issue with guns isn't completely cut and dry and the stances can vary between states and generations. I also don't necessarily believe that stricter laws make us any safer because as you pointed it out, criminals will always find a way to have access to what they want, it's the law abiding citizens that get affected by those laws. It's the same with anything in the underground market. I also appreciated his take on guns and I did agree with some of his stances in defense of gun ownership. It was some of the other stuff that he used as a counter rebuttal that I didn't agree with. Great show all the same.
|
(Offline) |
![]() |
![]() |
#16 (permalink) |
Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Aotearoa
Posts: 3,836
|
Yeah, I appreciate firearms in much the same way Ron does so I get where he's coming from on an emotional level to an extent but I thought he did a fairly poor job of making arguments to support those feelings. A lot of sloppy analogies and half-made points. To be fair though, he was a victim of a dastardly case of Ambush Journalism by Chemda.
What's a video game? |
(Offline) |
![]() |
![]() |
#18 (permalink) |
Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Aotearoa
Posts: 3,836
|
Check out this hilarious article on how 5 people were shot at 3 different shows on Gun Appreciation Day. It sounds like it came from The Onion, right? Nope. Sometimes it seems like the real-life morons are trying to put the satirists out of business.
Clearly you can't blame the guns for the idiocy. None of this is the fault of the guns themselves. But where does the fault lie for the fact that there are guns in the hands of idiots? Does this happen in Switzerland too? |
(Offline) |
![]() |
![]() |
#19 (permalink) | |
Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: St. Augustine, FL
Posts: 457
|
Quote:
|
|
(Offline) |
![]() |
![]() |
#20 (permalink) |
Junior Member
Join Date: Jan 2013
Posts: 1
|
I'd love to listen this one but I can't get past the hare killing description in the trailer. Getting enjoyment out of killing anything is just so fucking sad and pathetic
Last edited by rain of frogs; 01-21-2013 at 05:09 PM. Reason: spelling |
(Offline) |
![]() |
![]() |
Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests) | |
Thread Tools | |
Display Modes | |
|
|