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**Dave Starr** · 06-06-2008, 12:50 PM

"Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again, but expecting different results".

**PackerfanXD** · 06-06-2008, 01:31 PM

"A fear of weapons is a sign of retarded sexual and emotional maturity." - Sigmund Freud

lance22 · 06-06-2008, 01:32 PM

???

Einstein always called himself a pacifist. That small matter of working on the A-Bomb didn't change anything other than to show his hypocrisy. Perhaps what it really shows is that even a pacifist can understand that sometimes to stop evil you have to STOP evil. Maybe he should have said he was putting the 'fist' in 'pacifist'

A lot of his pacifist friends didn't agree, of course ... thinking that they could talk Hitler to death, or block him with Hollywood committee meetings, or perhaps setting themselves on fire or something. Just goes to show there have always been idiots.

Hitler wasn't stopped by embargoes, committee meetings, or protesting. It took guns to stop Hitler, just like it takes guns to stop criminals today.

**Dave Starr** · 06-06-2008, 01:35 PM

Pass gun control laws.
Criminals still have guns.
Pass more laws.
criminals still have guns
pass more laws.

Ad Infinitum
Insanity.

**DanTheEldest** · 06-06-2008, 01:38 PM

"A free people ought not only to be armed and disciplined but they should have sufficient arms and ammunition to maintain a status of independence from any who might attempt to abuse them, which would include their own government." --George Washington

gsx1138 · 06-06-2008, 01:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PackerfanXD

"A fear of weapons is a sign of retarded sexual and emotional maturity." - Sigmund Freud

I'm more of a Jung guy myself but that quote is awesome.

trik396 · 06-06-2008, 02:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gsx1138

I'm more of a Jung guy myself but that quote is awesome.

I agree... very good quote.

mcb · 06-07-2008, 09:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lance22

???

Einstein always called himself a pacifist. That small matter of working on the A-Bomb didn't change anything other than to show his hypocrisy. Perhaps what it really shows is that even a pacifist can understand that sometimes to stop evil you have to STOP evil. Maybe he should have said he was putting the 'fist' in 'pacifist'

A lot of his pacifist friends didn't agree, of course ... thinking that they could talk Hitler to death, or block him with Hollywood committee meetings, or perhaps setting themselves on fire or something. Just goes to show there have always been idiots.

Hitler wasn't stopped by embargoes, committee meetings, or protesting. It took guns to stop Hitler, just like it takes guns to stop criminals today.

Einstein's role in the the development of the atomic bomb was extremely limited. His work in physics laid much of the ground work that indicated it was possible but his actual work on the bomb was limited to a letter, political in nature to President Roosevelt and two days work on separating fissionable material by gaseous diffusion. He was not directly working on the bomb in any way. Source

Mercmar · 06-07-2008, 09:30 PM

How about a source for that quote from Freud. Doesn't sound right to me!

**PackerfanXD** · 06-07-2008, 10:11 PM

"A fear of weapons is a sign of retarded sexual and emotional maturity."** - alt.quotations | Google Groups

06-06-2008, 12:50 PM	#1
Dave Starr XDTalk 500 Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Flint, Michigan Posts: 566	Albert Einstein on gun control laws "Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again, but expecting different results".

06-06-2008, 01:31 PM	#2
PackerfanXD XDTalk 5K Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Ground zero of the invasion Posts: 7,224 Blog Entries: 1	"A fear of weapons is a sign of retarded sexual and emotional maturity." - Sigmund Freud __________________ The wealthiest nation in the world with the mightiest army man has ever assembled could not stop them. http://www.break.com/usercontent/200...00-358890.html Welcome to the Socialist States of Barakistan An armed man is a citizen. An unarmed man is a subject. -Author unknown.

06-06-2008, 01:32 PM	#3
lance22 XDTalk 500 Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: MN Posts: 619	??? Einstein always called himself a pacifist. That small matter of working on the A-Bomb didn't change anything other than to show his hypocrisy. Perhaps what it really shows is that even a pacifist can understand that sometimes to stop evil you have to STOP evil. Maybe he should have said he was putting the 'fist' in 'pacifist' A lot of his pacifist friends didn't agree, of course ... thinking that they could talk Hitler to death, or block him with Hollywood committee meetings, or perhaps setting themselves on fire or something. Just goes to show there have always been idiots. Hitler wasn't stopped by embargoes, committee meetings, or protesting. It took guns to stop Hitler, just like it takes guns to stop criminals today. __________________ lance22 Minnesota Last edited by lance22; 06-06-2008 at 01:38 PM.

06-06-2008, 01:38 PM	#5
DanTheEldest XDTalk 5K Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Phoenix, AZ Posts: 6,528	"A free people ought not only to be armed and disciplined but they should have sufficient arms and ammunition to maintain a status of independence from any who might attempt to abuse them, which would include their own government." --George Washington __________________ The only things more disturbing than the base ideologies of the new President are the lengths to which his supporters and apologists will go to try to convince themselves and the rest of us that he's not exactly who he says he is. Innocent life is cheap--a few hundred bucks for an abortion. Guilty life is expensive--a couple million for appeals, incarceration, and execution. How bass-ackwards is our society?

06-07-2008, 10:11 PM	#10
PackerfanXD XDTalk 5K Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Ground zero of the invasion Posts: 7,224 Blog Entries: 1	"A fear of weapons is a sign of retarded sexual and emotional maturity." - alt.quotations \| Google Groups __________________ The wealthiest nation in the world with the mightiest army man has ever assembled could not stop them. http://www.break.com/usercontent/200...00-358890.html Welcome to the Socialist States of Barakistan An armed man is a citizen. An unarmed man is a subject. -Author unknown.**

06-06-2008, 01:35 PM	#4
Dave Starr XDTalk 500 Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Flint, Michigan Posts: 566	Pass gun control laws. Criminals still have guns. Pass more laws. criminals still have guns pass more laws. Ad Infinitum Insanity.

06-07-2008, 09:30 PM	#9
Mercmar XDTalk 1K Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 1,833	How about a source for that quote from Freud. Doesn't sound right to me!

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