TBF: Gun Politics
Feuer Frei!
By Rammstein
Getadelt wird wer Schmerzen kennt
vom Feuer das die Haut verbrennt
Ich werf ein Licht
in mein Gesicht
Ein heisser Schrei
Feuer frei!
Bäng bäng
Geadelt ist wer Schmerzen kennt
vom Feuer das in Lust verbrennt
Ein Funkenstoss
in ihren Schoss
Ein heisser Schrei
Feuer frei!
Bäng bäng
Bäng bäng
Feuer frei!
Bäng bäng
Bäng bäng
Feuer frei!
Gefährlich ist wer Schmerzen kennt
vom Feuer das den Geist verbrennt
Bäng bäng
Gefährlich das gebrannte Kind
mit Feuer das vom Leben trennt
Ein heisser Schrei
Bäng bäng
Feuer frei!
Dein GlŸck
ist nicht mein Glück
ist mein Unglück
Dein Glück
ist nicht mein Glück
ist mein Unglück
Bäng bäng
Bäng bäng
Feuer frei!
Bäng bäng
Bäng bäng
Feuer frei!
Bang bang....
Whoops.. well screw it I don't feel like translating, plus Marie and I are happy that I'm using a Rammstein song for this week.
ALL RIGHT FINE, JESUS STOP KICKING ME MARIE!!!!
Fire at Will
by Rammstein
Whoever knows pain becomes criticized
from the fire that burned up the skin
I throw a light
in my face
A hot cry
fire at will! *
Bang bang
Bang bang
Whoever knows pain is raised
from the fire that burns in desire
A sparking thrust
into her womb
A hot cry
fire at will!
Bang bang
Bang bang
Fire at will!
Bang bang
Bang bang
Fire at will!
Whoever knows pain is dangerous
from the fire that burns the soul
Bang bang
The burned child is dangerous
with fire that separates from the life
A hot cry
Bang bang
Fire at will!
Your happiness
is not my happiness
it is my misery
Your happiness
is not my happiness
it is my misery
Bang bang
Bang bang
Fire at will!
Bang bang
Bang bang
Fire at will!
Bang bang....
* "Feuer frei!" is the German expression used to order weapons to be shot, as in "Fire at will !". Literally it is "Fire freely".
Life and Death, They are two absolutes in all of creation. Everything have a period of time to fufill its purpose and then dies. That was the natural order of things, but we've learned to grow and create, but as much as we create we also create that which destroys...
It stares at you, pointed at your face, the current difference between life and death in an absolute form... all in one person's hands.
When something is done, it's usually done with the best of intentions. So where did responsibility become negligence? did we really fail or is this simply the evolution of time and events.
This Week on The Brian Factor: Gun Politics
For as long as civilization has existed there has always been conflict. Over time weapons used ranged to swords and axes to catapults and arrows to bombs and cannons to nukes but for the better part of the last three centuries, one weapon has been used more often than anything a gun. Throughout history, guns have served many purposes, In the days of the colonies guns were what helped declare our independence, in the old west, guns were the interpreters of the law and have since become the main tool of war. Now we are in an age were besides war, guns have been responsible for countless deaths and even more injuries than can be counted.
Freedoms and Rights, we are all familiar with them, or at least we've heard of them. Key to this issue is the Second Amendment, which is interpreted by supporters of gun rights as enshrining an individual right, and by advocates of gun control as referring to a collective right. Most of the gun control policies we hear about originally began back in 1911 in response to a failed assassination attempt on fomer New York Mayor William Maynor but a national outcry truly began five decades later with the shooting deaths of John and Robert Kennedy and of the Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. which led to public outrage and the political action with enactment of the federal Gun Control Act of 1968. Almost immediately spporters of individual gun rights have resisted nearly all these regulation efforts, often spearheaded by the National Rifle Association. This outrage-action-reaction cyclical pattern reflects an essential core value conflict at the center of the gun politics issue.
Disagreements range from the practical (Does gun ownership cause or prevent crime?)
To the constitutional (How should the Second Amendment be interpreted?)
To the ethical (what should the balance be between an individual's right of self-defense through gun ownership and the People's interest in maintaining public safety?)
Political arguments about gun rights fall into two basic categories: first, does the government have the right and authority to regulate guns, and second, if it does, is it effective public policy to regulate guns.
MY TWO CENTS
People are looking for a basic: who's right, who's wrong when really there's no easy answer. Conflict is an eventuality, no matter how far we evolve in society, we will still have our moments of violence. So what are your options? Never sell guns to dangerous people? Well how are you gonna find out who's dangerous, take one look at them and say "No you can't"? Some of society's greatest killers were completely normal looking guys who were incredibly insane. So what then, be leary of minorities? Granted, most instances of gun violence usually occurs in urban areas, but as Columbine showed us, anyone, not just minorities is dangerous with loaded weapon.
If a truth has to be said then say all that there is to say: Guns are tools, indiscriminate tools used to pierce whatever is in front of them. In all the great debating of who's right and who's wrong, no one seems to remember the human element in all this. Guns are dangerous but people are more dangerous than any weapon we can create.
Blame whoever you want, there's enough for everybody...
If you were looking for a happy ending, I'm sorry to say that there isn't one this time. We all have our experiences, our fears and our hopes and all you can do is take all that and make your own choice and hope that it's the right one.
Until Next Time,
-B
By Rammstein
Getadelt wird wer Schmerzen kennt
vom Feuer das die Haut verbrennt
Ich werf ein Licht
in mein Gesicht
Ein heisser Schrei
Feuer frei!
Bäng bäng
Geadelt ist wer Schmerzen kennt
vom Feuer das in Lust verbrennt
Ein Funkenstoss
in ihren Schoss
Ein heisser Schrei
Feuer frei!
Bäng bäng
Bäng bäng
Feuer frei!
Bäng bäng
Bäng bäng
Feuer frei!
Gefährlich ist wer Schmerzen kennt
vom Feuer das den Geist verbrennt
Bäng bäng
Gefährlich das gebrannte Kind
mit Feuer das vom Leben trennt
Ein heisser Schrei
Bäng bäng
Feuer frei!
Dein GlŸck
ist nicht mein Glück
ist mein Unglück
Dein Glück
ist nicht mein Glück
ist mein Unglück
Bäng bäng
Bäng bäng
Feuer frei!
Bäng bäng
Bäng bäng
Feuer frei!
Bang bang....
Whoops.. well screw it I don't feel like translating, plus Marie and I are happy that I'm using a Rammstein song for this week.
ALL RIGHT FINE, JESUS STOP KICKING ME MARIE!!!!
Fire at Will
by Rammstein
Whoever knows pain becomes criticized
from the fire that burned up the skin
I throw a light
in my face
A hot cry
fire at will! *
Bang bang
Bang bang
Whoever knows pain is raised
from the fire that burns in desire
A sparking thrust
into her womb
A hot cry
fire at will!
Bang bang
Bang bang
Fire at will!
Bang bang
Bang bang
Fire at will!
Whoever knows pain is dangerous
from the fire that burns the soul
Bang bang
The burned child is dangerous
with fire that separates from the life
A hot cry
Bang bang
Fire at will!
Your happiness
is not my happiness
it is my misery
Your happiness
is not my happiness
it is my misery
Bang bang
Bang bang
Fire at will!
Bang bang
Bang bang
Fire at will!
Bang bang....
* "Feuer frei!" is the German expression used to order weapons to be shot, as in "Fire at will !". Literally it is "Fire freely".
Life and Death, They are two absolutes in all of creation. Everything have a period of time to fufill its purpose and then dies. That was the natural order of things, but we've learned to grow and create, but as much as we create we also create that which destroys...
It stares at you, pointed at your face, the current difference between life and death in an absolute form... all in one person's hands.
When something is done, it's usually done with the best of intentions. So where did responsibility become negligence? did we really fail or is this simply the evolution of time and events.
This Week on The Brian Factor: Gun Politics
For as long as civilization has existed there has always been conflict. Over time weapons used ranged to swords and axes to catapults and arrows to bombs and cannons to nukes but for the better part of the last three centuries, one weapon has been used more often than anything a gun. Throughout history, guns have served many purposes, In the days of the colonies guns were what helped declare our independence, in the old west, guns were the interpreters of the law and have since become the main tool of war. Now we are in an age were besides war, guns have been responsible for countless deaths and even more injuries than can be counted.
Freedoms and Rights, we are all familiar with them, or at least we've heard of them. Key to this issue is the Second Amendment, which is interpreted by supporters of gun rights as enshrining an individual right, and by advocates of gun control as referring to a collective right. Most of the gun control policies we hear about originally began back in 1911 in response to a failed assassination attempt on fomer New York Mayor William Maynor but a national outcry truly began five decades later with the shooting deaths of John and Robert Kennedy and of the Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. which led to public outrage and the political action with enactment of the federal Gun Control Act of 1968. Almost immediately spporters of individual gun rights have resisted nearly all these regulation efforts, often spearheaded by the National Rifle Association. This outrage-action-reaction cyclical pattern reflects an essential core value conflict at the center of the gun politics issue.
Disagreements range from the practical (Does gun ownership cause or prevent crime?)
To the constitutional (How should the Second Amendment be interpreted?)
To the ethical (what should the balance be between an individual's right of self-defense through gun ownership and the People's interest in maintaining public safety?)
Political arguments about gun rights fall into two basic categories: first, does the government have the right and authority to regulate guns, and second, if it does, is it effective public policy to regulate guns.
MY TWO CENTS
"A well regulated Militia being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the People to keep and bear Arms shall not be infringed..."
-Bill of Rights, Second Amendment
People are looking for a basic: who's right, who's wrong when really there's no easy answer. Conflict is an eventuality, no matter how far we evolve in society, we will still have our moments of violence. So what are your options? Never sell guns to dangerous people? Well how are you gonna find out who's dangerous, take one look at them and say "No you can't"? Some of society's greatest killers were completely normal looking guys who were incredibly insane. So what then, be leary of minorities? Granted, most instances of gun violence usually occurs in urban areas, but as Columbine showed us, anyone, not just minorities is dangerous with loaded weapon.
If a truth has to be said then say all that there is to say: Guns are tools, indiscriminate tools used to pierce whatever is in front of them. In all the great debating of who's right and who's wrong, no one seems to remember the human element in all this. Guns are dangerous but people are more dangerous than any weapon we can create.
Blame whoever you want, there's enough for everybody...
If you were looking for a happy ending, I'm sorry to say that there isn't one this time. We all have our experiences, our fears and our hopes and all you can do is take all that and make your own choice and hope that it's the right one.
Until Next Time,
-B
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posted by Marie at 9:13 AM
2 Comments:
"Guns are dangerous but people are more dangerous than any weapon we can create."
Hear, hear! Well said.
I really liked this topic, I guess nothing really is off limits with you isn't it.
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