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@oskar: You're bringing up a topic that almost got you banned a short time ago. That's not likely to end well for you. If you're finished being an active member on FTR, you don't have to pull a bunch of shenanigans to get banned. You can just walk away.
Calling my position hilarious is fine and all. It's great if I amuse you. Friends amuse each other.
However, if you keep posting on the topic of gun legality, you will inevitably bait me into responding to you on the subject. I'm fine with that, but historically, you've shown that you are incapable of having a civil discourse on this topic with me. I pushed the STOP button on this once before, out of respect for you. If you bring it up again, I will take that as a sign that you feel you're ready to civilly discuss this difficult topic. If that's not the case, then this is a dangerous path for you.
You know the rules, here. I'm not your dad. If you let yourself get emotionally worked up, like you have done when discussing this topic, then that can end up with you getting banned. I'd rather see you stay, and just talk about other things, but if that's not acceptable to you, then I guess I get it. If that's the case, then it'd be better for us both if you just leave FTR than you bait me into banning you, though.
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Just a suggestion: when you're feeling most worked up and you want to tell me how much of a stupid idiot I am, just make it funny, and it's fine. Just add the respectful nod to the fact that we're both having this discussion for our own amusement and not to change each other. If we change, that's great and all, but the point of the conversation is to learn about each other, not to change each other.
I.e. saying something is bullshit is not cool, but saying something is the detritus leaving the southern end of a north-bound bull is funny, and conveys the same sentiment. It lets your fellow converser know that while you absolutely disagree with them, there's still humanity between you.
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