top | item 16393193 (no title) m00g00 | 8 years ago Do you figure pro/anti-gun twitter posts from actual users are less likely to result in us being at each others throats? Really seems like pissing in the ocean. discuss order hn newest jacquesm|8 years ago To roughly the same extent that throwing burning matches around in an area plagued by drought isn't going to affect the outcome, yes.See, it can take a long time before a fire erupts from a natural cause but if you are aiming for it the outcome is pretty much guaranteed. m00g00|8 years ago I think the analogy is more like trying to pin an execution on one particular member of the firing squad.Everyone is throwing matches, at the same time, into an already burning dumpster fire. load replies (1)
jacquesm|8 years ago To roughly the same extent that throwing burning matches around in an area plagued by drought isn't going to affect the outcome, yes.See, it can take a long time before a fire erupts from a natural cause but if you are aiming for it the outcome is pretty much guaranteed. m00g00|8 years ago I think the analogy is more like trying to pin an execution on one particular member of the firing squad.Everyone is throwing matches, at the same time, into an already burning dumpster fire. load replies (1)
m00g00|8 years ago I think the analogy is more like trying to pin an execution on one particular member of the firing squad.Everyone is throwing matches, at the same time, into an already burning dumpster fire. load replies (1)
jacquesm|8 years ago
See, it can take a long time before a fire erupts from a natural cause but if you are aiming for it the outcome is pretty much guaranteed.
m00g00|8 years ago
Everyone is throwing matches, at the same time, into an already burning dumpster fire.