ScottyT
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There was a big rally downtown this past weekend and the "free tibet" crowd actually clashed a bit with supporters of the Beijing Olympics. My own personal views on the matter make no difference, as I was merely there taking pictures.
After I felt I had gotten the shots I needed, I went back to my car, dumped my camera and press credentials, switched from CC to OC, and went back to talk with people on both sides.
I had a very interesting conversation with an uber-socialist "free tibet" hippie, at the end of the conversation I asked him 2 main questions:
Me: "Should Tibet try to violently overthrow their Chinese rulers?"
Hippie: "Absolutely."
Me: "Should law-abiding US Citizens have the right to own and carry firearms?"
Hippie: "No, it creates a more dangerous society."
Me: "And you don't see any contradiction between those two answers?"
Hippie: "No, it's a completely different situation."
Me: "You don't think an armed revolution will EVER be required again in this country?"
Hippie: "You have a gun!"
Me: "Yes sir I do. I own it and carry in in accordance with Utah law."
Hippie: "You shouldn't just carry it like that..." (turns and walks away)
I was kind of disappointed since I had been enjoying our conversation up to this point. I am genuinely interested in why people think the way they do, even when I disagree with their views.
Just goes to reinforce the stance that most people's idea of "tolerance" is actually "my way or the highway"... oh bother...
There was a big rally downtown this past weekend and the "free tibet" crowd actually clashed a bit with supporters of the Beijing Olympics. My own personal views on the matter make no difference, as I was merely there taking pictures.
After I felt I had gotten the shots I needed, I went back to my car, dumped my camera and press credentials, switched from CC to OC, and went back to talk with people on both sides.
I had a very interesting conversation with an uber-socialist "free tibet" hippie, at the end of the conversation I asked him 2 main questions:
Me: "Should Tibet try to violently overthrow their Chinese rulers?"
Hippie: "Absolutely."
Me: "Should law-abiding US Citizens have the right to own and carry firearms?"
Hippie: "No, it creates a more dangerous society."
Me: "And you don't see any contradiction between those two answers?"
Hippie: "No, it's a completely different situation."
Me: "You don't think an armed revolution will EVER be required again in this country?"
Hippie: "You have a gun!"
Me: "Yes sir I do. I own it and carry in in accordance with Utah law."
Hippie: "You shouldn't just carry it like that..." (turns and walks away)
I was kind of disappointed since I had been enjoying our conversation up to this point. I am genuinely interested in why people think the way they do, even when I disagree with their views.
Just goes to reinforce the stance that most people's idea of "tolerance" is actually "my way or the highway"... oh bother...