Hey Guys,
I've been careful to avoid political issues because I have no desire to debate or attempt to convince anyone of anything in which they
do not believe but I thought I might offer this up:
I know for sure that immediately after the Twin Towers went down on 9/11, there were Arabs dancing in the streets of Paterson, N.J.
If there is any interest and we can avoid nasty dialogue, I would be willing to recount the facts.
Harley
I don't think anybody has been convince to change their position in any debate here if they are dead set in their world view. But there are a ton of fence sitters who are simply not aware of the arguments involved or some that may have a position but also is unaware of some of the complexities involved.
Many people support banning guns because of the simply argument that if you get rid of guns there will be no more shootings. And of course that's true. But once they understand that this will never ever happen and give factual arguments why then it puts a different perspective on it.
I remember debating with a person about guns after the shootout in a building in San Fran back in early 1990s. My brother was in that building. He quoted Diane Feinstein who said that this isn't the wild west. She doesn't want shoot outs in her State. When I told him that if the choice is between a "shoot out", good guys trading bullets with bad guys, or a complete slaughter where only the bad guys have the guns (which will always be the case) shooting at unarmed innocents as happened in San Fran, which would you choose?
This completely changed his perspective. Often in life the choice isn't between good and bad but between bad and worse.
Debates on any issues gives one an idea on that individual person's world view and thinking process.