EPTGermany about to ban paintball - Page 3
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R3condite
Korea (South)1541 Posts
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HeadBangaa
United States6512 Posts
On May 07 2009 23:37 Amber[LighT] wrote: So they are looking for a pawn to sacrifice (does this expression exist in English btw?). Yes. It's generally called Scapegoating. Well actually, the term in English is "sacrificial lamb" and it is not the same as "scapegoating". A scapegoat has blame and guilt heaped upon him, and is outcast in order to benefit the community, taking blame and guilt away. A sacrificial lamb is made as concession to appease a third party, eg, thrown to the wolves. | ||
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ParasitJonte
Sweden1768 Posts
Seriously, I loathe politics and politicians in general. How can they, with their sanity and conscience intact, blame the market for short sightedness when they propose something like this? Even if such a law is never passed, this is still a disgrace to... well, to everything good. | ||
zatic
Zurich15366 Posts
On May 07 2009 23:48 Wohmfg wrote: I don't think so. Especially since zatic himself said that he didn't mean scapegoating. What he might have meant is that the government were willing to sacrifice the vote of paintballers in order to gain more votes from the rest of the voters. The paintballers being the pawn, the rest of the voters being the higher value piece in chess... something like that :D 100% correct. Anyway I didn't want to spawn an off-topic discussion about semantics. The point is this is just a tactical move in election times where the votes of the gun lobby count. It's just words. Paint ball will not be banned, nobody wants that. And if you follow the discussion you can see that this time the media does not fall for it. This will likely backfire. | ||
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[DUF]MethodMan
Germany1716 Posts
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MoltkeWarding
5195 Posts
If you let German kids play too wildly, they may grow up to be childish Anglo-American goofballs cracking politically incorrect jokes. | ||
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Zurles
United Kingdom1659 Posts
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RebirthOfLeGenD
USA5860 Posts
Check dez out brah + Show Spoiler [political incorrectness in joke form] + What's funnier than a dead baby? A dead baby sitting next to a kid with down syndrome. What do you call 100 black people in a barn? Antique farming equiptment Whats the difference between a black guy and a pizza? A pizza can feed a four person family. How many babies does it take to paint a house? Depends how hard you throw them. What's the first thing a woman does when she gets back from the battered women's clinic? The god damned dishes if she knows what's good for her. Why did the woman cross the road? Wait, better question, why is she out of the kitchen!? Why don't women wear watches? There's a clock on the stove. | ||
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Biff The Understudy
France8195 Posts
I would ban Counter Strike and this kind of retarded games also. Start flamming. | ||
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paper
13197 Posts
On May 07 2009 18:36 pangshai wrote: lol i just youtubed it. I thought they were just going to kneel and put their hands on their head there, but they actually lay down first. hahahah guns dont kill people : ) | ||
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Jayme
United States5866 Posts
On May 08 2009 00:56 Biff The Understudy wrote: I completely agree. I would ban Counter Strike and this kind of retarded games also. Start flamming. Not worth the effort, I was tempted though. | ||
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wAVEland
Germany169 Posts
On May 07 2009 23:49 R3condite wrote: THE GERMANS R TROLLING THE WORLD that's hardly a funny comment. | ||
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distant_voice
Germany2521 Posts
+ Show Spoiler + Vielen Dank für Ihre Email zu den geplanten Änderungen des Waffenrechts und zum Paintball-Verbot. Die geplanten Änderungen was die Aufbewahrung von Waffen, die unangekündigten Kontrollen und die Regelungen zum Umgang mit großkalibrigen Waffen angeht halte ich für sinnvoll und unterstützenswert. Bei den großkalibrigen Waffen setze ich mich sogar für Verbote des Besitzes für "Sportzwecke" ein. Das Paintball-Verbot ist in der Tat ein überflüssiger symbolischer Akt, den ich heute in der Fraktion massiv kritisiert habe. Sollte ich mich mit dieser Ablehnung öffentlich nicht durchsetzen, werde ich dennoch dem Gesetzentwurf zustimmen, weil die anderen Punkte in ihrer Bedeutung überwiegen. Recht gebe ich unumschränkt, wenn es um den Waffenexport aus Deutschland geht. Die Nachricht, dass wir inzwischen drittgrößter Waffenexporteur weltweit sind, hat mich auch beschämt und verärgert, dazu werden wir in der Fraktion auch sicher noch das Gespräch suchen. Helmut Schmidt hat das bei seinem Besuch in der letzten Sitzungswoche zu Recht als "Skandal" bezeichnet. Mit freundlichem Gruß Ulrich Kelber Basically he says that he too thinks that the ban of paintball is a superfluous symbolic act. Then he says that he's going to vote for the act nonetheless because the other points in it are more important.  | ||
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zatic
Zurich15366 Posts
A couple of representatives were quoted that they got hundreds of letters and emails protesting against the ban. Good job citizens. | ||
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Vex
Ireland454 Posts
this isnt shocking at all | ||
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distant_voice
Germany2521 Posts
On May 14 2009 19:54 zatic wrote: Surprise surprise, today the administration announced they will not go ahead with the ban of paint ball before the election. A couple of representatives were quoted that they got hundreds of letters and emails protesting against the ban. Good job citizens. source: http://www.heute.de/ZDFheute/inhalt/23/0,3672,7587831,00.html | ||
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Physician
United States4146 Posts
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