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Well, the fact that the victim was a Democrat, not a Republican, for starters, would suggest that he was a believer in right wing rather than left wing propaganda. And are you seriously suggesting that comments like those of Jesse Kelly ("Help remove Gabrielle Giffords from office. Shoot a fully...

We have laws in this country against incitement to violence - and I'm sure you do too; whilst the comments of Palin et al do not legally amount to his, there is more than a case for saying that they morally do (none of which lessens the legal guilt or moral culpability of the shooter)...

Carpro, it's scarcely 'idle speculation'. He was spouting on his blog the same kind of violent language against your government that the extremist Tea Partiers and shock jocks use. There's a clear link.

I've long questioned Sarah Palin's sanity and intelligence.

Not directly, but it can help to create a vitriolic atmosphere which makes nutters more likely to act in this way; comments of a violent nature (cross-hairs, shooting metaphors, 'shock jocks', etc) tend to breed violent actions. With freedom of speech comes responsibility, particularly if you...

Small correction: Foy is in Belgium and is more of a village.

A great day. Without the 101st's tenacity, the Germans may well have succeeded in reaching the Meuse, but they couldn't, because Bastogne was a vital crossroads in the Ardennes. I shall certainly be toasting the 'Battered B*st*rds of Bastogne' today!

"Guns don't kill, people kill." Maybe, but guns certainly help; you don't kill someone ordinarily by pointing two fingers at them and shouting 'Bang!', unless I suppose they have a heart condition.

"Like" as a filler word

I don't have a hand gun and have never wanted one. Neither do the local police here. I have never had the need to defend myself or my property with a gun and don't feel remotely threatened by not having a gun.

Caroline, try Eusebius' Church History as a starting point for answers to many of your questions.

We're scarcely 'overrun' with Muslim extremists, unless you read the Daily Mail, in which case Muslim extremists+swine flu+snow=collapse in real estate prices. Sure, we have a few nutters who would like to live under sharia law, to whom I say, "push off to Saudi, then" but, by and large, they...

I was primarily arguing against the emphasis on the individual being sacrosanct. For example, on the point about laws also being designed to protect others from us, I don't have the right to drive my car at 70mph in a 30mph zone - here the law (the speed limit) is specifically designed to...

Laws are also rightly designed to protect others from us. What about the role of government in things from which the country benefits as a whole eg: infrastructure, education, defence, etc?

You guys do know the difference between climate and weather, don't you?

Then don't post here. No-one's forcing you to post here, or even read what others post. Just scroll on past.

Needed a bit of...ahem...support for about a week but OK now, thanks!

Can we please not use the term <snip> when editing others' posts on this particular thread! Whilst I understand and sympathise with the perp's sentiments, he was way out of line and needs to go inside for a few years.

Got it on DVD, old boy.

Oooh, an easy one! Jessica.