Tam’s recent post, and comments, got me thinking of the article I covered here.
These professors and their supporters always seem to prattle on about “Spirited Discussion”, and somehow adding a gun into that mix results in lead flying, body bags being needed.
First up, no it doesn’t. People argue, act rude, steal parking spaces, commit moving violations, and generally show their ass to armed people every day all the time. They don’t get shot because that’s illegal and as much of an asshole the person is, they aren’t worth shitting in a stainless steel toilet for the next few decades.
Further, why do these pinnacles of knowledge think it takes a GUN to make things go pear-shaped?
I mean what’s to stop an angered student from jumping over their desk and pounding the living tar out of the prof? If you want to be goofy and live in the imaginary world of La-La where one man can kill another graveyard dead with nothing more than his hands and footwear, then why not add in a pocket knife, a crowbar, or a hammer?
Let’s step back a bit. I think anybody who’s been to college has gotten into a few spirited debates…and very likely a few where tempers flared and the intellectual value of the exchange approached zero.
Still has anybody heard of such an event where it turned violent? I’m sure its happened, but for the frequency of such exchanges in academic environments, they are the definition of rare.
So there enters the sacred cow of “Gun Death”. The reason why people don’t beat and stab each other to death in a classroom is they don’t have a gun, and guns are the ONLY way to make another person dead.
Or something.
We know reality.
