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only10x
02-13-2011, 21:59
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20110213...20110213133757

http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/Specials...l?cid=29484482

(Swiss) Society is built on trust between the citizen and the state, he argued.

"If we take away the weapon, which represents this trust, that means that we are breaking the sacred union between democracy and citizen."
[Beer]
CrufflerSteve
02-13-2011, 22:08
Links seem broken

Steve
Graves
02-13-2011, 22:33
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/swiss-stick-to-their-guns-in-weapons-vote-2213880.html
ChunkyMonkey
02-13-2011, 23:00
Even Swiss has its own share of 30% libtards.

Disband the Army! so they say...

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Troublco
02-13-2011, 23:01
Yeah, this is great for them...except that they can't have ammo.

So what good is it, really? Other than shoving the anti-gunner's noses in it.
mutt
02-14-2011, 00:02
Even Swiss has its own share of 30% libtards.

Disband the Army! so they say...



Every society that has it too good for too long falls apart from within because they forget the wisdom of their forefathers and the hard lessons of the past. Apparently these 30% have forgotten that the existence of the national militia is the very thing that has kept Switzerland from being invaded and allowed it to remain neutral all these hundreds of years. Any aggressor choosing to invade this little country would pay a horrible price as they would have to fight the entire country, not just a small standing army. By the time such an invasion was successful, the losses for the invading force would be horrendous and everything of value in the country would be utterly destroyed. Since Switzerland posses no offensive military threat to anyone, such an action is pointless and little Switzerland has been left alone.

The good life, for too long, is far more dangerous than any external enemy. It breeds naivety, complacency, and above all - unwillingness to sacrifice for the greater good. I'm sure a good majority of the 30% who want to disband the army and militia simply do not want to serve. They are too good to be inconvenienced by such outmoded concepts like service to country and sacrifice.
only10x
02-14-2011, 05:08
^^ wise words my friend.[Beer]
"The good life, for too long, is far more dangerous than any external enemy. It breeds naivety, complacency, and above all - unwillingness to sacrifice for the greater good."
mcantar18c
02-14-2011, 05:49
Hope ya don't mind me using that as a sig Mutt [Beer]
low drag
02-14-2011, 07:06
The good life, for too long, is far more dangerous than any external enemy. It breeds naivety, complacency, and above all - unwillingness to sacrifice for the greater good.

Succinct and on target, that describes the USofA in 2 sentences.
weirjf
02-14-2011, 17:12
Guy I work with has family there. He says that everyone over the age of 15 has an Uzi in the closet.

awesome
mikedubs
02-14-2011, 17:23
He says that everyone over the age of 15 has an Uzi in the closet. awesome

I would have figured Israeli reservists having Uzis @ home, but not the Swiss...I thought they got to carry their SIG rifles home?
BPTactical
02-14-2011, 19:57
My sister lived in Pilastraussen right after she got married. SIG 550 was in the closet and it only got taken out when he had to go play Army.

Curious though why all the links are dead-too strong of a message to the people of the US perhaps?
roberth
02-14-2011, 21:03
^^ wise words my friend.[Beer]
"The good life, for too long, is far more dangerous than any external enemy. It breeds naivety, complacency, and above all - unwillingness to sacrifice for the greater good."

Wise words indeed.
sniper7
02-14-2011, 21:23
My sister lived in Pilastraussen right after she got married. SIG 550 was in the closet and it only got taken out when he had to go play Army.

Curious though why all the links are dead-too strong of a message to the people of the US perhaps?


nah...the typical us citizen now just has a random mindset...justin beiber...so that at any time...taylor swift....the mind will shift to some BS topic or person and throw them off.

The ability to focus on a meaningful topic, especially with the media has taken a turn for the worst.
rockhound
02-15-2011, 09:27
Guy I work with has family there. He says that everyone over the age of 15 has an Uzi in the closet.

awesome


damn that is what my closet is missing, no really
Cman
02-16-2011, 11:54
300 hundred deaths per year really doesnt sound very high. How many die climbing, in car wrecks, by knife? Im glad the libertards lost.
cdrissel
02-17-2011, 12:35
Guy I work with has family there. He says that everyone over the age of 15 has an Uzi in the closet.

awesome


Not true!

I lived and worked in Switzerland for 2 years.