Quote Originally Posted by ray1970 View Post
I honestly don't believe our country was founded on some principle that was put in place to protect you from having your feelings hurt.
It certainly wasn't. However, it was founded on the idea that a man should never have his rights or abilities restricted by a ruling class. Guilt by association goes two ways. So unless you're alright with having your gun rights taken away because of Lanza and Holmes, your freedom to practice Christ-based religions because of McVeigh, or ability to speak freely because of national separatists, that's a strong double standard, my friend. Tensions may very well be high because of the actions of raving fucking lunatics, I agree. However, the last time we restricted the rights of people for sharing an ethnicity or nationality, thousands of Japanese Americans (successful business owners, patriots, and family men, no less) were locked away in camps. You know, kinda like the Nazis did (minus the gas and firing squads, thankfully). As I remember it, German Americans were also blacklisted, robbed of their property, and often assaulted not long beforehand.

I'm certainly not in any position to tell you what to think or believe. I would just like to give you something to chew on. Corporal punishment for citizens leads down a very dark road, the likes of which you often don't find your way back on.