{"id":41173,"date":"2014-02-23T22:21:18","date_gmt":"2014-02-24T05:21:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/02\/23\/an-armed-society-is-a-scared-society.html"},"modified":"2014-02-23T22:21:18","modified_gmt":"2014-02-24T05:21:18","slug":"an-armed-society-is-a-scared-society","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/02\/23\/an-armed-society-is-a-scared-society.html","title":{"rendered":"An Armed Society Is a Scared Society"},"content":{"rendered":"
So should\u00a0"politeness" be based on mutual respect and a desire to be kind to one another, or on fear that the other person may pull a gun if they don't take a liking to your sass? \u00a0Because it the latter sounds less like politeness and more like being bullied.<\/p>\n

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So should\u00a0"politeness" be based on mutual respect and a desire to be kind to one another, or on fear that the other person may pull a gun if they don't take a liking to your sass? \u00a0Because it the latter sounds less like politeness and more like being bullied. 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