Weapons

[am4z1ng]

My birthday was recently, and one of the gifts I received from a thoughtful friend was a set of three very real, very sharp, and very beautiful Samurai swords. This gift, although fantastic, could obviously pose a threat to the safety of any fool who decided to play with it. With that in mind, and a general pacifist mindset, the powers that be

Comments

[sgtscruffy]

I have long agreed that it is the enviroment that is the most influential thing upon us - I have had an excellent family, and I keep my sword under my bed and have yet to kill anyone. Other people I know, however, I would not trust with the sword - not that they would kill, but they would be irresponsible with it.

Did I actually inspire a post?

[spruiell]

I think that a person's behavior is influenced by their environment AND their genetics. A person with parents not predisposed to fighting would not end up with the physique of a professional weightlifter. Also, that same person would not be raised in an environment that promotes or supports violence and therefore would not be prone to using violence in everyday situations or to solve tough problems. I myself see no reason why the swords should be taken away. They would cause no harm in the hands of Mr. Niraj A. Patel because he is not a person who was raised in an environment where violence was common. I have a sword and keep for decoration purposes only. I can only think that I would use it for protection of my house if someone tried to rob it. I doubt that will happen so the sword remains sitting idlely on my dresser looking nice. I'm sure you will get them back sooner or later because your parents will realize all these things. The only reason something bad would happen is if you had a nervous breakdown or they wrongly

Have you been reading Locke lately?

[tophergopher500]

Right when I got to your third paragraph, about not being predisposed to anything, I knew I had heard something similar to it before when we were studying the Enlightenment in AP Euro last year; I looked it up and what I was thinking of is John Locke's tabula rasa ("blank slate") theory. He argued that, at birth, the mind is a blank slate with no set ideas that, over time, is molded chiefly by experience, and that the only thing that cannot be denied is a person's identity as part of human society. Locke used the idea more to discount religion and the Christian doctrines of predestination; your point is more about what society has the power to do to us and what we have the power to do for ourselves

Re: Have you been reading Locke lately?

[sgtscruffy]

DID SOMEONE SAY JOHN LOCKE

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[anonymous]

man, i think u should just keep ur swords in ur room until guests come over with little kids, then go hide those swords, but about weapons, i think ur right about how surroundings influence u, but if u look at our surrounding and look at popular movies like scarface, or how the only news is alwas terrorist attacks, and murders, and killings, we see, that our surrounding arent showing us the best of everything, and that ppl might be getting the wrong idea about violence.

later niRAJ

[hakaishin_jin]

Any power, weapon or not, is all dependant on the user. The upbringing, the influences, and the environment of the wielder, as well as the wielder's state of mind and emotions come into play in any circumstance. The danger is in the mind, and not the weapon.

"Everyone who has cried over being powerless feels that way, I think. But, from the moment you take that power into your hand, you'll become the person who will make others cry like that. Don't you ever forget that."
-Athrun Zala