A man wielding a sword attacked members of the public and police officers in an east London suburb, killing a 13-year-old boy and injuring four others, authorities said.
  • lennybird@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I’d venture a guess the majority of users here are American and just trying to solve our stupid American shit.

    If you don’t care, then just ignore. If you do care about reducing deaths in America, then let these conversations play out.

      • lennybird@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        1 year ago

        My guy, how do you think peoples’ opinions on national issues shift over the years…?

        … The answer: By the aggregation of conversations like this. Connecting dots to parallel events to exemplify what could’ve been — what other time is a viable time to have that conversation, at the dinner table…?

        There really is nothing wrong here; there really is nothing rude here. The user is using satire and sarcasm to indicate that UK has more fruitful laws than America. if anything, it’s raising UK up and pointing out our stupid American shit. This is a public forum well within the rules — again, what is wrong with that?

        The only thing I can conceive is that there are pro-gun folks on here who’d rather suppress this dialogue. They are quite literally the only ones who would object to not having the uncomfortable conversation about firearms in America and saving lives.

          • lennybird@lemmy.worldEnglish
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            1 year ago

            This has nothing to do with parallel events since the UK and the US have vastly different laws & regulations (or lack thereof).

            Yes, that is precisely my point — can’t you see? Let me attempt to spell it out:

              • A parallel event occurs in the UK that is common in the US: a mass casualty homicidal rampage.
              • We (what we learn in English composition) Compare-and-Contrast in order to learn
              • We take what we’ve compared-and-contrasted, and we improve.

            What you seem to suggest is that comparing and contrasting is off-limits on public forums for some inane reason.

            And Americans constantly - and I really mean constantly - trying to interject their own politics into foreign topics that has nothing to do with them, trying to make the topic about them, is nothing but annoying at this point.

            For better or worse, Americans have a massive influence on the world stage. We are the Rome of this era. What happens in America often impacts the globe, again for better or worse. Considering this is an open community that has many Americans on here, I fail to see the issue. Like, why are you so hellbent on suppressing a conversation about improving something for Americans? This has zero impact on what happens in the UK; we’re simply contrasting experiments in other countries to see what works, and what doesn’t.

            This is all in the name of improvement, and I’ll be damned if anyone tries to suggest there’s something taboo about that.

            This is, unfortunately, just proving my point though, since you completely ignore what I’m saying and continue to try to make this about you.

            Again, your opening sentence outright proves you are completely ignoring my point.