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I honestly don't understand how these things happen.  Don't people realize that the schools are Gun Free Zones.  That means guns aren't allowed.  You would think that everyone would follow the rules.  Sheesh.

I own it.  It was excellent.

Welcome.

I only have two FNH items left.  I have my Five Seven and my Mark 1 SLP.

I have it for the PC.  It is okay, but I am not really into FPS.

Why are they celebrating him?  Simple.  What was once wrong, is now correct.  What had always been perceived as correct is now wrong.   Personally, I don't think Mandela ever changed his beliefs; he just became a little more polished.

  You are probably correct.  Out of the 20 or so guns I have bought over the last several years, this is my first experience with something faulty.  Everything I have ever bought went bang when I pulled the trigger.

  I called customer service, and finally got a response.  I was completely getting the run around via email.  I am a little nervous about what the customer service rep told me.  I was told that all that would be done once they receive my gun is they would fire it with their ammo.  If they did not have any problems, then it would be shipped right back to me without doing anything.  That doesn't really instill me with any confidence.   I will ship it out tomorrow, and keep you guys apprised of any further developments.

  Robert, you misinterpret what I am saying.  I have no problem with the baker following his beliefs to justify his actions.   I was referring to other people bringing in their religious views to either affirm or criticize the baker's actions.  It is best to leave religion out one's argument.   I do not like discrimination, but I support people's right to discriminate unless it infringes upon someone else's life, liberty, etc...  I just think that free people and the free markets can do a much better job of handling discrimination than the heavy hand of government.

One thing I do know is that I should have stayed out of this thread.  My post, #141, has gotten me in the dog house with my girlfriend.  "I can't believe that you think people should have the right to discriminate."    I don't mind arguing/debating with you guys, I at least stand some chance of causing someone to rethink their position.  With my girlfriend, even if I win the argument, I still lose.  It makes no sense fighting battles you can't win.   :lol:

  The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

Thanks for sharing Robert.

  Well, you can add this one to your marshal/martial peeves.  :)   :rofl: We posted at the same time. At least we were thinking the same.

  I say it almost that way.  I always say, "I couldn't care less."  :)

  I'm calling BS on that one.  Your original post was #107.  How could #138 be included in the three since it wasn't even written? 

  I, being a fellow Christian, believe that people are making this into something it is not.  In no way would making a cake for a gay wedding be any sort of endorsement or acceptance of that union.  The baker is simply providing a service from his chosen profession.  Now, if the baker decided to give the cake away for free as a gift, then that would be a different story.   Every time religion becomes part of one's defense or argument, things become skewed.  What if the couple were not gay, but one of them was an adulterer or fornicator?  Would baking a cake for them somehow be an endorsement of their behavior?  Based on some responses I have read in this thread, the answer would be yes.  If this had been the case, would the baker have refused to make a cake?  Probably not.  Therefore, is it sin in general that is being frowned upon, or is it just a specific sin?  The reasoning I see so many people use at times on religious matters is often quite Pharisaical, and I believe that is one of the reasons so many have turned from the faith or view Christians with such disdain.   Personally, I think religion needs to stay out of this as it tends to muddy the waters.  The crux of the matter is simply: should the government be able to force a private business to provide a service to an individual or group of whom they have discriminated?  While it may not be popular, the answer is no.  I believe that people and private businesses should have the right to discriminate anyone for anything. The only time discrimination should be disallowed is when we are dealing with a government entity. In almost all other cases we should let the free markets handle it.  I know this is not reality, but it is my view on the way things should be.

When you sit in a rocking chair and can't get it to rock.  I would also add that you are old when what doesn't hurt, doesn't work.

  I haven't seen any hate in this thread  In regards to the Christians, of course they are a bunch of hypocrites.  Considering they are followers of Christ, not Christ Himself, how can they not be hypocrites?  I think a lot of people that have an animus towards Christianity/Christians really doesn't understand what Christianity is.

The problem could have been easily solved if the baker would have just told himself that he wasn't baking a wedding cake for them, but instead, a civil union cake.  :)

  Thanks Dave.  Hopefully I won't need it, but I will use it if I do not get any kind of service by mid-week.

  Yes. Twice.

S&W is totally dropping the ball on this one.  It has now been two weeks since I made my complaint.  The gun is still sitting in its box at home.  :mad:   I just wrote S&W another email.  It reads as follows:     In my line of work, when a customer complains about one of our products, we do whatever it takes to satisfy the customer.  There is just too much competition to not take that approach.

I picked up mine this evening.  I won't start building these until next year.  The first one I will build will be for my girlfriend, but I want to make sure things are getting serious before I put a bunch of money in it.

I would just upgrade the video card.  Unless you are gonna get the top end newest card, you can get cards that have been out for a year or so pretty cheap.  I am currently running two GTX 560 Ti (have had these a while), and I have no problem playing any game I want at 2560x1600 with high settings (not the highest) on my 30 inch monitor.

Great news. :)