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You're right--nothing can be good if a better situation might have hypothetically been possible A Deathwatch Guard Send a noteboard - 08/01/2013 04:45:56 AM
Except, of course, that isn't true, and everyone knows it isn't true.

Would life be better if the woman's house wasn't broken into, and her day was peaceful and pleasant? Yes. But break-ins happen extremely frequently, and everyone knows this, and knows that all too often they are successful. That's why you can applaud and consider it "awesome" when a break-in attempt is foiled, especially in a way where the criminal faces a level of punishment that I, personally, do not find to be disproportionate. 9/11 is a totally different type of event, one that is rare, and isolated, and therefore clearly terrible because it stands in contrast to what an ordinary day would have been like.

So yes, even though life would be much better if no one's homes were ever broken into, or there were no criminals altogether, that's not the world we live in or could ever live in, which is why a criminal being stopped is a good event and a good story.

And much as Anonymous's post was motivated by a desire to highlight the usefuless of guns, your response is clearly an attempt to mitigate that damage. But just because something you don't like was used to make something good happen, doesn't make it bad.
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Great story - Mom saves herself and her kids - shoots intruder in the face - - 06/01/2013 06:25:15 PM 1490 Views
now THAT is awesome *NM* - 06/01/2013 10:59:01 PM 555 Views
the justice system fails again. what a great article - 07/01/2013 02:49:04 AM 943 Views
Amen brother. *NM* - 07/01/2013 06:53:00 AM 456 Views
Exactly. *NM* - 07/01/2013 04:10:03 PM 447 Views
You have serious problems if you think this is a "great" story. - 07/01/2013 10:08:53 AM 1032 Views
Thank you! - 07/01/2013 10:54:20 AM 941 Views
Make me +1 for the confused people. *NM* - 07/01/2013 04:11:07 PM 459 Views
This is pretty much the definition of a great story - 07/01/2013 01:32:02 PM 885 Views
Uh. Die Hard was fictional. - 08/01/2013 12:36:05 AM 895 Views
Re: This is pretty much the definition of a great story - 09/01/2013 12:55:22 AM 1207 Views
Some very weird reactions to this story - 09/01/2013 01:56:18 AM 868 Views
Re: Some very weird reactions to this story - 09/01/2013 03:47:21 AM 1236 Views
You're right--nothing can be good if a better situation might have hypothetically been possible - 08/01/2013 04:45:56 AM 917 Views
I own guns for home defense and hunting. - 08/01/2013 06:00:34 AM 990 Views
Precisely *NM* - 08/01/2013 08:10:24 AM 440 Views
FIVE .38's to the head and neck and he not only survived, but remained conscious? *NM* - 07/01/2013 03:51:00 PM 573 Views
.38's are almost like BBs - 07/01/2013 04:13:20 PM 904 Views
I guess! - 07/01/2013 04:28:47 PM 1031 Views
Oh I was shocked he survived - 07/01/2013 08:27:52 PM 913 Views
i know someone who survived being stabbed in the neck - 08/01/2013 05:24:24 PM 890 Views
.38's are potent and deadly. - 12/01/2013 05:05:53 AM 937 Views
I'm confused. - 09/01/2013 12:44:01 AM 1354 Views

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