The presence of the gun threads in this forum makes me uncomfortable and I will explain why.
Guns are a tool designed specifically to hurt or kill animals/people. I don’t own one, don’t want to and, if I did, I’d probably be found guilty of killing someone with it and be serving time in prison because they wouldn’t let me speak to the manager. I’m a Karen after all so I’d be found guilty these days even if I was completely innocent, had never even been in the shop (town, city, country) and it was actually some random Hannah who had gone bananas and pulled the trigger that day.
The thing with the gun threads is that they can be perceived as a celebration of a tool that has been designed to specifically hurt or kill animals/people in a most violent way. Conveying not just the message that hurting or killing is fun but also that hurting or killing for fun is okay. I don’t know about you but that’s not a message I want to see when I come to this forum. It’s not a message I want to be associated with at all. I have enough problems with my name these days.
So my question to you all - how do you want the gun threads to be perceived? What content is acceptable and what content isn’t, bearing in mind you have no control over the age nor the mindset of the people who might view the threads. That discussion might make those who are uncomfortable with the thread more comfortable with it. After all, you did say that the opinion of one group with one set of opinions shouldn’t override the other, yet by not having that discussion that’s exactly what is happening. In the spirit of Cameraderie might it be better to look for a middle ground.
Guns are a tool designed specifically to hurt or kill animals/people. I don’t own one, don’t want to and, if I did, I’d probably be found guilty of killing someone with it and be serving time in prison because they wouldn’t let me speak to the manager. I’m a Karen after all so I’d be found guilty these days even if I was completely innocent, had never even been in the shop (town, city, country) and it was actually some random Hannah who had gone bananas and pulled the trigger that day.
The thing with the gun threads is that they can be perceived as a celebration of a tool that has been designed to specifically hurt or kill animals/people in a most violent way. Conveying not just the message that hurting or killing is fun but also that hurting or killing for fun is okay. I don’t know about you but that’s not a message I want to see when I come to this forum. It’s not a message I want to be associated with at all. I have enough problems with my name these days.
So my question to you all - how do you want the gun threads to be perceived? What content is acceptable and what content isn’t, bearing in mind you have no control over the age nor the mindset of the people who might view the threads. That discussion might make those who are uncomfortable with the thread more comfortable with it. After all, you did say that the opinion of one group with one set of opinions shouldn’t override the other, yet by not having that discussion that’s exactly what is happening. In the spirit of Cameraderie might it be better to look for a middle ground.