Threats are now "freedom of speech"

[denuseri]

I am an anarchist by instinct and frequently protest at the restrictions of our state and society.

Good for you.

But it's useful to be reminded now and then that both extremes are unliveable. I'm very glad I don't live in a society where I have to routinely carry a gun to feel safe. I am glad I dont live in one of those eaither.The only places in this country with such "freedom" are the most lawless slums of our big cities, and they are welcome to it. Here in America you can carry your gun almost anywhere if you wish, its great, Im glad I dont live in a country that represses my freedom to "choose" to defend myself "if" the need should arise.

Probably, and one can see this as a process of refining the law by repeated testing - I'm sure political theorists would say so. But they don't have to be the lab rats in this experiment.

Yep, we got that way of doing things from you all and kept it for some reason, course you got it from others who came before you.