Cheney bags a lawyer (Page 4)

I give both of you guys - Derek and Jim - credit for presenting interesting and rational points of view.  And for doing it without cheap shotting each other.  I don't know if this is an argument that can be "won".   

The one thing in the conversation I can't get over regardless of which side is being presented is the tragic loss of life.  Even if it is an irresponsible, beer-swilling, gun toting moron who might have contributed to their own demise the loss can still be tragic.  That person may have had a wife, kids, etc. who loved and needed that person and their loss, no matter how it came about, is tragic.  If it is a hunter shot by another hunter it may be ironic, but I think I would stop short of calling it funny. 

Now this thread, on the other hand, could go back to being funny.  Really.  It could.  Please, someone make it funny.

My point is just that guns are inherently dangerous, and if you undertake activities that use them, you have to be prepared for the consequences. It is tragic, and it is sad. But to me it's part of the cost of playing the game.

This is a perfect example of why I'd never have a gun anywhere near my daughter.

Jim's a closet Republican.

But that's why I pointed out those statistics.  There's nothing inherently dangerous about a gun.  There's something dangerous about somebody careless using a gun.  Same could be said for a lot of things.

I respect the fact that you're keeping your child safe though.  You might wanna get a fake one to polish in front of her futures boyfriends though. 

From one of my original posts in this thread (many, many posts ago):

"My take was that this was funny in an ironic way..."

I agree that it's not a gut buster. More of a head shaker. 

I heard Derek's gonna vote for Hilary... 

Nah...they'll be plenty intimidated by the twin guns I keep at the ends of my shoulders.

Heh... 

MY point was that it is not funny, it is tragic when people die in hunting accidents. Glad to see you've come around. You're right, it is an inherent risk that hunters are ALL aware of and mitigate as well as they can if they are good hunters. But it's not funny.

The Cheney thing is funny though. In a quote from Bush, in a 2000 interview with the Houston Chronicle, he hailed Cheney as "somebody who is going to shoot straight with the American people." Watch out!

Likewise, David Letterman's Top 10 list was devoted to "Dick Cheney's excuses," which included that he "thought the guy was trying to go gay cowboy on me."

Put back up the avatar of that red helmet with four sticks coming out of it and that post will REALLY be funny!

 In my defense, those sticks have some pretty impressive girth to them.

For Dick Cheney's future reference.

I was just talking about this to somebody else.  I doubt very seriously the guy had a heart attack.  The mechanism for it happening just isn't there.

IMHO of course.

Yeah, the White House probably just faked the story to get everyone to stop with the Cheney jokes already.

Dammit, things were finally funny again, too.

It's all about the girth, Jim, you're the one with a thread devoted to you BT hotties!

Yeah, only Vice Presidents can do that.