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| You'd imagine Americans already had plenty of reasons to take against Piers Morgan. But it wasn't until he tackled the second amendment that matters got tricky for him. A petition is demanding Morgan be deported because he had the temerity to suggest, in the wake of the Newtown mass child murders, that the US could use a little gun control. | You'd imagine Americans already had plenty of reasons to take against Piers Morgan. But it wasn't until he tackled the second amendment that matters got tricky for him. A petition is demanding Morgan be deported because he had the temerity to suggest, in the wake of the Newtown mass child murders, that the US could use a little gun control. |
| It's hard to resist cheap jokes about Morgan. Indeed, many in Britain have said they don't want him back. But it's the people who brush aside any degree of senseless slaughter in defence of their right to bear arms that are the joke. | It's hard to resist cheap jokes about Morgan. Indeed, many in Britain have said they don't want him back. But it's the people who brush aside any degree of senseless slaughter in defence of their right to bear arms that are the joke. |
| The reason God-fearing America is so keen on guns is its unwillingness to face the nation's "original sin". There is a need to feel they were justified in using guns against native Americans, who had no guns, to gain ownership of the land. They need this so deeply that they don't want the issue ever to be mentioned, let alone debated. That's the funny thing about the US – without its deluded self-righteousness, it'd be perfect. | The reason God-fearing America is so keen on guns is its unwillingness to face the nation's "original sin". There is a need to feel they were justified in using guns against native Americans, who had no guns, to gain ownership of the land. They need this so deeply that they don't want the issue ever to be mentioned, let alone debated. That's the funny thing about the US – without its deluded self-righteousness, it'd be perfect. |
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