Thread: Cahill vs McKie

I think the position that Cahill and his mates put up is best understood by utilising a practical example, so here goes.

If I kill someone with an axe, I am a bad bugger.
If I kill group of people with a chainsaw, I am a villan.
If I bomb a sports stadium or rock concert and kill the quivalent of a small town population, I am very bad.
If I put poison into a water supply and kill an entire city, I am evil.
If I shoot someone with a semi auto rifle, it's Nicole McKee's fault.

Originally Posted by Ben Waimata

If I shoot someone with a semi auto rifle, it's Nicole McKee's fault.

Media and the anti gun nutters would also have you believe it is the semi auto rifle’s fault because it is evil. Our world full of numpties that attribute human characteristics to inanimate objects. Chris Cahill is a special kind of Numpty fo making the comment you highlighted.

Originally Posted by Rushy

Media and the anti gun nutters would also have you believe it is the semi auto rifle’s fault because it is evil. Our world full of numpties that attribute human characteristics to inanimate objects. Chris Cahill is a special kind of Numpty fo making the comment you highlighted.

It's a weird one aye. Any other fatality and the person gets blamed, but with shootings alone it's the fault of the firearm. Cahill said in the Platform interview that semi autos should have been banned because of the Aramoana tragedy, but he said nothing about banning cars for the 15,000 or so road deaths since then (incidentally largely committed by registered vehicles).

Originally Posted by Rushy

Media and the anti gun nutters would also have you believe it is the semi auto rifle’s fault because it is evil. Our world full of numpties that attribute human characteristics to inanimate objects. Chris Cahill is a special kind of Numpty fo making the comment you highlighted.

That tendency is called anthropomorphism.