UNLIMITED Arizona Hilarity thread

[The Good Reverend Roger]

Arizona is going to a flat tax.

The top 13% are thrilled, to say the least.

Senator Steve Court (R-Whore) has said that it's time to stop victimizing the rich.  "It's about fairness in how we tax."

No more deductions for mortgages, dependents, and donations, of course.

I'm curious, when this leaves AZ in even more financial ruin, what scapegoats will they latch onto?

My guess is the obvious one: "Dem illegal immigrants not payin' taxes!", but are there any other likely targets?

They've actually passed the "scapegoat" stage, and have moved on to "HAW HAW!  FUCK YOU, PEASANT!"

Polls show they will on average be reelected by 7 points.

[Freeky]

Every time I come to this thread, I feel sick.

[Juana]

I feel you there, Freeky, with added amusement because the rest of the country will have had a chance to observe the results and yet we'll follow right along (I need to borrow a camera and dig up Rog's "This is why I wish humans would drown themselves" thread).

Anyway.

Arizona Votes to Allow Firearms on Campus

Arizona Votes to Allow Firearms on CampusIn a landmark piece of legislation that once again demonstrates their profound capacity for out-of-the-rational-box thinking, the Arizona House of Representatives has voted to allow guns on campuses.

   

The Republican-led House voted 33 to 24 to allow firearms to be carried in the open or concealed in public rights of way, such as campus streets and roadways.

"We're allowing people to defend themselves," said Rep. David Gowan Sr., a Republican, who voted for the bill.

The measure now goes to the completely reasonable and not-at-all horrible Gov. Jon Brewer, who will decide whether or not to sign it into law. Good for you, Arizona! More guns on more students in more classrooms is the only way to deal with the senseless violence in your own backyard. Today, we all win.

[Requia ☣]

Landmark my ass, Utah did that in 2004.  And why the hell *shouldn't* college students be allowed guns?  Last I checked age of ownership is 18, 21 for handguns.  It's not a University's administrator's job to say otherwise, especially when you consider that people *live* on campus.

[LMNO]

Yes, because an enviroment based around the exploration of social boundries, alcohol, drug experimentation, sex, and which is unhinged from normal societal game rules is totally a good place for handguns.

[Requia ☣]

The history of armed campuses in Utah (which goes back to before the U's gun ban, as well as after, as well as some other smaller colleges) suggests that there's no reason to expect issues above and beyond normal American gun violence.

[LMNO]

Yes, but Utah is an Abomination unto the eyes of the LORD.

[The Good Reverend Roger]

Yes, because an enviroment based around the exploration of social boundries, alcohol, drug experimentation, sex, and which is unhinged from normal societal game rules is totally a good place for handguns.

And?

[LMNO]

Yes, because an enviroment based around the exploration of social boundries, alcohol, drug experimentation, sex, and which is unhinged from normal societal game rules is totally a good place for handguns.

And?

Hmm.

I suppose what I'm trying to say is that real-world principles don't apply very well in environments that don't exhibit real-world behaviors.  Or something.  I haven't thought this through all the way.

[The Good Reverend Roger]

Yes, because an enviroment based around the exploration of social boundries, alcohol, drug experimentation, sex, and which is unhinged from normal societal game rules is totally a good place for handguns.

And?

Hmm.

I suppose what I'm trying to say is that real-world principles don't apply very well in environments that don't exhibit real-world behaviors.  Or something.  I haven't thought this through all the way.

Does it imply that more monkeys will get off my planet?

[Luna]

Yes, because an enviroment based around the exploration of social boundries, alcohol, drug experimentation, sex, and which is unhinged from normal societal game rules is totally a good place for handguns.

And?

Hmm.

I suppose what I'm trying to say is that real-world principles don't apply very well in environments that don't exhibit real-world behaviors.  Or something.  I haven't thought this through all the way.

Does it imply that more monkeys will get off my planet?

Actually...  Not really.

If many students are armed on campus, when one of 'em climbs the bell tower to rack up the body count, odds are one of the other students will be a decent shot and end things before records are set.

[The Good Reverend Roger]

Does it imply that more monkeys will get off my planet?

Actually...  Not really.

If many students are armed on campus, when one of 'em climbs the bell tower to rack up the body count, odds are one of the other students will be a decent shot and end things before records are set.

And the non-good shots will form the world's biggest Polish firing squad.

I AM FOR THIS LEGISLATION.  SHIT YEAH.

[Bebek Sincap Ratatosk]

Does it imply that more monkeys will get off my planet?

Actually...  Not really.

If many students are armed on campus, when one of 'em climbs the bell tower to rack up the body count, odds are one of the other students will be a decent shot and end things before records are set.

And the non-good shots will form the world's biggest Polish firing squad.

I AM FOR THIS LEGISLATION.  SHIT YEAH.

This is the correct shot-to-hell motorcycle!

[The Good Reverend Roger]

Does it imply that more monkeys will get off my planet?

Actually...  Not really.

If many students are armed on campus, when one of 'em climbs the bell tower to rack up the body count, odds are one of the other students will be a decent shot and end things before records are set.

And the non-good shots will form the world's biggest Polish firing squad.

I AM FOR THIS LEGISLATION.  SHIT YEAH.

This is the correct shot-to-hell motorcycle!

I figure a car will backfire halfway through Rush week, on beer-bong night, and the resulting carnage will look like the battle of Antietem.

[Luna]

Does it imply that more monkeys will get off my planet?

Actually...  Not really.

If many students are armed on campus, when one of 'em climbs the bell tower to rack up the body count, odds are one of the other students will be a decent shot and end things before records are set.

And the non-good shots will form the world's biggest Polish firing squad.

I AM FOR THIS LEGISLATION.  SHIT YEAH.

This is the correct shot-to-hell motorcycle!

I figure a car will backfire halfway through Rush week, on beer-bong night, and the resulting carnage will look like the battle of Antietem.

Quite likley.

Personally, I don't think the little fuckers should be trusted with anything more dangerous than rubber bands... but that's because I spend 8 hours a day on a campus.

I do not wish to be shot, thank you.