# Do Internet Discussions Ever Change Your Mind?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-internet-discussions-ever-change-your-mind/610850>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [January 27, 2012, 11:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-internet-discussions-ever-change-your-mind/610850 "2012-01-27T11:20:02Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
**Page:** 2

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![TokyoBayer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tokyobayer/32/13989_2.png) [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\
**Post date:** [January 28, 2012, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-internet-discussions-ever-change-your-mind/610850/21 "2012-01-28T01:34:44Z")

</div>

Yes, the biggest is probably gun ownership. In my perfect world, the US would be like Japan with limited ownership of guns, but it ain’t going to happen, and I’m not wasting any more gray matter on it.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\
**Post date:** [January 28, 2012, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-internet-discussions-ever-change-your-mind/610850/22 "2012-01-28T01:44:01Z")

</div>

I changed my position about the Death Penalty during a long and involved thread here.

[Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-internet-discussions-ever-change-your-mind/610850.md?page=1)