OK, I will. I don't want you or any other person to be carrying a gun in public. It's bad enough if you have one at home. Speaking of terrorist fear. Is the boogie man going to get you?
No, the crackheads that keep robbing houses will. What are you going to do when some jacked up mother fucker comes charging at you and your kids at 3am? Tell him to stop? Get real. The world is full of evil people that want to hurt you. The trick is to not be afraid of them, but to stand up to them when they do come. I could cower all day and have mommy government try and ban all the guns and knives in the world, but if somebody was going to murder you in the first place do you think they really give a shit what the laws are?
Just my opinion, speaking from multiple past break-ins. Never be a victim. Yes guns can kill people. But if the crooks are not going to play by the rules and the scales are tipped towards them, I would rather be prepared. I have no desire to shoot somebody. I do have a desire to live and defend my family against those coming to do harm. Unless you live in a gated community and have private security in your suburban area, you'll realize that some parts of the country are pretty 3rd world.
Aside from the fact that we're debating the validity of concealed weapons in public places, not their usefulness for home security (or lack their of), this is some pretty fine fear-mongering on your part and as per your first post, I'd like to call you out on it. This site was the first hit or so on Google when I searched for "burglary statistics". According to it, and most other places I've heard these stats from, most residential break-ins occur during daylight hours (when everyone is out at school or work). Your nightmare scenario of a deranged crackhead busting in to your house at the middle of the night is just wrong. I've also been the victim of break-ins. Incidentally, I wasn't home. Were you?
To answer your question though, I'd prefer to work on creating a society where there are no crackheads breaking into houses because they can't find employment do to draconian and ineffective drug laws. Letting morons run around with guns won't solve that problem (Side note, I use the term moron to express the fact that I think most people are morons. I'm a proponent of public transportation because I think most people are to moronic to drive. I have no false impressions and I do include myself in that group most of the time).
As some one who spent most of his life in North Carolina, I'm curious about where you think it's 3rd world-ish. I loved it there and would happily move back given the opportunity.
Personally, I think the concealed gun movement has been brought about by misplaced nostalgia for the old west. There is no benefit to having a weapon on your person, even in those hypothetical situations you brought up. The links you posted also seemed more in favor of demanding tougher gun laws rather than looser. By your logic, the citizens of Japan should be demanding a repeal of the Haitorei Edict (which outlawed carrying swords) because some moron with a survival knife ran around stabbing people in Akihabara.
And if enough people like you don't like conceal carry, keep voting it away. I wont move to your state. But next time to move to an area, check the crime rates of conceal carry states versus those who ban it. I think you'll find the statistics quite surprising.
Since we're looking up stats on crime rates, can we also compare countries with strict gun laws to the US? Or, let's leave guns out of it and compare crime rates between affluent areas to poorer ones. Let's change it and compare crime rates of periods, say pre and post gun laws in Texas.
Man, you had me right up to the end. I didn't want to post this here as it's rather off topic, but why do you feel that people need to carry concealed weapons in restaurants? There was a day in the past where people could carry them and it was outlawed for very sane reasons.
one of these things is not like the others. One of these things just doesn't belong. Which one is it?
Apple - I can buy MS or Linux
craft beer - I can buy from a large assortment of other beers and or other beverages
very spicy chiles - I can eat less spicy chiles
tablets in general - I can just not buy one
3d film and TV - I can keep re-watching my 2D Firefly DVDs until the laser burns a hole though them
hybrid cars - That's why I drive a Hummer
wind power, solar power - That's why I disconnected myself from the power grid and generate my own power with a kerosene generator
drug laws - That's why my ass hurts because my only choice against a proven failure was to get sent to a pound-me-in-the-ass penitentiary
Democrats, Republicans - I can vote Don Knotts
organized sports - I can just not watch.
. Why do Japanese students tend to do so much better then american students, simple they compete in mental subjects, the grades are posted on a giant board for everyone to see, and are ranked from smartest to dumbest.
I don't know the last time you went to Japan was (if ever) but this is 100% not true. I should know, I work in a Japanese Jr High. The only incidence I can think of close to this is for the driving test and HS/ uni entrance results. However, they are posted with numbers not names. No one knows your number but you.
Being a USian living outside of the US, this is something that bothers me. It's the primary reason I've stopped buying DVDs. Why waste my money on something I can't use? Anyway, this is not similar to contry restrictions. Country restrictions come from copyright issues between companies and countries (Fox Japan buys the rights to almost every American show. On Fox Japan, I watch Burn Notice, Boston Legal, Scrubs, and many other very not-Fox produced shows). and whatnot. I don't see how that is similar to Google TV.
I'm sure if you looked into the number of minutes each group talks on the phone, you would find the breakdown in reverse. I find nothing surprising in this article.
Except the govermnent-run system can run at a loss forever and drive the competition out of the market. You really don't think that free government broadband might be a slight problem if you're trying to sell broadband access to people?
No, not at all. Sure they'd lose out on the "lower end" of the scale, but those people probably couldn't afford broadband to start with. *Free* does not imply quality or that people would automatically opt for it. Why do people still buy Windows when *free* linux is around? It's a shame that there's no TV in the UK besides the tax funded free BBC. Or that there's only the *free* PBS in the US.
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Yes. It's the school's fault. I am perfect. I raise my kids as they should be: TV, Internet flash games, and pre-determined interactive iPad apps.
Get him off our money! Seriously, I work in Japan and show children the money. They ask who the people are and when I get to the $20, I have to tell them what a horrible person he was.
As stated, the (D) hurts your argument dramatically. It's like putting an (R) next to Lincoln. They'd be reversed in today's world.
Perhaps it is time to consider an abolishment of our respective governments, and to craft new Constitutions.
Dear god no! Do you know how hard that would be? Do you know how impractical? Do you know what's a lot more realistic and feasible? Vote them out. Just flat out "Vote for the non-incumbant". New guy doesn't change? Vote him out. They'll get the picture. In the mean time, write letters, or even better, run for office yourself.
I had no problems when I sent my Wii in for repairs and they replaced it with a new system. When I connected the new Wii they replaced my old one with to the net, I could easily redownload all the games I had previously bought. Hell, it even took me a year to do that because I was internetless at home for two years.
This was Nintendo Japan, however, and no country beats Japan for customer service.
who's the moron that modded this troll interesting? Funny, sure. Interesting? Seriously, hey mr mod, can I get a picture of you in your The South Will Rise Again T-shirt?
If you're some sort of spin doctor, you could try to say that the Union by having troops in Fort Sumpter before the Confederacy started then... fuck it. troll and mod troll
Insightful? I think this is a joke. I highly doubt a group of people willing to kill themselves by crashing planes into buildings would be disueded by the threat of jail time and a fine.
And if it's meant as "well they could have nabbed them sooner", then A) incomeptence prevented it from being stopped, this law wouldn't help and B) how far reaching this law is scares me. The gov't doesn't like someone and they can declair their actions are "anti-state"...</tinfoilhat>
How about this slashdot article? That person never asked for a moral reason, but I think most kiddie porners would love to be active online without worry of FEDs coming a knocking.
A better chance than just being kicked off my private insurance (if I could get covered in the first place).
Seriously, I don't understand the logic against it. Government provided health care isn't suddenly going to supplant private. It will be no less corrupt than private, and may even help people that normally wouldn't be "insurable". I'm still waiting for someone to make a rational argument against it. All I've heard so far is paraphrasing of sound bites.
Broaden your News. Sometimes it helps to read that boring crap.
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Personally, I think this would be cruel and unusual punishment...
OK, I will. I don't want you or any other person to be carrying a gun in public. It's bad enough if you have one at home. Speaking of terrorist fear. Is the boogie man going to get you?
No, the crackheads that keep robbing houses will. What are you going to do when some jacked up mother fucker comes charging at you and your kids at 3am? Tell him to stop? Get real. The world is full of evil people that want to hurt you. The trick is to not be afraid of them, but to stand up to them when they do come. I could cower all day and have mommy government try and ban all the guns and knives in the world, but if somebody was going to murder you in the first place do you think they really give a shit what the laws are?
Just my opinion, speaking from multiple past break-ins. Never be a victim. Yes guns can kill people. But if the crooks are not going to play by the rules and the scales are tipped towards them, I would rather be prepared. I have no desire to shoot somebody. I do have a desire to live and defend my family against those coming to do harm. Unless you live in a gated community and have private security in your suburban area, you'll realize that some parts of the country are pretty 3rd world.
Aside from the fact that we're debating the validity of concealed weapons in public places, not their usefulness for home security (or lack their of), this is some pretty fine fear-mongering on your part and as per your first post, I'd like to call you out on it. This site was the first hit or so on Google when I searched for "burglary statistics". According to it, and most other places I've heard these stats from, most residential break-ins occur during daylight hours (when everyone is out at school or work). Your nightmare scenario of a deranged crackhead busting in to your house at the middle of the night is just wrong. I've also been the victim of break-ins. Incidentally, I wasn't home. Were you?
To answer your question though, I'd prefer to work on creating a society where there are no crackheads breaking into houses because they can't find employment do to draconian and ineffective drug laws. Letting morons run around with guns won't solve that problem (Side note, I use the term moron to express the fact that I think most people are morons. I'm a proponent of public transportation because I think most people are to moronic to drive. I have no false impressions and I do include myself in that group most of the time).
As some one who spent most of his life in North Carolina, I'm curious about where you think it's 3rd world-ish. I loved it there and would happily move back given the opportunity.
Personally, I think the concealed gun movement has been brought about by misplaced nostalgia for the old west. There is no benefit to having a weapon on your person, even in those hypothetical situations you brought up. The links you posted also seemed more in favor of demanding tougher gun laws rather than looser. By your logic, the citizens of Japan should be demanding a repeal of the Haitorei Edict (which outlawed carrying swords) because some moron with a survival knife ran around stabbing people in Akihabara.
And if enough people like you don't like conceal carry, keep voting it away. I wont move to your state. But next time to move to an area, check the crime rates of conceal carry states versus those who ban it. I think you'll find the statistics quite surprising.
Since we're looking up stats on crime rates, can we also compare countries with strict gun laws to the US? Or, let's leave guns out of it and compare crime rates between affluent areas to poorer ones. Let's change it and compare crime rates of periods, say pre and post gun laws in Texas.
Man, you had me right up to the end. I didn't want to post this here as it's rather off topic, but why do you feel that people need to carry concealed weapons in restaurants? There was a day in the past where people could carry them and it was outlawed for very sane reasons.
I think the actual title to this story should be "Bizarre Porn Raid Underscores Utter Lack of Investigative Work".
one of these things is not like the others. One of these things just doesn't belong. Which one is it?
Apple - I can buy MS or Linux
craft beer - I can buy from a large assortment of other beers and or other beverages
very spicy chiles - I can eat less spicy chiles
tablets in general - I can just not buy one
3d film and TV - I can keep re-watching my 2D Firefly DVDs until the laser burns a hole though them
hybrid cars - That's why I drive a Hummer
wind power, solar power - That's why I disconnected myself from the power grid and generate my own power with a kerosene generator
drug laws - That's why my ass hurts because my only choice against a proven failure was to get sent to a pound-me-in-the-ass penitentiary
Democrats, Republicans - I can vote Don Knotts
organized sports - I can just not watch.
. Why do Japanese students tend to do so much better then american students, simple they compete in mental subjects, the grades are posted on a giant board for everyone to see, and are ranked from smartest to dumbest.
I don't know the last time you went to Japan was (if ever) but this is 100% not true. I should know, I work in a Japanese Jr High. The only incidence I can think of close to this is for the driving test and HS/ uni entrance results. However, they are posted with numbers not names. No one knows your number but you.
Dude, I already registered yourmom.xxx
Wow, this is the first argument I've heard that's made me want to support this.
This is true and is very kind advice. I still prefer the cheaper and free road of saying "fuck you, I'll read a dead tree book."
Being a USian living outside of the US, this is something that bothers me. It's the primary reason I've stopped buying DVDs. Why waste my money on something I can't use? Anyway, this is not similar to contry restrictions. Country restrictions come from copyright issues between companies and countries (Fox Japan buys the rights to almost every American show. On Fox Japan, I watch Burn Notice, Boston Legal, Scrubs, and many other very not-Fox produced shows). and whatnot. I don't see how that is similar to Google TV.
I'm sure if you looked into the number of minutes each group talks on the phone, you would find the breakdown in reverse. I find nothing surprising in this article.
Except the govermnent-run system can run at a loss forever and drive the competition out of the market. You really don't think that free government broadband might be a slight problem if you're trying to sell broadband access to people?
No, not at all. Sure they'd lose out on the "lower end" of the scale, but those people probably couldn't afford broadband to start with. *Free* does not imply quality or that people would automatically opt for it. Why do people still buy Windows when *free* linux is around? It's a shame that there's no TV in the UK besides the tax funded free BBC. Or that there's only the *free* PBS in the US.
Yes. It's the school's fault. I am perfect. I raise my kids as they should be: TV, Internet flash games, and pre-determined interactive iPad apps.
Get him off our money! Seriously, I work in Japan and show children the money. They ask who the people are and when I get to the $20, I have to tell them what a horrible person he was.
As stated, the (D) hurts your argument dramatically. It's like putting an (R) next to Lincoln. They'd be reversed in today's world.
Perhaps it is time to consider an abolishment of our respective governments, and to craft new Constitutions.
Dear god no! Do you know how hard that would be? Do you know how impractical? Do you know what's a lot more realistic and feasible? Vote them out. Just flat out "Vote for the non-incumbant". New guy doesn't change? Vote him out. They'll get the picture. In the mean time, write letters, or even better, run for office yourself.
I had no problems when I sent my Wii in for repairs and they replaced it with a new system. When I connected the new Wii they replaced my old one with to the net, I could easily redownload all the games I had previously bought. Hell, it even took me a year to do that because I was internetless at home for two years.
This was Nintendo Japan, however, and no country beats Japan for customer service.
Don't you mean 5318008 ?
who's the moron that modded this troll interesting? Funny, sure. Interesting? Seriously, hey mr mod, can I get a picture of you in your The South Will Rise Again T-shirt?
If you're some sort of spin doctor, you could try to say that the Union by having troops in Fort Sumpter before the Confederacy started then... fuck it. troll and mod troll
Ironic that this is passed by the state that STARTED THE CIVIL WAR!
To quote my self "Insightful? I think this is a joke." I was more responding to the mod that modded it "insightful"
Insightful? I think this is a joke. I highly doubt a group of people willing to kill themselves by crashing planes into buildings would be disueded by the threat of jail time and a fine.
And if it's meant as "well they could have nabbed them sooner", then A) incomeptence prevented it from being stopped, this law wouldn't help and B) how far reaching this law is scares me. The gov't doesn't like someone and they can declair their actions are "anti-state"...</tinfoilhat>
How about this slashdot article? That person never asked for a moral reason, but I think most kiddie porners would love to be active online without worry of FEDs coming a knocking.
Not even Garfield minus Garfield?
Yes, because none of them ever turned up!
*ducks*
A better chance than just being kicked off my private insurance (if I could get covered in the first place).
Seriously, I don't understand the logic against it. Government provided health care isn't suddenly going to supplant private. It will be no less corrupt than private, and may even help people that normally wouldn't be "insurable". I'm still waiting for someone to make a rational argument against it. All I've heard so far is paraphrasing of sound bites.
Broaden your News. Sometimes it helps to read that boring crap.