I do understand that, and the UK's murder rate is 3 times Japan's, therefore by your logic they should be throwing fits and rioting in the streets because of how unsafe they are. People in the US are objectively pretty safe, especially if you're out of a small number of hot zones. Not AS safe as some others perhaps, but the idea that the US is a post-apocalyptic wasteland with bandits lurking around every corner trying to kill you is a fantasy.
Android and iOS can do word processing good enough for the majority of users. Keeping in mind that most people are, at the worst, writing a paper for college. The programs may need to be enhanced, but the OS itself isn't much of a limitation.
This. Honestly the vast majority of people these days only need a tablet and/or phone with a docking station. And yes, for those of you reading I'm fully aware that YOU probably wouldn't be satisfied with that, but YOU are not who I'm talking about. I'm talking about my parents, my grandparents, my cousins, my aunts and uncles. Not a one of them needs a desktop for anything besides the bigger screen, keyboard and more connectivity. Every single one of them except me could easily get by on the power of a tablet or cell phone for what they actually use their devices for.
This. Honestly the vast majority of people these days only need a tablet and/or phone with a docking station. And yes, for those of you reading I'm fully aware that YOU probably wouldn't be satisfied with that, but YOU are not who I'm talking about. I'm talking about my parents, my grandparents, my cousins, my aunts and uncles. Not a one of them needs a desktop for anything besides the bigger screen, keyboard and more connectivity. Every single one of them except me could easily get by on the power of a tablet or cell phone for what they actually use their devices for.
"People like you" for the SJW is anyone who doesn't passionately believe that everything that isn't at least perfectly equal if not better than equal for women and minorities, is automatically unacceptable and automatically men's fault and automatically a top priority for "fixing."
hey are objectively not far apart. Our murder rate is actually at historic lows, the fact that the UKs is lower doesn't change that. it's like looking at a car that gets 35MPG and feeling upset because your neighbor's car gets 40. 40 is better, but 35 is still pretty damn good.
Filing a frivolous lawsuit for something that's obviously not a problem shouldn't be acceptable in ANY circumstance. Best case scenario they lose and nothing happens but they wasted taxpayer money to perform the lawsuit, worst case they win and a bunch of stuff gets fucked up because they don't understand radiation.
The Swiss, for decades, required every male of prime criminal age to have a military issue assault rifle with ammunition in their homes. Their murder rate is lower than Britain's, thus we can infer that the best way to reduce murder is to issue assault rifles to every male in the country.
The expiration of the Assault Weapons Ban and the Heller Decision in the US in '04 and '08 dramatically increased availability and sales of guns in the US, 2014 had, IIRC, the lowest murder rate in the US since the late 60s. Therefore we can infer that increasing availability of guns in the US reduces the murder rate.
Or we can recognize that the differences between countries extends far beyond gun ownership and that murder rates worldwide don't correlate particularly well with gun laws. But that would be dismissing the narrative that's been constructed that only gun laws can reduce homicide, so that can't possibly be correct, right?.
GP says the US is safe, so we don't need guns. If we're safe then there's no reason to not let us own guns as having them apparently doesn't make us unsafe.
If GP changes their mind and says we're UNsafe then, well, if we're unsafe shouldn't we be allowed to have our guns to help defend ourselves?
That's the overall murder rate, I was talking about the gun homicide rate. The overall murder rate is roughly 1/4 of ours, but the gun homicide rate is MUCH lower.
Poverty relief, ending the drug war, have prisons focus on rehabilitation instead of retribution, provide affordable/free health care including mental health. That's the best plan for reducing gun violence.
I didn't read the article (this is Slashdot, of course I didn't) but according tot he other comments I've seen the main thrust of the article is that correlation = causation in the areas it's talking about. So as a pro-gunner I'll reserve judgement. Anti-gun people aren't really interested in effectiveness of laws from what I've seen, so they'll add these to the list, but not stop demanding stupid laws based on fear and misinformation as well.
Indeed. It's especially wonderful when you see them comparing countries by gun murder rate. No shit Britain has a gun murder rate that's like...5% of ours, but their plain old murder rate is a lot closer, what does THAT tell you?
Let's try fixing the broken parts of our prison and drug laws first and see where that goes. I'll bet we get close to European numbers just by doing that.
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I do understand that, and the UK's murder rate is 3 times Japan's, therefore by your logic they should be throwing fits and rioting in the streets because of how unsafe they are. People in the US are objectively pretty safe, especially if you're out of a small number of hot zones. Not AS safe as some others perhaps, but the idea that the US is a post-apocalyptic wasteland with bandits lurking around every corner trying to kill you is a fantasy.
Android and iOS can do word processing good enough for the majority of users. Keeping in mind that most people are, at the worst, writing a paper for college. The programs may need to be enhanced, but the OS itself isn't much of a limitation.
This. Honestly the vast majority of people these days only need a tablet and/or phone with a docking station. And yes, for those of you reading I'm fully aware that YOU probably wouldn't be satisfied with that, but YOU are not who I'm talking about. I'm talking about my parents, my grandparents, my cousins, my aunts and uncles. Not a one of them needs a desktop for anything besides the bigger screen, keyboard and more connectivity. Every single one of them except me could easily get by on the power of a tablet or cell phone for what they actually use their devices for.
Damn it, replied to the wrong comment, where's the edit button!
This. Honestly the vast majority of people these days only need a tablet and/or phone with a docking station. And yes, for those of you reading I'm fully aware that YOU probably wouldn't be satisfied with that, but YOU are not who I'm talking about. I'm talking about my parents, my grandparents, my cousins, my aunts and uncles. Not a one of them needs a desktop for anything besides the bigger screen, keyboard and more connectivity. Every single one of them except me could easily get by on the power of a tablet or cell phone for what they actually use their devices for.
It shouldn't be difficult to make a cable that can go in either way.
Welcome to 2016, where anything that isn't slobbering over how amazing women are is misogyny.
"People like you" for the SJW is anyone who doesn't passionately believe that everything that isn't at least perfectly equal if not better than equal for women and minorities, is automatically unacceptable and automatically men's fault and automatically a top priority for "fixing."
hey are objectively not far apart. Our murder rate is actually at historic lows, the fact that the UKs is lower doesn't change that. it's like looking at a car that gets 35MPG and feeling upset because your neighbor's car gets 40. 40 is better, but 35 is still pretty damn good.
the realization that the plant was originally scheduled to start permanently shutting down reactors in March, 2011, the very month the earthquake hit.
Probably the most important and overlooked bit of the whole story.
Filing a frivolous lawsuit for something that's obviously not a problem shouldn't be acceptable in ANY circumstance. Best case scenario they lose and nothing happens but they wasted taxpayer money to perform the lawsuit, worst case they win and a bunch of stuff gets fucked up because they don't understand radiation.
Gross human stupidity and one of the greatest natural disasters ever, combined.
The Swiss, for decades, required every male of prime criminal age to have a military issue assault rifle with ammunition in their homes. Their murder rate is lower than Britain's, thus we can infer that the best way to reduce murder is to issue assault rifles to every male in the country.
The expiration of the Assault Weapons Ban and the Heller Decision in the US in '04 and '08 dramatically increased availability and sales of guns in the US, 2014 had, IIRC, the lowest murder rate in the US since the late 60s. Therefore we can infer that increasing availability of guns in the US reduces the murder rate.
Or we can recognize that the differences between countries extends far beyond gun ownership and that murder rates worldwide don't correlate particularly well with gun laws. But that would be dismissing the narrative that's been constructed that only gun laws can reduce homicide, so that can't possibly be correct, right?.
GP says the US is safe, so we don't need guns. If we're safe then there's no reason to not let us own guns as having them apparently doesn't make us unsafe.
If GP changes their mind and says we're UNsafe then, well, if we're unsafe shouldn't we be allowed to have our guns to help defend ourselves?
Up is that way.
I'm using the numbers that anti-gun people show me so...
That's the overall murder rate, I was talking about the gun homicide rate. The overall murder rate is roughly 1/4 of ours, but the gun homicide rate is MUCH lower.
4X is a lot closer then the difference between our gun homicide rates. Also correlation != causation, so no, we can't infer that.
NASA is promoting gender inequality. I thought they were better than that.
Poverty relief, ending the drug war, have prisons focus on rehabilitation instead of retribution, provide affordable/free health care including mental health. That's the best plan for reducing gun violence.
Original Intent and Purpose of the Second Amendment:
http://www.guncite.com/gc2ndpu...
The Meaning of the Words in the Second Amendment
http://www.guncite.com/gc2ndme...
I didn't read the article (this is Slashdot, of course I didn't) but according tot he other comments I've seen the main thrust of the article is that correlation = causation in the areas it's talking about. So as a pro-gunner I'll reserve judgement. Anti-gun people aren't really interested in effectiveness of laws from what I've seen, so they'll add these to the list, but not stop demanding stupid laws based on fear and misinformation as well.
Because they have an agenda. If something matches with your agenda then correlation is absolute proof of causation.
>Most of America is incredibly safe
>We need drastically stricter gun laws.
If we're incredibly safe why do we need stricter gun laws?
Indeed. It's especially wonderful when you see them comparing countries by gun murder rate. No shit Britain has a gun murder rate that's like...5% of ours, but their plain old murder rate is a lot closer, what does THAT tell you?
Let's try fixing the broken parts of our prison and drug laws first and see where that goes. I'll bet we get close to European numbers just by doing that.