Actually, we make kids wear seatbelts. Not adults. And I don't know if my state receives that much federal highway money. NH receives either the lowest or second lowest amount of federal help in the USA.
>>We haven't had a Liberal president since Carter. If you've been paying attention, it's the Brady campaign that's trying to ban private possession of firearms, and they're republicans.
They didn't say Republican or Democrat, they said Liberal.
Because making choices is hard!! Most people don't realize (or don't want to accept) that true freedom is the freedom to make wrong choices. If someone else makes decisions for me and my life blows, at least it's not my fault!
Or maybe it's just the tyrants who like to make decisions for others "who can't make the right decisions for themselves."
But my state doesn't have seatbelt laws or motorcycle helmet laws.
Besides, if someone is more likely to die from not wearing a seatbelt or helmet, how does that increase my healthcare costs or make the emergency room more full? The morgue, maybe...
I've not been understanding what people have meant by 650,000 Iraqis. I thought it was directly-related deaths caused by American troops and bombs, not indirect effects like lawlessness and reduced access to healthcare.
But my ultimate jist of the survey is this: the Iraqis would rather live on their knees than die on their feet.
>>It's a sign of how backwards we are in non-technological matters that our society considers it right and proper for everyone to be able to carry a device designed to kill other people.
Then why can't target shooters sue the firearm manufacturers for making a faulty product? I mean, if it's designed to kill people but it's only putting holes in paper targets, something must be wrong. It doesn't even aim itself or squeeze its own trigger!
Besides Iran, what democracies have been toppled in the Middle East in the past, say, few decades?
Isn't another way to make someone less desperate be to make them more prosperous? What if western-style prosperity is the problem to the realy crazy bastards? What if the only way to make the really, really crazy f**kers happy be putting veils on women and stop voting?
Eh, I live near Maine and it's the same deal. I'm not worried about people who come over to avoid taxes. I'm worried about the people who come up and LIVE here.
As for Mass troopers being Marines, I've met lots of good Marines and a friend from school is a Mass trooper. Of course, having NH plates puts me at a disadvantage anyway:-)
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I have been paying attention. But what's going on in the real world isn't what happens on Slashdot.
Easy. Arnold. He's a Republican only because he says he is.
Actually, we make kids wear seatbelts. Not adults. And I don't know if my state receives that much federal highway money. NH receives either the lowest or second lowest amount of federal help in the USA.
>>We haven't had a Liberal president since Carter. If you've been paying attention, it's the Brady campaign that's trying to ban private possession of firearms, and they're republicans.
They didn't say Republican or Democrat, they said Liberal.
They are different, right?
Because making choices is hard!! Most people don't realize (or don't want to accept) that true freedom is the freedom to make wrong choices. If someone else makes decisions for me and my life blows, at least it's not my fault!
Or maybe it's just the tyrants who like to make decisions for others "who can't make the right decisions for themselves."
But my state doesn't have seatbelt laws or motorcycle helmet laws.
Besides, if someone is more likely to die from not wearing a seatbelt or helmet, how does that increase my healthcare costs or make the emergency room more full? The morgue, maybe...
Yeah, the Good Ol' Days were so much better :-)
And there was no 'Net before the Web, right?
>>[A]nd then, to add insult to injury, we are seeing people here that can actually support such a blatant blasphemy of values.
And this is why true democracy doesn't work - it's two wolves and a sheep voting on what's for dinner.
God Bless Wikipedia, huh?
I've not been understanding what people have meant by 650,000 Iraqis. I thought it was directly-related deaths caused by American troops and bombs, not indirect effects like lawlessness and reduced access to healthcare.
But my ultimate jist of the survey is this: the Iraqis would rather live on their knees than die on their feet.
>>It's a sign of how backwards we are in non-technological matters that our society considers it right and proper for everyone to be able to carry a device designed to kill other people.
Then why can't target shooters sue the firearm manufacturers for making a faulty product? I mean, if it's designed to kill people but it's only putting holes in paper targets, something must be wrong. It doesn't even aim itself or squeeze its own trigger!
Unless I've misread the Constitution, states don't even have rights, but powers and responsibilities. Only people have rights.
Sure, as soon as you link your source. I'll assume its reputable.
My state doesn't guarantee education. But we do guarantee the Right to Revolution :-)
So, basically, Finish kids get vouchers.
And what would the teacher's union cry bloody murder over....
Oh yeah, vouchers!
>>Well, by that same logic, all of the events in the 13 colonies prior to 1777 or so were done by British citizens.
Yes, I completely agree with you.
Except those in NH, who declared war from and left the UK in 1775.
Burning of Washington, DC: 1814.
Canadian "Independance": 1867.
How can Canada burn down DC when Canada wasn't invented yet?
It's like saying India won WWII because they were the UK's Jewel of the Empire.
There is no such thing as International Law... just agreements.
Besides Iran, what democracies have been toppled in the Middle East in the past, say, few decades?
Isn't another way to make someone less desperate be to make them more prosperous? What if western-style prosperity is the problem to the realy crazy bastards? What if the only way to make the really, really crazy f**kers happy be putting veils on women and stop voting?
Well, it depends on if the other nations signed the NNTP. Israel didn't, so how can you punish someone for breaking a treaty they never ratified?
You're giving a SERIOUSLY bad name to douchebags.
That we know of :-)
Serious question now: what about universal binaries now that Macs run Intel?
Eh, I live near Maine and it's the same deal. I'm not worried about people who come over to avoid taxes. I'm worried about the people who come up and LIVE here.
:-)
As for Mass troopers being Marines, I've met lots of good Marines and a friend from school is a Mass trooper. Of course, having NH plates puts me at a disadvantage anyway
The problem is that Mass. is beginning to infest the southern part of the state, and the rate of infestation is accelerating.
People always agree with me on this point, too, until I bring up Amendment #2.
We don't call it Fascichusetts for nothing!