Nope, I was wrong. The OP did use the term "rate" and not just compare numbers. I still, however, stick to my point on demographics. If guns are bad, it shouldn't matter what the demos are.
Unless you're implying things about the tans of the members of some states vs. others...
So CS professors are jailed for their students hacking, and driver's ed instructors are sent to jail when one of their students commits vehicular manslaughter?
>>Or of course, go back a little further into history... remember all those weapons that we sold to third world countries? And now we have a terrorism problem.
If you teach me how to use a knife, and I stab someone, is it your fault for teaching me or my fault for stabbing?
>>Yes and likewise the Israelis have been at war with the Palestinians since they pushed them out of the homes 60 years ago
You mean, pushed them out of the Turks' homes. After all, wasn't most of the land owned by absentee landlords in Turkey? If I sell an apartment building I own that you live in, how are you possibly losing land YOU NEVER HAD?
You don't win wars by dying for your country, you make others die for theirs. Just because you suffer the most casualties doesn't mean you did anything good. After all the US suffered very few casualties in 1991, and it's impossible to deny the Coaltion won. I also question the idea that if the US wasn't sending materiel to GB and the USSR Hitler could have concentrated his efforts more and defeated both GB and the USSR in detail. Then there's the Pacific Theater...
And the Taliban wasn't formed until like 1996, while the Soviets pulled out in what, 1989?
Not quite. When you figure out where people actually live, I believe Canada is more densly populated. Don't most of y'all live within 200 miles of the US border? Also, in most jurisdictions, it's illegal for the gov't to compete with private enterprise, as its usually the same gov't who regulates said enterprise.
Of course they're two separate continents. You have to cross water to get from one to the other, don't you?:-P Isn't that like saying Europe and Asia aren't separate?
You can bitch and moan all you want, but the proper term for a citizen of the USA is an American, like a citizen of Mexico is a Mexican and a citizen of Soviet Canuckistan is a Candian.
Ok so Russian fighters from the '70s match up with American fighters from the '70s. Now add 30 years. Is it still the case? After all, what's past is past:-)
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You're implying causation and citing correlation... pick one!
Nope, I was wrong. The OP did use the term "rate" and not just compare numbers. I still, however, stick to my point on demographics. If guns are bad, it shouldn't matter what the demos are.
Unless you're implying things about the tans of the members of some states vs. others...
You're right, he misquoted. The rate of gun (and all) crime is much lower. NH has about 1/5 the population of MA and about 1/2 the murder rate.
I'd also point out that if demographics come into the equation, why are we talking about guns?
Cite your source :-)
So CS professors are jailed for their students hacking, and driver's ed instructors are sent to jail when one of their students commits vehicular manslaughter?
Ouch, you play rough!
>>Or of course, go back a little further into history... remember all those weapons that we sold to third world countries? And now we have a terrorism problem.
If you teach me how to use a knife, and I stab someone, is it your fault for teaching me or my fault for stabbing?
Even more of a philisophical exercise: the Bill of Rights guarantees individual rights, and doesn't grant any.
Funny, at the Catholic HS I attended, the priest in our theology class never said anything in the Bible was a fact that could be proved.
>>Nor would they allow guns to be freely sold to the mass public.
Lemme guess, you're not Jewish? German, maybe? Blonde hair and blue eyes?
>>Yes and likewise the Israelis have been at war with the Palestinians since they pushed them out of the homes 60 years ago
You mean, pushed them out of the Turks' homes. After all, wasn't most of the land owned by absentee landlords in Turkey? If I sell an apartment building I own that you live in, how are you possibly losing land YOU NEVER HAD?
Slashdotters shouldn't need to type in AOL shorthand. That's what MMORPGs are for :-)
What's a USian?
All the dictionaries seem to say, "American."
1.) In the US, it's not about the best "system" as much as it's about the best care one can afford.
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2.) In the second to last paragraph, a British Professor says the British system is not better than that of the US: http://news.ft.com/cms/s/6c9dee06-d9ff-11da-b7de-
You don't win wars by dying for your country, you make others die for theirs. Just because you suffer the most casualties doesn't mean you did anything good. After all the US suffered very few casualties in 1991, and it's impossible to deny the Coaltion won. I also question the idea that if the US wasn't sending materiel to GB and the USSR Hitler could have concentrated his efforts more and defeated both GB and the USSR in detail. Then there's the Pacific Theater...
And the Taliban wasn't formed until like 1996, while the Soviets pulled out in what, 1989?
If you've got a summer house on the Cape, "middle class" isn't the term that comes to mind.
Most NASCAR Nextel Cup races are held on Sundays, not Saturdays.
:-)
And I thought Slashdotters were supposed to be informed
Not quite. When you figure out where people actually live, I believe Canada is more densly populated. Don't most of y'all live within 200 miles of the US border? Also, in most jurisdictions, it's illegal for the gov't to compete with private enterprise, as its usually the same gov't who regulates said enterprise.
Sorry, I'm not always good at communication sarcasm through the typed word ;-)
Come on, don't you want to play the semantics game? :-P
Of course they're two separate continents. You have to cross water to get from one to the other, don't you? :-P Isn't that like saying Europe and Asia aren't separate?
You can bitch and moan all you want, but the proper term for a citizen of the USA is an American, like a citizen of Mexico is a Mexican and a citizen of Soviet Canuckistan is a Candian.
Ok so Russian fighters from the '70s match up with American fighters from the '70s. Now add 30 years. Is it still the case? After all, what's past is past :-)
What's a USian? I can't seem to find the definiton in a dictionary. Have you tried, "American?"
I thought I lived in a federal, representative constitutional republic?
Why would you be taxed on a book from Amazon? Sales tax are for sucker states.
If they were jailed indefinitely and tortured, why isn't the Administration being tried for war crimes?