"Here, the total energy of a typical round is not lethal if it can be spread over a large area of the body"........ is that why fat people are harder to kill?
As a UK citizen I am now subject to three or possibly four sets of laws
UK law(and it's variant if I travel to Scotland or do business there, Scots law) EU law and now US law.
UK law is all well and good, I was born and brought up here so I have a pretty good idea of what I can and cannot do. (Scotland has roughly the same criminal law but a different civil law system I think)
EU laws, which generally have something to do with commerce, are not too bad as to have any effect on me they have to be translated into English law, usually with all sorts of unnecessary add-ons and gold plating. Just occasionally the prats in Whitehall will get slapped for some fundamental human rights violation which is OK by me.:-)
Just as an aside, a lawer friend once explained to me that in its simplest form UK law generally says 'What isn't forbidden is allowed'. But that Continental (EU) law says 'Everything is forbidden except for what is allowed'. He followed on from this to say that 2 things stemmed from this, in the UK what is forbidden rises over time, but in Continental (EU) Law what is allowed rises.
and now to US law, which seems fundamentally different from most other jurisdictions and seems to apply, regardless of UK law, whenever I travel, do business, or go online. If I break that I can now be shipped off to the US for trial as a non-person/terrorist/someone whose annoyed a US business.
I like to think that if the last ever applied I'd behave like any true US citizen " You can ship me off to your godforsaken country over Your dead body!'
Good luck on keeping track of what laws you break!
I think you forgot Sharia law. Oh wait, that's next month......
As a US taxpayer I would *love* to see Europe get out of NATO. It is totally ridiculous that the US pays for the defense of Europe in this day and age.
It might be tough on you guys for a while having to build up a military again but oh well.
You don't 'pay' for the defense of Europe, you rent airspace above it, and airbases within it, which allows you to base your aircraft closer to the scenes of your attempts at global domination. Here's a question : can you name any war that America actually won without the help of one or more European countries?
It's obviously Springfield, Vermont. For one thing, my girlfriend says it is. And to substantiate my claim, Ned Flanders seems like the type of guy you might get in Vermont. I rest my case.
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'Tossing a dog or two down your throat'. Te he he!
Presumably, though, if you were shot in the face all this would be irrelevant?
"Here, the total energy of a typical round is not lethal if it can be spread over a large area of the body"........ is that why fat people are harder to kill?
Maybe he has ginger hair?
I can't wait to read my first 'invisible e-mail'. Will I need special glasses?
No, bonus points if you DO destroy Ireland, surely?
1 person / square meter
This is the reason these plants aren't built in America. The average American's obese ass wouldn't fit into a square metre.
..either Indian or Chinese.
He has friends??
... it sounds boring as fuck. Are there any car chases, explosions or scantily-clad fembots? I somehow doubt it.
And they're copying it????
As a UK citizen I am now subject to three or possibly four sets of laws
UK law(and it's variant if I travel to Scotland or do business there, Scots law) EU law and now US law.
UK law is all well and good, I was born and brought up here so I have a pretty good idea of what I can and cannot do. (Scotland has roughly the same criminal law but a different civil law system I think)
EU laws, which generally have something to do with commerce, are not too bad as to have any effect on me they have to be translated into English law, usually with all sorts of unnecessary add-ons and gold plating. Just occasionally the prats in Whitehall will get slapped for some fundamental human rights violation which is OK by me.:-)
Just as an aside, a lawer friend once explained to me that in its simplest form UK law generally says 'What isn't forbidden is allowed'. But that Continental (EU) law says 'Everything is forbidden except for what is allowed'. He followed on from this to say that 2 things stemmed from this, in the UK what is forbidden rises over time, but in Continental (EU) Law what is allowed rises.
and now to US law, which seems fundamentally different from most other jurisdictions and seems to apply, regardless of UK law, whenever I travel, do business, or go online. If I break that I can now be shipped off to the US for trial as a non-person/terrorist/someone whose annoyed a US business.
I like to think that if the last ever applied I'd behave like any true US citizen " You can ship me off to your godforsaken country over Your dead body!'
Good luck on keeping track of what laws you break!
I think you forgot Sharia law. Oh wait, that's next month......
As a US taxpayer I would *love* to see Europe get out of NATO. It is totally ridiculous that the US pays for the defense of Europe in this day and age.
It might be tough on you guys for a while having to build up a military again but oh well.
You don't 'pay' for the defense of Europe, you rent airspace above it, and airbases within it, which allows you to base your aircraft closer to the scenes of your attempts at global domination. Here's a question : can you name any war that America actually won without the help of one or more European countries?
Yeah, but what are you wearing??
Why are we in America so terrified of the human body?
One word: Christian Right
How about these two words: prison industry. The private prison industry has a strong interest in making every law as strict and harsh as possible.
How about these two words: 'fat' and 'ugly'?
How about making rabbit-shaped shadows with your hands? Would that fall under 'characterizations of living things'?
And do they go up to 11?
Why not go the whole hog and downgrade to candles?
Heh. I think that a person is allowed two irrational beliefs per lifetime, if only because it makes them more interesting.
What's your second one?
He got married
Maybe it's because the metal plate in her head got accidentally magnetised?
As you pointed out, English ignorance is feigned. Others, not so much.
As previously pointed out, she has mental problems. My diagnosis: she's schitzophrenic, and stalking herself. Now go and read a proper story.
But think about Microsoft 10 years in the future. Feel better?
I reckon he'd charge people for Flashback. Then patent it. Then attempt to patent all the malware in the world. And the future world.
It's obviously Springfield, Vermont. For one thing, my girlfriend says it is. And to substantiate my claim, Ned Flanders seems like the type of guy you might get in Vermont. I rest my case.