... ca. 1953, my daddy worked in a oil refinery and he'd bring home small sample bottles full of mercury.
We puzzled at it, amazed at how heavy the bottle was and stuff. We poured some in our hands and rolled it around.
Then we coated dimes and pennies with it to make them look like silver and played with those.
Fast-forward 25 years and I'm an instrument man in an oil refinery lab and I'm calibrating a pneumatic gauge with a manometer that uses lots of mercury and I get a case of the dumbass and blow mercury all the way to the ceiling, all over counter tops and on the flour.
They evacuated the entire lab and sent in the hazmat team and stuff.
It's funny how things change with education and I never experienced any fallout from the big white letter E on my keyboard with the bluetooth that clasps to the ballpoint pen of my mother's daisy.
I like your thinking, but my point goes way beyond this issue. It's true that the government can do what it wants with UAVs and We the People cannot.
The Constitution talks about citizen's rights to bear arms, but look at the "arms" of the day back then.
Citizens are well-equipped to take out the Constitutional Army of the late 1700s.
From one of your posts, "... impossible for citizens to control/hold responsible/overthrow their own elected leaders."
Forget the UAV imbalance. There's a better fight to be had.
Based on my right to bear arms to defend myself against the government, I want "Weapon Equity."
In addition to UAV, I need a jet fighter, a tank, a Hummer, some grenade launchers, napalm, automatic rifles with a brazillian rounds of ammo, a helicopter and an aircraft carrier and a red fire engine.
The governments arsenal has grown so much and I'm looking down at my.410 shotgun that I use for personal protection (and rabbit hunting) and then watching TV footage of a targeted attack via drone...
If we allow that, it will soon spiral out of control, with the businesses growing, offering more services, hiring more people, including office staff, IT people, accountants, janitors, etc. If we are not careful, pretty soon everyone that wants a job, will have one.
OR...
It could lead to criminal activity seeing as how it's against the law.
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"unfalsifiable ... to me."
Exactly the point.
Preemptive asshole strike?
Scared much?
Scabies? Seriously?
RTFA
Then it does.
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Did you design the custom webpage?
I like it.
[citation needed]
Dead people don't win much.
My apologies for being ambiguous.
From my post:
"Are you advocating that before citizens can have weapons that they be professionally trained?"
By "they," I meant the "citizens," not the "weapons."
Really? You can have all the weapons a police force can have?
And, " ... they are a professional force with lots of training in using advanced equipment.," the police are not trained?
Are you advocating that before citizens can have weapons that they be professionally trained?
Wrong-think.
If nude photos aren't protected, how about a law firm's documents in a $138 million dollar lawsuit?
How about military secrets?
How about your bank account?
Dumfucks like you miss the point entirely.
The Internet is broken. The answer isn't to quit using it, as you suggest ... the answer is to fix it.
It will be fixed eventually, but certainly not by dumfucks like you.
... ca. 1953, my daddy worked in a oil refinery and he'd bring home small sample bottles full of mercury.
We puzzled at it, amazed at how heavy the bottle was and stuff. We poured some in our hands and rolled it around.
Then we coated dimes and pennies with it to make them look like silver and played with those.
Fast-forward 25 years and I'm an instrument man in an oil refinery lab and I'm calibrating a pneumatic gauge with a manometer that uses lots of mercury and I get a case of the dumbass and blow mercury all the way to the ceiling, all over counter tops and on the flour.
They evacuated the entire lab and sent in the hazmat team and stuff.
It's funny how things change with education and I never experienced any fallout from the big white letter E on my keyboard with the bluetooth that clasps to the ballpoint pen of my mother's daisy.
Should we forget about the civil advancements of our past generations?
Apparently so, and this makes my point.
I like your thinking, but my point goes way beyond this issue. It's true that the government can do what it wants with UAVs and We the People cannot.
The Constitution talks about citizen's rights to bear arms, but look at the "arms" of the day back then.
Citizens are well-equipped to take out the Constitutional Army of the late 1700s.
From one of your posts, " ... impossible for citizens to control/hold responsible/overthrow their own elected leaders."
Forget the UAV imbalance. There's a better fight to be had.
Based on my right to bear arms to defend myself against the government, I want "Weapon Equity."
In addition to UAV, I need a jet fighter, a tank, a Hummer, some grenade launchers, napalm, automatic rifles with a brazillian rounds of ammo, a helicopter and an aircraft carrier and a red fire engine.
The governments arsenal has grown so much and I'm looking down at my .410 shotgun that I use for personal protection (and rabbit hunting) and then watching TV footage of a targeted attack via drone ...
We don't need to be focusing on history. Let those who wish to, Google it later in life.
The saying that people who don't learn history are bound to repeat it is not a truism.
People who do know history repeat it anyway.
Let's teach kids something they can actually use to contribute and make a living.
Oh, hush.
The discussion is not about the law being silly. The discussion is about people being notified not to break the law.
OR ...
It could lead to criminal activity seeing as how it's against the law.
OK, so speeding is against the law. If you are stopped for speeding and the cop issues a warning ticket, it's evil - law or no law?
You can also tape a gun to it.
And call 911 while you are at it.
Do you feel that way about, say, grenades and stuff?
Awww ,,, lighten up. It's not that serious. They are just enforcing the law.
If we allow that, it will soon spiral out of control, with the businesses growing, offering more services, hiring more people, including office staff, IT people, accountants, janitors, etc. If we are not careful, pretty soon everyone that wants a job, will have one.
OR ...
It could lead to criminal activity seeing as how it's against the law.
A red carpet rolled out, you say?
From Africa to the United States, you say?
And the Americans who have been flown back are illegal, you say?
I am only giving you credit for having an IQ higher than asphalt because you posted as AC.