Exactly. Chamberlain knew that Hitler couldn't be trusted and there would be war, he knew the UK needed time to build up their defenses, and he knew that he'd pay a political price for delaying the confrontation. But he did it anyway because it was the right thing to do at the time.
This isn't really a parallel to the NK situation, though. For one thing, war isn't inevitable. For another, SK's defenses need no build up. For another, there's no way Trump is going to pay a political price for anything - unlike Chamberlain, he has a cult of personality that is more devoted to him than to any principle.
This is just negotiation and Trump holds all the cards.
North Korea has nukes and enough artillery in range and ready to go to flatten Seoul in less time than it takes to scramble fighters. I'd say they've got a card or two themselves.
While I think the state of policing in the US is at times (including this time) abhorrent, that's unrealistic for a couple reasons. For one, shooting for a leg is a tough shot, especially on a moving target. For another, a hit may very well not be enough to stop the person instantly. For another, there is no such thing as a "safe" place to get shot - blood loss will kill a person just as dead as a shot to a vital organ, it just takes a bit longer.
You have to realize that if the situation describe over the phone was actual true, not taking the shot could have gotten an entire family killed.
If they're not taking the time to determine if there's actually a threat, how can they determine that they're shooting the threat rather than the hostage?
The law doesn't operate with an incontrovertible definition of "reasonable". SWAT teams operate on the notion of safety of bystanders first. They can only maximize their safety by killing the threat.
Shouldn't they determine that there actually is a threat before killing it? If there's no vetting by the police/SWAT, what you have is an on-call publicly funded hit service.
That is not a legitimate reason to return an item.
Which online music store do you own? I'll be sure to avoid it and stick to any of the rest (ie, all of them) who allow that sort of return.
You should have done your research before you made the purchase, so too bad for you.
You must not have any experience with an electric guitar rig (which is fine - most people don't). But research only can narrow down the options. You can't tell if something is going to be the right piece of gear for your setup until it's actually in the setup interacting with the other pieces of gear you have. Fortunately, every music gear provider I have ever bought from, be it meatspace or online, gets that and accommodates it.
If you own a store, you can set that rule for your store. But you don't get to tell Amazon, Target, Kohls, Nordstrom, Guitar Center, etc. that they are wrong for being less restrictive in their return policies than you think is appropriate.
and why should that be a reason to return the item?
From my post you responded to:
... it doesn't produce the sound that particular guitarist wants to get.
You simply can't tell if it works for you or not until you actually hook it up to your rig, and you can't do that until you have the item physically in your hands. Look at the return policy of any music gear supplier, and you'll find that they all allow for this. It's good customer service.
Why not use something more universal, like 'Veritas'?
Because there's already a "Project Veritas", which is led by one of the few people who has actually been caught commiting voter fraud, and which been caught multiple times deceptively editing footage to make perfectly legal interactions seem nefarious, and in some cases to look like the exact opposite of what actually happened.
I agree to a certain extent, but there are times when you order something thinking it's going to be what you need, but it turns out to not do what you need it to do, even if it isn't defective. For example, a guitarist might order a certain overdrive pedal based on rave reviews, but when it shows up, it doesn't produce the sound that particular guitarist wants to get.
Use of the term "Trump Derangement Syndrome" or its derivative "TDS" is a common symptom of incurable moronism. This condition is known to exist in at least 62,984,828 Americans as of November 8, 2016.
You are forgetting one of the cardinal rules of politics, which is even more important at the level of international politics:
Perception IS Reality.
Trump has created the perception that the US will disregard agreements that it has previously made. That REALITY will make it much harder for the US to make agreements with foreign powers going forward, no matter how much you protest that the JPCOA was no true scotsman.
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Exactly. Chamberlain knew that Hitler couldn't be trusted and there would be war, he knew the UK needed time to build up their defenses, and he knew that he'd pay a political price for delaying the confrontation. But he did it anyway because it was the right thing to do at the time.
This isn't really a parallel to the NK situation, though. For one thing, war isn't inevitable. For another, SK's defenses need no build up. For another, there's no way Trump is going to pay a political price for anything - unlike Chamberlain, he has a cult of personality that is more devoted to him than to any principle.
Because the book on Trump is that if you stroke his ego, he'll roll over and give you exactly what you want.
I forget, whose administration do those idiots represent?
This is just negotiation and Trump holds all the cards.
North Korea has nukes and enough artillery in range and ready to go to flatten Seoul in less time than it takes to scramble fighters. I'd say they've got a card or two themselves.
While I think the state of policing in the US is at times (including this time) abhorrent, that's unrealistic for a couple reasons. For one, shooting for a leg is a tough shot, especially on a moving target. For another, a hit may very well not be enough to stop the person instantly. For another, there is no such thing as a "safe" place to get shot - blood loss will kill a person just as dead as a shot to a vital organ, it just takes a bit longer.
You have to realize that if the situation describe over the phone was actual true, not taking the shot could have gotten an entire family killed.
If they're not taking the time to determine if there's actually a threat, how can they determine that they're shooting the threat rather than the hostage?
Maybe there's some middle ground between "every call is a fake" and "shoot someone any time there's a call".
The law doesn't operate with an incontrovertible definition of "reasonable". SWAT teams operate on the notion of safety of bystanders first. They can only maximize their safety by killing the threat.
Shouldn't they determine that there actually is a threat before killing it? If there's no vetting by the police/SWAT, what you have is an on-call publicly funded hit service.
Greg Gutfeld is willfully ignorant if he thinks conservatives don't think liberals are evil.
It depends on the seller's policy, now, doesn't it?
That is not a legitimate reason to return an item.
Which online music store do you own? I'll be sure to avoid it and stick to any of the rest (ie, all of them) who allow that sort of return.
You should have done your research before you made the purchase, so too bad for you.
You must not have any experience with an electric guitar rig (which is fine - most people don't). But research only can narrow down the options. You can't tell if something is going to be the right piece of gear for your setup until it's actually in the setup interacting with the other pieces of gear you have. Fortunately, every music gear provider I have ever bought from, be it meatspace or online, gets that and accommodates it.
If you own a store, you can set that rule for your store. But you don't get to tell Amazon, Target, Kohls, Nordstrom, Guitar Center, etc. that they are wrong for being less restrictive in their return policies than you think is appropriate.
and why should that be a reason to return the item?
From my post you responded to:
... it doesn't produce the sound that particular guitarist wants to get.
You simply can't tell if it works for you or not until you actually hook it up to your rig, and you can't do that until you have the item physically in your hands. Look at the return policy of any music gear supplier, and you'll find that they all allow for this. It's good customer service.
Why not use something more universal, like 'Veritas'?
Because there's already a "Project Veritas", which is led by one of the few people who has actually been caught commiting voter fraud, and which been caught multiple times deceptively editing footage to make perfectly legal interactions seem nefarious, and in some cases to look like the exact opposite of what actually happened.
Fixed it for you.
Yup.
Pravda is the Russia word for Truth. This implementation promises to be every bit as ironic as the newspaper.
Which frankly is a much scarier prospect.
I agree to a certain extent, but there are times when you order something thinking it's going to be what you need, but it turns out to not do what you need it to do, even if it isn't defective. For example, a guitarist might order a certain overdrive pedal based on rave reviews, but when it shows up, it doesn't produce the sound that particular guitarist wants to get.
Umm, then how would you know the person voting is the person who registered?
Because the person who is registered will either have voted already, or will complain about being denied because their name was crossed out already.
Use of the term "Trump Derangement Syndrome" or its derivative "TDS" is a common symptom of incurable moronism. This condition is known to exist in at least 62,984,828 Americans as of November 8, 2016.
I don't think he'd be much worse.
You are forgetting one of the cardinal rules of politics, which is even more important at the level of international politics:
Perception IS Reality.
Trump has created the perception that the US will disregard agreements that it has previously made. That REALITY will make it much harder for the US to make agreements with foreign powers going forward, no matter how much you protest that the JPCOA was no true scotsman.
And now he's the Troll-in-Chief.
... Fox News which everyone knows is nothing but skewed opinion, truth and lies.
Well, it's two of the three at any rate.
We've got a president so allergic to checks and balances that he won't pay his contractors or use a staircase if he can find any way to avoid it.