So you think centuries of trading slaves from Africa was a great thing, because it made some businessmen some money? Makes as much sense.
Note that the African slave trade was legal. And that most of the African slaves were bought legally from other Africans (sometimes. In the early days, not so much, later on, rather more so).
So, buying Africans was legal (under both the sellers' and buyers' laws). Does that make it right?
For that matter, the Jim Crow laws were legal. And that whole gay sex being, well, illegal thing? Yep. Another example of a law that should be tossed on the rubbish heap of history. And ignored until the time it could be overturned.
In other words, no, "it's the law" isn't actually the same thing as "it's right and just".
If I would live on or near the equator, where the sun goes up at 4:30 I'd get up early as well.
Umm, in case you were unaware, on the equator, the day is ALWAYS twelve hours long.
That whole "longer days in summer, shorter in winter" thing is something that comes into play to a greater and greater extent the farther north/south of the equator.
Umm, you seem to be translating "achieving public goods" in a way other than "achieving [multiple] public good". Y'know, like the Four Freedoms you mention. More than one public good (four, in fact).
Your privilege, of course. Makes you look silly, but that's your privilege too.
Personally, I don't think healthcare coverage should be related to employment at all. It really doesn't make sense for them to be tied together, and makes people afraid of quitting a lousy job that they hate.
On a (nearly) unrelated note, the linkage of health insurance to jobs is a lingering side-effect of WW2. During WW2, wage and price controls limited the ability of employers to lure talent to their companies since they couldn't offer higher wages as an incentive. But they COULD offer health insurance as an incentive legally.
Long story short, by the time the subject of Euro-style healthcare came up ten or fifteen years later, health insurance as a job perk was firmly entrenched, and wasn't about to be rooted out.
So, today we have (relatively) primitive ways of paying for healthcare compared to the Eurozone because the US Federal Government monkeyed with the economy back in the days when our grandfathers were looking for work....
That's the real argument against "we'd all be safer if everyone had a gun". Crime rates are historically low and mass shootings, while now a regular occurrence, are still statistically rare.
And even as crime rates continue to drop, the number of guns in circulation continues to increase. In the last 20 years, the number of guns in civilian hands has increased 40% or so, while the violent crime rate has decreased by a similar amount.
Really hard to argue that more guns == more crimes when guns go up while crime goes down....
Note that the gun is accurate enough to put multiple.22 rounds into a 0.5" hole at that range. Trust me, it'll hit a man-sized target within a fraction of an inch of the aimpoint even at self-defense ranges.
Note also that there are.45 caliber target pistols. They're used at the National Matches, among other places (or were - they may have been replaced with 9mm when we made the idiotic decision to replace with.45 with the M9 - yes, I'm one of the neandertals who believe in the stopping power of the.45, get over it).
From TFA, we're talking something that occults 20% of the visible area of the star in question. That something would have to ~40% of the diameter of the star in question to do that. So, for a Sol-sized star, we're talking 300,000km in diameter.
No, we're not going to be finding any natural objects that size that aren't emitting light themselves.
Why is everyone focusing on security with this whole private email server?
Because it was the kind of illegal that would get, for instance, me sent away for a long time.
People go to jail for playing fast and loose with classified material. And it's not like she didn't know better. Secretary of State wasn't her first government job (yes, Senators have to deal with this stuff too), or even her first exposure to security rules (yes, the First Lady has to deal with this sort of thing too)....
Police officers should be required to leave the gun behind AND have an armed buddy stand back away from the heat of the confrontation to cover their back, call for help and importantly provide accountability.
So, cops should leave the guns behind, while at the same time bringing a friend with a gun?
Somehow, I don't think this will have the effect you think it will....
In the Culture, that wouldn't be an issue - they'd just make a planet to match your desires. And if the right star wasn't convenient, they'd make that too....
Well, if *I* were criminally minded and had a gun, and the cop had something that could immobilize me (maybe, if it worked 100% as advertised), I think I'd worry about cops stopping me from committing crimes a lot less....
I'm singling that one out since the left dropped guns
What makes you think the Left has dropped guns as an issue? Or did you miss the photo ops as a result of this latest school shooting? Seems to me both Hillary and Obama spent some time calling for "common sense gun laws" (for which read: make guns illegal)....
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Umm, the primary round shot from a tank gun is APFSDS (Armor Piercing Fin Stabilized Discarding Sabot). It's a big dart. No explosive at all.
.45 ACP - 250m/s.
Hmm, Russians used a robotic rover on the moon in 1970.
The USA used a manned rover on the moon in 1971.
Hardly "decades before the US started using them"....
Note that the African slave trade was legal. And that most of the African slaves were bought legally from other Africans (sometimes. In the early days, not so much, later on, rather more so).
So, buying Africans was legal (under both the sellers' and buyers' laws). Does that make it right?
For that matter, the Jim Crow laws were legal. And that whole gay sex being, well, illegal thing? Yep. Another example of a law that should be tossed on the rubbish heap of history. And ignored until the time it could be overturned.
In other words, no, "it's the law" isn't actually the same thing as "it's right and just".
They are? Really?
Umm, in case you were unaware, on the equator, the day is ALWAYS twelve hours long.
That whole "longer days in summer, shorter in winter" thing is something that comes into play to a greater and greater extent the farther north/south of the equator.
Umm, you seem to be translating "achieving public goods" in a way other than "achieving [multiple] public good". Y'know, like the Four Freedoms you mention. More than one public good (four, in fact).
Your privilege, of course. Makes you look silly, but that's your privilege too.
On a (nearly) unrelated note, the linkage of health insurance to jobs is a lingering side-effect of WW2. During WW2, wage and price controls limited the ability of employers to lure talent to their companies since they couldn't offer higher wages as an incentive. But they COULD offer health insurance as an incentive legally.
Long story short, by the time the subject of Euro-style healthcare came up ten or fifteen years later, health insurance as a job perk was firmly entrenched, and wasn't about to be rooted out.
So, today we have (relatively) primitive ways of paying for healthcare compared to the Eurozone because the US Federal Government monkeyed with the economy back in the days when our grandfathers were looking for work....
Bad joke! Bad! No biscuit for you....;-)
Straits. The ephemism refers to narrow, hard to navigate passages of water, not to uncurved lines...
Well, they used to be called "Luddites". Perhaps if you use Google, you can find where they gather today.
Point is that it doesn't require any new technology to do.
Note that similar ideas have been being floated for decades. The basic tech required is '80s tech, not 21st century....
And yet, over the last 20 years or so, the amount of guns has increased while the amount of gun violence has DECREASED....
And even as crime rates continue to drop, the number of guns in circulation continues to increase. In the last 20 years, the number of guns in civilian hands has increased 40% or so, while the violent crime rate has decreased by a similar amount.
Really hard to argue that more guns == more crimes when guns go up while crime goes down....
Yes, 50 feet. Or 25 yards, depending.
Note that the gun is accurate enough to put multiple .22 rounds into a 0.5" hole at that range. Trust me, it'll hit a man-sized target within a fraction of an inch of the aimpoint even at self-defense ranges.
Note also that there are .45 caliber target pistols. They're used at the National Matches, among other places (or were - they may have been replaced with 9mm when we made the idiotic decision to replace with .45 with the M9 - yes, I'm one of the neandertals who believe in the stopping power of the .45, get over it).
What he said.
From TFA, we're talking something that occults 20% of the visible area of the star in question. That something would have to ~40% of the diameter of the star in question to do that. So, for a Sol-sized star, we're talking 300,000km in diameter.
No, we're not going to be finding any natural objects that size that aren't emitting light themselves.
And I live in New Orleans. We turn the A/C off three days a year.
Because it was the kind of illegal that would get, for instance, me sent away for a long time.
People go to jail for playing fast and loose with classified material. And it's not like she didn't know better. Secretary of State wasn't her first government job (yes, Senators have to deal with this stuff too), or even her first exposure to security rules (yes, the First Lady has to deal with this sort of thing too)....
So, cops should leave the guns behind, while at the same time bringing a friend with a gun?
Somehow, I don't think this will have the effect you think it will....
In the Culture, that wouldn't be an issue - they'd just make a planet to match your desires. And if the right star wasn't convenient, they'd make that too....
Well, if *I* were criminally minded and had a gun, and the cop had something that could immobilize me (maybe, if it worked 100% as advertised), I think I'd worry about cops stopping me from committing crimes a lot less....
No, guns are used to STOP the target. Which looks a lot like "immobilize", but isn't quite. "Stop" includes a lot besides "prevent it from moving".
Such as "maim" or "kill", to provide a couple examples....
As for me, I think I'll go with Frederik Douglas' advice "a good revolver and a steady hand"....
Canadian-born son of a Cuban refugee isn't allowed to run for President. Not "natural born".
Unless, of course, the Cuban refugee was in the USA legally long enough to become a citizen.
Though if Mom was an American citizen, then the courts will have sooooo much fun sorting things out.
What makes you think the Left has dropped guns as an issue? Or did you miss the photo ops as a result of this latest school shooting? Seems to me both Hillary and Obama spent some time calling for "common sense gun laws" (for which read: make guns illegal)....
Your link mentions that Hillary wants to amend the First Amendment to be more to her liking...
Yeah, changing the Bill of Rights to restrict the Rights granted will work out really well. I can't wait....