Guns and methods of suicide have NOTHING to do with anonymous ways to pay for good and services!
You have to follow the thread to understand. Do you require every conversation you have to only be on one topic? And when have Slashdot comments EVER been about sticking slavishly to the topic in the story?
What has happened to slashdot moderation lately?
Quit your bitching. If you want to do something about it, you should call the Slashdot Moderation Support 800-number and give them hell. Be sure to give them my UID number as a reference. They've always been very helpful over there, although there's sometimes a bit of a language barrier since the call center is in Bhutan.
Horseshit. Apple wants it both ways. They send out the press leaks with "SLR-quality" or "DSLR-quality" and then try to walk it back. Please Google, "Apple iPhone 7 SLR quality" and see how many different tech media outlets use the exact same phraseology of "SLR-quality". That doesn't happen accidentally or because every single tech news outlet misunderstood Apple. It happens because that's how the Apple press leaks are worded. All those tweets from this afternoon about the iPhone 7 with "SLR-quality" in them didn't happen because all those people spontaneously and simultaneously hallucinated the phrase.
This feature, along with the more frequent security updates and longer update life of the iPhones might almost lead me to overcome the extra expense involved with the Apple line.
If you can't even afford a Slashdot account, how you gonna afford an iPhone 7?
So if other methods aren't as lethal as a firearm, wouldn't you want to maintain access to firearms to a) provide a means for suicidal people from maiming themselves severely and permanently, b) allow them to ease their suffering in as humane a fashion as possible?
Let me ask that another way: If you had a depressed loved one who was suicidal, would you give them a firearm? Remember, only a tiny fraction of suicides are terminally or chronically ill
There are still quite a few relatively easy ways to kill yourself, even without a gun.
But those ways aren't used nearly as often. and they're not nearly as lethal. Some of the most common means of attempting suicides have a success rate of around 5-10%. Very nearly 70% of all successful suicides are with a firearm. Not the number of attempts mind you, but the number of successes. All those other "relatively easy" ways to commit suicide are very often unsuccessful, and that means those people have a chance to get help. Firearm suicides are successful just about 90% of the time, which means a gun owner having a very bad day might be dead when if they didn't have ready access to a gun, they'd still be alive. And if they're still alive, they are very unlikely to die of suicide later.
High-gun ownership states have suicide rates just about double that of low-gun ownership states.
Oh yeah, people who attempt suicide and are unsuccessful are unlikely (less than 10%) to die by suicide later. But since only about 10% of gun-related suicide attempts survive, it's too late for them. Now put all that together for yourself.
The "poor little girls in a rock band" broke into a church and desecrated the altar. For that they served less than 2 years.
And it had nothing to do with their message?
How much time did Russia give the guy who murdered Alexander Litvinenko? What's that? He got a medal? But three girls who mess up an altar go straight to the joint. You want to go tit for tat on who's worse, Russia or the US? Fine. But please don't pretend that Russia hacking into voter registration systems in several states is a good thing for the US.
Many airports are privately owned. In fact, huge numbers are privately owned.
We're not talking about little rural airfields where crop-dusters fly.
We're talking about airports that handle commercial air traffic. The only US airport that is privately owned where you can catch a commercial passenger flight is Branson, and they've been so unprofitable that they're going to go municipal shortly.
Russia would love the natural gas concession to Western Europe. It's one of the few things left they have to export besides hacking and suppression of political dissent.
And in the case of Saudi Arabia, besides the deeply intertwined business investments, we're their main best buddy arms dealer and international apologist for their brutality and protector against Iran.
That's true. Unfortunately, both candidates are sure to continue that buddy-buddy relationship with Saudi Arabia and Israel. It's a choice between a neo-con and just a con.
Russia is not automatically the most strengthened the more the US is weakened.
Its relationship with Europe certainly is.
But Putin spent enough time in the KGB to still have strong feelings about bringing down the West. I mean, we're talking about a guy who imprisons three girls in a punk rock band. I'm sure he'd like to piss on America's grave while Donald Trump holds his dick.
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You have to follow the thread to understand. Do you require every conversation you have to only be on one topic? And when have Slashdot comments EVER been about sticking slavishly to the topic in the story?
Quit your bitching. If you want to do something about it, you should call the Slashdot Moderation Support 800-number and give them hell. Be sure to give them my UID number as a reference. They've always been very helpful over there, although there's sometimes a bit of a language barrier since the call center is in Bhutan.
Horseshit. Apple wants it both ways. They send out the press leaks with "SLR-quality" or "DSLR-quality" and then try to walk it back. Please Google, "Apple iPhone 7 SLR quality" and see how many different tech media outlets use the exact same phraseology of "SLR-quality". That doesn't happen accidentally or because every single tech news outlet misunderstood Apple. It happens because that's how the Apple press leaks are worded. All those tweets from this afternoon about the iPhone 7 with "SLR-quality" in them didn't happen because all those people spontaneously and simultaneously hallucinated the phrase.
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If you can't even afford a Slashdot account, how you gonna afford an iPhone 7?
Let me ask that another way: If you had a depressed loved one who was suicidal, would you give them a firearm? Remember, only a tiny fraction of suicides are terminally or chronically ill
There is no state in the US where intentional suicides by drug overdose outnumber suicide by firearm.
You're bullshitting.
You were doing really well until you dropped that red herring.
Fewer than 2% of suicides are due to terminal illness.
If it works for you, I've no objection.
But those ways aren't used nearly as often. and they're not nearly as lethal. Some of the most common means of attempting suicides have a success rate of around 5-10%. Very nearly 70% of all successful suicides are with a firearm. Not the number of attempts mind you, but the number of successes. All those other "relatively easy" ways to commit suicide are very often unsuccessful, and that means those people have a chance to get help. Firearm suicides are successful just about 90% of the time, which means a gun owner having a very bad day might be dead when if they didn't have ready access to a gun, they'd still be alive. And if they're still alive, they are very unlikely to die of suicide later.
High-gun ownership states have suicide rates just about double that of low-gun ownership states.
Oh yeah, people who attempt suicide and are unsuccessful are unlikely (less than 10%) to die by suicide later. But since only about 10% of gun-related suicide attempts survive, it's too late for them. Now put all that together for yourself.
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Canada is a relatively healthy society, compared to the US. Plus, they have universal health care, which means universal MENTAL HEALTH CARE.
You act like this is some shocking discovery.
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The bar was set before the United States was even a country. Only the techniques have changed.
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And it had nothing to do with their message?
How much time did Russia give the guy who murdered Alexander Litvinenko? What's that? He got a medal? But three girls who mess up an altar go straight to the joint. You want to go tit for tat on who's worse, Russia or the US? Fine. But please don't pretend that Russia hacking into voter registration systems in several states is a good thing for the US.
Is that what they call it now?
We're not talking about little rural airfields where crop-dusters fly.
We're talking about airports that handle commercial air traffic. The only US airport that is privately owned where you can catch a commercial passenger flight is Branson, and they've been so unprofitable that they're going to go municipal shortly.
That actually explains a lot.
Airports are not private property.
Russia would love the natural gas concession to Western Europe. It's one of the few things left they have to export besides hacking and suppression of political dissent.
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[Note: they were arrested again after this]
That's true. Unfortunately, both candidates are sure to continue that buddy-buddy relationship with Saudi Arabia and Israel. It's a choice between a neo-con and just a con.
Yeah, that's it, I'm pretty sure.
Good one.
Its relationship with Europe certainly is.
But Putin spent enough time in the KGB to still have strong feelings about bringing down the West. I mean, we're talking about a guy who imprisons three girls in a punk rock band. I'm sure he'd like to piss on America's grave while Donald Trump holds his dick.
I have a full and manly mustache, which is waxed every day. I also use lavender oil to keep it redolent.
No, because the US is a top trading partner of both of those countries.
Nothing at all. I'm glad Donald is raising acceptance of imported sex workers.
Trump's most important experience in foreign relations is in importing Eastern European prostitutes.