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Forum: Current Events Topic: Sheryl Crow takes a swipe at toilet paper use |
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Posted: Tue Apr 24, 2007 12:56 pm
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Maybe we should use sponges like the Romans.
Sheryl Crow: Oh, damn, there's no sponge in this stall. Hey! Can you pass me the one over there?
Person 2: Sure! Just let me finish with it.
Sheryl Crow: Super! *takes sponge from under the stall wall* Thanks!
.... somehow I don't think so. |
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Forum: International Politics Topic: Gun Control vs. Gun Rights |
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Posted: Sun Apr 22, 2007 9:27 am
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Replies: 90
Views: 2521
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| I'm not aware of the restrictions on acquiring a fully automatic firearm In the US, to get a fully auto firearm one must first apply to the BATF for a transfer permit. They do background checks and look at everything. People have been rejected for having too many speeding tickets. After that, you m... |
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Forum: International Politics Topic: Gun Control vs. Gun Rights |
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Posted: Sun Apr 22, 2007 1:38 am
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| Imagine how many more he'd have killed if he'd had an automatic weapon. Which is interesting because in the US, the checks they put on people who want to own a Class III device (silencer, full auto, etc) are so thurough that there has never been a crime committed with a private, legally owned fully... |
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Forum: International Politics Topic: Gun Control vs. Gun Rights |
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Posted: Sun Apr 22, 2007 12:29 am
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| How are they so restrained? Because they may have to wait 10 days or so? That would, in fact, be the very definition of restrained, but in an organized socieity some restraint is inevitable. However, the goal of the restraint must be to let those who are responsible and qualified to do what they pl... |
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Forum: International Politics Topic: Gun Control vs. Gun Rights |
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Posted: Sat Apr 21, 2007 10:51 pm
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| It is easy to see the differences. There are plenty of statistics showing the truth. Don't ignore things because you don't like them. There are multiple confounding variables that make any attempt to pin the difference in murder rate between Europe and the US on a single set of gun control laws an ... |
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Forum: International Politics Topic: Gun Control vs. Gun Rights |
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Posted: Sat Apr 21, 2007 9:09 pm
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| Gun violence is more likely to result in death than other violence. That's why Guns are controlled. This is oft-repeated but purely conjecture since there is absolutly no way to substantiate it. To do so you would need to not only know the number of incidents where each type of violence was used bu... |
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Forum: International Politics Topic: Gun Control vs. Gun Rights |
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Posted: Sat Apr 21, 2007 4:31 pm
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| Gun Control benefits us all more than Gun "Rights". The Proof is what happens everyday when comparing the US to Western Europe. What happens when you compare Europe to the US is you compare apples to oranges. "Europe" does not have gun control laws. *Some* European nations have ... |
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Forum: International Politics Topic: Gun Control vs. Gun Rights |
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Posted: Sat Apr 21, 2007 1:52 pm
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| Does gun control constitute crime control? Did crime exsit before guns? Yes. The answer is therefore, no. robbery, the robbery rate of the US is lower than that of the UK and Portugal, and almost 1/10th that of Spain. assault be reduced by the stricter regulation of firearms or ownership? Assault r... |
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Forum: Current Events Topic: Gunman kills 21 at Virginia Tech! |
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Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2007 11:45 am
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Replies: 190
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| They obviously failed in this regard as he had been admitted to a mental health unit in 2005. That's my point exactaly. The system they have for what we would call restricted and non-restricted firearms has far too many holes. Blaming the object because a faulty system allowed an unqualified person... |
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Forum: Current Events Topic: Gunman kills 21 at Virginia Tech! |
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Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2007 10:57 am
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| Then there is the chance that with impulse you could have someone go postal and as they have a gun already and don't have the time to cool off... Except that, in and of itself, is a fallacy. People do not "snap", use a [insert object here] and go on a rampage before they 'cool off'. The p... |
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Forum: World History Topic: Karl Marx, a Genius or a Communist? You Decide! |
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Posted: Tue Apr 03, 2007 5:54 pm
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| Marx is the opiate of the stupid. |
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Forum: International Politics Topic: Europe has failed us in the Iran crisis |
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Posted: Sun Apr 01, 2007 3:08 pm
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sasquatch2 sasquatch2: I can see shades of George Orwell's mega state----the merging of the US and the UK...... A logical and sensible course of action for Britain....... 
You didn't happen to notice that in that book Europe was merged too, did you?
Guess which one's happened first? |
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Forum: General Jibber Jabber Topic: The attraction with 180 kmh boom boxes........ |
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Posted: Fri Mar 30, 2007 10:48 am
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| Gigantic sterios are the urban equivalent of jacked-up trucks. Here in Prince George we have guys running around with Ford F-350s that stand four foot at the *running boards*, dualie mud tires in the back and turbos you can hear over the V-8 Diesel. Such vehicles are not practical in a city so guys ... |
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Forum: Current Events Topic: Campaign to allow non-citizen voting kicks off |
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Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2007 12:58 pm
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Replies: 50
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| Your talking a bout a reeve, their main job is to watch the maitience man dig a hole. Right, on that trade mission to China that my city council just went on. They went there to supervise road maintainance. Municipalities participate in provincial, federal and international venues. They do more tha... |
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Forum: Current Events Topic: Campaign to allow non-citizen voting kicks off |
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Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2007 12:21 pm
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| municipal elections are differnt all ratepayers should be able to vote in a municipality weather or not they have Canadian citizenship in the same way they are able to vote without residence. But provincial and federal elections should only be open to Canadian citizens. So paying tax is what qualif... |
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