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On a different note, why do pro-gun control people always insist on comparing two completely different countries with wide cultural differences and attempting to base their claims of a reduced crime rate based on gun control by comparing those two? It's ridiculous to claim that single variable made ...

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Here's something that's hard to ignore: The Bureau of Justice Statistics figures on gun crime. The reason for the up-tick in the early 90s? A bow wave of males reaching the perilous years, 18-34. See what I mean? That's more an argument for abortion rights than it is for widespread gun ownership. I...

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I think Hitchens hits the nail on the head in regards to him. It's nice to see a prominent conservative that doesn't want a theocracy.

http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2007 ... alwell.php

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I fail to see how the teaching of evolution in schools in ANY way sets up a 'science vs. tribalistic religious view' dichotomy or in some way presumes that religion is of a base, tribal nature. See the post I was replying to and the quote provided earlier about the statements made by scientifc mate...

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I fail to see how the teaching of evolution in schools in ANY way sets up a 'science vs. tribalistic religious view' dichotomy or in some way presumes that religion is of a base, tribal nature.

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I find that when put in a situation where a real exchange of ideas can occur (there was an episode of a Canadian TV show where they actually had a decent 45 minute debate) he does well. I also respect that he prefers multiple people in an exchange of ideas to a one on one debate setting because he f...

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It's also notable that those attempting to teach a revisionist account of history are the same people trying to get ID pushed into the school system and get evolution thrown out -- for the very same reasons, at that.

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(Note: I am not denying the value of studying religious texts, or the moral truths revealed by spiritual reflection.) Teresa How about the physical and psychological benefits of meditation and prayer? Not faith healing, but when my mother was diagnosed with terminal cancer, the first thing they did...

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There's a big difference between being told what to believe and denying reality when all the evidence is staring you in the face. Of course, the south always has had problems being told what to believe and do when it comes to any sort of progression or the use of science. That aside, it's definitely...

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Well, perhaps the people who think religious fanaticism is only a problem in the US will begin to wake up now if more and more people are denying reality to that great of an extent.

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Like I mentioned before, we could line the Israeli border with ham sandwiches. Then no one will dare get close. There was a video of a soldier on YouTube who was tipping each of his bullets with some form of pig fat (came complete with cards on screen with an arabic translation) and was informing t...

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Scots have bad aim with a knife?

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Corlyss...this is clearly a parody article, come on now. http://images.associatedcontent.com/150_0000022863_0000082624.jpg Caption: Although docile in nature, the ham sandwich is the natural predator of the Muslim middle-school student, often disguising itself as a lunch item until it can get close ...

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Sounds like a case of attempted theft. As far as I know, stopping the people attempting to do that is allowed.

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Insightful and timely article, Corlyss, thanks for posting it. Two things in particular, struck me on reading it: The prescience of Adams in delineating the nature of the Islamic challenge: Putting the matter starkly, Adams said: “We ought not to fight them at all unless we determine to fight them ...

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Quite frankly, I have no issues with this.

If we do end up with a democrat as president I think he'd be a much better choice. I know of your hatred for anything liberal, but I believe even you can see a clear case of 'the lesser of two evils'.

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I don't know how he plans to do that unless he intends to find a loophole that allows him to open up a person's medical records when doing a background check...

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So, are we speaking of Muslim teenagers raising hell there rather than the mature, older ones? Or, a case of overall youth violence?

To be blunt, the reports I've seen said they treat the Muslims the way they're stereotyped for treating tourists so Muslim violence would not surprise me.

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As we know, England's crime rate went through the roof post-ban, too. They've actually (and they're taking this rather hard, judging by the articles I've seen) managed to achieve a higher violent crime rate than the US in recent years. EDIT: Do you have some articles that discuss those happenings wi...

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This is a post from another forum on this same subject (it was in a thread where the same article was quoted), I felt it was very insightful and the person gave me permission to quote it here: "Yes, it never ceases to amaze me how politically minded individuals misuse history, regardless of their po...

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We've all forgotten one group who will probably be sued: Guns 'n' Roses One of his plays was based off of a Guns 'n' Roses song (Mr. Brownstone) so they're no doubt going to attempt to scapegaot that evil rock music for driving him to this....never mind that that song is used as a form of stress rel...

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Ah, I see.

The entire point of that article is debunking that study...

So, while I agree that simply seeing said study posted on WND should be enough to discredit it, I think a thorough debunking is even better.

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In other news...

I wasn't aware of this until I saw it an an Australian parody of Fox News but it turns out that Chuck Norris one of their replacement anchors in case one of the usual talking heads gets sick.

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Good job, Jack.

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Did you try reading the article?

It has NOTHING to do with WorldNetDaily.

Nor would I ever use WND as a source for that matter.

You insult me by even presuming such a thing.

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And no, this one doesn't deal with gun control (I felt a change of topic would be nice). But it deals with something just as critical: Historical revionism in the name of reaching political ends. Chuck Norris Helps the NCBCPS Spread David Barton's Lies By Chris Rodda Sun Apr 15, 2007 at 12:40:11 AM ...

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So, do we have a general consensus yet on whether that particular Membran set is worth buying or not?

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It would be perfectly sound and valid if it were not guaranteed to be used as a tool to create a loophole for a ban that would apply unless one lives in a mansion.

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They're sitting ducks because the police aren't around at any and every given moment to protect us, and most of us don't have the martial arts training (nor are the majority of us in shape enough to receive said training :roll:) that would allow one to effectively defend against a criminal with a we...

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The problem is that safety training and gun proficiency training will be used as a loophole to create what amounts to a ban. Will the government pay for all of that training so people could have it for free? Of course not, so we'll have to set a price tag on it. Then what happens? Every time we get ...

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One long ignorant ad hominem attack does not make for an 'expert' on the issue simply because he's in the military, sorry. And from a trained professional, I'd certainly expect a real argument instead of multiple claims being made with no proof of them being provided. He has three Teenage girls, ma...

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Another thing I am sick and tired of hearing people say: "You can kill as many people with a knife. Should we outlaw knives?" Then they get this idiotic, self satisfied, drooling smirk on their faces, like, wow, they've really got you this time. If what you have is a bunch of knives, you can't kill...

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One long ignorant ad hominem attack does not make for an 'expert' on the issue simply because he's in the military, sorry. And from a trained professional, I'd certainly expect a real argument instead of multiple claims being made with no proof of them being provided.

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I love it. The classic 'let's look at gun violence alone instead of how violence as a whole changes post-ban' line. But no, I doubt people will use an isolated incident like this as proof that gun bans don't work. There's the more reliable method of looking at violence as a whole and how it changes ...

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Deterring violence by allowing everyone to carry guns only works if everyone were 100% rational. If more people have access, the greater the chance someone will act impulsively and use their weapon to solve minor problems (think frat parties). Anyone who wants a gun badly enough will find a way to ...

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In case it isn't already clear:

I'd love the DVD too and also the CD of the previous performance that I missed out on.

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I made it to question 30 on the Impossible Quiz. I'm giving up for a while.

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I am grimly awaiting news of a copy-cat shooting --and not just in the US. These horrific incidents seem to 'inspire' similar occurences in the unlikeliest locales - anywhere there lurks a malcontent nursing a sense of grievance. This is entirely possible. Whether people care to admit it or not, th...

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I'll say this much for ya, MegaKitsune: The game your sig picture comes from is brilliant.

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Ralph wrote:A hero and a moral inspiration.

I second this.

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Once again it’s quite fitting that the same people who scream that the life of a 2 week old fetus is sacrosanct are all for the over counter sale of firearms I personally find it quite ironic that the people who cry for a gun ban are also those who cry loudest about the PATRIOT act and how Bush is ...

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:lol: :lol: If we're on the subject of forwarded e-mails from relatives...here's one from my dad (about the only board appropriate one I have from him): "Deer Roping I had this idea that I was going to rope a deer, put it in a stall, feed it up on corn for a couple of weeks, then kill it and eat it....

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Ligeti also comes to mind.

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I do believe so. It's been known to happen in countries where abortion is illegal. This also occured rather commonly when I was in high school and the girl got an abortion through that route because she was afraid of her extremely religious parents finding out and disowning her or something of that ...

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I'm going to disagree with the idea that he went for this place specifically because he knew he would have sitting ducks waiting for him. This sort of thing is generally related to psychological issues that a person has so I'm assuming that he had some ties with that school and at least some of the ...

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:roll: Here we go again. Whoever said this was going to be a thread about gun control? ;) I wasn't referring to the thread. I was referring to the inevitable high-decible whining for gun control that aways follows one of these episodes. It's too damn bad that the VaTech campus was a "gun free" zone...

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Wait, there was a previous recording?

Damn, the things that go on when I'm away!

Good to see that the concert went well.

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Corlyss_D wrote: Here we go again.

Sadly, that was my first thought, too.

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No doctor or nurse has to perform abortions. Their right not to participate in elective abortions is as great as a woman's right to choose the procedure. You bring up an interesting point... The abortion industry is already challenged to find enough doctors to meet termination demands so what happe...

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That is, of course, if he existed at all . . . . If he did exist, it was all according to plan and who are we mere mortals to quarrel with the boss' plan? His existence was verified by both Tacitus and Flavius Josephus, neither of whom was a Christian. We have far less proof of the historicity of S...

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Another political thread