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Personally I find this to be a good thing. This will let the resilient, strong-minded part of the population get the upper hand, while the gullible and suspectible becoming easy prey for advert companies. Quoted for truth/humor. :) I use my powers f... [Read More]
This (http://www.humantrafficking.org/combat_trafficking) site might be a good place to start. There are some links on the right, if the info on that particular page doesn't help to address any of your specific questions. I hope that helps.... [Read More]
I said "you couldn't", not that "it was impossible". :) My apologies for the preemptive hair-split. Those are still just theories, and evidence, as well as results of the theory, being phenomenal, are largely irrelevant. :) Grav... [Read More]
200 years ago, you couldn't destroy a city by banging two plates of metal together. Sure you could have. Just because human beings lacked sufficient knowledge to do it doesn't mean it wasn't possible. The atomic laws were all right there the whole ti... [Read More]
I thought the record was 12 parsecs :D ...not to mention the slight problem of bodies attaining infinite mass as they reach the speed of light. But I gave up trying to argue the actual physics several posts ago :)... [Read More]
Well, who knows many times things such as reaching the moon have been deemed impossible by people, so maybe one day...... Yeah, that would be nice. The idea of traveling to the moon seemed preposterous when we didn't yet fully understand all the the... [Read More]
Well, the special theory of relativity tends to support the argument that nothing can travel faster than the speed of light. I would say that faster-than-light travel is most likely impossible. EDIT: Here's (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faster-than-... [Read More]
What tally do you mean? For reference, nobody is immune to corruption. Some just take longer than others. You made reference to a system where both gov't and civilians had the same number of guns. Someone would have to keep count, wouldn't they? Or a... [Read More]
Thinking that by everyone having guns will take away the threat of them is to ignore the fact people use guns for murder, armed robbery, ect. I guess I missed the part where someone made that argument. A criminal shouldn't be allowed to have guns.... [Read More]
So what I'm saying is that if you give X government guy power, and give Y normal guy power, what's to say that Y normal guy isn't the guy you have to worry about rising up, rallying the people, and doing horrible oppression? Who will be responsible f... [Read More]
Assuming that those weapons were restricted to you. If they weren't previously restricted then the chances are higher that you might have one.... [Read More]
While I agree that gun safety and regulation are probably subjects worthy of our examination, I'm struggling to grasp what significance they have within the scope of this discussion. The question comes down to this: If the government, for whatever r... [Read More]
Is it right, for instance, to ban people from carrying assault weapons (as the have in Chicago) or not, under this amendment? Is the issue "carry" or "own"? I'd hate to live in a community where I have to put everyone in bullet p... [Read More]
However, my own personal interpretation of this is "arms within reason." There is no need for somebody to possess a nuclear bomb. Nor any sorts of bombs, not any assault weapons or high-powered similar weaponry. People have the right to own... [Read More]
I agree that more emphasis was placed on "decentralized" gov't via the states, but I do think the goal was still to put the power in the hands of the people. If I had to take a guess, I'd would have to say that they thought while the gov't... [Read More]
What, in your opinion is " A well regulated militia?", and to what extent does the "right of the People to keep and bear arms" reach? For those outside the US, I'd like to hear how your nations deal with militias and firearms owne... [Read More]
But I just bought 6 more books today, including a copy of the 9/11 Comission Report, so I'm not overly concerned at the moment. :) I actually picked up my copy through audible.com a few months ago. Haven't gotten around to listening to it yet, as I s... [Read More]
This might be a little bit of an inside reference, considering that you and I are both from the valley, but a few of the local "news" stations are doing something very similar with the Pat Tillman story. If the emphasis was on the alleged... [Read More]
Is this a trick question? :p I'm one who definitely subscribes to the concept of taking responsibility for one's own actions so I have to say we have only ourselves to blame. The media feeds it to the general public and the general public apparently... [Read More]
With respect to live news coverage of police chases though I have conflicted thoughts in that I believe that such coverage can provide a valuable service to the general public by letting people know a chase is going on in a particular area. <snip... [Read More]
How exactly do you define sensationalism? The act of "punching up" a story to make it seem more important than it really is. Usually for the purpose of attracting more viewers/readers. In this scenario, the newsworthiness of the story itsel... [Read More]