Baden

There's a 'Questions' sub-category in the Learning Centre (see menu on the left) for stuff that isn't homework, can't easily be Googled but at the sam...

I like his reaction to the most recent Syria atrocities. Even the Tweets. Notwithstanding that following that up with real action will be the importan...

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Damn, and we just ran out of *Special TPF member * badges.

It's also a fairly rare event unlikely to affect most users.

We get a notification too, and restore all false positives (although we might be able to make an exception for you :kiss:)

Notice: The spam filter is continuing to pick up false positives. If a post of any of yours disappears and you don't know why, feel free to ask one of...

This is relevant to what I mean. And worth watching on its own terms anyhow. (Have a look around the fifteen to twenty-five minute mark when he talks ...

Sure, all I'm pointing to is the common psychological phenomenon of fuelling a moralizing attitude with energy garnered from an emotional response to ...

What I find particularly interesting about the whole thing is that the level of moral outrage of those on his side is more or less directly proportion...

But he's innocent and never did anything wrong, ever, either before or after he became president; and they have found and will find nothing as he keep...

I can't remember the last time I sung a song the whole way through. Maybe 'Fake Plastic Trees' by Radiohead because I played it on guitar. I'm not goi...

Piano Man - Billy Joel.

:lol: And Fox News are cheering him on. Asking with a straight face "Is it time to fire Mueller?". So, you have a MSM outlet now essential advocating ...

Pretty much, I'd agree. I always find the above much more logical anyhow. Classical grammar is a confusing mish-mash of tradition and rationalization.

Picking a fight with the FBI. So dumb.

@"JJJJS" Traditional grammar doesn't deal very well with this and stuffs 'to realize' in as a 'state' or 'stative' verb along with 'to be' etc. There'...

But he's given huge tax breaks to the rich, tried to destroy Obamacare, deruglated business, is trying to gut environmental regulations, has banned tr...

You're doing a great job. Keep doing what you're doing.

Don't see a reason to delete the pictures. Do see a reason to delete very personal insults. It's an emotive topic but let's at least emote on topic.

Come on, dude. We've had this since old PF. It is loved by the masses and shall remain.

Oh, cool...

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OK, by that logic no new weapons in development are covered under the 2nd amendment right if they are not yet legal. So, if we decide to ban all new w...

So, every weapon that has ever been legal is protected under the 2nd amendment? And every weapon that has never been legal is not protected? That's yo...

Now, you are saying it's legality that matters. So, if assault weapons are illegal in illinois now, then it's not a 2nd amendment infringement just as...

Ok, now you've changed your mind again. A moment ago you said it would infringe their rights if their bazookas were taken away. Can you just pick one ...

] Do Americans have the right to bear bazookas or not ? Please just answer the question. It's a yes or no. And why is it more absurd than asking if th...

So, you are changing your answer now and think Americans have the right to bear bazookas? (According to the 2nd amendment.)

(If it's just because they are illegal then we can just make any gun we want illegal and voilà, no infringement.)

Tiff, my question is: Please answer it.

So what's your answer if not that?

How is it unfair if both sides have the same weapon? E.g. a machine gun or bazooka?

I hadn't realized Jordan Peterson had a theory of truth except in the negative sense that it wasn't the postmodern version. But, he does and it's an i...

I'm not presuming an answer. I want to know what you think. Just tell me your reason. Why can we confiscate these weapons without infringing the 2nd a...

OK, Tiff, just my impression, but I really don't want to talk about you personally. We can do that by PM. :kiss:

I asked you why it's not an infringement to ban machine guns and bazookas etc. and to take them away from those who are in possession of them.

(I'm not going to try to debate your personal situation. I would trust you with a gun. That's not what this is about.)

Why?

Oh common, dude...Is it an infringement of 2nd amendment rights in general? (That you Americans, not just you personally, cannot legally purchase a ma...

(And stop conflating legal and states' rights with constitutional rights. The legal rules change over time and from state to state, obviously. The 2nd...

Just answer the question, please. Is it an infringment on your 2nd amendment right that you can't?

"The right to bear arms" does not equal "The right to bear every kind of arms" = No infringement whatsoever.

No, it's not at all for the reasons I gave above. Now answer my question. Is it an infringement that you cannot own a machine gun or a bazooka? Would ...

All this whining about rights. How about the right to walk down the street without the possibility of some lunatic with an AR15 coming the other way a...

I mean, aren't normal rifles and regular guns enough for you? You manage to kill each other already in huge numbers just with those.