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Please don't, because I have already explained why that's a stupid request. What part did you not understand? I'm running out of ways to explain to yo...
November 14, 2017 at 04:31
I provided the statistics and further details elsewhere in another discussion on gun control that we both participated in. Neither you nor anyone else...
November 14, 2017 at 04:10
This does not work in your favour. Those things undermine the presumed usefulness of guns. And those ways in which you can use them are restricted by ...
November 14, 2017 at 03:12
Yes, I have, both here and elsewhere. Because guns carry a greater risk. You're more likely to die from a gunshot wound than a stab wound, for example...
November 14, 2017 at 02:05
Yes, he did the same thing with my example of mines. Anything so long as guns are the answer, it seems. Alternatives are to be dismissed, even if they...
November 14, 2017 at 01:55
It was true because your response contained questions that didn't need to be asked, because you could have gotten the answers from what I'd said previ...
November 14, 2017 at 01:40
Yes, he's entitled to the wrong opinion, but I wouldn't recommend it.
November 14, 2017 at 01:04
Then "you composed a silly response". Beside the point. That they're as effective as a gun? Don't need to, don't intend to. It didn't seem to sink in ...
November 14, 2017 at 00:54
There's practically no situation where a gun, rather than some other form of self-defence, would be necessary. If you need to ask me what those other ...
November 14, 2017 at 00:36
It's excessive force to shoot someone that you could have disabled in a less dangerous way. There's practically no situation where a gun, rather than ...
November 14, 2017 at 00:25
One difference between miracles and fantasy is that one doesn't ever happen and the other does. Fantasies occur in the minds of people from time to ti...
November 13, 2017 at 23:36
A more important question is whether it should be.
November 13, 2017 at 23:15
It's a poor argument because it says nothing of excessive force or risk of harm. You should not have a right to use excessive force or pose a risk to ...
November 13, 2017 at 22:54
That a group of liberals seem to have been caught applying a double standard has no bearing on me or my stance that the U.S. Bill of Rights ought to b...
November 13, 2017 at 22:42
From what I gather, the argument missing from the opening post is something like: Lions are not murderers, and I have some very strong moral beliefs. ...
November 13, 2017 at 21:27
The first premise is false, so the argument is unsound. The second premise is also possibly false, and lacks sufficient reason to be accepted as true.
November 13, 2017 at 21:02
The better to see you with.
November 13, 2017 at 20:54
Wait... I'm supposed to feed it?
November 13, 2017 at 20:31
Most viewed this week, and in the top ten for the month. Not bad.
November 13, 2017 at 20:26
It's not a very clever strategy if you want me to read what you're saying in full and give it careful consideration. Do you want my attention or do yo...
November 13, 2017 at 20:09
No, I know the episode well, and the discussion here made me think of that as well. But, as a reply to what I said, that's changing the subject. It's ...
November 13, 2017 at 20:02
Yes they would, actually, and I am one of them. Why? Well, because once again, context matters. There's an episode of Stewart Lee's Comedy Vehicle tha...
November 13, 2017 at 19:24
Yes, quite. But it happened to be a twenty-something in the example, so that's what I've been referring back to. Your reply has given me some food for...
November 13, 2017 at 18:47
Withdrawn. (And yes, I understand what an ad hominem tu quoque is).
November 13, 2017 at 18:35
Yes, it can. That would be this: But remember, that's not what actually happened. What actually happened was an exchange of remarks, in a good-humoure...
November 13, 2017 at 18:13
What have I been saying? What's the big point that I have been trying to emphasise? Context matters. So no, it is not at all how it seems to you. I wa...
November 13, 2017 at 13:05
Well, interestingly, what this discussion has seemingly demonstrated is that the tongue-in-cheek use of sexist stereotypes as bait, like that of shril...
November 13, 2017 at 12:10
Is it a great loss? Maybe not. Does it need to be? No. I for one am glad to see that there are still people who actually stop and think about these th...
November 13, 2017 at 11:18
I knew you'd appreciate my reply. High five!
November 13, 2017 at 11:02
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November 12, 2017 at 19:35
I know the book. It was given as a present to my brother during his stint as a reckless drunk. I have Five On Brexit Island. It's presently sitting ac...
November 12, 2017 at 19:24
No, trust me, the misunderstanding is all yours. I neither claimed nor implied that they're the same. Perhaps you should look up the meaning of that i...
November 12, 2017 at 19:15
Yes it is, and there is no shortage of examples from which to choose. Just consider criminal law and how regularly it's enforced. And parliament is th...
November 12, 2017 at 18:55
Yes, and sometimes it's otherwise. Sometimes it's refreshing to listen to an alternative to the predictable mainstream emphasis on political correctne...
November 12, 2017 at 18:46
Jane Moore, Sue Carroll, Julia Hartley-Brewer, Katie Hopkins... What thoughts and feelings have these women expressed about this kind of thing? I spok...
November 12, 2017 at 18:19
That would be the greatest of crimes, and the perpetrator would have to be severely punished, like all deliberate cunts ought to be. This is no laughi...
November 12, 2017 at 17:52
That's not what it usually means. It usually means spiteful, malicious, catty, vindictive... yet they considered it banter - the playful and friendly ...
November 11, 2017 at 17:55
But it's just so double standard.
November 11, 2017 at 15:49
Yes, I suppose it could in some situations. But, to go back to the example, what business is it of a few twenty-somethings, who were not even there, w...
November 11, 2017 at 14:00
That's my line.
November 11, 2017 at 02:41
Besides, you have zero credibility when you talk about these matters, since you frequently and openly praise Donald Trump, recently saying that he's a...
November 11, 2017 at 02:40
I'm deliberately expressing my opinion. You're deliberately judging me. And we deliberately lived happily ever after. Deliberately. Look, I wasn't the...
November 11, 2017 at 01:47
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November 11, 2017 at 01:19
The world needs less full stops in titles.
November 11, 2017 at 01:12
You're right. I should probably remain confined to my echo chamber, and stick to The Guardian, The Independent, and The Mirror.
November 11, 2017 at 01:00
Yes, thumbs up to a false dilemma! (Y)
November 11, 2017 at 00:55
That's probably true, ProbablyTrue.
November 11, 2017 at 00:31