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I say solanum tuberosum.

tssh!

Pfft. Why are you listing forms of prevention? I don't dispute that gates, dogs, and doors can act as forms of prevention. Prevention can also come in...

Precisely. This was covered earlier, when I emphasised that we are talking about sensible restrictions, but he persists nevertheless. Time waster.

No, that's not true. The logical leap has been explained multiple times now. I know because I've been following this discussion closely since it began...

>:O :s >:)

Perhaps we should build a monument out of nothing, consisting entirely of nothing, to honour this great achievement of his. But of course, it isn't tr...

I wish my jokes were as funny as those of praxis, but, as they say, praxis makes perfect. (At least I'm not an oxymoron like the rest of you).

No. I refuse to go in to details. I'm not going to humour you. I don't think that you put enough effort in on your end, and it's quid pro quo - so tak...

Indeed. It seems as though some would rather focus on ridiculous fantasies than on evidence-based objections. I did try to divert the course of the di...

Is that the best that you can come up with? Disappointing. Perhaps you should think it through a bit more.

And he's not the only one. Although Agustino - to his credit - seems to have gone quiet after I called him out on it earlier.

We didn't "let it" happen. There was a civil war, and throughout most of it, the Parliamentarians did not even seek to overthrow the monarchy. History...

And is this a serious consideration worthy of bringing up here? No. We live in a stable democracy with a very good track record.

Fair assessment and apt analogy. Not to mention the facile talk about "the left". Unfortunate yet predictable.

I'm not sure whether you're making a bad joke, genuinely making an absurd claim about the English army, or you just don't have a good understanding of...

You seem to have forgotten our previous discussion. I suggest you refresh your memory.

The English army haven't taken over control of the country since the times of Oliver Cromwell, around 360 years ago. That it would happen again any ti...

Less guns, less fatalities. Do you want less fatalities or not, America?

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3309620/ https://www.pennmedicine.org/news/news-releases/2014/january/survival-rates-similar-for-gun http...

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No, no. That was identifying rubbish. By the way, I notice that your spelling and grammar are showing signs of improvement. Perhaps my grammar policin...

Pull yourself together.

Oh God who?

Knock knock! Who's there? Hach. Hach who? Bless you.

Yes, but only if he's a tree.

Mostly cases in which no one got shot, but in which the risk level was nevertheless more severe. Still a big problem. Out of the fire, into the frying...

No, the best is that which is sufficient and does the least damage. But even if we assume that to be true, my point from earlier undermines it. Preven...

I do like your brand of comedy where you pretend to spectacularly miss the point, but let's be serious for a moment. My point was obviously that there...

Your point remains whether it makes sense or doesn't? Well, it doesn't. So I'm going to discount it.

Poor Fabio. I can just imagine him now, a confused expression on his face, deep in thought, still trying to figure that one out. "Detective Fabio! Ple...

He stole that from me, and he would've gotten away with if it wasn't for you meddling kids. Dobedobedo!

Needs more dobedobedo.

That makes no sense. There's no "most sufficient". Something is either sufficient or it is not.

Knock knock. Who's there? Dobedobedo. Ah, Frank. Come in and make yourself at home.

It's about sufficiency rather than what's more or less effective. And yes, in many cases pepper spray would've been sufficient, especially if you fact...

You were thinking?

Rene Descartes walks into a bar and orders a drink. When he finishes his drink, the bartender asks him if he would like another. Descartes replies, “N...

No, it isn't. Some form of self-defence would've been necessary, but not necessarily the one that you clearly favour.

There's a false suggestion in your argument, namely the part where you suggest that a gun would've been necessary.

I gave myself one hour of sleep after that debate on gun control the other day. I then worked a nine hour shift. I'm working those shifts six days a w...

Prevention should always come before defence. It's better to do what you can towards preventing these kind of situations from occurring in the first p...

Oh, well why didn't you say so sooner? I guess that makes it okay, then. I'll bear that in mind in the case that I'm shot by some idiot who was able t...

Kant is illustrating his categorical imperative by applying it to an example. It's also a reductio ad absurdum which works in his favour. Note how he ...

I wish you'd stick to the topic instead of using this discussion as a platform to spout your pet theories about "the left".

And me. Don't forget about me. I was perhaps the most vociferous. As for the topic, I've said a lot about this already over the last few days, so I re...

Amen. So, slippery slope fallacy and false dilemma. Let's not propagate this unreasonable belief.

Good.

So predicable. Take a look at what you said: That's what I was referring to, genius.

You weren't alive centuries ago either. I don't like the patronising tone in that kind of comment. It's not a game of Top Trumps. The point is that I ...