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But in my world, it's an obsession, and my behaviour towards it is compulsive. It's like if you were to wear your shirt backwards or repeatedly poke m...

Urgh. In my world, rhetorical questions are questions, and questions need a question mark. It just doesn't look right. It's like you're trying to help...

Anyone else catch the highlights of Theresa May's conference speech? :D

British people think they know America – but the gun control debate shows how little we do

No, I for one have not forgotten the First Barons War, Magna Carter, The Second Barons War, the Provisions of Oxford, the English Civil War, the Glori...

You're right that "You should love everyone" is not an imperative sentence, and that "Love everyone" is an imperative sentence and not a proposition (...

15,391, bitches.

The iron lady. Wait, no, that moniker's been taken.

I can't believe I've only just noticed this, but I was going back over the discussion, and it turns out that I wasn't the only one to be mistaken here...

It's The Gunbox now. Talk about guns or gtfo.

I'm not, but only just. I'm to the immediate northeast of London, in the wonderful land of Essex.

Maybe I'll look into it some more, and I could then make an assessment from a better vantage point.

For once, we agree, and in an unexpected context.

That is not my problem. I'm advocating that the UK gun law, in its entirety, be used as a template for elsewhere. It might work, it might not, but bas...

My goodness, that was in reply to you asking me what I think. Another reason why I'm cutting this short.

And with that, our discussion is over.

Wait, what? Doesn't that mean that while Democrats do nothing, Republicans do the exact opposite of what they should be doing, thereby making matters ...

You weren't clear enough with your questions. You seemed to just be pressing me for more detail about what the proposal would consist in, which you co...

Go for it, break a leg. (Preferably not mine).

We both have, actually. That's not what I said though, is it? Why do you think that you can get away with subtly twisting my words and then redirectin...

No, I gave you a decent idea: basically, use the UK law as a template. That wasn't good enough for you, remember? You wanted me to get into laborious ...

Q: How many lightbulbs does it take to screw with an American? A: One, provided that light bulb is the Second Amendment and you threaten to take it aw...

Sensei? Is that you? I thought that what happens in the Dojo stays in the Dojo?

I once accidentally walked in on my brother when he was in the bath. He's evil, so naturally he tried to kill me with a rubber duck. But what he didn'...

I don't. If you were paying closer attention to what I said, then presumably you would not have made such an assumption. What is this? A quiz? Yes, or...

Watt? :s

Left is right.

So, not only do you expect us to be statisticians, you expect us to be legislators too.

On second thought, I blame only you. For everything that's wrong in the world. Also, you owe Tiff an apology, because I fucked up and misquoted her, a...

Good point.

Where would you get those statistics? The Office for National Statistics only seems to have available data relating to gun crime that goes back as far...

Oh yeah, I'd love to have the right to bear arms. I think that'd be something I'd really enjoy. Then I could get all indignant at the thought of peopl...

British, of course. I don't hide the fact.

Phew! For a moment there, I thought you were going to reproach me, but I'm glad we see eye-to-eye on this. After all, I've been the goddess of wisdom ...

I think that somewhere such as the U.K. or Australia should set the precedent, so anything that doesn't conform with that precedent is what I'm saying...

I do disagree, and I do accept that that might lead to wading into deeper philosophical waters. I find the history fascinating, but mixing history and...

Well, you've got your apology, whether you wanted one or not. One is enough. I am only human, and I am therefore susceptible to human error, so I won'...

Yes, it's either that or there isn't even a conclusion. I'm not sure which is worse.

Person A is either failing to consider the bigger picture, which covers more than the recent mass shooting, or he is deliberately setting it aside. He...

Sorry, I misremembered the quote and should have checked first. But that's all I'm apologising for. Rights are meaningless unless they're worth having...

I was aware that it was not an exact comparison, but it is similar in essence. Like I said, in an environment such as this, with people such as yourse...

Then look it up. Again, didn't you used to be a teacher? I mean, if you can't even teach yourself...

I don't know them well enough, but I support the current abortion laws in the UK. Yes, I do. No, that's not a point that I've missed. What matters mor...

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No, it's not so much the question that's juvenile. It's the attitude or thoght process associated with reaching a negative conclusion. Is it juvenile ...

Your discussions are too technical for me, but I wish you'd separate your paragraphs with a line in between them - which you often don't do, and have ...

:D (Y)

I'm happy to concede that your reasoning is the same as Hanover's, as that's a secondary issue, as I see it. That would mean that you're both wrong, i...

That's a load of baloney. It's quite simple. One set can join another which can make a difference. You group together. If those included in a set are ...

Okay. So expand the set, lol.