Michael

Why would you think it would be worse with gun control? Have you ever considered that it would be better? If people can't get hold of guns (and ammo) ...

Huh?

Also, the enemy wouldn't be half a world way, and also opposed by France, Spain, the Netherlands, and the Kingdom of Mysore.

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Congratulate him on having such good sense.

It did to mine.

I was confused by darthbarracuda's response because as a Brit "mate" obviously meant "friend" and not "partner". I don't think I've ever seen "mate" u...

If by "elitism" you mean "experts", then yes.

:D

What book costs that much?

What counts as a psychological condition?

As I said in the shoutbox, it's bizarre arm-chair science. And talk of gravity and time being enemies? That's bizarre pseudo-philosophy.

Yes.

I did. It was quite bizarre arm-chair science, which isn't exactly conducive to good discussion.

What does it mean to be a woman? If it's to have female genitals then with surgery he can be a woman. If it's to be referred to using the noun "woman"...

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The comedy gods have intervened.

But character still matters.

I found a study here with some data on the victims. Unfortunately it only provides breakdowns on age, sex, and race, so nothing on the motive (in assa...

That's a strange relation you've suggested there. Having had something to do with their own death means not undeserving of dying?

Right, so it's the bizarre commitment to being opposed to semantic change. Besides, what does it mean to be forced to adopt the secular definition of ...

I voted "Other" because although I agree with "No, it doesn't." I don't agree with "Each person decides for himself". It still commits to essentialism...

How so? I fail to see how giving same-sex couples the same legal protections as different-sex couples and referring to same-sex unions using the word ...

It is strange to me that people have such strong convictions over a (supposed) misuse of a word. How can it actually bother you that a word which (sup...

So when you say "they are obliged ... to officiate marriage ceremonies or recognise the couple as married" you're just repeating yourself? Then I gues...

Then the problem isn't with same-sex so-called-but-not-really-marriage per se but with religious institutions being required to officiate such unions....

What does it mean to be expected to recognise these so-called-but-not-really-marriages? Are they obliged to say "you two are married"?

I can't resist: If marriage is defined as between a man and a woman then same-sex marriage is incoherent, and so no same-sex couples are married. What...

They haven't gotten that ridiculous, as you don't have to be 18 to use safety scissors with gloves.

Selling, buying and carrying knives: It’s illegal to: sell a knife to anyone under 18, unless it has a folding blade 3 inches long (7.62 cm) or less c...

:-} Yes, and some don't. Some might just want to address the fact that a ban on anyone who has been involuntarily committed to a mental institution is...

Are those who argue that the first amendment doesn't protect the right of any adult to marry planning to ban marriage in its entirety? Or do they just...

The leap is from "repeal of second amendment" to "ban on all guns".

Isn't that the same in the U.S.?

'"All guns start out as legal guns," Fabio said in an interview. But a "huge number of them" move into illegal hands. "As a public-health person, I'd ...

OK, so only guns that were available at the time the Second Amendment was written should be allowed. Also, you've switched back to talking about const...

Why the difference?

But banning semi-automatics and handguns would?

So not allowing civilians to buy grenades and fully-automatic machine guns infringes on an inalienable right?

State rights.

I hate this term "leftist" that keeps getting thrown around. I much prefer the term "decent human being".

I did. You said "Baden in the Shoutbox the other day said that he wouldn't wish to repeal the second amendment or ban all guns, but just now had the b...

I don't wish for you to stop posting, but I wouldn't shed a tear if you did. There's nothing inconsistent here. Wanting some restrictions on what you ...

And a bulletproof vest.

Yes, because common sense.

I assume so. Although the 1988 spike was the Lockerbie bombing by some Libyans.

https://i.imgur.com/o5LBSIc.png https://cdn.static-economist.com/sites/default/files/images/2015/11/blogs/graphic-detail/20151121_woc539.png What happ...

"...other people's grammar..."

"Americans are just like us but with bigger portions."

Not really. What difference does it make if we consider the sentence "grass is red and wub a lub a dub dub" to be false or neither true nor false? Eit...