LD50

I try not to mistake the main stream medias propaganda with the actual sentiments of the citizens.

Here's my problem with what he said:

The world's top 5 military spenders in 2010.

Figures sourced from the SIPRI Yearbook 2011.

I like building roads, but he's being somewhat dishonest. Those roads are being built in other countries, after we turn it into a parking lot. Usually for resources like oil.

I disagree with that.

EDIT: I have no affiliation with either party. I consider them the crips and the bloods of politics.

Possible a driver update for the video card? When is Windows Update set to run? I don't use ATI, do they have their own update tool?

Also did you try the solution in Xeiphyers post?

Hope you got it fixed.

I haven't been impressed with much out of hollywood in a while. Most of the shit I watch nowadays has subtitles.

I liked Total Recall growing up, I'll throw it a bone for nostalgia sake.

@Hizang said:

I don't really care about forming relationships with people in the store, I'd rather buy things from Amazon thanks.

Lol, OK bro. You win.

Just don't go to Wikipedia and search for "crime in Sweden" and everything will be fine.

Here you go:

Why Conflict Exists by LD50:

Every fight, argument, conflict and war that has ever existed or ever will exist is because of control. You can dress it up however you like, but the fact remains.

Next time you get in an argument, really try to give it some critical thinking little brother. Are you trying to control someone, or is someone trying to control you?

You can either resist someone attempts to get you to do something against your will, or you can capitulate. If you choose to resist, it's all about how far you are willing to go.

If someone breaks into my house and threatens my family, I must resist until my last breath. If he has a gun, I will lose. If I have a gun, it's a relatively fair fight.

If everyone has a gun then crime drops, because criminals don't want to die usually. Or fight a fair fight obviously. That was the point of the post about the town that has mandatory gun ownership laws and the lowest crime rate in the United States. I'll stop supporting gun laws when there are no criminals.

Now, if you're government decides it wants you to do something unreasonable best believe they are going to use a gun. I know you missed the history lesson in my first post, so here's the cliff notes.

England and what was the colonies went to war. blah blah. U.S. is established and the new government says "hey citizens, don't take any shit from a tyrant. keep your guns."

Essentially, protect yourself from unreasonable attempts at control even if it's us. Pretty fucking cool for a government.

With liberty comes responsibility.

Why so much gun violence? Irresponsible people with guns. Why so many guns? The people that put this country together, and fought to the death to protect it, wanted their citizens to act like adults. So they treated them like adults and didn't tell what they can and can't do. The laws they put in place were to prevent people from controlling other people. Freedom of speech, freedom of religion, freedom to keep and bare arms..."say what you want, think what you want, and defend you're RIGHTS to do so...even from us".

I know this is not going to end on it's own, so you win. I'm wrong. I capitulate. I want you to think about what I've explained to you today though. And fuck the WBC.

@Vodun said:

@LD50: Yeah, if you wanna look at just straight up homicides then you're 10 times higher than Norway...not double. You sure you want to do that?

Pretty sure I just did, unless you know something about time travel that I don't.

I admitted right in the post I might be wrong.

@Vodun said:

@LD50: So what causes the amazing amounts of gun-related deaths and injuries in the US, as opposed in countries with stricter gun control then? I asked this before but was met with silence. Is it gremlins?

Besides your ability to make really shitty jokes at the expensive of peoples suffering, you're asking why people commit crime in the U.S. As if that's a reasonable question.

Why the massive upswing in crime in Sweden, where you live?

EDIT: I'd like to point out by the time I got to this thread it was fully on gun control. Had been from the original post, if not the second, and certainly that way by the sixth post.

I suggest paying close attention to Jeff. In my opinion the guy is a genius. Good luck to you Sir, if you stick to it you can do it.

@TheHumanDove said:

@LD50

U.S. population 313 million

(62 times the population of Finland)

(14 times the population of Austrailia)

(5 times the population of UK)

(7 times the population of Spain)

(4 times the population of Germany)

(9 times the population of Canada)

If all these places have a ban on guns, I'd say we're doing OK. After all, we are neck deep in a drug war.

Also, I'd like to see the study this came from so I know what year they are talking about.

WW2 era stats would be very different I suspect.

I understand your point, though.

@TruthTellah: Thanks bro. I should have paid closer attention.

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