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Edible Hat
Jul 23, 2007

by FactsAreUseless

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Edible Hat
Jul 23, 2007

by FactsAreUseless
Maybe having a "national discussion" could include allowing the CDC to research gun violence, so we could have better data on the subject and accordingly have better informed discourse and public policy? :shrug: Is that something you could get behind?

Edible Hat fucked around with this message at 16:58 on Dec 3, 2015

Edible Hat
Jul 23, 2007

by FactsAreUseless
Besides resources, no. However, private funding of research has not been filling the hole left by the 20 year ban on research at the CDC.

Also, it does not seem valid to compare a (highly concealable) tool whose sole ability is to (effectively) maim or kill another living being -- I'll also grant that there are recreational uses as well -- with a pressure cooker. I'd like to hear why you think they are comparable? Is there a problem with pressure cooker violence that I'm not aware of?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLo7z50Tt2g

Edible Hat fucked around with this message at 17:20 on Dec 3, 2015

Edible Hat
Jul 23, 2007

by FactsAreUseless

Scratch Monkey posted:

That worked out well in France.



Also it's literally impossible to due because of that pesky bill of rights thing.

Laws are, ideally, about shifting the probability of a certain outcome toward a favorable (or favored) direction. Laws outlawing murder, while ineffective at stopping all instances of murder, have the effect of reducing the number of murders (in establishing punishments for the crime, for example). From this crude utilitarian perspective, I think we can agree that laws against murder are effective and necessary, assuming you believe it is a matter of a nation's public policy to involve itself with mitigating the killing of its citizens.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zP1AoocnoXM

Edible Hat
Jul 23, 2007

by FactsAreUseless

Scratch Monkey posted:

That worked out well in France.



Also it's literally impossible to due because of that pesky bill of rights thing.

Double post. Uh, here's a pic of Horace Greeley.

Edible Hat fucked around with this message at 00:31 on Dec 4, 2015

Edible Hat
Jul 23, 2007

by FactsAreUseless

We will never truly know why he did it. :(

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5eHuwmbsK2I

Edible Hat
Jul 23, 2007

by FactsAreUseless
Look at this guy who thinks "charity" will solve the problem of poverty.

Edible Hat
Jul 23, 2007

by FactsAreUseless

spacetoaster posted:

Yeah, that group that tortured/raped/murdered it's own members, dealt drugs, assassinated witnesses, and encouraged violence? They're actually a group that deserves to be honored.

http://newsone.com/3357018/bridging-the-gap-intergenerational-black-lives-matter-black-panthers/



I think you're thinking of the FBI.

Edible Hat
Jul 23, 2007

by FactsAreUseless

VagueRant posted:

I love that the article literally just describes a noteworthy ongoing cultural change with no editorialising or celebration or "positive spin", it's an actual report of news, and people are projecting their own controversies onto it. The twitter shots even screencap the part that says the war has made things worse for women overall (because obviously).

When people are this wilfully ignorant, real news is hosed.


(Donald Trump brand tie for picture.)

If you enjoy watching A League of Their Own, then you support the firebombing of Tokyo. It just makes sense. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPJHQmJAiKA

Edible Hat
Jul 23, 2007

by FactsAreUseless

Edible Hat
Jul 23, 2007

by FactsAreUseless

This can't be real. (Although the alt-righties saying the Kekistan flag is unrelated to the reichskriegsflagge are full of poo poo, of course.)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPJHQmJAiKA

Edible Hat fucked around with this message at 09:46 on Jun 29, 2017

Edible Hat
Jul 23, 2007

by FactsAreUseless

So, the 4channers who are saying the mainstream media fell for fake news... fell for fake news. Nice.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zP1AoocnoXM

Edible Hat
Jul 23, 2007

by FactsAreUseless

Ein cooler Typ posted:

I don't see anything wrong with employers monitoring to see if their employees are drinking. They're already allowed to test for off-hours marijuana usage, and alcohol is way more harmful than marijuana

You're a monster. And post a pic.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZwaGnG-hzqY

Edible Hat
Jul 23, 2007

by FactsAreUseless
https://twitter.com/THEHermanCain/status/887357576148647936

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Edible Hat
Jul 23, 2007

by FactsAreUseless
That seems wasteful.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUgURpp-bL0

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