KnightofChrist Posted July 24, 2012 Share Posted July 24, 2012 Or maybe Captain Planet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winchester Posted July 24, 2012 Share Posted July 24, 2012 [quote name='KnightofChrist' timestamp='1343099132' post='2458326'] Superman? [/quote] Those are superheroes, not public servants. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnightofChrist Posted July 24, 2012 Share Posted July 24, 2012 [quote name='Winchester' timestamp='1343099812' post='2458335'] Those are superheroes, not public servants. [/quote] Well Superman is, Captain Planet is just some hippie with magical powers and a mullet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winchester Posted July 24, 2012 Share Posted July 24, 2012 [quote name='KnightofChrist' timestamp='1343100081' post='2458338'] Well Superman is, Captain Planet is just some hippie with magical powers and a mullet. [/quote] Even dumb superheroes are superheroes. It's not really a philosophical statement, just a title given to a subset of sentient beings with powers above normal. It's not exacting, considering Norse gods are also considered superheroes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amppax Posted July 24, 2012 Share Posted July 24, 2012 saw this on facebook. Thought I'd share. [img]http://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn1/554946_428025127241178_47943642_n.jpg[/img] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Socrates Posted July 24, 2012 Share Posted July 24, 2012 (edited) Some more relevant facts, presented by Thomas Sowell: [quote] [color=#000000][font=Times New Roman', Times, serif][size=4]Do countries with strong gun-control laws have lower murder rates? Only if you cherry-pick the data.[/size][/font][/color] [color=#000000][font=Times New Roman', Times, serif][size=4]Britain is a country with stronger gun-control laws and lower murder rates than the United States. But Mexico, Russia, and Brazil are also countries with stronger gun-control laws than the United States — and their murder rates are much higher than ours. Israel and Switzerland have even higher rates of gun ownership than the United States, and much lower murder rates than ours.[/size][/font][/color] [color=#000000][font=Times New Roman', Times, serif][size=4]Even the British example does not stand up very well under scrutiny. The murder rate in New York has been several times that in London for more than two centuries — and, for most of that time, neither place had strong gun-control laws. New York had strong gun-control laws years before London did, but New York still had several times the murder rate of London.[/size][/font][/color] [color=#000000][font=Times New Roman', Times, serif][size=4]It was in the later decades of the 20th century that the British government clamped down with severe gun-control laws, disarming virtually the entire law-abiding citizenry. Gun crimes, including murder, rose as the public was disarmed.[/size][/font][/color] [color=#000000][font=Times New Roman', Times, serif][size=4]Meanwhile, murder rates in the United States declined during the same years that murder rates in Britain were rising, which were also years when Americans were buying millions more guns per year.[/size][/font][/color] [/quote] From [url="http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/310319/colorado-shooting-and-media-thomas-sowell"]"The Colorado Shooting and the Media"[/url] Edited July 24, 2012 by Socrates Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Socrates Posted July 24, 2012 Share Posted July 24, 2012 [quote name='Jesus_lol' timestamp='1343094176' post='2458305'] I cant believe i am agreeing with just about everything Socrates is saying here. . . . [/quote] We'll make an Evil Conservative out of you yet, son. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winchester Posted July 25, 2012 Share Posted July 25, 2012 (edited) [quote name='Socrates' timestamp='1343167666' post='2458527'] We'll make an Evil Conservative out of you yet, son. [/quote] He will give conservative statism/minarchism a miss and go right into philosophical anarchism. Edited July 25, 2012 by Winchester Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jesus_lol Posted July 25, 2012 Share Posted July 25, 2012 [quote name='Winchester' timestamp='1343176701' post='2458583'] He will give conservative statism/minarchism a miss and go right into philosophical anarchism. [/quote] [img]http://www.idolol.com/pictures/fec3392b0dc073244d38eba1feb8e6b7.jpg[/img] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevil Posted August 4, 2012 Share Posted August 4, 2012 (edited) [quote name='Amppax' timestamp='1343147858' post='2458437'] saw this on facebook. Thought I'd share. [img]http://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn1/554946_428025127241178_47943642_n.jpg[/img] [/quote] Here's some facts, draw your own conclusions. [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_firearm-related_death_rate"]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_firearm-related_death_rate[/url] Switzerland is 19th on this list of 66 countries with regards to gun related deaths, although for them a high percentage of those deaths are suicides. Their total death by guns rate per 100,000 population is 2.6 times greater than my country Their murder by guns rate is 3.4 times higher Their suicide by guns rate is 2.6 times higher Their accidental death by gun rate is 1.4 times higher Are these guys the poster child of unregulated gun access? Edited August 4, 2012 by stevil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Socrates Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 [quote name='stevil' timestamp='1344110134' post='2462729'] Here's some facts, draw your own conclusions. [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_firearm-related_death_rate"]http://en.wikipedia....ated_death_rate[/url] Switzerland is 19th on this list of 66 countries with regards to gun related deaths, although for them a high percentage of those deaths are suicides. Their total death by guns rate per 100,000 population is 2.6 times greater than my country Their murder by guns rate is 3.4 times higher Their suicide by guns rate is 2.6 times higher Their accidental death by gun rate is 1.4 times higher Are these guys the poster child of unregulated gun access? [/quote] However, what's relevant, the actual [i]murder rates[/i], are lower in Switzerland than in the U.S., Britain, or Australia (if I recall correctly, your country.) The idea that gun control itself means less murder and violence is proved a sham. [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_intentional_homicide_rate"]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_intentional_homicide_rate[/url] But I suppose getting beaten or stabbed to death is ever so much better than getting shot. And, if I recall, I thought you had no problem with people committing suicide. Without guns, the suicidal simply find other ways to do themselves in. Sorry Stevil, it would have been better if you'd just bowed out gracefully on this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winchester Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 Socrates, he's a flooping nihilist. Don't bother. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Socrates Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 [quote name='Winchester' timestamp='1344297170' post='2463642'] Socrates, he's a flooping nihilist. Don't bother. [/quote] A nihilist!? floopy me! Say what you will about the tenants of National Socialism, at least it's an [i]ethos[/i]! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark of the Cross Posted August 7, 2012 Share Posted August 7, 2012 I a a aaa gggrrreee with Socrates. Blast that was hard!! We have strict gun laws in Australia. But Personally I'd rather be shot than be stabbed numerous times with a box cutter or be king hit from behind and have my head stomped. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevil Posted August 7, 2012 Share Posted August 7, 2012 [quote name='Mark of the Cross' timestamp='1344299914' post='2463670'] I a a aaa gggrrreee with Socrates. Blast that was hard!! We have strict gun laws in Australia. But Personally I'd rather be shot than be stabbed numerous times with a box cutter or be king hit from behind and have my head stomped. [/quote] So if you had your choice of attacker, you would prefer they come at you with a gun rather than a box cutter? Myself, I struggle to outrun bullets, but I'd give myself a good chance of out running a person with a box cutter. Also, my skull, although impervious to box cutter blades, isn't bullet resistant unfortunately. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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