Posts by EscapedLifer1

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Guns: Opinions?

by RichieRich in

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my mom isnt a big fan of guns, but after being mugged once, she appreciates the value of a well placed firearm.

she doesn't mind that i hunt and go to the shooting range regularly with my father.

about 6 months ago, i was out in field service with my mother and an elder's 2 daughters.

EscapedLifer1

EF,

As I have REPEATEDLY said.....I'm not for banning guns. But you pro-gun nuts have to simply acknowlege that 29,500 gun deaths per year is an acceptable price to pay for our "guns for all" culture.

I believe that is an erroneous argument, you are linking two things that are not linked. Lets apply your logic to another industry, construction tools. There are thousands of deaths each year on construction sites, so I guess from your perspective, we either need to stop construction activities or simply admit that anyone who works in construction is OK with all the deaths, that's just the price we have to pay to work in construction. What are you smokin', man?

Just because I own a gun, does not mean that I am OK with even a single gun death, unless it is the death of a criminal while he's trying to hurt or kill someone innocent. Criminals will commit violent crimes with anything. What about kitchen knives? How many people each year are stabbed to death with kitchen knives? Should we all just admit that these deaths are simply the price we kitchen knife nuts pay to have our kitchen knives?

As as already been stated a thousand times before, it is NOT the object (the gun, the knife, the commercial circular saw) that kills people, its the people misusing that tool or refusing to follow proper safety routines.

I don't see this as being very honest. Just admit you're ok with thousand upon thousands of deaths per year as the price that must be paid and I'll drop it. :)

Sorry, not gonna happen, because your linking of the two, your premise, is incorrect.

It's been an interesting discussion though, and on the other threads I usually agree with you.

Brandon

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If Armageddon came tonight, and you could tell God one thing..

by GetBusyLiving in

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.. what would you say before he plunges a sword through your chest?

gbl

EscapedLifer1

"So long, and no thanks for all the Phish."

Huxley, LMAO!!

I would have to say something like, "So what were you smoking when you wrote that Bible thingy?"

or

"Do I get a last request? Yes? OK, I want a couple nice cuban cigars, a big bottle of Grey Goose Vodka, and an hour alone with the Swedish Bikini Team. You can watch, if you want."

Brandon

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Guns: Opinions?

by RichieRich in

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friends

my mom isnt a big fan of guns, but after being mugged once, she appreciates the value of a well placed firearm.

she doesn't mind that i hunt and go to the shooting range regularly with my father.

about 6 months ago, i was out in field service with my mother and an elder's 2 daughters.

EscapedLifer1

Pole,

As an example: ever heard of the German Enigma encryption machine? I wonder what the common belief about how it was captured is in America.

That it was actually captured by a British operation, but it looks better on the screen with Matthew MC. doing it as an American.

What else do you think we get wrong over here?

Brandon

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HELP!!

by troubledteen in

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i have been with a witness now for 10 - 11 months, i am rather young, 17.. i dont know if i want to be with him but he's giving me all these reasons why i should and i dont know what to do, i broke up with him because he cheated on me and i couldnt cope..i really dont know what to do or what to say to him or myself to figure out what i want :(.

his mum disaproves and wont allow him to see me and he doesnt stand up for me..but i ont know if its worth it..i am sooo confused and i havent a clue how to sort my head out or weather this is worth it at this age.. please help!

EscapedLifer1

Hi,

I am sorry you are going through such an emotional situation. You may have strong feelings for him, but like EvilForce and the others have said, and I must agree, run and find someone who will treat you as wonderfully as you deserve.

The witnesses like him who play both sides of the fence tend to come from dysfunctional families, and heck, a dysfunctional religion, and can't help but be messed up themselves until they sort it out for themselves. Sadly this usually takes years, and is a very difficult time.

I wish you the best!!!

Brandon

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Guns: Opinions?

by RichieRich in

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my mom isnt a big fan of guns, but after being mugged once, she appreciates the value of a well placed firearm.

she doesn't mind that i hunt and go to the shooting range regularly with my father.

about 6 months ago, i was out in field service with my mother and an elder's 2 daughters.

EscapedLifer1

EvilForce,

My bad lifer....my brain was thinking the Yeltsin / Gorby standoff that was peacefully put down...my fingers typed fall of Berlin wall.

No prob!

But the other examples I gave were still good examples of my point that you did not take issue with.

Didn't take issue with them because I'm not as familiar with them as I am the Berlin Wall thingy. I need to do some research on them, but probably won't because I do agree with you to a degree (and I'm busy with other stuff right now and I'm too lazy to take time away from that to go look them up ). The recent events in Lebanon could also fall into the same category. The information age is changing some of the rules of how governments and their citizens interact, and I think we're only seeing the beginning. It's going to be interesting to see how close we ever get to a true democracy (every major decision being made by majority population vote). Of course, that will take the citizenry becoming much better informed, and I may be cynical here, but I don't see that as happening too soon.

But you took what I wrote and leaped to a conclusion that I did not make. I simply stated what the gun death rate is today...29,000+ given CURRENT law. You somehow concluded that I was for a personal ban of law abiding citizenry, or some other simplistic answer. I made no such conclusions or statements.

Sorry, that one's my bad. I guess I am too used to arguing this issue with people who do take a simplistic "all guns are evil and only the police should have them" stance out here in the real world. Sorry I projected that onto you!

Maybe I missed it somewhere, and if I did, I apologize. But would you mind stating what you see as the problem with guns, and what you think would fix it?

Nice talking to you, and I appreciate your candor. We can disagree and still have a civil discussion (and hey, we both might learn something). Most of the folks I'm used to discussing this issue with get real emotional real quick.

Brandon

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Guns: Opinions?

by RichieRich in

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friends

my mom isnt a big fan of guns, but after being mugged once, she appreciates the value of a well placed firearm.

she doesn't mind that i hunt and go to the shooting range regularly with my father.

about 6 months ago, i was out in field service with my mother and an elder's 2 daughters.

EscapedLifer1

Evilforce,

The fall of the Berlin Wall?

Unarmed civilians.... the TV camera and internet are the new "weapons" my friend.

Dude, read your history book. Unarmed civilians did not make the Berlin Wall fall. Reagan drove the Soviet Union, and thereby its satellites, into bankruptcy with the rapid acceleration in the arms race. All of the satellites, including East Germany, were losing their political power rapidly. Glasnost, Parastroyka, (spelling ?), programs started under pressure from the West, were finally giving the populace behind the Iron Curtain a few freedoms, and they liked it. A mistaken announcement about opening up the Wall, accidentally made by the East German government way before Moscow was ready for them to make it, started the whole celebration. The unarmed public did not "rise up" and rebel, they thought the government was opening the gates and they were celebrating. Under pressure from Moscow to make sure they didn't embarass themselves and Mother Russia with a televised massacre, the East German government decided to pull their border forces away from the wall. The civilians that were celebrating and tearing up the Wall thought, because of the announment from the government, that what they were doing was OK. It was not an unarmed rebellion.

Maybe they want less guns for safer streets...novel concept. Just admit that the gun violence is an acceptable price for you to have your guns.

Again, do some research. Most of the gun deaths in the US are criminals with stolen weapons, and the occassional accidental shooting (cleaning a gun, kid finds improperly stored firearm, shoots brother, hunting accident because Bubba Joe is drunk, etc.). Very rarely are gun deaths the result of a law abiding, permit carrying, NRA supporting, gun owners.

So the difference in the total death toll if outlawing personal ownership of firearms happens is going to be a really small percentage. The rest of the gun deaths will still happen.

Brandon

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Guns: Opinions?

by RichieRich in

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friends

my mom isnt a big fan of guns, but after being mugged once, she appreciates the value of a well placed firearm.

she doesn't mind that i hunt and go to the shooting range regularly with my father.

about 6 months ago, i was out in field service with my mother and an elder's 2 daughters.

EscapedLifer1

Liberty,

Hey, man, don't beat around the bush, tell us what you really think!

Just kiddin', I actually agree 100%!

Brandon

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Guns: Opinions?

by RichieRich in

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friends

my mom isnt a big fan of guns, but after being mugged once, she appreciates the value of a well placed firearm.

she doesn't mind that i hunt and go to the shooting range regularly with my father.

about 6 months ago, i was out in field service with my mother and an elder's 2 daughters.

EscapedLifer1

RR,

I agree that their "trust in Jehovah" model of self defense is retarded, and I never believed it even while a loyal dub.

Now, I regularly carry a small KelTec .380, with star hollowpoint rounds and an extra clip, its so small it fits in my back pocket. In the almost two years I've carried it (everywhere, by the way) no one has ever found it, even when being patted down to enter special places. Its the psychology of it, no one thinks about a gun in your back pocket, so they never pat me down on the butt, but just hit the small of my back.

I started carrying when I was Project Manager of a renovation project where we were gutting and remodeling every unit in a huge HUD/Section 8 housing complex. It had gotten around to some of the tenants (not your average upstanding folks, by the way) that I brought the paychecks, and carried lots of cash to pay employees. While this was not true, it was the word going around, and since I regularly stayed past dark to inspect units (alone usually), I didn't want to find myself in the back of a half-renovated apartment, with only my flashlight, and half a dozen home boys corner me to "borrow" my cash.

And as far as the children go (I have two boys, 10 and 12), I have taken them to the range and trained them in the proper and safe use of firearms, so we don't have a problem with a gun being around the house.

Brandon

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New single-molecule transistors work at room temperature

by seattleniceguy in

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just when you thought the ipod was pretty cool, we may soon have devices using one-molecule-wide transistors.

researchers at the national institute for nanotechnology have demonstrated the ability to switch the charge on a single molecule to impede or allow current flow in surrounding molecules.

flipping the gate requires one electron, as opposed to the one million required in current technology.

EscapedLifer1

So, if technology shrinks in size by a factor of one million, how will we press the keys on our blackberrys?

LOL!!

This is actually awesome news, we are rapidly approaching the limits of processing speeds with the current silicon wafer based transistors. I know it will take several years to get technology like this on the shelf at Circut City, but transitor switching at the molecular level will mean a quantum jump in processor speeds.

Yeah, so I'm a techno geek too!!

Brandon

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2005 Convention Season - Let's Get 'em!

by EscapedLifer1 in

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well the 2005 us convention season gets rolling in a couple weeks, lasting until september.

check out the schedule at:.

http://www.jw-media.org/newsroom/index.htm?content=/region/americas/usa/english/releases/events/usa_e050527.htm.

EscapedLifer1

one last bttt.