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If we had had those guys on 9/11 maybe they would have put a bullet on each terrorist forehead and we would all be happy these days around September. But reall

If we had had those guys on 9/11 maybe they would have put a bullet on each terrorist forehead and we would all be happy these days around September. But really it’s only like that at borders. Just watch the videos of all the foreigners loving on the USA and tearing up when they had to go back to their countries after the World Cup.

lores 13d ago
Nah. The first thing I saw when I walked out of Anchorage airport is a truck with a bumper sticker saying "my truck is worth more than your life." Every bad thing in the US is a caricature of what caricatures were 50 years ago.
- hyperlinerapp 13d ago
  What’s wrong with that bumper sticker? From my PoV, it seems odd someone would value someone else’s truck more than their own life!
  - Phemist 13d ago
    Nothing wrong indeed with the sticker that says "I value my life more than your truck". Unfortunately that is not the sticker the OP was talking about.
    - hyperlinerapp 12d ago
      My point is that the sticker that OP was talking about is perfectly fine, because who in their right mind would think the opposite?
      - piva00 12d ago
        It's really hard to tell if you're playing dumb just to provoke a reaction or if you genuinely do not get the point. Can you clarify?
        hyperlinerapp 12d ago
        Lores said that: bumper sticker saying "my truck is worth more than your life." My point is that that is a very sensible bumper sticker, because it only applies if someone thinks they want to steal the truck, clearly valuing their life less than the truck, proving the sticker’s point. It’s a common sticker. People who are shot in a robbery (or their kin if they don’t survive) commonly claim “why would the victim who defended themselves value their stuff more than the thief’s life” without failing to consider the thief themselves valued their own life less than the stuff they were attempting to steal. It’s a common sentiment in free places, those who values abiding citizens more than law breaking citizens.
        piva00 11d ago
        > It’s a common sentiment in free places, those who values abiding citizens more than law breaking citizens. Most free places value human life higher than stuff.
        hyperlinerapp 11d ago
        If someone can steal your stuff without you being able to act, then that is not a free place.
        SauciestGNU 11d ago
        Even in the United States it is generally not legal in most jurisdictions to use deadly force to prevent property crimes.
        hyperlinerapp 11d ago
        Most thieves are dumb. They come armed. All you have to look for is a minor threat, and you can show them some business. Like this: https://x.com/libs_ofchicago/status/2099992150532337702?s=46 https://x.com/libs_ofchicago/status/2099992150532337702?s=46

lores 13d ago

Nah. The first thing I saw when I walked out of Anchorage airport is a truck with a bumper sticker saying "my truck is worth more than your life." Every bad thing in the US is a caricature of what caricatures were 50 years ago.

hyperlinerapp 13d ago
What’s wrong with that bumper sticker? From my PoV, it seems odd someone would value someone else’s truck more than their own life!
- Phemist 13d ago
  Nothing wrong indeed with the sticker that says "I value my life more than your truck". Unfortunately that is not the sticker the OP was talking about.
  - hyperlinerapp 12d ago
    My point is that the sticker that OP was talking about is perfectly fine, because who in their right mind would think the opposite?
    - piva00 12d ago
      It's really hard to tell if you're playing dumb just to provoke a reaction or if you genuinely do not get the point. Can you clarify?
      - hyperlinerapp 12d ago
        Lores said that: bumper sticker saying "my truck is worth more than your life." My point is that that is a very sensible bumper sticker, because it only applies if someone thinks they want to steal the truck, clearly valuing their life less than the truck, proving the sticker’s point. It’s a common sticker. People who are shot in a robbery (or their kin if they don’t survive) commonly claim “why would the victim who defended themselves value their stuff more than the thief’s life” without failing to consider the thief themselves valued their own life less than the stuff they were attempting to steal. It’s a common sentiment in free places, those who values abiding citizens more than law breaking citizens.
        piva00 11d ago
        > It’s a common sentiment in free places, those who values abiding citizens more than law breaking citizens. Most free places value human life higher than stuff.
        hyperlinerapp 11d ago
        If someone can steal your stuff without you being able to act, then that is not a free place.
        SauciestGNU 11d ago
        Even in the United States it is generally not legal in most jurisdictions to use deadly force to prevent property crimes.
        hyperlinerapp 11d ago
        Most thieves are dumb. They come armed. All you have to look for is a minor threat, and you can show them some business. Like this: https://x.com/libs_ofchicago/status/2099992150532337702?s=46 https://x.com/libs_ofchicago/status/2099992150532337702?s=46