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by sDlEzAtyoNAz 8y ago
The dogma of Catholicism did not destroy the clan structure in Europe, though it was certainly used by those who did. It was the humans running the church, who had particular political objectives relevant to the time and place which are not
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by sDlEzAtyoNAz 8y ago
>Even if everyone did it (they don't; most countries have nowhere near the necessary capabilities), it does not follow that all can or do do it to the same extent. My comment does not assume that everyone does it or that everyone do
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by sDlEzAtyoNAz 8y ago
You're just re-iterating what I replied to, without addressing what I said. Sometimes, not playing the game is suicide.
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by sDlEzAtyoNAz 8y ago
There are still people there with power/influence. Hacking the election won't do you much good, but manipulating those people certainly might.
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by sDlEzAtyoNAz 8y ago
>"Everyone does it" is a piss poor excuse for pretty much anything. It's really not. If doing "it" gives you some advantage, and not doing "it" means you're going to get outcompeted by someone else
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by sDlEzAtyoNAz 8y ago
>Can you see how the guns aren't working? I can see that they're not an automatic cure-all for violence. There are parts of the US with extremely high gun ownership rates, and virtually no crime. And there are parts of the US w
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by sDlEzAtyoNAz 8y ago
I'm talking about the ~6 million estimated violent crimes that occur each year. Many, many of those are deadly threats. Any that involve a weapon are automatically deadly threats. Any involving multiple attackers are deadly threats. An
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by sDlEzAtyoNAz 8y ago
>i don't have gun in my place and feel perfectly safe about violent criminals Perhaps you are. I don't know where you live. >violent crimes are very rare here in Europe where i live, especially during burglary I hope it stay
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by sDlEzAtyoNAz 8y ago
Crime victimization surveys. The 'actual statistics' you refer to are reported crimes, i.e. crimes which were reported to the police and which the police took the time to record. They vastly underrepresent the actual number of cri
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by sDlEzAtyoNAz 8y ago
>What do you need a weapon of killing for? Are you denying that there are situations in which a gun will incapacitate a deadly threat but pepper spray will not?
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by sDlEzAtyoNAz 8y ago
That's hugely dependent on who you are and where you live and so on, but there are estimated to be around 6 million violent crimes per year, or about 55 people per violent crime. Of course many people are victimized more than once, so
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by sDlEzAtyoNAz 8y ago
>Against what? In the US, that would be against the individuals who collectively commit millions of violent crimes per year (surveys indicate this number easily exceeds 5 million per year).
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by sDlEzAtyoNAz 8y ago
>Ad hominem attack required because factual statements do not support any of your arguments. No other statement is required to address yours because it's a naked assertion. >Well, if your statement is factually correct, then the
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by sDlEzAtyoNAz 8y ago
>Does that really happen enough to worry about? Yes, of course it does. There are literally millions of violent crimes in the US in any given year. >Should I spend my money on a newer, safer car or a gun? I leave that to you to decide
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by sDlEzAtyoNAz 8y ago
>You don't wish to go here as the statistics are against you. What a hilariously arrogant statement. >Gun owners are far more likely to have their gun fired in an accident or in a suicide than as genuine defense against a crimina
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by sDlEzAtyoNAz 8y ago
You also have a substantially reduced ability to defend your families against violent criminals that live in your country, so there's kind of a trade off there. And no, violent criminals don't need guns to hurt you. People have be
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by sDlEzAtyoNAz 8y ago
I'm not sure what it would mean for a speed to be "safe in general". What is the general case? Whether a particular speed is safe or not is situation dependent, and the situation absolutely includes the quality of the drivers
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by sDlEzAtyoNAz 8y ago
If you look at the low level of fatalities on the autobahn, I don't see how you can argue those speeds are unsafe.
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by sDlEzAtyoNAz 8y ago
Are you suggesting those "excessive" velocities are not actually safe?
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by sDlEzAtyoNAz 8y ago
If I do indeed have no idea what I'm talking about, you have done nothing to change that.
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by sDlEzAtyoNAz 8y ago
>By that measure, then, the extent to which sick people are covered simply comes down to how much "charity" healthy people are willing to volunteer. That is reality. If you can't afford something yourself, then you're
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by sDlEzAtyoNAz 8y ago
What do you think I said that I will feel differently about when I'm older and sicker? You made a bunch of claims about the nature of the health insurance market, and I pointed out that your claims were bogus. What feelings are involve
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by sDlEzAtyoNAz 8y ago
>So, a free market is ineffective at allocating resources in healthcare. It doesn't suspend reality, that's for sure. If you don't have the resources to pay for your own healthcare, and don't have the resources to pay
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by sDlEzAtyoNAz 8y ago
>Demonstrably so. Just look at pre-Obamacare "high risk pools" for concrete examples. I'm obviously not talking about individuals who are so expensive to profitably insure that they can't afford the premiums. I'v
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by sDlEzAtyoNAz 8y ago
>So you raise prices for them, and they get kicked out, too. They only get kicked out if no one will offer them prices that they can afford and that they want to pay for. Why do you expect that would happen? >Until they do get sick, a
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by sDlEzAtyoNAz 8y ago
>You're okay with a society where people die on the street because they didn't have enough wealth? I didn't take a position on whether or not I'm okay with a society where people die in the street if they don't h
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by sDlEzAtyoNAz 8y ago
>Everyone is at potential risk for needing something like a transplant eventually. Not everyone is at equal risk, and many choices people make can have an impact on that risk. That's the point of this thread. >Making the pool lar
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by sDlEzAtyoNAz 8y ago
Also shockingly, if you already know you need a heart transplant, you're well beyond the point where any market-based risk pool is going to offer to pay for your transplant in exchange for a premium that's below the cost of your t
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by sDlEzAtyoNAz 8y ago
If they can't afford to pay anyone enough to insure them, they should ask for charity, because that's what they need.