I’m not sure I’d agree that tackling system factors would be required for a gun ban to reduce deaths - though some of those factors arguably could have more impact than the ban would.
I think one of those systemic issues is that the US has an unhealthy relationship with guns, from my understanding they’re often treated like toys rather than lethal weapons, and I think strict regulation would help combat that too.
Sure, but you absolutely were being condescending and obfuscating - my point was valid regardless of who “started it”
YSK, your reply is the equivalent of: cutting your nose to spite your face
Being a dick to people who otherwise might actually be amenable to your point of view actively works against your goals
Look at that - I know big boy words too
They gained seats, yes, but 4 seats isn’t exactly a landslide. They’re a force in local politics, but at the national level, they’re just really not a major player - at least not yet
I don’t think there’s a valid moral argument for burning anybody alive
Oh yes, because clearly the intended reading of that comment was “you deserve to be free from the AI” /s
Holy shit, you hear someone is so lonely that their only friend is a computer system, and your takeaway is that they deserve to be alone? Have some fucking empathy
Hey, this is my screenshot I posted on Reddit a few years back!
People get a bit grumpy when you “permanently maim a bunch of people to see what happens”
Idk sounds like liberal bullshit to me /s
Ignoring the fact that that’s a very silly sentence under most interpretations, what does that have to do with whether there was a large German Jewish community in the 1940s?
Figured what out?
The VAST majority of Muslims are just regular, kind people who don’t murder their families.
It’s almost like there’s a large-scale war going on nearby for the first time in decades, or something
There may have been a small uptick overall, but that one is disproportionately insane, I think
I mean, they’re right that it’s not FOSS - the F is free as in available to anybody who may wish to use it, which is incompatible with defining who is allowed
It is worth noting, though, that Iran did just refuse to meet their obligations under that non-proliferation agreement (regular inspections of nuclear infra, etc) for the first time since 2003.
But I do agree that there’s worrying echoes of the Iraq war here, given Israel seems to be the only country claiming to have evidence of active nuclear weapons development
I broadly agree, but I think there’s a bit of a “correlation is not causation” effect at play, too
I would expect people who are very career-focused would prioritise socialising less, and also be more willing to do a long commute for a job they are highly invested in. But the reduced socialising wouldn’t necessarily be caused by the commuting (not entirely, at least).
Are you saying that because you genuinely believe your statement isn’t an instance of the slippery slope fallacy, or because you want to insult me?
The state of Israel is behaving like Nazis, not “Jews”.
And nothing - especially not other people acting like fascists - legitimates supporting a man who systematically executed millions on the basis of religion and ethnicity.