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Damn glad I don't live in America. When an author is too meticulous about his style, you may presume that his mind is frivolous and his content flimsy. Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Yep. When an author is too meticulous about his style, you may presume that his mind is frivolous and his content flimsy. Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Ya But I have had my turns at it too This is an emotional event Some want to make is stop They see guns as the issue Remove the guns this will stop Thats what happened here in the UK... It didn't work. Now the gun-o-phobes have become the knife-o-phobes? This is apparently a case in which the mother knew she had an emotionally disturbed child. She chose to have guns in her house that she failed to secure. In all fairness, I'm sure she never thought he would do something like this, but had she secured her guns, this event may never have happened. No need to become knife phobic, theres still plenty of hand guns around just now they're all owned by the criminals. When an author is too meticulous about his style, you may presume that his mind is frivolous and his content flimsy. Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Ya But I have had my turns at it too This is an emotional event Some want to make is stop They see guns as the issue Remove the guns this will stop Thats what happened here in the UK... It didn't work. When an author is too meticulous about his style, you may presume that his mind is frivolous and his content flimsy. Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Banning guns is just another way of trying to suppress the symptoms. Shootings in schools happen with a mind boggling frequency in the USA, the problem is not guns but one of mental illness and sick society. Fix those social and cultural problems and you will stop school shootings and guns no longer become the issue. Treat the cause of the mental health issues of the murderer and the issue is dealt with. When an author is too meticulous about his style, you may presume that his mind is frivolous and his content flimsy. Lucius Annaeus Seneca

My apologies When an author is too meticulous about his style, you may presume that his mind is frivolous and his content flimsy. Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Take a look at Chicago's homicide rate with those restrictions. It's been really effective, hasn't it? INDEED IT WAS, THE HOMICIDE RATE WAS DECREASING PRIOR TO THE BAN BEING OVERTURNED, AND NOW IT IS GOING BACK UP UP. Homicides in Chicago 1990-2012 1990: 851[6] 1991: 927[7] 1992: 943[7] 1993: 855[7] 1994: 931[7] 1995: 828[7] 1996: 796[7] 1997: 761[7] 1998: 704[7] 1999: 643[7] 2000: 633[7] 2001: 667[7] 2002: 656[7] 2003: 601[7] 2004: 453[7] 2005: 451[7] 2006: 471[7] 2007: 448[7] 2008: 513[7] 2009: 459[7] 2010: 436[7] 2011: 433[7] 2012: 488(to date)[8] Correlation does not imply causation, you know better than that, disingenuous sir disingenuous. When an author is too meticulous about his style, you may presume that his mind is frivolous and his content flimsy. Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Thats a lot of sticking plasters, you'd be better off treating the disease rather than trying to suppress the symptoms. When an author is too meticulous about his style, you may presume that his mind is frivolous and his content flimsy. Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Machete attacks on school children have happened When an author is too meticulous about his style, you may presume that his mind is frivolous and his content flimsy. Lucius Annaeus Seneca

You don't have a problem with guns, you have a problem with your culture. When an author is too meticulous about his style, you may presume that his mind is frivolous and his content flimsy. Lucius Annaeus Seneca

LOL When an author is too meticulous about his style, you may presume that his mind is frivolous and his content flimsy. Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Last time I checked, there was a personal Al Quaeda memo saying: "The drones are terribly more effective than the ground warfare they conducted" At recruiting more recruits. When an author is too meticulous about his style, you may presume that his mind is frivolous and his content flimsy. Lucius Annaeus Seneca

There are some really sick people in this world. When an author is too meticulous about his style, you may presume that his mind is frivolous and his content flimsy. Lucius Annaeus Seneca

I believe they excuse it by calling it 'American English' old boy. When an author is too meticulous about his style, you may presume that his mind is frivolous and his content flimsy. Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Great thread In what way do you mean? Very interesting, can you elaborate and give us an example maybe? When an author is too meticulous about his style, you may presume that his mind is frivolous and his content flimsy. Lucius Annaeus Seneca

The POTUS? When an author is too meticulous about his style, you may presume that his mind is frivolous and his content flimsy. Lucius Annaeus Seneca

I agree, and its not their first time either I don't know how these idiots are still on air, disgraceful. When an author is too meticulous about his style, you may presume that his mind is frivolous and his content flimsy. Lucius Annaeus Seneca

I see, I haven't seen that before I suspect its a US custom the OP makes sense now, thanks. When an author is too meticulous about his style, you may presume that his mind is frivolous and his content flimsy. Lucius Annaeus Seneca

In a word, no. A mouning band can be worn by anyone in mourning for anyone. Its a sign to others that the person is in a period of official mourning. A years ago everyone in mourning wore them. Today you will often see football players wear them for teamates and former club players who have died. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Sj3_0cmfT4 What makes you ask? When an author is too meticulous about his style, you may presume that his mind is frivolous and his content flimsy. Lucius Annaeus Seneca

I highly doubt that I am the only one who calls this love afair with anything uniform adoration. And your above examples are not similar. When was the last time you randomly walked into a hospital and thanked nurses and doctors. Being nice is not something over the top. I am Canadian, we are known for being overly nice and polite. There is a difference between being nice and walking up to a cop only to say thank you. Exactly. When an author is too meticulous about his style, you may presume that his mind is frivolous and his content flimsy. Lucius Annaeus Seneca

You must hang around assholes. I always thank the nurse and doctor at visits For that matter - I also try to make a point to show appreciation to my team members here at work. I purposely try to thank support staff regularly and randomly here at work also - (our admins, the security guy at our entrance, the guy that cleans our toilets). Seems it would nice to be acknowledged more than just once a year during performance appraisals - even by strangers. But I do consider law enforcement and firefighters and servicemen to be people that I'll always just say 'thanks for serving'. It's not a big deal and just casual in introductions. But a bit different to the other items where I just consider it decent to considerate to others. Dekker calls it 'adoration', I don't get that idea that just being nice is something over the top......, courtesy and appreciation isn't that difficult and it's a little thing but much appreciated. Unless they're assholes, then I just ignore them. really, what's the harm? No harm, in fact being polite makes the world a nicer place, maybe not you but it seems that some people will just walk up to strangers in uniform and thank them for their service which is somewhat different to thanking a healthcare professional at an appointment. When an author is too meticulous about his style, you may presume that his mind is frivolous and his content flimsy. Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Whats the difference? Well in Egypt there is a brown man in power whereas in the USA... Erm, never mind. When an author is too meticulous about his style, you may presume that his mind is frivolous and his content flimsy. Lucius Annaeus Seneca

yeah - what's our problem. thanking people that do a job, for not much pay, sometimes putting themselves in harms way, that's all about protecting us from bad people or bad events silly americans I'll personally be sure to find someone that works in a novelty toy store and thank them for false poop. How about people who work in hospitals, I never hear people thanking them for their service? When an author is too meticulous about his style, you may presume that his mind is frivolous and his content flimsy. Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Nice one Kennedy When an author is too meticulous about his style, you may presume that his mind is frivolous and his content flimsy. Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Sorry don't get it? When an author is too meticulous about his style, you may presume that his mind is frivolous and his content flimsy. Lucius Annaeus Seneca