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Well, you should. Dumbass.

Gun laws vary from state to state. Some gun laws are extremely strict while others are fairly weak. Why are there more strict in some states than others? I would say due to the amount of gun related crimes, and the overall political view of the state. This is a democracy, after all. The popular opinion is the one that should come out on top.

Thing is, there is a point where gun laws can get too strict. What if the government gets so corrupt that a militia does need to go against their government? I am sure when I said "this is a democracy" in my previous paragraph at least one person thought "Yea, right... maybe if our votes actually mattered." or something along those lines. We do vote for who we want to place in office, but it is no secret that this is not a perfect system. If the system gets out of whack enough, we will still need to have the ability to be able to rise against the government and protect ourselves from tyranny.

This demonstration is a direct representation to see if it is still possible for people to create such a militia. The law says we can, but giving the current popular opinion of the country, is it even possible? The intent of these people are not to overthrow the government (which is, no shit, illegal as hell). In washington DC, a civilian cannot even get a concealed handgun permit if they had good reason to, which I think is kinda bullshit.

I'm aware of why the right to bear arms exists. I get that. I don't necessarily agree with the outdated justification but, along with the reasoning for the protest, I get it. What I don't get is how this will help your position. If you threaten any government with armed revolt - and let's be honest, despite the claims of peaceful protest, it is still a threat - it will respond defensively, regardless of whether it is corrupt, fascist or democratic (see: my earlier point in regards to the October Revolution). This will not loosen gun laws in any way whatsoever, if anything it will do the opposite, giving politicians a reason to enforce them even further.

It is the sort of half-baked idea that one would expect from libertarians; completely idealistic, ill thought out and - at best - achieving absolutely nothing.

Now lets say your scenario does play out where shots are fired and people start dying. What does this mean? First, it means that the people who took part in this march were not "peaceful protesters" and were in fact terrorists with a very elaborate plan. The only reason a government official will fire is if they feel that their or someone else's life is in danger, meaning a participant of this march points their loaded weapon at someone else. That is clear ill intent which means intelligence failed to get a proper background on the organizer of this event. Since this is a march on Washington DC, it is a potential threat to national security so you can bet US intelligence agencies are following this with a close eye. Depending on what they come up with will determine the government's reaction to this event. This is not anything out of left field like 9/11, the Oklahoma bombings, or any other terrorist attack (it is posted on facebook for God's sake) so I expect this event to be handled extremely well. However, if your scenario does play out for whatever reason, that will just prove the government's sheer incompetence in being able to protect their own people, which is a signal that it may be time for a significant change. Not an american revolution change, but still a change.

You misunderstand. I'm not saying that it is a plan, or that the organisers are terrorists. What I am saying is that you have thousands of potentially angry and rowdy people with loaded guns. These people are not soldiers: they are not drilled, there is no discipline or command structure. This is simply a group of people. There is literally nothing to stop one person acting alone and firing shot at the security that would inevitably turn up. Maybe it would be out of malice, maybe out of nervousness. Either way, out of the number of protesters that are going, you cannot guarantee peoples' behaviour at all. Incidentally, this point once again makes me wonder how much thought was actually put into the protest at all.

^^ Well this goes back to the guns issue again. If these girls were packing do you think the result might have been different?

^ No, but a new preview of the show just came out:



I'm freaking dying after hearing wayne's j-pop song. damn.

The story's not real, but if it were to happen, I'm sure police would catch him in the act with a sting operation, before taking him to the nearest hospital for more sting operations.

I'm oddly kind of disappointed about this.
I mean, I'm sure it'll turn out just fine and all. But Atlus finally makes a game involving various characters from a bunch of their games, and it can't just be a standalone Atlus thing... it has to be a crossover with Fire Emblem. A series which I know nothing about and don't honestly have much interest in...
I'd be all for a game simply grouping together various SMT characters (sort of like Tales of the World, Dissidia, or Ys vs. Sora No Kiseki). But pairing the project up with something like Fire Emblem just feels totally random...
Not as bad as pairing Mortal Kombat with DC superheroes, but still pretty random.
I mean, I can understand fans of both being excited. But to me, a fan of only one side of it, it just feels like "Why this ?"
Not trying to rain on anyone's parade, and I'm not even saying I have a problem with it necessarily... I just don't understand the pairing at all (gothic cyberpunk post-apocalyptic JRPGs/anime-style medieval fantasy SRPGs... eh?), and kind of wish Atlus would just do something like this solely using the SMT property itself.

Worth a quick giggle....

I want this Cadillac for my next pimpmobile....

Luffy to Skeleton " Do you poop?!"

Skeleton "Yes I poop" that was so random.

Apple products are designed for rich people.
if you want an upgrade, simply reach into your solid gold safe and buy yourself a new one that's "better".

It was an analogy for the Nazis.

And I knew this was something that will have to be fought time after time against. All this is going to ultimately achieve is rioting on a massive scale. You can only do invisible things for so long before people finally realize what's going on. People are already fed up with the government in this country.

Syberia, definitely. I have played the second one, Syberia II. (And just noticed that there will be a third one in 2014 or 2015... a third one...)

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hi, welcome to the dojo.

I got my copy from supporting the Indiegogo fund. But you can buy it off Zoya's website right now : http://rupazero.com/

No. Make another season of Sonic SatAM instead..

Capital punishment can also be used to benefit the victims and their families using a more modern approach. With cable and satelite TV in almost every home the infrastructure is now there for pay per view hangings, electrocutions and lethal injections. The victims families could also have more of a say in how those found guilty should be put to death. This would make for more entertaining executions and would boost viewing figures bringing in more much needed cash for the bereaved.
They could make a TV show about this. I've already thought about a perfect name for it already!

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Parties all across Stoke Newington? Really? Are they enjoyable? I don't envy your abundance of trick or treaters though. Well annoying. One year they came in droves and all I had to offer was rich tea biscuits. The look of disappointment each child had on their face when I would give them the biscuits killed a little part of my soul.

You people sound like Ryudo.

I resisted the temptation to post a huge reply to whatever Animedouches post was all about.

But we are officially linked to the main Shenmue site, from right off the bat with the main sites launch and announcement. That's a HUGE deal. And we have over 2 years to go before the games launch!

This is just the very beginning......


Fuck me! WE'RE FAMOUS!!! (Millions of people will read the weird stuff I wrote in 2003/2004!!) \:D/

Does anyone know all the different forums we've gone through? I remember the one before this but that's about it. I followed some of the links you guys put but none of them were the one I am thinking of.

In the very early days we were on forumplanet and then ikonboard, I think. Maybe Andy still has a backup of those on a dusty old hard drive somewhere.

I'd love to go back and read what we were posting on those bad boys. ha

Some stones are better left unturned.

Instead of hitting your wife and/or children and/or brothers, you should all come together and hit someone who deserves it! Like a banker, or an investor or the CEO of anything!

Thanks for dropping in to remind us how much of a twat you are, jeff.

I'm from the greatest and most free country on this beautiful planet, country of the most successful missions in space, winner of every single World Series, Superbowl, back to back world war champs, and winner of nearly every gold medal in the olympics (Basketball) the god blessed United States of America. I live right in the center of freedom and independence, Washington DC.

God bless.
~el snip~
Every American I've met has told me DC is a shithole.

Nah, just ignore the poor people, like any aristocrat would.


Jays won in '92 and '93.
Nice try ;)

Canadia is America's hat. Our border is pretty much unprotected, they might as well be Americans. Them winning the world series is acceptable because we allowed it, obviously. The 4th of july is coming up, you better do your duty by at least eating one hot dog or hamburger.

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Fuck Hellraiser???

Here it is!

Surprised it's not here already but fuck it lets start talking about it innit.

So, what say you? Do you agree with what women say about the glass ceiling effect? Personally, in all employments I've been in it's never been an issue, that's not to say it doesn't happen but I've never seen it exist. I believe in feminism, but only on the scale of everyone being equal, and that's what feminists bleat on about all the time; "we only want everything to be level". Well... why don't we call it humanism... or equalism? It's because a number of feminists don't want that, they are keen to be above males, and it doesn't matter whether they're legitimately better, but because they've got a vagina in the 21st century that automatically makes them better than you. Try picking up something heavy. What? Can't do it? Make me a fucking sandwich.

mue26 is exempt from replying to this topic as he doesn't have prior experience with teh femz

If you're a feminist who's fighting for basic human rights for women in ass-backwards countries that don't have them, or you're fighting against a serious problem like domestic violence, then you have my respect.

If you keep talking about the debunked wage gap myth, put "trigger" before anything you write, and use the word "rape" describe things outside the legal definition (that guy looked at me funny--he totally raped me), then you probably have a gender studies degree, a keyboard, and too much time on your hands.

This is Malaya Joya. She ran a clinic and school for girls back when that could get you killed by the Taliban. She later went on to speak out against former warlords joining Parliament. She's had many death threats and attacks on her person.

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This is Melody Hensley. She claims she got PTSD from cyber-bullying. She says her PTSD is on the same level as war veterans.

http://i.imgur.com/d3CXjwa.jpg

One of these women is a feminist. The other is a "social justice warrior" feminist. Can you guess which one is which?

Riku Rose wrote:Honestly if I was a virgin at 30 years old though I'd just pay for it and get it over with.[/color]

Just by suggesting he do that you should be arrested as an accessory in an attempted rape. Typical male savage.