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Re: Another mass shooting

Posted: Mon Apr 19, 2021 11:59 am
by ousdahl
I saw an interesting take the other day:

Merica is the only country in the world that still operates with a constitution from the 18th century.

One one hand, I think that's cuz our constitution got a lot of things right. We innovated that shit!

but on the other, with specific things like "bear arms," one can't help but wonder if it's defeated its own practical purpose 2 centuries later...

Re: Another mass shooting

Posted: Mon Apr 19, 2021 12:00 pm
by Deleted User 89
TDub wrote: Mon Apr 19, 2021 11:56 am Every single issue takes time to legislate, they are not all connected. How much time was spent legislating s covid relief bill to "help Americans" that saw americans get 9% of the total relief
the bolded part was my exact point

instead of prioritizing legislation time toward things for which there is actually a demonstrable problem, gop-led states are instead fabricating a problem to legislate.

Re: Another mass shooting

Posted: Mon Apr 19, 2021 12:06 pm
by TDub
So you should be mad about all the current and ongoing legislation then

Re: Another mass shooting

Posted: Mon Apr 19, 2021 12:07 pm
by ousdahl
yeah

why address actual problems when you could just provoke the culture wars instead?

Re: Another mass shooting

Posted: Mon Apr 19, 2021 12:29 pm
by Deleted User 89
TDub wrote: Mon Apr 19, 2021 12:06 pm So you should be mad about all the current and ongoing legislation then
if it’s aimed at a problem that doesn’t exist, absolutely

Re: Another mass shooting

Posted: Mon Apr 19, 2021 12:35 pm
by TDub
It is an increasingly emerging scenario that will require some adjusting as a nation to figure out

Re: Another mass shooting

Posted: Mon Apr 19, 2021 12:49 pm
by Deleted User 89
TDub wrote: Mon Apr 19, 2021 12:35 pm It is an increasingly emerging scenario that will require some adjusting as a nation to figure out
have you seen any real-world scenarios where it’s been a problem?

i know here in utah, the (pub) governor wouldn’t sign a bill at least in part because there haven’t been any actual issues

Re: Another mass shooting

Posted: Mon Apr 19, 2021 12:53 pm
by Deleted User 89
it seems that state legislatures are going out of their way to further ostracize a group of kids that are already in the cross hairs of their peers, when there are much more pressing issues they should be addressing

Re: Another mass shooting

Posted: Mon Apr 19, 2021 4:04 pm
by Deleted User 89

Re: Another mass shooting

Posted: Tue Apr 20, 2021 11:25 am
by ousdahl

Re: Another mass shooting

Posted: Tue Apr 27, 2021 2:15 pm
by ousdahl
So I try to not talk about work here any more, no really.

But we just had a maintenance guy accidentally open a room door that he thought was unoccupied but it turns out it was, didn’t even go in, just open the door say oops sorry and close the door.

Honest mistake, right? Except that y’all tourists legit almost shot him about it.

Re: Another mass shooting

Posted: Tue Apr 27, 2021 2:49 pm
by Overlander
ousdahl wrote: Tue Apr 27, 2021 2:15 pm So I try to not talk about work here any more, no really.

But we just had a maintenance guy accidentally open a room door that he thought was unoccupied but it turns out it was, didn’t even go in, just open the door say oops sorry and close the door.

Honest mistake, right? Except that y’all tourists legit almost shot him about it.
"Except that y’all tourists legit almost shot him about it." Sounds made up.

Re: Another mass shooting

Posted: Tue Apr 27, 2021 3:01 pm
by ousdahl
Okay, they weren’t able to draw in the 2 seconds it took the maintenance to say sorry and close the door, but they then called the front desk and said if it happens again they’re blasting.

Re: Another mass shooting

Posted: Tue Apr 27, 2021 3:06 pm
by MICHHAWK
ousdahl wrote: Tue Apr 27, 2021 3:01 pm but they then called the front desk and said if it happens again they’re blasting.
sounds like a classy establishment with an upscale clientele.

Re: Another mass shooting

Posted: Tue Apr 27, 2021 3:08 pm
by ousdahl
Y’all got that right!

Re: Another mass shooting

Posted: Thu Apr 29, 2021 10:56 am
by Deleted User 89
https://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/ ... 06109.html

5 dead, including 2 sheriff’s deputies, in North Carolina standoff, officials say

Re: Another mass shooting

Posted: Thu Apr 29, 2021 11:32 am
by jfish26
That's a check-mark for Thursday.

Re: Another mass shooting

Posted: Thu Apr 29, 2021 11:45 am
by jhawks99
I hate it when this thread gets bumped.

Re: Another mass shooting

Posted: Wed May 26, 2021 12:17 pm
by NewtonHawk11
You up?

Re: Another mass shooting

Posted: Wed May 26, 2021 2:44 pm
by Deleted User 880
Just another day in the United States of America.