On 8 October 2013 17:45, meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net wrote:
Suppose his research showed that liberalized concealed carry laws
reduced gun violence (a popular argument among gun-rights advocates). Then
he wouldn't be gagged. So he was assuming the opposite conclusion in order
to infer
On 07 Oct 2013, at 22:58, John Mikes wrote:
Bruno: you wrote:
The US constitution is very good, but is not really followed, and
things like prohibition have put bandits into power, who have broken
the important separation of powers.
Lobbying and the role of money in politics should be
On 08 Oct 2013, at 00:01, LizR wrote:
One thing wrong with the US constitution is that the right to bear
arms meant muskets and flintlock pistols at the time, but has been
extended to, for example, semi-automatic weapons. The people who
wrote it were only aware of single-shot weapons,
On 8 October 2013 21:24, Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be wrote:
On 08 Oct 2013, at 00:01, LizR wrote:
One thing wrong with the US constitution is that the right to bear arms
meant muskets and flintlock pistols at the time, but has been extended to,
for example, semi-automatic weapons. The
On Tuesday, October 8, 2013 4:15:29 AM UTC-4, Bruno Marchal wrote:
On 07 Oct 2013, at 22:58, John Mikes wrote:
Bruno: you wrote:
*The US constitution is very good, but is not really followed, and things
like prohibition have put bandits into power, who have broken the important
On 08 Oct 2013, at 14:06, Craig Weinberg wrote:
On Tuesday, October 8, 2013 4:15:29 AM UTC-4, Bruno Marchal wrote:
On 07 Oct 2013, at 22:58, John Mikes wrote:
Bruno: you wrote:
The US constitution is very good, but is not really followed, and
things like prohibition have put bandits
On 06 Oct 2013, at 18:08, Alberto G. Corona wrote:
Some academies are just prostituted to rotten (sometime) politics,
often just to get enough funding to survive.
Money is not the problem. Black, obscure and grey money is the
problem.
Wait, this is indeed the most fundamental question!
Bruno: you wrote:
*The US constitution is very good, but is not really followed, and things
like prohibition have put bandits into power, who have broken the important
separation of powers.*
*Lobbying and the role of money in politics should be revised. But we are a
bit out of topic here, I
One thing wrong with the US constitution is that the right to bear arms
meant muskets and flintlock pistols at the time, but has been extended to,
for example, semi-automatic weapons. The people who wrote it were only
aware of single-shot weapons, even the colt revolver hadn't been invented!
If
On 10/7/2013 3:01 PM, LizR wrote:
One thing wrong with the US constitution is that the right to bear arms meant muskets
and flintlock pistols at the time, but has been extended to, for example, semi-automatic
weapons. The people who wrote it were only aware of single-shot weapons, even the colt
Yes of course it's mostly handguns, just as most deaths aren't due to mass
shootings. Handguns are more common (cheaper, and easier to conceal if you
intend to commit a crime). Firearms cause around 30,000 deaths/year in the
US, apparently (plus about 70,000 injuries) - about the same number as
On 10/7/2013 4:14 PM, LizR wrote:
Yes of course it's mostly handguns, just as most deaths aren't due to mass shootings.
Handguns are more common (cheaper, and easier to conceal if you intend to commit a
crime). Firearms cause around 30,000 deaths/year in the US,
Of which 2/3 were suicides. I
On 8 October 2013 12:57, meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net wrote:
On 10/7/2013 4:14 PM, LizR wrote:
Yes of course it's mostly handguns, just as most deaths aren't due to
mass shootings. Handguns are more common (cheaper, and easier to conceal if
you intend to commit a crime). Firearms cause
On 10/7/2013 5:29 PM, LizR wrote:
On 8 October 2013 12:57, meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net mailto:meeke...@verizon.net
wrote:
On 10/7/2013 4:14 PM, LizR wrote:
Yes of course it's mostly handguns, just as most deaths aren't due to mass
shootings. Handguns are more common (cheaper,
I've found the article I read...
http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/new_scientist/2013/10/gun_violence_epidemiology_garen_wintemute_on_mental_illness_and_background.html
Unfortunately I haven't been able to find where I read that there would be
restrictions on what research into
Oops, silly me, it was in the very same article. I missed it when I skimmed
through to check...
*TO: After recent mass shootings, hasn't funding for gun violence research
received more attention?*
*GM:* There is a proposal in Congress to allow for $10 million in
research funding. But I suspect
On 10/7/2013 8:15 PM, LizR wrote:
Oops, silly me, it was in the very same article. I missed it when I skimmed through to
check...
*TO: After recent mass shootings, hasn't funding for gun violence research
received
more attention?*
*GM:* There is a proposal in Congress to allow for
On 8 October 2013 16:36, meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net wrote:
On 10/7/2013 8:15 PM, LizR wrote:
Oops, silly me, it was in the very same article. I missed it when I
skimmed through to check...
*TO: After recent mass shootings, hasn't funding for gun violence
research received more
On 10/7/2013 9:08 PM, LizR wrote:
On 8 October 2013 16:36, meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net mailto:meeke...@verizon.net
wrote:
On 10/7/2013 8:15 PM, LizR wrote:
Oops, silly me, it was in the very same article. I missed it when I skimmed
through
to check...
*TO: After recent
Some academies are just prostituted to rotten (sometime) politics, often
just to get enough funding to survive.
Money is not the problem. Black, obscure and grey money is the problem.
Wait, this is indeed the most fundamental question!
*How knowledge interact with money and power in
On 10/6/2013 9:08 AM, Alberto G. Corona wrote:
Some academies are just prostituted to rotten (sometime) politics, often
just to get
enough funding to survive.
Money is not the problem. Black, obscure and grey money is the problem.
Wait, this is indeed the most fundamental
2013/10/6 meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net
On 10/6/2013 9:08 AM, Alberto G. Corona wrote:
Some academies are just prostituted to rotten (sometime) politics,
often just to get enough funding to survive.
Money is not the problem. Black, obscure and grey money is the problem.
Wait, this
On 10/6/2013 1:02 PM, Alberto G. Corona wrote:
2013/10/6 meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net mailto:meeke...@verizon.net
On 10/6/2013 9:08 AM, Alberto G. Corona wrote:
Some academies are just prostituted to rotten (sometime) politics,
often just
to get enough funding to
On 7 October 2013 13:12, meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net wrote:
All you've done is fuzzy up uncertainty reduction so it can serve as an
explanation for anything. That was my objection of Nietzsche's will to
power: In a straightforward reading it's false. After enough explication
it's turned
On 7 October 2013 09:02, Alberto G. Corona agocor...@gmail.com wrote:
But there is something altruistic also (well the former is not so egoistic
at last) Sir Helmunt Hillary climbed the Everest not only for himself, but
for England. Because he wanted the flag of England to wave above all
On 7 October 2013 13:26, LizR lizj...@gmail.com wrote:
On 7 October 2013 09:02, Alberto G. Corona agocor...@gmail.com wrote:
But there is something altruistic also (well the former is not so
egoistic at last) Sir Helmunt Hillary climbed the Everest not only for
himself, but for England.
On 10/6/2013 5:24 PM, LizR wrote:
On 7 October 2013 13:12, meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net mailto:meeke...@verizon.net
wrote:
All you've done is fuzzy up uncertainty reduction so it can serve as an
explanation for anything. That was my objection of Nietzsche's will to
power: In
a
On 7 October 2013 14:20, meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net wrote:
On 10/6/2013 5:24 PM, LizR wrote:
On 7 October 2013 13:12, meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net wrote:
All you've done is fuzzy up uncertainty reduction so it can serve as
an explanation for anything. That was my objection of
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