This is because 1) we don't really teach history in the U.S. and 2) our society's. propaganda has always been delivered with more finesse because we have Madison Avenue.

melody is a genius.

In all seriousness, I don't know why people think there's some sacred no-food zone that opens up when you start a workout.

Chocolate milk is an old favorite among lifters...

It could very well be that the situation in China is a case of the state and of society in general seeing a huge problem where the actual educated women do not see a problem or see a different...

Why isn't Mike C freaking out over this use of the word evolution?

They're also illegal in a lot of places.

That is a question that doesn't have a general answer. I think you know that.

Since you appear to totally agree with everything I've said about guns in self defense situations on this thread, I really don't understand what you mean when you tell me I'm erecting a straw man.
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Interesting how? People will commit crimes with what is available to them.

Where do I say that guns never help?

I'm responding to djl236's specific claim that a gun would have helped in the specific scenario he describes with the college kids and the Crips. I'm saying...

While I'm totally on board with the idea that the wars/occupations in the ME involve some really terrible things that we ("the West") inflict on the people there, I still think it's deeply...

Mass shootings are not common enough to merit sweeping changes to a right that Americans consider fundamental.



My eyes glazed over a bit after the first couple paragraphs. I thought that...

The U.S. sees a lot of machete attacks. Many of them in places where we have permissive carry laws.

Violent crime is down, actually.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2013/apr/25/uk-crime-falls-official-figures

Even the Daily Mail acknowledges the fall in crime.

Your heart knowledge is not particularly compelling as an argument.

I'm not really sure why you bring Obama and health care into this. I think you make assumptions about my views on these things...

This isn't strictly true. Guns have become every more numerous and readily available than ever in the U.S. over the last 20 years, and homicide rates have plummeted during this time. Prohibition of...

Everything is about guns to Americans.

This is a whole lot of speculation.

@Switch: Sometimes simply showing a gun can stop an impending violent incident.

@djl236: Or one of the college kids could have drawn and provoked the shooter...

You realize there are other ways in which people are categorized by race than anti-miscegenation laws?
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Scientific_racism_irish.jpg

And if it didn't happen...

You can't just make shit up because you want it to be true. Why are you conflating all bar fights with some kind of shitty B movie scenario involving broken bottles?

In the U.S., the FBI decides...

Stabbings are not uncommon here, either. You specifically mentioned "decaptitations in the street". If you mean "stabbings", say what you mean. Stop being a shitty writer. It's getting annoying....