Getting shot usually hurts more than getting hit with a bat.
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Getting shot usually hurts more than getting hit with a bat.
Did the number of violent crimes that resulted in someone dieing go down?
I can attest to this being very wrong.Quote:
Originally Posted by dave is ok
Ramon's been shot like, 19 times, yo
Depends where you get shot and how clean the entry is. A bat can be lethal because of the concussive blows to the body and the residual internal injuries that follow. I've shot a lot of people to test this. That or I watch the History and Discovery Channels a lot. I'm all for a reduction in crime and violence, but most crime that can be prevented is prevented through opportunity and education. Career criminals aren't going to give a fuck if guns or ANY weapons are banned, and crimes of passion just happen because someone snaps.
http://www.the-nextlevel.com/board/a...1&d=1275596315Quote:
Originally Posted by Dolemite
This is true, but I'm on the other side - I'm okay with cutting spending on these things. Especially since there's a good chunk of change simply spent on keeping the machine going, not in actual payouts to beneficiaries of such programs.Quote:
Originally Posted by Razor Ramon
Which is why it gets me so angry that, any time a state or local government DOES make a cut to public programs, everyone cries foul. What else do they want? In CA, we have no fucking money and yet college students happily protest once-a-month mandatory furloughs, than really look at the issue and ask why we got to this point, and what steps can we take to get out of it.
No one wants to tighten their belts anymore. They want entitlements AND for free, and piss and moan anytime the slightest shift towards responsibility kicks in. They cry that they shouldn't have to pay for it - make the 'rich' do it. Problem in that is when business see that antagonistic approach to their bottom lines, they run. Thus 'the rich' becomes an ambiguous term - it meant "making over $250,000+" when Obama campaigned and now it's like "making over $200,000" right?
(Weren't there riots in France a few years back that happened for essentially the same reasons? Government said they were making policies just slightly less entitled and people lost their shit.)
This might be a rumor but something I've heard a lot this week while at the medical convention with my Dad is that in 10 years they will faze in a competency test for Doctors. They're also going to not let Doctors put labs into their practice and refer their own patents to it.
Many of the doctors are having trouble understanding the new bill. The general consensus on why this is, is because doctors don't like to compromise care for cost. And the writer of the bill, politicians are all about cutting cost and compromising.
The French protest everytime the government brings up taking away anything - which is why France is pretty much the most awesome place to live ever.