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Ratcat
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Hang on a minute Ush, so you saying that because the government has a cash surplus, that rather than investing it into education and health, they should spend it on self-promotion...
Actually, I'm stepping back from this one too. As Gundy says it's hard to make a comparision without a decent knowledge of both sides of the equation. My view of the US is very restricted, though I hope to remedy that with an extended spell on the Northern end of the East coast as some point in the next 2 years.
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Ushgarak
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Oh, other people MUST hate him asking about the midichlorians... the MOST stilted and horrible line...
GL- GET A SCRIPT DOCTOR!
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Apr 27th, 2001 07:50 PM |
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Raz
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Ratcat, if you think the US is the biz, why on earth are you living in the UK???
If I thought the US was better than the UK, I would move in a flash.
Heres some negative point for the US:
* Too much violence
* Everyone carrys guns
* Kids kill each other in schools
* They think the American way is the only way
* Still use capital punishment
I could keep listed them....but I don't have the time...
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Apr 27th, 2001 08:05 PM |
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Ushgarak
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Ah, HECK, I thought Gundark and myself had managed to steer this away.
Ok, yeah, fair enough, but you can make a bad list for THIS place as well. And the State system complicates criticism of America as well.
Everyone has ups and downs...
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Apr 27th, 2001 08:12 PM |
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Ratcat
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Small point, getting a working permit is an absolute nightmare. The waiting list for work permits for UK residents who have no family or employee sponsor is over 5 years long.
Gaining permenant resedancy is worse.
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Apr 27th, 2001 08:12 PM |
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Ushgarak
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Location: Chelmsford, Essex, UKCo-Admin
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Hum...
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Apr 27th, 2001 08:14 PM |
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Gundark
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Registered: Oct 2000
Location: Skywalker Ranch
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Well I do agree with Raz on all his points. Its not safe to leave home over here.
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Apr 27th, 2001 08:19 PM |
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Ushgarak
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Crime rates are roughly the same in both countres. The only problem in the US are the guns, which are causing the most amazing murder rates there.
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Apr 27th, 2001 08:23 PM |
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Gundark
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Registered: Oct 2000
Location: Skywalker Ranch
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You never know when somebody is gonna go postal....
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Apr 27th, 2001 08:29 PM |
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Ratcat
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Well, you know when the post man is gonna. After all, it's his job...
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Apr 27th, 2001 08:31 PM |
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finti
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guns dont kill people, people kill people. kind of worn out that one, but it is true though
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Apr 27th, 2001 08:49 PM |
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Gundark
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Registered: Oct 2000
Location: Skywalker Ranch
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Well I guess thats true too...,
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Apr 27th, 2001 08:51 PM |
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Ratcat
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Well that is true. But how many of those who kill with guns were legally licenced to hold them?
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Apr 27th, 2001 08:52 PM |
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Gundark
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Location: Skywalker Ranch
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Not very many I'm sure.
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Apr 27th, 2001 08:53 PM |
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Ushgarak
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FInti- that arguement doesn't work in the States.
Their gun crime rate is LUDICROUS. It's nine times higher than Europe's COMBINED!
So unless you are saying that the average American is a psycho... what other reason can it be but availability?
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Apr 27th, 2001 08:55 PM |
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Ratcat
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That's kinda what I'm thinking. Be an interesting statistic to know.
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Apr 27th, 2001 08:57 PM |
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Gundark
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Location: Skywalker Ranch
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Okay, now I'm a psycho....Norman and I have something in common.
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Apr 27th, 2001 08:58 PM |
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Ratcat
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How can you take all those diverse cultures and combine them under a single statistic. A fairer comparrision would be to look at deaths by gunshot per capita.
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Apr 27th, 2001 09:02 PM |
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Ushgarak
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Location: Chelmsford, Essex, UKCo-Admin
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Look, more people die of gunshot wounds in one day in the States than in one year in the UK.
An average UK Doctor may see one case of gun wounds in his life; a US one, once a week.
That statistic was carefully collected and is good. CLinton used it once.
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Apr 27th, 2001 09:05 PM |
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finti
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of course the argument would work in the states the gun cant act on their own.
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