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Comment · 9 years ago
Bribing was never on the table to be decriminalized, just negligence while serving in a public office.
Comment · 10 years ago
When you say no proof, what would you expect good enough proof? I expect the Russians would never admit to anything.
Comment · 10 years ago
He asked a valid question and passed no judgment. You seem to have a chip on your shoulder.
Comment · 10 years ago
Honestly, when it comes to pilots I want one that has a burning desire to live.
Comment · 11 years ago
It's open source if you use timekit.io (their backend essentially .... ). So not really.
Comment · 11 years ago
No, you open up the Chrome Dev Tools, click the Timeline tab and then start recording. Click a few days in the calendar, stop the recording and then you'll see that after each click it takes 100ms until paint events are shown.
Comment · 11 years ago
Ok, so there are some cases where it helped stop the attack. Going a step further, how many of those had AKs and maybe bullet proof vests? Should everyone have armor piercing bullets too?

How many of the attacks happened because it was easy to get guns in the first place?

A terrorist will always be able to procure guns. But what about an unhappy employee, an angry teenager ?

Arming people is no solution to terrorism.

Comment · 11 years ago
Please give an example of a US terrorist attack on a theater/school/whatever when the citizens stopped the attack.
Comment · 11 years ago
What was the cost of that "safety" ? There is no such thing as a free lunch it seems
Comment · 11 years ago
No, having guns won't help one bit. Just name one attack in the States that has been foiled by a citizen.

What will happen unfortunately is that the surveillance measures will increase exponentially, normal citizens will throw privacy out the window, terror attacks will still happen.

It's the world we live in.

Comment · 11 years ago
I call bullshit on that. Tell me one theater/school/whatever attack in the States that has been foiled by armed citizens.
Comment · 11 years ago
"preying upon his prisoner's fears of the infamous Gestapo". Would you say then that torture (of other people) eventually played a role in the effectiveness of his technique ?
Comment · 11 years ago
I was giving a couple of examples in reply to the "Why is this a topic of conversation?" question. It's not meant to be taken literally as a plan to save someone.

I'm just saying that it's worth having a conversation over.

PS: what's up with the downvotes in this thread ?

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