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What you describe in not unique to civilians and is unaltered by military training. I have seen Marines fail to return fire because they couldn't shoot at another human being. This response is based in the cultural pounding on the sixth commandment we all experience. Fortunately for those Marines, I am a pagan and a fairly good shot. It is a shame the commandments and Christianity has gotten so watered down in the past 100 years. Over time translations and meanings shift, and if you didn't have prior knowledge, its easy to get caught up in new translation. The original commandant was "thou shall not murder", meaning no unlawful killing, nothing that could result in bloodguilt. Killing in War and for Survival was expected. Or as the John Wayne stated in "Big Jake", "There are two reasons to kill. Survival and Meat". A layman would assume meat and survival correlate to the same thing, but "Survival" was a polite version of stating killing someone to prevent them from killing you is acceptable.

Is this a serious question or just your search for a good opportunity to place your own - fantasy based - answer? And i also do not get your logic with Chicago, Washington DC, Baltimore Maryland, Los Angeles California. what do you thinks was first - highest gun crime rate or the law to reduce gun crime ? maybe a little more study of cause and effect ? and it is not about the risk of people who are already known to be ill and registered but about who are not yet registered in case they get ill or addicted or whatever. if you do not have a public authority with control over a register you can not confiscate the weapons in time from potentially dangerous or ill people. Those cities are often cited because the numbers don't lie. Much of the gun violence is gang related. However lets peel the onion back more. What came first the gun violence or the anti-gun laws? The gun violence was going up, and they thought they could legislate the problem away... to make people feel safer...to appeal the the "common sense" people who were afraid, and their fear was used against them to strip them of civil liberties. The reason a licensing system, like we have with vehicles won't work, because weapon ownership is not a privilege, it is a civil liberty, its a whole different mindset then privileges. Ben Franklin said "Those who sacrifice liberty for security deserve neither and will get neither". As for why gun violence was going up, it gets back to the destruction of family formation as well as demographics. The cities listed are some of the most "diverse" in the USA. As stated previously, the majority of the gun violence is gang related. As it stands membership in gangs is a "ethnic thing". Any known white gangs today are practically all undercover feds (KKK, Neo-Nazi groups etc) with the exception of the known members who were incarcerated, often for life sentences. There are numerous gangs of Hispanic and Black origin, that have not been curtailed and currently overwhelm LEOs; La Raza; MS-13; Bloods; Crips; Tango Blast are some the major ones, but for every main one, there are a dozen more that are local, and don't have a statewide or nationwide presence. Aristotle stated that a multi-ethnic society (and by extension an multi-cultural society) prevents all philia (the flesh and blood fraternity between citizens) from developing and is by nature, anti-democratic, requiring despots (read totalitarian rule/ dictatorship/ one party state ) to rule. Why bring up Aristotle? because you're from a European county, and until arguably the last 40 years, the nations of Europe have retained their title as nation-states, i.e. a set border with a primary group living there. Predominantly French in France, Germans in Germany etc. Nation can refer to a people, not just a country. Its arguable that the European countries were/are Ethno-States. Now the uncomfortable truth, the more diverse a nation is, the more ethnic conflict will erupt. It could be curtailed with a dominant culture that everyone is expected to adhere to (Japan is a good example of this, non-Japanese can live there, but there is a limit per year, you have to meet certain monetary requirements, and submit to Japanese culture, they aren't going to change their country for the benefit of non Japanese). As is observable in Europe, the violent crime is rising, and it coincided with the diversification of the continent with a systematic brake down in the family unit. A simple parable of the above: place a duck with a group of chickens, and the duck will assume its a chicken and be part of the flock. place another duck in the group, the ducks form their own group and attack the chickens. As for your last point, you can't govern/ police a nation of what someone may do at some point in time. The best you can do is have contingency plans for when something happens, i.e reactionary, because to a point, it is impossible to determine if someone may turn into a criminal. Not unless you have three psychic siblings who can lay in a pool and predict crimes, Minority Report style. At this point, what HeyYou states about not being able to relay on Leos 100% comes into play. When seconds count, the police are minutes away.

Baltimore has recently decided they they are going to stop arresting folks for assorted misdemeanors..... drug possession, and prostitution.... (the latter I can almost understand....) I am sure the drug dealers and pimps are going to LOVE that.... Save me a seat please. :D (But, I HATE flying.... when I am not at the controls......) <iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/YQxeajQVmJo" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe>

I am going to assume you know and understand the definition and meaning of the word hypocrisy. You complement my ability to articulate and in the same breath, belittle someone else's. You follow that with a description of my writing style which directly contradicts your previous compliment. Then you sprinkle in negative assumptions about me, and insinuate I would lie about my age. I read, write and speak English, but not American. The English I use is a combination of Canadian English, Canadian French, Syilx, and West Coast colloquialisms. Now, I can understand your writings, so the difficulty you are describing must be related to your ability (or inability) to understand (or attempt to understand) a culture other than your own. It's a chorus from the American Opera. Mi mi mi mi mi mi mi mi mi. I complimented you, because you are well spoken, and I used Xrayy as a contrasting example as to what internet discourse shouldn't devolve into. Hardly belittling, as its observable in his posts on this debate and other threads.... so I will leave the ultimate judgment on that point to others who have read through this debate thread for themselves. I understand your critique of being hypocritical.... however in my defense: You do write/ articulate yourself well, which is why I was unsure if you were adding snippets purposefully or if it was a side effect of your familiarity with the English language. Since you've clarified your language background, that answers my question... perhaps I should have utilized this ??? more often, and we would have less misunderstanding. I wasn't calling you a liar, regarding your age, that was my way of illustrating I looked at your profile, although I could have equally have just stated that your username is named after the saltwater crocodile, since that is what you stated in your profile. I'm sure your aware of this....but people misrepresent their real ages and names on the internet all the time, which is all I was insinuating. As for assuming you are a blunt/ direct person, due to your age.... that was an assumption on my part. Most people I know in your age group have little time for beating around the bush and prefer a direct approach, and so my assumption was less making remarks on your character, so much as leaning on my own prior experience. Since you snipped out the beginning and ending of that reply, I take it we made some common ground on those points?

Does Reuters have a better track record then NBC, CNN, FOX, and other American news? I would say so. However to assume that just because a news media organization is from another country, it is somehow above the media problem would be folly. All legacy media (or which ever word illustrates best to you, the existing media companies and systems prior to the rise of independent media and the internet) has been on the downward spiral, with journalistic integrity becoming rarer and pushing certain political views as Truth, when it clearly isn't or is easily refuted by someone with a video camera. Perception is reality, and if all of your perception comes from media, legacy or even independent, your view will be warped. Ultimately you have to look at all information available, do some of your own investigation, and arrive at your own conclusion. Which is what most of us, in opposition to the original poster, have done. As for crossing semantics because HeyYou didn't quote Einstein exactly …. you are aware of quotes being paraphrased or quotes that even have their meaning corrupted to another over time? A prime example: "Blood is thicker then water" a good quote, and many people use it, however the original full quote was " The blood of the covenant is thicker then the water of the womb" which is also still used, but it has a different meaning compared to the corrupted version. However at this point both are in the public sphere of use. < snip > When one dismisses the majority of the news sources world wide because they do not report the propaganda which matches the beliefs of the reader, the reader deliberately choose ignorance. Congratulations on your choice. As for my opinion, I have to listen to the noise and deal the the trash when my neighbors are out of control. I get to have an opinion and you cannot deny my need for you lot to understand the impact you have on the rest of the world. You do not live in a bubble. Finally, I addressed HeyYou and her/his "facts" with her/him. Its not a matter of propaganda , its a matter of public trust. I can't speak for you, but many like me, don't like being lied to. It started subtly and has become more blatant over the years. I might hear of an event from legacy media, but after that I look into it myself, rather then trust the details and analyzation provided by others. That is my primary point, and that it would behoove everyone, to look a multiple sources, do some investigation themselves, and ultimately come up with an opinion that you, the individual came to, rather then parrot what someone else states. Also known as critical thought, which is lacking in the world, and we could benefit more from. You appear to articulate your opinion well, where others such as Xrayy appear to just spam the links from a source and can't articulate themselves without resorting to name calling. However it appears you thrive on snippets, that initially appear civil, but are really fancy put downs dressed up.... I could be wrong, and that is just how you type.... a draw back of communicating via online forums, where tone is difficult to gauge. It could also be a side effect of being part of an older generation (if your age posted on your profile is accurate), you are just more direct/ blunt. As for your opinion itself.... your welcome to it. If you are an American citizen then you have skin in the game, and if you aren't.....opinionate all you want, however without citizenship status any actual policy changes, will not be determined by you, which is all I was getting at earlier. Change for good or ill has to come from the citizens of the country in question. It will be a cold day in hell, before opinions of noncitizens dictate policy in any sovereign nation.

Does Reuters have a better track record then NBC, CNN, FOX, and other American news? I would say so. However to assume that just because a news media organization is from another country, it is somehow above the media problem would be folly. All legacy media (or which ever word illustrates best to you, the existing media companies and systems prior to the rise of independent media and the internet) has been on the downward spiral, with journalistic integrity becoming rarer and pushing certain political views as Truth, when it clearly isn't or is easily refuted by someone with a video camera. Perception is reality, and if all of your perception comes from media, legacy or even independent, your view will be warped. Ultimately you have to look at all information available, do some of your own investigation, and arrive at your own conclusion. Which is what most of us, in opposition to the original poster, have done. As for crossing semantics because HeyYou didn't quote Einstein exactly …. you are aware of quotes being paraphrased or quotes that even have their meaning corrupted to another over time? A prime example: "Blood is thicker then water" a good quote, and many people use it, however the original full quote was " The blood of the covenant is thicker then the water of the womb" which is also still used, but it has a different meaning compared to the corrupted version. However at this point both are in the public sphere of use. Is most of the audience crude? or did you not fully prepare yourself when you originally posted the debate topic? It was prime bait, and congratulations you had many bites, however the debate got hung up on the typical issues. We scratched the culture question, but we barely scratched morality, mental illness, or broken systems. Making bold claims that pro-gun people don't care for innocent deaths....we do, and many of us are pro-life as well. As for being the majority of America.... I can't quite claim that. I can claim with confidence that we speak for half of the American people, primarily those in the rural areas, and small towns. People who think America is basically a list of 20 cities (more accurate to say metro areas, ex. Fort Worth/ Dallas metro) and empty wastelands between them forget about us country folk. As for the rest of the world and their opinions and feelings? I honestly can't be bothered with it, until us Americans fix America. As my grandfather said many times "Only the Strong can help the weak". To accomplish anything one must be fit to do so. Right now America needs repairs, and it requires its citizens to fix her. Non citizens don't get a vote. By all means express yourself, however nothing you have mentioned will fix anything. The discussion got hung up on the symptoms, rather then a cure.

I wouldn't consider you fearful. The US media truly are in the business of selling fear, profiting off of it, and utilizing their practical monopoly of the medium to brainwash the modern average American. Violence is being pushed, and glorified, but it routinely comes from certain demographics, and cultures. The average citizen doesn't know the evil of the Ruby Ridge, and Waco incidents, where lies and media manipulations lead to state sanctioned murder of citizens, and the only true repercussions were some the foot soldiers involved died in the crossfire, the ones orchestrating the events never faced justice. Then the Oklahoma City Bombing happened, and the only takeaway from that was that the govt now considers white Americans as the dominant cause of terrorism in the US, even after Islamic terrorism had been occurring for decades (people forget the 80's and 90's attacks), and has only become more prevalent. Over the past 50 years, the black community has devolved. Not so long ago its areas of America weren't so bad. You had 1920's Harlem, you had traditional families (in the grand scale of history 100 years is a short time span). Things such as crime rates and single motherhood were a few points higher then white america, but it was stable. Fast forward today, the family has been broken, single motherhood is the norm, and crime is rampant. The controversy at this point, is if we look at most African countries today, we see similar issues in terms of crime, violence, and poverty...why? I would argue that after independence the African countries failed to maintain the cultural norms and traditions that had been imposed during their years as colonies, similar to how the dominant culture of white America imposed itself on black America, you had cultural differences, such as music (jazz), but the formation of family, and how society functioned as a whole kept a solid foundation. When that foundation is removed, then you see how a group will naturally form. My point with the above, is now the culture of violence is primarily coming from the minorities in America, in part due to lack of a common foundation with the majority of the country, and how certain tribes, nations et al function when left to their own devices. We see this in Latin American countries, high crime, lack of family cohesion, and poverty. They arrive to the United Economic Free Zone for free x y and z. They don't assimilate to the dominate culture, and then everyone acts surprised when the parts of America they gravitate towards turn into little sections of the countries that they just left turn into dimension pockets of the countries they left, with all the problems they were hoping to escape. This is especially noticeable in the illegal population, however its also observable in legal populations as well. With that being said, our original culture (America was not originally a multicultural country) was heavily based in self liberty and self reliance, the whole gun culture is an offshoot of self-reliance, and is practically the only remaining mindset of our original culture, as even white America has not been immune to the changes brought on, by multiculturalism and brainwashing by the elites and now has its own drug problem (Opiod crisis), rise in single motherhood, and decline in population (not reproducing at replacement levels or growth levels) "Is our culture truly good" - as it stands today...no. As it once was.... yes.

Doesn't come as a surprise...... After all, the Senate has a Republican majority. The dems HAD to know this was going to be the final outcome. But, they went ahead anyway, wasted thousands of hours, and millions of dollars, on an investigation, and 'trial' that did absolutely nothing. (aside from wasting time and money. did a FINE job of that.) And now the dems are saying they are going to continue their investigations, even though they have come to essentially nothing. This is partisanship at its worst. And they think this is going to help them get more dems elected??? I hardly think so. I fully expect to see trump win in 2020, and the republicans pick up more seats in the senate, and re-take the house. It's truly sad what our political system has come to... Trump had the majority in Congress and had a chance. Granted plenty of turncoats with the Republican label were behind that, and exposed their true loyalties, but that has only made the legit double agents more cautious. The system didn't just get corrupt because no one was paying attention, it got corrupted because to underestimate the powers pulling the strings, is folly. We don't have enough people who see behind the curtain, without hubris. All we have in mass are the awakened arrogant (4 more years will cure America!), and those with their eyes wide shut (America is already great, cause of Immigrants and POC, what are you Nazi's going on about?)

Worst Case: We all die "Best" Case: Its a nothing burger, the machine lives. Probable Case: It disrupts enough of the status quo that people are forced to wake up in mass due to supply shortages, but unless catastrophic system wide failure results, and/or the petrodollar finally breaks, the future will be as depressing as it looked come the 2024 election, even if Trump wins 2020. You can't fix 30+ years of unaddressed issues in 8 years or less, not with the currant ratio of few problem solvers to the mass of problem creators.

The issue I had was the game seemed to refuse to acknowledge SkyUI as a plugin. I installed manually into SkyrimSE/ Data Folder, its a bsa file and an esp file. I would enable it in the SE Mod menu, but it never worked. Long story short; Ensure you installed SKSE64 correctly - Launch Skyrim SE thu SKSE Application - open console, and type " getskseversion" without the quotation marks - if its running it'll say " SKSE version xxxx" - exit Skyrim -install the two SkyUI files { bsa and esp} - in your start window search type " %AppData% then look for the Local folder. - open the Skyrim Special Edition folder and open the plugin.text in notepad. - you'll see all your other mods/plugins in here - add " *SkyUI_SE.esp " onto the list exactly as the name of the esp appears. - save the file - SkyUI now loads and is "recognized as installed by the game" -Profit

Greetings. I don't know if there's still the project. I am comic artist, so I may add some ideas for quests. And I'd like to put Janus Hassildor as a member of the order. At the risk of being tried for thread necromancy; Yes the project is still active, thou lately its been in a sleeper state. Once I graduated college in '15 I've been busy in the real world. If you got some ideas, I'd love to hear them, either post them here or feel free to dm me. Count Hassildor could be a backer of the rebuilt Order, assuming he survived the Great War and is still count of Skingrad, seems like something he might do as a natural evolution of his anti-vamp vigilance. Artist? Could you draw up some symbols and sigils that could be used in textures and the like? DM me for the details.

As far as PCness goes, it's not about calling a short person short or a tall person tall. We know that different ethnicities tend toward different genetic characteristics. This is true as far down as you can break down the genetic chain. Two families from the same ethnic group can have traits which characterize them, one family short and fat, the other family tall and thin etc etc. But we are still all one race. The importance of PCness is that you don't need to remind the short person they are short. You do not need to disparage shortness or make jokes at their expense. If a short person wants to make jokes about themselves, that it ok and it's ok for you to laugh at the jokes. But it is not ok for someone who is not short to single them out and make jokes at their expense. It's common sense. If we are talking about a disenfranchised ethnicity such as African Americans, I should allow them to make cultural observations/jokes about themselves. They do not need an outsider to do it, nor is that respectful because there is a history of that being systematically used against them on a national level. This same common sense is how I have lived in multicultural cities like Detroit and Los Angeles most of my life and had no problems with other ethnicities. It's simple mutual respect. I don't understand why its so hard to wrap your head around that while humans fall into the same species, they can't have distinct subgroups. Of course you could argue that with more and more co-mingling between the races it makes the distinct races less of a dividing factor, especially in the US. And before you try to flip that back on me as being "racist", I got no problem with it. I'm all for chasing attractive women of all races. I find it funny that leftists claim we are all one race and then have groups like La Raza that are supported by the left, who advocate for Latina/Hispanic people. Here is the funny side: they arn't a race. Hispanic people are an ethnic group that falls under the Caucasian race. Basically you have the main races and then these races break down into various ethnic groups. Excerpt from "The Last Two Million Years" published 1973 by The Reader's Digest Association Caucasoid: Native to Europe; they also include the Hamites and Semities of North Africa, Arabia, and eastwards to India. They have light skin and eyes, narrow noses and thin lips. Their hair is usually straight or wavy. Australoid: descendants of early Caucasoids who arrived from Asia and developed in isolation. Other Australoids include the Ainus of northern Japan and the Veddoids of southern India. Their skin varies from brown to nearly black. They have black frizzy hair and wide noses and thick lips. Mongoloids: They live in central Asia and northern China; the American Indians and Eskimos are the descendants of the Mongoloids who crossed the Bering Strait. All have flat, broad faces; the apparent "slit eyes" are due to a fold of skin over the upper eyelid. protecting the eyes against snow glare. Negroids: their skin range from light brown to almost black, an adaptation to the tropical climates, which helps keep their bodies cool. They are found mainly in Africa, south of the Sahara. They have broad noses, thick lips, average brown or black eyes and woolly hair. Found this book in my grandfather's library and whip it out whenever this topic comes up about race, ethnic groups etc. TLDR; Species (Human) - Race (Caucasian) - Ethnic group (persians, latinos, wasps etc) Pcness is not important. If your whole argument for PCness boils down to not being an a$$hole, then that is already covered under having decorum,and being polite.Making a joke or observation is all about the delivery and tone. I open with jokes or observations to people I have never meet before and worst case scenario they walk away/ say "thats f*#@ed up"/ or just ignore me but that is rare, at the very least it sparks an interesting discussion while we wait in line to buy groceries at HEB As for "mutual respect" that is a load of bs. Respect is earned, not given out for free. People seem to confuse it with politeness. I could kill you with politeness and think poorly of you. Manners doesn't = Respect As for having lived in the multicultural utopia's of Detroit and LA....I gotta ask, is it mutual respect....or is it fear of the consequences should you say something not PC. Is that "mutual respect" really worth giving up your freedom of speech to create an illusion of unity and tolerance that will shatter the minute something goes array?

I don't see much of my extended family. Once every two to three years if I was lucky, because my brother and I grew up in a military family and we moved all the time. So as far as my extended family goes i don't see them enough to warrant bringing up the political debate and possibly ruining what relationships we have. The only exception is my uncle, who follows me on Facebook and posts all sorts of right-wing stuff. He wasn't for trump when it started but i think that is who he is leaning towards now. So in my immediate family My father and I are for Trump. Not sure who my mom will vote for, but it won't be Clinton, so maybe Trump or a third party candidate. As for my brother...he is the smartest guy i know, and he was not a fan of Trump's early on, but now I'm not sure. I doubt he and my sister-in-law will vote Clinton...but I don't see them warming up to Trump. Maybe they will vote for Gary Johnson. I hope not cause that is votes for a lost cause, I know historically that third parties just made it easier for one of the main parties to win, but history isn't my brother's forte.

- Women have had it rotten? Overall I would say women have had it pretty good. Sure you could come up with some examples from various time periods where bad stuff happened..but why is that blame put squarely on all men's shoulders, rather then a statement that humankind is inherently evil/ flawed or better yet holding said individual(s) responsible for their actions? man with 3 girlfriends = stud & woman with 3 boyfriends = flirt? Simple; A key that opens multiple locks is a master key, a lock that is opened by many keys is a crappy lock. - Finding a good servant is hard to come by, especially now. Besides what ever happened to cheerful service. Everybody works for somebody in someway. - Historically it has been and continues to be the male's job to fight when needed, and the job tends to get easier if you can enjoy it or aspects of it. Also male jeering and joking is part of male bonding...you either get it or you don't. Also in the event of war, the loss of males was minimal compared to the loss of a female. You have 20 women and say 5 men, you could make civilization work, but if you had only 5 women and 20 men the odds are not in your favor. As for fighting women arousing men...I'll chalk it up to curiosity and surprise, they may sleep together, but I wouldn't bet money on them forming a family unit. - I don't know where you got that % "fact" about women losing money because they aren't the "breadwinner" but if its from some feminist website and can't be found elsewhere its dubious. As for a % of money being taken from your paycheck its called taxes, and social security which everyone has deducted and no one likes to pay. I don't respond to someone cherry picking bits and pieces of a larger post, in order to cast it's meaning in the light they wish it to be in. I don't have an anti male or anti right agenda, so if you want to fabricate an opponent for your conservative viewpoint, I suggest you start up your own thread and not try to derail mine for your purposes. If you would have paid attention, you would have seen that my post was against the Government trying to victimize women by forcing them to accept transgender male to females entering their bathrooms. That's why I put the piece you cut out to pound your chest in my particular direction. It was to state that women have had it bad. It wasn't to blast men and I defy you to show my where I did. Flipping partisan crap! - Weather you have an anti male and/or anti right agenda is not what I was trying to illustrate. I focused on that segment precisely because I wholeheartedly disagree with what you stated there and now that I have clarification as to your main point was... it doesn't help your point of forced govt victimization of women. Precisely because the govt has not forced the victimization of women at all. The whole section in which you claimed women had it bad wasn't forced down our throats by the govt saying women are victims, it has been groups of women that craft the victim narrative and then run to the govt to solve their problems, weather those problems are legit or fabricated. the govt being opportunistic for the chance to get involved with everybody's business had no problem white knighting. - Now as to your point that the govt is forcing victimization by overriding the female's right to safety in order to placate the trans gender's right to identify as man/women and using said restroom facilitates, that is true. There are many women who don't like the fact that any man can now claim they are transgendered and use the women's restroom. However, the current trend of social justice and political correctness, and the atmosphere it has created has lead to your particular point. I am not trying to hijack your thread or cherry pick, and perhaps I'll start my own thread as its quite a lot of info to go thru. However you can't say women have had it bad and imply they have been victims for years, and then get flustered when women are treated as such. The reason there is conflict at this junction with the normalization of Trans people and the clash between women is that there is a hierarchy in the left and women ( unless they are in the feminist class) will be pushed aside in favor of the gays and/ or transsexuals (as both are part of the LGBTQ community). Which is what you see happen in regards to your point of "forced" victimization of women. This site breaks it down very simply Long winded...yes, but the point I'm getting at is that this debate that you started is not a simple black and white, nor is it simple in scope. Its all connected and its a long rabbit hole. http://i1298.photobucket.com/albums/ag55/BrokenCycle3434/f3285173703b1c3121fab7476624797e243b25ca0bfa80bfb3a6e27bfe45e81e_zpsjc7fz7wx.jpg Side Note: In regards to several other commenters that get the impression that your replies come off hostile...it could just be how they would interpret what you typed as if you had said it to their face. I know tone etc is impossible to tell over the internet, but they may have a point.