The Political Discussion Thread

[mad_gater]

depends - long range or close quarters fight? if it's latter I'll pick the blade every time
you realize both are designed to kill right? if anything a knife at close range is deadlier
(also you can get stabbed once & be killed or you can get shot multiple times & live both have happened which would you choose)

especially if the knife wielder knows human anatomy and physiology and can stab vital spots with great accuracy

that's the trick to surviving an attack...is to not let the attacker get close enough to stab you to begin with

[Chaka-Z0]

If you get attacked on a regular basis maybe you're doing something wrong or it's time to think about relocation.

[Gatefan1976]

If you get attacked on a regular basis maybe you're doing something wrong or it's time to think about relocation.

stop making sense.

[Womble]

you realize both are designed to kill right? if anything a knife at close range is deadlier
(also you can get stabbed once & be killed or you can get shot multiple times & live both have happened which would you choose)

I have half a dozen knives in my kitchen. Not one of them is designed to kill.

[SoulReaver]

this law enforcement you place so much faith in?

how about that usually it's the conservatives who place blind faith in authority
"obey" "comply" they say
lol

https://www.businessinsider.com/gun-...deaths-2017-10

Japan??! can you cite another country plz (pronto)

You can have the guns but I will never give up my sword. I need it to challenge Soul to a duel for when he finally becomrs FH's stalker

I plan to be much more than that ;|

I have half a dozen knives in my kitchen. Not one of them is designed to kill.

interesting - did you buy those kitchen knives in an armoury?

[aretood2]

so when lefties engage in totally unwarranted harassment and bullying against conservatives it's called "push back"....*sniff sniff* smell that? that's the smell of hypocrisy

and as for mass shootings I believe the Colorado movie theater shooter turned out to be registered Democrat....can't recall any others off the top of my head save for all the gratuitous violence the left-wingers in ANTIFA engage in on a near daily basis

Who said anything about harassing and bullying conservatives?

Not even close. Although many of my views have changed since my 20's as I grew older and wiser, even back then, I was never malleable or easily influenced by anyone. i was taught to look at things for myself an reach my own conclusions, without needing anyone to tell me what to think.

And the award for missing the point goes to....

[Womble]

i'll just drop this in

Israel is nothing more than a white European colony established on stolen land

Israel practices apartheid

All non-european descended peoples are treated as minority pariah. even those small groups of actual Hebrews whose ancestors have never left the mid east and therefor have a better claim to the land as native Jews then the European colonists who run the country

( on samaritans https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...alty-1.6075509 )

"I'll just toss a handful of poop against this wall and hope that some of it sticks"...

[aretood2]

"I'll just toss a handful of poop against this wall and hope that some of it sticks"...

Old Bibi sure isn't making it easy to argue against that poo, to be fair. I might as well argue that the US has no racism problem and Mexico has no corruption problem...

[Gatefan1976]

I have half a dozen knives in my kitchen. Not one of them is designed to kill.

but, but you can kill with them, so they are only used for that...…..
Whataboutism, something I am sure you recpgnize womble.

[Chaka-Z0]

Japan??! can you cite another country plz (pronto)


interesting - did you buy those kitchen knives in an armoury?

UK, Germany I think too? Little to no gun deaths there too. Japanese have the deadliest swords in the world (real katanas are illegal to possess) yet nobody is hacking each other to pieces.

They made a claim that banning guns won't drop the homicide rate, people will kill people they said. Those facts prove them wrong, how about THEY provide evidences to back up that claim?

Could it be it's a "I feel" argument again?

[Chaka-Z0]

"I'll just toss a handful of poop against this wall and hope that some of it sticks"...

yep exactly my thoughts. Classic bait

[SoulReaver]

UK, Germany I think too? Little to no gun deaths there too. Japanese have the deadliest swords in the world (real katanas are illegal to possess) yet nobody is hacking each other to pieces.

They made a claim that banning guns won't drop the homicide rate, people will kill people they said. Those facts prove them wrong, how about THEY provide evidences to back up that claim?

Could it be it's a "I feel" argument again?

UK bad example too, Germany's decent enough nowadays but I'm not too familiar with their laws on this matter or their crime rates

on the other hand the germns have much more discipline than the mericans I'll give them that
mericans can't be trusted even with baseball bats :/

If you get attacked on a regular basis maybe you're doing something wrong or it's time to think about relocation.

! leave the victim blaming to the conservatives man (it's their gig)

[Womble]

Old Bibi sure isn't making it easy to argue against that poo, to be fair. I might as well argue that the US has no racism problem and Mexico has no corruption problem...

Most places have a racism problem and a corruption problem. It's a matter of scale, and of fairness of judgement. There's a discussion to be had about the scale of the problem in each country - and then there's throwing poop at the wall.

I'm too married these days to discuss in-depth the latest Israeli politics, but I'll just mention in connection with our old discussion about non-Jews immigrating to Israel that my wife's immigration process is so far going butter smooth. A month and a half in the country, she has a nice office job that most Jewish new immigrants can only dream of, and is on the way to temporary resident status. 4-5 years of legal residency and she is a citizen, no exam required. If we weren't married, the process would take 7 years.

(Israeli immigration law uses a different logic than US or German immigration. Marital status of the couple doesn't matter, the point is to demonstrate that the "center of life" is in Israel and shared houshold is maintained. Because we network a lot with couples like us, we know one couple which not only aren't married, but the woman is actually legally married to another man in her home country; it does not in and of itself preclude immigration. Most people we know who have immigration process problems have at some point violated one law or another - worked illegally, overstayed their visa etc.).

[aretood2]

Most places have a racism problem and a corruption problem. It's a matter of scale, and of fairness of judgement. There's a discussion to be had about the scale of the problem in each country - and then there's throwing poop at the wall.

I'm too married these days to discuss in-depth the latest Israeli politics, but I'll just mention in connection with our old discussion about non-Jews immigrating to Israel that my wife's immigration process is so far going butter smooth. A month and a half in the country, she has a nice office job that most Jewish new immigrants can only dream of, and is on the way to temporary resident status. 4-5 years of legal residency and she is a citizen, no exam required. If we weren't married, the process would take 7 years.

(Israeli immigration law uses a different logic than US or German immigration. Marital status of the couple doesn't matter, the point is to demonstrate that the "center of life" is in Israel and shared houshold is maintained. Because we network a lot with couples like us, we know one couple which not only aren't married, but the woman is actually legally married to another man in her home country; it does not in and of itself preclude immigration. Most people we know who have immigration process problems have at some point violated one law or another - worked illegally, overstayed their visa etc.).

That's all true, it's just that Bibi's government doesn't make it an easy task to weed out the poo with the legitimate issues.

This isn't the first time I've seen "white european colonialism" argument being thrown around and it's getting more popular. It doesn't help that Ethiopian Jews aren't experiencing the same things as your wife. Btw, how do you turn "Tood" into a hebrew sounding name?....just throwing it out there....>.>

[SGalisa]

In other *political* news...

On June 6, 2019, not one, but TWO former USA state Senators were found dead. Shot to death. Also, wedge a dead NYC police Deputy Chief into the mix and make it a threesome.

Seems if these murders were planned and *unrelated*, then someone(s) got their timing off from drawing too much attention to them happening so close together.

In the span of less than 3 days...
1st.. a former Arkansas state Senator (Republican, was formerly Democrat) Linda Collins-Smith, is shot to death.
2nd.. the NYPD Deputy Police Chief, Steven Silks, was found dead from a "self inflicted" gunshot wound. He was also Jewish.
3rd.. A former Republican state Senator from Norman, Oklahoma was found shot to death (Jonathan Nichols).

"2 former Republican state senators found dead in their homes within 2 days"
FOX6 News
Posted 8:04 am, June 8, 2019, by CNN Wire Service

NEW YORK — Two former state senators were found dead in their homes in Arkansas and Oklahoma within a span of two days this week.
. . .

Something stinky, hinky going on...?? Both "Republican" and both dead within 2 days from "gunshot" wound.