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26-02-2018, 06:02 PM | #61 | ||
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It's a retraction, like asking a murderer to say sorry then it will be all good.
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26-02-2018, 07:18 PM | #62 | ||
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Tell Kerry packer that.
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27-02-2018, 01:10 PM | #63 | ||
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Couldn't tell him anything when he was alive, what chance now. Do you really think he gave a rats if he had to sack someone to save his money and position
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27-02-2018, 03:29 PM | #64 | ||
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27-02-2018, 03:44 PM | #65 | ||
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Yes it's from 2013, but it's still...um...different.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/...blind/2780303/
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27-02-2018, 04:38 PM | #66 | |||
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You've got to love the politicians over there. Guns at all costs. You can be on the no fly list and still no background checks allowed.
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27-02-2018, 05:21 PM | #67 | |||
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How long were you at the network?
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27-02-2018, 05:25 PM | #68 | ||
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About 6 years
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27-02-2018, 05:49 PM | #69 | ||
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27-02-2018, 06:48 PM | #70 | |||
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Do some folks skirt the intent of the law? Yes. This is the closest I am going to come to a political statement on this topic, as I did not join AFF to get into political discussions, but the no fly list was used as a political wedge by 1 party during one of the most ridiculous election cycles in what we call "the free world". |
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27-02-2018, 07:35 PM | #71 | ||
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Cheers. Must have mis-read the article then, or they were referring to those terrorist lists??
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27-02-2018, 07:48 PM | #72 | ||
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I couldn't read the article. The page just would not load for some reason.
To be honest, I wouldn't be surprised if the article got a detail or 2 wrong. There is a lot of mis-information in the news here these days, especially from many blog sites. Unfortunately, some folks in the main stream news agencies will pick bits and pieces from the blogs. Yes, often there is confusion about the terrorist watch lists and the no fly list. Probably because the no fly list is considered a subset of one of them. If one of the terrorist tried to purchase a weapon legally, they will get caught, assuming someone didn't drop the ball. The ball have been dropped quite a few times, unfortunately. Cheers. |
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27-02-2018, 07:58 PM | #73 | |||
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Doesn't matter, you cleared it up.
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27-02-2018, 11:51 PM | #74 | ||
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I think there is a bigger societal and psychological issue at hand than just blaming guns. What is it that is causing mainly young men to commit mass shootings?
I'm not against responsible gun ownership but perhaps some common sense can be applied. Is there a need for such "high capacity" rounds and weapons with the ability to fire such a large amount of bullets in a short amount of time? Can there be a better licensing or registration system that limits the sale of semi-automatics to those who pass a license graduation program? E.g. Learner- P plate style system? I definitely was concerned for my safety when this shooting occurred in the exact same terminal I was in a couple of days before hand. Story below: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...steban-n704001
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28-02-2018, 01:01 PM | #75 | ||
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>be American
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28-02-2018, 05:02 PM | #76 | ||
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It is proof that democracy is the worst possible system except for all the others.
Trying to reduce the number of guns in society and remove those that have no recreational purpose seems such a simple proposition. But the NRA have politicians by the cohones so they won't act. When Charlton Heston said "out of my cold dead hand" he wasn't holding the gun that is the problem. For all his faults, Howard had the courage of his convictions and Australia is better for it. Sent from my SM-N920I using Tapatalk
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28-02-2018, 05:19 PM | #77 | |||
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cheers, Maka
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28-02-2018, 08:00 PM | #78 | |||
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01-03-2018, 08:27 PM | #79 | ||
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CNN does lie, often. They will retract statements but the damage is often already done. CNN's problem is that they lie by omission. Something Fox news used to and probably is still known for. The difference being that Fox admits it is conservative and plays to that audience. CNN claims to be non-biased but I think everyone knows that isn't true. They are clearly anti-gun where Fox is very much pro-gun.
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01-03-2018, 10:45 PM | #80 | ||
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02-03-2018, 01:22 PM | #81 | |||
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I never felt the need to defend myself with a gun but now maybe I should the way Australia is heading, a pistol with a 22 type not to kill anyone but enough to make them high tail it. And why is this because Australia's trash people are on the increase and the law is a joke because it supports all the rat bags full on, not to mention that all the rat bags have guns and the good people don't have a right to defend them selves from drug f ed trash, who can get off free because they was high and did not know or responsible for what they did. |
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02-03-2018, 03:00 PM | #82 | ||
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Cable.
As opposed to broadcast. Continuous lies is a stretch. That would be infowars who are claiming this shooting and Sandy hook were a lie and actors were used. Something needs to be done with regards to these sites imo. I'm not into regulating speech as a rule but that crap is beyond the pale and somehow there are people that believe it. I note YouTube has temp banned them but that won't stop them.
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02-03-2018, 04:06 PM | #83 | ||
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Geez, I would have thought the hundreds of Tonne's of cocaine that comes into the US via Miami,Florida would be considered more 'dangerous' than porn.
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02-03-2018, 04:51 PM | #84 | |||
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What we see these days is more videoed violence, the world is not inherently more dangerous. Those in authority need guns, those not in authority should have to justify why they want a particular gun. Sent from my SM-N920I using Tapatalk
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02-03-2018, 04:57 PM | #85 | |||
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Fewer guns in society are a better thing. In the days of westward expansion of the US, the rate of accidental death was ten-to-one to those killed by Indians. These days in the US hundreds of thousands are killed by accident and mishap, very few gun deaths relate to the good guy triumphing over the bad guy. Scared of what is outside? Go to a mosque, go to street markets in areas you wouldn't go and be smart about your personal safety. Sent from my SM-N920I using Tapatalk
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02-03-2018, 11:20 PM | #86 | ||
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What's different about this compared to other school shootings is these kids are getting organised and coming out and saying enough of this ****.
The fact that it is still in the news cycle let alone putting on the pressure on companies to cut ties with the NRA is something else. I know the companies only do it for their own ends and it probably won't change a lot but it's something they can build on. The only problem is do they have the stamina to keep it up and really make it an election issue like I said earlier. At the end of the day if their bum on the seat is in danger, I have no doubt the politicians on either side will mostly drop the NRA without hesitation |
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03-03-2018, 11:14 AM | #87 | ||
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They'll never let go of their guns. There will be a second US civil war before that happens.
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03-03-2018, 11:16 AM | #88 | ||
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Sadly, that's probably true
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03-03-2018, 12:20 PM | #89 | |||
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I can only talk about from the 1960's on as I have seen it. I am for others wellbeing from such thugs. I would say that anyone who thinks it's better nowadays must not be getting around much, take the gold coast or Brisbane 1970's 80's were great but from about the 1990's some moronic bums started hanging about in the city of Brisbane and from then on the jerks started getting about, some bouncers who wanted only to bash people were about and from about 2010 on it has got real bad with kids on drugs in little gangs looking for the opportunity to attack some person and kick their head in or to try steal the eye out of a needle are everywhere now. People with business have been targeted by organised drug gangs wanting a cut etc and the real problem was the Government that do hide the reality of all this crap going on and many things are still being hidden, it's like as if they are trying to work as hard as they can to create a mongrel generation of misfits, who think they are an authority themselves and think they can disregard the cops authority. You should try being a cop one day bro and try wake up to yourself and come to the reality of what some have to put up with. The government pandering to the criminals and just disregarding the people who have been done wrong by. |
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03-03-2018, 12:25 PM | #90 | |||
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