I have English, German, Irish, Scottish, Norvegian, and who-knows what-else blood, but my name is Welsh, so thats the culture I choose identify with.
Tomspug is illustrating the axiom of choice as see from a biblical standpoint. There is a lot that you have to accept before you get there; firstly that God is a beneficent God. Once you put things into perspective, it follows that God wants you to love him, but if he forces you to, it is not...
My population point is that there are 5 times more people in the US, thus we can expect to see more violent crimes over here.
As far as the cultural aspect goes, I dont know that ours is more or less prone to violence, so to claim that we live in an environment that is more susceptible to...
I really dont see much of a point in pressing the statistics, but you seem to be focusing on the one good year out of ten. I agree that in that year there was a decline, but over all there is a significant backlash.
I dunno Auto. In spite of my personal feelings toward homosexuals, I cant help but think you would be a good parent.
On the whole, in spite of the social implications, I can only say that growing up in a somewhat unorthodox family is far better than growing up as a ward to the state.
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There are literally hundreds of articles shouting that the UK gun ban is grossly ineffective, and that violent crimes involving handguns have increased exponentially in the past 10 years.
"It makes sense. Criminals are encouraged to increase their violence when the risk of doing so has...
Your statistics are interesting, but I think that I should add that there are five times more people in the US than the UK. Your statistics dont reflect the difference.
I was in the military for 5 years and am trained in the use of several types of small arms. Now that I am a student, I would like to take my concealed weapon to school with me.
CNN ran a story today that said that the 4 campuses in the US that have allowed concealed weapons for a combined total...
Atheists are not free from my religion in the same way that I am not free from their atheism. Are we really hurting each other? Maybe, but in order to co-exist, we must exercise some degree of tolerance, and we must obey the same set of laws.
I dont think it is one or the other. No law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof, sounds like both freedom from and freedom of.
Im sorry, Im not a student of eastern history, but the oldest Chinese era is refered to as the Xia dynasty. There is archeological evidence that they inhabited China starting in 2100 BC.