I think we should just ban all guns. In certain countries, like Japan, guns are illegal, and the murder rates are significantly lower than in the U.S. And did you all hear about this new debate? Some gun nuts want to use armor piercing rounds for hunting! What? Did the deer suddenly buy bulletproof armor? It's absolutely insane how today's America is focused on it's guns.
No, they don't shoot scouts that switch over to jubilee, but we do shoot watermellons, spray paint cans, and other things that make rather large explosions
This summer, I did something rather unusual. I elected to work at Curtis S. Read Scout Reservation, nestled in the Stevens Valley in the Adirondack State Park. Now, this is no ordinary camp. The nearest town was a few miles away, and the nearest hospital almost a half an hour away. Besides that, there is the small fact that everyone, and I mean everyone, sleeps in a t
The drinking age has been the topic of many a recent debate. The youth of America feels that it is prepared, for the most part, to take on the responsibility of alcohol. However, the current government is not inclined to give them that right. Let’s consider, for a moment, the consequences of a lowered drinking age. After the bill goes into effect, everyone above the new age will immediately go out to bars and binge drink. Therefore, an increa
Do you think that this idea of negative tipping should be mandated at restaurants, voulentary descisions on the part of the establishment, or a function of the credit card company? Also, one slight snag: people don't like losing money, so how are you going to negatively tip?
Since the inception of the internet, one of the fundemental functions was that of file sharing; the ability to transfer files from one node of the network to another. However, with the invention of the compact disk drive and the CD burner, both of which now come standard on most PCs, people realized that the computer and the internet can be used for more than just research or entertainment, but for communistically sharing music. The idea for such programs as Kazza dates back centuries,
State your sources, if you don't mind, but otherwise very insightful
This week the New York State Assembly started debating a new topic; whether or not dogs are lethal weapons, and I just had to add my views. Dogs have attained the title of "man's best friend", and that's what most of them are. The golden retrievers, labradors and pugs of the world have enjoyed centuries of prestiege and adoration with the general population. They are pets, workers, helpers, and rescuers in some cases. But sometimes these dogs can turn against us. In the past c
Finally a chance to express my distinct views! Well, first, an interesting topic arose in the recent model congress. The debate was "to destroy all weapons of mass destruction". The main arguement for this was that these weapons pose an immediate threat and need to be dismantled. However, I have quite a different view. From the beginning of the cold war, ICBMs have given countries the power to reach out and kill someone without getting their feet wet. The Russians an
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