Robert,

That was some interesting reading in the database.

One thing I note from the database is that only 17 shootings were motivated by “race,” even though 1966-1979 were some the more racially tense and violent times of the years in the database.

Only 113 were “Domestic with Targeted Victim” even with sexist/chauvinist attitudes prevalent…[Read more]

To the best of my knowledge, information and memory i asked the following:

Are there any countries with widespread gun ownership and relatively low rates of school shootings?

It is hard to understand how Israeli citizens are so underarmed? Underarmed? Is that even a word? And after the latest incursion, bloodlust, sexual and mental depravity of…[Read more]

Robert and Jake,

All right, Robert, I at least see where you got the figure of 6.3 shotings a week, though the shootings are most likely not spread out and multiple shootings take place in one incident.

Jake’s AI, however, rightly points out that gun availability and gun prohibition are not the only factor in school shootings.

So, should both…[Read more]

Simon,

Do you mean a Y chromosome? XX, XY? I see your point: gun violence is almost exclusively male.

The X Chromosome is shared by both sexes, so Unseen was saying no one should have guns. XY is male.

Simple explanation of a nonsense position, no? Score one for Occam.

Simon,

I don’t buy Occam’s Razor all the time. I think it’s artificial. Something’s the way it is, not necessarily the simplest way.

Of course, something is the the way it is and sometimes it is complicated. All Occam did was pre-date “The Raven” and quoth: “and nothing more.”

What is explained by positing an alleged everything that ex…[Read more]

Strega and Unseen,

No hacking was involved here. Unseen just demonstrated the GIGO principle of computer programming: Garbage In, Garbage Out.

Look, all problems created by homo sapiens could be solved by removing our X Chromosomes from the picture. But the only ones supporting that are the VHEMT.…[Read more]

TheEncogitationer wrote:
Occam’s Razor cuts those strings easily. One Universe with lots of unknowns is the best catch-all.

I don’t buy Occam’s Razor all the time.  I think it’s artificial.  Something’s the way it is, not necessarily the simplest way.

Unseen wrote:
You could elimlinate almost all gun violence in America by simply forbidding anyone with an X chromosome to own or have access to firearms.

Do you mean a Y chromosome?  XX, XY?  I see your point: gun violence is almost exclusively male.

Unseen wrote:
You could elimlinate almost all gun violence in America by simply forbidding anyone with an X chromosome to own or have access to firearms.

Did someone hack your computer?

You could elimlinate almost all gun violence in America by simply forbidding anyone with an X chromosome to own or have access to firearms.