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Safest out of the options available to you. Whether she gets the help she needs or not is dependent on a lot of variables outside of your control. She’s one of those variables. I wish very much that the situation could be different or that you didn’t have to deal with this at all, but that may just not be an option.

Does your work at least offer…[Read more]

Belle Rose wrote:
…but she’s begging me to help her get out of all of this.

She’s a human being and she’s owed compassion and care, but you can’t be the one to owe it to her. She may be the victim of her own illness, and that may be an unfair burden for her, but you can’t help someone by ignoring your own safety and wellbeing. So do what k…[Read more]

TheEncogitationer wrote:
As I had previously pointed out, in the U.S., homicides are counted when there is a body and evidence of an unnatural death. In the U.K., a homicide isn’t counted until there is a conviction in court. Hence, “England’s mountains green” may be more violent than everyone thinks.

This isn’t true for these data sets, however…[Read more]

TheEncogitationer wrote:
Autumn.

Where did I say what I “want”? You don’t got a damn thing,

Well you did say that differnt rules in different jurisdictions is a problem, which in turn, implies a s9lution. Sopooo…

It is a problem for states favouring stronger gun control. What I want is irrelevant to that statement. Be rational. Do better.

TheEncogitationer wrote:
Autumn,

Although, within the context of the United States it becomes an unfortunate situation. You can choose to live in a state with stricter firearm regulations, but if neighbouring states are lax, then through trafficking and straw purchasing, their policies become your problem—a problem to which there is no i…

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TheEncogitationer wrote:
Autumn,

It’s not a false dilemma. You’ve chosen to read the question in a silly way.

It is a false dilemma, since you can have both or even have neither.

No, for two reasons.

i) You’re assuming the question compares an increase in personal safety for everyone versus an increase in safety for the general public. It’s a n…[Read more]

jakelafort wrote:
Which is the more precious value, personal safety or a safer society?

As with many issues, the answer is ‘it depends’. At least two complicating factors will be perceived safety versus actual safety and reasonable expectations of safety versus rights.

It’s not a false dilemma. You’ve chosen to read the question in a silly way.

Davis wrote:
If people in some states want to have lax gun control and all of the many issues that come with it (including wanton gun accidents and suicides, not to name injuries and deaths), so be it. I’m glad I don’t live there.

Although, within the context of the United States it becomes an unfortunate situation. You can choose to live in a s…[Read more]

I’ve never been that much of a Stones fan. Whether they’ve lost their touch or not, it would be hard for current releases to live up to their own legacy. There was a time they had the zeitgeist, and nostalgia is a powerful drug. There are songs of theirs that are drenched in feels and memories, not just for their ardent fans but for those alive…[Read more]