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These are not accidents or mistakes in the security. This is how it's designed - the same it true of virtually every major airport in the world and has been commented on frequently. None of the video he's taken seemed to be from secure or off-limits areas - presumably any traveller could have...

I always read it as having a conditional... A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed. So, given that well regulated Militia is necessary to ensure the secuirty of the state, everyone...

It will be fascinating to see how history views Manning and Assange 15-20 years from now. Some of the things that have been revealed by material that Manning, allegedly, leaked have been truly illuminating (more the war files than the diplomatic cables) and hopefully may have long term impact on...

The argument that "we'd be safer if everyone carried a gun" has never made sense to me. In this specific circumstance it doesn't seem likely that more guns in the room would have resulted in a better outcome - the guy seemed quite intent on 'suicide by cop' or similar, so threat of being shot...

I've heard this argument before, and it's pretty fair in general, but I think it's probably unfounded. I've spent heaps of time around gay guys, and I've heard comparatively few tales of conquest, even fewer that are graphic at all. That said I also attended a party with a friend where most...

This idea seems pretty weak.. Some unnamed sources (I remember some conservatives here being incredibly opposed to anonymous sources a while ago) say he 'tried' to email people 'known to be' associated with Al Qaeda? Is this like knowing there was WMD in Iraq? I mean it's hardly like to visit...

How much is 'a bit'? I doubt most Americans could do the same, instead they would need to wait for the approval of their insurance company. That said in New Zealand you could almost certainly do the same thing - either by purchasing a private insurance policy or simply by going to a private...

Personally I tend to think dress code rules like that are stupid anyway. There is perhaps a safety issue with a ring, but overall it's hardly a big thing. I've seen similar stories of students running into trouble for cross necklaces... Same thing, it's hardly a big issue. I'd say that perhaps...

Boy I hope you never have to deal with a real political spectrum...

A few? You realise that there is basicially no such thing as a medical bankruptcy anywhere else in the world? In the US however medical expenses are the single largest cited cause of personal bankruptcy.

Damn! You've got me, dead to rights!! I really struggle to understand this - almost every specific fear I've heard about a some sort of public health insurance is exactly true of the existing private insurance (limited choice of services, limited treatment options, beauracrats deciding on...

Watching from outside the US the whole healthcare debate (argument?) seems absolutely insane. Every other developed nation in the world offers some level of universal healthcare, and many (including my nation) offer a basic single-payer system with an additional system of private insurers for...

You're also not at war with Muslim members of the US Military... As I understand it there is a very long history of members of the military killing other military members. I'm finding it very hard to search for anything relevant at the moment (all Foot Hood results) but I believe I read that...

There's a weird straight-man theory that seems almost epidemic... That is that gay men are constantly on the lookout for any and all straight men and will, given any opportunity, force sex upon those straight men. You know just like how us straight men oggle any and all females, and will...

There's a lot of people (pro- and anti-war) who have said they believe it to be a war on Islam. In fact a lot of people even on these boards seem to have been confused in the past. This is always weird to me. Yeah certainly the victims all had a lot of life to give, and their loss is tragic...

I thought I'd drop in to post a few comments... I think it's relavitvely easy to imagine how be became traumatised or disturbed enough to get to this point - Finella's post above provides a very plausible scenario I think. But the huge question then is why he reacted to it in the way he did...

Post thread... Go away for a couple of months, come back and see how it went... :) Saying that he only told half the story is misleading. He told his side of the story, which hasn't been disproved. We know what he said happened, we know what his recorded conviction was. We know nothing of...

The thing that is worst is that almost without doubt had it been a inconspicuous white family making those comments (whatever they actually were) would the same have happened? I'm guess the answer is a resounding no. I'm also pretty willing to bet that none of the 9/11 hijackers (or anyone...

Not an illness, perhaps the word disability would be more fitting?

Oh, Mexican Playboy got the good articles too? We joke, but Playboy really does have some fantastic articles (or certainly used to, I haven't seen one in years).