🎓 Dr. Freemo 🇳🇱 @freemo@social.cleverlibre.org

@icedquinn

By the way to qualify this with some figures, gun homicides in the USA account for only about 14k deaths every year. That is not really that huge. To give you an idea about the same number of people per year die of alcohol poisoning. Considering that you can actual argue for a lifesaving aspect/purpose to guns that you cant with alcohol I think that puts it into perspective to some degree.

@zleap

@icedquinn

jail as a form of punishment is not at all effective at preventing crime really. There is a much bigger effect in preventing crime by simply providing good living conditions for the population and good mental health access.

@zleap

@zleap

A US cop will shoot your puppy just for wanting some cuddles. Obviously the cop doesnt think the dog is carrying a gun. The gun excuse doesnt fit the fact. Also the majority of cops support gun rights rather than oppose them.

The difference isnt that the population has guns, the difference is that our police have guns and more often than not can shoot an armed person dead and get off with minimal repercussions. You'd be amazed how much violence will actually develop when you give someone the freedom to have a gun AND the ability to avoid repercussions when they use it to murder someone.

@icedquinn

@icedquinn

No doubt that is effectively the end result. Whether it is the intentional result or just the organic path it takes is another matter.

@zleap

If you arive 5 minutes early to my house from a scheduled hang out session please expect to sit on my door step twiddling your thumbs for exactly 5 minutes, thanks.

@zleap

Not the same thing, but a concerning pattern. I will admit it is common for the news to play race politics in how they report to such a degree as to lead to absurdity.

I remember a british friend posted an article about this "racist" old white lady who was racist because she called the cops on a black guy for breaking and entering into his own home. I mean he was locked out and breaking into the home through his window. It seems a reasonable response for her to have and to assume she must have just been racist because the dude was black was laughably absurd, yet that seems to be how the news spins it quite often.

@icedquinn

@zleap

Im confused by your response, he didnt blame the internet, he blamed the court system for focusing on persecuting journalists. Am I missing something?

@icedquinn

@icedquinn

Has this actually happened?

@zleap

@zleap While I would hope that this is extremely rare and only seems common because of media attention the fact that it is happening at all is scary in its own right.

Putting aside te fact that anyone who does this is probably mentally ill and deserves to be in a mental hospital I really cant see how this shouldnt be treated **more** seriously than carrying an illegal gun really, assuming they arent using said gun.

@bakubuddy

How can I make a comment about something you dont have?

@matrix

@DocHolliday Didnt read past first sentence. Racist language gets you an auto-mute from me. Bye.

@zleap wow this is a new level of attempted rape/attack I havent heard before. Quite disgusting of course.

@Oblivia mernin

@conatus It has never rendered captions for me, at least not for well over a year now.

@bakubuddy

No, I havent seen anyone in the community that resembled your mother, sorry. Keep looking through and good luck.

@matrix

@sapphire

FYI you realize this description of the homogeneity of the region is from 1979. Seems a good source, but doesnt mean the same homogeneity is still tru today 42 years later. We would either need to look at the murder rates in 1979 or look at the demographics of the region today.

Regardless what you stated did show I was incorrect that it was during the period of apartheid a region many people fled to or where pushed to, so I certainly concede that point.

Anyway I've muted the overall thread due to too many low-value people interjecting. So if you wish to continue feel free to link me in a new thread if you wish.

@borzoi