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You are doing something wrong if they get that close.

Bob

HamburgO

I have to agree with what you have said about things being more or less the same in most western industrialized nations regardless if they have a monarchy or not. I do think it gets on...

Costabro

People in other countries may feel that they are better off than those living in the US for what ever reasons. If people are really unhappy where they live they immigrate to somewhere...

In short, your guess is as good as mine. Like I said, the level of acceptable casualties without being too restrictive of personal freedoms varies from country to country and also by what is causing...

In the 1960s and 70s drunk driving was very common in my part of Ontario and I think the rest of Canada too. There has been a concerted campaign since then through increased enforcement by bringing...

Well a switch blade is another one of the types of knives classed as a prohibited weapon, you can't legally own one, here under the Criminal Code of Canada and applies nationally. Yea, it is pretty...

You are lucky, that push knife is classed as a prohibited weapon here with a max prison sentence of 5 years for possession of it never carrying it. There are a couple of other types of knives classed...

Sailor

I think what you are talking about is that different societies view what is an "acceptable casualty rate" differently before something is viewed as a problem. If the rate becomes high...

Yea, way OT but what the hay there are donuts in here too. Yea, it would have been irresponsible of him not to investigate.

I always took the attitude that the company I worked for did not give...

Only if it is full auto. On a different note, I think most western countries have restriction of some sort on what type of knife, where and how you can carry it. Pretty sure they are banned on...

True enough, but he did come sniffing the cheese anyway didn't he. There is still that matter of the other two. I don't think anyone has or would have problems with higher ups having bigger salaries...

That what discussions are all about, problem solving by working toward a common consensus that everyone can live with. Too bad that does not work with gun issues among others.

Bob

Not always so, got lucky the second time around.

Bob

HamburgO

I stand corrected on the partitioning of the mid east post WW1. Never too old to learn.

So I guess we can possible deduce that basically religion of the extreme variety and politics...

Well with Bernie you did get it right but he was not hiding behind huge corporations and had little protection. It is little things like the heads of the big three each taking their own corporate jet...

Only on little quibble, the treaty was basically put together by Britain, France and the US over a 6 month period and signed before the League of Nations came into being. The basis for trouble in the...

Well, you may never have had Kings and Queens and such but don't kid yourself you have powerful people in your country with the same attitude. How else would you explain the antics of CEOs and their...

Those yachts are bigger than the destroyer escort which carried a Sea King helicopter that I served on. We carried no missiles either. Shakes head,

Bob

Well, most countries have or had acts like those. I just don't think people should pitch rocks who may live in glass houses is all. Nobody and no country is perfect.

Bob

Wow, lots of discussion on the freedoms enjoyed or not enjoyed in various countries but no mention of The Patriot Act. I guess most people do like to feel protected by their own governments. I guess...

Sorry I don't have a good education being a high school drop out and yes I do think that some Americans, certainly not all, have a myopic view of history. There were a lot of parts of the British...

Oh come on, even I gagged at that post. There is plenty of evidence that politicians and police in the UK can be as crooked as most other places Political Corruption . I recall reading a post where...

Just to be clear I would love to legally own a full auto firearm, the preferred one would be be FG42 followed by an MG34. In answer to the original question.

Bob

The British Commonwealth of Nations was founded in 1931. Note the word nations not colonies. Just what wars were you referring to, WWII? I sometimes wonder about Americans grasp of history not...

Sailor

Your comment on what your grandfather said about knife fighting and cutting rather than killing with them in a knife fight I have heard 40 years ago here. We have a very large Finnish...