Not Australia, dont do Australia. In reality if you dont live in like the three major cities and suburbs you have plenty of guns and while those laws maybe on the books enforcement is something else entirely. Australia is like NY state. New York City and Albany is an open air prison, but upstate every 3rd house has an "assault rifle" and they ain't registered and you damn sure ain't going to take it.brewster wrote: ↑Tue Jun 04, 2019 3:33 pmDespite plenty of evidence to the contrary? From Australia to Costa Rica to Sweden there are democracies that are not full of civilians armed to the teeth. In fact most are not, Switzerland and Israel are outliers.Speaker to Animals wrote: ↑Tue Jun 04, 2019 3:18 pmYou are overthinking a simple concept. A self-governed people is necessarily an armed people. Full stop. Self-evident truth.
Urban vs. Rural; What's to be done?
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I don't know specifically in this case. But in many cultures shaving someones head was a treatment given to those that seriously violated social expectations.
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They publicly humiliated victims before killing them in the Cultural Revolution.
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Cutting off his queue no doubt. They were kind of a big deal for some ethnicities in China. Doubtless they had no place under communist China's social order.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queue_(hairstyle)
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“you can’t hate the roots of the tree and not hate the tree; you can’t hate your origin and not end up hating yourself" - Ben Franklin
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NYC now has half the Coronavirus cases in the US.
It's now time to lock down these cities and quit wasting our resources on them.
Not enough return for the investment. Don't reward the disease spreading mob of non-producers.
Rural folks already live social distancing, food production and storage, and a more sustainable lifestyle.
We can't afford to send all these resources to the stupid bums in the cities. Just let them die. Quarantine them so they won't infect the producers.
It's now time to lock down these cities and quit wasting our resources on them.
Not enough return for the investment. Don't reward the disease spreading mob of non-producers.
Rural folks already live social distancing, food production and storage, and a more sustainable lifestyle.
We can't afford to send all these resources to the stupid bums in the cities. Just let them die. Quarantine them so they won't infect the producers.
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C-Mag wrote: ↑Sat Mar 28, 2020 3:16 pmNYC now has half the Coronavirus cases in the US.
It's now time to lock down these cities and quit wasting our resources on them.
Not enough return for the investment. Don't reward the disease spreading mob of non-producers.
Rural folks already live social distancing, food production and storage, and a more sustainable lifestyle.
We can't afford to send all these resources to the stupid bums in the cities. Just let them die. Quarantine them so they won't infect the producers.
Someone needs to notify Mr. Plisskin to grab the flag on the way out.
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My sister-in-law is basically trapped in the city now, with her daughter
She was going to go to our parents place, but they're batshit not taking this seriously so that's a bad place to go
Mrs Smitty is concerned, but I'm like they are coming from the hot zone, lady
the Cheyenne Mountain Complex is locked down, nobody out, nobody in
Don't have enough room for two people to be quarantined, don't have enough food to feed them
This Space Pod was only designed for two
She was going to go to our parents place, but they're batshit not taking this seriously so that's a bad place to go
Mrs Smitty is concerned, but I'm like they are coming from the hot zone, lady
the Cheyenne Mountain Complex is locked down, nobody out, nobody in
Don't have enough room for two people to be quarantined, don't have enough food to feed them
This Space Pod was only designed for two
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Mrs Smitty is so scared of the bug she said "Oh well, I'm sure they'll be fine"
Germophobic Warfare
Could be quite awhile before she is willing to leave the Space Pod again, even if they lift the shelter in place
Germophobic Warfare
Could be quite awhile before she is willing to leave the Space Pod again, even if they lift the shelter in place
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Yeah, dads gonna have to miss the kid birthdays this year. No flights from Florida, thank you. Full travel lockdown for the Farmer fam.