dimreepr

That's why the NRA spends so much money, they realise the slippery slope isn't always a bad thing, even if it leads to an ever-diminishing balance sheet.

The problem only seems intractable, big money/power is often the source of its own downfall. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_matchgirls_strike_of_1888

That's kinda my point when I started this topic, only one side wins... People. Of course not, but people are people and some people lose their shit if they lose their phones, even if they didn't have them yesterday. I'm 100% sure that if you (zap) had the choice to kill or hand over your gun, you'd make the right choice.

I do have some sympathy, I've personally witnessed someone go into meltdown because they left their phone at home and won't get their hands on it for 6 hours.

There are always sides, however benign and well-thought-out the regulation, the only real difference is when they aren't well thought out or benign, there are no guns to take revenge on the pricks...

Do I have to quote you?

It's about which side will pack the biggest political punch, after all, there's no-one more determined to end smoking than an ex-smoker. It was a throwaway line with a satirical twist about which side wins; when only one side can ever really win.

Perhaps or perhaps the money needed is exponential.

Why do you think it stopped there?

They're always called out on this site and almost always ignored, I doubt your suggestion would make a difference but its fun watching them dig deeper.

Sometimes karma's a bitch; not me before you ask.

The best lesson I had when it comes to building anything is, measure twice and cut once; a lesson I learned by doing the opposite.

Today I learned knowledge doesn't equal understanding.

I'm guessing you read the Daily Mail...

How do you confuse a Daily Mail reader? Tell them, the natural diet of an asylum seeker is paedophiles...

How do you explain the Casmir effect ?

You may not get the joke, but not every request for the truth demands a lie.

Unless you're Kanye West...

Maybe not but pigeons were trained as a guidance system.

Although I'm unsure how one can stand parallel with the wall if only one foot and shoulder is pressed against it?

I succeeded on the 2nd attempt (had to adjust my balance), but I've yet to levitate.

You can't draw that line, that's the whole point.

Are you serious? If they aren't infallible how do you know you aren't dribbling and muttering into the pillow of your padded cell? Those that are, also have workable senses...

What's the big deal? Why do you have to be right so badly? I don't think any of the posters, in this thread, looks around them constantly wondering if what they perceive is real. it's real enough. I can't prove it (I don't have too), but you've yet to provide a single scrap of evidence that 'our senses are infallible', and since your entire argument, rests on that statement, I think it's time you start.

They are the space they occupy