Posted on 09/05/2002 7:49:16 AM PDT by jimkress
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1.) Guns are used in self-defense over 2 million times a year. However, this makes the attempted crime a "non-event," which necessarily complicates the Police investigation. Without civilian ownership of guns, these Police investigations would not have been compromised. Civilians should leave crime prevention to the Police, who are properly equipped to investigate following the crime's completion.
2.) Some .004 % (4/1000 of 1%) of guns are used in crime each year. This is way too high. All guns should be banned.
3.) Guns are unnecessary. In 98% of civilian gun defenses, no shot is fired. If you are not going to fire a shot, you clearly don't need a gun. This proves that the guns are unnecessary. Banning guns will prevent these unnecessary defenses.
4.) Guns cause criminal migration. In tough gun-law Washington, D.C., violent crime rates are very high. This high crime rate is caused by the migration of criminals from gun havens like Virginia. This migration is caused by the criminal's cowardly avoidance of armed householders and concealed-carry civilians. This criminal migration is detrimental to helpless unarmed citizens in no-gun areas and must be stopped. Guns should be banned everywhere.
5.) Most gun crimes are committed by inner city gangs and drug dealers. These relatively small and geographically restricted groups consistently commit the majority of gun crimes, which usually peak as turf wars erupt over Drug War changes. The best way to prevent this is by denying guns to all law abiding people everywhere.
6.) No woman needs to protect herself from rape, assault or murder. The Police will protect women by investigating the crime after the fact. Remember, Police paperwork is all the protection anyone really needs.
7.) Guns owners are disrespectful of authority. Good citizens should completely rely on the authorities. A failure to do so is an invariable sign of improper and overly independent attitudes. Failure to completely and absolutely trust and depend on the authorities is excessive democracy and sends a bad message to children.
8.) Guns owners engaging in self-defense are taking the law into their own hands. This is wrong. Only the Police and Criminals have the right to take the law into their own hands. It should be kept out of the hands of citizens.
9.) Children and young people should remain ignorant about guns. Real guns and real gun knowledge dissipate the fantasies created by violent video games and TV. Ignorance, once lost, can never be restored and needs to be protected. Not to mention the lost sales of all the violent movies, TV shows, video games, etc!
10.)Guns reduce people's reliance on the Police and Government. This fosters a mistaken belief in "rights". No person has the right to question authority. No person should be less than 100% dependent on authority. This is fundamental to social order. Banning guns will help to establish the Order the authorities want. This is good.
Is a "Puppy Policy" acceptable?
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The only guns that should be allowed are brand new M1s from Springfield Armory, and only criminals should be allowed to buy them.
Actually, over the past couple of years the standard has gone from 800x600 to 1024x768, at least in the wired world. That seems to be the case both in monitors, where the standard size of 17" made that resolution appear roughly equivalent to the 15" 800x600, and in digital projectors. A quick Google search for screen resolution statistics will confirm the preceding.
Now, like most web-developers, I'll design to an 800x600 screen size, but that's to fit a reasonable lowest common denominator of consumer, not to write to an overwhelmingly prevalent resolution.
Your point about serving the customer is valid. But with all due respect, when I read your "helpful suggestion" it felt like typical manager-speak: a supposedly easy solution that appears simple only because it's based on unrealistic or unsupported assumptions. I can't speak for pseudogratix, but perhaps you can see why such a suggestion might be... frustrating?
Well, that would be because I am a nerd. :-)
Anyhow, thank you for giving me an attitude check. I realize that in time and in eternity it was hardly a thing worth commenting on, but the natural man in me simply refuses to go away.
As were your uninvited comments, quite unnecessary...
If you were to do a survey of Freepers, which resolution do you think would be the favorite?
I frankly doubt that. Your posts seem to be merely excuses for posting links for the not very subtle purpose of promoting Mormonism. If nothing else, that demonstrates a lack of class.
And what color would you like that database?
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I don't know. If pressed, I'd guess that the spread for most-commonly used resolution would be like it is for most websites -- something along the lines below. (I say "commonly used" because that could conceivably differ from "favorite.")
The remainder would be split between 640x480, 1200x1600, and any resolutions that the newer Macs have (if different than the above; I don't recall what their supported resolutions are). IOW, I'd expect the plurality (likely the majority) to be using 1024x768, but anticipate a significant percentage to be using a lower resolution.
The actual "favorite" would be irrelevant, though. My point that actually bore on the discussion was that a legitimate spread existed. Further, that to satisfy your request for full-screen images, such a variety of resolutions in use would have to be taken into account. Would you continue to claim otherwise?
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