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I am really not saying I don't believe you, but do you have a source?

Protect yourself from what? Crime? Gun carriers cause crime. As I said in my first post, every year 5000 American children, and more Americans than American casualties during the Vietnam War are killed by firearms. Americans kill 19 times more than any of the other 25 richest countries in the world. If you want to protect other people, you will not carry a gun.

I know there's quite a bit wrong with this but here goes. Yes, correct, if you believe that strength and power are more important things than anything else. For anyone with a remote sense of community spirit or morals that statement is crap. A good citizen is not someone who needs to use force to get what they want. An unarmed man is more likely to be someone who believes in peace... ironically someone who will contribute far more to their society than a criminal. Again, in my opinion, wrong. Police sort things out properly, through law, an essential part of democracy. You may want a gun for self defence, but we can basically disregard that as the great majority of gun crime in America is not self defence. America is a diplomatic, democratic country and without the police to hold it together, it would be finished. I don't even know what that means. Explain pl0x? I know I have no solid facts or arguments to back this up but its so barbaric and stupid! No they would be illegal too ... :? An absolutely ridiculous thing to say if you're actually serious! (Which I doubt) If so there is so much wrong with it I barely know where to start! Ok, firstly, crime and misspelt words and totally different things. Crime is, in most cases, morally wrong and has a bad effect on society. Misspelt words, on the other hand, are not morally wrong, do not cause misery, death or robbery, and do not have a particularly bad effect on our society. Yeah, ok, some people are weird about misspelt words, but dont try and retaliate with some stupid argument. Anyway, people are not going to be 'scared' by the potential of misspelling words. People are, however, going to be scared about guns. Well I think this kinda is in my arguments favour? Unless I'm mistaken. If you're talking about the 'right' to bear arms, that's rubbish. I don't get that either, could someone explain? 10. The United States Constitution ©1791. All Rights Reserved. " A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the People to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed." I'm assuming it's this that you're referring to. Well I'm already doing that It's fine to make laws, it's another thing for them to be morally right. I could say "The rights of white and heterosexual people to have priorities over blacks and homosexuals shall not be infringed." So, that argument doesn't really make sense. They wont. Lol! Thats so stupid. Tomorrow, I'll say, "Yesterday, no-one died in London due to gun and knife crime, so I can safely say there is no problem". As we know that's rubbish. A single day is not enough to come to a judgement on a country's problems. Sorry What? I'm sorry but I dont think carrying a killing machine in your pocket makes you a peaceful person. Oh, really? Well could you explain why every year over 5000 American children are killed by firearms? Why every two years more Americans are killed due to firearms than the number of American casualties during the Vietnam War? Why firearms cause thirty six million deaths every year? Or why Americans kill 19x more than any of the other 25 richest countries in the world? Yes, of course, clearly Americans are only using guns for self-defence! Don't know what that is/how it is related. I think again this is in guncontrols favour? No, because as far as I'm concerned only a criminal would carry a gun. Guilty conscience, moving in the wrong circles. If police can ban guns just because it's a gun, the problem is stopped at the source. If guns are legal police aren't going to know who shouldn't own them until it's too late, until they've killed someone or gone on a shooting spree. Arson is a far, far less common crime compared to murder, and kills alot less people. Matches are needed for every life - guns are not. American citizens are killing each other. If I was an American citizen in this situation, I would want the government to control my country's problems, not encourage them. Sorry What? Good idea. Absolute rubbish. "The Brady Bill and the Assault Weapons Ban, both of which went into effect in 1994 are responsible for the decrease in violent crime rates, which have been declining since." That was two hundred years ago...

In the holidays, I go to bed midnight-ish or later, get up late morning, but I don't actually fall asleep until about 3/4 am, so about 10 hours in bed, about 6 asleep. I feel really tired in the mornings but that goes about 10 mins after getting up. School time - bed 10ish, get up 7, about 7 hours sleep. Edit - Can I siggy that?

Obviously things are different in different cultures, but you can't use culture as an excuse for lack of basic human rights! I don't think there's much wrong with what the parents did in this example but if you can call anything fine just because it's someone's culture, how far will that go?

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Wht not? I really think you should... You need to see a GP, as kranked said, vomiting alot can lead to health problems, and they are going to be able to help, refer to a good psychiatrist, etc.

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1. What was the book? :shock: 2. If its been going on for a while you should definitely tell your parents (if you havent already?) and if I were you I'd go and see your gp, they will be able to help more than anyone online.

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ya im sure people will work 16 hours a day a whole month No, I'm saying if you're awake an average length of time, you need to write one word a minute. Practically, you can write 1000 words in under an hour. Well yeah but lol people are lazy (including me. I'm not writing 16 hours a day, and I'm spending 2 weeks in a different country this month...) It's all very well saying 'you can write 1000 words an hour' but there's alot of planning and thinking involved, they have to be the right words. All I'm saying is if you want a people to enter, you need to make it a smaller task. Edit - sorry, that sounded horrible. :oops: I'm not trying to criticise just being practical

Exactly what I was thinking of. I got the idea from an xkcd fora thread on summer boredom. 1000 words a day. If you're awake 16 hours a day, that's just over 60 words an hour. One word a minute. When you break it down it's not so bad. Like I said, I'll definitely have a go, but I think you'd get alot more entries if it was less than that. Quite a few are probably going on holiday soon, after all its nearly August. Anyway, not my place to say, it's your comp! I better get started :D

Oooh fun! I'll definitely have a shot, but jeez, 30,000 words?! Are you sure you don't want to make it less? Such a massive task will almost definitely put people off...

The Romans managed pretty well.... : Well at least they had flushing toilets I suppose.

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The Romans managed pretty well.... :

shouldn't beat her too much? Are you sure you phrased that right? :? As for the first bit in underlined... you say you think it's fine for parents to choose who girls spend the rest of their life with, who they're going to marry and have a family with? The girl herself said it - she didn't want to leave home. She was scared. It is ever right to take a young child away from her family if she doesnt want to go? Sure they may have financial problems but if it was me I'd rather be poor than homesick. As far as I'm concerned, while a moral 'code-of-conduct' may not be 100% universal all around the world, there are certainly some boundaries which should never be crossed. Some things will always be wrong, no matter which country, family, or community they happen in, and no amount of 'It's their culture!' will ever change that.

Seems pretty stupid. Killing some of the replys in this, kills some good advice. People could go through the thread first, to see if theres anything to help them, however, you just got rid of parts which could be useful to some people. Lol come on. Everyone says the same thing anyway... :roll:

So you have to go spamming up another topic to get your point across? There's already a topic for discussion about that. A marriage between a ten year old girl and a thirty year old man, where the girl relies upon him for a home, safety and financial security until she comes of age... This may be OT but why not just call it adoption?

That may be true for many dogs, but it'd be ridiculous to apply it to all of them. But then again, if your dog is lonely it might be a good idea, I don't know. I just think that you have to be careful not to give your first dog the feeling of being replaced. So it boils down to - do you think he would get on with the poodle, or would they be jealous of each other? If not then go for it! :D