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I would much prefer a society where all homeowners and cops don't carry guns and cops were fired for illegal raids.
That’s not the real world. Criminals will always find a way to get guns no matter the amount of gun control you impose, so I’d rather have law abiding citizens be armed as well
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I have heard this claim before but I find it unconvincing. I have given up support of movements for which activists have acted cruelly or otherwise immorally. Obviously one person doesn't represent a movement, but if I only ever see immoral people leading a movement, that will form a basis for my opinion of the movement. My observation of these activists is usually that they seek attention at any cost. They will hurt…
> I have heard this claim before but I find it unconvincing. I have given up support of movements for which activists have acted cruelly or otherwise immorally. Most people aren't this particular brand of irrational.
> When the two civilian dressed masked men entered the apparentment I think this is very irresponsible. What would happen if the owner was armed and harmed the police thinking that they were criminals?
> What would happen if the owner was armed and harmed the police thinking that they were criminals? A hefty prison sentence for illegal handling of firearms and attempted homicide would be my guess.
Sentences are not added up. So yes, trying to shot a police officer will definitely get you decent sentence -- it's not hefty by American standards.
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The Taliban absolutely did not terrorism the US out of Afghanistan haha
Why do you think they left, then?
The US military was averaging only 12 deaths in the years before withdraw.
Most of what the taliban was doing is closer to asymmetric warfare than terrorism.
I'm Danish and lars kragh andersen is a bit of a grey zone. He obviously goes over the line, he tried to put GPS trackers on the cars of ministers. He "stalks" their families, and dox their children online. He gave an interview on how he'd ignore people carrying a kilo gram of weed when he was a cop because he doesn't agree with the "war on drugs". On the flip-side, he's sort of right. I assume that putting a GPS tra…
This is about as far from "over the line" as I can imagine.
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>The hate in Europe is driven primarily by an influx of people who were hating Jews anyway You are mistaken, the sentiments are shifting across the board. This is probably driven to a significant degree by the Israeli national policy of tying any criticism of Israel with antisemitism, and the broad acceptance of that policy by Jewish communities globally. Because of this implicit endorsement, it is not surprising tha…
You can’t blame the victims for racism. The whole point of racism is that it lumps people together based on the actions of some. It’s the same way Islamophobia doesn’t become justified based on the actions of some Muslims. Anyone who does do that is already a bigot, and would do the same to any other group, regardless of what they do. A culture that normalizes hatred of Jews (or Israelis) as a group, will very quickl…
I'm Danish and lars kragh andersen is a bit of a grey zone. He obviously goes over the line, he tried to put GPS trackers on the cars of ministers. He "stalks" their families, and dox their children online. He gave an interview on how he'd ignore people carrying a kilo gram of weed when he was a cop because he doesn't agree with the "war on drugs". On the flip-side, he's sort of right. I assume that putting a GPS tra…
I'm confused reading this. How in the world is GPS-tracking someone's car supposed to show hypocrisy with respect to encryption?
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You can if there's a direct threat to your life (i.e. you can see that the intruder is also armed). But you can't use it against someone for just entering your premises illegally. It needs to be a clear and present danger.
Not if you can back away
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And freedom fighters are supposed to actually care about "freedom" while terrorists generally do not. I fail to see what great advancements in freedom for anyone involved have come out of the terror attacks performed over the past 25 years.
Islamists fight to be the oppressors, not to help the oppressed.
Eh, the history of Islamism comes out of rebelling against secular dictators who had a habit of imprisoning their thought leaders.
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> difference between terrorists and freedom fighters is a matter of which side of the fence Oft repeated but untrue. Terrorism, empirically, doesn’t work. Non-violent protest, and armed insurrection (aimed at the state, not its population) do. Sometimes freedom fighters can benefit from terrorism. But they are distinct strategies with separate targets.
Terrorist is often a term used to describe freedom fighters, in order to delegitimize them. Basically this is such a common tactic that it is unsurprising that the two are sometimes conflated.
Do you have an historical example?