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  • F Forogar

    What? Oh, the portions weren't big enough? ...and it wasn't battered, extra crispy, fried to death (with extra bland yellow cheese substitute)?

    - I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.

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    You say that like it's a bad thing. And barbecue too. I'm more partial to Carolina than the stuff further west.

    I’ve given up trying to be calm. However, I am open to feeling slightly less agitated.

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    • F Forogar

      What? Oh, the portions weren't big enough? ...and it wasn't battered, extra crispy, fried to death (with extra bland yellow cheese substitute)?

      - I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.

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      honey the codewitch
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      You all can't really speak about food quality. You all stole most of the world's spices and can't be bothered to use them. My favorite British food is Indian food.

      Real programmers use butterflies

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      • H honey the codewitch

        My husband is a member of a gun club, and they train, and provide security for events. He doesn't pose with his weapons. To the degree that it's a hobby, he does what a normal person with a hobby like that would do, and go to the range. One of things about this country that has been steadily eroded by lobbyists is emphasis on gun safety. And people wonder why we get some new story every week about some moron who shouldn't have had guns or kids being blown away by their toddler.

        Real programmers use butterflies

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        Sander Rossel
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        honey the codewitch wrote:

        they train, and provide security for events.

        That's not even allowed over here. Only the government is allowed to handle guns, so army and police. Security is rarely armed over here. We do have shooting ranges, but I know very few people who've ever been there, one or two I think. I guess this is unimaginable to many Americans, but guns simply do not exist in daily life over here. I mean, of course they exist, but it's almost always illegal and criminal. In 2019, someone shot some people in a tram in Utrecht, near where I work. That's the closest I've ever been to guns. There was also a shooting at a mall about ten years ago, people still remember it, even if they've never been there. I think we've had one school shooting ever.

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        • O obermd

          Every single one of them is properly handling the weapon. None are pointed at anyone and no one has their finger near the trigger. (The congressman might but I suspect his finger is wrapped around the trigger guard.)

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          They could give lessons to a certain Hollywood actor.

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          • Sander RosselS Sander Rossel

            honey the codewitch wrote:

            they train, and provide security for events.

            That's not even allowed over here. Only the government is allowed to handle guns, so army and police. Security is rarely armed over here. We do have shooting ranges, but I know very few people who've ever been there, one or two I think. I guess this is unimaginable to many Americans, but guns simply do not exist in daily life over here. I mean, of course they exist, but it's almost always illegal and criminal. In 2019, someone shot some people in a tram in Utrecht, near where I work. That's the closest I've ever been to guns. There was also a shooting at a mall about ten years ago, people still remember it, even if they've never been there. I think we've had one school shooting ever.

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            honey the codewitch
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            Well in our country, the police are pro-fascist**, and actively protect white supremacists and attack those that stand up to them, so the only way to have a safe anti-fascist counter-protest in this country is to bring your own security. That's why leftists here believe in an armed proletarian class. The liberals and the right wingers are the groups that want only "the right people" to have guns, and unfortunately, the way they've decided their "right people" isn't subject to things like rational discernment or even public review. Hidden in Plain Sight: Racism, White Supremacy, and Far-Right Militancy in Law Enforcement | Brennan Center for Justice[^] Law Enforcement and the Problem of White Supremacy | The New Yorker[^] Trust in Policing: The Role of White Supremacy[^] FBI Document Sheds Light on White Supremacist Infiltration of Police[^]

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            • Sander RosselS Sander Rossel

              Unless, you know, people wouldn't fight :doh: Our forefathers did a lot of fighting and as a result I never had to fight in my life. I was born into peace and still know it today, same for my parents. Their parents lived during WWII, but of the four, only one is still alive. So tell me, who are you fighting that you need all those guns?

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              Our second amendment was written specifically to allow us to overthrow our government if needed. Our freedoms are laid out in our Declaration of Independence (yes, the forgotten document) where it spells out that a free people have the fundamental right to replace their government at any time they feel they're being trampled on by said government. The second amendment is there to enforce that right.

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              • Sander RosselS Sander Rossel

                honey the codewitch wrote:

                they train, and provide security for events.

                That's not even allowed over here. Only the government is allowed to handle guns, so army and police. Security is rarely armed over here. We do have shooting ranges, but I know very few people who've ever been there, one or two I think. I guess this is unimaginable to many Americans, but guns simply do not exist in daily life over here. I mean, of course they exist, but it's almost always illegal and criminal. In 2019, someone shot some people in a tram in Utrecht, near where I work. That's the closest I've ever been to guns. There was also a shooting at a mall about ten years ago, people still remember it, even if they've never been there. I think we've had one school shooting ever.

                Best, Sander Azure DevOps Succinctly (free eBook) Azure Serverless Succinctly (free eBook) Migrating Apps to the Cloud with Azure arrgh.js - Bringing LINQ to JavaScript

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                Sander Rossel wrote:

                That's not even allowed over here.

                Not allowed in the US either - unless the private security company is licensed and bonded. I get the feeling that "honey" is referring to something all together different.

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                • Mircea NeacsuM Mircea Neacsu

                  #realJSOP wrote:

                  I'm not gonna criticize anyone else for doing that. It is, after all, theoretically a free country.

                  I thought the freedom includes the freedom to criticize. Or pointing out the bad taste of someone who makes Christmas cards with guns. You know, this was supposed to be celebrating the birthday of someone who had little to do with guns and violence.

                  Mircea

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                  Mircea Neacsu wrote:

                  this was supposed to be celebrating the birthday of someone who had little to do with guns and violence.

                  Maybe they didn't have guns back then, but he sure lived in violent times. Downright barbaric in fact.

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                  • F fgs1963

                    Sander Rossel wrote:

                    That's not even allowed over here.

                    Not allowed in the US either - unless the private security company is licensed and bonded. I get the feeling that "honey" is referring to something all together different.

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                    honey the codewitch
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                    People are allowed to organize militias in this country, fgs. At least in my state they are. Those militias can operate as an armed presence at part of an event where they are welcome. There is nothing illegal about that. Google orgs like Socialist Rifle Association and the John Brown Gun Club. We are talking about something different, clearly. Trouble is, I don't know what you're talking about.

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                    • O obermd

                      Our second amendment was written specifically to allow us to overthrow our government if needed. Our freedoms are laid out in our Declaration of Independence (yes, the forgotten document) where it spells out that a free people have the fundamental right to replace their government at any time they feel they're being trampled on by said government. The second amendment is there to enforce that right.

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                      Sander Rossel
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                      Yes, two and a half centuries ago, in which time you've never used it other than to defend gun ownership, so that makes it totally relevant today :thumbsup:

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                      • H honey the codewitch

                        People are allowed to organize militias in this country, fgs. At least in my state they are. Those militias can operate as an armed presence at part of an event where they are welcome. There is nothing illegal about that. Google orgs like Socialist Rifle Association and the John Brown Gun Club. We are talking about something different, clearly. Trouble is, I don't know what you're talking about.

                        Real programmers use butterflies

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                        fgs1963
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                        I'll stand corrected... ...my experience is limited. I don't attend events where armed militias are needed - they sound "unhealthy".

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                        • O obermd

                          Our second amendment was written specifically to allow us to overthrow our government if needed. Our freedoms are laid out in our Declaration of Independence (yes, the forgotten document) where it spells out that a free people have the fundamental right to replace their government at any time they feel they're being trampled on by said government. The second amendment is there to enforce that right.

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                          obermd wrote:

                          Our second amendment was written specifically to allow us to overthrow our government if needed.

                          But this guy is a congressman...he is the government. He owns guns...what, in case he needs to overthrow what are essentially his coworkers?

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                          • O obermd

                            Our second amendment was written specifically to allow us to overthrow our government if needed. Our freedoms are laid out in our Declaration of Independence (yes, the forgotten document) where it spells out that a free people have the fundamental right to replace their government at any time they feel they're being trampled on by said government. The second amendment is there to enforce that right.

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                            Mircea Neacsu
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                            obermd wrote:

                            Our second amendment was written specifically to allow us to overthrow our government if needed.

                            Respectfully, I would suggest that even if it was written with that intent, in the meantime said government bought a few tanks, airplanes, missiles, etc. while prohibiting the populace to buy any of them. Today your chance of "fighting the government" with guns is a bit less than zilch.

                            Mircea

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                            • Greg UtasG Greg Utas

                              They could give lessons to a certain Hollywood actor.

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                              GET TO DA CHOPPA, NOW!

                              Bastard Programmer from Hell :suss: "If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.

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                              • F fgs1963

                                I'll stand corrected... ...my experience is limited. I don't attend events where armed militias are needed - they sound "unhealthy".

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                                honey the codewitch
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                                What's unhealthy was what happened in Charlottesville. Where the cops did $#* all.

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                                • pkfoxP pkfox

                                  [Idiot and his family](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-59543735)

                                  "Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well-preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming “Wow! What a Ride!" - Hunter S Thompson - RIP

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                                  2 dummies are not going to create geniuses.

                                  It was only in wine that he laid down no limit for himself, but he did not allow himself to be confused by it. ― Confucian Analects: Rules of Confucius about his food

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                                  • H honey the codewitch

                                    What's unhealthy was what happened in Charlottesville. Where the cops did $#* all.

                                    Real programmers use butterflies

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                                    fgs1963
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                                    The CP Lounge is not the proper forum for this. In fact, CP no longer has any forum for this. Tread lightly.

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                                    • F fgs1963

                                      The CP Lounge is not the proper forum for this. In fact, CP no longer has any forum for this. Tread lightly.

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                                      honey the codewitch
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                                      If "opposition to white supremacist murderers" is a political issue I want the nearest shuttle off this planet.

                                      Real programmers use butterflies

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                                      • realJSOPR realJSOP

                                        I don't see anything wrong with the photo. Everyone is practising proper trigger and muzzle discipline.

                                        ".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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                                        You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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                                        When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013

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                                        Kevin Marois
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                                        :)

                                        If it's not broken, fix it until it is. Everything makes sense in someone's mind. Ya can't fix stupid.

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                                        • H honey the codewitch

                                          If "opposition to white supremacist murderers" is a political issue I want the nearest shuttle off this planet.

                                          Real programmers use butterflies

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                                          pkfox
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                                          Sorry if I seem to have opened a hornets nest

                                          "Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well-preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming “Wow! What a Ride!" - Hunter S Thompson - RIP

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