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I have an acquaintance who lives in California. She's *very* liberal in her views which is to be expected, I guess. She has recently announced that after living in the USA for the last 60+ years, she and her husband are moving to Australia next month to get away from the USA's "crazy" obsession with guns. Like other liberals, she has often advocated that the USA adopt the 1997 policy of a buy back program following the mass shooting in Port Arthur, Australia. She ignores some real data though. First, Australia does not have anything like a 2nd Amendment in it's constitution. Gun rights are controlled by the "states" rather than the federal government. Secondly, there are more privately owned firearms in Australia today than there were before 1996. The million guns destroyed after Port Arthur have been replaced with 1,026,000 new ones. But, I agree with her about one thing. The culture is different there. Guns are primarily used for hunting and there's no obsession with copies of military style semi-automatics. |
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On Sun, 25 Feb 2018 07:53:09 -0500, "Mr. Luddite" wrote:
I have an acquaintance who lives in California. She's *very* liberal in her views which is to be expected, I guess. She has recently announced that after living in the USA for the last 60+ years, she and her husband are moving to Australia next month to get away from the USA's "crazy" obsession with guns. Like other liberals, she has often advocated that the USA adopt the 1997 policy of a buy back program following the mass shooting in Port Arthur, Australia. She ignores some real data though. First, Australia does not have anything like a 2nd Amendment in it's constitution. Gun rights are controlled by the "states" rather than the federal government. Secondly, there are more privately owned firearms in Australia today than there were before 1996. The million guns destroyed after Port Arthur have been replaced with 1,026,000 new ones. But, I agree with her about one thing. The culture is different there. Guns are primarily used for hunting and there's no obsession with copies of military style semi-automatics. Yup, the culture is different. Apparently they didn't get their fair share of deviants. |
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Nor did the rest of the civilized world, Johnny!
Y'all seem to intentionally breed deviants. |
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On Sun, 25 Feb 2018 09:03:07 -0500, John H.
wrote: On Sun, 25 Feb 2018 07:53:09 -0500, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: I have an acquaintance who lives in California. She's *very* liberal in her views which is to be expected, I guess. She has recently announced that after living in the USA for the last 60+ years, she and her husband are moving to Australia next month to get away from the USA's "crazy" obsession with guns. Like other liberals, she has often advocated that the USA adopt the 1997 policy of a buy back program following the mass shooting in Port Arthur, Australia. She ignores some real data though. First, Australia does not have anything like a 2nd Amendment in it's constitution. Gun rights are controlled by the "states" rather than the federal government. Secondly, there are more privately owned firearms in Australia today than there were before 1996. The million guns destroyed after Port Arthur have been replaced with 1,026,000 new ones. But, I agree with her about one thing. The culture is different there. Guns are primarily used for hunting and there's no obsession with copies of military style semi-automatics. Yup, the culture is different. Apparently they didn't get their fair share of deviants. I think they just do a better job of weeding the deviants out. It is certainly a different culture tho,. |
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On 2/25/18 7:53 AM, Mr. Luddite wrote:
I have an acquaintance who lives in California.Â* She's *very* liberal in her views which is to be expected, I guess. She has recently announced that after living in the USA for the last 60+ years, she and her husband are moving to Australia next month to get away from the USA's "crazy" obsession with guns.Â* Like other liberals, she has often advocated that the USA adopt the 1997 policy of a buy back program following theÂ* mass shooting in Port Arthur, Australia. She ignores some real data though. First, Australia does not have anything like a 2nd Amendment in it's constitution.Â* Gun rights are controlled by the "states" rather than the federal government. Secondly, there are more privately owned firearms in Australia today than there were before 1996. The million guns destroyed after Port Arthur have been replaced with 1,026,000 new ones. But, I agree with her about one thing.Â* The culture is different there. Guns are primarily used for hunting and there's no obsession with copies of military style semi-automatics. "Very liberal." Love it. It is the "liberal states" where the atmosphere is most conducive to innovation technology. Didn't you make your fortune via innovation technology? Just about every assessment I've seen says that the leading technology states in terms of innovation technology and percentages of workers employed in innovation technology are Massachusetts, California, New York, and Connecticut. You think there is a connection between liberal politics and innovation technology? You think SpaceX is headquartered in California by accident? I wonder how successful you might have been, business technology wise, had you started up when you did in Mississippi, South Carolina, or Florida. |
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On 2/25/2018 9:51 AM, Keyser Soze wrote:
On 2/25/18 7:53 AM, Mr. Luddite wrote: I have an acquaintance who lives in California.Â* She's *very* liberal in her views which is to be expected, I guess. She has recently announced that after living in the USA for the last 60+ years, she and her husband are moving to Australia next month to get away from the USA's "crazy" obsession with guns.Â* Like other liberals, she has often advocated that the USA adopt the 1997 policy of a buy back program following theÂ* mass shooting in Port Arthur, Australia. She ignores some real data though. First, Australia does not have anything like a 2nd Amendment in it's constitution.Â* Gun rights are controlled by the "states" rather than the federal government. Secondly, there are more privately owned firearms in Australia today than there were before 1996. The million guns destroyed after Port Arthur have been replaced with 1,026,000 new ones. But, I agree with her about one thing.Â* The culture is different there. Guns are primarily used for hunting and there's no obsession with copies of military style semi-automatics. "Very liberal." Love it. It is the "liberal states" where the atmosphere is most conducive to innovation technology. Didn't you make your fortune via innovation technology? Just about every assessment I've seen says that the leading technology states in terms of innovation technology and percentages of workers employed in innovation technology are Massachusetts, California, New York, and Connecticut. You think there is a connection between liberal politics and innovation technology? You think SpaceX is headquartered in California by accident? I wonder how successful you might have been, business technology wise, had you started up when you did in Mississippi, South Carolina, or Florida. I am struggling trying to figure out how your comments relate to the post I made. It was about her very liberal views regarding guns, not technology or what I did for a living. Have you had your morning coffee yet? |
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On Sunday, February 25, 2018 at 9:58:36 AM UTC-5, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 2/25/2018 9:51 AM, Keyser Soze wrote: On 2/25/18 7:53 AM, Mr. Luddite wrote: I have an acquaintance who lives in California.Â* She's *very* liberal in her views which is to be expected, I guess. She has recently announced that after living in the USA for the last 60+ years, she and her husband are moving to Australia next month to get away from the USA's "crazy" obsession with guns.Â* Like other liberals, she has often advocated that the USA adopt the 1997 policy of a buy back program following theÂ* mass shooting in Port Arthur, Australia. She ignores some real data though. First, Australia does not have anything like a 2nd Amendment in it's constitution.Â* Gun rights are controlled by the "states" rather than the federal government. Secondly, there are more privately owned firearms in Australia today than there were before 1996. The million guns destroyed after Port Arthur have been replaced with 1,026,000 new ones. But, I agree with her about one thing.Â* The culture is different there. Guns are primarily used for hunting and there's no obsession with copies of military style semi-automatics. "Very liberal." Love it. It is the "liberal states" where the atmosphere is most conducive to innovation technology. Didn't you make your fortune via innovation technology? Just about every assessment I've seen says that the leading technology states in terms of innovation technology and percentages of workers employed in innovation technology are Massachusetts, California, New York, and Connecticut. You think there is a connection between liberal politics and innovation technology? You think SpaceX is headquartered in California by accident? I wonder how successful you might have been, business technology wise, had you started up when you did in Mississippi, South Carolina, or Florida. I am struggling trying to figure out how your comments relate to the post I made. It was about her very liberal views regarding guns, not technology or what I did for a living. Have you had your morning coffee yet? He tries very hard to be an asshole. Thing is, he really doesn't have to try at all. The company I work for is an industry leader in our field, and it is acomputer/IP/software centric business. We were started in a small town in SC, and continue to be headquartered here. While large cities in the popular population centers certainly attract young professionals, the trend seems to be moving away from that model and more into a situation like ours. We have no problem attracting and keeping talent. |
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On 2/25/2018 10:12 AM, Its Me wrote:
On Sunday, February 25, 2018 at 9:58:36 AM UTC-5, Mr. Luddite wrote: On 2/25/2018 9:51 AM, Keyser Soze wrote: On 2/25/18 7:53 AM, Mr. Luddite wrote: I have an acquaintance who lives in California.Â* She's *very* liberal in her views which is to be expected, I guess. She has recently announced that after living in the USA for the last 60+ years, she and her husband are moving to Australia next month to get away from the USA's "crazy" obsession with guns.Â* Like other liberals, she has often advocated that the USA adopt the 1997 policy of a buy back program following theÂ* mass shooting in Port Arthur, Australia. She ignores some real data though. First, Australia does not have anything like a 2nd Amendment in it's constitution.Â* Gun rights are controlled by the "states" rather than the federal government. Secondly, there are more privately owned firearms in Australia today than there were before 1996. The million guns destroyed after Port Arthur have been replaced with 1,026,000 new ones. But, I agree with her about one thing.Â* The culture is different there. Guns are primarily used for hunting and there's no obsession with copies of military style semi-automatics. "Very liberal." Love it. It is the "liberal states" where the atmosphere is most conducive to innovation technology. Didn't you make your fortune via innovation technology? Just about every assessment I've seen says that the leading technology states in terms of innovation technology and percentages of workers employed in innovation technology are Massachusetts, California, New York, and Connecticut. You think there is a connection between liberal politics and innovation technology? You think SpaceX is headquartered in California by accident? I wonder how successful you might have been, business technology wise, had you started up when you did in Mississippi, South Carolina, or Florida. I am struggling trying to figure out how your comments relate to the post I made. It was about her very liberal views regarding guns, not technology or what I did for a living. Have you had your morning coffee yet? He tries very hard to be an asshole. Thing is, he really doesn't have to try at all. The company I work for is an industry leader in our field, and it is acomputer/IP/software centric business. We were started in a small town in SC, and continue to be headquartered here. While large cities in the popular population centers certainly attract young professionals, the trend seems to be moving away from that model and more into a situation like ours. We have no problem attracting and keeping talent. There seems to be a remaining myth that "high tech" industries only exist in the areas Harry mentioned. Back in the 50's and 60's it was probably so but "high tech" has expanded or sprung up virtually everwhere in the USA. Even those states known mostly as being agricultural in nature have their share of "high tech" companies. Harry is wrong. I could have just as easily set up shop back in 1989 in South Carolina or elsewhere. Our largest domestic competitor was located in Texas and the largest international competitor was located in Germany. I just happened to live in MA and had kids in school. |
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