Comment Re:Where are the round-abouts (Score 1) 203
We have a few, especially in New England, but we can't keep the European drivers from turning clockwise.
IIRC, gunpowder is a 3>2>1 mixture of sulphur, saltpeter, and charcoal. Sulphur dioxide is a food preservative, probably used in the raisins and other preserved fruit in yuor breakfast cereal... within legally recognized tolerances.
So no. No jail for the GM GMs.
If I were a poacher, and the premium for "real" horn was sufficient for me to keep poaching, I'd start delivering the head with the horn. Not sure we'll see printed heads in my lifetime.
...those buying these products usually have their own reliable sources to ensure that they are get what they pay for.
Those buying the products in bulk don't really care if they are genuine, they only care if the next customer in the supply chain will buy it. The end users, who are dumb enough to believe that ground up horn is going to cure their erectile dysfunction, don't have the means to test it. The end market is in China, where melamine is dumped into baby formula, dried weeds are sold as tea, and noodles are often preserved with formaldehyde. They just do not have the supply chain infrastructure to ensure quality or authenticity. The fake rhino horn could work well.
Ironically, testosterone or one of DrugCo's magic cures for ED could be included in the counterfeit horn, so it works better than the real McCoy.
Even if it was true... millions of dollars for
Wonder what the arrest rate of 20 extra pairs of feet on the street is?
Yep, everything's bigger in Texas: the State Police and the police state.
Even if it was true... millions of breaches into the innocent communications of private citizens for... 44 arrests.
I can't believe these words are exiting my IP:
Good job, Taylor!
Choosing not to own a weapon, and being against their legalization, may not be the identical position.
It isn't, but that's not really the point. "Legalisation" is such a useless term, no-one is advocating complete illegalisation of weapons, even civilised countries allow their citizens to own certain weapons. But I think most people believe some level of control needs to be implemented, More control than currently exists in the US.
I suspect many non-owners would reconsider, for instance, if it became necessary to hunt for their meat.
Yeah great, but what does that have to do with anything? Many people think violent crime is a lot worse than it is. So what does that tell us about the value of people's opinions? http://www.pewresearch.org/fac...
This debate concerning a citizen's right to weaponry is as polarizing as those of political and religious topics. People on both sides of the argument (with entrenched belief sets) are often unable to process new evidence of a contradictory sort.
Yeah great. So you've done nothing to remedy that fact except whinge about it....
Hhhmmm. Combined grammatical use of z in "citizen", the s in "legalisation", and the g in whinge.
I discern from these clues you are a careless, yet educated Brit with a stunted ability to appreciate any humor near the self-deprecation side of the scale.
I had ordered something over the internet from a company I had previously turned some trade with , and this latest transaction initiated a request for some photo ID to go with the bank card. Or. You can pay with Paypal.
I believe it's statistically safer to use Umbrella Corporations like Amazon and Paypal, than to leave too much info in too many different hands.
As their de facto monopoly on popular opinion increases, it will become more efficient to cater to the masses through this venue unless a viable competitor is developed.
Verifying identities is very much to the advantage of a company who sells its members personal information.
This is not a position of advocacy for one side of the debate in particular, merely an observation for your reflection.
This debate concerning a citizen's right to weaponry is as polarizing as those of political and religious topics. People on both sides of the argument (with entrenched belief sets) are often unable to process new evidence of a contradictory sort.
The price of that equation is that, eventually, some of those legal weapons wind up in the irresponsible hands of the extremely antisocial.
If that is a trade-off the population can live with, then so be it. Each is free in a way of their choosing.
Suggest you just sit there and wait till life gets easier.
