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Comment Re:Solution looking for a problem (Score 1) 513

I understand why some people think smart guns that can be locked down might be an answer, but there will still be dumb guns that anyone can shoot at anyone. Unless it was possible to make them all smart, it's not going to work, and it won't stop people from using home-made zip guns, or even crossbows.

Comment Re:Hey, law enforcement! (Score 4, Insightful) 304

The police should have been called in to make a safe corridor...

I get the idea this is what they want - to believe that they are the victims of government oppression and that not wearing a mask is a constitutionally-granted right. Fighting for their freedoms, and all that.

Comment Cults are like that. (Score 5, Insightful) 233

We Subgenii have observed that cult leaders will make a prediction of doom, and that when it doesn't happen, some of their followers will abandon them. The leader makes another prediction ("The end of the world is coming on July 5th!"), or revises the date for the previous announcement, and when that date comes and goes, a few more people leave - but fewer than the first time. Eventually the leader ends up with a core of people who have doubled down and who are prepared to believe anything, no matter how stupid it might seem - no matter how many predictions don't come true, or how many end-of-the-world deadlines come and pass. As long as there are enough of them, an Us-or-Them division makes it very hard to talk them down, and the worst cases end in violence or mass suicide.

Cui bono?

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