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Comment Re:WMDs? Chemical weapons? Wait, what? (Score 5, Informative) 376

Not sure where you get your definition of WMD.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W...

To help you out:

As defined by 18 USC Â2332 (a), a Weapon of Mass Destruction is:

        (a) any destructive device as defined in section 921 of the title;
        (B) any weapon that is designed or intended to cause death or serious bodily injury through the release, dissemination, or impact of toxic or poisonous chemicals, or their precursors;
        (C) any weapon involving a biological agent, toxin, or vector (as those terms are defined in section 178 of this title); or
        (D) any weapon that is designed to release radiation or radioactivity at a level dangerous to human life;

Comment Re:News... (Score 1) 617

I've been reading reading this site for about the same time and I have to agree with you. While, I do read through the comments sections, I very rarely comment. Both the comments and story sections have changed significantly in that time.

Comment Re:Ah. Survival. (Score 1) 562

You really believe "the ones who protect themselves are not equipped to deal with the trauma of having to shoot people." William Golding and the generation of people who read Lord of Flies disagree with you. If someone is going to try and take away supplies, the owner is going to fight. Period. They have nothing else. The "gansta's" may eventually dominate through shear brutality, however that does not stop people in the initial stages from defending themselves. There were several reports of people defending their property and neighborhoods from roving looters after Katrina and during the Egyptian riots.

Comment Re:Leftists (Score 1) 819

Free-market doctrine clearly does not include the government pushing an individual institution to the private sector. Deregulation of an entire industry is core to the free market doctrine. However, the intent in deregulation is to open an industry to the private sector, not a "business or two." By handing a "hospital" over to a single corporation you are offering no incentive for the corporation to perform efficiently, because the costs ARE supported by the state. It's easy to be lazy if you always have somebody to fall back on. I'll agree the model is doomed however, don't mistake your deranged model for anything approaching the free market.

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