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Post Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2008 6:26 pm 
 

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yes i have seen them both - i saw them on the cinema - good films - very interesting!

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Shame they didn't run to a third..


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Post Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2008 9:19 pm 
 

Them damn buglers!  :oops:


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Post Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2008 9:26 pm 
 

i have two weapons....

a morning star and a chinese hand-axe


Not too bad, but I have many more than that. I forget how many swords, but at least 3 katanas from Japan (one made by the descendant of Masamune - that sucker was expensive [something like $45k but I didn't buy it... it was a gift!!]) and some other stuff. I like to have them decorate the place. I have used some of the little things in various places and reasons, like in high school, a friend and I staged a fight on film...

Oh, so, umm... don't come trying to bugle my stuff!

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Post Posted: Thu Jul 03, 2008 12:20 am 
 

Kingofpain89 wrote:
At first I didnt agree with you Serl, but then I got to thinking about it and you know what?  Domestic cats are probably the most prolific and efficient killers on the planet.  Since I have four of the little bastards, I get to see first hand the number of casualties they inflict on our local bird populace.  I have read several publications regarding cat behavior and for the most part I think they are all incorrect.

The cats we have stay indoors most of the time.  We will let them out into the backyard during the evening when we are home and on weekends they get to go out for the better part of the day.  They are not able to venture beyond the fence and never make the attempt to do so.  They are happy just being outside.  But since we have 15 trees in our front and back yards we have quite a few birds nesting in them.  So far this year we have had two blue jays, a cardinal, a robin, and several smaller, unidentified birds fall prey to our cats.  When the cats catch them, they bring them to the patio and drop them at the glass door leading into the house.  Sometimes the bird has died and other times it is just "playing dead".

It is my unprofessional opinion that house cats think that they are hunter/gatherers for their human tribe.  They kill the bird and then parade around with it in their mouth for everyone else to see.  Then they drop the animal at the feet of the larger "human" in order to get some sort of emotional reward for providing for the rest of their family.

Now if I can only figure out why the alpha male sometimes shits on the bed when there is a perfectly good litter box just down the hall.  :?


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Post Posted: Thu Jul 03, 2008 12:22 am 
 

jasonw1239 wrote:The question I would ask is why are there so many criminals in the US?

What conditions invites people to violate the laws so frequently and in such numbers?

Canada is by no means crime free, but there are very few areas in most cities that people are afraid to walk down the streets.


We are a much larger and more diverse society than most other countries.


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Post Posted: Thu Jul 03, 2008 12:24 am 
 

Aneoth wrote:Obama voted twice on state gun laws in his home state (As a state senator) and BOTH times he voted against citizens gun rights.
He spoke about those gun rights and how the Constitution does not give indivudual rights for Americans to own personal weapons.


Oh PLEASE let Obama make himself into a gun grabber.  PLEASE!

One Word:   1994


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Post Posted: Thu Jul 03, 2008 12:28 am 
 

red_bus wrote: I can't see how you could remove guns from a society where they are already so prevalent.


Pardon me for posting four times in a row, but I must point out.....

This has already been tried.

We Americans refer to the incident as "Lexington and Concorde."

April, 1775


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Post Posted: Thu Jul 03, 2008 7:04 am 
 

i see Seattle are losing their basketball team...

http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528, ... 39,00.html


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Post Posted: Thu Jul 03, 2008 8:58 am 
 

FormCritic wrote:Pardon me for posting four times in a row, but I must point out.....
This has already been tried.
We Americans refer to the incident as "Lexington and Concorde."
April, 1775


For those who may not be familiar with that date, or place/name.

http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/lexington.htm

However, I must admit ignorance about the meaning of FC's earlier note about 1994 :o


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Post Posted: Thu Jul 03, 2008 9:10 am 
 

The Concord Hymn

by Ralph Waldo Emerson
Sung as a hymn at the commemoration of the Concord Monument
July 4, 1837  

By the rude bridge that arched the flood,
Their flag to April's breeze unfurled,
Here once the embattled farmers stood,
And fired the shot heard round the world.

The foe long since in silence slept;
Alike the conqueror silent sleeps;
And Time the ruined bridge has swept
Down the dark stream which seaward creeps.


On this green bank, by this soft stream,
We set to-day a votive stone;
That memory may their deed redeem,
When, like our sires, our sons are gone.


Spirit, that made those heroes dare
To die, or leave their children free,
Bid Time and Nature gently spare
The shaft we raise to them and thee.


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Post Posted: Thu Jul 03, 2008 9:17 am 
 

killjoy32 wrote:i see Seattle are losing their basketball team...

http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528, ... 39,00.html


Yep....Clay Bennett, the owner of the Sonics, is a complete dirtbag (at least according to just about every morning radio show host that I listen to).  He has been planning to move the Sonics ever since he bought the team, although he denies it.  I just cant see OK City being able to support an NBA franchise long term.  I guess if Portland can do it.... :wink:


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Post Posted: Thu Jul 03, 2008 9:22 am 
 

well i am sure they will get another franchise there before long.


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Post Posted: Sat Jul 05, 2008 6:23 am 
 

Belated Happy 4th of July

May not be work safe, especially in the UK :D

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Post Posted: Sat Jul 05, 2008 8:41 am 
 

Plaag wrote:Belated Happy 4th of July

May not be work safe, especially in the UK :D

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"Freedom Bag Water".....

That was pretty funny.  8)


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Post Posted: Sat Jul 05, 2008 9:03 am 
 

Kingofpain89 wrote:
 I think my problem there is I really dont like pistols, especially semi-automatics.  I am comfortable with a rifle.  But if I am going to have a gun for home defense I really need a shotgun.  Kind of hard to accidentally kill a neighbor with a shotgun.  :P


I'd recommended a 20gauge short barrel pistol grip mossberg pump shotgun. You can also get non-lethal shot, but if you need to use a gun I feel it is best to have something with some lethality.

There is a 20 and 12 gauge mossberg that comes with a long and short barrel and a pistol grip and shoulder stock so that you can use it for hunting or home defense.

The best things about a shotgun sre that you are less concerned with accuracy, it's intimidation factor is very high, and depending on the type of shot, its penetration factor is low so you don't have to worry about hitting someone in the next room, or house. With the pistol grip and short barrel it is perfect for room to room. It is one of the three firearms that everyone should own.

Shotgun. Assault Rifle. A rifle designed for long range and a decent scope.

  

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Post Posted: Sat Jul 05, 2008 9:09 am 
 

Plaag wrote:Belated Happy 4th of July

May not be work safe, especially in the UK :D


"Freedom bag water", that's great... I'm going to call it that from now on instead of Earl Grey hot...

  

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Post Posted: Sat Jul 05, 2008 9:35 am 
 

JZavoda wrote:
I'd recommended a 20gauge short barrel pistol grip mossberg pump shotgun. You can also get non-lethal shot, but if you need to use a gun I feel it is best to have something with some lethality.

There is a 20 and 12 gauge mossberg that comes with a long and short barrel and a pistol grip and shoulder stock so that you can use it for hunting or home defense.

The best things about a shotgun sre that you are less concerned with accuracy, it's intimidation factor is very high, and depending on the type of shot, its penetration factor is low so you don't have to worry about hitting someone in the next room, or house. With the pistol grip and short barrel it is perfect for room to room. It is one of the three firearms that everyone should own.

Shotgun. Assault Rifle. A rifle designed for long range and a decent scope.


Definitely nothing wrong with Mossberg.  I was looking at a Benelli model due to the fantastic reviews they get.  A friend of mine that is a gun collector and hunter asked me "Why in the world would you buy a Benelli for home defense?"  He told me to just buy a cheapo if that was all I was going to use it for.  So Mossberg may be the brand I eventually buy.  Half the price of the cheapest Benelli.

But man those Benelli's sure are nice.


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Post Posted: Sat Jul 05, 2008 10:00 am 
 

It amazes me how people making TV and movies seem to have no idea about the USA, such as the size of the country, what 'millions' really means, or how freaken well-armed the population is. This can be seen most readily in Zombie Movies.

One of the comments in Diary of the Dead was that there were more Zombies than bullets. I was reading that there are over 2 billion registered weapons in the USA. When they remade Dawn of the Dead they made it seem like no one had guns. One guy in the beginning of the picture with a handgun. Of course guns and cell phones make for poor horror movies, so they get rid of them, but I think it is a real misunderstanding of what the USA is truly like. What these rich filmakers see and what people outside the USA see is some strange distortion of what really exists. A country made of of New York, Texas and California, with a ghetto section and upper class suberbs, and nothing else.

Good zombie flicks need to be filmed in England. (though the sequel to 28 days later made no sense, heavy machine guns/unarmed crowds, the machine guns will always win). An unarmed population, a mostly unarmed police force, and a small military, perfect zombie fodder.

  
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