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QUOTE(bondiguy @ Dec 17 2007, 07:16 AM) And well done to you for standing up for what you believe in. I have never lived in a society where gun ownership was a regular thing. I know a couple of guys who do own a rifle but they go pig shooting in outback NSW (There are a lot of feral pigs in the outback) but aside from those guys I don't know anyone who has a gun, it is just foreign to me. I don't really chalk your predicament (your country's predicament) down to "those crazy Americans" but more the gun culture that you have been bought up with. To me guns are for the bad guys and the cops, where in the US it seems from the outside looking in that guns are for anyone... catch my drift? Mate when were you in Aus? Get your ass back here and I will shout you a beer (buy you a beer) Interesting side question? Is it legal to hunt Kangaroo? I know I saw a few places offering the meat, but in most areas it seemed that folks go out of their way to protect them. And that's why you're a lot more reasonable than some of the foreigners I've dealt with. I first went to Australia when I was 16-17 as a school thing and fell in love, been back twice... Last time was around... 16 months ago I guess... A friend was working with one of the big corps. in Sydney and had me out for a week. I can't wait to go again. The U.S. is my home, and I love it dearly, but if I ever leave it's because I found a job in Australia. I'll tell you when I'm heading back again, hopefully in the next year or so... |
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Posted on: Dec 17 2007, 04:45 AM |
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QUOTE(bondiguy @ Dec 16 2007, 11:09 PM) I am well aware of the copycat syndrome. I am a big Kurt Cobain fan and I remember reading of the dozens if not hundreds of people who committed suicide as a direct reaction to his suicide. The question I pose to you is why does it not happen in Australia? We are a very similar society to the USA and these shootings usually lead the news over here, massive media coverage in print, radio and TV. No copycat's though? My actual point was more of a numbers thing, 7 is a lot worse than 1, yet if you consider that 5 of those 7 were directly related to the 1st, it makes a little difference. Really? All the times I've been in Australia, I always thought you had to dig a little to find any American news, perhaps I was reading the wrong papers and watching the wrong news. Still I think theres a difference in hearing about something that happened in the U.S. when you live in the U.S. and when you hear about something that happened in the U.S. and you live in a different country. A lot of foreigners would chalk it up to "those crazy Americans" Why doesn't it happen in Australia? Good question, I'd say tougher gun laws do play a part. God forbid though, should someone go out of there way to get a weapon and do something like that, then you could see another round of violence similar to what we have faced. I mean why don't kids in Mexico shoot there classmates? I know for a fact you can get automatic weapons down there, no problem. Sadly though, I think the US had a series of individuals who were determined to go out there and hurt people, they were going to do it no matter what. Recently theres been a little more activity like this in Europe, and in some of those place, gun ownership in virtually nill. Besides, tougher gun laws, and even removal of guns, is not going help. Not in this day an age. All it will do is take the guns out lawful citizens hands. And force more criminals to go through Mexico for handguns and South America for automatics. Why do gangbangers have Mac-10's, pretty sure you everday citizen isn't supposed to have those, in any place. Sorry, got a little long winded there. I'm not really an ultra-conservative, but this is one thing I do feel passionatly about. |
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Posted on: Dec 15 2007, 01:58 AM |
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QUOTE(bondiguy @ Dec 14 2007, 12:12 AM) Yes, that was PRE gun laws being tightened in Australia. That happened, we have tightened our gun laws. Yes, there are still terrible things like rape and murder and robbery etc but we have not had a totally unprovoked, senseless massacre since. In the USA in recent years Columbine School massacre The massacre of the Amish VA Tech Massacre 2 or 3 church massacres One shopping mall massacre and these are just the ones I can remember off the top of my head Just to point out, a very likely reason for some of those massacre's, is copycat syndrome. Which is brought on by the fact that when anything shooting related happens here in the US. It receives tons of media attention. This makes some of the loons out there see the attention people receive and desire it themselves. You see that in other countries that have these situations also. Thats not something I thought up, that was from some lecture on criminology in psych or soc. back in college... |
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Posted on: Dec 14 2007, 10:56 PM |
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If you take away the right to bear arms in America, mall shootings won't stop, church shootings, school shootings, etc. Those incidents have less to do with gun control than they do with problems we have in our society and culture. Even if there wasn't a single gun in America, people would go to malls and kill others with knives and bombs.
Interestingly enough, when I was in Costa Rica, you saw guns everywhere, people working in stores had them, a McDonalds employee had one, bank security guards carried shotguns. When I asked if things were dangerous, they said there was almost no violent crime, simply because if you tried to hurt someone with a gun, there was a good chance four or five would be pointed back at you.
I can also say for a fact that a gun saved my Uncles life. If he hadn't been allowed to own and have a gun, he would most likely not be here today. |
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Posted on: Jun 15 2006, 03:32 PM |
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QUOTE(Blond Bombshell @ Jun 15 2006, 02:33 PM) Well I'm with you Bo He/shePMed me & I looked at how old he/she is & I just cant do that having kids myself I cant play with someone that young . What would their mother say I just cant PLAY with someones baby in their room doing things no mother should have think about their kids doing I CANT I JUST CANT Ouch, I'm not that much older than him, that hurts... |
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Posted on: Jun 5 2006, 04:21 PM |
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QUOTE(Bobaloo @ May 23 2006, 01:51 PM) You mean threads have topics??? Whats a topic? Men are attracted to breasts, because in reality, they're the only visible difference between a man and a woman, visible in the sense when people have clothes on... |
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Posted on: Feb 17 2006, 04:38 PM |
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QUOTE(bondiguy @ Feb 17 2006, 01:32 AM) Basically read below what Di has said and it is true. Fuck dude if you wade through my almost 4000 posts you'll notice 90% of them are stupid jokes or insults but I always make clear I am joking with an emoticon, or a "lol" etc. You must understand I live in a place heavily poppulated with overseas tourists all year round, many from America... and alot of them have the attitude that due to size of land and poppulation they are superior humans, and being an Aussie we don't take that shit. We are very laid back people who think no person is better than another. So you must understand my reaction to your statement. I appreciate you explanation, and will try and make sure that my comments are understood to be funny, when I want them to... Bondi is barely fucking illterate, like the rest of the Australian population Ok? And we should all try to remember that just cause some people are asshole, doesn't mean everyone in their country is, like the Australian women who purposely closed the door when I asked her to hold the elevator.... Bondi would never do that... I mean, hed atleast flip me off before he closed the elevator... |
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Posted on: Feb 16 2006, 08:48 PM |
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QUOTE(diane26 @ Feb 16 2006, 07:05 PM) I am a pretty witty and sarcastic person and I had no idea you were kidding, you have to remember that given the times it woud be hard to know if you are joking or not, add in the fact that you can not detect tone on the internet, had you said it out loud I am sure it would have been obvious you were joking but on the net how is anyone to know it was a joke??? I mean I didnt see anything giving clues to let us know you were joking and when I saw it I too was like oh great this is why so many thing all americans suck these type of attitudes. Just sayin Ahh, true... and in retrospect, I could have made it "obvious" although I thought the "woot" portrayed it... But then you also have to consider, people could have considered it a joke before jumping down my throats. Or you could have looked at the subject, and realized I was talking about the summer olympics (which we really are the best at, in terms of metals) even though I still had no malintent intended.... So perhaps what I am saying is that while my wording was not obvious, some people should have considered certain aspects, before making certain comments, which were somewhat offensive... THOUGH, I completly don't care, because I geuss people who took my statement out of context could have been offended.... although they probably would have to be weak willed, pansy's who cry in fights.... p.s. The aformentioned is a joke..... Or is it? |
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Posted on: Feb 16 2006, 06:24 PM |
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QUOTE(bondiguy @ Feb 16 2006, 12:48 AM) Its comments like yours above that give Americans across the world a very bad name! On a lighter note Aussies are basically crap at the Winter Games because we are a tropical nation. Although we did win a gold in something today! It's people like you who take stuff to seriously, that give Americans a bad name... I'm sorry if I sound rude, because I'm not trying to be, I like you Bondi, I like Aussies... I also like to joke around, and I wish people would think about that before just assuming I'm another American who thinks I'm better than everybody else... Because if you talk to me for five minutes... You'll get that I'm not, and if you see me when I travel around the world, then you'll see why some people go "aww Americans aren't that bad"... So really, just consider somone might be joking before you jump them... Even if they aren't.... |
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Posted on: Feb 15 2006, 09:00 PM |
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QUOTE(evade20 @ Feb 15 2006, 07:20 PM) What?! Jester, I think your showing your Jingoistic ass here. Like all countries we sometimes excell at some sports and sometimes don't. It frequently has more to do with the individual athletes than the countries which they come from. Athough the I will grant you that the amount of money spent on training will help athletes improve, to say that the US is that much better than any other country just isn't correct. Take it down a couple of notches.... I was joking... Still we are still one of the most powerful teams in the summer games... Granted we put a lot of money in to it... but so do other coutries, China, Japan, Germany... In truth we probably put less in to it, compared to countries like China. The reason they put so much money in to it, is in fact, to try and beat the U.S. It's about national pride, and everybody wants to knock off the best... and since they usually seem to want to beat us, thats probably means we're the best... So in a sense, I am right, and we are the best... at the summer olympics... But again, I really wasn't trying to be serious. I am a Jester. So try and knock off a tit of the attitude when correcting me... |
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Posted on: Jan 7 2006, 03:42 PM |
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QUOTE(sussed2 @ Jan 7 2006, 03:37 PM) Ah it was pretty good... tame! Me and the girls just watched the family guy movie "Stewie: The Untold Story" while completely stoned. It was pretty funny, but the best was when Stewie got hammered. I was dying. Ahh, a funny movie, one of my favorite shows... I try and watch every episode twice, sober, then drunk or high.... |
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Posted on: Jan 7 2006, 01:25 AM |
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QUOTE(bondiguy @ Jan 7 2006, 01:19 AM) I will hold myself back.... On with the Oiled Boobs! I must also agree... Oil+Boobs, Oil+Boobs!!! |
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QUOTE(jrock8 @ Jan 7 2006, 12:26 AM) just stay away from open flames, so no candles in these shots! Also a little berry white in the background, we won't be able to hear it but it should help ya'll get into the mood... |
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Posted on: Jan 2 2006, 08:43 PM |
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QUOTE(Puppet @ Jan 2 2006, 08:41 PM) And everyone knows with age comes the impending state of being senial! You mean senilitus maximus? |
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QUOTE(Puppet @ Jan 2 2006, 08:40 PM) Yea.. you have to watch him.. he's extremely retarded! Me? Well yeah, thats sort of a given, it's like telling Jimmy Fallon he can't get through a skit without blowing it... |
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QUOTE(Puppet @ Jan 2 2006, 08:38 PM) haha. yes they are .. just stay around awhile.. it will become obvious! Maybe we're like scotch, better with age... |
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