• Law abiding citizens?

    From Björn Felten@2:203/2 to Gregory Deyss on Wed Jun 22 16:49:23 2022
    Since when do thugs and perps abide by gun laws?

    In the USA you mean, of course. Despite having more people incarcerated than any other country in the world -- not only per capita but in absolute numbers!

    Still no suggestion about why? A totally corrupt judicial system, amongst other institutions, perhaps?

    This is what happens when a mayor who looks helluva a lot like the shrunken
    head of beetlejuice runs the city.

    And of course, it's a always a one man's guilt. It has nothing to do with the rest of the politicians in the county, city, state or country?



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  • From Gregory Deyss@1:267/150 to Björn Felten on Wed Jun 22 21:39:55 2022
    On 22 Jun 2022, Bj”rn Felten said the following...

    Since when do thugs and perps abide by gun laws?

    In the USA you mean, of course. Despite having more people
    incarcerated than any other country in the world -- not only per capita but in absolute numbers!

    Still no suggestion about why? A totally corrupt judicial system,
    amongst other institutions, perhaps?
    I respect you to a point, because you have been in the Fidonet scene a long time. That I wanted to say, but I will also say that you might want to take your act someplace else.

    Source: https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/crime-rate-by-country Ranking Country Crime Index 2022 Population

    54 Sweden 48 10,218,971
    56 United States 47.81 334,805,269

    Oh my, say it is not so, a tiny piss ant country like Sweden has that much crime?

    The United States about 22 times bigger then Sweden.
    United States is approx. 9,833,517 sq km, while Sweden is approx.450,295 sq km making Sweden only 4.58% the size of the United States.

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  • From Jeff Thiele@1:387/26 to Gregory Deyss on Wed Jun 22 21:22:40 2022
    On 22 Jun 2022, Gregory Deyss said the following...
    Since when do thugs and perps abide by gun laws?
    In the USA you mean, of course. Despite having more people incarcerated than any other country in the world -- not only per capi but in absolute numbers!
    Still no suggestion about why? A totally corrupt judicial system, amongst other institutions, perhaps?
    I respect you to a point, because you have been in the Fidonet scene a long time. That I wanted to say, but I will also say that you might
    want to take your act someplace else.
    Source: https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/crime-rate-by-country Ranking Country Crime Index 2022 Population
    54 Sweden 48 10,218,971
    56 United States 47.81 334,805,269

    The crime index is independent of the population.

    Oh my, say it is not so, a tiny piss ant country like Sweden has that
    much crime?

    Is it violent crime? Is it gun-related crime? Or is it just "crime?"

    The United States about 22 times bigger then Sweden.
    United States is approx. 9,833,517 sq km, while Sweden is approx.450,295 sq km making Sweden only 4.58% the size of the United States.

    Lad area is entirely irrelevant in comparing crime rates, unless you're comparing crime/acre (which you're not).

    Jeff.

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  • From Mike Miller@1:154/30 to Gregory Deyss on Wed Jun 22 23:38:59 2022

    Hello Gregory!

    22 Jun 22 21:39, you wrote to Bjorn Felten:

    On 22 Jun 2022, Bjorn Felten said the following...

    I respect you to a point, because you have been in the Fidonet scene a long time. That I wanted to say, but I will also say that you might
    want to take your act someplace else.

    Source: https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/crime-rate-by-count
    ry Ranking Country Crime Index 2022 Population

    54 Sweden 48 10,218,971
    56 United States 47.81 334,805,269

    Oh my, say it is not so, a tiny piss ant country like Sweden has that
    much crime?

    The United States about 22 times bigger then Sweden.
    United States is approx. 9,833,517 sq km, while Sweden is
    approx.450,295 sq km making Sweden only 4.58% the size of the United States.


    4.58% of the size, with 3.05% of the population. Those rankings are per capita.

    "Overall crime rate is calculated by dividing the total number of reported crimes of any kind by the total population, then multiplying the result by 100,000 (because crime rate is typically reported as X number of crimes per 100,000 people)."

    As always, the devil is in the details. Sweden's definition of rape is extremely broad, and there is a lot of support there for victims, which leads to a much higher rate of reporting. I know women here in the US that were raped and never reported it because going through the process of being questioned, tested, and testifying can be just as traumatic, or even more-so.


    Even so, The USA's Homicide rate is 4.36, while Sweden's is 1.08. Serious Assault is 246.84 to 47.22.

    That's all from your magic website.



    Mike


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  • From Mike Miller@1:154/30 to Jeff Thiele on Wed Jun 22 23:55:29 2022

    Hello Jeff!

    22 Jun 22 21:22, you wrote to Gregory Deyss:

    On 22 Jun 2022, Gregory Deyss said the following...
    Since when do thugs and perps abide by gun laws?
    In the USA you mean, of course. Despite having more
    people
    incarcerated than any other country in the world -- not only
    per capi
    but in absolute numbers!
    Still no suggestion about why? A totally corrupt judicial
    system,
    amongst other institutions, perhaps?
    I respect you to a point, because you have been in the Fidonet
    scene a long time. That I wanted to say, but I will also say
    that you might want to take your act someplace else.
    Source:
    https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/crime-rate-by-
    country Ranking Country Crime Index 2022 Population 54
    Sweden 48 10,218,971 56 United States
    47.81 334,805,269

    The crime index is independent of the population.

    Techinically, it's not. it's a number based off population. Crimes per 100,000 people.

    Oh my, say it is not so, a tiny piss ant country like Sweden has
    that much crime?

    Is it violent crime? Is it gun-related crime? Or is it just "crime?"

    Just "crime" in that case. anywhere from homicide, to rape, to theft.


    The United States about 22 times bigger then Sweden.
    United States is approx. 9,833,517 sq km, while Sweden is
    approx.450,295 sq km making Sweden only 4.58% the size of the
    United States.

    Lad area is entirely irrelevant in comparing crime rates, unless
    you're comparing crime/acre (which you're not).


    Isn't he the same guy that insisted Trump should have won because the majority of the USA looked red on a map?

    I'm sure Greg things the earth is flat too, because when he looks at the horizon he can't see the curve.


    Mike


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  • From Jeff Thiele@1:387/26 to Mike Miller on Thu Jun 23 08:25:21 2022
    On 22 Jun 2022, Mike Miller said the following...
    The crime index is independent of the population.
    Techinically, it's not. it's a number based off population. Crimes
    per 100,000 people.

    Correct. That makes it independent of the total population. It makes it possible to compare crime rates between countries with vastly different population sizes, in a meaningful way.

    The United States about 22 times bigger then Sweden.
    United States is approx. 9,833,517 sq km, while Sweden is
    approx.450,295 sq km making Sweden only 4.58% the size of the
    United States.
    Lad area is entirely irrelevant in comparing crime rates, unless you're comparing crime/acre (which you're not).
    Isn't he the same guy that insisted Trump should have won because the majority
    of the USA looked red on a map?

    Indeed he is.

    Jeff.

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  • From Gregory Deyss@1:267/150 to Mike Miller on Thu Jun 23 09:45:12 2022
    On 22 Jun 2022, Mike Miller said the following...

    "Overall crime rate is calculated by dividing the total number of
    reported crimes of any kind by the total population, then multiplying
    the result by 100,000 (because crime rate is typically reported as X number of crimes per 100,000 people)."

    As always, the devil is in the details. Sweden's definition of rape is extremely broad, and there is a lot of support there for victims, which leads to a much higher rate of reporting. I know women here in the US that were raped and never reported it because going through the process
    of being questioned, tested, and testifying can be just as traumatic, or even more-so.

    I did not start this, Bjorn did. I simply responded to his post.
    He has been a provocateur many times. He likes to sit there 7687 kilometers away from the U.S. as he likes to provoke and scrutinize what he thinks he knows about the United States.
    I do not know how any red blooded American can stand by and read his trivial nonsense and not respond in kind. That's All.

    The United States embraces cultural diversity.
    In New York City there are over 800 languages that are spoken.

    The US has always been a multicultural society, and the founding fathers knew it as well as anyone. That's why they wrote E Pluribus Unum (out of many, one) in so many places. Back in the 16th century, the US was actually a pioneer in multiculturalism. Today, multicultural countries are the norm, rather than
    the exception.

    The problem is that some people in the dominant culture are snowflakes and can't deal with the idea that they are not the only, true, privileged, special real Americans. And like any child who doesn't know how to deal with ideas, they bitch, whine, and cry.

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  • From Gregory Deyss@1:267/150 to Mike Miller on Thu Jun 23 09:50:10 2022
    On 22 Jun 2022, Mike Miller said the following...

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    Hello Jeff!

    22 Jun 22 21:22, you wrote to Gregory Deyss:

    On 22 Jun 2022, Gregory Deyss said the following...
    Since when do thugs and perps abide by gun laws?
    In the USA you mean, of course. Despite having more
    people
    incarcerated than any other country in the world -- not only
    per capi
    but in absolute numbers!
    Still no suggestion about why? A totally corrupt judicial
    system,
    amongst other institutions, perhaps?
    I respect you to a point, because you have been in the Fidonet
    scene a long time. That I wanted to say, but I will also say
    that you might want to take your act someplace else.
    Source:
    https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/crime-rate-by-
    country Ranking Country Crime Index 2022 Population 54
    Sweden 48 10,218,971 56 United States
    47.81 334,805,269

    The crime index is independent of the population.

    Techinically, it's not. it's a number based off population. Crimes
    per 100,000 people.

    Oh my, say it is not so, a tiny piss ant country like Sweden has
    that much crime?

    Is it violent crime? Is it gun-related crime? Or is it just "crime?"

    Just "crime" in that case. anywhere from homicide, to rape, to theft.


    The United States about 22 times bigger then Sweden.
    United States is approx. 9,833,517 sq km, while Sweden is
    approx.450,295 sq km making Sweden only 4.58% the size of the
    United States.

    Lad area is entirely irrelevant in comparing crime rates, unless you're comparing crime/acre (which you're not).


    Isn't he the same guy that insisted Trump should have won because the majority
    You are aware fidonet works right? meaning it is kind of ridiculous to say within a public post, Isn't this the guy? When that guy meaning me can see
    it.
    Dunce.

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  • From Jeff Thiele@1:387/26 to Mike Miller on Thu Jun 23 08:49:30 2022
    On 22 Jun 2022, Mike Miller said the following...
    Isn't he the same guy that insisted Trump should have won because the majority
    of the USA looked red on a map?

    He's also the one who once was extremely offended by a purple mannequin
    wearing a BLM t-shirt.

    Jeff.

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  • From Jeff Thiele@1:387/26 to Gregory Deyss on Thu Jun 23 08:57:43 2022
    On 23 Jun 2022, Gregory Deyss said the following...
    The problem is that some people in the dominant culture are snowflakes
    and can't deal with the idea that they are not the only, true,
    privileged, special real Americans. And like any child who doesn't know how to deal with ideas, they bitch, whine, and cry.

    Wow, I'm impressed. That describes conservatives to a "T."

    Jeff.

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  • From Gregory Deyss@1:267/150 to Jeff Thiele on Thu Jun 23 10:11:31 2022
    On 23 Jun 2022, Jeff Thiele said the following...

    On 23 Jun 2022, Gregory Deyss said the following...
    The problem is that some people in the dominant culture are snowflake and can't deal with the idea that they are not the only, true, privileged, special real Americans. And like any child who doesn't kn how to deal with ideas, they bitch, whine, and cry.

    Wow, I'm impressed. That describes conservatives to a "T."

    Yeah you missed the point. Not surprised.
    The term snowflake.

    Source: https://www.merriam-webster.com/
    Those words fell out of use while snowflake settled into the lexicon with its hushed and lovely literal meaning. In recent times, though, the word has been causing a ruckus. It's developed a new and decidedly less pleasant use as a disparaging term for a person who is seen as overly sensitive and fragile. In the lead-up to the 2016 U.S. elections it was lobbed especially fiercely by those on the right side of the political spectrum at those on the left. And
    the snowball fight has continued since.

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  • From Jeff Thiele@1:387/26 to Gregory Deyss on Thu Jun 23 09:29:32 2022
    On 23 Jun 2022, Gregory Deyss said the following...
    The problem is that some people in the dominant culture are snow and can't deal with the idea that they are not the only, true, privileged, special real Americans. And like any child who doesn how to deal with ideas, they bitch, whine, and cry.
    Wow, I'm impressed. That describes conservatives to a "T."
    Yeah you missed the point. Not surprised.
    The term snowflake.

    Conservatives are fully capable of being snowflakes.

    Jeff.

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  • From Mike Miller@1:154/30 to Gregory Deyss on Thu Jun 23 15:18:23 2022

    Hello Gregory!

    23 Jun 22 09:45, you wrote to me:

    On 22 Jun 2022, Mike Miller said the following...

    "Overall crime rate is calculated by dividing the total number of
    reported crimes of any kind by the total population, then
    multiplying the result by 100,000 (because crime rate is
    typically reported as X number of crimes per 100,000 people)."

    As always, the devil is in the details. Sweden's definition of
    rape is extremely broad, and there is a lot of support there for
    victims, which leads to a much higher rate of reporting. I know
    women here in the US that were raped and never reported it
    because going through the process of being questioned, tested,
    and testifying can be just as traumatic, or even more-so.

    I did not start this, Bjorn did. I simply responded to his post.
    He has been a provocateur many times. He likes to sit there 7687 kilometers away from the U.S. as he likes to provoke and scrutinize
    what he thinks he knows about the United States. I do not know how any
    red blooded American can stand by and read his trivial nonsense and
    not respond in kind. That's All.

    Bjorn can be a pompus ass, it's true, but don't try to come up with a narrative that doesn't fit the data you're quoting.


    The United States embraces cultural diversity.
    In New York City there are over 800 languages that are spoken.

    yeah, that seems to anger a lot of people. I lost count as to how many raging right-wing rednecks that live in my area, scream "SPEAK ENGLISH OR GET OUT!"

    The US has always been a multicultural society, and the founding
    fathers knew it as well as anyone. That's why they wrote E Pluribus
    Unum (out of many, one) in so many places. Back in the 16th century,
    the US was actually a pioneer in multiculturalism. Today,
    multicultural countries are the norm, rather than the exception.

    The problem is that some people in the dominant culture are snowflakes
    and can't deal with the idea that they are not the only, true,
    privileged, special real Americans. And like any child who doesn't
    know how to deal with ideas, they bitch, whine, and cry.

    You seem to be embracing your inner liberal, Gregory. I'm glad to see you're coming around to our side.


    Mike


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  • From Mike Miller@1:154/30 to Gregory Deyss on Thu Jun 23 15:23:02 2022

    Hello Gregory!

    23 Jun 22 09:50, you wrote to me:

    On 22 Jun 2022, Mike Miller said the following...


    The United States about 22 times bigger then Sweden.
    United States is approx. 9,833,517 sq km, while Sweden is
    approx.450,295 sq km making Sweden only 4.58% the size of
    the
    United States.

    Lad area is entirely irrelevant in comparing crime rates,
    unless
    you're comparing crime/acre (which you're not).


    Isn't he the same guy that insisted Trump should have won
    because the majority
    You are aware fidonet works right? meaning it is kind of ridiculous to
    say within a public post, Isn't this the guy? When that guy meaning me
    can see it. Dunce.

    Yeah, I know exactly how it works, and I got the exact reaction I wanted out of you. Thanks for that.


    Mike


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  • From Mike Miller@1:154/30 to Jeff Thiele on Thu Jun 23 15:28:19 2022

    Hello Jeff!

    23 Jun 22 09:29, you wrote to Gregory Deyss:

    On 23 Jun 2022, Gregory Deyss said the following...
    The problem is that some people in the dominant culture
    are snow
    and can't deal with the idea that they are not the
    only, true,
    privileged, special real Americans. And like any child
    who doesn
    how to deal with ideas, they bitch, whine, and cry.
    Wow, I'm impressed. That describes conservatives to a "T."
    Yeah you missed the point. Not surprised.
    The term snowflake.

    Conservatives are fully capable of being snowflakes.


    I've seen more conservatives fly off the handle at perceived slights than progressives. You should see how upset some of them get when you suggest the election wasn't stolen, and that maybe Trump and his whole immediate family should probably be in jail. The spit flies everywhere, the CAPITAL LETTERS come out, and you can almost see the cheeto dust cloud rise off their keyboard as they angrily pound out a retort.




    Mike


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  • From Mike Powell@1:2320/105 to GREGORY DEYSS on Thu Jun 23 17:09:00 2022
    I did not start this, Bjorn did. I simply responded to his post.
    He has been a provocateur many times. He likes to sit there 7687 kilometers away from the U.S. as he likes to provoke and scrutinize what he thinks he knows about the United States.

    Among other things, and under more than one identity.


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  • From Gregory Deyss@1:267/150 to Mike Miller on Thu Jun 23 17:43:59 2022
    On 23 Jun 2022, Mike Miller said the following...


    Hello Gregory!

    23 Jun 22 09:45, you wrote to me:

    On 22 Jun 2022, Mike Miller said the following...

    You seem to be embracing your inner liberal, Gregory. I'm glad to see you're coming around to our side.

    Yeah I wouldn't go that far. Did you ever notice how you can always talk to a Conservative and have a conversation, but when a Conservative attempts to
    have a conversation with a Liberal, they either tell that it is a conspiracy
    or try another tactic to discredit you. Liberals used to be the great defenders of listening to a different points of view. What happened to that?

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  • From Mike Miller@1:154/30 to Gregory Deyss on Thu Jun 23 18:08:35 2022

    Hello Gregory!

    23 Jun 22 17:43, you wrote to me:

    On 23 Jun 2022, Mike Miller said the following...


    Hello Gregory!

    23 Jun 22 09:45, you wrote to me:

    On 22 Jun 2022, Mike Miller said the following...

    You seem to be embracing your inner liberal, Gregory. I'm glad
    to see you're coming around to our side.

    Yeah I wouldn't go that far. Did you ever notice how you can always
    talk to a Conservative and have a conversation, but when a
    Conservative attempts to have a conversation with a Liberal, they
    either tell that it is a conspiracy or try another tactic to discredit you. Liberals used to be the great defenders of listening to a
    different points of view. What happened to that?


    It's just that conservatives started spouting crazier and crazier things.

    and just because we listened to different points of view (which I still do) doesn't mean we can't laugh at them because they're just completely unhinged.



    Mike


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  • From Lee Lofaso@2:203/2 to Gregory Deyss on Fri Jun 24 05:10:28 2022
    Hello Greg,

    I did not start this, Bjorn did. I simply responded to his post.
    He has been a provocateur many times. He likes to sit there 7687 kilometers
    away from the U.S. as he likes to provoke and scrutinize what he thinks he knows about the United States.

    Bj”rn has visited the USA, having stayed about a year in Florida.
    Mainly serving fried chicken to those fortunate enough to afford it.

    I do not know how any red blooded American can stand by and read his trivial
    nonsense and not respond in kind. That's All.

    They eat fermented herring in Sweden. So what else did you expect?

    The United States embraces cultural diversity.
    In New York City there are over 800 languages that are spoken.

    And yet so many conservateves are calling for an English-only USA.
    Why is that? Could it be because conservatives hate anybody who does
    not speak English?

    The US has always been a multicultural society, and the founding fathers knew it as well as anyone.

    Elderly white men who owned property (slaves) and spoke English
    - the very same tongue as the King of England.

    That's why they wrote E Pluribus Unum (out of many, one)

    The Congress named "In God We Trust" the motto of the USA.

    in so many places.

    What places did the Framers of the Constitution write that phrase?
    I could find it nowhere in the US Constitution ...

    Back in the 16th century, the US was actually a pioneer in multiculturalism.

    In the 16th century, what was later to become the US was founded
    as a British colony. Whose subjects spoke only English. The King's
    English.

    Today, multicultural countries are the norm, rather than the exception.

    Vladimir Putin is changing his world into what he calls "historic"
    Russia - which includes part of Ukraine, Georgia, Moldava, Kazhakstan,
    Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, ... where only Russian is spoken by loyal
    subjects.

    The problem is that some people in the dominant culture are snowflakes and can't deal with the idea that they are not the only, true, privileged, special real Americans. And like any child who doesn't know how to deal with ideas, they bitch, whine, and cry.

    I never thought I'd live to see the day when somebody called
    Donald J. Trump a snowflake. Thanks for the laugh.

    For Life,
    Lee

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  • From Ron L.@1:120/616 to Gregory Deyss on Fri Jun 24 08:08:10 2022
    Gregory Deyss wrote to Mike Miller <=-

    Yeah I wouldn't go that far. Did you ever notice how you can always
    talk to a Conservative and have a conversation, but when a Conservative attempts to have a conversation with a Liberal, they either tell that
    it is a conspiracy or try another tactic to discredit you. Liberals
    used to be the great defenders of listening to a different points of
    view. What happened to that?

    Because the old Liberals got co-opted out of existance.

    The problem here is that too many people think of this as "Right vs. Left" or "Democrat vs. Republican" or "Liberal vs. Conservative" problem.

    It's not.

    For all of recorded history, there has always been a group of people who want to believe that they are born to rule over everyone else. That they are the "most intelligent, and best suited to make the decisions". In the old world, they were the "nobles" (who, quite often, were not very noble), but the U.S. decided to not go that route and create a "country of equals".

    We know how that worked out for a long time.

    But the Ignorant Elitists have been working for a long time now to destroy us from the inside and what we see today is the culmination of that effort.

    The real strife is between the small group of Ignorant Elitists who have a track record of running anything they get their hands on into the ground, but keep thinking that they are born to rule - and everyone else, especially those who want to stay free.


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  • From Gregory Deyss@1:267/150 to Lee Lofaso on Fri Jun 24 10:25:33 2022
    On 24 Jun 2022, Lee Lofaso said the following...

    Hello Greg,

    And yet so many conservateves are calling for an English-only USA.
    Why is that? Could it be because conservatives hate anybody who does
    not speak English?

    Have you stopped and considered or questioned why people who have migrated to the U.S. from other countries who have chosen to live here in the U.S. choose not to speak English? If a citizen from the United States visits or will in the future to live in that another country, would they be required to speak
    the language of their new land? With you being on the left, I am almost
    certain this has never occurred to you.

    It is almost like not having intelligence, is being celebrated and embraced
    by the left, why? So that they can be used of course. Duh.

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  • From Lee Lofaso@2:203/2 to Gregory Deyss on Sat Jun 25 14:01:25 2022
    Hello Greg,

    And yet so many conservateves are calling for an English-only USA.
    Why is that? Could it be because conservatives hate anybody who does
    not speak English?

    Have you stopped and considered or questioned why people who have migrated to the U.S. from other countries who have chosen to live here in the U.S. choose not to speak English?

    Being able to speak English proficiently is a requirement for
    immigrants to become US citizens. Of course, they also retain the
    ability to speak their own native language. Much to the chagrin
    of conservatives.

    If a citizen from the United States visits or will in the future to live in
    that another country, would they be required to speak the language of their
    new land?

    What for? I have been to many places around the world. Never had
    to speak a word of Japanese in Japan. Never had to speak a word of
    Spanish in Mexico. Fact is, no matter where you go, everybody in
    the world speaks English when an American arrives. Even in places
    such as Afghanistan.

    With you being on the left, I am almost certain this has never occurred to you.

    Even Vladimir Putin speaks perfect English. When he wants to.

    It is almost like not having intelligence, is being celebrated and embraced
    by the left, why? So that they can be used of course. Duh.

    The United States has no official language. Nor should it. Even
    though the majority of people in this country speak English, that
    is not a reason to force others to do so.

    The majority of the population of New Mexico speaks Spanish.
    Imagine the nightmare it would be if everything in that state
    was in Spanish, rather than the only language to know.

    Now imagine what would happen if all those Spanish-speaking people
    started making babies in record numbers. That is a very distinct
    possibility. Especially since the USSC overturned Roe v Wade.

    For Life,
    Lee

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  • From Gregory Deyss@1:267/150 to Lee Lofaso on Sat Jun 25 14:05:45 2022
    On 25 Jun 2022, Lee Lofaso said the following...

    Hello Greg,

    And yet so many conservateves are calling for an English-only USA.
    Why is that? Could it be because conservatives hate anybody who does
    not speak English?

    Have you stopped and considered or questioned why people who have mig to the U.S. from other countries who have chosen to live here in the choose not to speak English?

    Being able to speak English proficiently is a requirement for
    immigrants to become US citizens. Of course, they also retain the
    ability to speak their own native language. Much to the chagrin
    of conservatives.

    If a citizen from the United States visits or will in the future to l in
    that another country, would they be required to speak the language of their
    new land?

    What for? I have been to many places around the world. Never had
    to speak a word of Japanese in Japan. Never had to speak a word of
    Spanish in Mexico. Fact is, no matter where you go, everybody in
    the world speaks English when an American arrives. Even in places
    such as Afghanistan.
    If that is so, then why speak any other language but English in a nation where it is the language of the majority?

    For Life,
    For Life, yes I agree.
    Because Abortion was never about women's health care (sure there are those pregnancies that are far and few where the assessment has been made that the mothers life is at risk.) These should be dealt with by a case-by-case basis, at the state level regardless which-ever the state, that the female resides in. This is where the conversation should start and end.

    but it continues by the left as they propagate fear by stoking the embers and fanning the flames. Creating more fear, then in the shortest amount of time, then comes the predicted previously seen anger. We have all seen the animalistic behavior before, just as we have all seen the aftermath of this devastation after a night of rage by these nasty-ass hooligans.

    Even the President has to say, "keep it peaceful."
    Like these people need to be guided and told in advance not to lose your mind?

    But Biden did NOTHING with these protesters that went on outside of Justice's homes. Could it be that this pansy_ass administration is afraid that this group of protesters will become emboldened and grow more violent or that one of these uneducated clowns do something stupid that will cause other morons from the same cast to join in?

    Abortion was NEVER protected under the U.S. Constitution. I guess it is safe
    to conclude that it has finally been determined what a Woman is, but only
    after the left's ever-growing reluctance to define the gender.

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