Scottish Martial Arts wrote on Apr 9, 2013, 09:05:

Thats because most troops are very lousy shots in combat conditions, it takes a certain type to be able to stay cool enough to actually do anything other than spray & pray under fire.

The other piece is that American soldiers are generally trained to, when under fire, keep up a steady volume of return fire, even if they can't yet see individual enemy soldiers. The idea is that if you are in contact and under fire, you generally are going to have a difficult time maneuvering, so at that point if you aren't at least firing your weapon in the general direction of the enemy -- and thus providing some minimal degree of suppressive fire so that friendly elements out of immediate contact can maneuver to kill the enemy -- then you aren't contributing to the fight.

Beamer wrote on Mar 27, 2013, 11:07:

RollinThundr wrote on Mar 27, 2013, 10:57:

ldonyo wrote on Mar 27, 2013, 10:53:

RollinThundr wrote on Mar 27, 2013, 10:11:
Funny how the libs here ignore posting on stories like these two. No the government isn't out of control and corrupt, no they're not taking measures to destroy privacy rights and turn the US into another nanny state not at all!

The FBI has been trying to get as much power as they can to watch everything imaginable for far longer than the current President's terms in office. But, that's okay, you keep those blinders on nice and tight and make sure you turn up the talk radio volume to drown out anything else you might otherwise hear.

No kidding, I didn't mention Obama did I or blame him for it? No? Ok then. That being said, thinking that giving government more control on anything, is generally a pretty fucking terrible idea.

You mentioned "libs," as if, you know, Homeland Security wasn't a Republican idea.

And no, I'm not blaming Republicans, because Democrats clearly support it. But you're the idiot making this partisan.


Why am I even responding?





And no, 30 months for something that can crash a damn 747 coming in for a landing isn't excessive. If you do something very dangerous you go to jail. "I didn't know it was illegal" isn't an excuse. And, like the Aaron Schwartz thing, it also shows how little people here understand about courts. He'll end up serving 12 months or so, most likely.

Beamer wrote on Mar 13, 2013, 11:19:
Can we ban a user for claiming Al Qaeda is a fictional creation?


Also, I mean ban from life, or at least breeding. Not just ban from this site, but I'd be ok with that.

Bard wrote on Mar 13, 2013, 10:55:

Bard wrote on Mar 13, 2013, 10:54:
Since the group is a fictional creation - a modern day Emmanuel Goldstein - i'd expect the game was made in Tel Aviv.

HA! MEMRI! the propaganda service run by an Israeli ex-colonel. Yep - more propaganda!

Bard wrote on Mar 13, 2013, 10:54:
Since the group is a fictional creation - a modern day Emmanuel Goldstein - i'd expect the game was made in Tel Aviv.

jdreyer wrote on Mar 12, 2013, 16:14:
I'm thinking the movie Gattaca was pretty prescient.

No privacy is fine as long as there's a robust set of laws and support mechanisms in place to protect people from discrimination. But most countries don't even approach that currently.