08-27-2018, 10:45 PM
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#81
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Originally Posted by driveway
I guess we need to ask the question then, what's wrong with men, if men are comitting 99% of these events.
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Are you... you can't actually be serious? This is basic human biology.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3693622/
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08-28-2018, 12:21 AM
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#82
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A Fiddler Crab
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Chicago
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SWEET! Not responsible for our actions!
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08-28-2018, 12:40 AM
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#83
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Vancouver
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Quote:
Originally Posted by driveway
SWEET! Not responsible for our actions!
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Yeah, I totally agree. We are supposed to be a civilized people. Blaming our action on nature when we have the ability to reason and be moral, is a BS excuse for behaviour.
For example, because of life expectancy, our species used to rely on reproduction as soon as we were biologically capable (which meant under the age of what we consider the age to consent). Today, most men understand that such behaviour is immoral and a vestige of the past. Obviously some still deviate from that and we as a society punish them. Likewise, the masculine tendency to be aggressive and violent is something that isn't necessary anymore and detrimental to civilized society. Except in the case of very specific mental deficiencies, we all have the ability to reason and make the right decisions.
I get that the article was only an academic view of the nature of male aggression and not a justification, but some men do use it as justification and it sucks.
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08-28-2018, 12:53 AM
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#84
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tromboner
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: where the lattes are
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Quote:
Originally Posted by driveway
I guess we need to ask the question then, what's wrong with men, if men are comitting 99% of these events.
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It's a bit curious that you are no longer concerned with the race(s) of men who are over-represented though.
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08-28-2018, 03:00 AM
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#85
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A Fiddler Crab
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Chicago
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^Law of diminishing returns.
While other races (Asians for example) are diproportionately represented in mass-killing events, the actual number of those events is small, so significant energy on solving that particular problem would not have a benefit to society commensurate with the energy expended to solve it.
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08-28-2018, 08:52 AM
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#86
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Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Austria, NOT Australia
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After a mass shooting on Sunday at a video game tournament in Jacksonville, Florida, left two dead and 11 wounded, Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi (R) — a favorite of the National Rifle Association — does not seem to think that guns were much of a concern.
During a three-minute long interview on Fox & Friends on Monday, Bondi declined to discuss the ongoing investigation. Instead she delivered a warning to parents — not about guns, but about video game settings.
“Parents need to be really careful, in general, on all of these games because predators can find you, based on location services,” she said. “So please, parents, any of these games these kids are playing, check locations services. I know Minecraft, we talked about that in the past. I don’t know about Fortnite. But they’re playing all over the country. The scary things is they can find out where your 13-year-old is sitting at home playing playing that game.”
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https://thinkprogress.org/nra-florid...-da41b9a37e2a/
like clockwork. These people have no shame.
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08-28-2018, 09:13 AM
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#87
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Lifetime Suspension
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: The Void between Darkness and Light
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Originally Posted by devo22
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So predictable it's almost like it isnt news worthy.
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08-28-2018, 09:25 AM
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#88
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Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: Sylvan Lake
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Flash Walken
So predictable it's almost like it isnt news worthy.
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I don't what pisses me off more, #######s like that or how desensitized I am to #######s like that and mass shootings in general.
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08-28-2018, 09:30 AM
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#89
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Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: North Vancouver
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Originally Posted by devo22
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Not surprised that Pam Bondi is in the NRA's pocket. This is from 2013:
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/...n_3900083.html
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Last week Attorney General Pam Bondi joined 21 other states in backing the National Rifle Association’s bid to overturn a 45-year-old federal law prohibiting 18-to-20-year-olds from buying handguns and handgun ammunition from licensed firearms dealers.
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08-28-2018, 04:00 PM
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tromboner
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: where the lattes are
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Yeah sure, they're not old enough to buy alcohol or porn but they're old enough to buy guns!
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08-28-2018, 05:48 PM
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#91
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Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: Red Deer
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Quote:
Originally Posted by SebC
Yeah sure, they're not old enough to buy alcohol or porn but they're old enough to buy guns!
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Who buys porno anymore?
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08-28-2018, 11:44 PM
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#92
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Quote:
Originally Posted by driveway
SWEET! Not responsible for our actions!
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Quote:
Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction
Yeah, I totally agree. We are supposed to be a civilized people. Blaming our action on nature when we have the ability to reason and be moral, is a BS excuse for behaviour.
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God, that's obnoxious. You guys are pretty bright, huh? How did you manage to put these words in my mouth? I'm very sure that I never said that the effects of testosterone mean that people aren't responsible for their actions. Driveway (hilariously) asked what would cause men in particular to disproportionately engage in mass killing and other murder. The answer is - very obviously - the differences in biology between men and women. Men are more aggressive in general. This is an evolved trait. Pulling the wool over your own eyes about the reality of those biological impacts on behaviour is just hopeless stupidity. These are irrefutable facts. These facts, however, do not imply that people can't overcome their hormone-induced urges, nor does it mean that people shouldn't be held morally responsible for their actions because those actions are influenced by their biology. If that were the case, you couldn't hold anyone morally responsible for anything.
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08-29-2018, 12:08 AM
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#93
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Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Vancouver
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Quote:
Originally Posted by CorsiHockeyLeague
God, that's obnoxious. You guys are pretty bright, huh? How did you manage to put these words in my mouth? I'm very sure that I never said that the effects of testosterone mean that people aren't responsible for their actions. Driveway (hilariously) asked what would cause men in particular to disproportionately engage in mass killing and other murder. The answer is - very obviously - the differences in biology between men and women. Men are more aggressive in general. This is an evolved trait. Pulling the wool over your own eyes about the reality of those biological impacts on behaviour is just hopeless stupidity. These are irrefutable facts. These facts, however, do not imply that people can't overcome their hormone-induced urges, nor does it mean that people shouldn't be held morally responsible for their actions because those actions are influenced by their biology. If that were the case, you couldn't hold anyone morally responsible for anything.
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Sorry, I didn't even read your post. My response was only for the post I quoted. No offense intended.
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08-30-2018, 01:50 PM
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#94
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Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: North Vancouver
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Another shooting incident in Toronto today, this time at Yorkdale Mall. Thankfully no injuries or fatalities reported yet.
Perhaps we should start a new thread just for Toronto shootings, since it's happening so often lately.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toron...mall-1.4805214
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Police were called at about 2:50 p.m. for reports of gunshots, spokesperson Caroline de Kloet told CBC Toronto.
The official Toronto police Twitter account said "officers have confirmed a discharge in the area" and that the mall is being evacuated.
But de Kloet said no injuries were immediately reported, and paramedics told CBC they have not yet found patients to treat.
Police have also tweeted that they are looking for two male suspects, two males in their twenties, including one possibly carrying a handgun.
The TTC tweeted that subway trains on line 1 are not stopping at Yorkdale due to the police activity.
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Last edited by direwolf; 08-30-2018 at 01:52 PM.
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09-04-2018, 07:50 AM
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#95
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Thankfully nobody has died, but, 8 people were shot during a dice game.
https://www.cnn.com/2018/09/03/us/sa...ing/index.html
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09-07-2018, 08:46 AM
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Norm!
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It sounds like there's an erupting gang war in Ontario. This latest shooting took place in a neighbourhood known for significant drug and prostitution issues.
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09-07-2018, 12:37 PM
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#98
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Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: North Vancouver
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Didn't even hear about this one yesterday amidst all the Trump insanity. Only 3 people died, so of course it barely makes the news at all down there.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/natio...=.2f4240b21fb9
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A gunman entered a busy downtown Cincinnati skyscraper through a loading dock Thursday morning and then opened fire in the lobby, killing three people and injuring as many as five others before police officers fatally shot him.
One official said the attack “could have been a bloodbath beyond imagination” if police hadn’t responded so quickly, as the shooting took place at the beginning of the workday inside the Fifth Third Bank building, a 31-story tower that houses more than 3,000 employees. It sits above bustling Fountain Square a few blocks from Great American Ball Park and the riverfront along the Ohio River.
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09-19-2018, 02:13 PM
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#100
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Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Calgary
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Guy who was pushing for mass 3D printed guns found to be a pedophile and has been charged with child sex assault.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/cody-wi...ay-2018-09-19/
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