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I did not say the ID of the cause of death, I said the ID of the mummy. It seems the evidence is pretty good that it is actually Ramses they are looking at. I question the ID of the accompanying corpse."My standards", what exactly do you think "my standards" are? Come on, I am saying extrapolating events from objects dug up by archaeologists absent and written evidence is pure speculation. I don;t reject written accounts out of hand, I think they should be subjected to critical review but I will take written testimony of historical events over archaeology. Archaeology can corroborate or disprove historical accounts but it is difficult, impossible even, to generate a narrative based on archaeology alone. That is all I am saying. I have never demanded bullletproof, I just dislike pure guesswork.
When we lived in Playa de Rey, a beach community in the L.A. basin, the bus route was altered. Instead of delivering people directly to the beach, the bottom of our hill became the end of the route. Rapes and violent burglaries and assaults, which never existed before, came and increased. The bus would drop off groups of types who obviously did not mean well, and when they walked to the beach, they obviously scoped each home as they passed. At a community meeting, the police told us they were undermanned, with only 8 patrol cars covering an area from Venice to El Segunda from the beach to 5 miles in land and dealing mostly with more violence in less affluent areas. They told us to arm ourselves, and if we shot anyone on our property, drag them inside.After that I purchased an AR-15 and handguns, and we kept our flood lights on throughout the night. Occasionally during the day, I would sit by the upstairs living room window "cleaning" my weapon whe gangs walked by.I am solidly for no ban on semi- and automatic, and hand weapons. Given one cannot wear body armor 24/7 unless one is a total fruitcake, I still stand by my original comment."Slippery Slope" is a specious argument because all laws can be said to lead there. It is no different than someone asking "but what if ..." to stop an effort to build a wall on our border or get tougher with criminals.I wish we could go back to the days when looters could be shot on sight, but the mantra that began in the 1960s that human rights were more valuable than property rights is equally specious, for your property is your human right.Cross my threshhold unbidden and you die.
Hear hear! One reason I can't wait to get back to the states is I can have my guns back. You guys have no idea the hoops you have to jump through to get a firearm over here. I might even be right out because as a Combat vet I am presumed to be mentally unstable because I have actually killed people and did not seek mental treatment afterwards. Hah! how funny is that.
well regulated could mean well disciplined.
Wrong, it means there is a militia. According to colonial law, every able bodied male above a certain age (it differed in each colony) was a member of the militia. Mental capacity never entered into the debate, even a lunatic can kill Indians you know?
OK, I guess you get me wrong. I still think archaeology is garbage in general. Maybe I did not put my questioning of the second mummies ID clear enough I think it their Id of Ramses himself is pretty solid but the 2nd guy, come on, how could they even know. DNA will tell us nothing how do we know the Pharaoh didn't go around getting every slave girl pregnant, or his grandpa did? We don't, so absence any other evidence that this mummy is the prince it is pure speculation. Makes for a pretty juicy story though doesn't it?My previous statements sill stand but mostly I just wanted to post something other than current politics on my favorite history forum. 😉
Historically in the American colonial experience, what was a well regulated militia?I know the answer and am willing to provide the relevant cites but I am extremely curious to know what others think. I think I know what Donnie will say, I am not so sure about Ski or Phid.*Sigh* I find myself getting dragged into this debate despite my intentions. 🙁
The argument about gun laws is like the argument about abortion, there is no middle ground. I refuse to be drawn into this debate because I think there is no doubting the language of the 2nd Amendment. Like all the other amendments, there is no “except” in there anywhere. There is nothing in the first amendment about freedom of speech except in cases of public safety, pornography, or offensive speech just like in the 2nd it does not say the right to keep and bear arms except where you have to register them, are deemed mentally ill, or under 18. I despise any talk of limiting freedom on principle, I don't care what the supposedly reasonable grounds are, if it don't carve out an exception in the constitution why should we mess with the language? Limitations on clearly articulated rights are assaults on liberty regardless of the reason. I agree with the Paulites to that extent if on little else.
Did you use Photoshop? I had never really used Photoshop until I recently took a digital media class. It is a cool program but it can be confusing to use because it has so much functionality it is easy to get lost. It is also not very intuitive in its controls.
I got 8/12 and one of the ones I missed was an all of the above answer that I didn't bother to read all the options on like a dufus.
I got that one wrong too.
I'm looking at the legal precedent it sets. If they can ban one firearm related item, they can ban more and more and more. Why make it easy for them to do so if you don't have to? Better to be safe than sorry. Instead of banning any guns they should make them more available and easier to carry openly. That way when some idiot tries what Lanz did, somebody will be nearby with a gun to take him down before the body count gets higher.
We need a like button. Talk about bans and more government control is not the answer. Donnie is absolutely right. We need to be talking about how to train and arm more people so they re in a position to at least lessen the horror of attacks like this in the future.You know what the military term for a "gun-free zone" is? Target rich environment.
Aside from any gun debate, start with making it a Federal crime for any civilian to sell, purchase or own body armor. Only a paranoiac or someone intent on doing great harm would own it.
Then call me a paranoiac. I have both class III body armor and a ballistic helmet. I will be prepared if the worst happens.
9/12. A couple I just did not know what I thought I knew and one had a wrong correct answer in my opinion.
My personal opinion is that Alex Jones is by and large and idiot that hurts the conservative cause.I agree with Donnie that the knee jerk reaction to his tragedy will be a call for gun-control. Reason has no place in the gun control debate for liberals.
One of the suggestions in the article to make Wikipedia better is to incorporate it into college classes by assigning students to edit Wikipedia articles. I actually think that is a pretty good idea.Another point made by the author is that the history articles on Wikipedia tend to be the best and leas biased articles although he does complain that they don't hew as well to the post-modern tilt as academic articles. His complaint, if you can call it that, is that the history articles tend to present history as it was classically written until the last 30 years or so. I agree with him and think that is a good thing. I especially like the Wikipedia insistence on a neutral point of view.
