That would be vigilantism and that doesn't cut it here. We have a system of trial by jury.
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That would be vigilantism and that doesn't cut it here. We have a system of trial by jury.
I said this earlier. Most of you folks are from the U.S.A. Where else am i going to talk about, which you people are interested in. So i talk about the USA, and all i get is complaints because i don't live there.
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.This is in the uk, ain't it ?.
You mean the ecf uk forum. It's about as lifeless as a morgue in there.
Soccer is the biggest sport world wide and its popularity continues to grow in the US. If I have to guess, I'd say cricket is the second largest worldwide. Seriously, as an American, I have to wonder why we felt the need to invent baseball. Baseball is a colossal bore compared to Cricket. Nearly every throw turns into a run with Cricket so there is action on the field all the time - much more so than baseball. And it has something called a Googly. I've been watching for 2 years and am not even sure what a Googly is but it's a better term than anything related to baseball. Twenty20 NatWest Cricket is my favorite sport to watch.
That being said, I don't think there are many differences between most countries where vapors are concerned. ECF is a worldwide forum and while the US seems to be the majority, I don't see a lot of miscommunication between country participants. ECF is a UK run forum.
Of course you haven't seen any civilians chasing down terrorists (or even ordinary criminals)! Why? Because the vast majority of gun owners DON'T carry their guns. Their guns are locked up at home and only taken out when they go to the range or out hunting (just like in the UK). The 99.99999% (my estimate) of legal guns in the USA aren't the problem - it's the illegal guns that are a bigger problem and result in more harm. As for someone going crazy and scaring the wife and kids, I think you watch too much US TV. Does it happen? Yeah, but its a relatively rare occasion - on par with about how often you hear about someone in the UK going crazy and scaring their wife and kids with a blade or other handheld weapon (which is when the UK SWAT teams show up armed to the teeth).
That being said, I don't think there are many differences between most countries where vapors are concerned. ECF is a worldwide forum and while the US seems to be the majority, I don't see a lot of miscommunication between country participants. ECF is a UK run forum.
Of course you haven't seen any civilians chasing down terrorists (or even ordinary criminals)! Why? Because the vast majority of gun owners DON'T carry their guns. Their guns are locked up at home and only taken out when they go to the range or out hunting (just like in the UK). The 99.99999% (my estimate) of legal guns in the USA aren't the problem - it's the illegal guns that are a bigger problem and result in more harm. As for someone going crazy and scaring the wife and kids, I think you watch too much US TV. Does it happen? Yeah, but its a relatively rare occasion - on par with about how often you hear about someone in the UK going crazy and scaring their wife and kids with a blade or other handheld weapon (which is when the UK SWAT teams show up armed to the teeth).
I think, when it comes to actually seeing some progress on a field of sport, based on how boring Soccer can be, i'd say Basketball is probably the most dynamic.
I like the whole idea of Cricket though. A very English tradition played throughout the country's villages in the summertime, and there's a hell of a lot of picturesque villages throughout England.
I put Very Little credence in someone who "Knows" what all people in a given group Think of Do. I put Less (if that is even Possible) when that person Doesn't even live in the Country being discussed.
Just Say'n.
Here's a question, may seem a little random. The allied's attacked Nagasaki and Hiroshima and burned alive well over 100, 000 innocent civilians. I think it was somewhere in the region of 120,000. Do you think that Japan would, at some point in the near or distant (a few decades) future want to get even for that ?. Just like any country would in a situation like that they probably saw it as a war crime, and probably still do, not that the allied's see it that way. Could it be possible that Japan may have organised some kind of Japanese style revange ?. And would that have been seen as a predictable event, or series of events, of which the allied's shouldn't have or wouldn't have been surprised.
The attacks which took place in Nagasaki and Hiroshima may have been forgotten or swept under the carpet by the public, but what do you think the government thinks about this possibility.
Or do you think that Japan would just forget about it and let it go ?.
As in any country moments such as that are remembered.
I'd be interested to know your thoughts on how you think Japan copes with this historical attack on their country.
The attacks which took place in Nagasaki and Hiroshima may have been forgotten or swept under the carpet by the public, but what do you think the government thinks about this possibility.
Or do you think that Japan would just forget about it and let it go ?.
As in any country moments such as that are remembered.
I'd be interested to know your thoughts on how you think Japan copes with this historical attack on their country.
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Evan, you would clearly benefit from a little research into the actions of Japan during the years leading up to and through to the end of WWII.
I think you need to look up the attack on Pearl Harbor...... A long time ago the King sent his men here with guns to enact British law.... The farmers sent them back over pond spanked and crying. You might want to google why Japan didn't invade the USA.
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