tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post1463953879122491125..comments2024-03-29T00:37:19.769+00:00Comments on SCOT goes POP!: The smallest minority : the individual, alone and abandonedJames Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01516007141763230886noreply@blogger.comBlogger29125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-76058931977581925452016-07-11T10:47:54.515+01:002016-07-11T10:47:54.515+01:00Surely a wuss is someone who is so scared of other...Surely a wuss is someone who is so scared of other people he needs a gun.epicyclohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11827114457630373524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-74388513210095448082010-06-15T21:52:42.671+01:002010-06-15T21:52:42.671+01:00"Given the nature of Kevin's uberposts (a...<i>"Given the nature of Kevin's uberposts (and my opinion of the man in general) I'll take that as quite the compliment."</i><br /><br />Point a - You admire Kevin.<br />Point b - I say your posts are nothing like Kevin's.<br />Point c - You take that as a compliment.<br /><br />Yup, that makes sense. Yet another post well worth making, Mike.James Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01516007141763230886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-27182342363941585862010-06-15T18:49:50.735+01:002010-06-15T18:49:50.735+01:00Given the nature of Kevin's uberposts (and my ...Given the nature of Kevin's uberposts (and my opinion of the man in general) I'll take that as quite the compliment.<br /><br />As for your 1st statement, I suspect you and I have entirely different definitions of the terms "rational" and "intelligent" with yours differing a great deal from the dictionary definitions of said terms. This is unsurprising given you've previously shown yourself to be completely unable to understand definitions.Mike W.https://www.blogger.com/profile/03425962910696301026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-49183966969866275472010-06-15T16:27:54.072+01:002010-06-15T16:27:54.072+01:00"I'm more than happy to let intelligent, ...<i>"I'm more than happy to let intelligent, rational 3rd party observers read what I've written for themselves."</i><br /><br />At last - a statement with which I can heartily agree.<br /><br />As for your second point - no, there is a difference between your comments and Kevin's "uberposts" (other than the obvious one of verbosity). Your posts are perfectly comprehensible - they just don't say anything.James Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01516007141763230886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-45404985112646192742010-06-15T16:24:16.250+01:002010-06-15T16:24:16.250+01:00BTW - how can your answer to questions that are no...BTW - how can your answer to questions that are not "yes or no" questions be "NO?"<br /><br />Unless of course you simply can't comprehend what's being asked.Mike W.https://www.blogger.com/profile/03425962910696301026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-24705724282283948662010-06-15T16:22:19.390+01:002010-06-15T16:22:19.390+01:00I haven't got a thing to say.
I'm more th...<i> I haven't got a thing to say.</i><br /><br />I'm more than happy to let intelligent, rational 3rd party observers read what I've written for themselves.<br /><br />You are not my audience, as you've already made it quite clear that you will ignore evidence.<br /><br />I have little doubt that you see my comments as "incomprehensible" just as you do Kevin's posts. The fact that you are unable to comprehend what has been said does not mean it hasn't been said.Mike W.https://www.blogger.com/profile/03425962910696301026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-12502820529822323002010-06-15T15:24:04.499+01:002010-06-15T15:24:04.499+01:00Whereas your approach is -
1) I haven't got ...Whereas your approach is -<br /><br />1) I haven't got a thing to say.<br /><br />2) I'm damn well going to say it one-hundred and forty-three times anyway.James Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01516007141763230886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-66090542532171830062010-06-15T13:45:08.783+01:002010-06-15T13:45:08.783+01:00Merely pointing out that you completely ignore que...Merely pointing out that you completely ignore questions I pose which<br /><br />1. You cannot answer<br /><br />2. Go to the very heart of your deeply flawed ideology and expose it as a complete fraud.<br /><br />Obfuscation and avoidance are necessary for you, since you're arguing from a position of intellectual weakeness in this debate.Mike W.https://www.blogger.com/profile/03425962910696301026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-22190616140129592442010-06-15T05:12:27.147+01:002010-06-15T05:12:27.147+01:00Now if ever there was a response that really takes...Now if ever there was a response that really takes the biscuit...<br /><br />New post - <a href="http://scotgoespop.blogspot.com/2010/06/brazilian-ballistics.html" rel="nofollow">Brazilian ballistics</a>.James Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01516007141763230886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-39498028906592201392010-06-15T04:04:28.066+01:002010-06-15T04:04:28.066+01:00James. I know this is hard for you, but not all q...James. I know this is hard for you, but not all questions are "yes or no"Mike W.https://www.blogger.com/profile/03425962910696301026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-52913557446775973802010-06-15T01:08:23.494+01:002010-06-15T01:08:23.494+01:00Mike, how many times do you want to go round the s...Mike, how many times do you want to go round the same block? The answer to both your first and last questions is NO, not necessarily correct, and not the case I've been making. I've explained why umpteen times over the last few days, and you'll have seen those answers because some of them were made directly to you. Those answers will not change no matter how often you keep asking the same questions over and over again like a robot that's lost its memory chip.<br /><br />Incidentally, given your favourite meme of 'moving the goal-posts', how did we seamlessly move from talking about homicide rates to talking about "violent crime" rates?<br /><br />Anon - <i>"Could that be the cause of the murder rate disparity?"</i><br /><br />Poverty and lack of opportunity among the black population, and ridiculously easy access to guns? I'd guess that combination would be strongly correlated to crime whatever the ethnic composition of a population.James Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01516007141763230886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-13544544021691929302010-06-15T00:41:45.181+01:002010-06-15T00:41:45.181+01:00"which inconveniently for you is more than tw..."which inconveniently for you is more than two-and-a-half times higher in the US. "<br /><br />I hate to be the jerk that points out that most homicides committed in the US are committed by black people despite being only 12% of the population. And the US has far more blacks than the UK at only 2%. Could that be the cause of the murder rate disparity?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-79532738011464974732010-06-14T23:20:56.111+01:002010-06-14T23:20:56.111+01:00Then the corollary to the above statement is that ...Then the corollary to the above statement is that MORE guns would lead to higher homicide figures Correct? This is the claim you've been making is it not?<br /><br />How then do you explain the plain reality of the US? Homicide and violent crime rates are dropping nationwide while our guns laws are weakened, more and more folks are carrying, and we're seeing an absolutely unprecedented explosion of firearms purchasing by the general public.<br /><br />If you are correct then shouldn't we be seeing evidence that you are? Shouldn't we be seeing spikes in homicides, gun homicides, accidental gun deaths, and a general increase in volent crime rates? Ooops, all of those things are decreasing while Americans go "gun crazy."<br /><br />Funny, with the UK's strict gun & knife control we should see your violent crime rates dropping like a rock. Oops, that's not happening! Inconceivable!Mike W.https://www.blogger.com/profile/03425962910696301026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-83646107439875946262010-06-14T21:55:19.405+01:002010-06-14T21:55:19.405+01:00A logical person would say that since the vast maj...<i>A logical person would say that since the vast majority of homicides in the UK are not committed with a gun, that focusing on the gun in order to lower homicide rates is flatly absurd.</i><br /><br />No, a logical person would conclude that such minimal gun homicide figures is a vital contributory factor to the fact that the UK has a much lower overall homicide rate than a country like the US.James Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01516007141763230886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-23913508083098518872010-06-14T21:51:52.028+01:002010-06-14T21:51:52.028+01:00And what of the fact that vast majority (nearly 99...And what of the fact that vast majority (nearly 99%) of those homicides are NOT committed with a firearm?<br /><br />A logical person would say that since the vast majority of homicides in the UK are not committed with a gun, that focusing on the gun in order to lower homicide rates is flatly absurd.Mike W.https://www.blogger.com/profile/03425962910696301026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-7997004953342014262010-06-14T21:47:57.888+01:002010-06-14T21:47:57.888+01:00Mike, that is a demonstrably absurd comment given ...Mike, that is a demonstrably absurd comment given that immediately after I mentioned the gun homicide rate, I went on to mention the general homicide rate - which inconveniently for you is more than two-and-a-half times higher in the US.James Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01516007141763230886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-62678467241198461242010-06-14T19:09:01.726+01:002010-06-14T19:09:01.726+01:00"US gun homicide rate - 3.72 per 100,000.
Eng..."US gun homicide rate - 3.72 per 100,000.<br />England & Wales gun homicide rate - 0.15 per 100,000."<br /><br />Gotta love James's blatant dishonesty here by looking at only "gun homicide rates"<br /><br />Yeah, because someone killed with a knife or tire iron is morally superior to someone who dies by gunfire.<br /><br />Guns are bad, so we won't focus on the 98.8% of homicides that occur in the UK without use of a gun. Instead we'll focus on that 1.2 %Mike W.https://www.blogger.com/profile/03425962910696301026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-62625864755856366142010-06-14T18:36:29.357+01:002010-06-14T18:36:29.357+01:00If I'm dying unintentionally, my money would b...If I'm dying unintentionally, my money would be on a car accident<br /> US motor vehicle 15.5 deaths per 100,000 people<br />I doubt that statistic will bother you, because at the heart of this isn’t the number of deaths.<br /> The real issue is utility.<br />Your perception is guns have no utility and motor vehicles do.<br /> So 15.5 deaths per 100k is something you’re willing to tolerate or at the very least not write essays about, Yet 3.72 per 100k is cause for international outrage.<br />If utility was not the real issue but life was, you’d be working on the #1 cause of death, heart disease.<br />But who doesn’t love Bangers and mash? Again more utility.<br /><br />Respectfully,<br />John RussellAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-11164978710860881572010-06-14T17:31:06.156+01:002010-06-14T17:31:06.156+01:00"Call me a jethro but I'll take dead over...<i>"Call me a jethro but I'll take dead over brutalized."</i><br /><br />You might have to. According to the figures Nate directed me to :<br /><br />US gun homicide rate - 3.72 per 100,000.<br />England & Wales gun homicide rate - 0.15 per 100,000.<br /><br />That is an absolutely mind-boggling disparity. And, of course, the general rate of homicide is more than two-and-a-half times greater in the USA.James Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01516007141763230886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-74783936760468364862010-06-14T17:26:27.658+01:002010-06-14T17:26:27.658+01:00James,
I don't think any meaningful rebuttal i...James,<br />I don't think any meaningful rebuttal is possible.<br />You have clearly stated that you would rather be a morally superior victim.<br />So be it.<br />But what you are espousing is that I be a morally superior victim.<br />That is not going to happen.<br /><br />The UK has a violence rate of 2,034 crimes per 100,000 residents.<br />The U.S. has a violence rate of 466 crimes per 100,000 residents.<br /><br />http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1196941/The-violent-country-Europe-Britain-worse-South-Africa-U-S.html<br /><br />Given those number this rings pretty hollow;<br /><br />"like it or not, we are bound to each other, that we are responsible in some measure for each others’ fate, and that the lives of all of us, strong or vulnerable, are of equal value"<br /><br />Call me a jethro but I'll take dead over brutalized.<br /><br />- John RussellAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-80980668846072816632010-06-14T17:14:10.613+01:002010-06-14T17:14:10.613+01:00People aren't shot for "knocking on doors...<i>People aren't shot for "knocking on doors"</i><br /><br />Except when they are, you mean. Andrew de Vries was not attempting to commit burglary, he was seeking help to get back to his hotel (ie. he wanted to use a phone to call for a taxi).<br /><br />Anon - I've dealt with the ubiquitous "car" analogy over at Nate's blog.James Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01516007141763230886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-78747957752693064932010-06-14T16:07:39.741+01:002010-06-14T16:07:39.741+01:00"Taking responsibility for your own transport..."Taking responsibility for your own transport" by having a car at home puts others at risk.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-45026131621070332702010-06-14T05:24:05.239+01:002010-06-14T05:24:05.239+01:00a principle that isn’t suspended at the point at w...<i>a principle that isn’t suspended at the point at which someone knocks at the back of our house.</i><br /><br />People aren't shot for "knocking on doors" they are however shot while trying to commit burglary. That's not a bad thing, as their should be immediate consequences for trying to forcibly enter someones home.Mike W.https://www.blogger.com/profile/03425962910696301026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-56451863567070246962010-06-14T00:54:40.957+01:002010-06-14T00:54:40.957+01:00Hi Rab - yeah, I think if I ever set up a Facebook...Hi Rab - yeah, I think if I ever set up a Facebook group it'll be called "I'm a Wuss and I'm Proud"!James Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01516007141763230886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-13589578190057806822010-06-13T23:10:26.111+01:002010-06-13T23:10:26.111+01:00Hi James,
Some of the American content is really ...Hi James,<br /><br />Some of the American content is really depressing, however if I lived in America where gun ownership is almost universal, I think I would probably want one too. The gun genie in America is definitely too far out of the bottle ever to be put back in.<br /><br />Fortunately in GB, only a tiny portion of the populace own guns and our murder rate is correspondingly just a fraction of theirs (no matter what Kevin may say to the contrary). God knows its bad enough with air rifles here, never mind the real thing.<br /><br />Regards,<br /><br />ps What's wrong with being a wuss? I'd rather be a wuss than be like Kevin or his friends. What delightful charmers they must be to have in company!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com