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Percy
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Message 1179 of 1184 (909636)
04-07-2023 9:35 AM
Reply to: Message 1174 by marc9000
04-06-2023 8:59 PM


Re: What Damage an AR-15 Can Do
marc9000 writes:
I can't read there without giving them my email address. No can do.
That might hinder your investigation, don't you think?
Aaaaand the NY Times built an empire for over 100 years, by giving its readers exactly what they wanted. liberal propaganda.
Their editorial stance is liberal, their news reporting much more neutral.
They've been sued many times over the past 100 years, and have been caught in lies many times in those 100 years. I can't believe they're so dense that they don't realize that by attacking Fox News they're drawing attention to themselves.
The New York Times is one of the finest news organizations in the world. That doesn't mean perfect, and there is no perfect news organization out there. No perfect anything, actually. The word "sued" or "sues" only appears in the Wikipedia article four times, so I'm curious where your information is coming from, but I think the New York Times, indeed anyone and any organization, should be held accountable for any violations of the law.
But comparisons between Fox News and the New York Times leaves no room for ambiguity as to news quality. Fox News says whatever it takes to maintain and grow viewership without regard to reality. That's not journalism, that's entertainment. Unlike Fox News, the New York Times pays a great deal of attention to journalistic requirements.
And when you compare news organizations journalistically, if you want to know what really happened, where do you want to be getting your news from? From the one that will tell you what you want to hear, or the one most likely to tell you the truth?
You can start a news media thread if you like, but I don't think you'll be happy with the way it goes. Your continual airing of your supposed grievances is just a way for you to gather more grievances. You'll start by complaining about the media, probably mostly ABC's World News Tonight, then you'll set into complaining about the people responding to you and calling them liars and trolls. You don't tolerate other opinions well.
--Percy

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Percy
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Message 1181 of 1184 (910828)
05-18-2023 8:24 AM
Reply to: Message 1180 by Tangle
05-18-2023 3:08 AM


Tangle writes:
Serbia can do it. After a mass school shooting
“President Aleksander Vucic pledged the "practical disarmament" of the country, as he announced a list of new security measures intended to improve gun control on Friday morning.”
Serbians hand in guns and question culture of violence after two shootings - BBC News
As any self-respecting NRA member will tell you, Serbia is headed for disaster. Soon it will be the criminals running the country, and normal citizens will be at their mercy. Without an armed citizenry the criminals will soon murder everyone or force them to join their ranks.
Japan has one of the lowest gun ownership rates in the world and also one of the lowest gun death rates. You know what that tells you? They're lying, and you know I'm telling the truth because I can type. Japan's streets are filled with gun carnage because their citizens are unable to defend themselves and are completely vulnerable to gun violence.
Singapore? Same thing. Don't believe those idyllic photographs showing clean and orderly streets. Those are actually images of downtown Detroit. Don't believe me? Remember, I can type.
--Percy

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Percy
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Message 1183 of 1184 (910840)
05-19-2023 12:59 PM


Police the Same the World Over
Here's one for the books from Australia: Australian police taser a 95-year-old woman with dementia
The gist is that a 95-year-old women women with dementia living in a nursing home found her way to the kitchen and obtained a knife. When discovered with the knife staff called police. When police arrived she wouldn't obey instructions to put the knife down, so as she slowly approached them in her walker they Tasared her. She's in critical condition in the hospital.
The US is not the only country in the world where the police should not be dealing with the sick, disabled or mentally diminished. Their only tool is a hammer, so that's what they use.
--Percy

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Percy
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From: New Hampshire
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Message 1184 of 1184 (910992)
05-30-2023 9:33 PM
Reply to: Message 1183 by Percy
05-19-2023 12:59 PM


Re: Police the Same the World Over
Followup: she later died.
--Percy

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