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Eh get me when shit hits the fan I'm in the middle of nowhere the best place to be in this situation.

Same here. Norks won't even aim for us (I hope), but I'm not sure if we'd get drawn into a war (Calgary, not a major target)

Even if they had the ability to reach America, which is highly unlikely, America's advanced missile defense would intercept that fucker long before it reached anything significant, and yes, you can bet your sweet ass America would be dragged into a war if NK had the balls to lob a nuke at anyone.

I meant Canada getting dragged into a war.

oh, well if the UN calls for military intervention, which they most likely will, then Canada would make at least some contribution

Europe- The angry old man who has been there longer than anyone can remember. He goes around telling everyone how glorious he was when he was younger, but now has alzheimers, and is dying slowly

I lold

Here's another:
"We think we need to come to a point where no country will have any nuclear weapons," Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast told a weekly news conference when asked about the test. "All weapons of mass destruction and nuclear arms need to be destroyed." - www.jpost.com/International/As-world-slams-N-Korea-Iran-urges-disarmament

Iran has publically disavowed North Korea, in what reality are they "friends"?
"Cliff Kupchan, an Iran specialist at the Eurasia Group, a Washington-based consulting firm, said that Iran does not want to be viewed as an “irrational cult state” like North Korea"- www.nytimes.com/2013/04/06/world/middleeast/talks-resume-on-curbing-irans -nuclear-program.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0

Iran - An independent country (free of the dollar and central banks) looking to get the nuclear deterrent.

I see no problem with this.

N. Korea - The disowned child from the rich family.
Iran - Only friend of N.Korea also disowned
China - Estranged uncle who empathizes with N.Korea
S. Korea - N. Koreas spoiled brother who gets money for being S. kOREA
Japan. N. Koreas abusive former caretaker
Russia. Father of N. Korea doesn't care about him anymore no longer gives money
America - Guy who keeps waving his dick around Korea beat up N. Korea and throwing money at every other country and stealing N. Koreas food at night.
FTFY in accordance to history.

Only 2 parties doesn't adequately represent the opinions of the majority. The two parties have radically different views and there is almost no middle ground so when laws pass, there will be 50% of people who are satisfied but not happy, 49% who are very unhappy, and only 1% who actually like the bill. With more parties, people have more options and so it's not all black or white; you can have a government that people actually like, unlike our current congress which has something like a 90% disapproval rate.

Guns don't kill people. People do. Guns are merely tools that make killing people easier.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=xC03hmS1Brk

That is such a bullshit line. Any intelligent tolerant-minded person knows that tolerance of intolerance is as bad as intolerance.

When a group of southerners want to defend their 'right' to discriminate against black people, that is intolerance. When a dickhead wants to deny someone the right to marry for their bigoted purposes, that is intolerance. There is no arguing around that. Homophobia, especially with regard to equality, is not a matter of 'opinion'. Everything isn't as simple as Coke vs Pepsi.

Time travel has already been proven by experiment and it is not that....
You can make the time around you go faster which basically allows you to travel into the future. As the diagram shows, there are different paths events can take place; this is a result of the wave nature of every particle. The motion of subatomic particles is determined by probability, not cause and effect, so pretty much anything can happen. The multi-verse theory comes from the fact that since the dawn of the universe, every event could take one path; each path would then have its own set of paths and so on. Schrodinger's cat was a way to try to explain this. The cat in the sealed box may be killed by a particle that has a 50% chance of doing something. If it happens, the cat dies, if not the cat survives. This uncertainty comes from the nature of the universe, not form any outside influence, therefore it is impossible to know what happen so it can be treated as both. Saying you can look into the future without going there is like saying you can know what happened in the box without checking.

tl;dr - According to quantum mechanics, the future is a blur, even if you know the motion of every particle because time is not based on cause and effect (inb4 timey wimey).

egalitarianism

Thank you!

That's absolute equality in general, not just gender equality...

Bad on my behalf

Parity?

Gender equality?

There was a fancy word for that that i was looking for

the problem is escalation, N.Korea attacks S.Korea, US and S.Korea launch joint retaliatory strikes against N.Korea, China backs N.Korea, Russia backs China and HEY PRESTO total global nuclear conflict, That being said, China is getting a bbit pissed off with N.Korea so things might end well.

your a fool if you think China and Russia would back North Korea in a war

From the looks of things, North Korea is a liability for any ally they have. They're needlessly inflammatory, in need of constant aid, and generally aren't looked kindly upon by the rest of the world. Unless somebody was actively trying to wage war with the rest of the world, they wouldn't touch that shit with a 39 1/2" pole.

China and Russia might have much better relations with North Korea than other countries, but I highly doubt they'd pick their side. They would probably stay neutral and await NK's defeat.

>the recklessness of the state government regarding abortion
What is their stance? How is it reckless? Be a tad more specific.

North Dakota just passed the nations strictest abortion laws which ban abortion at about 6 week or when a heartbeat can be detected. It is designed specifically, and they've admitted this, to test the boundaries of Roe v Wade. They knew there would a storm of lawsuits after this but they have only just recently set aside money to defend it. As far as I know, nothing has been done to prepare for the wave of unwanted children who chances are will go neglected because the parent could not be handle the responsibility. There is a theory (which I agree with) that allowing abortions reduces crime because having to care for a child when you don't have the ability reduces the standard of living for the parent and the child. This child has a greater chance of turning to crime due to either desperation or bad parenting. Most woman don't even know they're pregnant before the deadline so they have this responsibility forced upon them without even a chance. Furthermore, state funding has been cut off to any organization that defends abortion rights. In many cases, these organizations try to encourage safe sex so that the pregnancy never takes places thus removing the need for an abortion. But it seems parents don't like the government talking to kids about safe sex because quite frankly we are a very religious state (which is not bad, I'm just saying).

tl;dr - We're unprepared to deal with the consequences that will come of this.

That sucks. And here I am living in Canada not having to worry about such things at all. Mostly because even our right wingers are smart enough to leave well alone on those kinds of issues.

i think Iran's officially backed up NK in case of war, and I heard that Russia is on America's side.

The usual, NK makes threats, while SK warns for the imminent war. Personally, I want the North Korean government to be overthrown as soon as possible, feudalism was supposed to be more than over by now, and the North Korean state feudalism is just as bad or even worse than the feudalism of centuries ago.

So would they just take pictures of hunters? Whats the point of that?

or keep shooting them down.
it may not be the best course of action, but it's damn funny.
thetandd.com/animal-rights-group-says-drone-shot-down/article_017a720a-56ce-11e1-afc4-001871e3ce6c.html

I'm usually against shooting in the air. Bullets have to come down eventually, and it's hard to know where they'll land if you're taking what's effectively artillery shots.

yeah, i've been hit by raining birdshot before.
it's not going to kill you.

Implying all hunting is performed with birdshot?

implying hunters are stupid enough to try shooting a drone with a rifle

If you were funny enough to suggest it, somebody would be stupid enough to try it.

i cited an instance in which it happened.
no one is dumb enough to try shooting a drone with a rifle.
maybe you would have that idea, but anyone who took a hunters safety class knows better.
most hunting is done with shotguns.

Never underestimate human stupidity. Never provoke human stupidity. Always oppose PETA.
If I can find any excuse, no matter how contrived or improbable it may be, I will use it. Fuck PETA. I support the ethical treatment of animals, but their methods are rather... ineffectual and sometimes counter-productive.

ok, you lost me
idk what you're trying to tell me now.
yes, i agree with you, clearly, PETA sucks.

At least PETA now might actually save some animals. Now, hunters are going to shoot their drones rather than shooting animals. Nice one, PETA.

I think this is my favourite thing ever

That reminded me of this one.

Cowboys?

Yes.
Basically people are allowed to live as they see fit.
Most modern cultures have this now too but America is a tiny bit different because of the way our legal system works and the history of our government.
America was founded on the idea that the people are supreme. The authority of the government comes from the people and therefore the people reserve the right to take away that power. Also, in our legal system, both sides have rules they have to follow. Our courts are adversarial, meaning it's one side against another. In the a criminal case, it's the accused vs the government. Law enforcement has to prove that the criminal is guilty, if not then the criminal goes free. During this process, the government is restricted on what it can do. For example, police cannot just randomly search through your stuff. Even if they find something and you both know beyond any doubt that you committed a crime, you could not be prosecuted because the government broke the rules. Dangerous people do go free because of this but that's a small price to pay to keep the government in check.

being able to take care of yourself

American football and beer

If only there was a way to determine your IP. I would ravage your computer. Your stupid joke got old months ago.

Who is Fat Ben? TELL ME YOUR SECRETS!

GIVE ME A NAME DAMMIT

10th of april here in Australia.

Not really worried because no one ever attacks us, or if they do, its sydney so no real loss to us.

Good luck to you.

What do you identify yourself as?

Progressive liberal.

Most people on this board are 'Mericans shouting 'much guns' and people who don't actually know what socialism/communism is. Then there's a small group of leftists.

Oh, sorry. That was meant to be 'muh guns'.

i am a moderate, but i have no clue why it seem like there are a good number of conservatives on fj

Independent.

basic libertarian