Notices by 🎓 Dr. Freemo :jpf: 🇳🇱 (freemo@qoto.org), page 47

Are political polls rigged?

[ ] No
[ ] Nope
[ ] Nah
[ ] Yes and I rape puppies

Are politicl polls rigged?

[ ] No
[ ] Nope
[ ] Nah
[ ] Yes and I rape puppies

@king I'm open for challenges!

@namark Yes its typical in english to refer to several types of objects as She, boats and weapons being the most common.

P90 is on my list to get as well.

@joaopinheiro Im glad yea wing sungs are the really nice in their price class

@joaopinheiro In that sense it will suit you well.

@khird WEll in the end anecdotal evidence only goes so far, thats as much true for my OP as it is for your rebuttal.

But in the end the truth is, we know fromt he data that when you make guns illegal homicide almost always spikes in the decade+ that follows, when guns are made legal again it tends to shoot back down. This is true in almost every case when we look at the data, so in the end that is the only deciding factor for me. Anecdotal evidence is more for the people who arent good with proper statistical data like that.

@bikejourno

You can call the big brother approach to "anything you twist with your wrist..." to be a good thing, thats your perogative.

But that fact remains that your "america is more big brother" argument has failed when the facts are considered. Long story short For the most part if its electric and slow we really dont care if you have to accelerate with your wrist, your feetm or your penis, because, well America isnt a big brother state trying to tell people if they accelerate with their wrist they need their approval, lol, that was kinda the point :)

@bikejourno Notice my wording carefully said electric scooter, and not only e-bike.

If you have an entierly electric scooter, still limited to less than 25 kph then yes you need both a license and a registration. In most states in america the same configuration does not need a license or even a registration.

If you stick a battery on a regular bicycle then you can use that loophole to get around the restriction in the netherlands, but the restriction still exists where it does not in (most) of america.

@khird As far a I know in sutherland texas, unless you have info to the contrary, not a single person in the church was armed and thus not capable of stopping the shooter.

Interesting you pick that example though because the person who DID stop the shooter was a civial armed with an AR-15, again as far as I know it was the first person he encountered who happened to be armed, and certainly the first one who owned or carried an AR-15.

So at worst this suggests we need more people with AR-15 qand not just hand guns, at best it suggests we need people who are armed and carry, even to church.

@khird How many people in the church were armed?

@bikejourno Just for comparison I have owned an electric bike/scooter, in 3 different states in the USA and never cost me a penny nor did I need a license. In the Netherlands I would need both for an electric scooter and was unable to the license without moving here.

@bikejourno Well you are right it is based on per state, but to make the claim they are more big brother than europe isnt really a fair or accurate comparison.

Yea a few states regulate it, and in those states the regulations arent particularly damning, they treat e-bikes as electric scooters, which actually makes some sense, the issue being they require a license for an electric scooter, which I agree is heavy handed.

But again in other states there is no restriction on e-bikes or electric scooters, and in the netherlands such things require licenses and registeration.

So no matter how you slice it your argument falls short. They certainly arent more big brother, they are at worst a little too big brother in some areas maybe. But nothing all that more damning than the norm in the Netherlands, and still a very isolated example for the most part either way.

@bikejourno

"The US are a pain when it comes to allowing e-bikes/pedelecs to the roads"

How so. In america an e-bike and regular bike needs no registration, no license plate, no yearly taxes, nothing. You buy it you can ride it, your good

By contrast in the netherlands if you want an e-bike then above a certain speed you need a license, license plate, everything, even the slower type of electric scooter needs a license plate and costs to get it.

Would seem of the two that the USA is far less big brother on electric scooters and e-bikes honestly.

@joaopinheiro Wing sung is nice for its price bracket. Not going to get any flex out of it, but smooth writer for what it is. You will enjoy.

@bikejourno My friend has a legal AR-15 rifle over here in his home in Holland. Its already legal, has been for a long time apparently though I dont know the laws, its certainly not as enlightened as the american system, but it seems to allow for ownership.

Yes I have noticed many europeans have a very "big brother" approach when it comes to peoples ownership of pretty much anything that would require maturity and safety (guns, fireworks, SCUBA diving, you name it), hopefully an attitude I hope to change in some of the europeaners I meet now that I live here.

I decided to try watching the Witcher, that Netflix original series..I was expecting it to be horrible but while it isn't the best its still way WAY better than the Mandalorian. I cant believe the Witcher, Netflix, is out doing Disney or Star Wars. i never would have thought I'd see the day.

@design_RG The AR-15 is a small games rifle. Its intended purpose isnt War it is for shooting racoons and small animals. It isnt even powerful enough for Deer, for that you need a more powerful hunting rifle.

It isnt bad for self-defense though.

I have to plan a trip back to my Philly home so I can visit some family for the new year. Its been a while since I shot my AR-15 too, she really was a lot of fun. I hope to own one here in Holland one day too.