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You know what would probably save a lot more lives than all the money and effort spent on terrorism? Instituting first aid training in schools.
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You know what would probably save a lot more lives than all the money and effort spent on terrorism? Instituting first aid training in schools.
Tank_Guy#3
Lion of Lehistan
Let me see if I'm getting this right, you're saying "let them blow the hell out of us all they want, as our first aid training will allow us to patch up the mangled bodies"?
You stop it before it happens, then there is no need for such things.
Quiet Sound
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Here's hoping you aren't serious.
Signing off. I'll be back in the next day or two most likely.
Tank_Guy#3
Lion of Lehistan
So explain again how first aid training would save more lives than preventing terrorism in the first place?
I ask because the top post on this page makes it sound like you want to shift the money from fighting terrorism to funding first aid training in schools. I grant you first aid training is good, but that is what would happen. If we lighten up on terrorism, we will without question have more terrorism to fight. Just not following you.
CaptainF
The Professional Poster
BTW, it never was private, and you should only be worried if you have something to hide. And you could possibly get upset by this news, soo.....
Why do people buy that argument?
Thing is, this probably won't help fight terrorism one bit, just help to give some abusive bureaucrats a nice hard on or two.
Adamb0mb
Lawless
I think hes saying that the threat of being killed by a terror attack is nill compared to the chances of dying by a stroke, heart, attack, choking, car accident, etc... all situations in which having someone trained in first aid on the scene identifying the situation and correct procedures could save lives.
And if that was his point, I agree.
Edit and bringing this on topic: Moneys used to read peoples mail would definately be better spent training the populace.
amadeus
Apply directly to the forehead
I'm sorry to disappoint you, but this is one paranoid fantasy you shouldn't concern yourself with.
In November of 2008, there will be an election; it will be free and fair by all standards. In January of 2009, George W. Bush will peacefully hand over power to the next person elected to that office.
Anyone that believes otherwise, in my opinion, must be completely out of their minds.
Government reading peoples' mail isn't a new thing by any means. Here in Canada, back in the '80s we had a situation with the RCMP and CSIS agents reading peoples' mail (not sure what they were looking for).
At that time, I was subscribing to a Star Trek fanzine published by some nice folks in Minnesota. In A Different Reality was basically PG-13, the odd time having some illustration or other that would have greatly upset the border inspectors who check for "smut". However, the 'zine was not pornographic by any means, and had some excellent alternate-universe Star Trek stories.
So why was my family worried? Why did they want me to stop subscribing to this fanzine?
Because they were paranoid that I'd end up with a CSIS file because I was receiving mail from a foreign country, from a publisher called "Intragalactic Underground Press."
I guess it sounded subversive, or something.
This is why the Western World banks/governments would love to do away with cash. With cash, I can be relatively anonymous at some places. Or if I went to my neighbor's garage sale and bought a second-hand piece of furniture, I'd pay cash and the government wouldn't get its GST that it would get if I bought the furniture at a store.
In a cashless society, it's impossible to be anonymous. You leave a traceable account of every place you go and what you do when you're there, if it involves money.
Every time I read stuff like this, I wonder why you folks don't just acknowledge that you live in an elected dictatorship. We figured that out in Canada a long time ago (for our own respective government).
Shylock
Hey smiling strange
Who uses snail mail anyway?
Spam, bills, and some magazines. Wow they really are on the ball, it'll help us catch Soviet spies!
I'd love to send some letters, but I have no one to send them to.
Spam, bills, and some magazines. Wow they really are on the ball, it'll help us catch Soviet spies!
I'd love to send some letters, but I have no one to send them to.
cegman
Scott Walker Supporter
IglooDude you know better he has to send them to things with words like Islam, Bomb, Nucular, Explosion, and Osama included somewhere on the outside then they get to Bush before he gets squashed by the other branches (I pray to God he does)
Dude, if you're invading a foreign country, then you're not a terrorist. By definition.
But you can be inspiring terrorism.
People who send equipment magazine etc. You cant send equipment or purchased items across the internet... yet.
Send them to George. Don't worry about the address, they'll get there.
Sprinkle a little talcum powder in the envelopes first.
Are you inciting citizens to commit acts of terrorism or percieved terrorism?
This statement is going on file, buddy.
I'm certain my mail was already being opened. It seemed to stop about a year ago. I guess it'll start again.
It's long been known that talcum powder is used to deodorize women's armpits, so the talcum is clearly there to prevent any unnecessary odors in the mail.
Trajan12
Deity
No, that is completely exaggerated and inaccurate.
Swedishguy
Deity
But children are not very keen on learning first aid in school. Textile and woodwork is enough, already!
Quiet Sound
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Adamb0mb explained it. Do excuse the tone of my prior post, I don't always sound so condescending!
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