Now I for one do not smoke, but 8 of my 13 closest friends do, so I'm exposed to a lot of it (especially when 3-5 of us are huddled on the floor playing Magic). I do not think it should be illegal, because: 1. It would force everyone to go cold turkey. I have seen cold turkey work for two people, but the majority of smokers cannot handle it. If it were illegal, it wouldn't even be available in stores, leaving no option but cold turkey. 2. It would create a huge smuggling problem if it were only illegal in certain countries. 3. There are just too many smokers right now, and the bill would never pass (at least in the US). Although the dangers of smoking are more commonly known than in the past, and the number of smokers is lower than it once was, it's still not time to try to eliminate it. The thing is, it may never be.
While I dislike smoking, I wouldn't want to try to make laws against it. It's someone else's personal choice, and there's no way they could be unaware of its risks when they start. I think those who make a big stink about smoking in public, even outdoors, are overreacting.
I don't see why anyone worried about the government tapping phones. 1. If you're not a criminal, the FBI won't waste time on your meaningless calls. 2. Who cares if someone hears your private phone calls? It's not like the FBI is going to go gossip to people you know, like, "Hey, Sharon, guess what your neighbor Donald told his cousin over the phone!" 3. If you were being tapped, you'd never know or see anything happen unless you said something terroristic. Your phone could have been tapped for years, but you never knew, and it didn't affect your life. 4. It was obviously a scare tactic and the dumb Americans took it hook, line, and sinker. Hasn't anyone noticed a complete lack of police and FBI reports where they catch tons of drug cartels and terrorists by tapping phones? Not to mention the fact that it was only a news topic for about 2 months, then vanished.
The United states is already preparing for a war of this kind as is evident by the new weapons that have been developed, see Metal Storm as an example. Any Weapon that can fire over 1,000,000 bullets a minutes is designed for fighting China's Superior numbers IMO (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metal_Storm).
Actually, this weapon is planned for two things:
1. Equipping on large, non-agile aircraft, to stop incoming missiles quickly.
2. Setting up in front of battlements, bunkers, etc. to stop a wave of infantry.
Also, China having large numbers has nothing to do with it. If you've seen the weapon, you'll notice it really only fires once. And it's over in a second, since it's made to be a "wall of bullets", not a machine gun pod for long-term support. China's large infantry is what missiles and grenades are for.
His sources (as far as military facts) were: www.strategypage.com The Top 10 of Everything, by Dorling Kindersley Really Useful: The History of Everyday Things, by Firefly Books
I'm just so tired of the Scary Movie creators constantly making these halfass spoofs of whatever's popular at the time. The jokes will only be funny for a year or so, until they need to make a new movie about the pop culture for that year. To just keep updating like that is more like SNL or MadTV. This belongs on a television show, not the theatres. Matter of fact, it belongs in the garbage. Who wants to bet there will be another one next year?
1. It would force everyone to go cold turkey. I have seen cold turkey work for two people, but the majority of smokers cannot handle it. If it were illegal, it wouldn't even be available in stores, leaving no option but cold turkey.
2. It would create a huge smuggling problem if it were only illegal in certain countries.
3. There are just too many smokers right now, and the bill would never pass (at least in the US). Although the dangers of smoking are more commonly known than in the past, and the number of smokers is lower than it once was, it's still not time to try to eliminate it. The thing is, it may never be.
While I dislike smoking, I wouldn't want to try to make laws against it. It's someone else's personal choice, and there's no way they could be unaware of its risks when they start. I think those who make a big stink about smoking in public, even outdoors, are overreacting.
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1. If you're not a criminal, the FBI won't waste time on your meaningless calls.
2. Who cares if someone hears your private phone calls? It's not like the FBI is going to go gossip to people you know, like, "Hey, Sharon, guess what your neighbor Donald told his cousin over the phone!"
3. If you were being tapped, you'd never know or see anything happen unless you said something terroristic. Your phone could have been tapped for years, but you never knew, and it didn't affect your life.
4. It was obviously a scare tactic and the dumb Americans took it hook, line, and sinker. Hasn't anyone noticed a complete lack of police and FBI reports where they catch tons of drug cartels and terrorists by tapping phones? Not to mention the fact that it was only a news topic for about 2 months, then vanished.
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Actually, this weapon is planned for two things:
1. Equipping on large, non-agile aircraft, to stop incoming missiles quickly.
2. Setting up in front of battlements, bunkers, etc. to stop a wave of infantry.
Also, China having large numbers has nothing to do with it. If you've seen the weapon, you'll notice it really only fires once. And it's over in a second, since it's made to be a "wall of bullets", not a machine gun pod for long-term support. China's large infantry is what missiles and grenades are for.
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Universe in Your Pocket: 3,999 Essential Facts, by Joel Levy.
His sources (as far as military facts) were:
www.strategypage.com
The Top 10 of Everything, by Dorling Kindersley
Really Useful: The History of Everyday Things, by Firefly Books
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