The Ecology of Freedom -
The Emergence and Dissolution of Hierarchy by Murray Bookchin
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Thursday, 29 June 2017
quote [ A teenager killed her boyfriend as he held a thick book to his chest, believing it would stop the bullet. ]
Desert Eagle 050 at 30 inches? Christ! It's a Darwin, of course, but not one I'm especially happy about. Instead I feel depressed that people can be so stupid, and so desperate.
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midden said @ 4:51am GMT on 29th June
Well, they do stop certain kinds of knives; small, soft, blunt, lead knives.
midden said @ 4:53am GMT on 29th June
Well, they do stop certain kinds of knives; small, soft, blunt, lead knives.
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... which made me think of this.
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midden said @ 4:51am GMT on 29th June
Well, they do stop certain kinds of knives; small, soft, blunt, lead knives.
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... which made me think of this.
You know, like, people made careers of doing dangerous stunts since way before YouTube. But the idea is through careful practice and testing, and obsessive attention to detail, the actual danger can be minimized. Evel Knievel did not simply point his bike in the direction of the Grand Canyon and hope for the best.