Path: ...!weretis.net!feeder6.news.weretis.net!feeder8.news.weretis.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Alan Newsgroups: misc.phone.mobile.iphone,comp.mobile.android Subject: Re: DOJ is correct that Apple iPhone is far less secure than Android when RCS messaging is involved Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2024 15:13:46 -0700 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 32 Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2024 00:13:47 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="884bfce603d41a36906db8651ea9d4f4"; logging-data="2634012"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/Gn7ZwH1qvqFWD1fPifp/TUnZsRiynMXM=" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:yz0sk5GSi0OicurwwuBnKZVekZ4= Content-Language: en-CA In-Reply-To: Bytes: 3017 On 2024-04-17 23:20, The Real Bev wrote: > On 4/17/24 10:18 AM, Alan wrote: >> On 2024-04-17 10:05, The Real Bev wrote: >>> On 4/15/24 11:48 PM, Chris wrote: >>> >>>> Pre-empirically carrying a gun is not "self-defence". Its weakness. >>>> Billions of people are quite capable of not becoming a victim without >>>> needing guns for "self-defence". >>> >>> Yes, screaming I AM NOT A VICTIM at the thug with a knife will >>> definitely send him on his way abashed and save Granny from being >>> harmed. Or perhaps you were thinking of the umbrella with the >>> sharpened tip? >> >> You still haven't explained why the US has so many more deaths than >> other countries similar to it. > > I have no idea why.  Do you?  Perhaps we are just violent people. Perhaps it's all the guns. > > Given that this is true, how do we best protect ourselves when law > enforcement is too far away to be protective? > > A few nights ago a guy pulled a knife on a woman, forced her to drive to > a different location and raped her.  This happened a few blocks away. > What should she have done? So you advocate that every single person is armed with a firearm at all times?