Path: ...!news.mixmin.net!weretis.net!feeder8.news.weretis.net!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: "Carlos E.R." 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 11:11:01 +0200 Lines: 34 Message-ID: <6m47fkxdng.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net UxvpPkOrtshj5gcrYKmJRAaAN5NReVYSIZNJaJ/wQRQyQ4HvTd X-Orig-Path: Telcontar.valinor!not-for-mail Cancel-Lock: sha1:GyYzuhzpnDTTpmYxJ1x9CCoB38g= sha256:5EC5fzOgY2xWUjqp5idGNWE06vcU/T6ElIc/hiObWYM= User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Content-Language: es-ES, en-CA In-Reply-To: Bytes: 2913 On 2024-04-18 08:20, 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. > > Given that this is true, how do we best protect ourselves when law > enforcement is too far away to be protective? The same way as other countries do: by banning weapons. You do not let violent people easy access to weapons. > 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? Same as in any modern and evolved country. -- Cheers, Carlos.