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From: The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: DOJ is correct that Apple iPhone is far less secure than Android
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Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2024 12:27:56 -0700
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On 4/18/24 6:23 AM, Andrew wrote:
> The Real Bev wrote on Wed, 17 Apr 2024 23:20:37 -0700 :
> 
>>> 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.

Or self-sufficient.  Trust in government is not in our nature.

> Whoever said that the US is "more violent" is an idiot as many countries
> have far more violence but even so, the purpose of guns being in the
> constitution is a fundamental right based on keeping the government honest.
> 
>> Given that this is true, how do we best protect ourselves when law 
>> enforcement is too far away to be protective?
> 
> Very few countries, and perhaps almost none to none, have the demographic
> mix of peoples and cultures that the USA has. Even fewer have the size.

The us-vs-them thing is universal.  The USA has a lot more and different 
uses and thems than most (perhaps all other) countries.  I really envy 
the Japanese thing about sending toddlers on errands alone -- a 
consequence of nearly everybody being an us.

> Comparing straight numbers to those of puny places like New Zealand,
> Australia, Canada or England, for example, to the USA is ridiculous, where
> the sizes and demographics are completely different (unless normalized).
> 
>> 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?
> 
> The fundamental right of a gun in the USA is not related to protection from
> individuals, but to the fundamental nature of a government of the people.

Yes.  Certainly good enough, even though we might actually need tanks 
and nukes to once again even the balance.  Still practical for use 
against individuals, though.

-- 
Cheers, Bev
    "People are too stupid to realize they are."
                              --JoHn DoH KeLm