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US's "independence day" is July 4, 1776, although the war for
independence didn't formally end until 1783. New Zealand's
"independence" from Great Britain arrives in stages, but culminates in
1947. My point is, within a week of the mass shootings at two mosques
in NZ, a relatively young nation, they have officially banned the
ownership of assault-style weapons. Meanwhile, after 236 years of
"independence" and decades of carnage, we still do not have the courage
to do the same. We are still not an adult country; we remain a nation
of adolescents, fixated on our deadly toys.
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OK, somebody has to say it. 17 years ago close to 3,000 people died largely because the US was unprepared for an attack of that kind, or for...
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The internet news site Common Dreams carried an article recently about a group of students from Liberty University visiting the Smithsonia...
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I may write more about this later, but for now just examine the differences. Later... (added on Oct 9, 2010): Essentially, in apes the l...