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  1. PseudoSABR
    It's weird. My guess is they were training/in-the-loop for other acts, and something happened that motivated the dude to target his work holiday party.
  2. PseudoSABR
    Almost cringe-worthy. Minor league deal or nothing. (I'd find it hard to root for the guy given that he's been a laughable advisory in a few big moments).
  3. PseudoSABR
    3,400: Americans who died by Terrorism since 2001 3,400: Americans who died by household Firearms since five weeks ago.
  4. PseudoSABR
    I think it's clear there's mixed motives here, with both terrorist tactics and our laughable gun laws enabling such purposes.
  5. PseudoSABR
    There's no need to see where the ball lands.
  6. PseudoSABR
    The Court's reading is that the 2nd amendment is a guarantee to self-defense by fire arms. So hand-gun restrictions (in DC and Chigaco) were held as unconstitutional. But barring automatic weapons, or extended magazines, or limitations on number of weapons wouldn't violate the fundamental right to self-defense by fire arm. The 2nd amendment isn't what's holding up reform, it's gun-advocates and the NRA's inability to comprise AT ALL.
  7. PseudoSABR
    http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2015/12/03/ryan-urges-caution-on-gun-legislation/76714608/
  8. PseudoSABR
    Congress couldn't even pass gun-law restrictions for people on the no-fly list. How does that make any sense?
  9. PseudoSABR
    There's also this exchange about our current outfield. Kirk: Do you think Miguel Sano has the ability to play right field every day? Klaw: I’d try him in LF and Kepler in RF. I’d say 2 to 1 odds against Sano working out in the outfield, but well worth the try. Kirk: So if Kepler in right and Sano in left, that leaves Rosario…where? (Assuming Buxton in center) trade chip? Super sub? Klaw: Trade chip, most likely. Rosario’s not as good as the other guys and the makeup is not great either.
  10. PseudoSABR
    Criminal laws never eliminate the kind of behavior it seeks to punish, yet we still have those laws. The standard shouldn't be 'fixing' the problem, it should be progress towards fixing the problem.
  11. PseudoSABR
    We don't know what the motive was and whether they are American citizens or not, yet. Although, the target doesn't make sense for Islamic-related terrorism, there's other evidence that suggests it could be. Whether it is or not, the Syrian refugees probably aren't to blame.
  12. PseudoSABR
    David Price to Boston for $217 over seven years. Dombrowski has now given out the two largest AAV contracts in baseball (the other being Miggy).
  13. PseudoSABR
    The low annual salary makes Park an excellent trade chip in the future (even if Park turns out to be an average player), as the posting fee will have been paid. If it becomes clear that Sano can't play the field, or other prospects emerge, Park's contract won't be a hindrance in any deal.
  14. PseudoSABR
    ...yet.
  15. PseudoSABR
    Thank you. And I apologize for the thread getting derailed into discussion of parameters and scope. I just think it's wrong when anyone needlessly restricts a conversation, especially one as complex as this.
  16. PseudoSABR
    Phony BS? Absolutely no reason? 99.99999%? Political points? Can't you make these points without extreme (and honestly insulting) rhetoric. I'm not suggesting you are right or wrong; I just want to have a conversation. That there is mass violence perpetuated by anyone, suggests emotional and mental instability (that we can and should talk about). If you disagree, disagree; but there's no need to shutdown the conversation. It's just not your place to police the scope of the discussion; if you feel a topic is outside the scope of what you deem relevant, recuse yourself, and let others go about that discussion, and if everyone agrees the topic is outside the scope, no one will respond.
  17. PseudoSABR
    This is very thoughtful. But I think it's important to distinguish between mental illness and mental and emotional health. In my opinion, these mass shooters aren't necessarily diagnosisable by the DSM IV (or whatever); rather they are emotional disturbed in a way that is either fostered or ignored by society. For me it's not so much about stopping the guns from getting into the hands of the mentally ill, as is about creating a culture that values its citizens' mental and emotional health. For the record, I would never be in favor of the blanket discrimination you describe.
  18. PseudoSABR
    Just stop with this "ZERO reason" (and the "absurd") rhetoric. It's ugly talk, and it's wrongheaded. That the facts of this particular case don't readily indicate mental illness, does not create some bar for the discussion. Where there's extreme violence, I believe there's mental and emotional health issues, whether they are diagnosed or not. Again, the discussion doesn't have to be about banning a schizophrenic from owning a fire arm--the discussion that I want to have is how do we tend to the mental and emotional health needs of our neighbors so they don't get to the point where such violence seems reasonable to them. We need to take a two prong approach 1) stop a person such as this from easily owning a gun 2) stop a person such as this from emotionally getting to the point where such violence is possible. It's the second prong that you're willing to ignore, because you don't want to talk about the first prong. There's probably additional reasons (i.e. more than zero) why it's appropriate to have a mental health discussion when there's mass violence motivated by extreme belief. The need to shut down certain avenues of discussion, well, seems absurd.
  19. PseudoSABR
    That said, I agree with everyone who hopes this will disencourage candidates from using base-level inflammatory rhetoric. I hope I'm wrong, but I don't see this type of domestic terrorism stopping any time soon. I think there's real fear of finding the fault within ourselves; we too easily want to pin on the unforeseeable crazy.
  20. PseudoSABR
    People interpret facts differently. I really disdain your ownership of objectivity. It's really just like your opinion, man. I think its fair game to compare this kind of violence with the violence that took place in France. I reject that each specific religion is the determining factor; so the comparison isn't between Christianity and Islam, it's between people motivated to commit mass murder and people motivated to commit mass murder. You might disagree, but the comparison isn't absurd, even though each clearly differ (as you suggest) in scope and organization. Mental health advocates aren't necessarily exclusively interested in forbidding gun ownership from those diagnosed with mental illness; such advocates want mental health concerns fore-fronted publicly to where people like this (even if this individual suffers from no ailment) won't slip through the cracks, like so many others who left a cookie-crumb trail of crying for help or demonstrating violent tendencies. Many of us think gun laws would go a long way to curbing this type of violence. There's nothing clear about the debate, and presenting it as such just shuts down discussion. If you feel a debate or a comparison is not worthwhile, please feel free not to participate.
  21. PseudoSABR
    Let's also be clear that reasonable people disagree with your stance on these issues.
  22. PseudoSABR
    It's about the player, not the league. Clearly, the competition is better here; the question is whether Park can adjust. And there's the rub and the risk.
  23. PseudoSABR
    I don't disagree, at all really. I just temper my expectations, and because of that, I won't be surprised if we keep him. That said, as the season approaches, and the 3b market becomes entrenched, his value should increase. Though I have a hard time imaging the Twins dealing Plouffe during Spring Training, much less in the season.
  24. PseudoSABR
    I just don't see how Plouffe has much trade value. If he's traded, I don't expect much in return.
  25. PseudoSABR
    Of course asking legitimate questions doesn't make anyone a racist. But that's not my reading of the debate. Maybe I'm wrong but the GOP doesn't seem legitimately open to dialogue on the issue. They don't seem to be asking questions, and if they are, they seem rhetorical. If we choose to exclude Syrians for what we believe to be good reasons and allow others in no better a position than us to take in the refugees, I think we need to live with that choice. That we did choose ourselves over another group, and let some group like us bear the burden. Call it whatever you will. But we have a right to be ashamed by our society when it chooses that path.
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