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We can't exactly invade them though, because General Winter. And nukes.

Quote from: Morrigi on September 15, 2014, 07:22:27 pm

Been talking to a girl in my math class, and I'm reasonably sure that she's interested in me.

You'd better have her name by tomorrow. *taps clock*

Oh come on, I wouldn't bother to say anything if I didn't even know her name.

This thread is still terrifying me.

Yeah sorry I misread add another 0 to that...

Though yeah the murder rate in the USA is actually going down. Impressive.

Fun fact: In the US, the odds of being struck by lightning, and murdered by someone wielding a rifle, are about the same.

http://www.lightningsafety.noaa.gov/odds.htm
http://www.fbi.gov/about-us/cjis/ucr/crime-in-the-u.s/2011/crime-in-the-u.s.-2011/tables/expanded-homicide-data-table-8

I will also point out, on the occasions when direct racism rears it's head, the more insidious kind will help protect it-such as on the occasions when a police officer kills a young black man in cold blood for no reason.

Oh boy, here we go.

It's funny. As an American, I find Russian propaganda rather refreshing. It's a different perspective on the world compared to the usual race-baiting, sensationalist, hypocritical bullshit that our media spews 24/7.

In fact, Russia Today is actually a fairly reliable news source, as long as whatever they're covering has no relation to Russia. All that said, I do still pay attention to what the American media is saying, even though it is mostly bullshit. Again, perspective.

I agree with the point about gendered traits. This seems to be the point where the entirety of the argument is bursting at seams, because either you have a 'regular' female character, which rings the sexism bell, or you have a 'strong' female character, so she is only good because she displays a 'masculine' trait, cue sexism.

In other way, you can only have a proper female character if you present her and her actions in a very specific way... which sounds, ironically enough, sexist against women in the 'stay in the kitchen' kinda way, just with the 'proper' behavior being different.

Anita Sarkeesian? SEXIST? Shocking! [/sarcasm]

Quote from: Frumple on September 12, 2014, 08:10:12 pm

Oh aye. Point I was making is that if the active deaths of literally hundreds of thousands of people isn't stopping air traffic, the active deaths of a few thousand with the potential for more (especially if, as noted, that potential is easily curtailed in more developed nations) almost certainly isn't.

Another factor might be that ebola is a relatively unknown disease compared to TB/Malaria, and scientists fear it might rapidly mutate to some more contagious form. Therefore these unknowns make ebola riskier in terms of containment compared to TB/Malaria.

Plus, malaria is transmitted by bugs that don't fly on planes, and TB has a well-known vaccine.

Also, malaria does not have a ~60% mortality rate. Anyway, Ebola had about 2,000 cases at the beginning of August and now it's 4,000. At this rate, it will be 20,000+ by the end of the year. It should also be noted that this outbreak has had more cases (and deaths) than every other ebola outbreak combined.

Edit: clarity