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Also, for high gun deaths in Switzerland I cited [snip]

For what it's worth, it looks like their governmental statistics website-whatsit is here. Or rather, that's a link to their current fatality data because I can't be arsed to figure out the appropriate link for the english portal and that's the page I was currently on when I noticed one existed, heh. Raw data looks like it's primarily available in german or french, though, and it does appear a fair amount of the site's resources just aren't normally available in english.

Eehh, should be pretty chill, I think. Worst of it looks to be sonli having trouble realizing how what he initially wrote came across.

... for future reference, using the word "necessary" when talking about invasion and murder, and phrasing reference to human groups in the same way you do wildlife is... perhaps not the best idea. Also maybe never pair the words necessary and good together in such a situation. Tool or somethin' would work better and have significantly less of a connotative burden. Maybe don't use necessary either, really. "As vital for survival", or something along those lines, would be less likely to come off as supportive of varying degrees of genocide.

Hrm. Maybe with a mod that removes the limits on amount of heroes you can field? Possibly lower the cost or upkeep on 'em, too. I'm sure most enemy lords won't be much of a problem if you walk in with twenty offensive spellcasters and delete them instantly :V

...  think the point SL was making was about that whole "unclaimed" thing.

Naaaaah, it's worth mentioning. Plenty of people do just walk off or don't really pay much attention to the plot et al. Just noting you weren't stretching and that there's some agreement on the point, heh.

Nah, near as I'm aware what you're seeing is what's fairly commonly seen, to one extent or another, by folks that watch KlK and don't immediately walk off. It'd fairly well suffice to say that Trigger was almost certainly actually being very intentional with the costume (and lack thereof) design and how it was used. Though there also was almost certainly something of a cake in both hands deal going on; it's fanservice, it's parody, and it's also sorta' played straight at the same time. One of the few instances in media I can recall that skimpily dressed high school girls (and guys, too, for what it's worth) was in fact something of a point of pretty substantial artistic/thematic merit and used with an oddly significant amount of taste and plot-appropriateness.

Would also add, as you sorta' mentioned, that there's a very definite sort of progression in regards to acceptance of the body and whatnot. Not sure how much of it's specifically in relation to existent japanese mores and how much is just kinda' generic/universal, but yeah. Self-image and whatnot does seem to be a fairly considered aspect of the writing/design/etc. involved.

Later revelations will probably change your outlook on the school system and whatnot, but... well, we'll leave that there. Don't think the bigger reveals had been hammered on too hard by ep six, iirc. It still has a fair amount of weirdness to go through, ehehe.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherman_Bell
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colorado_Labor_Wars

... kay? Would probably be an example of it, though which side you consider to be acting against threats to the country's freedom probably changes based on person :V

Did realize a fairly amusing (inasmuch as it'd make a number, particular of the more right leaning folks, in the gun control discussion froth at the mouth) comparison while I was cooking some breakfast, though. There's a pretty strong parallel to make between the various subordinate powers of the commerce clause and the individual right to firearm ownership, heh. The treatment of the Interstate Commerce Commission (which had pretty close to unlimited power from the 30s to the 90s, eheh) and similar such things over the years would probably be a pretty good example of how the sort of interpretations involved can play out.

... and sonli, you didn't really call much, because that's pretty massively misrepresenting the discussion that's been going on over the last several pages. There's maybe one or two people in here advocating for a complete ban, and as stated repeatedly that's basically a fringe position so far as the stateside gun control debate goes. People can buy a pretty wide range of firearms because, well, that's what the US citizenry has pretty largely supported. Hobbies, sports shooting, and wildlife control are reasons enough for us (and note, even many countries with stronger gun control laws still allow for those to one extent or another), nevermind self-defense and whatnot. Good chunk of the pro-control folks in the states would be perfectly fine with you owning and operating a chaingun or some shite, just maybe not allowed to store it at home or somethin'.