Even Mars as a colony wouldn't work. For two reasons. First off the gravity problem. No one yet truly knows how the human body would hold up under long term exposure to Mars' gravity, but our own cur… (View Post)

I think it's important to understand the multi-factor reasons for the justice system being what it is. For one, trials are a place to put on the public record the actual investigation, the actual evi… (View Post)

Comparing countries of vastly different income levels, and thus vastly different levels of resources for enforcement of crime is extremely disingenuous. There's a reason why *I* have specifically not… (View Post)

So this is factually not true. El Salvador, Honduras and Venzuela all have higher per capita homicide rates than Brazil or Mexico. Mexico is a huge and diverse country and actually has a lot of, rela… (View Post)

Not Euro. I'm American, grew up in Ohio. I actually wasn't ever even seriously pro-gun control growing up. But I've since done some professional work involving analyzing crime and violence statistics… (View Post)