20 Apr 07
Originally posted by belgianfreak1. You may want to check a few sources d!ckhead, "en masse" is english, and therefore can't be translated into english. Here are two references, I'm sure I could find more, but I have other idiocies to refute.
I'm perfectly aware of the use of 'en masse', such as the martial legal term 'levee en masse' where a group of civilians who spontaneously rise up against to fight an occupying force are despite being civilians and not wearing uniform are still covered by the Geneva convention. 'On mass' is a dirceet translation of that French and is independantly valid ...[text shortened]... inal world. Very little is innocent civilians who "need guns for protection"
http://tinyurl.com/2pc2zh
http://tinyurl.com/2rjxp3
http://tinyurl.com/2krhqg
http://tinyurl.com/2jgpfv
2. Unsubstantiated conjecture. If you haven't seen it I advise watching "Bowling for Columbine" and checking the stats about Canadian gun deaths versus US gun deaths.
3. As I said in my original post - CRAPPY JOKE INTENDED, and that was the "to save your life" part. Try some reading comprehension.
PS - Don't try to sound clever if it's only going to make you look stupid.
21 Apr 07
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Originally posted by AmauroteYou know what? Those kind of remarks will surely piss him off and he might try to get up from his grave and do another siege. From what I have been reading, the shooter was indeed sick, troubled or who knows possessed by ?........... What is not clear is if had friends in or out of the campus.......If he does have......then they failed as friends.....as to the shooters family......will they grieve? They are not solely to be blamed, I guess the shooter was a total outcast......students who pissed him and all who ignored him...and worst failed to show how friendly the americans......instead demonstrated racial remarks.........Hey I am not vindicating the shooter.......I believe he should have been locked up the first instance he was diagnosed to be a threat to himself and ofcourse to others. But what is the cure? What are the remedies? It was his right to be cured and to live a normal life. .....Parents, friends and students.....look after the people in you circle.......no matter how they look, no matter how they speak and no matter how they think for it is the will of God and not because you are afraid they might become a shooter someday.The lesson I believe is the piling up of small things that pissed of the shooter. Bullied, picked on, laughed at and abandoned by everyone. What has he got to live for?
You know, as much as this lends support to a firearm ban, my instant reaction is that I'm sick to death of spree killers and serial killers: whoever this is, he has no grandeur or worth, he's just a dull, whiny narcissist - the most boring, weak, limp-wristed reaction to adversity in life is to go out and hurt other people using a projectile weapon. If it w ame from all the reports and chronicles, disinfect his house and pour his ashes into a sewer.
21 Apr 07
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Originally posted by st00p1dfac3En masse is French that has come into common usage in English. Quoted from the first link you provided:
1. You may want to check a few sources d!ckhead, "en masse" is english, and therefore can't be translated into english. Here are two references, I'm sure I could find more, but I have other idiocies to refute.
http://tinyurl.com/2pc2zh
http://tinyurl.com/2rjxp3
http://tinyurl.com/2krhqg
http://tinyurl.com/2jgpfv
2. Unsubstan ension.
PS - Don't try to sound clever if it's only going to make you look stupid.
Etymology: French: en; in + masse, mass".
As it was originally from French and still is French as it is still part of the French language it [i[can[/i] be translated to English
But that's beside the point, which was that "on mass" is perfectly correct in the context in which I used it.
If you want statistics try this link then:
http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/cri_mur_wit_fir_percap-crime-murders-firearms-per-capita
gun homicides/1000 people
#8=US: 0.0279
#20=Canida: 0.0053
#26=Ireland: 0.0030
#32=UK: 0.0010
So we can see that the US does have over 5 times the gun homocides than Canida, another nation that has mass legal gun ownership. The only other 'fully developed' country that makes the top 20 is Switzerland at #19, which also has free gun ownership. So this shows that free gun ownership is not the only factor in #gun homocides per capita but it does put these countries way above countries where gun ownership is limited. It is undeniable that increased gun ownership increases gun deaths.
Please remember that "Bowling for Columbine" was a film and heavily biased.
Now I could go on, but I suspect you're not the sort to listen.
21 Apr 07
Originally posted by belgianfreakThat's from one of the links, also look up etymology - it doesn't mean the phrase isn't english, it's only telling you the origins. To top it off, "en masse" would translate as "in mass" not "on." Once a phrase has been "adopted" and is commonly used, it is a part of the english language. No search for the phrase "on mass" brought up any results. So you're wrong - end of.
En masse is French that has come into common usage in English. Quoted from the first link you provided:
[b]Etymology: French: en; in + masse, mass".
As it was originally from French and still is French as it is still part of the French language it [i[can[/i] be translated to English
But that's beside the point, which was that "on mass" ...[text shortened]... and heavily biased.
Now I could go on, but I suspect you're not the sort to listen.[/b]
You just quoted statistics which show that in other coutries with "mass legal gun ownership" the number of firearm related deaths is lower. That backs up my point that gun ownership does not lead to gun-related deaths. How simple can this be?
Arguing against my point by quoting statistics that back up my point is not a great way to finish a discussion, but that's exactly what you've done. I won't entertain your poor understanding of English or inability to provide any backup to your point any longer.
BTW - It's CanAda.
23 Apr 07
Originally posted by SeitseHe will burn...burn like a witch..... scum deserves nothing but contempt and hatred !!!
So I just read the waco sent videos, photos and creepy texts to the
television station before getting at it.
I trully, trully hope they are not revealed.
It would be a victory for the stupid little brat (may he be tortured in
hell for eternity).
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