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On this day in history on July 20th: ~ 1917: World War I draft lottery went into operation ~ 1968: the first International Special Olympics Summer Games Were held at Soldier Field in Chicago ~ 1969: astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin became the first men to walk on the moon ~...

Well the statistics don't support that the availability of guns is the biggest factor to the violence in the U.S. "A recent study published in the Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy concluded that there is a negative correlation between gun ownership and violent crime in countries...

Well I don't think it goes without saying because when my brother went for therapy the psychiatrist, only after having him fill out a survey, prescribed psychotropic drugs before even having one session. My dad was against it but my mom would have just accepted the psychiatrist's prescription...

You all make good points. I agree that the answer to all this violence will never be a simple one. I'm sure in every case there were many variables that led up to the shooting. But I do think that many of these drugs have nasty side effects which include suicidal tendencies and violence. Many of...

"In the past 15 years it is documented in nearly all school shootings the shooter was either currently taking or suffering withdrawal from a prescribed psychiatric drug, and authorities continue to suppress information regarding the drugs both the Sandy Hook and the Virginia Tech shooter were...

I nominate The North Pacific Dinero

On this day in history on July 6th: ~ 1775: Congress issues "Declaration of the Causes & Necessity of Taking up Arms," listing grievances but denying intent to be independent ~ 1785: Congress unanimously resolves US currency named "dollar" & adopts decimal coinage ~ 1853: William Wells Brown...

Some cops, who have more training and experience, don't properly react to a shoot-don't-shoot situation. So I, for sure, wouldn't trust teachers who only have a 16 hour training course to react properly. If anything it could result in more injuries or deaths during a school shooting rampage. I'd...

No problem, glad I could help.

Lord Nwahs you missed this vote on your current list

Nice pick! We both have Albert Camus as our profile picture :D

The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger

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TNP Nation: Giancarlo Delegate: Kiwi Would you like to reopen nominations? No Vice Delegate: Flemingovia Would you like to reopen nominations? No Speaker: Zyvetskistaahn Would you like to reopen nominations? No

I think it's interesting that Putin said he only wanted the Crimea because of the Russians that lived there. Adolf Hitler said the same thing when he went into Austria, saying he only wanted the German part of Austria. We all know how that escalated. Plus the U.S. military is the smallest it...