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  4. I am sure that when bombs start hitting anything other than their intended target Saddams use of GPS jamming will be the official explanation even if the bomb where laser guided or not guided at all.
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    There is no god.


    Problem is, you definitly can't prove that either.

    Is it impossible to prove Gods existence? I am not asking about any particular god-proof, just the possibility or impossibility of such proof.
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  6. What is the big deal about GPS guided bombs? There are other ways to deliver bombs. I think there will be more problems for moving ground troops, they have used GPS the last ten years and may not know the art of navigating in a desert (they have probably learned land navigation, but why practice those skills when you can pull out a GPS?).
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    US
    %households with guns: 39
    Homicides/100k pop: 5.7
    Firearm homicide/100k pop: 3.72

    Norway
    %households w/ guns: 32
    total homicide/100k pop: 0.97
    firearm homicide/100k pop: 0.30



    I have a possible explanation for that:
    Most guns in Norway are either hunting rifles, shotguns or assault rifles. Not easy to hide when you are up to no good, not something you bring 'just in case' either.

    Do you have any numbers or general idea about long guns vs short guns used in crime?
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  12. Didn't know Bush liked Keynesian economics...

    If a war is just a way of throwing money into the economy, isn't there more effective ways of doing that without putting the life of your soldiers at risk and increasing the terrorist activity against the homeland?
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    Aren't they our allies?


    Yes, when they are not busy supporting Bin Laden or giving away nuclear technology to North Korea.
    Maybe your government should sell them more F-16 fighters or something to keep them loyal. I have heard that Ollie North is good at such things.

    War is usually an astronomically expensive business, so how would a war on Iraq be good for the economy?
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  21. I would be wary of anyone in power counting on any particular war to be fast/decisive/easy.

    "The men are in splendid spirits"
    -Battle of the Somme

    "We have only to kick in the door and the whole rotten structure will come crashing down"
    -Operation Barabarossa
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  24. I am not sure if skydiving increase metabolism, but adrenaline increase levels of glycogen and free fatty acids in blood. That means you don't feel hunger and you forget to eat.

    If any of you "big-boned" skydivers out there wonder why you are still "big-boned" you are probably eating more when your body realizes that its storage of glycogen in liver is nearly depleated.
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