Indeed. Even a conventionally attractive girl, if she is actually nice, will be like "uh huh...NO. If you're that shallow, hell to the NO."

But their selling point on their profile shouldn't be that they're "nice", you know? It should be their hobbies, their interests, an ideal Friday night.

THIS. I have one male friend who always talks alternatively about his ex girlfriend and about how he can't meet a girl who likes him for "who he truly is." Is there a nice way to say, "it might help if you didn't whine about your ex non stop?"

To be honest, that is the major difference: apart from any entitlement issues with women's bodies (which some of these guys definitely have), if the most interesting thing you can tell me about yourself is that you're "nice"? Pass. What about interests, things you enjoy doing?

And there we go with the ad hominem. I don't dislike guns - my Irish partner owns a gun in a country where guns are hard to get. What I dislike is people who ignore the fact that "self defence" is far less common than homicides within the family - and still make the silly arguement that guns belong in easy access…

So we're in agreement about pushing for a Swiss style model?

Switzerland, where every gun owner has served time in the militia and can't store ammunition in their home? I think that's a great idea, let's implement it (oh, you didn't know that about the ammunition?)

+1. Of course, no one ever assumes that will be them - nor will their children ever be the ones in handgun accidents.

I'm a bit uncomfortable with the idea that her son does not have Aspergers and presenting all mental health problems (when Lanza had a behavioural issue) as one mixed bag is an issue.

There's no evidence at all that having a weapon prevents shooting (if you read the article, you cited, the guy just thinks it probably did - not exactly an unbiased source) - and yes, having a gun makes you more likely to be attacked - it's just a lot of people blithely assume it will never apply to them.

Well, police wise, here in Ireland, police don't carry weapons. And if you really worry about the military being the organisation with the easiest access to weapons, you should be leading campaigns for nuclear disarmament because government weapons are FAR beyond the arsenal of average Americans.

The problem is just that it can be a hassle to prove it - and depending on how much you can spare to pay for a lawyer, it can definitely be an intimidating tactic, unfortunately...

That wouldn't surprise me, though. I've found it quite common in Europe (British isles are my part of Europe) that it's much more chill in cities, while in rural Ireland, it'd be horrible.

Which is why I'd prefer they had a weapon which made it harder to kill people (no one died in that stabbing) than one which made it easy.

I know. Limiting guns doesn't stop the crazies, it just limits the damage they can do.

Actually, as someone who has done academic work in this area (not to mention lived in both countries - you clearly have not), the human rights in the UK are indeed to a higher level. And yes, judicial review does still exist in the UK, but obviously there is particular history with guns due to the Troubles.

Yes, Australia, the UK, Canada and Ireland are all living under complete tyranny, are they? Someone's never left the US!

In Ireland, you're right, stabbings do happen. But I'd prefer someone who snaps to have access to a knife and not a gun. There's a reason that these mass killings happen once in a blue moon everywhere else and all the time in America - and I don't think it's because Americans have a more tenuous grip on reality.

The UK invented civil liberties and the European Convention of Human Rights ensures a level of human rights far above the US constitution - for example, fair trial rights for rape survivors. I've lived in a lot of places and America is far from the most respectful of human rights.

I HATE FCC. With a passion.