I'd say that once someone as committed mass murder, we no longer need to be so politically correct. Terms like "psycho," "maniac" and "lunatic" are perfectly fine. I believe it would be helpful to draw a firmer line between the typically harmless mentally ill people who deserve sympathy and support and those who have crossed the line to become irredeemable violent psychopaths.

Oh, and Stormsinger, I think the name you're looking for is probably "Johnson."

gah, I wish the dashboard camera thing would catch on here in America. When I eventually get a new car, seriously thinking about getting one, not just to protect myself, but to help take down reckless drivers.

it just needs to happen. People always drive nice when the cops are around, but most of the time, people are maniacs

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As a city dweller, I'm alarmed at the advantage this gives an otherwise unskilled maniac.

I mean sheesh, if this thing works as advertised, they should restrict sales of it, lest some chode ships a crate of them to Afghanistan to use against US personnel.

There will never be an easy solution, but in discussing drones there are points that deserve deliberation;
The Pakistani government cannot be seen, publicly, to condone drone strikes. However, given the carnage being done by the taliban, which they are finding difficult to contain, behind the scenes they actually do.
Terrorists existed long before drones and to believe that ceasing their use would reduce terrorism is naive and dangerous.
Manned or unmanned - and no matter what care is taken - weapons cause collateral damage. But these weapons can be highly effective, as was demonstrated in the "taking out" of the pakistani taliban leader last week.
If the terrorists had the same technology they would, certainly, use it. At the moment they are restricted to suicide bombers and maniacs with AK's who massacre innocents in schools or shopping malls etc. If/when they acquire chemical, biological, or atomic weapons you will see just how "restrained" in there use they truly are.
All weapons can be used for evil. The difference is, who controls them and how they are used. You just have to ask yourself, who would you prefer to hold the military advantage?

Your dupe-call does not have the infectious maniacal baby laughter though-Not a dupe, scoop.

I broadly agree with what he's saying but he's wrong about Africa. Africa is different because the west's supply chains and the gimping of local resistance to this is already very strong and much more well established (also Somalia was in Africa last time I checked Wes).

The global supply of Gold, Diamonds, Cocoa and Coltan (used to make micro electronics) amongst others are all heavily based in African countries.
Were their supply to be jeopardised (especially Coltan) by local politics you can be assured that the relevant African country would swiftly become a scorching political hot potato.
Unfortunately such a good job as been done over the last 100 or so years of suppressing African development that such problems (with a little encouragement) tend to take care of themselves before they become a big deal. Then western interests can just back whichever co-operative warlord/corrupt regime comes out on top, quietly and without fuss.

The spice must flow!

Simply put, Africa has been beaten around by the west for that bit longer and harder than the middle east. The exploitation of Africa goes back 100's of years and around 100 years ago when western powers began to cede their direct control they made sure to fuck up the local cultural politics so badly that most countries have still yet to recover from the fallout.

The middle east only became a candy store about 60-100 years ago with the oil boom. Before that western attempts to control the middle east were largely religious in nature (though no less brutal I suppose).

I assume the "powers that shouldn't be" are well aware of this and as such the plan to which Mr. Clarke is referring represents a scheme to try and break the back of the middle east financially, politically and culturally while they still can.

That said old ideologies die hard and I suspect the old western religious motivation is still not to be downplayed. The Christian ideologues and Jewish Zionists may not use words like "Kafir" but in some way their beliefs demand that they think of outsiders in the same way.

If the God of Abraham does really exist I'm sure he finds this whole arrangement greatly amusing (I imagine nothing pleases an ego maniac more than watching sycophants fighting and killing each other for your affection).

God must die. God must remain dead. And we must kill him.

Since when is "crazy" or "insane" a dirty, mean word you can not use for mentally ill people? She is clearly not ok in the head, her behaviour meets the exact definition of "crazy" and "insane". It's not like she has a severe case of depression, then it would be inappropriate, she is cleary delusional.
However, I certainly don't like the idea represented here that she might become a homicidal maniac, that she's a ticking timebomb that needs defusing. She may be scary but that doesn't mean she's automatically dangerous. I'd rather worry about all the drunk people with car keys in their pockets.
What this lady needs is help by professionals and not simply be thrown in an institution. She isn't a broken toy that you store in the attic, she needs treatment and certainly medication. Dragging her out of her house and throwing her in a padded cell won't make her paranoia better.

Yogi,

the guy was tazed after he had been shot at least three times potentially more. It looks like the cop lost his cool and opened up. To me, that's not right and it does constitute manslaugher/murder. Like I said; however, lets wait for the investigation to finish. Let's get some facts and information before we pass judgement based on some videos.

Let's not forget, the same police for who shot that kid was also the same police force who dealt with a knife wielding maniac like this:

http://videosift.com/video/All-he-had-to-do-was-drop-the-knife

Let the investigation finish before we start calling for blood.

"Hmmm... acetylene tanks burning... better move back a couple feet..."

Five words for these people. Boiling Liquid Expanding Vapour Explosion.



ps: I started laughing maniacally when I saw what our cameraman back up past at 1:20.

2:03 People get an idea our cameraman is smart.
2:12 People get an idea our cameraman is a genius.