was that a big YES for the purple lassi, or the hookah????! Or the drop-dead gorgeous yoni-queen???
In reply to your comment:
“YES!”

Look, I understand that there pretty much will always be those that think the best deterrent against someone with a gun is for yourself to have a gun. My view is to keep guns out of as many hands as possible.

"Bad guys will always be able to get guns" I hear you cry (I do really, it's a weird power I have)... But strict gun control laws and a general feeling that guns are damn hard to come by mean that far fewer crimes are committed with them, far fewer deaths result because of them. And while you say that there are many ways to kill someone, shooting them dead seems to still be the quickest and most effective. I know I'd feel like I had a bit more of a chance against someone with a knife vs a gun. (I could run away for starters).



In reply to your comment:
“well i can't seem to find any solid statistics on violent deaths across countries, mainly because i dont subscrube to resources like those, but heres a BBC article
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/1566715.stm

or maybe its because:
Guns are deeply rooted within Swiss culture - but the gun crime rate is so low that statistics are not even kept.

i agree with what you're saying about more guns might cause crimes of passion on impulse, but what makes Switzerland different?

United Kingdom vs Switzerland

A European example would be to compare the violent crime levels of the United Kingdom, which has very strict rules against gun ownership, with Switzerland, which has fully automatic assault rifles in 14% of homes. [1] According to the British Home Office, Switzerland had a homicide rate per 100,000 of 1.2 average over the years 1999-2001, which is less than England & Wales at 1.61, although Scotland is higher at 2.16, while Northern Ireland - with its historically exceptional conditions - is at 2.65. The latter compares with the Irish Republic (with similar gun control laws to the UK) at 1.42. [2]

These data indicate a negative correlation between gun ownership and crime. However, simple correlative evidence concerning two examples is inconclusive as to causation. Put another way, these data do not conclusively indicate that the higher gun ownership rate in Switzerland is a cause of that country's lower homicide rate, although that conclusion is frequently drawn.

Data can be skewed to say that there is a positive correlation between guns and crime, and that there is a negative correlation betweeen the two depending on what countries and how you poll etc. This correlation, does it necessarily imply causation? I think theres much more at hand than just how many guns are floating around, its definately got something to do with their culture and how they view guns and violence in everyday life.

i dont know about you but i'd think twice about waving around a gun when everybody has access to those same guns. Its sort of like when everyone has nukes what an awesome deterrent huh.. (btw, what an ugly truth)
besides, if someone is intent on kiling somebody they dont need a gun to do it (one way or another, see: milions of pissed off wives who drug their husbands to death when they come back home smelling like perfume)

on the other hand, not having guns only does the opposite, it prevents the people who can put a stop to a situation like VT massacre and renders them useless while they wait for the SWAT team to arrive. (last incident over there was stopped by a man with a gun) and it like i said you dont need a gun to kill, not having guns wont prevent the millions of other ways to render a person not breathing.

In reply to your comment:
“And?
Where in that does it say anything in regards to gun ownership and a link to gun violence?

Check out this greaph which shows a strong link between suicides with guns and gun ownership levels. (and in case you were going to say... "and shows that there is little evidence that rates of homicide and suicide by means other than firearms increase where gun ownership is lower.")

It's just basic common sense isn't it? Don't give guns to more people, how is that going to make things better? "FUCK YOU MAN, I DESERVED A High Distinction ON THAT PAPER!" BANG, BANG, BANG... Having guns easily accessible means that in the heat of the moment people have the opportunity to do really stupid, deadly things.

Not having guns during heated situations means that there may be fist fights, yelling etc. but not deaths, not anything that can't be apologised for and made right. You can't make right shooting someone in the head.

In reply to your comment:
“i'll play devil's advocate and link you to: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun_policy_in_Switzerland

In reply to your comment:
“I SO HATE those that try and suggest 'If others had had guns, he could have been stopped'... because we all know to stop violence, just arm more people.

F*cktards.””””

And?
Where in that does it say anything in regards to gun ownership and a link to gun violence?

Check out this greaph which shows a strong link between suicides with guns and gun ownership levels. (and in case you were going to say... "and shows that there is little evidence that rates of homicide and suicide by means other than firearms increase where gun ownership is lower.")

It's just basic common sense isn't it? Don't give guns to more people, how is that going to make things better? "FUCK YOU MAN, I DESERVED A High Distinction ON THAT PAPER!" BANG, BANG, BANG... Having guns easily accessible means that in the heat of the moment people have the opportunity to do really stupid, deadly things.

Not having guns during heated situations means that there may be fist fights, yelling etc. but not deaths, not anything that can't be apologised for and made right. You can't make right shooting someone in the head.

In reply to your comment:
“i'll play devil's advocate and link you to: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun_policy_in_Switzerland

In reply to your comment:
“I SO HATE those that try and suggest 'If others had had guns, he could have been stopped'... because we all know to stop violence, just arm more people.

F*cktards.””

Posted your video about call centers on my site. Thank you for sifting it!

It's also on Google News....

Call Center: A Hilarious Short Film on Outsourcing
Clarksville Online, TN - 30 minutes ago
The rise of free trade, globalization, and outsourcing are affecting the daily lives of millions of Americans. This short film is a humorous introduction to the people on the other end.

I haven't visited Digg in so many months, I've actually never once visited Boing Boing and I really don't know what you mean by random searches on Youtube.

Keep trying though, for I also have a secret weapon.

Fortunately for you I am plagued by my habitual procrastination and chronic apathy.

yo, i like your avatarz

Brilliant

Be nice to America. Or we'll bring democracy to your country.

nowhere near Florida.
The Salami Fever clip was something I posted a long time ago, died, and was Saved by MLX.

I am using SeaMonkey v1.1.1. http://www.videosift.com/video/Evelyn-The-Cutest-Evil-Dead-Girl had very low volume too (had to crank everything up to barely hear it).

In reply to your comment:
“ ant yes there is audio. if you're using opera i've noticed a bug that puts a limit on how many youtube videos can have audio available to them. If you reach that limit (seems to vary) the next youtube video you look at will appear to have no audio (when in fact it does)... I'm not sure where the limit is, it happens to me on opera 9.2 winxp. if you're using opera, just close some videosift tabs i guess.

In reply to your comment:
“Um, is there audio? I hear nada. Even with everything cranked up. Other videos were fine.””

metacafe

In reply to your comment:
“what kind of embed is it? im using ad muncher and opera 9.2

In reply to your comment:
“yeah it works for me. maybe some strange adblock filter?””

Here's your receipt for the bumpersticker photo.

Iraqis deserve the same chance at self-governance that Americans too often take for granted. It's possible their tribal hatreds will ruin their fledgling democracy, but I doubt it. If things were so wonderful and "orderly" under Saddam, they would've already elected (!!!) a new tyrant.

Excellent find with the "Berries & Cream" sift, which I favorited. I laugh every time.

QM

Yes - and could you slow down? We're running out of live kittens.

In reply to your comment:
“is it true that everytime I masterbate you kill a kitten?”

I was looking for something about the cat shelter that's on a boat in Amsterdam and this popped up in the search, no idea what it's about except it must be a breeder because of the litter of identical cuties. I love the serendipity of these searches, and you've got a good ear for the dance/cat teasing music biz!

In reply to your comment:
“let the cutenesssss come over you
http://www.videosift.com/video/Kitten-aerobics-Up-then-Down-then-Up
do you know the backstory to that? *music for vengaboys, doncha think?”

thanks - it's bizarre, and i've siftalked it: http://www.videosift.com/talk/Google-Video-SEARCH

In reply to your comment:
“try this out, bro:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JaLQXoqYIJY
for http://www.videosift.com/video/Gwen-Stefani-What-you-waiting-for

although the audio seems a little bit off... hm

In reply to your comment:
“eek i cannot find it anymore! *dead””

Somebody already did

http://www.videosift.com/story.php?id=27949

In reply to your comment:
“your submission of:
http://www.videosift.com/video/Freedom-to-Fascism
is a trailer, i'm wondering if I can submit the entire movie as another submission, with this link:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zsZO6G7dfpI

what do you say. it deserves some attention”