Re: DOJ is correct that Apple iPhone is far less secure than Android when RCS messaging is involved

On 4/18/24 6:23 AM, Andrew wrote:

The Real Bev wrote on Wed, 17 Apr 2024 23:20:37 -0700 :
 

You still haven't explained why the US has so many more deaths than
other countries similar to it.

 I have no idea why.  Do you?  Perhaps we are just violent people.

Or self-sufficient.  Trust in government is not in our nature.

Whoever said that the US is "more violent" is an idiot as many countries
have far more violence but even so, the purpose of guns being in the
constitution is a fundamental right based on keeping the government honest.
 

Given that this is true, how do we best protect ourselves when law enforcement is too far away to be protective?

 Very few countries, and perhaps almost none to none, have the demographic
mix of peoples and cultures that the USA has. Even fewer have the size.

The us-vs-them thing is universal.  The USA has a lot more and different uses and thems than most (perhaps all other) countries.  I really envy the Japanese thing about sending toddlers on errands alone -- a consequence of nearly everybody being an us.

Comparing straight numbers to those of puny places like New Zealand,
Australia, Canada or England, for example, to the USA is ridiculous, where
the sizes and demographics are completely different (unless normalized).
 

A few nights ago a guy pulled a knife on a woman, forced her to drive to a different location and raped her.  This happened a few blocks away. What should she have done?

 The fundamental right of a gun in the USA is not related to protection from
individuals, but to the fundamental nature of a government of the people.

Yes.  Certainly good enough, even though we might actually need tanks and nukes to once again even the balance.  Still practical for use against individuals, though.
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Cheers, Bev
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