Comments by "WhatAboutTheBee" (@WhatAboutTheBee) on "JRE Clips" channel.

  1. Hahahaha!
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  2. Its only in the last century and a half that weapons have progressed from  'single shot, low rate of fire weapons'  to  'multishot, semi/fully automatic weapons'.   There have been nut jobs from time immemorial, yet now they have better tools to create mayhem.  Its only in the past few decades that news went from highly filtered, selective reporting to an absurd torrent of information.  There aren't more nut jobs, there's just better reporting. The nut jobs now have a stage.  These acts are celebrated by their adherents, published by the media and amplified by the internet.   That combination has produced the current state of affairs. They have the tools and stage, mayhem is the result. Of course the internet can be a positive.  I am not blaming the spread of information, be it positive or negative.  Information is critical to reasoned thought. Yet I can think of no valid reason for a civilian to have any full or semi automatic weapon, nor to have high capacity magazines.   Why, for heavens sake, is it legal for a civilian to own a Thompson* sub-machine gun in this country?  What possible pretense is valid?    I do support the rights of those who wish to enjoy responsible and legal gun ownership.  Have a low capacity, low rate of fire weapon, if that floats your boat.  What civilian needs a howitzer?  What civilian needs a Thompson or any other jumble of letters and numbers, code for high capacity,  high rate of fire?
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  3.  @jaimesaenz221  Scary is a person with a high capacity magazine combined with a low capacity mental state. Combine with a high rate of fire and the recipe for continual mayhem is complete. The right to limitless weapons does not trump the right of the health and welfare of the people. Why should I be prohibited from possessing chemical weapons, nuclear weapons, jet fighters, etc. Am I not guaranteed the right to freedom?
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  4. The person who gave rise to the tradition of Santa Claus was an ethnic Greek. That person is Nicholas of Bari, an early Christian Bishop. His legendary habit of secret gift-giving gave rise to the traditional model of Santa Claus ("Saint Nick") through the Dutch traditional name Sinterklaas. Strangely, relics of St. Nicholas are scattered all over the world. Many churches have a small scrap of his body in ornate reliquaries.
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  5. In consideration that the Romans conquered the entire Mediterranean coast, including North Africa, and that there was the free flow of goods and people around the empire, it is absolutely no surprise that there is a mixture of chromosomes.
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  6. #NeverGoingToSeaWorld
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  7. Anecdotal evidence. We are on a business trip to mainland China. We are in our usual taxi, from the hotel to the job, when we pull up to a traffic light. Guy in the next lane hops out of his box truck, squats in the street, in full view of all the cars and pedestrians around him, and then proceeds to take a dump in the street. Doesn't wipe, yanks his pants up and hops back in the truck. China is a FILTHY place. The tourists aren't behaving badly when they are abroad, they are acting like they do when at home.
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