queermunist

This is exactly like when gun lovers try to say "this isn't the time to discuss gun laws" and "they would have found a way to hurt people regardless". Zero difference.

But actually this is exactly when we should argue about the existence of cars: someone just performed a live demonstration of how dangerous they are in the hands of someone who wants to kill people. Without a car, mass killing would be much much harder and it would also be possible for people to defend themselves or escape the danger. Cars also enable impulse killings in a way knives don't, because carrying a knife has to be premeditated whereas with a car the murder weapon is always readily available.

Over a million people around the world die because of cars every year. The most recent number I found for Canada was 1,998 people.

Let's compare that to knives. The most recent number I found for Canada was 138 people stabbed to death. Globally, 97k. Orders of magnitude in difference.

Most vehicle deaths are accidents, but you can't ignore the fact that cars kill far more people than knives.

I don't like cars, and one of the reasons is because they're extremely deadly and driving is basically the most dangerous thing we do on a regular basis.

But not anything could be used as a mass murder weapon. Killing nine people with a kitchen knife would also be quite hard (technically possible if the attacker gets lucky, but still more likely to result in the attacker dying)

The fact that cars are all potential mass murder weapons isn't my primary reason for wanting to ban cars, but it's totally a reason.

The tool is very relevant when it enables greater amounts of violence.

Killing nine people with your fists is extremely hard and you'd probably die trying. A car, gun, or bomb makes it much easier.

I consider my appearance to be armor. I put on makeup and cute clothes and style my hair so I can face the world. Helps my social anxiety.

Also, totally doesn't take that much time. 20 minutes max once you get into the habit of it.

If lab grown teeth give me better reception then I'm all for it!

Well either they sell them at a loss or they just let them sit on lots forever.

Tesla would rather recoup some revenue than just scrap all their remaining inventory.

Let's not pretend like these children aren't having this behavior reinforced by their parents.

Obviously not, but lead contamination kinda is. This shit happens because of cost cutting.

At some point prices will get so low that it'll make sense to buy a Tesla and rework the body so no one knows it's a Tesla.

We tend to find older practices barbaric because they were unscientific and didn't work, not because they became obsolete due to better technology. Like, lobotomies and shock therapy are barbaric and that has nothing to do with our technology being better. They were just stupid scams.

Iran is already under strict sanctions, what else is there? Pretty sure he's powerless to do anything about this unless Huffpo is suggesting he should declare war on Iran.