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I'm not too surprised about Malkin, but Staal certainly has been a surprise.

For a virus that, when I read up on it at a variet of places, was suggested that is typically cured by the body on its own, why would it remain with their husbands (whom I shall assume are being faithful) indefnitely? In fact, the Center for Disease Control comments that "for those who choose to be sexually active, a long-term, mutually monogamous relationship with an uninfected partner is the strategy most likely to prevent future genital HPV infections." (It also comments that the effectiveness of condom use is unknown, which means you were just talking on assumptions like the rest of us were). Going a bit further, and seeing what Center of Disease Control had to say about HPV in men, it clearly states that "for most men, there would be no need to treat HPV, even if treatment were available

Plus, chambering a shell with a pump action is a loud and unmistakable sound. Who is going to stick around after hearing that? As much as I am willing and able to use deadly force to defend myself and home, I'd rather an intruder run before it comes to that. *edit* But I have 14 dogs, who in their right mind will ever break into my place? Heh, I thought I mentioned it, but apparently I didn't. I meant to specifically mention the deterrence that pumping the shotgun would also have.

But you'll keep watching no doubt.

Will Eddo be encountering people at ranges significantly farther than 5 to 15 feet in the defense of his home? The thing I particularly liked with GuardDog's suggestion is that, while a shotgun will likely be lethal force, it was chosen specifically to accent his accuracy (to be honest, I'd be surprised if upon discovering an intruder, that many people would have the mental fortitude to line up their gun and aim properly down the sights, rather than more of a point and shoot), and to limit the chance of accidental injury. As for your stupid laws, well, that just stupid.

Is the HPV cause of anal-cancer any more difficult to detect and treat in a precancerous stage than the cervical cancer? The big issue I have is that the scale is so small, and even then it's possible to detect, treat, and remove the cancer with a Pap test.

Why specifically to kill? Is killing more effective than incapacitation?

I know it depends on the ammunition. I have limited experience firing bullets through walls. Is our skin significantly tougher than drywall, or is it the organs that slow things down sufficiently that would prevent the round from exiting out the other side of the individual and still hitting an innocent bystander?

If you were a Snickers commercial I'd ban you!

So is the gun truly for self-defense, or is it looking for a justified reason to kill someone? Why a precise shot to the head, and not a shot to the chest (which is probably where you should be aiming if it's so dark that you need night sights)? I'd imagine that firing a blank would be more than effective at protecting yourself and your home, with perhaps the second round in the magazine being a live round in case the intruder doesn't buy it. At least that's an honest answer.

If it's dark enough that you need glow in the dark sights to ensure that you're pointing your pistol at the person, how can you be certain that you're actually pointing it at someone. I'd be surprised if, given the close range of the encounter and being a man of military training, your accuracy would be so bad that you would be unable to actually hit the intended target. Furthermore, would your rounds effectively shoot through walls and wound neighbours? Wouldn't they break apart before they could get through the second layer of drywall?

Well, the linked object also requires electrodes to be attached to the surface of the brain, which may make it prohibitively expensive and dangerous.

Was anyone stating that clinical tests aren't underway? Since you mention it though, if clinical tests are still only underway and not finished, isn't it premature to use an executive order to bypass legislature to enforce this act in 2008? I was under the impression that the vaccine specifically targets HPV and its related cancer causing agents, so the ability to combat anal cancer is from HPV induced anal cancer, which would still effectively be a sexually transmitted disease.

THat link is actually pretty old by now (2000), so I'm not sure exactly what is happening with the project.

I don't know, it seemed kind of obvious to me. SHe feels World Trade Centre is better than United 93. I found it funny that shortly after the release of United 93, the official transcripts of everything that was said and recorded on the black box of United 93 was released to the public.

Is such precision truly necessary in firing upon an intruder? I mean, if it's dark enough that you need glow in the dark sights to truly have an idea of where you're aiming, can you even see the person you're aiming at?

I remember a study that had a blind person place some time of flat plastic on their tongue, and that tongue would depict an image that was on an attached monitor, and the blind persons were quite successful (and very excited) about being able to recognize objects through the electronic pulses that the flat plastic conveyed. There was another example of them using it on someone that had no sense of touch, outside of the top of their head. So they put the application on their forehead, and they enjoyed limited success with it as well, "seeing" landscapes and whatnot for the first time. Though the forehead was met with limited success, and they speculated it had something to do with the sensitivity, as well as acclimatization. Unfortunately I do not remember the name of the device. It was demonstrated on a video in one of my psychology classes. On the other hand, you can always give them this

What exactly are night sights?

It wouldn't be $100 or $300 though, unless each and every one of those vaccinated were to get the disease. My understand that the disease becoming cancerous is rare, and it's still possible to prevent the presence of a rare persistent infection from becoming cancerous by catching it with Pap tests and making treatments. 80% of women by the age of 50 are figured to have contracted the disease, but the pervasiveness of cervical cancer seems to dwarf that (and the rates of cervical cancer have been continuously falling since the 1950s as it is, thanks to the Pap test.... link) However, according to the Alberta Cancer Board, cancer can be prevented and treated if detected early. But even then, lets say 1 in 10 women will actually get cervical cancer, then the cost goes to $3000 to cure someone. If it's 1 in 100, then the cost goes to $30000, 1 in 1000 becomes $300,000 to save a life, because fortunately, the vast majority of women will not have to worry about being unable to fight off HPV naturally. I'd much, much, much, much, much, much rather they spend millions of dollars on this which explores using DCA as a potential cure for cancer, but will not be receiving any funding from pharmaceutical companies because it involves a compound which is not patented, and therefore will not be able to recoup the heavy costs of clinical trials. I'd see this as being more useful allocation of government funds than spending millions of dollars (and making a pharmaceutical company that doesn't want to fund something that may be more widely useful and would compete with their own, limited scope project) to save a small amount of lives.

Am I the only one that sees the causes of polio and the unsafe drinking water and food supplies as being something a bit more unavoidable than having unprotected sex with someone that has a disease that is typically cured by the human body on its own, and while having a rare chance of developing cervical cancer (assuming they contracted a "high-risk" type of HPV), can still be caught in pre-cancerous stages and treated in ways to prevent a persistent infection from becoming life-threatening cancer is a little bit different?

I prefer to set fatal booby traps.

Didn't Bethesda purchase the IP?

Bethesda is not dead.

I remember the guidances being rather silly in the end. Made the game too easy.

Because a standard FMJ round just won't cut it when protecting yourself.