Man or Women, does not matter, 80lbs of gear is too much like said above.
Methods of reduction are being developed, and it will go back to not mattering.... there is also a peice of equipment being developed that will make carrying capacity null, it transfers most of the load directly to the bottom of your feet.
And then there is the mule, which if it ever enters sevice all you will need to carry is your armor and your gun.
edited 26th May '13 11:38:26 AM by Imca
A testimonial from a woman about why she left the pro-life movement.
That is, on the most part, a pretty good article and lays out many of the reasons why, although I morally oppose abortion, I do not consider myself part of the pro-life movement. It also introduced a lot of things I wasn't really aware of (including that Obamacare is likely to cut abortions by 75%, which got me really excited, and that evidence points to the fact that the pill doesn't actually prevent implantation). The "The Biggest Killer: A Woman’s Own Body" section was so ridiculously awful in its logic it could serve as an example of how not to write an argument, though.
I applaud that testimonial. It encompasses what many of those I have talked to personally have addressed as concerns with the pro-life movement.
And the logic of the body's rejection of pregnancies is very found. If the pro life was so concerned, they should be investigating how women's bodies reject pregnancies and trying to help them, not hurt them.
I don't like abortion. I would rather no women ever have to go through that regardless of their reasons. I have experienced miscarriages and its not fun. I have also talked to women who had abortions and none of them were ready to throw a party either.
One couple I knew decided to have an abortion due to their baby's development of a horrible disease that would kill it within a year of birth. That child would never be without pain, would have been born blind and developmentally disabled, and would have needed over 20 operations in order to even make a year of life. In my mind, this couple did the most pro life action by refusing to bring a child into the world in such pain.
I fear as a culture we have said life is good because it is. I think that is bullshit.
Quality of life should be our goal. Not just blind quantity.
"Psssh. Even if you could catch a miracle on a picture any person would probably delete it to make space for more porn." - AszurWas this a response to my saying that the one section was full of logical holes? Because I very specifically did mean the one section I named, and it wasn't the section that was arguing that pro-lifers ought to support research into why some zygotes are rejected and some aren't. (The section I referred to was the one on "to be consistent, all pro-lifers should support having all potentially fertile women on birth control all the time.")
That just proves that pro-lifers are not nearly as interested in "saving lives" as they are in controlling women's behavior. This isn't unique to the abortion issue, of course. People are generally willing to throw a lot more effort into stopping "bad guys" than preventing accidents or reducing harm that is out of anyone's direct control.
More to the point, given a few yards of planking and rope, we'd rather use it to build a gallows to hang thieves, than a fence to keep potential thieves away from our valuables.
And most anti-abortion activists prefer to use their time and money forcibly preventing pregnant women from aborting, than helping to ensure that women don't incur unwanted pregnancies.
At first, I thought you were talking about this
and was very confused.
I need more coffee.
"I don't know how I do it. I'm like the Mr. Bean of sex." -DrunkscriblerianInaction. While it's morally consistent (if psychotic) to hang a man for stealing a loaf of bread to feed his family. You only have yourself to blame when his children come after you hungry for more then just bread.
Yes I'm adware of my dyslexia. thank you.
edited 2nd Jun '13 6:30:13 PM by joeyjojo
hashtagsarestupidHoly shit dude you really need to check your grammar because that sentence was a mess. This is a regular occurrence with your writing.
Anyway, "inaction" in this case seems to be referring to "not stopping a woman from getting an abortion". Which often equates to banning it rather than providing full services, including abortions, to look after a woman's health and financial success. Joey, I think we have different ideas of what inaction means in this case, and what action does as well.
So basically, you'd need to have pro-sex pro-lifers—people who not only support the girl's sacrifice to have the child, but also support (even if not condoning) her decision to have sex in the first place. Because I agree with Karalora that telling a girl "Good job not aborting that innocent baby, you filthy whore" just doesn't cut it.
We need to promote pro family across the board. I have a pair of friends who were married in July. After over a year of marriage they had their son in June. People still assume they were married because she was pregnant even though they weren't. Their boy is almost 10 and they still get shit from it.
This cookie cutter mentality is dangerous.
"Psssh. Even if you could catch a miracle on a picture any person would probably delete it to make space for more porn." - Aszur

Where d'you think Murphy got most of his medals? World War II wasn't exactly big on trenches.
What's precedent ever done for us?