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				Culture War Roundup for the week of May 15, 2023
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Yes, and do not purchase it.


The quality control is horrendous.


I am in the middle of breaking down 5000 rounds of questionable Turkish 9x19 for the primed brass and bullets.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of May 15, 2023
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
I always hear Turkish shotguns are crap but I have no direct experience.


I don't think you'll find anyone saying Turkish pistols are crap. The fact is they're easily as good as anything Rock Island or Springfield are putting out in the mid or low range.


I keep thinking about picking up a HiPower clone, it seems really fun to have both major Browning designs.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of May 15, 2023
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					


This is amusing given Israel’s demographic future is economically catastrophic (shrinking populations are bad, but producing vastly more welfare recipients is perhaps even worse),




Perhaps, but what happens when you can't afford to provide for those welfare recipients? They cease to be welfare recipients. And in that case they are again a national resource, whereas a future where they instead don't exist that resource is not there to be tapped.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of May 15, 2023
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					


Economy: Turkey got solidly caught in the middle income trap after a period of solid neo-liberal growth. Inflation is rampant, current is in shambles, and inequality is going through the roof as the government practices wage suppression to a keep trade balance discipline, and low interest rates are sky-rocketing the real estate prices. The opposition parties focused much of their effort convincing the people that they can salvage the situation.




The good news is that pretty decent quality Turkish made pistols have never been more affordable. Seriously, I picked up a forged frame 1911a1 clone for $300. And you can get reliable polymer framed guns for about the same. There's even some HiPower clones for $500-600. I've also heard that there will be a 2011 for less than $1k soon.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Small-Scale Question Sunday for May 14, 2023
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
I own several suits for a number of reasons.


One because my wife demanded I wear a suit to a funeral so I went and bought a cheap suit.


One because I'm almost exactly the same size as my Dad and he gave me one of his Brooks Bros. suits which I then had tailored.


One because my brother had me in his wedding party so we all had identical suits made and tailored.


I wear a suit on average 3-6 times a year depending on who dies and who gets married.


I'm not big on wearing a suit but I can do it easily if required by circumstance or my wife.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of May 8, 2023
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
I think using a source novel is distinctly different from what we're seeing now, where an IP is stretched for dozens of movies which are themselves the source material.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of May 8, 2023
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
In practice, sports leagues are monopolies. Consumer choice isn't a phenomenon that exists there.


Take, for example, my local high school. It plays in the local conference with other high schools in the area. What would consumer choice look like for girls at this school who don't want to compete with 6'2" 190lbs. "Natalie?" There is no choice for these girls, should the local conference accept "trans" girls as actual girls.


Further, I don't think most of women's sports is really a consumer affair? What women's sports league pays for itself in the manner of the MLB, NFL, NHL, NBA, etc.?


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of May 8, 2023
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
I think it's an intrinsic good for people to be prepared to defend themselves, their families, and their communities.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of May 8, 2023
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
That we have done so does not justify it.


It means we were wrong to do so and should repent.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of May 8, 2023
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					


You're theory being that if the truckers were armed the Canadian government would have been... less harsh? If anything that would surely make them come down like a ton of bricks.




They would have had to commit to actually exercising force and seeing blood in the streets rather than pussyfooting around and closing bank accounts.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of May 8, 2023
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Public health does not override the rights of the citizens.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of May 8, 2023
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					


Second, I don't think it's true that there's a correlation between stricter gun laws and backsliding on democracy or basic civil rights, and I'd like you to support that claim.




What if it happens that the right to keep and bear arms is a basic civil right?


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of May 8, 2023
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Right, so we're banning all soccer balls with a diameter under 6 feet. What? The sport can continue, just in a slightly altered form.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of May 8, 2023
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					


a gun should never be involved in buying groceries




Hunting is the original grocery trip, though.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of May 8, 2023
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					


or shooting for sport in the U.S.




Can you tell me what you think shooting for sport looks like?


Because substantially all of the restrictions proposed would impact it.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of May 8, 2023
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					


I'm by no means an expert, but AFAIK making a case that can provide an adequate seal without breaking (and be cycled in without jamming and extracted without breaking, perhaps creating an obstruction in the barrel...) is far harder than making a simple gun.




It isn't actually that hard. It's simple drawn brass. https://www.petersoncartridge.com/technical-information/drawing-brass/


In addition, you can actually just turn a cartridge on a lathe from brass bar stock. Or mild steel. Both will work and while it's not as efficient as drawing brass, all you need is a lathe.


And each cartridge can be reloaded multiple times with equipment that is basically ubiquitous in the US.


I guess you'd be incentivizing revolvers though.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of May 8, 2023
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					


Practically speaking, what measures will gun rights advocates actually tolerate? It seems like the only thing they can countenance is more guns.




If we're honest, yes. I think more people with more guns is better. And I will countenance no taking of guns from people.




The odds of concealed carry protecting you from victimization of any kind, let alone a mass shooting, is incredibly low




Elisjsha Dicken


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of May 8, 2023
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					


If you don't have an affirmative case for why gun rights are more valuable than X dead kids per year, I hate to tell you, but you're going to lose.




The affirmative case is obvious: X dead kids per year is a small price to pay for the impediment to tyranny an armed populace offers. How many kids will the next totalitarian state kill for ideological reasons? It's going to be more than die by the happenstance of gun crime.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of April 24, 2023
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					


If someone invests money into creating something, it doesn't matter if it's replicatable on a massive scale.




Except this again ignores that copying some copyrighted work does not deprive the person who created it of anything.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of April 24, 2023
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Are people owed a return on their capital? Because that seems to me like something that is not a right.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of April 24, 2023
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Well it comes back to intellectual property being a bankrupt concept. It’s an land grab by corporate interests in what is intended to be a limited right to encourage the arts and sciences.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of April 24, 2023
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
And do you think that this is a good description of more copyright situations?


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of April 24, 2023
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
It doesn't seem like it has to be either expensive or anti-social.


Expense seems to be related to government regulation.


Anti-socialness seems to be related to douchebags blowing giant vapor clouds.


Neither is inherent.




There seems to be no upside.




Unless you want to dose yourself with nicotine. Which is as valid an upside as dosing yourself with caffeine is.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of April 24, 2023
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
It is, in fact, what it means to take something.


And since it is, it is also a substantive objection to your point.


And since it is a substantive objection, you have not answered it.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of April 24, 2023
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					


Either way, my moral intuition was always that it was pretty obviously stealing to pirate music, movies, or software.




So when I steal something, I have taken something from someone else. They no longer have that item. When I pirate media, what is taken? What have I deprived someone else the use of?