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To: i-node who wrote (790003)	6/14/2014 7:53:47 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 1586513

Then you should have no trouble getting the 2nd Amendment repealed. Not repealed. Re interpreted. How old is Scalia?

To: i-node who wrote (790003)	6/15/2014 12:05:27 AM
From: bentway	Respond to of 1586513

The Lack of Major Wars May Be Hurting Economic Growth JUNE 13, 2014 nytimes.com excerpt: The continuing slowness of economic growth in high-income economies has prompted soul-searching among economists. They have looked to weak demand, rising inequality, Chinese competition, over-regulation, inadequate infrastructure and an exhaustion of new technological ideas as possible culprits. An additional explanation of slow growth is now receiving attention, however. It is the persistence and expectation of peace. The world just hasn’t had that much warfare lately, at least not by historical standards. Some of the recent headlines about Iraq or South Sudan make our world sound like a very bloody place, but today’s casualties pale in light of the tens of millions of people killed in the two world wars in the first half of the 20th century. Even the Vietnam War had many more deaths than any recent war involving an affluent country.[snip]