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Re:Swedish cities hit by four residential explosions in an hour by marginalia_nu on Thursday August 31, 2023 @09:01AM (#37336501)
A forest can be dry for a month until a single lightning bolt kicks off a forest fire. Now tell me, did the drought or the bolt cause the fire?

You may remove either component, and the calamity would not have transpired.

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Re:Swedish cities hit by four residential explosions in an hour by skinkestek on Thursday August 31, 2023 @03:52PM (#37342812)
For once I disagree with you.

You have it backwards.

Norway and Sweden has been - and is - flush with weapons and have been for decades.

When I grew up at least two of my neighbors had complete G3s and lots of ammo stashed in their house. There were tens of thousands of these stored in homes everywhere as part of terrestrial defense forces (Heimevernet).

This wasn't a drought. It was totally unproblematic. Even if sometimes people got angry and sparks flew things didn't explode.

Because guns aren't explosive.

Something else has happened that has made the situation dangerous.

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