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  1. Loss for Amarillo by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on Updated Information On Columbia Shuttle Tragedy

    Special section from Amarillo newspaper website
    here : Shuttle Disaster Special Section .

  2. Re:So what? by tommy · · Score: 1 · on Florida Surveillance Cameras Claim a Victim
    Thank you for the links.

    I am for safety. That is why I like the idea of the cameras. However, to reduce the time the yellow light is on is indefensible. I do not want the cameras just so people get tickets; I want them so people don't get hurt.

    Perhaps you should take part in an effort to fight the negative side of the cameras in your area. You obviously feel strongly about the situation.

    I found in my research that the cameras are not allowed in Texas (where I live) because the state legislature voted 71-71 on the bill that would have made them legal. A simple majority was all that was needed. I am disappointed in my state officials not only for not passing the bill, but also for some of the ridiculous amendments that were made to the bill. I will be contacting my "representatives" about this.

    If the operation of the traffic signal remains otherwise unchanged, the cameras would be great. If the citizen does not lose rights, there is no reason that a flesh-and-blood police officer should be the only valid means for a city to issue tickets. Even with the system in use in Beaverton, it would appear that the tickets are challengeable according to the info at theage.com.au.

    You can read more about the Texas situation at http://www.amarillonet.com/stories/050901/tex_bill hits.shtml. I like the part where Rep. Carl Isett says, "This is a Robo-Cop mentality", and speculates that measures for other uses of cameras will be next. Well... let the measures come up. If people want the cameras, pass the measures. If they don't want them, well... don't pass the freaking measures. I wonder if anyone ever worried that outlawing murder might lead to outlawing simple assault too. Geez.

  3. Re:I thought I'd take time out from the usual... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1 · on Chinese Government Further Restricts Internet Cafes
    Right now, in the west, dissent from the mainstream is thoroughly marginalized, but that's because the mainstream is, all in all, pretty nice. (Had a good breakfast this morning? How many of your relatives have been kidnapped and executed by state police? See a lot of treason arrests?)

    True, none of my relatives have been kidnapped and executed. However, it is also true that very few people in China have had their relatives kidnapped and executed. In fact, the execution rate in China is lower than in some states which have death penalty.

    Does that mean that, if we were living in China, we should also "think about how lucky we are to have what we do"?

  4. TOO SMART TO BE A COP by abe+ferlman · · Score: 1 · on 2600 Staffer Arrested During Republican Convention
    VivianC Writes:

    Do you want police protection or not? Not happy with your police? ... Become a cop.

    Can't. Why? Too smart. Look here and here.

    Sausage King of Chicago