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Studios Sue Oz ISP Over Allowing Piracy
Da Massive writes "Leading Hollywood film studios Village Roadshow, Universal Pictures, Warner Bros Entertainment, Paramount Pictures, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation and Disney Enterprises are suing Australia's second largest ISP, iiNet, saying it's complicit in the infringement of their copyrighted material. According to a statement of claim, 'the ISP knows that there are a large number of customers who are engaging in continuing infringements of copyright by using BitTorrent file sharing technology.'"
And what if the criminal also had been armed? What if the situation was escalated?
Would the gun still save lives? I'd argue that the only thing that saved lives there was chance.
I'm hoping that one day there won't be any weapons designed only to kill.
You're still fearmongering and doing it by pulling statistics out of your nether regions.
The fact that you're "trying to be nice" about it doesn't really matter.
A Pirate and a Puritan look the same on a balance sheet.
>>>And what if the criminal also had been armed? What if the situation was escalated?
He'd be dead. Which is preferable to having either me or my girlfriend dead (as often happens to unarmed citizens). To quote the founders of the Democrat and Federalist Party, respectively:
"The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves." - Thomas Jefferson. - "Arms in the hands of citizens may be used at individual discretion... in private self-defense." - John Adams, A Defense of the Constitutions of Government of the United States of America, 1787-88
I will Not walk around like defenseless sheep waiting for the wolves/thieves to attack me. This sheep is going to be armed and when attacked, shoot the wolf dead. The Right to Self-Defense (a defense of the Right to Life) is one of our most-important rights.
FOX NEWS.com should be BANNED from television and internet. Have the Congress take it over and give us Truespeak.
I don't know about american law, but atleast in Swedish law the right to Self-Defense does not extend to the right to kill. You're only allowed to use the force necessary to keep yourself safe and it's really hard to argue that killing or maiming is necessary.
That's okay. I'd rather serve jailtime in a Swedish jail than serve time in a coffin. I have a Creator-given Right to Life, and I will protect that life from murderers by whatever means necessary.
FOX NEWS.com should be BANNED from television and internet. Have the Congress take it over and give us Truespeak.
You can knock someone out or keep them in a hold without maiming them. It actually takes a lot of effort to permanently maim someone, the jumping and kicking on people already lying down kind.
I weigh 110 pounds. You are asking the impossible.
Easier to just pull a trigger.
Besides what difference does it make if this hypothetical murderer dies now, today, or a few years from now from old age? He's still dead. It's still the same end result.
The government is not your daddy. Its purpose is not to raid middle-class neighbors' wallets and give it to you.
Do Swedes still believe in natural law theory? I thought that was only an American thing. In most of Europe, natural rights theory has been superseded by utilitarianism for nearly two centuries now.
Which is why I'm not moving to the European Union any time soon. Rights belong to the People. They are an innate property (so argued the Greeks 2500 years ago, and the Scots 400 years ago) and can not be taken-away by government.
Government only exists because the People allow it to exist, and the People can disband the government any time they feel like it. My Right to Life, right to free speech, et cetera comes from within; it is not something the Swedish government can take away and if it tries, it should be disbanded & replaced with a new government.
The government is not your daddy. Its purpose is not to raid middle-class neighbors' wallets and give it to you.
Yeah well.... I don't care.
I have a Right to Life and a right to protect it from thieves/murderers. Even if I have to carry a gun illegally, I will continue to do so. I will NOT walk around like a defenseless sheep waiting to be attacked by the wolves. I will NOT be a photo on the front page about how police found me dead.
The government is not your daddy. Its purpose is not to raid middle-class neighbors' wallets and give it to you.
So now it should be legal to kill people because it's easy? What a wonderful world we would live in if you got your way.
The difference is by hurting him more then necessary you're making yourself guilty of assault and by killing him you're making yourself guilty of manslaughter.
...who says you have a creator-given right to life?
"It is possible to commit no errors and still lose. That is not a weakness. That is life." -Peak Performance
I'm surprised to see such attitudes on an atheist/agnostic-dominated site like Slashdot. The way that atheists respond to the argument "if there is no God, all is permitted" is essentially with a version of utilitarianism. In a world where theism and related concepts like dualism no longer hold much sway, natural rights theory doesn't seem too useful.
Your assuming that you shoot first and kill/disable your target, that the target is singular and no one decides to take revenge.
I can think of one case in the uk where someone shot and killed someone and about a year later his parents were killed in revenge. Do you really feel you have the right to put your family and friends in danger?
Even in the usa, the police would probably be justified if they shot you while carrying a concealed weapon. how are they supposed to distinguish you from the bad guys. because you would sure look like one.
How safe do you think your neighbors feel with you armed and dangerous do they worry about the safety of their children with you armed? ok suppose its the guy who lives across the street from you , are you concerned that he has a gun to hand?
Are you certain a child could not get hold of your gun. How do your coworkers feel about you bringing a gun into work? Would your manager have the confidence to lay you off or would he need a bullet proof jacket and police backup.
ok your not that crazy but how about your co workers you sure one of them wouldn't crack and do something insane. They are after all just as likely to have a gun as you.
Having a gun around doesn't make you any safer, it makes people scared of you.
I am curious though, how long did your girlfriend remain your girlfriend after that incident?
You might wish to avoid advertizing this fact, because doing so increases the chances that any wolf attacking you will simply shoot you dead from hiding.
Forget magic. Any technology distinguishable from divine power is insufficiently advanced.
No, it should be legal to kill people because it's often the only practical way to stop an aggressor. Sure, I could knock someone down or restrain them, but I'm 200 lbs, and it's hard to do (try it some time). If the other guy has a knife or a gun, I'm going to shoot him.
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