[because foreigners have no rights]. I hate this justification for immoral action.
How can we "...hold these truths to be self-evident..." but effectively create a second class of person by changing our code of conduct when dealing with them?
How can it be ok to not obey our own laws when dealing with a foreigner, but hold a US citizen responsible to obey US law when they are outside of the US proper (look it up... you can be charged with a crime under US law if you do it on foreign soil... even if it is legal on that foreign soil according to the foreign laws)?
It is an abominable double standard, even when fighting terrorism.
What good is it to sacrifice and defend democracy when it must be abandoned when threatened?
To paraphrase Tolkien: The blood of the founding fathers is all but spent.
Honestly, if your kid is old enough to deal with the violence in GTA, then they should be able to deal with what is the equivalent of Ken and Barby bumping hips No.
Children deal with emotional and physical violence from an early age (hopefully not sourced from their parents, but playground, school, and siblings). Children are built physically and emotionally to withstand a certain level of it.
They don't get the physical tools to deal with sex until puberty and sometimes emotionally much later.
That complex alphabet, and indeed most pictographic alphabets, is efficient in the use of printed space, but has a steep learning curve once it became stylized. Its advantage fades due to globalization and low cost information storage.
I hope we do not have to play economic chicken with them. The oriental mindset would sacrifice a lot simply to "save face." This would be stubborn, childish, sum-zero behavior that is detrimental to both parties. The Chinese are not stupid, but their relationship management methods sometimes leave them intransigent.
It was explained to me that "Sun Tzu" roughly translates to "Good Little Boy", meaning it was a pseudonym and doesn't even require that the author was one person. Also, one can look at other earlier military history across the civilized world to see the ideas expressed in "Art of War."
I like the same music I have always liked. My tastes didn't change over time. What happened is that my kids determined that they were hell bent on not liking the music I enjoy, so they adopted whatever segment of music I find distasteful.
Funny thing is that they think all the recent covers of 60s,70s,80s hits are the coolest original music they ever heard. Their eyes glaze over and alarm bells go off in their heads when I mention that I liked the original back in the day.
"Dad! This is the original!", while creating a large "L" on their forehead with their right thumb and forefinger.
Compound that with the fact that I thoroughly enjoyed a lot of CCR... blissfully ignorant of anyone named "Turner".......
Agreed. If you are going to learn assembler, do it on a nice 16-bit Motorola chip with a nice big linear address space. Intel assembler makes me shudder at night and also makes baby Jesus cry.
Another fallacious argument applauded. The modifications to hardware to allow open source programs to operate could be argued to be lawful under the reverse engineering clauses of the DMCA. IANAL so my interpretation of this is less than expert and should not be considered legal advice.
I do consider the arguments of the GP to be inflammatory and prejudicial, consistent with industries who rely on business models founded on specific interpretations of law or regulation. In short, the arguments of distributors, rather than producers or consumers.
if parents don't want to spend time with their children, they shouldn't have any! This is a fallacious argument. By the time you find out you don't want to spend time with them.... it's too late! You're already stuck with them and they don't take well to being ignored. They grow up with all sorts of psychological issues that society today thinks of as normal because nobody pressured/taught them to suppress their own self-destructive tendencies.
Few women will admit that a status symbol is more important to them than their long term financial well-being. So, basically, women hang out and vicariously compare their boyfriends' dick sizes?...that explains a lot...
..And of course, the lovely thought of driving around in my car with a nice tank of hydrogen fueling me, knowing that I'm just a wreck away from a hindenburg style disaster. "Most deaths were not caused directly by the fire but were from jumping from the burning ship. Those passengers who rode the ship on its descent to the ground survived. Some deaths of crew members occurred because they wanted to save people on board the ship."
* Hydrogen is less flammable than gasoline....
* Hydrogen disperses quickly....
* Hydrogen is non-toxic....
* Hydrogen combustion produces only water....
* Hydrogen can be stored safely. Tanks currently in use... have survived intact... including being shot with six rounds from a.357 magnum, detonating a stick of dynamite next to them, and subjecting them to fire at 1500 degrees F."
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How can we "...hold these truths to be self-evident..." but effectively create a second class of person by changing our code of conduct when dealing with them?
How can it be ok to not obey our own laws when dealing with a foreigner, but hold a US citizen responsible to obey US law when they are outside of the US proper (look it up
It is an abominable double standard, even when fighting terrorism.
What good is it to sacrifice and defend democracy when it must be abandoned when threatened?
To paraphrase Tolkien: The blood of the founding fathers is all but spent.
A glass is never half-empty or half-full. It can, however, be twice as large as it needs to be.
Children deal with emotional and physical violence from an early age (hopefully not sourced from their parents, but playground, school, and siblings). Children are built physically and emotionally to withstand a certain level of it.
They don't get the physical tools to deal with sex until puberty and sometimes emotionally much later.
Who will predict the predictors!?!?
How dare you require personal integrity! Next you will probably be asking for elected officials to behave in a dignified manner!
... living together .... mayhem, I say .... mayhem!!!!!
Cats and dogs
Thank you ... AT&T will be sending you the agreed upon astroturfing check in the mail very soon now ....
wrong Armstrong....
That complex alphabet, and indeed most pictographic alphabets, is efficient in the use of printed space, but has a steep learning curve once it became stylized. Its advantage fades due to globalization and low cost information storage.
I hope we do not have to play economic chicken with them. The oriental mindset would sacrifice a lot simply to "save face." This would be stubborn, childish, sum-zero behavior that is detrimental to both parties. The Chinese are not stupid, but their relationship management methods sometimes leave them intransigent.
It was explained to me that "Sun Tzu" roughly translates to "Good Little Boy", meaning it was a pseudonym and doesn't even require that the author was one person. Also, one can look at other earlier military history across the civilized world to see the ideas expressed in "Art of War."
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I like the same music I have always liked. My tastes didn't change over time. What happened is that my kids determined that they were hell bent on not liking the music I enjoy, so they adopted whatever segment of music I find distasteful.
... blissfully ignorant of anyone named "Turner" .......
Funny thing is that they think all the recent covers of 60s,70s,80s hits are the coolest original music they ever heard. Their eyes glaze over and alarm bells go off in their heads when I mention that I liked the original back in the day.
"Dad! This is the original!", while creating a large "L" on their forehead with their right thumb and forefinger.
Compound that with the fact that I thoroughly enjoyed a lot of CCR
Enjoy poetry.
Agreed. If you are going to learn assembler, do it on a nice 16-bit Motorola chip with a nice big linear address space. Intel assembler makes me shudder at night and also makes baby Jesus cry.
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Above post required to be read out loud in a Simpsons - Mr. Burns voice.
This reminds me of the movie "The Day the Earth Stood Still"
Cover your eyes!
Another fallacious argument applauded. The modifications to hardware to allow open source programs to operate could be argued to be lawful under the reverse engineering clauses of the DMCA. IANAL so my interpretation of this is less than expert and should not be considered legal advice.
I do consider the arguments of the GP to be inflammatory and prejudicial, consistent with industries who rely on business models founded on specific interpretations of law or regulation. In short, the arguments of distributors, rather than producers or consumers.
So is the Al Gore "I created the internet" quote. Blown out of proportion and context as well.
So is the Dan Quayle "potatoe" misspelling. He gave a valid alternative spelling with which he was familiar.
..And of course, the lovely thought of driving around in my car with a nice tank of hydrogen fueling me, knowing that I'm just a wreck away from a hindenburg style disaster. "Most deaths were not caused directly by the fire but were from jumping from the burning ship. Those passengers who rode the ship on its descent to the ground survived. Some deaths of crew members occurred because they wanted to save people on board the ship."reference http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LZ_129_Hindenburg
"The Nature of Hydrogen:
* Hydrogen is less flammable than gasoline.
* Hydrogen disperses quickly.
* Hydrogen is non-toxic.
* Hydrogen combustion produces only water.
* Hydrogen can be stored safely. Tanks currently in use
reference http://www.hydrogennow.org/Facts/Safety-1.htm
Both websites refer to the causes of the Hindenburg disaster, pinning the blame on the blimp material for the largest part of the fault.
The Hindenburg really wasn't a hydrogen disaster, it was an airship disaster that happened to also involve hydrogen.
Think multi-dimensionally....
He will not be buried, but instead steamed until only slightly sticky.
Ulysses "Single-mode" Grant.
(Admit it....you always wondered what the "S" stood for in his name.)
(For the intensely dense, "single-mode" is a descriptor for a type of optical fiber)