Rights are there to make sure that people have freedoms. The very idea of limits is part of the idea of rights. The basic idea is you should be free to do what you want to do with the limit that what you want to do doesn't do harm to others.
A certain segment of society has forgotten this. The most basic and important right is to live. Your rights STOP where you start interfering with others. If you don't want to vaccinate your kids you can do that, but maybe you shouldn't be allowed to send those kids to public school.
Personally, I think a lot of these people should find a desert island somewhere and live there. That way they can have all the unlimited freedoms they want.
>The problem with that approach - whether in Texas or in Pakistan - is that the people who say that tend to seem to think that they should do God's striking for Him.
And they are sure they know what God's will is without a doubt!
And despite the bozos that constantly talk about kids not being "fully formed persons," nine-year-old kids know the difference between stories and reality. If they don't then it is a mental health issue, not a displinary one. Children are PERSONS at another stage of development, not un-persons with brains that don't work.
This is silly. If I go to my office mate and joke that I am going to hit him with a Super Mario Bros. fireball, should I be fired? If a really believe it maybe I should be sent to the farm...
bullshit. What you're suggesting is more anti-free market than what I suggested. What statements like this always forget that "free market" is assumed that the people involved are somewhat equal. It's not "free market" to allow one group of people to choose winners and losers. Not every small business is free to just pick up and leave, either.
This is why common carrier status should come in. Not providing good Internet to rural areas basically allows local providers to choose who wins and who loses when it comes to business. There are few businesses that can operate without good Internet connections now, and that number is sure to decrease.
Well, perhaps they will finally learn that Adam Smith was talking about trade between equals. When one side has a massive amount of power then trade stops becoming so free.
This is the argument I don't hear enough about network neutrality. If everyone's one traffic isn't treated with some equality then we essentially let telco companies choose the winners and losers in a whole lot of businesses, not just Internet related businesses. If companies want monopoly protects they should be hit and hit hard when they refuse to treat rural or any other customers the same. Verizon shouldn't only be fined, the should lose their entire business in these areas.
This isn't just media. Every decision made can be easily second guessed. The media does it and tons of "savvy" citizens on the Internet do the same thing. There is second guessing even when the call was made right.
If the failure went the other way and thousands were stranded or killed the EXACT SAME group of people would be bitching.
I am not sure that this group of people has any business telling me what I need or don't need.
In the U.S. at least cable needs real competition in the broadband market. This is where the main oposition to growth is. We shouldn't be listening to them about anything at all.
It's too bad we live in a country almost entirely run by lobbyists...
Comparing the EFF to someone like the Koch industries is kind of funny. It's kind of like comparing an ant to a steamroller. Even if the EFF is incredibly strong it isn't going to win.
Again, I think this is a major reason that the tax code IS NOT simplfied. If it was then there many tax giveaways would simply be gone. How the amount of money that is given away to corporate entities is NOT a scandal is itself a scandal, and it's partially pulled off because the tax laws are so hard to understand without a team of lawyers.
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How did it get there?
Come on, MST3k fans, you wanted to say this.
Cristie is solidly a part of the "my opinions are more important than your facts" movement.
Rights are there to make sure that people have freedoms. The very idea of limits is part of the idea of rights. The basic idea is you should be free to do what you want to do with the limit that what you want to do doesn't do harm to others.
A certain segment of society has forgotten this. The most basic and important right is to live. Your rights STOP where you start interfering with others. If you don't want to vaccinate your kids you can do that, but maybe you shouldn't be allowed to send those kids to public school.
Personally, I think a lot of these people should find a desert island somewhere and live there. That way they can have all the unlimited freedoms they want.
This is right wing Political Correctness.
>The problem with that approach - whether in Texas or in Pakistan - is that the people who say that tend to seem to think that they should do God's striking for Him.
And they are sure they know what God's will is without a doubt!
Have you ever dealt with a parent that belives that Harry Potter is evil and should be banned for it's "promotion" of witchcraft"?
Unfortunately, I have...
Suspending a kid because he has a book that talks about pregnancy isn't much above the "unga bunga" stage when it comes to education.
There is no way I'd have a child in that school after THAT incident. None at all.
Wow. No indoctrination going on THERE.
And despite the bozos that constantly talk about kids not being "fully formed persons," nine-year-old kids know the difference between stories and reality. If they don't then it is a mental health issue, not a displinary one. Children are PERSONS at another stage of development, not un-persons with brains that don't work.
This is silly. If I go to my office mate and joke that I am going to hit him with a Super Mario Bros. fireball, should I be fired? If a really believe it maybe I should be sent to the farm...
There is always someone willing to defend indefensible behavior.
Well I am surprised we don't have someone complaining and saying we should just by POTUS a bicycle yet.
bullshit. What you're suggesting is more anti-free market than what I suggested. What statements like this always forget that "free market" is assumed that the people involved are somewhat equal. It's not "free market" to allow one group of people to choose winners and losers. Not every small business is free to just pick up and leave, either.
This is why common carrier status should come in. Not providing good Internet to rural areas basically allows local providers to choose who wins and who loses when it comes to business. There are few businesses that can operate without good Internet connections now, and that number is sure to decrease.
I am sure IoT has something to do with synergies with cloud technologies.
We "knowledge workers" should get right on it!
Well, perhaps they will finally learn that Adam Smith was talking about trade between equals. When one side has a massive amount of power then trade stops becoming so free.
"They cause rural businesses to lose customers"
This is the argument I don't hear enough about network neutrality. If everyone's one traffic isn't treated with some equality then we essentially let telco companies choose the winners and losers in a whole lot of businesses, not just Internet related businesses. If companies want monopoly protects they should be hit and hit hard when they refuse to treat rural or any other customers the same. Verizon shouldn't only be fined, the should lose their entire business in these areas.
This isn't just media. Every decision made can be easily second guessed. The media does it and tons of "savvy" citizens on the Internet do the same thing. There is second guessing even when the call was made right.
If the failure went the other way and thousands were stranded or killed the EXACT SAME group of people would be bitching.
...except there IS a mammoth snowstorm in other parts of New England.
The 21st Century: the Century of Whiners.
Let's have no regulations at all for the same reason!
I am not sure that this group of people has any business telling me what I need or don't need.
In the U.S. at least cable needs real competition in the broadband market. This is where the main oposition to growth is. We shouldn't be listening to them about anything at all.
It's too bad we live in a country almost entirely run by lobbyists...
Comparing the EFF to someone like the Koch industries is kind of funny. It's kind of like comparing an ant to a steamroller. Even if the EFF is incredibly strong it isn't going to win.
If he used "Duke Sucks" it would lose him some votes.
Again, I think this is a major reason that the tax code IS NOT simplfied. If it was then there many tax giveaways would simply be gone. How the amount of money that is given away to corporate entities is NOT a scandal is itself a scandal, and it's partially pulled off because the tax laws are so hard to understand without a team of lawyers.
Not so fast, Cowboy. They will have the manpower to audit YOU, just not [huge-multinational-name-here].
Like the removal of thousands of corporate tax giveaways? Not likely.