Even if this is the case, the people flying on the hijacked civilian airliners were NOT. I'd respect Al-Qaeda a lot more if they didn't hijack civilian airliners to wage their war on(admittedly oft-brutal) capital.
Not quite. Fascism and dictatorship were very much in vogue at the time in Europe, and Ataturk didn't run a democracy by any stretch of the imagination.
Or alternatively, they could redirect the money into doing something about the astronomical price of housing in the city, instead of pricing the poor(and recent college graduates) out of the place.:)
Given the disgraceful state of the corporate-controlled television, radio and print media in this country, the fact that so many Americans don't have internet access is a threat to our democracy itself.
It's not a no true scotsman fallacy, its an acknowledgment of Lenin's serious deviations from what Marx actually wrote, what with a dictatorship, "vanguard party" (Read: New elite) and all, and the fact that Leninism, not Marxism, was the driving force behind the other communist revolutions worldwide.
(Copypasta from my FARK post made after the thread had died. Some of this might not apply to slashdot, but given what previous threads on the subject have contained...)
*sigh*
Is free and open discussion with anyone around the world, that which our founders could only dream of, so terrifying? Does parenting fry one's brain? All this talk -- banning kids from the internet, credit cards for registration, keylogging, shared passwords or computers in the family room, all masquerading as "good parenting" or myspace taking "appropriate responsibility..."
Quite frankly, its ridiculous. All one needs to do to keep one's kids safe is to set firm rules regarding offline meetings (Chaperoned, public place, etc.) and they'll be fine; pedophiles can't reach through the computer and rape your children. And to be quite honest, I wouldn't be surprised if the *real* purpose of all this fearmongering is to try to rein in the digital revolution, with "pedophiles" as a scare tactic.
(Oh, and half the time, your perfect little angels posting half-naked pictures on myspace aren't particularly adverse to sex with random internet strangers, so just make sure they use protection. Treat them the same way you'd treat a teenage male with a sex drive and leave your idiotic double standards behind.)
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There's nothing against it in North Korean law, is there?
It's nice, but is there anywhere for those of us who can't afford to pay for our speech?
Ah, but you see, "Trifecta in play" *IS* a fark reference.
Even if this is the case, the people flying on the hijacked civilian airliners were NOT. I'd respect Al-Qaeda a lot more if they didn't hijack civilian airliners to wage their war on(admittedly oft-brutal) capital.
Not quite. Fascism and dictatorship were very much in vogue at the time in Europe, and Ataturk didn't run a democracy by any stretch of the imagination.
Quebec's the only thing standing between Canada and a Harper majority. You guys need them.
Or alternatively, they could redirect the money into doing something about the astronomical price of housing in the city, instead of pricing the poor(and recent college graduates) out of the place. :)
Given the disgraceful state of the corporate-controlled television, radio and print media in this country, the fact that so many Americans don't have internet access is a threat to our democracy itself.
Can we just outlaw driving already and be done with it?
It's not a no true scotsman fallacy, its an acknowledgment of Lenin's serious deviations from what Marx actually wrote, what with a dictatorship, "vanguard party" (Read: New elite) and all, and the fact that Leninism, not Marxism, was the driving force behind the other communist revolutions worldwide.
Yeah. Making sure minors can't talk to anyone outside their hometown the parent doesn't like is a *great* way to raise the new generation!
(Copypasta from my FARK post made after the thread had died. Some of this might not apply to slashdot, but given what previous threads on the subject have contained...) *sigh* Is free and open discussion with anyone around the world, that which our founders could only dream of, so terrifying? Does parenting fry one's brain? All this talk -- banning kids from the internet, credit cards for registration, keylogging, shared passwords or computers in the family room, all masquerading as "good parenting" or myspace taking "appropriate responsibility..." Quite frankly, its ridiculous. All one needs to do to keep one's kids safe is to set firm rules regarding offline meetings (Chaperoned, public place, etc.) and they'll be fine; pedophiles can't reach through the computer and rape your children. And to be quite honest, I wouldn't be surprised if the *real* purpose of all this fearmongering is to try to rein in the digital revolution, with "pedophiles" as a scare tactic. (Oh, and half the time, your perfect little angels posting half-naked pictures on myspace aren't particularly adverse to sex with random internet strangers, so just make sure they use protection. Treat them the same way you'd treat a teenage male with a sex drive and leave your idiotic double standards behind.)