True, but what Drizzten is trying to say is that, while speed limits and gun registration are public safety issues, they are only public safety issues due to the minority of people that do those things irresponsibly. That majority of people who do these things in a safe, sane, and logical manner are punished because of the few who want to speed, or shoot up peoples' property (or people, for that matter), or get drunk. Or do all three at the same time (ugh). The point is, the many are punished because of the few bad seeds.
He never said he a semi/fully automatic rifle with armor piercing bullets. All he said was: he owns a gun, he likes to target shoot, and if he ever has to defend himself, he feels he has the means to do so. Don't put words in peoples mouths.
I do have a related question, though: when the government exists to protect its constituents, why does it let these situations go unchecked so often? This is exactly what governments are supposed to prevent.
Monopolies are not illegal, at least not here in the US. The only thing that is illegal is using your monopoly to stifle competition (such as M$ forcing computer manufacturers to install Windoze on all machines or lose their Windoze licensing priveledges).
If you had a 9 year old son/daughter, and you had the choice to give them Q3 or Pokemon, which would you give them? Let's also say that your 9 year old is especially gifted (since you taught her/him the ins and outs of Linux:-)) and knows where he/she can go online and download the violent games. Would you not observe your child's computing habits until you thought they were old enough to handle more adult oriented games? Just a thought...
Just remember, the dialogue in Star Wars Episodes IV,V, and VI was/way/ cornier than the dialogue in the Matrix. "I have a bad feeling about this...." Zaxus
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What about ArgoUML? It's written in Java and I'd say it's successful....
True, but what Drizzten is trying to say is that, while speed limits and gun registration are public safety issues, they are only public safety issues due to the minority of people that do those things irresponsibly. That majority of people who do these things in a safe, sane, and logical manner are punished because of the few who want to speed, or shoot up peoples' property (or people, for that matter), or get drunk. Or do all three at the same time (ugh). The point is, the many are punished because of the few bad seeds.
Wait till they learn how to hack the logs, or use an anonymizer. ;-)
So, if Microsoft weighs as much as a duck....it's.....a....witch?
A witch! A witch!
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I do have a related question, though: when the government exists to protect its constituents, why does it let these situations go unchecked so often? This is exactly what governments are supposed to prevent.
Monopolies are not illegal, at least not here in the US. The only thing that is illegal is using your monopoly to stifle competition (such as M$ forcing computer manufacturers to install Windoze on all machines or lose their Windoze licensing priveledges).
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In case anyone cares to stop bickering, AOL already has an official Linux client in the works here. Have fun!
Will someone please moderate Simon's newer views into the stratosphere? This needs to be read to hear the whole story....
If you had a 9 year old son/daughter, and you had the choice to give them Q3 or Pokemon, which would you give them? Let's also say that your 9 year old is especially gifted (since you taught her/him the ins and outs of Linux :-)) and knows where he/she can go online and download the violent games. Would you not observe your child's computing habits until you thought they were old enough to handle more adult oriented games? Just a thought...
Just remember, the dialogue in Star Wars Episodes IV,V, and VI was /way/ cornier than the dialogue in the Matrix. "I have a bad feeling about this...." Zaxus