Not exactly new news. Flashbulbs have been going off in restaurants and spoiling the ambiance since the invention of 35mm film. I guess it's more annoying these days because so many more people have cameras.
Apathetic. Most people don't realise this sort of thing is even happening and if they did the thought tends to be "that doesn't affect me so I'm ok with it", even if it does affect them.
I don't think it ever went to a vote. It's just non-elected bureaucrats coming up with this nonsense. If it was voted on there was absolutely no media coverage before the vote.
Both major parties in Australia are socially conservative. It's only in monetary policy that they differ, and even then not substantially. There are currently only The Greens and some independents that actively stand up for civil liberties in their parties' platforms.
The Liberals had a similar policy re. censorship before the 2007 election. Not as far reaching as Labor's vision but just as sinister in its destruction of free speech online.
You're missing the point. DNA evidence isn't a silver bullet that makes or breaks a case. Like all evidence it is fallible. Ditto for fingerprints. The problem is that CSI watchers assume DNA == guilty, No DNA == not guilty which isn't true in all cases.
To be fair this is true for most people in an office environment. They have a handful of applications they run to do their job and couldn't care less about operating systems etc. As long as their applications work they're fine.
Not willing to put your name to your comment? Most people you describe as "left-wing radicals" aren't anti-Israel. They are pro-justice and pro-peace. They are for Palestinians getting a fair treatment from the UN and the USA instead of the status quo which is Israel getting preferential treatment from the USA, UK and their allies. Obama's recentish condemnation of settlement construction is a first step towards a more balanced approach toward the middle east instead of the historical "Israel can do no wrong" bias.
Your Gnostic Gospels point is completely wrong. 1. The Da Vinci code is a work of fiction, and not even a very good one. 2. The canonical gospels were written between 60 and 90 AD according to most scholars. The Gnostic gospels came later, around the 200-300AD mark. 3. They were considered heresy at the time by the rest of the Church.
You could argue that Christianity has changed since the early church (compare Acts with today). I'd say corrupted is too strong a term. Some change is for the better - the early church was making up the organisational aspects of the religion as they went.
There was also a Q&A session at a conference where he said the same thing (from TFA). And an email does count as marketing when it's sent from the CEO of a company to a customer.
Where I come from people have started bushfires by throwing butts out the window of a vehicle. It's a fine if you get caught doing it even if a fire isn't started. If you didn't get caught in the act and your smouldering butt happened to start a fire then you'll be going to jail for at least 10 years when you do get caught. It has happened before and probably will again.
What about the effect on the people who did the work? Think what will happen to their world view when they see blatant cheats getting the same marks as they do for doing hard work. It's unfair and devalues their degrees.
Decriminalization was only half of what Portugal did. They also improved education about drugs and improved the services for dealing with addicts e.g. safe injecting rooms.
N.B. It's still illegal to traffic or sell drugs in Portugal.
I think we need some new laws, similar to Godwin's law to cover people making comparisons to other dictators. I propose: Godwinsky's law - Making a comparison to Stalin, loses you the argument. Go Wang's law - Mentioning Mao causes you to lose the argument.
I'd say for both of these laws P(violation) increases to some number less than 1 as thread length increases, unlike Godwin's law. They probably cap out at 0.25 at the most as they don't get mentioned on every single thread.
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Not exactly new news. Flashbulbs have been going off in restaurants and spoiling the ambiance since the invention of 35mm film. I guess it's more annoying these days because so many more people have cameras.
Apathetic. Most people don't realise this sort of thing is even happening and if they did the thought tends to be "that doesn't affect me so I'm ok with it", even if it does affect them.
I don't think it ever went to a vote. It's just non-elected bureaucrats coming up with this nonsense. If it was voted on there was absolutely no media coverage before the vote.
Both major parties in Australia are socially conservative. It's only in monetary policy that they differ, and even then not substantially. There are currently only The Greens and some independents that actively stand up for civil liberties in their parties' platforms.
I thought the lyric was "kiss the sky".
http://www.kissthisguy.com/jimi.php - I even listened to that line a few times and I can back up the slurring of the line on the studio version.
That might be true for tabloids, but try reading a good broadsheet for a change.
The Liberals had a similar policy re. censorship before the 2007 election. Not as far reaching as Labor's vision but just as sinister in its destruction of free speech online.
You're missing the point. DNA evidence isn't a silver bullet that makes or breaks a case. Like all evidence it is fallible. Ditto for fingerprints. The problem is that CSI watchers assume DNA == guilty, No DNA == not guilty which isn't true in all cases.
There were 3 Indiana Jones movies from the 80s.
Try leaving work at lunch time tomorrow if you aren't paid for your time...
To be fair this is true for most people in an office environment. They have a handful of applications they run to do their job and couldn't care less about operating systems etc. As long as their applications work they're fine.
Hey man, quit harshing our two-minutes hate!
Shouldn't you be leading the grammar Nazis, not fighting against them?
This troll is oldschool. Can't you get a more modern troll like Obamacare introducing state-run death panels or something?
Not willing to put your name to your comment? Most people you describe as "left-wing radicals" aren't anti-Israel. They are pro-justice and pro-peace. They are for Palestinians getting a fair treatment from the UN and the USA instead of the status quo which is Israel getting preferential treatment from the USA, UK and their allies. Obama's recentish condemnation of settlement construction is a first step towards a more balanced approach toward the middle east instead of the historical "Israel can do no wrong" bias.
Your Gnostic Gospels point is completely wrong.
1. The Da Vinci code is a work of fiction, and not even a very good one.
2. The canonical gospels were written between 60 and 90 AD according to most scholars. The Gnostic gospels came later, around the 200-300AD mark.
3. They were considered heresy at the time by the rest of the Church.
You could argue that Christianity has changed since the early church (compare Acts with today). I'd say corrupted is too strong a term. Some change is for the better - the early church was making up the organisational aspects of the religion as they went.
There was also a Q&A session at a conference where he said the same thing (from TFA). And an email does count as marketing when it's sent from the CEO of a company to a customer.
Two wrongs don't make a right.
Where I come from people have started bushfires by throwing butts out the window of a vehicle. It's a fine if you get caught doing it even if a fire isn't started. If you didn't get caught in the act and your smouldering butt happened to start a fire then you'll be going to jail for at least 10 years when you do get caught. It has happened before and probably will again.
The Roger Ebert style of debate happens off-line too. Have you seen what passes for political discussion these days?
What about the effect on the people who did the work? Think what will happen to their world view when they see blatant cheats getting the same marks as they do for doing hard work. It's unfair and devalues their degrees.
That's horrible news. Did you happen to hear when and where the memorial service will be held?
No need to have an heart attack!
Decriminalization was only half of what Portugal did. They also improved education about drugs and improved the services for dealing with addicts e.g. safe injecting rooms.
N.B. It's still illegal to traffic or sell drugs in Portugal.
Well, I didn't read the previous 3 comments because they didn't get modded up above my threshold. Therefore the GP was informative.
I think we need some new laws, similar to Godwin's law to cover people making comparisons to other dictators. I propose:
Godwinsky's law - Making a comparison to Stalin, loses you the argument.
Go Wang's law - Mentioning Mao causes you to lose the argument.
I'd say for both of these laws P(violation) increases to some number less than 1 as thread length increases, unlike Godwin's law. They probably cap out at 0.25 at the most as they don't get mentioned on every single thread.