"I don't see anything suggesting premeditation in Milgram's experiment either."
Some of the participants were made aware that the shocks were lethal. I'd say that this awareness qualifies the actions as premeditated. I'd say your assessment of what the Milgram experiment was is severely flawed. It has nothing to do with an individual's willingness to follow commands, and everything to do with an individual's willingness to act in an antisocial manner when made aware that there will be no consequence.
You're not the first to make this mistake.
It's not nearly as hard as you claim
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Also, please stop misusing the term "sociopath". There is really no official diagnosis of "sociopathy" as it is generally regarded as a type of antisocial personality disorder.
"It's the decisive moments where you put the spurs on and kick your own ass through a problem that builds character, experience, and a willingness to push forward with life."
Tell that to a 6 year old girl who has been repeatedly sold by her mother as a sex toy to fund the mother's crack habit.
You got by. Stop pretending your situation is relevant to anyone other than you.
And in case you're wondering, the situation I described has been dropped on my desk more than once. I have no qualms whatsoever about letting an individual, especially a child, excise the emotions associated with a traumatic event.
"Paying cash for those kinds of things is so much cheaper."
This is not always the case. If you have the cash, but can get a low enough interest rate on a loan (say 4%) and a guaranteed return on the cash (say, 5.15%) then you'd actually be losing money to pay cash.
"IT people by nature are used to being different. They're used to thinking for themselves, because its probably the only reason they've survived into the IT field far enough to be employed for it. We aren't used to keeping our mouths closed while being treated like shit, or putting on four layers of expensive clothes just to dirty them up by rewiring the networking cabinet."
The writers don't really mention Iraq, instead they've been using a stand in. The recent Civil War was an event based around the idea that people need to sacrifice security for safety. Sounds familiar doesn't it?
Specifically, a group of heroes was involved in a serious incident in which a school full of children was destroyed. After this, a registration initiative was undertaken to prevent such a thing for reoccurring. Anyone with powers had to register, or retire and never use their powers again.
There are clear parallels to many real life situations throughout the storyline.
"So not having read something makes me stupid, does it?"
No, it makes you ignorant. It is your commenting on this subject as though you know what you're talking about, while being grossly ignorant of the facts that makes you stupid.
I didn't read the rest of your post, as you're ignorant and stupid.
I don't see how Clinton being for sale is any better than what Bush has done here.
In fact, loyalty to an underling (however misplaced and twisted) is, in my opinion, far less objectionable a reason to give a pardon than sheer greed and profit motive.
"You can make a statement like that and call my reasoning moronic?"
Yes. That's because it is.
"And calling his motives "ulterior" is even worse. That's a huge, baseless assumption and judgment based on what appears to be a strong dogmatic bias on your part."
NO, actually, it isn't, it's spot-fucking-on. He's not associated with any UFO related businesses is he. OH WAIT HE IS... Kind of makes that "ulterior motive" thing a little more credible doesn't it. How fucking stupid are you that you'd insist something was baseless when others have posted the information that proves otherwise?
"Thoughtless and forceful rejection of an idea is one of the hallmarks of having been brainwashed."
Great, I'm glad I thought about it thoroughly, decided it was ridiculous, and then rejected it, somewhat mildly. I'm glad you agree I'm not brainwashed.
I do have to say, however, that accepting a supposition based on a total lack of credible evidence, is the hallmark of a fucking moron. And since you accepted this supposition based on a total lack of credible evidence, well...
Stop telling people they're brainwashed, it makes you sound even more retarded, especially when you are too dumb to make a better case than "YOU ARE TEH BRAINWASHEEED!!! I AM TEH NOT, SOS I BE MO BETTAH!!!"
"With all of that programming in place, when a leak does happen, (like the one in this very article), people climb over each other to rationalize it and ignore it."
This point is moronic. This is not a "leak" it is an old man with an ulterior motive, nothing more.
Why do I say this? Because if he had this information, and really felt the need to share it, he would have done so sooner. Instead he waited until it was impossible for the consequences to matter.
That's all the proof I need.
And save that "you've been programmed" crap. It makes sense when you're sitting around your dorm room stoned, but in the light of reason, it's just vacuous. The only thing I've been programmed to do is seek REAL evidence, and this ain't it, not by a mile.
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"I don't see anything suggesting premeditation in Milgram's experiment either."
Some of the participants were made aware that the shocks were lethal. I'd say that this awareness qualifies the actions as premeditated. I'd say your assessment of what the Milgram experiment was is severely flawed. It has nothing to do with an individual's willingness to follow commands, and everything to do with an individual's willingness to act in an antisocial manner when made aware that there will be no consequence.
You're not the first to make this mistake.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milgram_experiment
Also, please stop misusing the term "sociopath". There is really no official diagnosis of "sociopathy" as it is generally regarded as a type of antisocial personality disorder.
There is more than one definition of "mesh".
You'll notice that nowhere does it say "mesh network".
"Yeah, but how exactly is it a mesh?"
Because two networks are joined together and act as though they were one. See, different definition, perfectly acceptable.
"I didn't read the rest of your post, as you're ignorant and stupid."
See when I wrote that you replied with
"Well now, I think you did read the rest of my post"
NO MORON, I DID NOT.
How fucking stupid are you? Stop assuming people lie just because you do.
"Sorry cunt, but I have no time for idiots like you"
I didn't read any of your post, again.
Read that until you get it, or better yet, have someone smarter than you read it and explain it.
Since when does non-US citizen equal "brown"?
Funny how you tried to make a point and displayed your racism as a result.
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By the way, if anyone has used any of their stuff yet, let me know.
"It's the decisive moments where you put the spurs on and kick your own ass through a problem that builds character, experience, and a willingness to push forward with life."
Tell that to a 6 year old girl who has been repeatedly sold by her mother as a sex toy to fund the mother's crack habit.
You got by. Stop pretending your situation is relevant to anyone other than you.
And in case you're wondering, the situation I described has been dropped on my desk more than once. I have no qualms whatsoever about letting an individual, especially a child, excise the emotions associated with a traumatic event.
No, you're just too stupid to see why your post was ridiculous.
And then you posted AC to defend it. That's just fucking sad.
"if you clear the symptoms with insulin, it means you just suppressed the symptoms, not removed the actual cause of diabetes."
See how far you get with that one.
Sometimes there are organic treatments for brain disorders.
"Paying cash for those kinds of things is so much cheaper."
This is not always the case. If you have the cash, but can get a low enough interest rate on a loan (say 4%) and a guaranteed return on the cash (say, 5.15%) then you'd actually be losing money to pay cash.
"Sorry cunt, but I have no time for idiots like you"
I didn't read any of your post, again.
Read that until you get it, or better yet, have someone smarter than you read it and explain it.
"IT people by nature are used to being different. They're used to thinking for themselves, because its probably the only reason they've survived into the IT field far enough to be employed for it. We aren't used to keeping our mouths closed while being treated like shit, or putting on four layers of expensive clothes just to dirty them up by rewiring the networking cabinet."
So, "IT people" are different, but all the same.
Yes, very insightful.
"Sorry cunt, but I have no time for idiots like you"
I didn't read any of your post, again.
Read that until you get it, or better yet, have someone smarter than you read it to you and explain it.
See subject.
The writers don't really mention Iraq, instead they've been using a stand in. The recent Civil War was an event based around the idea that people need to sacrifice security for safety. Sounds familiar doesn't it?
Specifically, a group of heroes was involved in a serious incident in which a school full of children was destroyed. After this, a registration initiative was undertaken to prevent such a thing for reoccurring. Anyone with powers had to register, or retire and never use their powers again.
There are clear parallels to many real life situations throughout the storyline.
"Sorry cunt, but I have no time for idiots like you"
I didn't read any of your post, again.
Read that until you get it, or better yet, have someone smarter than you read it to you and explain it.
"So not having read something makes me stupid, does it?"
No, it makes you ignorant. It is your commenting on this subject as though you know what you're talking about, while being grossly ignorant of the facts that makes you stupid.
I didn't read the rest of your post, as you're ignorant and stupid.
No, they just paid him off.
I don't see how Clinton being for sale is any better than what Bush has done here.
In fact, loyalty to an underling (however misplaced and twisted) is, in my opinion, far less objectionable a reason to give a pardon than sheer greed and profit motive.
"Sorry cunt, but I have no time for idiots like you"
I didn't read any of your post, again.
Read that until you get it, or better yet, have someone smarter than you read it to you and explain it.
"You can make a statement like that and call my reasoning moronic?"
Yes. That's because it is.
"And calling his motives "ulterior" is even worse. That's a huge, baseless assumption and judgment based on what appears to be a strong dogmatic bias on your part."
NO, actually, it isn't, it's spot-fucking-on. He's not associated with any UFO related businesses is he. OH WAIT HE IS... Kind of makes that "ulterior motive" thing a little more credible doesn't it. How fucking stupid are you that you'd insist something was baseless when others have posted the information that proves otherwise?
"Thoughtless and forceful rejection of an idea is one of the hallmarks of having been brainwashed."
Great, I'm glad I thought about it thoroughly, decided it was ridiculous, and then rejected it, somewhat mildly. I'm glad you agree I'm not brainwashed.
I do have to say, however, that accepting a supposition based on a total lack of credible evidence, is the hallmark of a fucking moron. And since you accepted this supposition based on a total lack of credible evidence, well...
Stop telling people they're brainwashed, it makes you sound even more retarded, especially when you are too dumb to make a better case than "YOU ARE TEH BRAINWASHEEED!!! I AM TEH NOT, SOS I BE MO BETTAH!!!"
"Sorry cunt, but I have no time for idiots like you"
I didn't read any of your post, again.
Read that until you get it, or better yet, have someone smarter than you read it to you and explain it.
"Sorry cunt, but I have no time for idiots like you"
I didn't read any of your post, again.
Read that until you get it, or better yet, have someone smarter than you read it to you and explain it.
"The freest and most democratic country on Earth spends far too many of its resources on novel ways to protect rioters from themselves."
Funny how the perspective changes when you keep in mind what the real motives are, and discount the dystopian propaganda.
"With all of that programming in place, when a leak does happen, (like the one in this very article), people climb over each other to rationalize it and ignore it."
This point is moronic. This is not a "leak" it is an old man with an ulterior motive, nothing more.
Why do I say this? Because if he had this information, and really felt the need to share it, he would have done so sooner. Instead he waited until it was impossible for the consequences to matter.
That's all the proof I need.
And save that "you've been programmed" crap. It makes sense when you're sitting around your dorm room stoned, but in the light of reason, it's just vacuous. The only thing I've been programmed to do is seek REAL evidence, and this ain't it, not by a mile.