I keep thinking about the late Doug Adams for some reason today...In one of his books there is a planet where ANYTHING can be grown...there was some reference to plants that grew furniture and they had a special on matresses.
Unless of course you have read Doug Adams - "So long and thanks for all the fish." The fourth book in the Hitchhikers Guide Trilogy. (Is that right?)
The exact opposite happens when a 6 month old moldy sandwich eaten by Author Dent actually saves the planet: Unknowingly. This sort of thing happens all the time throughout the book.
We certainly have more than two options. This is not an on or off situation. I am grateful for the freedom I have in this society to choose what I eat, but that choice is being taken away from me. The buzz word at the special grocers these days is "organic"
It seems all too ironic that we'll end up paying more to get food that somebody didn't go mucking around with in a laboratory AND that a chain of custody on food will need to be established similar to a drug test container headed to a laboratory, just to ensure you're not getting frakenfood.
There are other technologies at our disposal to increase food output and we are far from the point of having to tweak things at the genetic level: IMHO that should be an option of last resort: Like if we enter an ice age...which the sun is now showing signs of, being presently flagged as "too quiet" Perhaps all this global warming and extra CO2 is like the world putting on a jacket, getting ready for a long winter...I digress..
Consider that mankind really hasn't been around that long: Especially in comparison to plant-life.
Consider that mankind is 100% dependent on plant-life to survive.
Altering the genetic structure of our food may seem like a great idea in the short term for many positive reasons, including the elimination of famine.
The problem is we simply do not have the foresight to know what will happen thousands of generations after the epoch of our genetic manipulations: Not only to the plants, but to those who consume them.
Genetic diversity is good, it is necessary for survival. What happens to that diversity when a super-plant is created that dominates all the species around it? Including those that consume it? Will the only thing we can eat a thousand years from now be corn?
Most of the miracles of medicine have been gifts from nature and much of what has been discovered was right in front of us the whole time. Gee that's weird...I ate that piece of moldy bread because I was starving and now I feel better! I thought that mold was going to make me sick.
What if I wasn't starving? What if I had an abundance of bread, because that bread was genetically engineered to resist blight. Since there is no blight, I'm not hungry enough to eat moldy bread, but there isn't even any mold on the bread because mold can't grow on the genectically resistant grain it was made from.
So the whole population becomes fat and happy until a super-bug comes along and knocks out 99% and I die because I didn't eat my moldy bread.
I for one would at least like to have a choice, but presently there are no incentives or laws (that I know of) motivating companies to inform you, that they have completely screwed you over, by screwing up the genetic code of what you are eating, just so they can add a few percentage points to their profits, so that the stock price will go up, so that Daddy CEO can retire next year; and that they really don't know what will happen ten years from now, but your generation seems like the perfect guinna pig.
I've worked the front lines of customer service and the repetition can become maddening, which is usually why you get a droll response, because you are the nth person to have said problem or service need.
I suspect this was the most exciting/entertaining thing to happen at the office in a long while. I'd bet there was laughter and this probably egged her on...
Speculating futher the scene was probably made more hilarious, given her age: The speed of the impromtu demolition was probably in slow motion and labored. I'd bet at times it may have looked like the equipment was locked in battle with her and that she was on the losing end of the fight! (laugh)
Sure they had to call the police, but I'd bet there was a sigh of disappointment (back to work) when they arrived and subdued her...which makes me wonder...where was the Taser Secret Service? They should have been all over this.
Well...Just chalk this up as another excuse for law enforcement to use, when they come barreling into your house at 4:14 in the morning, throwing you to the ground, putting handcuffs on you while pointing a loaded gun at your head (No psychological trauma there...nah...not at all.) Perhaps they did this because the 911 computer "dispatched" them, or perhaps another agenda is at hand? Since when do we start blindly following orders from a computer screen to the point of terrorizing and arresting citizens? (If you've got handcuffs on you're arrested) If this story is true, then we've got some dark days ahead...days when the police(state) can ignore even our most basic rights and not be held accountable: Instead saying..."Uh...Duh...the computer made me do it...Damn those hackers!" Scapegoat anyone? I hear they make tasty barbeque.
I wonder if they have considered a cardiac "net" Attempting to expand upon the idea...a net could be used instead of a band and could be composed of synthetic proteins designed to match general human dna as closely as possible to prevent rejection. The net could be tightened of loosened without the need for additional invasive surgery. But hey...all this could be moot if stem cell research would simply allow them to grow me another heart using my own DNA...but perhaps a replacement brain is what I need, complete with a heat sync...oh wait! Why stop there! I've already got two hemispheres, why not two brains! Dual processor?!?! Quad?!?!? Cough...ahem...seriously though...a net sounds like a better idea because there would be uniformity in the pressure distribution and less likelyhood of bulges (although I'm sure there's a better medical term for that) Now this is making me go deep on thought here...this might be nuts, but who knows...what if instead of a net, a sack was used and then filled with nonNeutonian fluid thus rendering resistance only when the heart expands too violently?? The fluid solution could be adjusted to be weaker or stronger, providing more or less counter pressure. I don't think this would be hard to do, all you would need it a dual chambered sack and then when you filled the outer chamber it would take on the shape of the heart...I'm sure there are all kinds of reasons why none of this is feasible, but at least Slashdot gives us a forum to think.
You make these assinine statements that clearly have no basis in fact and are clearly just the ramblings of a clueless person. That's ok...I'll be glad to meet you when you ask me, "Would you like fries with that?"
Foreign students immediately quality for in-state tuition rates while U.S. Citizens must either live in that state (somtimes up to 5 years) or pay almost twice what foreign students pay. I know it sounds crazy, but that is how the system presently is: So yeah...it's crazy.
Additionlly: Students now realize that there are people living in India with Masters degrees that will work for the same wage as a Wal-Mart Cashier. When choosing a career path, logic tells them that they will not be able to compete in an the unfair, unbalance arena of Global outsourcing, because the U.S. Govt taxes U.S. businesses higher than any other nation in the world. Presently it practically makes no sense to run a large business in the United States, but somehow our economy is still standing: Well...more like has fallen to one knee as it is puking it's guts out.
Choosing a field that cannot be outsourced IS the smartest thing to do, but I'm sure they'll think of a way to start outsourcing hospitals and doctors...research is already cheaper and as I'm sure you're aware alot of it is done abroad, not only because of the reduced cost, but because other Government's are smart not to restrict things such as stem-cell research and when they do, it is usually because of pressure from that big crazy guy in that red, white and blue stripped suit with the tall hat. Thus research that a corporation would normally fund at a University, might just end up being done in a Malaysian basement.
What exacerbates this is a very large percentage (>70% ??) of the foreign students will return home rather than remaining in the United States and becoming citizens, thus further weakening the intellectual strength of our economy.
Interestingly enough certain research, such as "Defense," that cannot leave the United States, is highly funded and limited to U.S. citizens with a flawless criminal record. Don't expect to do research on the weekends at Area 51 if you were busted for smoking a joint in your Firebird, driving down Sterling Boulevard. What you then find is that AFTER the research has been declassified, that the technology trickles down to the citizens and in this manner the Government can control which companies get what first, handing out patents to the Good ole boys. Just take a look at CACI, Haliburtun, Raytheon...the list goes on and on.
The big picture is Globalization and a secret society seeking a new world order, with one world Government where the freedoms we have today will be unthinkable tomorrow (because of security concerns of course) and freedom of speech won't even be thought of because there won't even be freedom of thought AND if you think such a thing as "Thought crime" is out there??? It already exists! I have witnessed the media brand people as a criminals, simply for what they think and not at all based on their actions. These thought criminals are then sought out by the police for harassment, such as constant surveillance, being pulled over every time you go out, being arrested as a "suspect" every other week. This things are happening with great frequency, but we don't here about them on TV, but occasionally site like Slashdot will bring us the truth, but I suspect the whole Internet will come crashing down soon, much like the World-Trade center, because it threatens the powers that be. Of course the news will report something like, "Radical VWX hackers broke into key TU control facilities and disabled all master VWX routers with the YZ virus." Experts claim it will take months to rebuild the internet." During which time we all all be blind AND the Internet as we know it will be no longer as its doppleganger will be under the complete control of the Globalists' secret society bent on one world order and World Domination with it.
So that is why there are only 7% of the students in your class room are americans.
Foreign students immediately quality for in-state tuition rates while U.S. Citizens must either live in that state (sometimes up to 5 years) or pay almost twice what foreign students pay. I know it sounds crazy, but that is
Provided it's not chronic, or related to chronic hang-overs or even excessive smoking of the "Chronic" Sleeping on the job should not be discouraged! Passing out on the other hand is something entirely different...
IT work is serious brain work...writing code has driven people nuts! I once heard a story about a guy in the late eighties who complained all his dreams were in HEX.
The point is simple. If I'm the boss, you can sleep all day! Just as long as you're being productive: Just as long as our financial relationship of me paying you continues to be a win-win.
Since I'm the boss...hold all my calls I'm going to take a nap now.
I suspect he was asked to leave at the discretion of the police officers. I doubt they were commanded. I believe they acted on their own accord, asking him to leave and had no authority to do so. Given it was private property and the student was not asked to leave by a proprietor, he was under no obligation to take orders from the police, unless a staff member of the University asked him to leave, first and or instructed the police to escort him out. I think we'll find that wasn't the case and that the police acted on their own accord, outside of the scope of their job. We'll see what happens when all the electrical smoke clears.
Well, let's see...There's a Senator in the news who was bullied/tricked into pleading guilty to lewd conduct charges because he was told it, "would go away." How educated is he?
So my guess is, a nervous student, worried about his record, is probably going to go with the flow and that usually amounts to a plea of guilty.
Your argument is pointless and has no foundation. Every example you mention is not a OPEN venue, as this was, for expressing political opinion via Q&A. It seems to me you are arguing simply to argue. Your comment doesn't even justify a response, but you got one, so be happy with it and stop by your local army recruiter's office: They'd love to have you on staff: Given your ability to reason on such a logical level.
We are a nation of laws, written by special interest groups and corporations. The laws written are usually designed to do one thing: Take away the rights of the people.
When I ask, "Where do you draw the line?" What I am asking is...
At what point of your freedoms being trampled, or in this case zapped, do you put up a fight?
You infer that I don't know what I'm talking about in your opening statement. Perhaps I don't know the law as I should, but that is because the law has become such a complete perversion of what is was meant to be: FOR THE PEOPLE. Am I condoning anarcy? NO! Am I suggesting super-radical solutions YES!
Here's an idea...Let's erase every law from the books and refer to it as Old-Law and start over with New-Law and judges that know how to turn on a computer: This time actually abiding by the U.S. Constitution, when we create those laws. You should know that any law written that countermans the Constitution, is NOT a law. The only reason I must obey illegal laws (how's that for double think) is because of the tazers and death-rays, poised at my back.
This student, almost a child, should not bear the burden of being all knowing: That is why he's in school! Teaching students their political boundaries with tasers is absurd! I'm sure this could have been handled WORSE, but not by much.
Using MOB tactics to control students, in a supposed "Higher Education" setting...BRILLIANT!
Ok...so where do YOU draw the line? What good is "Free Speech" if an officers is alway there to DIRECT YOU to shut-up? Ok...So you comply...you get a "Ticket," you go to court, but you probably don't know that you have the right to a jury trial, because you can't afford and attorney and you're found guilty for some type of trumped up misdemeanor and all for what? Because you spoke your mind in a public forum? Predicating your questions? Again I ask YOU.
Where do YOU draw the line? At what point do YOU decide to fight back? Or perhaps you fall into one of the aforementioned categories. Seriously...answer the question...WHERE DO YOU DRAW THE LINE!?!?
If I didn't know better I'd say you're a part of somebody's propiganda machine.
This was a POLITICAL rally! Was it not? The microphone shouldn't have needed to be "wrestled" away from him. There is this thing called an off switch? Ever heard of it?
Cooler heads could have prevailed, but clearly only the brainless were present.
What should have happened:
There should have been a moderator or director. The moderator should be able to kill anyone's mic based soley on the rules of the Q&A. Microphone goes dead, nobody can hear student. (of course he'll still be yelling, but that is HIS RIGHT in this country) Kerry could have then responded to the issues presented and the moderator could simply turn up his microphone to drown out the yelling protestor.
When Kerry was done answering the question, go on to the next question...IF by some reason there was NOT another microphone, then simply invite the new questioner up on stage to use Kerry's mic...hindsight 20/20, but our leaders are supposed to have foresight!
IMHO everyone there was brainless...I don't think you'd run into this sort of thing at a Libertarian rally...at least they think for themselves.
Kerry could have easily gestured with a hand, or made a statement something like: "That's ok, let the young man speak his mind," before this reached the level it did. There are so many things Kerry could have done to be pro-active. Kerry now strikes me as the type of person that would just sit back and smile while a Nazi storm trooper shoves his boot up your $#@.
A TRUE LEADER would have not have let this happen and would have led those around him to prevent it.
Kerry was the leader speaking...His actions of continuing to speak and stating, "That's ok," show what he is all about...It seems Kerry is actually a spineless jellyfish, following the
tide.
Indeed...the country has gone insane and the sane ones will be branded insane by the insane as they are given "shock therapy" until their thoughts become too jumbled to think.
I am outraged by what I saw here! I want to do something! But then I think, what can I do? There isn't a peaceful solution because peaceful solutions are dealt with clearly; with violence.
From what I understand, we have always lived in this police state, because matters like this couldn't not reach the open air so quickly and if they did, would be dis-believed.
If tazers are "non-lethal force" then perhaps a tazer rally should be held at the University. Ooops wait a sec...If you had 1000 students marching with tazers, then they would be dealt with; with bullets.
There are diseases in which the immune system begins to attack the body: That is what's happening here.
The police involved need to be criminally prosecuted. The man was begging not to be tortured and they still zapped him: repetively. That is not only criminal, it is sick minded.
Violence is NOT the answer, but I can't help but to dream about shoving an electric probe up the %#! of those cops with the switch super glued to "on"
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I keep thinking about the late Doug Adams for some reason today...In one of his books there is a planet where ANYTHING can be grown...there was some reference to plants that grew furniture and they had a special on matresses.
Unless of course you have read Doug Adams - "So long and thanks for all the fish." The fourth book in the Hitchhikers Guide Trilogy. (Is that right?) The exact opposite happens when a 6 month old moldy sandwich eaten by Author Dent actually saves the planet: Unknowingly. This sort of thing happens all the time throughout the book.
Absolutely hilarious! What a brilliant mind you have!
We certainly have more than two options. This is not an on or off situation. I am grateful for the freedom I have in this society to choose what I eat, but that choice is being taken away from me. The buzz word at the special grocers these days is "organic" It seems all too ironic that we'll end up paying more to get food that somebody didn't go mucking around with in a laboratory AND that a chain of custody on food will need to be established similar to a drug test container headed to a laboratory, just to ensure you're not getting frakenfood. There are other technologies at our disposal to increase food output and we are far from the point of having to tweak things at the genetic level: IMHO that should be an option of last resort: Like if we enter an ice age...which the sun is now showing signs of, being presently flagged as "too quiet" Perhaps all this global warming and extra CO2 is like the world putting on a jacket, getting ready for a long winter...I digress..
Consider that mankind really hasn't been around that long: Especially in comparison to plant-life.
Consider that mankind is 100% dependent on plant-life to survive.
Altering the genetic structure of our food may seem like a great idea in the short term for many positive reasons, including the elimination of famine.
The problem is we simply do not have the foresight to know what will happen thousands of generations after the epoch of our genetic manipulations: Not only to the plants, but to those who consume them.
Genetic diversity is good, it is necessary for survival. What happens to that diversity when a super-plant is created that dominates all the species around it? Including those that consume it? Will the only thing we can eat a thousand years from now be corn?
Most of the miracles of medicine have been gifts from nature and much of what has been discovered was right in front of us the whole time. Gee that's weird...I ate that piece of moldy bread because I was starving and now I feel better! I thought that mold was going to make me sick.
What if I wasn't starving? What if I had an abundance of bread, because that bread was genetically engineered to resist blight. Since there is no blight, I'm not hungry enough to eat moldy bread, but there isn't even any mold on the bread because mold can't grow on the genectically resistant grain it was made from.
So the whole population becomes fat and happy until a super-bug comes along and knocks out 99% and I die because I didn't eat my moldy bread.I for one would at least like to have a choice, but presently there are no incentives or laws (that I know of) motivating companies to inform you, that they have completely screwed you over, by screwing up the genetic code of what you are eating, just so they can add a few percentage points to their profits, so that the stock price will go up, so that Daddy CEO can retire next year; and that they really don't know what will happen ten years from now, but your generation seems like the perfect guinna pig.
I've worked the front lines of customer service and the repetition can become maddening, which is usually why you get a droll response, because you are the nth person to have said problem or service need.
I suspect this was the most exciting/entertaining thing to happen at the office in a long while. I'd bet there was laughter and this probably egged her on...
Speculating futher the scene was probably made more hilarious, given her age: The speed of the impromtu demolition was probably in slow motion and labored. I'd bet at times it may have looked like the equipment was locked in battle with her and that she was on the losing end of the fight! (laugh)
Sure they had to call the police, but I'd bet there was a sigh of disappointment (back to work) when they arrived and subdued her...which makes me wonder...where was the Taser Secret Service? They should have been all over this.
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Well...Just chalk this up as another excuse for law enforcement to use, when they come barreling into your house at 4:14 in the morning, throwing you to the ground, putting handcuffs on you while pointing a loaded gun at your head (No psychological trauma there...nah...not at all.) Perhaps they did this because the 911 computer "dispatched" them, or perhaps another agenda is at hand? Since when do we start blindly following orders from a computer screen to the point of terrorizing and arresting citizens? (If you've got handcuffs on you're arrested) If this story is true, then we've got some dark days ahead...days when the police(state) can ignore even our most basic rights and not be held accountable: Instead saying..."Uh...Duh...the computer made me do it...Damn those hackers!" Scapegoat anyone? I hear they make tasty barbeque.
I wonder if they have considered a cardiac "net"
Attempting to expand upon the idea...a net could be used instead of a band and could be composed of synthetic proteins designed to match general human dna as closely as possible to prevent rejection. The net could be tightened of loosened without the need for additional invasive surgery. But hey...all this could be moot if stem cell research would simply allow them to grow me another heart using my own DNA...but perhaps a replacement brain is what I need, complete with a heat sync...oh wait! Why stop there! I've already got two hemispheres, why not two brains! Dual processor?!?! Quad?!?!? Cough...ahem...seriously though...a net sounds like a better idea because there would be uniformity in the pressure distribution and less likelyhood of bulges (although I'm sure there's a better medical term for that) Now this is making me go deep on thought here...this might be nuts, but who knows...what if instead of a net, a sack was used and then filled with nonNeutonian fluid thus rendering resistance only when the heart expands too violently?? The fluid solution could be adjusted to be weaker or stronger, providing more or less counter pressure. I don't think this would be hard to do, all you would need it a dual chambered sack and then when you filled the outer chamber it would take on the shape of the heart...I'm sure there are all kinds of reasons why none of this is feasible, but at least Slashdot gives us a forum to think.
What is New Jersey's policy of enforcing the lane control laws?
You make these assinine statements that clearly have no basis in fact and are clearly just the ramblings of a clueless person. That's ok...I'll be glad to meet you when you ask me, "Would you like fries with that?"
At least support your statement by alluding to what you feel is mentally unsuitable.
Foreign students immediately quality for in-state tuition rates while U.S. Citizens must either live in that state (somtimes up to 5 years) or pay almost twice what foreign students pay. I know it sounds crazy, but that is how the system presently is: So yeah...it's crazy. Additionlly: Students now realize that there are people living in India with Masters degrees that will work for the same wage as a Wal-Mart Cashier. When choosing a career path, logic tells them that they will not be able to compete in an the unfair, unbalance arena of Global outsourcing, because the U.S. Govt taxes U.S. businesses higher than any other nation in the world. Presently it practically makes no sense to run a large business in the United States, but somehow our economy is still standing: Well...more like has fallen to one knee as it is puking it's guts out. Choosing a field that cannot be outsourced IS the smartest thing to do, but I'm sure they'll think of a way to start outsourcing hospitals and doctors...research is already cheaper and as I'm sure you're aware alot of it is done abroad, not only because of the reduced cost, but because other Government's are smart not to restrict things such as stem-cell research and when they do, it is usually because of pressure from that big crazy guy in that red, white and blue stripped suit with the tall hat. Thus research that a corporation would normally fund at a University, might just end up being done in a Malaysian basement. What exacerbates this is a very large percentage (>70% ??) of the foreign students will return home rather than remaining in the United States and becoming citizens, thus further weakening the intellectual strength of our economy. Interestingly enough certain research, such as "Defense," that cannot leave the United States, is highly funded and limited to U.S. citizens with a flawless criminal record. Don't expect to do research on the weekends at Area 51 if you were busted for smoking a joint in your Firebird, driving down Sterling Boulevard. What you then find is that AFTER the research has been declassified, that the technology trickles down to the citizens and in this manner the Government can control which companies get what first, handing out patents to the Good ole boys. Just take a look at CACI, Haliburtun, Raytheon...the list goes on and on. The big picture is Globalization and a secret society seeking a new world order, with one world Government where the freedoms we have today will be unthinkable tomorrow (because of security concerns of course) and freedom of speech won't even be thought of because there won't even be freedom of thought AND if you think such a thing as "Thought crime" is out there??? It already exists! I have witnessed the media brand people as a criminals, simply for what they think and not at all based on their actions. These thought criminals are then sought out by the police for harassment, such as constant surveillance, being pulled over every time you go out, being arrested as a "suspect" every other week. This things are happening with great frequency, but we don't here about them on TV, but occasionally site like Slashdot will bring us the truth, but I suspect the whole Internet will come crashing down soon, much like the World-Trade center, because it threatens the powers that be. Of course the news will report something like, "Radical VWX hackers broke into key TU control facilities and disabled all master VWX routers with the YZ virus." Experts claim it will take months to rebuild the internet." During which time we all all be blind AND the Internet as we know it will be no longer as its doppleganger will be under the complete control of the Globalists' secret society bent on one world order and World Domination with it. So that is why there are only 7% of the students in your class room are americans. Foreign students immediately quality for in-state tuition rates while U.S. Citizens must either live in that state (sometimes up to 5 years) or pay almost twice what foreign students pay. I know it sounds crazy, but that is
What a complete waste of time and energy this story is...I'm not here for a history lesson or math 101...Geeze!
HA HA HA HA HA Too FUNNY!
So now I'm curious...did he report dreaming in code?
Ummm...ok...so what good are solar panels if your Government has been taken over by a radical regime that believes solar panels are evil?
Provided it's not chronic, or related to chronic hang-overs or even excessive smoking of the "Chronic" Sleeping on the job should not be discouraged! Passing out on the other hand is something entirely different... IT work is serious brain work...writing code has driven people nuts! I once heard a story about a guy in the late eighties who complained all his dreams were in HEX. The point is simple. If I'm the boss, you can sleep all day! Just as long as you're being productive: Just as long as our financial relationship of me paying you continues to be a win-win. Since I'm the boss...hold all my calls I'm going to take a nap now.
I suspect he was asked to leave at the discretion of the police officers. I doubt they were commanded. I believe they acted on their own accord, asking him to leave and had no authority to do so. Given it was private property and the student was not asked to leave by a proprietor, he was under no obligation to take orders from the police, unless a staff member of the University asked him to leave, first and or instructed the police to escort him out. I think we'll find that wasn't the case and that the police acted on their own accord, outside of the scope of their job. We'll see what happens when all the electrical smoke clears.
Well, let's see...There's a Senator in the news who was bullied/tricked into pleading guilty to lewd conduct charges because he was told it, "would go away." How educated is he? So my guess is, a nervous student, worried about his record, is probably going to go with the flow and that usually amounts to a plea of guilty.
Your argument is pointless and has no foundation. Every example you mention is not a OPEN venue, as this was, for expressing political opinion via Q&A. It seems to me you are arguing simply to argue. Your comment doesn't even justify a response, but you got one, so be happy with it and stop by your local army recruiter's office: They'd love to have you on staff: Given your ability to reason on such a logical level.
We are a nation of laws, written by special interest groups and corporations. The laws written are usually designed to do one thing: Take away the rights of the people. When I ask, "Where do you draw the line?" What I am asking is... At what point of your freedoms being trampled, or in this case zapped, do you put up a fight? You infer that I don't know what I'm talking about in your opening statement. Perhaps I don't know the law as I should, but that is because the law has become such a complete perversion of what is was meant to be: FOR THE PEOPLE. Am I condoning anarcy? NO! Am I suggesting super-radical solutions YES! Here's an idea...Let's erase every law from the books and refer to it as Old-Law and start over with New-Law and judges that know how to turn on a computer: This time actually abiding by the U.S. Constitution, when we create those laws. You should know that any law written that countermans the Constitution, is NOT a law. The only reason I must obey illegal laws (how's that for double think) is because of the tazers and death-rays, poised at my back. This student, almost a child, should not bear the burden of being all knowing: That is why he's in school! Teaching students their political boundaries with tasers is absurd! I'm sure this could have been handled WORSE, but not by much. Using MOB tactics to control students, in a supposed "Higher Education" setting...BRILLIANT!
Ok...so where do YOU draw the line? What good is "Free Speech" if an officers is alway there to DIRECT YOU to shut-up? Ok...So you comply...you get a "Ticket," you go to court, but you probably don't know that you have the right to a jury trial, because you can't afford and attorney and you're found guilty for some type of trumped up misdemeanor and all for what? Because you spoke your mind in a public forum? Predicating your questions? Again I ask YOU. Where do YOU draw the line? At what point do YOU decide to fight back? Or perhaps you fall into one of the aforementioned categories. Seriously...answer the question...WHERE DO YOU DRAW THE LINE!?!?
If I didn't know better I'd say you're a part of somebody's propiganda machine. This was a POLITICAL rally! Was it not? The microphone shouldn't have needed to be "wrestled" away from him. There is this thing called an off switch? Ever heard of it? Cooler heads could have prevailed, but clearly only the brainless were present. What should have happened: There should have been a moderator or director. The moderator should be able to kill anyone's mic based soley on the rules of the Q&A. Microphone goes dead, nobody can hear student. (of course he'll still be yelling, but that is HIS RIGHT in this country) Kerry could have then responded to the issues presented and the moderator could simply turn up his microphone to drown out the yelling protestor. When Kerry was done answering the question, go on to the next question...IF by some reason there was NOT another microphone, then simply invite the new questioner up on stage to use Kerry's mic...hindsight 20/20, but our leaders are supposed to have foresight! IMHO everyone there was brainless...I don't think you'd run into this sort of thing at a Libertarian rally...at least they think for themselves.
Kerry could have easily gestured with a hand, or made a statement something like: "That's ok, let the young man speak his mind," before this reached the level it did. There are so many things Kerry could have done to be pro-active. Kerry now strikes me as the type of person that would just sit back and smile while a Nazi storm trooper shoves his boot up your $#@. A TRUE LEADER would have not have let this happen and would have led those around him to prevent it. Kerry was the leader speaking...His actions of continuing to speak and stating, "That's ok," show what he is all about...It seems Kerry is actually a spineless jellyfish, following the tide.
Indeed...the country has gone insane and the sane ones will be branded insane by the insane as they are given "shock therapy" until their thoughts become too jumbled to think. I am outraged by what I saw here! I want to do something! But then I think, what can I do? There isn't a peaceful solution because peaceful solutions are dealt with clearly; with violence. From what I understand, we have always lived in this police state, because matters like this couldn't not reach the open air so quickly and if they did, would be dis-believed. If tazers are "non-lethal force" then perhaps a tazer rally should be held at the University. Ooops wait a sec...If you had 1000 students marching with tazers, then they would be dealt with; with bullets. There are diseases in which the immune system begins to attack the body: That is what's happening here. The police involved need to be criminally prosecuted. The man was begging not to be tortured and they still zapped him: repetively. That is not only criminal, it is sick minded. Violence is NOT the answer, but I can't help but to dream about shoving an electric probe up the %#! of those cops with the switch super glued to "on"