For one, the government is supposed to bear the burden of proof anyway. And second, any expense in either materials or labor could just be included in the fine that is issued later.
The so called "war" between science and religion always makes me chuckle when I remember the brilliant analytical minds that God supposedly blessed us with.
The 5th amendment applies to anyone who is subject to the jurisdiction of US courts.
Citizenship and residency upon US soil are factors in that but it is jurisdiction that ultimately determines if the 5th amendment applies in any given case.
To put bluntly, if they can use it against you in court, it applies.
What I'd like to know is how any religion that professes to believe in an all knowing and creative deity would deny the mastery apparent in the minds of its own creations.
I mean seriously, why would God create a brilliant analytical brain, only to shun its use?
And please, "winning the war" being used as an excuse to undermine one's civil rights is complete bullshit. Particularly in a war of aggression that we started in the first place.
It's entirely possible that providing a generous returns policy is a fertile enough investment in goodwill with one's customers that it may well outweigh losses from return fraud.
Kinda like how "rampant" piracy can act as effective advertising.
It's called exercising the right to refuse service at their sole and final discretion, and forcing you to agree to their policy before they let you purchase the damn thing to begin with.
You'll find quite often that the decisions of the higher ups tend to prevail in spite of their stupidity simply because they have the authority to eliminate anyone who would dare to contradict them.
Naysaying sailors who rock the boat tend to be tossed in the brig.
CEO: How dare you question my infinite wisdom! I am the boss and therefore I am right and you are wrong...and out of a job. Pack your stuff and get out of my building within the hour.
That's just a blatant arse covering cop-out that they and every other business uses to give themselves the right to screw you over or pull new rules out of their ass whenever they feel like it.
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Good for google
All the feds wanted was to use the wifi incident as an excuse to get the data in question for themselves.
Kudos to Google for dragging their feet.
All the feds ever wanted was to use the wifi "hack" as an excuse for a data grab without the inconvenience of a search warrant.
Sounds like the judge is an asshole who felt like flexing his muscles to punish you for arguing.
I thought only parents backhanding their kids for sassing did that sort of thing.
Which just proves that in many cases tickets are more of a revenue source than they are an enforcement mechanism.
Also the reason why they like to screw with yellow lights to make it harder to stop in time.
Not quite unfair.
For one, the government is supposed to bear the burden of proof anyway.
And second, any expense in either materials or labor could just be included in the fine that is issued later.
The so called "war" between science and religion always makes me chuckle when I remember the brilliant analytical minds that God supposedly blessed us with.
The 5th amendment applies to anyone who is subject to the jurisdiction of US courts.
Citizenship and residency upon US soil are factors in that but it is jurisdiction that ultimately determines if the 5th amendment applies in any given case.
To put bluntly, if they can use it against you in court, it applies.
What I'd like to know is how any religion that professes to believe in an all knowing and creative deity would deny the mastery apparent in the minds of its own creations.
I mean seriously, why would God create a brilliant analytical brain, only to shun its use?
Which is why they grant immunity.
And please, "winning the war" being used as an excuse to undermine one's civil rights is complete bullshit. Particularly in a war of aggression that we started in the first place.
My point still stands...if you are interrogated for information that, if revealed, would tend to incriminate you, the 5th amendment applies.
For me, torture is questionable simply on 5th amendment grounds, let alone humanitarian complications.
It should be grounds for not only losing the patent, but having the person who signed it convicted of perjury for lying to the feds.
Dishonesty is such an integral part of so many shenanigans that it ought to be punished more severely and frequently than it usually is.
Wouldn't that make Honeywell guilty of defrauding the patent office or committing perjury?
Well said company's lobbyists helped write it, so yes I think I will bitch about them.
Well, only congress can appropriate money out of the treasury, and the treasury pays the salary of government employees, even congress people.
If you can find a dictator that actually manages to stay benevolent for life, I'd take it over an elected pack of corrupt bureaucrats any day.
But since there's no such thing as a benevolent politician, I'll settle for a pack of infighting thugs that keep each other from making any progress.
Speaking of fat people I actually think it would make sense to have ticket prices based on weight of passengers AND their cargo combined.
Biggest reason it's not done is because one's weight is considered a socially taboo subject to confront.
There are quite a few good ideas that get drowned out in the booing of popular culture.
It's entirely possible that providing a generous returns policy is a fertile enough investment in goodwill with one's customers that it may well outweigh losses from return fraud.
Kinda like how "rampant" piracy can act as effective advertising.
It's called exercising the right to refuse service at their sole and final discretion, and forcing you to agree to their policy before they let you purchase the damn thing to begin with.
You'll find quite often that the decisions of the higher ups tend to prevail in spite of their stupidity simply because they have the authority to eliminate anyone who would dare to contradict them.
Naysaying sailors who rock the boat tend to be tossed in the brig.
Sounds better than this:
CEO: How dare you question my infinite wisdom! I am the boss and therefore I am right and you are wrong...and out of a job. Pack your stuff and get out of my building within the hour.
Better still would have been summoning the cops and having them slap the cuffs on him for fraud and have his ass hauled behind bars.
GP is right, and dishonesty is dishonesty whether done by a big corporation or a small asshole looking to screw the system over.
Both people and businesses that get cheated need to be more aggressive about it.
About the cheating, which excludes by definition making things crappy for innocent bystanders.
That's just a blatant arse covering cop-out that they and every other business uses to give themselves the right to screw you over or pull new rules out of their ass whenever they feel like it.
The government DOES treat both of you the same.
Both of you get as much government influence as you can buy.
Maybe it's a lot like piracy and you can't hurt the bad guys without hurting the good guys even more.