You are correct to say that this is about logic. HOWEVER, consider that the majority of the general public cares little (and sometimes rightly so) about the "logic" of the matter. The proponents of the bill figured "they'll want to stop piracy, WHO DOESN'T?". So, they use the general public's logic against them, and THAT is cause for an emotional involvement in the matter. Like I said in my previous post, emotions are fleeting and certainly logic should override emotions, so you're not always swaying back and forth, but to be honest, how many issues do you know that involve pure logic and no emotions. The sum total I believe is none. Having said all this, I agree that the logical argument is what people should stick to, but lawmakers as we know them today care little about what seems logical to us. They care only about what seems logical to them. As long as they reach their political goals, they could care less about ours. Therefore, emotions will inevitably come to fruition. I think I've been very logical in all of this:).
Most of us are heavily opposed to both these bills -- when a second offensive attack with other bills comes our way, your emotions may not respond the same way, you may not care as much the second time or the third time around. The point is this, take a stand and plant your steak in the ground. Harden yourself because we all don't contribute the time will come when we will not care anymore. Now that the lines have been CLEARLY drawn, view this as (THE ONLY) opportunity you have to make your stand, because that's exactly what this is. Discount your emotional reaction - emotions can die over time, beliefs don't. Don't blow with the wind, stay very strong my (truly) tech brothers.
We're so smart, it took us, oh... "millions" of years to figure this out. Hmmm, if you figure that the earth has been around for 6,000 years, that actually puts us in a better "light" -- we must be pretty stupid. I wonder how much longer it will take to figure out that it's impossible to throw a boat-load of random plane parts on a tarmark, come back 5 billion years later and find out "It's A Plane!!!!!!" Om my goodness!
Even video gamers realize you have to program a game before you can have fun playing it.:)
We definitely have out-used Google. I checked out this site called Way Back Machine, and I was stunned at how many websites we're "cached" from way back like in the 90's. Anyone who thinks there stuff is "safe" on the internet is nuts. Even this message I just posted!
Maybe this means we can all save big bucks and time on our next flight to India! No, wait... the problem is still our dumb mitakes on the ground, darn it, and I was so looking forward to that trip to France.
Could somebody explain how exactly the solar system has an innate 'shape'? A fish swimming in a round bowl would say "my universe is boxed," after all, it only sees 4 walls, a ceiling and the floor. It's impossible to judge what shape the universe is unless you are able to reach it. No mater how hard you try to guess, you'll always have that unknown variable that will haunt you. We just don't like that word "impossible" because it's foreign to American's.
Logically speaking, if this galaxy, and many others are round, or in a globe like form, it would make sense that our universe is round.
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You are correct to say that this is about logic. HOWEVER, consider that the majority of the general public cares little (and sometimes rightly so) about the "logic" of the matter. The proponents of the bill figured "they'll want to stop piracy, WHO DOESN'T?". So, they use the general public's logic against them, and THAT is cause for an emotional involvement in the matter. Like I said in my previous post, emotions are fleeting and certainly logic should override emotions, so you're not always swaying back and forth, but to be honest, how many issues do you know that involve pure logic and no emotions. The sum total I believe is none. Having said all this, I agree that the logical argument is what people should stick to, but lawmakers as we know them today care little about what seems logical to us. They care only about what seems logical to them. As long as they reach their political goals, they could care less about ours. Therefore, emotions will inevitably come to fruition. I think I've been very logical in all of this :).
No arguments on your post, well written.
Most of us are heavily opposed to both these bills -- when a second offensive attack with other bills comes our way, your emotions may not respond the same way, you may not care as much the second time or the third time around. The point is this, take a stand and plant your steak in the ground. Harden yourself because we all don't contribute the time will come when we will not care anymore. Now that the lines have been CLEARLY drawn, view this as (THE ONLY) opportunity you have to make your stand, because that's exactly what this is. Discount your emotional reaction - emotions can die over time, beliefs don't. Don't blow with the wind, stay very strong my (truly) tech brothers.
The time is short.
The time is now.
https://www.google.com/landing/takeaction/
I guess that depends on
whether you're using an
incandescent bulb, or
an LED, don't you think?
We're so smart, it took us, oh...
:)
"millions" of years to figure this
out. Hmmm, if you figure that
the earth has been around for
6,000 years, that actually puts
us in a better "light" -- we must
be pretty stupid. I wonder how
much longer it will take to figure
out that it's impossible to throw
a boat-load of random plane
parts on a tarmark, come back
5 billion years later and find out
"It's A Plane!!!!!!" Om my goodness!
Even video gamers realize you have
to program a game before you can
have fun playing it.
We definitely have out-used Google.
I checked out this site called Way Back
Machine, and I was stunned at how many
websites we're "cached" from way back
like in the 90's. Anyone who thinks
there stuff is "safe" on the internet
is nuts. Even this message I just
posted!
Let's be positive now. :)
Maybe this means we can all save big bucks and time on our
next flight to India! No, wait... the problem is still our dumb
mitakes on the ground, darn it, and I was so looking forward
to that trip to France.
To sum up the whole story, the
universe is incredibly fascinating.
It's hard to believe all of this stuff
could possibly be made of of chance.
A magnetic rope, wow.
Logically speaking, if this galaxy, and many others are round, or in a globe like form, it would make sense that our universe is round.