That's why I fear the Republican agenda, with all of their NRA support. More kids have been killed over the years by REAL guns (12 kids a day in fact), then the several you mentioned for brandishing real looking toy guns...
That figure on the number of kids killed with not by guns is questionable at best and an outright lie at worst.
Half of these "kids" are 18 and 19. For children 0-17 years of age, 6 per day are killed with guns. Granted, 1 child killed is too many, but let's not use lies to make the point huh?
Lastly, I'm talking about in the US, I have no access to worldwide figures.
I do not always support the NRA, in fact they are far too willing to compromise for my liking.
When I was a kid I used to have toy guns that looked for all the world like Uzis, Colt 1911s, Beretta 92FSs, HK MP5s, you name what else too. Now they are all made using silly colored plastic, it's sad that things have changed so much that it's necessary to do that because it's now possible that a cop could encounter a kid with a REAL Beretta. Several kids have been killed over the years for brandishing real looking toy guns.
Simply target these groups or remove them from society.
I realy hope that you're joking. Virtually ALL rapists are male. Do you wish to remove most of them from society and place the rest under constant police monitor to prevent them from raping anyone?
On a strictly moral or ethical standpoint I can understand the prohibition on kiddie porn. In cases of actual pictures, some child must be abused to create the images. In the case of cgi, it will be pedophiles who are seeking it out and it may embolden them to to take the step of making their fantasy reality.
On the other hand we have free speech issues. If we can decide that one type of image is illegal, how long until someone tries to draw a link between all types of images and sexual violence?
I can only resolve these two by thinking that each incident should be considered on a case by case basis.
If you don't plan to have children, why should you care about abortion?
If your parents are already dead, why should you care about forced euthanasia?
And if you don't go outside, you don't get shot.
Then, you die from a heart attack when you're 36.
If you have enough money, why should you care about budget issues?
How much is enough? What if a downturn in the economy causes your investments in the stock market to plummet? How about if interest rates change so you're not pulling in as much as you expected this year? The budget is important for everyone.
I personally don't care about my health as long as I have my freedom.
If your health is poor enough, you won't live long enough to enjoy your freedom.
They are fashion, even if you ascribe great philosphical significance to them, they are still fashion, swinging back and forth according to the norms of current society.
I'm not going to get into either abortion or gun control, because those issues are so charged that we'll get away from my real point. However, the budget and spending policy is a great point to illustrate because without a SOUND fiscal policy in place our economy will go into the shitter. Who cares about abandonware if you've got to figure out how you're going to feed your family and keep your house? Just because you don't care, doesn't make those other issues unimportant. For example, I know that environmental concerns are very important, but they rank far from the top of the issues that I vote on.
Technology, however, doesn't go backwards,
How many millions of people stopped using the internet last year? I'm not going to pull some figure out of thin air, but those people do exist.
The Internet is going to define the culture of this new century
Not in any manner that is radically different from TV, Radio and Telephone. Sure it's easier to create your own internet content than it is to run an amateur TV station, but it's just another medium of communication. Don't make it out to be some digital messiah because that it isn't. It's a tool nothing more, nothing less.
While all of these issues are important, I feel sorry for the poor bastard who is so disconnected from the real world that s/he will actually choose who to vote for because of someone's stance of IP and the internet.
Abortion, murder or a woman's right to choose?
Gun Control, an issue of freedom or an issue of safety?
The budget, tax cut or more medicare spending?
I don't give a fuck as long as I get my napster!!!!
Not at all, you've just taken the time to listen and understand it. Most of the other people involved in that discussion made assumptions about me and what I believe.
You're dying to be me. You even want my name. I'm sure that you'd love to have a big penis like me too. Your continued impersonation of me and the fact that you are compelled to read and respond to all of my messages are proof of that.
You just wish you could be me don't you? You even took a name similar to mine. Would it make you happy if I let your girlfriend suck me off and tell you what it was like? That's as close as you'll ever get to being me.
The most powerful tool you can have when Feds show up at your door (in addition to innocence) is a knowledge of the applicable laws.
When I had two BATF agents show up at my door because they were investigating some false report that they'd gotten about me. I was quick to proclaim my innocence and quote laws to them. Their entire demeanor changed immediately when I quoted the first law to them. When I said "According to the Gun Control Act of 1968....." you should have seen the looks on their faces.
I have very little knowledge of "cybercrime" laws on the books, so I'd be out in the cold if I was accused of violating one of them. However, if you're a computer security professional, and you visit sites related of that nature, it might be in your best interest to familiarize yourself with those laws.
If that happens, then the Linux users who do but into the IPO won't be able to benefit from the Windoze using suits who are trying to get in on the action driving up the price.
So it's ok as long as it is not in one of the prohibited states? Just wanted to make sure...
I have no problem with the way that anyone chooses to have sex. If the way that you like/want to have sex is prohibited in your state you have a few choices, live with it, lobby your state government to repeal the law, or move. You can not reasonably expect the law to change because you whine and complain about it.
I read some of the vile posts to your other posts, it is disgusting what that AC is saying, don't let it get to you, he sounds like an uneducated idiot.
I never let anything that an AC get me bent out of shape. I'm only hoping that he has the guts to say half of it to my face.
Say here's the situation, let's say you're in a relationship with a girl and you've been sexual for a while, she asks to try anal sex, what do you tell her?
It all depends on if I'm in the mood. However, in my state there are no legal prohibitions against it.
I never said that. I said that a right to sodomy doesn't exist.
Why can you not tell me why people should not practive sodomy in their own private lives?
I haven't said that sodomy should be prohibited. And what's with this "Private lives" bullshit? You libs love that phrase, don't you?
I want to know an actual reason why people shouldn't practice sodomy.
I don't have any such reason. However if the people of a state choose to enact a law that prohibits it, they're within their rights.
Sometimes it makes me wonder, my relatives fought to give you equal rights in the 50s and 60s and then you pull this shit.
What, do you think that I owe you something for events that transpired before my birth? According to your liberal logic, since I wasn't a person then, none of that matters.
It's deeply offensive to compare deviant sexuality to skin tone. I can't choose to stop being black. Women can't choose to stop being women. (Ethnic) Jews can't choose to stop being Jewish. You can choose to stop being a sodomite.
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Agree with you about what?
About an unsubstantiated rumor?
If someone can prove the validity of that claim, then maybe I'll have an opinion on it.
LK
That's why I fear the Republican agenda, with all of their NRA support. More kids have been killed over the years by REAL guns (12 kids a day in fact), then the several you mentioned for brandishing real looking toy guns...
That figure on the number of kids killed with not by guns is questionable at best and an outright lie at worst.
Half of these "kids" are 18 and 19. For children 0-17 years of age, 6 per day are killed with guns. Granted, 1 child killed is too many, but let's not use lies to make the point huh?
Lastly, I'm talking about in the US, I have no access to worldwide figures.
I do not always support the NRA, in fact they are far too willing to compromise for my liking.
LK
When I was a kid I used to have toy guns that looked for all the world like Uzis, Colt 1911s, Beretta 92FSs, HK MP5s, you name what else too. Now they are all made using silly colored plastic, it's sad that things have changed so much that it's necessary to do that because it's now possible that a cop could encounter a kid with a REAL Beretta. Several kids have been killed over the years for brandishing real looking toy guns.
LK
Simply target these groups or remove them from society.
I realy hope that you're joking. Virtually ALL rapists are male. Do you wish to remove most of them from society and place the rest under constant police monitor to prevent them from raping anyone?
LK
Think about christians and abortion ... those dudes think they know whats right for every human on earth ...
Taking the conversation here would only lead this discussion downhill. I'm a pagan and I happen to agree with the XTians on child murder.
That's what laws do. Laws allow for a society to dictate what is acceptable behavior for all of its members.
LK
Roscoe, you forgot to log out and chance which ID you were posting under.
LK
On a strictly moral or ethical standpoint I can understand the prohibition on kiddie porn. In cases of actual pictures, some child must be abused to create the images. In the case of cgi, it will be pedophiles who are seeking it out and it may embolden them to to take the step of making their fantasy reality.
On the other hand we have free speech issues. If we can decide that one type of image is illegal, how long until someone tries to draw a link between all types of images and sexual violence?
I can only resolve these two by thinking that each incident should be considered on a case by case basis.
LK
Linda Tripp had evidence. Like it or not, she was able to back up her claim.
LK
Yes. I should have phrased my question this way, "Do you have a reputable source for that claim?"
LK
George W. Bush PAID for an illegal abortion in 1970!!! HYPOCRITE!!!!!
You proof of this is what?
LK
If you don't plan to have children, why should you care about abortion?
If your parents are already dead, why should you care about forced euthanasia?
And if you don't go outside, you don't get shot.
Then, you die from a heart attack when you're 36.
If you have enough money, why should you care about budget issues?
How much is enough? What if a downturn in the economy causes your investments in the stock market to plummet? How about if interest rates change so you're not pulling in as much as you expected this year? The budget is important for everyone.
I personally don't care about my health as long as I have my freedom.
If your health is poor enough, you won't live long enough to enjoy your freedom.
LK
They are fashion, even if you ascribe great philosphical significance to them, they are still fashion, swinging back and forth according to the norms of current society.
I'm not going to get into either abortion or gun control, because those issues are so charged that we'll get away from my real point. However, the budget and spending policy is a great point to illustrate because without a SOUND fiscal policy in place our economy will go into the shitter. Who cares about abandonware if you've got to figure out how you're going to feed your family and keep your house? Just because you don't care, doesn't make those other issues unimportant. For example, I know that environmental concerns are very important, but they rank far from the top of the issues that I vote on.
Technology, however, doesn't go backwards,
How many millions of people stopped using the internet last year? I'm not going to pull some figure out of thin air, but those people do exist.
The Internet is going to define the culture of this new century
Not in any manner that is radically different from TV, Radio and Telephone. Sure it's easier to create your own internet content than it is to run an amateur TV station, but it's just another medium of communication. Don't make it out to be some digital messiah because that it isn't. It's a tool nothing more, nothing less.
LK
While all of these issues are important, I feel sorry for the poor bastard who is so disconnected from the real world that s/he will actually choose who to vote for because of someone's stance of IP and the internet.
Abortion, murder or a woman's right to choose?
Gun Control, an issue of freedom or an issue of safety?
The budget, tax cut or more medicare spending?
I don't give a fuck as long as I get my napster!!!!
That's just sad.
LK
You tell me why you're so obsessed with me. I have no idea why you are.
Well, you've certainly changed your position :)
Not at all, you've just taken the time to listen and understand it. Most of the other people involved in that discussion made assumptions about me and what I believe.
LK
You're dying to be me. You even want my name. I'm sure that you'd love to have a big penis like me too. Your continued impersonation of me and the fact that you are compelled to read and respond to all of my messages are proof of that.
You just wish you could be me don't you? You even took a name similar to mine. Would it make you happy if I let your girlfriend suck me off and tell you what it was like? That's as close as you'll ever get to being me.
LK
The most powerful tool you can have when Feds show up at your door (in addition to innocence) is a knowledge of the applicable laws.
When I had two BATF agents show up at my door because they were investigating some false report that they'd gotten about me. I was quick to proclaim my innocence and quote laws to them. Their entire demeanor changed immediately when I quoted the first law to them. When I said "According to the Gun Control Act of 1968....." you should have seen the looks on their faces.
I have very little knowledge of "cybercrime" laws on the books, so I'd be out in the cold if I was accused of violating one of them. However, if you're a computer security professional, and you visit sites related of that nature, it might be in your best interest to familiarize yourself with those laws.
LK
If that happens, then the Linux users who do but into the IPO won't be able to benefit from the Windoze using suits who are trying to get in on the action driving up the price.
LK
So it's ok as long as it is not in one of the prohibited states? Just wanted to make sure...
I have no problem with the way that anyone chooses to have sex. If the way that you like/want to have sex is prohibited in your state you have a few choices, live with it, lobby your state government to repeal the law, or move. You can not reasonably expect the law to change because you whine and complain about it.
I read some of the vile posts to your other posts, it is disgusting what that AC is saying, don't let it get to you, he sounds like an uneducated idiot.
I never let anything that an AC get me bent out of shape. I'm only hoping that he has the guts to say half of it to my face.
LK
You are correct. If it were a prohibited activity and I choose to take part, I'd have to risk facing the penalties.
LK
Say here's the situation, let's say you're in a relationship with a girl and you've been sexual for a while, she asks to try anal sex, what do you tell her?
It all depends on if I'm in the mood. However, in my state there are no legal prohibitions against it.
If you ever find yourself in possession of sufficient testicular material, AC, come on and try.
It's easy to make threats AC. Care to try? Come and get a little Reginald Denny treatment.
So sodomy doesn't exist?
I never said that. I said that a right to sodomy doesn't exist.
Why can you not tell me why people should not practive sodomy in their own private lives?
I haven't said that sodomy should be prohibited. And what's with this "Private lives" bullshit? You libs love that phrase, don't you?
I want to know an actual reason why people shouldn't practice sodomy.
I don't have any such reason. However if the people of a state choose to enact a law that prohibits it, they're within their rights.
Sometimes it makes me wonder, my relatives fought to give you equal rights in the 50s and 60s and then you pull this shit.
What, do you think that I owe you something for events that transpired before my birth? According to your liberal logic, since I wasn't a person then, none of that matters.
It's deeply offensive to compare deviant sexuality to skin tone. I can't choose to stop being black. Women can't choose to stop being women. (Ethnic) Jews can't choose to stop being Jewish. You can choose to stop being a sodomite.
LK