we were mislead into thinking that he'd put up a bigger fight.
Why would he? One act of bravery on this scale is enough for two lifetimes. Adding an act of stupidity (putting pride above reason and risking the maximum punishment) would have accomplished nothing.
Let's hope Snowden doesn't do the same!
Snowden fled the country before the shit hit the fan unlike Manning who stayed put and faced the authorities on their turf. By your standards that would make Snowden the lesser man.
Which is actually a big disappointment for myself and others who supported him
Fickle supporters like yourself who retreat into bigotry because your hero doesn't live up to the unrealistic Hollywood template in your head must be an even greater disappointment to Manning.
In one sentence: Bradley was our hero. Now Chelsea is our hero.
It's a story that many of us have been following since the beginning. For those among us that are not robots the lives of the people involved are at least of passing interest to us. In my opinion Manning has done a great thing. He/she deserves better than being relegated to obscurity the moment the story is over.
What they are not telling you is that it was a meteor strike on Mars and that the meteor pieces were a bribe by alien builders to get the pyramid contract.
I'm only speaking about intent. I'm not saying that it is effective. And I may be atypical but this always makes me feel like losing weight. Don't watch if you're easily offended.
Silly poster. Don't you know that everything the government does is an evil plan to enslave you? It's true I read so on the internet. That it's a large entity composed of many parts, some good some not so good, is just a silly notion THEY put out there to confuse you.
If we're having a conversation in the park I'm much more inclined to to consider the views of the person opposite me then those shouted by somebody hiding in the nearby bushes. Active participation in a community means putting your reputation on the line. Stop being one of the nameless little people. Become a person of importance by showing some character.
The best thing you will personally gain from doing this is the realization that the vast majority of people aren't out there waiting for a chance to beat you up for every opinion you profess openly.
"Fucking fatass" is meant as an incentive to stop making excuses and become fit and healthy. The speaker really wants you to succeed in living a long, slim and successful life you fucking fatass.
Everyone who downloads these torrents will be registered.
So? Let them register everybody. If you think they are going to round up thousands of internet users worldwide for downloading an encrypted file then your paranoia meter needs calibration. Besides if they are connected to the tracker they already have the IP of everyone in the swarm. And it wouldn't hurt you to stick your neck out to do the right thing once in a while even if it does expose you to possible repercussions.
You mean like they do on cash transactions? Of course. Fiscally there is no difference between Bitcoins, goats, Dollars, Euros, gold bullion or tulip bulbs.
Here in Europe thanks to the Euro crisis there is a big crackdown on tax evasion. This includes the German government doing grey area stuff like buying leaked confidential lists of clients of Swiss banks. So it stands to reason that they strike deals to help others catch free loading scum as well.
Personally I am proud that I pay my fair share to improve the society that I live in and have no time for people who don't. It also helps me feel that righteous anger when I suspect that "my" money is wasted which is a favourite pastime of many internet commenters including me.
I don't know about others but when modding I try to consider the comment rather than the identity (or lack thereof) of the poster and never the amount of mod points I have. There is no scarcity of mod points. When I am out someone else will take my place. Modding an interesting comment up may not benefit an anonymous poster personally but does lift the post to a level where it can spark a good discussion which as far as I can tell is why we're wasting our time here and not somewhere else.
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Are they black? black won't sell. nobody wants black bricks.
If ebony and ivory live together in perfect harmony side by side on my piano keyboard, oh Lord why don't we?
Market manipulation? No that doesn't make me happy.
Shouldn't you be occupying something?
we were mislead into thinking that he'd put up a bigger fight.
Why would he? One act of bravery on this scale is enough for two lifetimes. Adding an act of stupidity (putting pride above reason and risking the maximum punishment) would have accomplished nothing.
Let's hope Snowden doesn't do the same!
Snowden fled the country before the shit hit the fan unlike Manning who stayed put and faced the authorities on their turf. By your standards that would make Snowden the lesser man.
Which is actually a big disappointment for myself and others who supported him
Fickle supporters like yourself who retreat into bigotry because your hero doesn't live up to the unrealistic Hollywood template in your head must be an even greater disappointment to Manning.
In one sentence: Bradley was our hero. Now Chelsea is our hero.
It's a story that many of us have been following since the beginning. For those among us that are not robots the lives of the people involved are at least of passing interest to us. In my opinion Manning has done a great thing. He/she deserves better than being relegated to obscurity the moment the story is over.
What they are not telling you is that it was a meteor strike on Mars and that the meteor pieces were a bribe by alien builders to get the pyramid contract.
I'm only speaking about intent. I'm not saying that it is effective.
And I may be atypical but this always makes me feel like losing weight. Don't watch if you're easily offended.
Silly poster. Don't you know that everything the government does is an evil plan to enslave you? It's true I read so on the internet. That it's a large entity composed of many parts, some good some not so good, is just a silly notion THEY put out there to confuse you.
If we're having a conversation in the park I'm much more inclined to to consider the views of the person opposite me then those shouted by somebody hiding in the nearby bushes. Active participation in a community means putting your reputation on the line. Stop being one of the nameless little people. Become a person of importance by showing some character.
The best thing you will personally gain from doing this is the realization that the vast majority of people aren't out there waiting for a chance to beat you up for every opinion you profess openly.
"Fucking fatass" is meant as an incentive to stop making excuses and become fit and healthy. The speaker really wants you to succeed in living a long, slim and successful life you fucking fatass.
You're right. Just after I replaced all my bulbs with LEDs I felt an incredible urge to ring my house with barbed wire and build guard towers.
Did they stop abusing their workforce like they promised? Or is it business as usual?
Indeed:
[If ordered to] march: tramp, tramp, or shoot: bang, bang. This is the manifestation of the highest Wisdom [of Enlightenment]. The unity of Zen and war of which I speak extends to the farthest reaches of the holy war [now under way].
Everyone who downloads these torrents will be registered.
So? Let them register everybody. If you think they are going to round up thousands of internet users worldwide for downloading an encrypted file then your paranoia meter needs calibration. Besides if they are connected to the tracker they already have the IP of everyone in the swarm.
And it wouldn't hurt you to stick your neck out to do the right thing once in a while even if it does expose you to possible repercussions.
If the UK and US governments believe that tactics like this are going to deter or intimidate us in any way from continuing to report aggressively on what these documents reveal, they are beyond deluded. If anything, it will have only the opposite effect: to embolden us even further.
Sounds like a pretty accurate interpretation of his statement to me.
Yeah. I was disappointed as well. Turns out this guy is equally delusional.
The man in the middle
Went out for a piddle
And the whole web went suddenly dark.
It was quite a riddle
To the man with the fiddle
All these geeks playing tag in the park.
While you're at it change breaches to breeches. I'd like to see a pair of breeches made from paper documents.
Once you are in debt hell, you are factually a slave.
And then the Man can thumb his nose at you.
Cosmic Balance restored.
You mean like they do on cash transactions? Of course. Fiscally there is no difference between Bitcoins, goats, Dollars, Euros, gold bullion or tulip bulbs.
Here in Europe thanks to the Euro crisis there is a big crackdown on tax evasion. This includes the German government doing grey area stuff like buying leaked confidential lists of clients of Swiss banks. So it stands to reason that they strike deals to help others catch free loading scum as well.
Personally I am proud that I pay my fair share to improve the society that I live in and have no time for people who don't. It also helps me feel that righteous anger when I suspect that "my" money is wasted which is a favourite pastime of many internet commenters including me.
If by "Cloud" you mean "The Pirate Bay" then that may be exactly what they have done. With a little help from mr. Julian in the London office of course.
For now they stick to harassing the people involved. Still holding up a front of respectability.
I don't know about others but when modding I try to consider the comment rather than the identity (or lack thereof) of the poster and never the amount of mod points I have. There is no scarcity of mod points. When I am out someone else will take my place. Modding an interesting comment up may not benefit an anonymous poster personally but does lift the post to a level where it can spark a good discussion which as far as I can tell is why we're wasting our time here and not somewhere else.
Perhaps if they call it Mirefox...
If you don't obey the voices your dog will die.