If we did what you say, I think everyone would move to "scamming" or "pyramid schemes". "setting an example" is not trivial. If laws become weak, societies and eventually civilizations fall.
His scam had victims who were 90 years old going back into the work force, had retired people suffer for nothing but trusting them.
Grow some balls and let the guilty suffer.
maybe the reason was to deter further kidnappings intended only to bolster the taliban's "popularity" or rather their show of power.
look at it this way: if the taliban have someone who is seen as valuable (even if at the start the person is not a prize but with media influence, the person could become a celebrity in a matter od days) then they have a) bargaining power b) a show of power which can be used to recruit more members (for the local people there).
That is how terrorists work and perhaps the higher ranked US government are working on exactly how to deal with these terrorists.
also, good to know that he escaped.
Merriam and Webster defines Karma as "the force generated by a person's actions held in Hinduism and Buddhism to perpetuate transmigration and in its ethical consequences to determine the nature of the person's next existence."
I will simplify it a bit and succintly say that your actions affect you and your environment equally, be it at the macro level or at a brain cell level. Newton's third law.
The majority of the comments are ridiculing the German police for this "immature" behavior and I simply see it as a "laziness" to try to see the other side. To think that something you do 20, 30,40,50 hours a week, will have no effect on you at all is just naive.
However, the question should not be if it affects you at all but does it affect you enough to act on your killing intention? Perhaps it triggers something or provides a catalyst for the violent behavior. That is still unclear. A scientific study here or there is inconclusive which does mean that there might not be any link. OTOH and many ppl have missed it, it also means there Might be a link. Until then, what's wrong with being on the safe side if they want to? Aren't lives more important than your recreational use?
Just an Opinion.
So are they trying to say that the spelling of a word determines how the word is processed by the mind???
How about the syllables used when pronouncing the word Sci Fi, which is the same as Syfy?
Oh wait, they didn't employ people who had any non-"syfy" people in invoking this b.s...
Of course...
I meant :
Oh wait, they didn't any "syfy" people in invoking this b.s... Of course...
So are they trying to say that the spelling of a word determines how the word is processed by the mind???
How about the syllables used when pronouncing the word Sci Fi, which is the same as Syfy?
Oh wait, they didn't employ people who had any non-"syfy" people in invoking this b.s...
Of course...
I think the correct interpretation would be not that people like mp3 music better but that people like what they are used to, which in turn makes this study almost worthless?
The only addition to the wealth of human knowledge from this study was that even in audio quality this "odd" phenomenon occurs (i.e. familiarity is more liked) but hasn't that been proven over and over again in so many fields.
I am an international student studying Electrical Engineering in the west coast and over the course of five years, I have been here, two things that has struck me about the US system, more than anything else, is how the rights of an individual are respected and freedom of speech. And That is the tipping point for my wish to live here and nothing else. Money here, you can earn relatively more but I plan to live here and spend most of it here so that's a non-issue.
If I go back, my life will be much easier. I have a big house (near the Himalayas), great food and lovely people. But even though life here is much harder, I like the principles that this country stands on. I do plan to go back , temporarily or permanents, I don't know. But this country respects human life, on aggregate, much more than any other country which you can see by just observing the laws.
And likewise, freedom of speech is very much important for human society as a whole to progress and the US is ahead by a lot in this regard.
Even though I am not American, I think US rocks.
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As of June 29, 1GBP = 1.67USD which makes it 33,400 USD. For those who missed that pound sign and keep referring to the amount as 20K dollars.
If we did what you say, I think everyone would move to "scamming" or "pyramid schemes". "setting an example" is not trivial. If laws become weak, societies and eventually civilizations fall. His scam had victims who were 90 years old going back into the work force, had retired people suffer for nothing but trusting them. Grow some balls and let the guilty suffer.
maybe the reason was to deter further kidnappings intended only to bolster the taliban's "popularity" or rather their show of power. look at it this way: if the taliban have someone who is seen as valuable (even if at the start the person is not a prize but with media influence, the person could become a celebrity in a matter od days) then they have a) bargaining power b) a show of power which can be used to recruit more members (for the local people there). That is how terrorists work and perhaps the higher ranked US government are working on exactly how to deal with these terrorists. also, good to know that he escaped.
all in all, they are just approximations...much like a lego car modelled after a real one.
someone needs to proof read adam and eve's thesis...
Merriam and Webster defines Karma as "the force generated by a person's actions held in Hinduism and Buddhism to perpetuate transmigration and in its ethical consequences to determine the nature of the person's next existence." I will simplify it a bit and succintly say that your actions affect you and your environment equally, be it at the macro level or at a brain cell level. Newton's third law. The majority of the comments are ridiculing the German police for this "immature" behavior and I simply see it as a "laziness" to try to see the other side. To think that something you do 20, 30,40,50 hours a week, will have no effect on you at all is just naive. However, the question should not be if it affects you at all but does it affect you enough to act on your killing intention? Perhaps it triggers something or provides a catalyst for the violent behavior. That is still unclear. A scientific study here or there is inconclusive which does mean that there might not be any link. OTOH and many ppl have missed it, it also means there Might be a link. Until then, what's wrong with being on the safe side if they want to? Aren't lives more important than your recreational use? Just an Opinion.
So are they trying to say that the spelling of a word determines how the word is processed by the mind??? How about the syllables used when pronouncing the word Sci Fi, which is the same as Syfy? Oh wait, they didn't employ people who had any non-"syfy" people in invoking this b.s... Of course...
I meant : Oh wait, they didn't any "syfy" people in invoking this b.s... Of course...
So are they trying to say that the spelling of a word determines how the word is processed by the mind??? How about the syllables used when pronouncing the word Sci Fi, which is the same as Syfy? Oh wait, they didn't employ people who had any non-"syfy" people in invoking this b.s... Of course...
I think the correct interpretation would be not that people like mp3 music better but that people like what they are used to, which in turn makes this study almost worthless? The only addition to the wealth of human knowledge from this study was that even in audio quality this "odd" phenomenon occurs (i.e. familiarity is more liked) but hasn't that been proven over and over again in so many fields.
I am an international student studying Electrical Engineering in the west coast and over the course of five years, I have been here, two things that has struck me about the US system, more than anything else, is how the rights of an individual are respected and freedom of speech. And That is the tipping point for my wish to live here and nothing else. Money here, you can earn relatively more but I plan to live here and spend most of it here so that's a non-issue. If I go back, my life will be much easier. I have a big house (near the Himalayas), great food and lovely people. But even though life here is much harder, I like the principles that this country stands on. I do plan to go back , temporarily or permanents, I don't know. But this country respects human life, on aggregate, much more than any other country which you can see by just observing the laws. And likewise, freedom of speech is very much important for human society as a whole to progress and the US is ahead by a lot in this regard. Even though I am not American, I think US rocks.
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And I have become comfortably numb.