This article seems to have people mixing up Suicide and Screwed up adminitrations. You seem to think that its alright to put people in charge who will push kids over the edge. Of course not every kid is ON the edge! but that doesn tmake it right to push those who are over it. The world we live in has choosen to damn ability, to punish those who can do things, and to let off those who can do nothign but destroy. Someone had mentioned that 6 years ago he had gotten the crap beaten out of him, and his attackers got a 3 day suspension. Yet a kid who has potentional, along with some other problems, gets a 10 day suspention. They have choosen to damn people who miss use there abilty MORE then those who HAVE NONE.
You have just said you will stand by and LET THEM damn abilty, even your own. I DO NOT! Those who hold minor crimes and more heinous then major ones DO NOT HAVE MY SANCTION! I will NOT say this is just part of life. IT IS NOT! You are irresponisble and self damning for given your sanction to those who would push kids over the edge. You might stand on that edge some day. And you have already given me permission to push you over.
In the land of the blind, the man with one eye is an intolerable threat. I forgot where i first heard that saying, but its sad how many people do not understand it. I know that most people here will understand it.
"It is one thing to show a man he is in error, and another to put him in possession of the truth"
-John Locke
I know its easy to get up on my high horse. But at least i can point out the error of just trying to wish something away. We are all intelligent people here at Slashdot, we should understand what cause and effect is. Wishes with out follow through are just wishes.
About findind the answer, i dont have it yet, and may never find it. But knowing what will not bring me to the answer is the first stepping in finding the way to the answer.
In my experience, wishing something away doesnt make it go away. We are all going to shake our heads, say how bad this was, not do anyhting about it, and will be surprised when it happens again. Dont be surprised when it happens again. It will. Not until we do somehting about it.
Sort of like in Monty python.
"Pull the pin and count to 5."
"Three, sir"
"... count to 3."
Pulls the pin.
"1,2,5"
"Three, sir"
"3"
Throws grenade...
Crazy brits...
NASA has only had 2 fatal accidents, the Apollo 1 in a training exercise, _not_ in flight, and the Challenger explotion. How many Russian cosmonauts have died in accidents?
This site is dedicated to Linux. We are supposed to LIKE information being free so that we can use it. So why are so many of us mad that the information we put out there is getting used. It is alright for us to use someone else's source code, but noone can quote us??? If we want to be given source, we should give quotes. It is the absolute least we can do. If we dont embrace our own philosophy, who will?
I understand that the site says that we own our posts, but why is everyone up set. Dont you want to be heard by the rest of the world?? If you dont, dont post a message!!
Slashdot isnt encouraging everyone to lead by example by telling us we own our posts. That directly contradicts the notion that everyone owns information. I do respect them for asking us, but i think most of us readers are be rather hippocritical.
God's last words to his creation are only to be seen by the TRUELY DEVOUT!! jeez! you have a moral oblgation to tell everyone to read the book if they want to know!! I plan on living forever; so far, so good.
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This article seems to have people mixing up Suicide and Screwed up adminitrations. You seem to think that its alright to put people in charge who will push kids over the edge. Of course not every kid is ON the edge! but that doesn tmake it right to push those who are over it. The world we live in has choosen to damn ability, to punish those who can do things, and to let off those who can do nothign but destroy. Someone had mentioned that 6 years ago he had gotten the crap beaten out of him, and his attackers got a 3 day suspension. Yet a kid who has potentional, along with some other problems, gets a 10 day suspention. They have choosen to damn people who miss use there abilty MORE then those who HAVE NONE.
You have just said you will stand by and LET THEM damn abilty, even your own. I DO NOT! Those who hold minor crimes and more heinous then major ones DO NOT HAVE MY SANCTION! I will NOT say this is just part of life. IT IS NOT! You are irresponisble and self damning for given your sanction to those who would push kids over the edge. You might stand on that edge some day. And you have already given me permission to push you over.
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In the land of the blind, the man with one eye is an intolerable threat. I forgot where i first heard that saying, but its sad how many people do not understand it. I know that most people here will understand it.
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"It is one thing to show a man he is in error, and another to put him in possession of the truth" -John Locke
I know its easy to get up on my high horse. But at least i can point out the error of just trying to wish something away. We are all intelligent people here at Slashdot, we should understand what cause and effect is. Wishes with out follow through are just wishes.
About findind the answer, i dont have it yet, and may never find it. But knowing what will not bring me to the answer is the first stepping in finding the way to the answer.
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May this never happen again
In my experience, wishing something away doesnt make it go away. We are all going to shake our heads, say how bad this was, not do anyhting about it, and will be surprised when it happens again. Dont be surprised when it happens again. It will. Not until we do somehting about it.
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Sort of like in Monty python. "Pull the pin and count to 5." "Three, sir" "... count to 3." Pulls the pin. "1,2,5" "Three, sir" "3" Throws grenade... Crazy brits...
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NASA has only had 2 fatal accidents, the Apollo 1 in a training exercise, _not_ in flight, and the Challenger explotion. How many Russian cosmonauts have died in accidents?
This site is dedicated to Linux. We are supposed to LIKE information being free so that we can use it. So why are so many of us mad that the information we put out there is getting used. It is alright for us to use someone else's source code, but noone can quote us??? If we want to be given source, we should give quotes. It is the absolute least we can do. If we dont embrace our own philosophy, who will?
I understand that the site says that we own our posts, but why is everyone up set. Dont you want to be heard by the rest of the world?? If you dont, dont post a message!!
Slashdot isnt encouraging everyone to lead by example by telling us we own our posts. That directly contradicts the notion that everyone owns information. I do respect them for asking us, but i think most of us readers are be rather hippocritical.
--Read at your own risk, fell free to ingore
God's last words to his creation are only to be seen by the TRUELY DEVOUT!! jeez! you have a moral oblgation to tell everyone to read the book if they want to know!! I plan on living forever; so far, so good.