If they go into the military knowing they will be used for imperialism, then they are at fault for that. If they go into the military ignorant of that fact, then they are at fault for ignorance. A good person will never abdicate their conscience.
The mass of men serve the state thus, not as men mainly, but as machines, with their bodies. They are the standing army, and the militia, jailers, constables, posse comitatus,(7) etc. In most cases there is no free exercise whatever of the judgment or of the moral sense; but they put themselves on a level with wood and earth and stones; and wooden men can perhaps be manufactured that will serve the purpose as well. Such command no more respect than men of straw or a lump of dirt. They have the same sort of worth only as horses and dogs. Yet such as these even are commonly esteemed good citizens. Henry David Thoreau, Civil Disobedience, 1849
Their reward is not being prosecuted for abuse of monopoly anymore. Back in the 90s Microsoft donated almost nothing to political campaigns. Then they were convicted for abusing their monopoly. Since then they have become major contributors to both parties. They haven't been bothered by the DOJ since. Hmmm.
And I'm certainly not going to begrudge the soldiers who are keeping me safe the cost of a few game systems.
What about the soldiers that are endangering you by perpetuating conflict because of imperialistic foreign policy? Not all military action keeps you safe. In fact most military action is less about keeping you safe, and more about securing profits for powerful and connected people or organizations. Pretending otherwise is dangerous.
It's like the Republicans and Libya. Sure, they have a point, it's a bad idea. But when it was their turn with the bad idea, they ran a lot farther with it. It's clear that they're not opposed to it because it's a bad idea, but because it's not their bad idea.
Let's not stop there. We don't need corn subsidies at all. We need to stop subsidizing corn and start subsidizing fresh fruits and vegetables, if anything.
Easy, so you can hack it and disable it. Then, when the theatre goons go around looking for cameras, they won't take yours because they think it can't take pictures. Now you can take all the pictures you want with your iPhone in the theatre.
What you really want is some general purpose online storage, and just host an encrypted loopback file on it. Just mount it, and let the filesystem do the rest. There's no need for any sort of support on the server side.
rsync.org is an excellent provider that gives you all the tools you'd need to do something like this at reasonable rates.
I have zero blu-ray players. Why does it need more buttons than a DVD player? Play, pause, stop, ff, rw. Maybe a menu button, some arrows and an enter button. I can't imagine what else you would need to play a movie. If Blu-Ray requires more buttons to use, that's poor design on the part of blu-ray, not the ps3 controller.
If they notified the staff of security lapses, everyone would just wait around until they got notified. If they name and shame indiscriminately, that's motivation for everyone to be proactive about security.
I agree, if they get caught they will be treated as criminals. But that's just the kind of fucked up things are these days.
I'm on your side here. I think it's appaling that one has to choose between speaking their mind in public and potentially endangering their economic welfare. But such is the world in which we live.
If you really want people to be free to speak their minds, we need not only the political freedom to do so, but the economic freedom to do so. I don't think this can be accomplished under Capitalism. As long as there is economic inequality there will be political inequality as well.
I think you'll find that in most states, your employer can fire you for any reason, as long as that reason is not your membership in a protected class.
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the defendant is being charged because he was attempting to deceive voters to influence the outcome of the election.
All candidates in all races always attempt to deceive voters to influence the outcome of the election.
If they go into the military knowing they will be used for imperialism, then they are at fault for that. If they go into the military ignorant of that fact, then they are at fault for ignorance. A good person will never abdicate their conscience.
Their reward is not being prosecuted for abuse of monopoly anymore. Back in the 90s Microsoft donated almost nothing to political campaigns. Then they were convicted for abusing their monopoly. Since then they have become major contributors to both parties. They haven't been bothered by the DOJ since. Hmmm.
And I'm certainly not going to begrudge the soldiers who are keeping me safe the cost of a few game systems.
What about the soldiers that are endangering you by perpetuating conflict because of imperialistic foreign policy? Not all military action keeps you safe. In fact most military action is less about keeping you safe, and more about securing profits for powerful and connected people or organizations. Pretending otherwise is dangerous.
Nation building is never a good idea.
It's like the Republicans and Libya. Sure, they have a point, it's a bad idea. But when it was their turn with the bad idea, they ran a lot farther with it. It's clear that they're not opposed to it because it's a bad idea, but because it's not their bad idea.
it's the instigators in bandanas who started trouble then melted away into the crowd once they had set things in motion
Oh, you mean the agents provocateur?
Let's not stop there. We don't need corn subsidies at all. We need to stop subsidizing corn and start subsidizing fresh fruits and vegetables, if anything.
Being the greatest, best country God has ever given man kind, US law is God's law, which recognizes no jurisdiction.
This is how American Exceptionalists really think.
Why would you believe the WHOIS data?
Easy, so you can hack it and disable it. Then, when the theatre goons go around looking for cameras, they won't take yours because they think it can't take pictures. Now you can take all the pictures you want with your iPhone in the theatre.
I meant Rsync.net, of course.
What you really want is some general purpose online storage, and just host an encrypted loopback file on it. Just mount it, and let the filesystem do the rest. There's no need for any sort of support on the server side.
rsync.org is an excellent provider that gives you all the tools you'd need to do something like this at reasonable rates.
I have zero blu-ray players. Why does it need more buttons than a DVD player? Play, pause, stop, ff, rw. Maybe a menu button, some arrows and an enter button. I can't imagine what else you would need to play a movie. If Blu-Ray requires more buttons to use, that's poor design on the part of blu-ray, not the ps3 controller.
So in other words, it will play Blu Rays once it's hacked.
So she collected those bitcoins all in vain?
If they notified the staff of security lapses, everyone would just wait around until they got notified. If they name and shame indiscriminately, that's motivation for everyone to be proactive about security.
I agree, if they get caught they will be treated as criminals. But that's just the kind of fucked up things are these days.
If it's not on Google, it's not real huh?
Because public debate is essential to a functional democracy. Is that a hard concept for you?
Hey, is that corn?!
What principle is that? The LALALALAICANTHEARYOU principle?
One thing is certain. The crackers in LulzSec are damned good, OR they have considerable "inside" help at the CIA and FBI. Or BOTH!!
Or the CIA doesn't use the public facing web server for anything important, so they didn't bother securing it very well.
Indeed. Economic depression played no small part in Hitler's rise to power. I don't expect the end of American hegemony to be any prettier.
I'm on your side here. I think it's appaling that one has to choose between speaking their mind in public and potentially endangering their economic welfare. But such is the world in which we live.
If you really want people to be free to speak their minds, we need not only the political freedom to do so, but the economic freedom to do so. I don't think this can be accomplished under Capitalism. As long as there is economic inequality there will be political inequality as well.
I think you'll find that in most states, your employer can fire you for any reason, as long as that reason is not your membership in a protected class.