The WBC does not incite an immediate breach of the peace. There's a difference between "fags deserve to die and rot in hell" and "let's go lynch some fags". That Supreme Court decision does not actually apply to "hate speech", unless it's actually calling for imminent lawless action.
I think you are confusing the perspective of ACLU lawyers with the perspective of military veterans.
Members of the military being confused as to exactly what they're fighting for? That's a shocker.
As for the combat veterans I have known they seem perfectly fine with the notion that some speech will get you a kick in the ass or a punch in the face from your fellow citizen.
As long as they're perfectly fine with spending the day in jail and having an assault conviction on their record.
Vaguely defined "public order" is one of the most easily abused reasons to arrest someone. I feel far safer in a country where WBC is able to protest freely than in one where I could be arrested for disturbing the public order if the police don't like my message. After all, the entire point of protests is to disrupt the public order and institute a new one.
Look at how the government treated Occupy Wall Street. Do you really want to give them more power to shut down protests? If anything, protesters need more rights in the US, not less.
The great thing about living in a democracy is that you can have a revolution without murdering half of the country.
What happens when we no longer live in a democracy? When that happens we need to be equipped to deal with it. I'm not saying the need is imminent, it may not happen for 1000 years. Nothing lasts forever.
The white house needs no help trivializing those petitions. The entire site provides nothing but an illusion of having a voice. They were completely ignoring petitions with 75,000 signatures long before the jokes began.
Theft and murder are bad in themselves. Gun ownership is not harmful by itself. Gun bans are proxy laws aimed at preventing something other than gun ownership. Laws against theft and murder are not. See the difference?
You can get high res scans of old issues of Byte from this torrent. It's unfortunately not complete, the guy doing the scanning went AWOL. But there's a good chunk there. They're also available on archive.org if you search. Still great reading.
The cost of being non-free is quite a bit higher than 18 dead elementary school kids 3 times a year. We are already non-free, and we are already paying that cost. If we ever wish to become free, we're going to need guns to do it.
I would miss the 2nd American Revolution. The only reason this country exists is because citizens were armed. One day, not today, but someday it will be replaced by something better, and that will only happen if citizens are armed.
The right to revolt against illegitimate authoritarian government is much, much more important than 27 lives.
Killing is the primary purpose of a gun. Computing is the primary purpose of a computer. Hacking is not the primary purpose of a computer. Murder is not the primary purpose of a gun.
The problem is, lunatics are in the majority. Most people wouldn't brutally kill dozens of children themselves. But they'll vote for politicians who will start wars of choice in which hundreds or thousands of children die, and they'll feel righteous about it. I don't see how that's any better.
The cop who signed off on this ticket is obviously not doing his job. This should at least be fraud, if not something more serious. Of course, there's no chance of the thug with a badge getting any sort of charges laid against him. There is no justice in the US.
A lack of network access is a sure fire way to ensure you pick a game that's not reasonably completable without a faq. So many games during the NES and SNES era just didn't give you enough information, so you'd have to buy the guide or subscribe to Nintendo Power. These days it's GameFaqs.
Yes, it's cheating. But I play games to have fun, and looking around for hours and hours without making progress is no fun at all. I do always give myself a couple hours to really make sure I'm stuck.
Byte died in the early 90s. Bytes from the 80s were thick as your thumb and looked more like a trade journal than a magazine. Then they decided to go for the mass market, slimmed down the magazine and it's content, and became utterly irrelevant. It's a shame, there's nothing today that matches the old Byte.
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The WBC does not incite an immediate breach of the peace. There's a difference between "fags deserve to die and rot in hell" and "let's go lynch some fags". That Supreme Court decision does not actually apply to "hate speech", unless it's actually calling for imminent lawless action.
I think you are confusing the perspective of ACLU lawyers with the perspective of military veterans.
Members of the military being confused as to exactly what they're fighting for? That's a shocker.
As for the combat veterans I have known they seem perfectly fine with the notion that some speech will get you a kick in the ass or a punch in the face from your fellow citizen.
As long as they're perfectly fine with spending the day in jail and having an assault conviction on their record.
the slippery slope is an idea that only works in a world where nobody can think and identify different topics.
That's pretty close to the world in which we live. People hate thinking.
Vaguely defined "public order" is one of the most easily abused reasons to arrest someone. I feel far safer in a country where WBC is able to protest freely than in one where I could be arrested for disturbing the public order if the police don't like my message. After all, the entire point of protests is to disrupt the public order and institute a new one.
Look at how the government treated Occupy Wall Street. Do you really want to give them more power to shut down protests? If anything, protesters need more rights in the US, not less.
The great thing about living in a democracy is that you can have a revolution without murdering half of the country.
What happens when we no longer live in a democracy? When that happens we need to be equipped to deal with it. I'm not saying the need is imminent, it may not happen for 1000 years. Nothing lasts forever.
Unless you cause a chain reaction, which would look awesome in IMAX.
The white house needs no help trivializing those petitions. The entire site provides nothing but an illusion of having a voice. They were completely ignoring petitions with 75,000 signatures long before the jokes began.
If the Chinese people were well equipped to resist they'd probably be treated better and have fewer reasons to commit random acts of violence.
Theft and murder are bad in themselves. Gun ownership is not harmful by itself. Gun bans are proxy laws aimed at preventing something other than gun ownership. Laws against theft and murder are not. See the difference?
"When the people shall have nothing more to eat, they will eat the rich."
--JJ Rousseau
You can get high res scans of old issues of Byte from this torrent. It's unfortunately not complete, the guy doing the scanning went AWOL. But there's a good chunk there. They're also available on archive.org if you search. Still great reading.
Fraud and perjury. Taking money to do a job and not doing it is fraud. Also perjury for the reasons you mentioned.
The cost of being non-free is quite a bit higher than 18 dead elementary school kids 3 times a year. We are already non-free, and we are already paying that cost. If we ever wish to become free, we're going to need guns to do it.
It's the prayer itself that's the troll. God has nothing to do with this, why bring him into it?
Note that some of the most trusted people in our society, including astronauts and airline pilots, have exhibited harmful mental illness at times.
Some of them even vote Republican.
I would miss the 2nd American Revolution. The only reason this country exists is because citizens were armed. One day, not today, but someday it will be replaced by something better, and that will only happen if citizens are armed.
The right to revolt against illegitimate authoritarian government is much, much more important than 27 lives.
Our country makes it too easy for nutcases to have guns.
True, but it's a volunteer military, and only nutcases would volunteer.
I, for one, would give up the right to bear arms for everyone, and not miss it.
Most people would give up their fundamental software freedoms, and not miss those. Both choices are equally reprehensible.
Killing is the primary purpose of a gun. Computing is the primary purpose of a computer. Hacking is not the primary purpose of a computer. Murder is not the primary purpose of a gun.
Not all killing is murder.
Not all killing is murder. Guns definitely serve a purpose other than murder.
And yet murder rates are still at historical lows. The problem isn't gun violence, it's the 24/7/365 news network and the outrage industry.
The problem is, lunatics are in the majority. Most people wouldn't brutally kill dozens of children themselves. But they'll vote for politicians who will start wars of choice in which hundreds or thousands of children die, and they'll feel righteous about it. I don't see how that's any better.
The cop who signed off on this ticket is obviously not doing his job. This should at least be fraud, if not something more serious. Of course, there's no chance of the thug with a badge getting any sort of charges laid against him. There is no justice in the US.
A lack of network access is a sure fire way to ensure you pick a game that's not reasonably completable without a faq. So many games during the NES and SNES era just didn't give you enough information, so you'd have to buy the guide or subscribe to Nintendo Power. These days it's GameFaqs.
Yes, it's cheating. But I play games to have fun, and looking around for hours and hours without making progress is no fun at all. I do always give myself a couple hours to really make sure I'm stuck.
Byte died in the early 90s. Bytes from the 80s were thick as your thumb and looked more like a trade journal than a magazine. Then they decided to go for the mass market, slimmed down the magazine and it's content, and became utterly irrelevant. It's a shame, there's nothing today that matches the old Byte.
Where can I see the Hobbit in 48FPS?