Did you follow the link I provided? It's to a talk given by a former state prosecuter and former sheriff, both of whom I, for on, would consider a far greater authority on the weight given to police testimony than any number of anonymous./ commenters.
There's also an episode of PBS Frontline, and accompanying ProPublica article, which detail serious problems with the current state of "expert" testimony in court cases, albeit not necessarily focused on the weight of police testimony.
Say, somewhat neutral stats of the hassle/convictions you go trough if you cooperate vs if you don't?
Hey, buddy, you're more than welcome to try and find some yourself. I've tried before myself, so be forewarned - that Blue Wall of Silence is damn hard to penetrate.
This will need the AOKP/Cyanogenmod treatment, but otherwise it seems like a decent tab for hacking and general use...I mean, there are cheaper/easier alternatives, but these things will get really CHEAP after Christmas.
There's also a dollar value on the fact that Mom doesn't need to spend any time or energy ensuring Junior doesn't download anything objectionable.
It's got Wifi access and a web browser, and is Flash-capable. So much for not downloading anything objectionable....
Ha, I see it now...
*perusing Little Johnny's browser history*
Hmm, let's see... disney.com, OK, pbskids.org, Fine, hidemyass.com... JOHNNY! GET YOUR LITTLE ASS DOWN HERE!
The only thing I can use my Galaxy S for is word learning and some minimal email checking and messaging, other than that it's just games. Guess it is a toy or maybe I am getting old. Has anyone managed to use their smartphone/tablet/iphone for anything serious?
I use my Droid X to troubleshoot issues with wireless networks, do a bit of mitm experimentation, keep track of website analytics, study various religious text, tune my guitar, chat via IRC, control my home theater system, send WoL packets, monitor police and emergency radios, test various media codecs/protocols, play and record electronic music, manage my business calendar/contacts/transactions...
Oh, and of course, listen to Pandora whilst playing Nethack (most important use EVAR)!
Well, cowing to fascists may work for you, but I would rather risk the further illegal harrassment (which I WILL be documenting and reporting) than drop to my knees every time Big Brother jiggles his zipper.
If for you spending 1 hour talking to cops is the equivalent of sucking big brother dick, I think the problem is on you.
Funny, later in this same post you lambaste me for what you perceive as a failure to recognize context, moments after you commit the same sin. The statement of mine to which you are replying was directed at your statement
I'm sure that you think you're right, but if I ask for a warrant, then two things can happen:
A/ They don't get one. They may however remember my name and address, but otherwise I'm safe.
B/ They get a warrant. Then I'm sure I'm toast as hell. They'll put my house in such a mess it'll take a week to clean the place up.
Which implies, to me, that you're more than happy to drop to your knees and lick boot each and every time the powers-that-be so much as imply you should. If that's not the message you intended to posit, you should have been more clear in stating your position.
Moreover, you'll be glad you taped the whole thing when they smash your Galaxy SIII on the floor before getting on your way to Guantanamo.
So? I have a plethora of apps which upload video to remote servers in real-time, so smashing the phone (i.e. destroying evidence, a felony I might add) would not bode well for the po-po.
BTW, if you despise your police force that much, maybe it's time to move to another country...
Were I a rich man, I might just do that, since expatriation is far easier (again, assuming one can afford it) than fighting against oppressive regimes. Then again, while not rich, I'm also not a pussy, and quite fond of the region from which I hail. That said, while you, a temporary foreign transplant, may lack allegiance to any but yourself, and be satisfied with being a nomad who flees a nation at the slightest hint of trouble, I have a willingness to stand up for the liberty and freedom of all that is, sadly, apparently waning.
From your comment, you seem to have balls. If you have brains as well, you'll be on your way soon enough, because by the looks of it, the situation is not getting any better.
You really think running away from authoritarians like a mangy cur, with your tail betwix your legs, is smarter than fighting against said authoritarianism? Maybe if you're incapable of seeing farther than the end of your own nose; those of us with more foresight are aware that people that try to hide from oppression will, inevitably, run out of places to hide - a fact that is already glaringly apparent to those of us who do actually have brains, as you put it.
Do you understand the concept of context? Given the tone of your post, I'm not really sure.
As I mentioned previously, I have to express similar doubts regarding your ability to recognize context.
For you, not answering the cop would have meant at worst that they came back the next day with a warrant.
No, for me the worst would mean they arrest me for "resisting arrest" and beat my ass to a bloody pulp for daring to question their authority. And you know what? That knowledge still doesn't prevent me from standing up for our rights. There are some things worth fighting for.
With the bit of context I added, you were supposed to understand that it was not my case and that the consequence could have been far worse.
Make all the excuses you want, I still say you fail as a human for A) taking the pussy way out, and B) criticizing me for actually having a pair, an anatomical feature which you quite obviously lack. Context or not.
Best advice I can give: Never talk to cops. Sounds like your wife got first hand experience on why.
I'm sure that you think you're right, but if I ask for a warrant, then two things can happen:
A/ They don't get one. They may however remember my name and address, but otherwise I'm safe.
B/ They get a warrant. Then I'm sure I'm toast as hell. They'll put my house in such a mess it'll take a week to clean the place up.
All in all, my wife lost 1:15 of her morning and now we've got a story to tell.
Well, cowing to fascists may work for you, but I would rather risk the further illegal harrassment (which I WILL be documenting and reporting) than drop to my knees every time Big Brother jiggles his zipper.
Plus we were on an H1b VISA and believe or not, the same laws don't apply to immigrants.
Considering the widely accepted (at least on/.) belief that H1B visas exist solely so that American corporations can get away with hiring low-wage foreign workers instead of skilled Americans, I doubt you'll garner much support by admitting to holding one.
At least tell me you used your visa to become a full-fledged taxpayer, er, citizen.
If you say, I went grocery shopping at 5pm, are you SURE it was 4pm? It wasn't 3:30pm or 4:30pm? Maybe they had asked your wife where you were that afternoon, and she said that you were picking up the kids from school at 5pm (probably because you went to pick up groceries AND pick up the kids).
Now, the investigator can say that they've got conflicting statements, and that it appears you may be lying about where you've been. They might have had a nothing to go on in this case before, and no excuse to give the judge to get a warrant...on anybody. But now they've interviewed someone and caught them in a lie. Time to get a warrrant and put your ass through the wringer.
Yup, they cover that and many other of the shady tactics used by LEO's in the video I linked to, which (for those to lazy to click it) is a talk given by a former DA and former sheriff detailing precisely why you shouldn't talk to people like themselves, and how people like themselves can and will twist your words to make you appear guilty.
Proposal: Everybody go out and spend as much time as possible taking pictures of dams, power plants, government buildings, and anything else that makes the Spooks paranoid.
Also, let's agree to stop buying firearms, ammunition, fuels, adhesives, plumbing bits, et. al., with anything but cash.
Dress in cammies. All. The. Time. This is especially important to do when taking photographs of infrastructure as mentioned above.
Have a poker night with your buddies, or a member of a DnD club? Make your meetings (and communications regarding meetings) as cloak-and-dagger as possible, to give the impression that you're engaging in some sort of nefarious activity.
In essence, let's poison the holy living FUCK out of this well - give them so many false positives, they'll be forced to scrap the whole project.
Best advice I can give: Never talk to cops. Sounds like your wife got first hand experience on why.
For future reference, if you ever have anyone claiming to be with law enforcement come to your door claiming they want to talk/look around, you tell them you want to see a warrant first. If they fail to produce a warrant, you can be assured that either A) they have no case and are on a phishing expedition, of which you are not required to hold the net, or B) they aren't really LEO's, but rather con artists trying to work you over.
Either way, if they fail to produce a warrant ("we just want to talk" is a popular diversionary tactic to trick you into volunteering information you have no legal obligation to give), politely inform them they are trespassing and request they remove themselves from the property before you call the real cops.
Oh, and this should all be done through a mail slot or chain-locked door - many LEO's are under the impression that if their entry into your home isn't physically barricaded, they can just waltz right in without explicit permission (they can't, unless you've got some blatantly illegal shit sitting out where they can see it).
You have a quality Dead Horse, pre-processed! And you're what, going to throw it away? I hereby patent methods and procedures for purchasing bloody, pulpy, dead horses and selling the component parts to tennis racquet manufacturers, biological testing factories, and McDonald's.
Considering my car calls pulling the left stalk towards me "flash to pass" I don't see how anyone could call that wrong to do.
Thanks, at least someone understand where I'm coming from.
As for 2-4 car lengths following distance (I assume you mean minimum), I would think that is unsafe on the highway (at speed).
It's situational, not universal - if the person in front is driving like a normal, sane, intelligent person, and you're not contending with fucked up road conditions, 2-4 car lengths is perfectly safe (personally I'd err on the side of caution and stick closer to 4).
When they drive like erratic, homicidal sociopaths, as some of the respondents to my post have indicated, I'd recommend giving them wide berth, since it's only a matter of time before their selfish, dangerous driving habits take someone's life.
FYI, Average car length, per a study by the city of Portland, OR, is approximately 13.5 feet. that would make 2-4 car lengths about 27 - 54 feet.
Seriously? I don't know what state/county you got your license in but I've never heard of anything so lax. I have never heard of a license driving test being administered in a parking lot, which I assume is just you exaggerating to make your point more extreme.
Missouri, United States. I, too, found it unrealistically simplistic when I took my license test (which, granted, was almost 2 decades ago, but from what I understand the process hasn't changed all that much, save the addition of 'graduated' licenses).
You also gloss over the period where you have a provisional license which legally forbids you from driving alone or without someone 18 years of age or older (25 if you're under 18) who also carries a valid license. The whole point of this stage is for someone to be teaching you.
Unimportant immaterial - I'm talking about what is required to get the license in the first place, not the system by which they are handled.
If you had no one teaching you/weren't able to practice and you passed the driving portion of the DMV test (including parallel parking) then I have to wonder how you pulled that off or what state passed you, because clearly the local DMV there is not doing its job.
I taught myself how to drive on a farm, in an old manual transmission beater pickup (caveat, the old man did have to show me how the whole clutch-shift-clutch thing worked at first; ah, nostalgia...); I currently hold Class F, M, CDL-B and C licenses, as well as powersport and boating licenses (pretty much bullshit, but required by the state). I also have a clean driving record. Clearly, I know how to drive damn near anything with wheels, and a number of vehicles without - what about you?
Don't forget that in Europe most car are manual transmission.
It's not as easy to drive and change gears without a minimum training.
Never knew that; Personally, I've always felt that everyone who learned to drive a stick first is a better driver than those who never have, but of course, that could be because I'm biased.
In France if you use an automatic transmission for your Driving exam, it's written on your license and you can't legally drive anything else than automatic.
Interesting, I wonder how something like that would fly Stateside... likely without a hitch, since most cars in America are automatics.
HOw is it being a selfish asshole to remind idiots that cars can stop suddenly and to not put yourself in that position.
If you really don't know the answer to that, I suggest you surrender your driving license for the good of society, as you have clearly demonstrated that you A) have zero understanding of the LAWS that govern the road, and B) have a complete lack of respect for human life.
I only pray that the poor soul you murder when you slam on your brakes to "teach them a lesson" is one of your loved ones, and not one of mine.
I'm sorry, but we disagree. The problem is structural. Removing one set of people and replacing them with another, while leaving the structure the same would at best be a temporary fix. Often the first generation of regulators are not corrupted. But given the structure, those who replace them tend to be either corrupt or corruptible. I give ICANN as a recent clear example.
You can say that the structure is not itself evil, and that is a reasonable linguistic quibble. But as long as the regulators are human, it remains merely a quibble, and not a useful one.
That's not a disagreement - I say evil people are the problem, you say evil people will always be the problem. Sounds like convergent ideologies to me.
I do agree that it's a structural issue, but I don't think the problem is so much the structure of capitalism, but rather what values our society deems to be important ones to exhibit and expand upon; Greed and avarice are considered 'good' qualities and are thus rewarded, whereas charity and kindness are seen as a sign of weakness, and thus, punished. If we, collectively, were under the belief that life is a cooperative effort as opposed to a competition, capitalism... well, it probably wouldn't exist.
NO car should ever be close enough to me that if i slam on the brakes they cannot stop, period. If you are that close then it is YOU who puts others in danger. You should always assume that the car in front of you is going to stop immediately because it may have to.
Nothing you say will ever convince me or any other sane person that you have a right to put our lives at risk by being a selfish asshole.
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There's also an episode of PBS Frontline, and accompanying ProPublica article, which detail serious problems with the current state of "expert" testimony in court cases, albeit not necessarily focused on the weight of police testimony.
Say, somewhat neutral stats of the hassle/convictions you go trough if you cooperate vs if you don't?
Hey, buddy, you're more than welcome to try and find some yourself. I've tried before myself, so be forewarned - that Blue Wall of Silence is damn hard to penetrate.
This will need the AOKP/Cyanogenmod treatment, but otherwise it seems like a decent tab for hacking and general use...I mean, there are cheaper/easier alternatives, but these things will get really CHEAP after Christmas.
hmm...
Render farm?
There's also a dollar value on the fact that Mom doesn't need to spend any time or energy ensuring Junior doesn't download anything objectionable.
It's got Wifi access and a web browser, and is Flash-capable. So much for not downloading anything objectionable....
Ha, I see it now...
*perusing Little Johnny's browser history*
Hmm, let's see... disney.com, OK, pbskids.org, Fine, hidemyass.com... JOHNNY! GET YOUR LITTLE ASS DOWN HERE!
Android is a me too phone?
Tell that the the android phones with physical keyboards, hdmi output, or sd card slots. These are things that the iPhone never did.
In other words: "Our product is like theirs only we added a couple of features."
That's the very definition of a me-too product.
Like when Apple started adding hard drives to their desktops, after everyone else started doing it?
Seriously, though, these fanboi pissing contests, while close to the dumbest shit I've ever encountered, do make for fairly entertaining reading.
This. Why is "iPad-killer" even a thing?
Because the media has to sell advertising slots on no less than 4 24-hour "news" networks, not to mention innumerable websites and blogs.
Much as it pains me to admit it, money drives our culture, friend, to the bitter end.
The only thing I can use my Galaxy S for is word learning and some minimal email checking and messaging, other than that it's just games. Guess it is a toy or maybe I am getting old. Has anyone managed to use their smartphone/tablet/iphone for anything serious?
I use my Droid X to troubleshoot issues with wireless networks, do a bit of mitm experimentation, keep track of website analytics, study various religious text, tune my guitar, chat via IRC, control my home theater system, send WoL packets, monitor police and emergency radios, test various media codecs/protocols, play and record electronic music, manage my business calendar/contacts/transactions...
Oh, and of course, listen to Pandora whilst playing Nethack (most important use EVAR)!
Well, cowing to fascists may work for you, but I would rather risk the further illegal harrassment (which I WILL be documenting and reporting) than drop to my knees every time Big Brother jiggles his zipper.
If for you spending 1 hour talking to cops is the equivalent of sucking big brother dick, I think the problem is on you.
Funny, later in this same post you lambaste me for what you perceive as a failure to recognize context, moments after you commit the same sin. The statement of mine to which you are replying was directed at your statement
Which implies, to me, that you're more than happy to drop to your knees and lick boot each and every time the powers-that-be so much as imply you should. If that's not the message you intended to posit, you should have been more clear in stating your position.
Moreover, you'll be glad you taped the whole thing when they smash your Galaxy SIII on the floor before getting on your way to Guantanamo.
So? I have a plethora of apps which upload video to remote servers in real-time, so smashing the phone (i.e. destroying evidence, a felony I might add) would not bode well for the po-po.
BTW, if you despise your police force that much, maybe it's time to move to another country...
Were I a rich man, I might just do that, since expatriation is far easier (again, assuming one can afford it) than fighting against oppressive regimes. Then again, while not rich, I'm also not a pussy, and quite fond of the region from which I hail. That said, while you, a temporary foreign transplant, may lack allegiance to any but yourself, and be satisfied with being a nomad who flees a nation at the slightest hint of trouble, I have a willingness to stand up for the liberty and freedom of all that is, sadly, apparently waning.
From your comment, you seem to have balls. If you have brains as well, you'll be on your way soon enough, because by the looks of it, the situation is not getting any better.
You really think running away from authoritarians like a mangy cur, with your tail betwix your legs, is smarter than fighting against said authoritarianism? Maybe if you're incapable of seeing farther than the end of your own nose; those of us with more foresight are aware that people that try to hide from oppression will, inevitably, run out of places to hide - a fact that is already glaringly apparent to those of us who do actually have brains, as you put it.
Do you understand the concept of context? Given the tone of your post, I'm not really sure.
As I mentioned previously, I have to express similar doubts regarding your ability to recognize context.
For you, not answering the cop would have meant at worst that they came back the next day with a warrant.
No, for me the worst would mean they arrest me for "resisting arrest" and beat my ass to a bloody pulp for daring to question their authority. And you know what? That knowledge still doesn't prevent me from standing up for our rights. There are some things worth fighting for.
With the bit of context I added, you were supposed to understand that it was not my case and that the consequence could have been far worse.
Make all the excuses you want, I still say you fail as a human for A) taking the pussy way out, and B) criticizing me for actually having a pair, an anatomical feature which you quite obviously lack. Context or not.
Guess we'll have to agree to disagree.
Best advice I can give: Never talk to cops. Sounds like your wife got first hand experience on why.
I'm sure that you think you're right, but if I ask for a warrant, then two things can happen: A/ They don't get one. They may however remember my name and address, but otherwise I'm safe. B/ They get a warrant. Then I'm sure I'm toast as hell. They'll put my house in such a mess it'll take a week to clean the place up.
All in all, my wife lost 1:15 of her morning and now we've got a story to tell.
Well, cowing to fascists may work for you, but I would rather risk the further illegal harrassment (which I WILL be documenting and reporting) than drop to my knees every time Big Brother jiggles his zipper.
Plus we were on an H1b VISA and believe or not, the same laws don't apply to immigrants.
Considering the widely accepted (at least on /.) belief that H1B visas exist solely so that American corporations can get away with hiring low-wage foreign workers instead of skilled Americans, I doubt you'll garner much support by admitting to holding one.
At least tell me you used your visa to become a full-fledged taxpayer, er, citizen.
Opinion != fact.
Unless, of course, we're in a court of law, and the person giving the opinion is a LEO.
Sorry, did you have a point?
If you say, I went grocery shopping at 5pm, are you SURE it was 4pm? It wasn't 3:30pm or 4:30pm? Maybe they had asked your wife where you were that afternoon, and she said that you were picking up the kids from school at 5pm (probably because you went to pick up groceries AND pick up the kids).
Now, the investigator can say that they've got conflicting statements, and that it appears you may be lying about where you've been. They might have had a nothing to go on in this case before, and no excuse to give the judge to get a warrant...on anybody. But now they've interviewed someone and caught them in a lie. Time to get a warrrant and put your ass through the wringer.
Yup, they cover that and many other of the shady tactics used by LEO's in the video I linked to, which (for those to lazy to click it) is a talk given by a former DA and former sheriff detailing precisely why you shouldn't talk to people like themselves, and how people like themselves can and will twist your words to make you appear guilty.
Proposal: Everybody go out and spend as much time as possible taking pictures of dams, power plants, government buildings, and anything else that makes the Spooks paranoid.
Also, let's agree to stop buying firearms, ammunition, fuels, adhesives, plumbing bits, et. al., with anything but cash.
Dress in cammies. All. The. Time. This is especially important to do when taking photographs of infrastructure as mentioned above.
Have a poker night with your buddies, or a member of a DnD club? Make your meetings (and communications regarding meetings) as cloak-and-dagger as possible, to give the impression that you're engaging in some sort of nefarious activity.
In essence, let's poison the holy living FUCK out of this well - give them so many false positives, they'll be forced to scrap the whole project.
Best advice I can give: Never talk to cops. Sounds like your wife got first hand experience on why.
For future reference, if you ever have anyone claiming to be with law enforcement come to your door claiming they want to talk/look around, you tell them you want to see a warrant first. If they fail to produce a warrant, you can be assured that either A) they have no case and are on a phishing expedition, of which you are not required to hold the net, or B) they aren't really LEO's, but rather con artists trying to work you over.
Either way, if they fail to produce a warrant ("we just want to talk" is a popular diversionary tactic to trick you into volunteering information you have no legal obligation to give), politely inform them they are trespassing and request they remove themselves from the property before you call the real cops.
Oh, and this should all be done through a mail slot or chain-locked door - many LEO's are under the impression that if their entry into your home isn't physically barricaded, they can just waltz right in without explicit permission (they can't, unless you've got some blatantly illegal shit sitting out where they can see it).
Better safe than sodomized.
If you (insert joke here) , you might be a terrorist.
I don't get it...
Thus, behold, all that will be on my tombstone 8=======D ~~~~ ( . )( . )
Man, what a dick!
Oh come on now, you have no sense of innovation!
You have a quality Dead Horse, pre-processed! And you're what, going to throw it away? I hereby patent methods and procedures for purchasing bloody, pulpy, dead horses and selling the component parts to tennis racquet manufacturers, biological testing factories, and McDonald's.
Don't forget the glue makers!
Considering my car calls pulling the left stalk towards me "flash to pass" I don't see how anyone could call that wrong to do.
Thanks, at least someone understand where I'm coming from.
As for 2-4 car lengths following distance (I assume you mean minimum), I would think that is unsafe on the highway (at speed).
It's situational, not universal - if the person in front is driving like a normal, sane, intelligent person, and you're not contending with fucked up road conditions, 2-4 car lengths is perfectly safe (personally I'd err on the side of caution and stick closer to 4).
When they drive like erratic, homicidal sociopaths, as some of the respondents to my post have indicated, I'd recommend giving them wide berth, since it's only a matter of time before their selfish, dangerous driving habits take someone's life.
FYI, Average car length, per a study by the city of Portland, OR, is approximately 13.5 feet. that would make 2-4 car lengths about 27 - 54 feet.
But don't believe people will ever give a shit about your self taken gangsta' pose pictures.
Um.
If the FBI don't "give a shit..." why would they build a billion dollar facial recognition database?
I contend that there are people, powerful people, who do indeed "give a shit," and thus, so should the rest of us, yourself included.
Seriously? I don't know what state/county you got your license in but I've never heard of anything so lax. I have never heard of a license driving test being administered in a parking lot, which I assume is just you exaggerating to make your point more extreme.
Missouri, United States. I, too, found it unrealistically simplistic when I took my license test (which, granted, was almost 2 decades ago, but from what I understand the process hasn't changed all that much, save the addition of 'graduated' licenses).
You also gloss over the period where you have a provisional license which legally forbids you from driving alone or without someone 18 years of age or older (25 if you're under 18) who also carries a valid license. The whole point of this stage is for someone to be teaching you.
Unimportant immaterial - I'm talking about what is required to get the license in the first place, not the system by which they are handled.
If you had no one teaching you/weren't able to practice and you passed the driving portion of the DMV test (including parallel parking) then I have to wonder how you pulled that off or what state passed you, because clearly the local DMV there is not doing its job.
I taught myself how to drive on a farm, in an old manual transmission beater pickup (caveat, the old man did have to show me how the whole clutch-shift-clutch thing worked at first; ah, nostalgia...); I currently hold Class F, M, CDL-B and C licenses, as well as powersport and boating licenses (pretty much bullshit, but required by the state). I also have a clean driving record. Clearly, I know how to drive damn near anything with wheels, and a number of vehicles without - what about you?
Don't forget that in Europe most car are manual transmission. It's not as easy to drive and change gears without a minimum training.
Never knew that; Personally, I've always felt that everyone who learned to drive a stick first is a better driver than those who never have, but of course, that could be because I'm biased.
In France if you use an automatic transmission for your Driving exam, it's written on your license and you can't legally drive anything else than automatic.
Interesting, I wonder how something like that would fly Stateside... likely without a hitch, since most cars in America are automatics.
Well, if we are talking about German Autobahn here, then this sort of behaviour (tailgating with flashing lights) might very well be a criminal act.
Whoever said anything about tailgating?
You assume much.
Did you read the article?
Nope; was aiming for a laugh, not trying to have a serious discussion about a dead horse that's already been beaten to a bloody pulp.
HOw is it being a selfish asshole to remind idiots that cars can stop suddenly and to not put yourself in that position.
If you really don't know the answer to that, I suggest you surrender your driving license for the good of society, as you have clearly demonstrated that you A) have zero understanding of the LAWS that govern the road, and B) have a complete lack of respect for human life.
I only pray that the poor soul you murder when you slam on your brakes to "teach them a lesson" is one of your loved ones, and not one of mine.
I'm sorry, but we disagree. The problem is structural. Removing one set of people and replacing them with another, while leaving the structure the same would at best be a temporary fix. Often the first generation of regulators are not corrupted. But given the structure, those who replace them tend to be either corrupt or corruptible. I give ICANN as a recent clear example.
You can say that the structure is not itself evil, and that is a reasonable linguistic quibble. But as long as the regulators are human, it remains merely a quibble, and not a useful one.
That's not a disagreement - I say evil people are the problem, you say evil people will always be the problem. Sounds like convergent ideologies to me.
I do agree that it's a structural issue, but I don't think the problem is so much the structure of capitalism, but rather what values our society deems to be important ones to exhibit and expand upon; Greed and avarice are considered 'good' qualities and are thus rewarded, whereas charity and kindness are seen as a sign of weakness, and thus, punished. If we, collectively, were under the belief that life is a cooperative effort as opposed to a competition, capitalism... well, it probably wouldn't exist.
Guess we're both right.
NO car should ever be close enough to me that if i slam on the brakes they cannot stop, period. If you are that close then it is YOU who puts others in danger. You should always assume that the car in front of you is going to stop immediately because it may have to.
Nothing you say will ever convince me or any other sane person that you have a right to put our lives at risk by being a selfish asshole.
Apple launches a service that further degrades your rights to 'own' something that you've bought.
You mean I won't be able to leave my music streaming enjoyment to my heirs? Curses!
Bruce Willis is working on that.