...is like saying a miniskirt is incitement to rape. If you can't control yourself when you hear or see something, then YOU are the problem, regardless what the corrupt courts will tell you.
My point is that none of this is new. It is neither interesting nor innovative.
It's evolutionary, which is just as good as "new". Better even, it rides on proven, reliable technology. "New" is for the laboratory, where people are expected to die in an accident.
With full automation, the planet can sustain many times the population we have now. Our only impediment is bad management that emerges from any one or more of the *seven deadly sins*.
Karl Marx, please pick up the RED courtesy phone. Yes, automation will require a much larger *share the wealth* attitude amongst the public. We definitely do need to base pricing on human cost of production to make it work.
Threats are lies. And liars make them all the time. I will not tolerate censorship just so you can feel comfortable. Find another way to deal with obnoxious people. First of all, learn how to tune out the noise.
You are over simplifying. It's actually quite well understood that seeing endless images of scantily clad women who are often there just to be sex objects does create an atmosphere where rape becomes more acceptable. If she dresses like those other women who are there for your gratification, and you "pay" her with a date and an a few drinks, she owes you, right? A little more alcohol for encourage perhaps... So, there is a very powerful argument for limiting the availability of images like that, at least to minors and in public spaces.
Get off my lawn! You're only make a case against free will. If that is what you believe, then say it, so the discussion can move forward. Words and pictures only merit words and pictures in response. Only action merits counteraction.
A threat is not credible, too many liars out there. Only action is. I will not be censored by somebody else's fears. Every irrational nervous nellie out there can make trouble otherwise. I will take every step possible to break censorship.
You are wrong. The threats are lies until the attempt is made, and even then only the actual attempt is actionable. Words are NOT deeds, and they can compel nothing. Please don't even try to convince me otherwise. I know the difference.
You have to dig her up first. Aside from that, I'd go after the assassin. I don't see what dragging you through the courts would being me. The idiot who listens to you and pulls the trigger is the criminal.
In a car, a joint is much more convenient... Throwing your bong out the window when the cops stop you isn't exactly discreet. And swallowing it isn't really an option.
To me, that is exactly why anything short of a court order, signed by a judge, should be ignored, no response at all. Unless you want to sucker punch them by immediately filing your own legal papers of course:-)
Well, knowing what I do about Ferengis, they would probably keep their fantasies to themselves unless they could get a good price and merchandising and distribution rights.
Strategies that are too selfish "kill the host". Or invite retaliatory action.
This is why governments must adjust their austerity measures carefully, lest the resulting property damage outweighs the cost savings. Cost/benefit ratios are coldly calculated in all aspects of nature. Accretion vs. dispersal, too much of the first leads to spectacular displays of the second. Always have a camera rolling for such events, first rule of information retrieval.
No, it goes beyond the written law. If you can tell me what to say, I can tell you what to wear. Clothing is no less provocative than the word. It sends a message, whether you agree or not. Unfortunately various governments are into regulating clothing also... Maybe we should declare miniskirts and tight tops as gang clothing. Censorship is vile and its enforcers and supporters are despicable little dictators. But 98% of the world disagrees. Authoritarianism is very popular. It enables a kind of personal feudalism.
Relativity is a description of the geometry of the universe.
Maybe I've been away too long, but last I heard was that Relativity is still a theory. Can anybody authoritatively tell me if 'particles' are any more than eddy currents of energy?
Cui bono... The government is merely a snake oil middleman skimming off some of the profits. Who are the people that actively lobby for this with a bit more than three martinis?
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"incitement to riot"
...convinced he has no natural right in opposition to his social duties.
Whoops!! don't care for that giant loophole, no matter the good intentions of the idea. No one has has any duties to a tyrannical society.
My point is that none of this is new. It is neither interesting nor innovative.
It's evolutionary, which is just as good as "new". Better even, it rides on proven, reliable technology. "New" is for the laboratory, where people are expected to die in an accident.
With full automation, the planet can sustain many times the population we have now. Our only impediment is bad management that emerges from any one or more of the *seven deadly sins*.
Karl Marx, please pick up the RED courtesy phone. Yes, automation will require a much larger *share the wealth* attitude amongst the public. We definitely do need to base pricing on human cost of production to make it work.
If 6 was 9....
Threats are lies. And liars make them all the time. I will not tolerate censorship just so you can feel comfortable. Find another way to deal with obnoxious people. First of all, learn how to tune out the noise.
You are over simplifying. It's actually quite well understood that seeing endless images of scantily clad women who are often there just to be sex objects does create an atmosphere where rape becomes more acceptable. If she dresses like those other women who are there for your gratification, and you "pay" her with a date and an a few drinks, she owes you, right? A little more alcohol for encourage perhaps... So, there is a very powerful argument for limiting the availability of images like that, at least to minors and in public spaces.
Get off my lawn! You're only make a case against free will. If that is what you believe, then say it, so the discussion can move forward. Words and pictures only merit words and pictures in response. Only action merits counteraction.
A threat is not credible, too many liars out there. Only action is. I will not be censored by somebody else's fears. Every irrational nervous nellie out there can make trouble otherwise. I will take every step possible to break censorship.
You are wrong. The threats are lies until the attempt is made, and even then only the actual attempt is actionable. Words are NOT deeds, and they can compel nothing. Please don't even try to convince me otherwise. I know the difference.
You have to dig her up first. Aside from that, I'd go after the assassin. I don't see what dragging you through the courts would being me. The idiot who listens to you and pulls the trigger is the criminal.
If you can profit from door to door sales of the Obvious-o-Tron 3000, would you complain?
"pass me the bong, motherfucker".
In a car, a joint is much more convenient... Throwing your bong out the window when the cops stop you isn't exactly discreet. And swallowing it isn't really an option.
I think we're parked, man!
Talk is cheap. It's less than cheap... It is nothing... It is lies... Follow the action, you'll see a better show.
Which started the whole world crying..
I saying speech cannot compel action of any kind anymore than a short skirt can compel rape. Can it be any simpler?
To me, that is exactly why anything short of a court order, signed by a judge, should be ignored, no response at all. Unless you want to sucker punch them by immediately filing your own legal papers of course :-)
Well, knowing what I do about Ferengis, they would probably keep their fantasies to themselves unless they could get a good price and merchandising and distribution rights.
Strategies that are too selfish "kill the host". Or invite retaliatory action.
This is why governments must adjust their austerity measures carefully, lest the resulting property damage outweighs the cost savings. Cost/benefit ratios are coldly calculated in all aspects of nature. Accretion vs. dispersal, too much of the first leads to spectacular displays of the second. Always have a camera rolling for such events, first rule of information retrieval.
...there's no need to keep discussing this.
Absolutely right! It is much better to develop a means of circumventing censorship entirely. Then the little dictators can cry alone.
That's too bad that you, too, have such difficulty separating word from deed. The only possible threat is the act of doing, not speaking.
You make sloppy interpretations of written law and call me crazy. Eh, whatever. Just don't expect any respect for any of it.
No, it goes beyond the written law. If you can tell me what to say, I can tell you what to wear. Clothing is no less provocative than the word. It sends a message, whether you agree or not. Unfortunately various governments are into regulating clothing also... Maybe we should declare miniskirts and tight tops as gang clothing. Censorship is vile and its enforcers and supporters are despicable little dictators. But 98% of the world disagrees. Authoritarianism is very popular. It enables a kind of personal feudalism.
The riot Index. Everything is in balance.
Relativity is a description of the geometry of the universe.
Maybe I've been away too long, but last I heard was that Relativity is still a theory. Can anybody authoritatively tell me if 'particles' are any more than eddy currents of energy?
Sounds like most government programs.
Cui bono... The government is merely a snake oil middleman skimming off some of the profits. Who are the people that actively lobby for this with a bit more than three martinis?