Are what secret negotiations over treaties that will obligate us to write laws in concert with the treaty. There was some fuss about something like that once somewhere.
No where did I suggest that we were right for allying with Stalin or that our troops always do good. I argued that our policies need to change so that we are only involved where we can actually do good and that that is not impossible.
"US troops blowing up their villages, bombing their camps, cutting off supplies, manipulating their governments, etc." Is the exact kind of thing that your government doesn't deserve your loyalty for. And no where do I say that they don't do that or that they should be excused for it. Actually if you actually read the post I say the exact fucking opposite. I criticize the ignorant America can't do wrong sentiment. So where is this rabid pro American propaganda I am sowing. Oh wait sorry this is slashdot I forgot my bad, your tinfoil hat must be on a bit loose and is letting it the teh government mind control waves so that they can infiltrate this exclusive community that is impossible for just anyone to join where everyone is so mentally malleable that anything they read online will instantly change their mind. Sorry I screwed up the plot.
well since he is dead he might actually be a good politician. Would his corpse have to be found so that it could sit in office? Joke aside you only need 50% +1 to agree that a candidate is the best option. Less than that with alternative voting methods.
It does represent a asymmetric situation but what is not equal is time. Companies have people who work full time understanding the issues at hand your average citizen doesn't. So either make everyone pay attention or appoint official political analysts that work full time to understand the issues at hand and how they affect the public. Maybe you could even elect them? recurse. Either way you can't say ooh its too hard or I'm tired you have to pay attention and chose politicians that you feel are responsible and the best option or get involved yourself. It is like choosing which tv sitcom to watch. If you like it continue to watch it, if not stop watching it only politics is more important.
Well if 90% of people are against something and lobbyists do buy votes and the voters are angry enough they can vote the representative out of office, something money can't do directly, and he will no longer be in a position to take bribes. Once you think you have no power you're right.
"is a firearm that is usually designed to be fired from the shoulder, which uses the energy of a fixed shell to fire a number of small spherical pellets called shot, OR A SOLID PROJECTILE CALLED A SLUG." If you read the rest of the first sentence from your reference you would notice that shotguns can fire single projectile.
The line is from Chesterton's first book of essaysThe Defendant(1901) from the chapter, "A Defence of Patriotism":
"'My country, right or wrong,' is a thing that no patriot would think of saying. It is like saying, 'My mother, drunk or sober.'"
Appears to be what you are referencing. From Quotemeister
I don't know about that. The quality was passable and so was the acting/story/whatever. While effects may be less than network programming story and acting were much better than much I've seen on tv networks. Will certainly watch a few more episodes to see how it goes. As for the future? Well it is already here, and niche movies/porn/stories/news/whatever you can think about has already come about so why not tv? I sure hope it is because I've given up on a lot of major network shows, well a lot as in 3 of the four I watched, recently as they have turned away from what I originally liked. Paying for cable or satellite subscription then having to watch commercials is certainly out of the question.
I don't think it is clear that the gp was trying to insult Churchill, only to demonstrate that quotes are just strings of letters that they were too increative to come up with themselves and should not be taken as a proof but the idea be explained and decided upon independently of the source. Something you also kind of point out.
"A democracy is two wolves and a sheep voting on what's for dinner." And dictatorship is one wolf and a sheep deciding what to have for dinner. Democracy is only the worst form of government once you ignore all the other ones ever tried. But please do enlighten us, what do you think is the best form of government and please feel free to name a random one without explanation why.
"Trade-offs are inevitable?" in clear American is you either get to catch all the criminals even the terrorists or some criminals slide by law enforcement so that terrorists fighting say over reaching intrusions into privacy or maybe taxation with out representation also get by. This is why those who would trade liberty for safety deserve neither they trade a smaller evil (home intrusion) for a greater evil (government agents breaking into your home and confiscating terrorist material). Never forget the founding fathers were terrorists in their day and patriots today.
"The fox is always to blame" is a sentiment that really avoids the issue. It is pushed by those who don't like feeling bad about what they have done so they rephrase the issue. If everyone is too stupid to realize that the fox should not be guarding the hen house their fellow citizens need to inform them of the reality. You can't bury your head and hope the rest of the world works well. If that doesn't work try terrorism. Worked against the British during the revolution and brings attention to your cause.
It fits right in with the terrorists hate our way of life, if you criticize us because you think we aren't doing a good job you hate our way of life and must therefore be a terrorist. Off to political prison for you commie. Just as any critic of him was soon found by McCarthy to be a communist and no longer eligible to be a critic. I also find this disturbing and anytime I'm asked I simply respond "Love your country always. Your government when it deserves it." That is slightly paraphrased from Mark Twain. Also a new point I've been wanting to try is that if America is the best and perfection is impossible then there will always be something wrong with our country and if you don't think we deserve a better country you want us to fail like the terrorists.
You have half of the solution there. Yes bring some of our troops home. But there are many places that they are doing good and bringing good will to America both past and present. Hitler is the most obvious example but there are others. The real problem is when we argue that we need to support our 'dear friend' Israel and then hide them from any attempts at accountability such as the Goldstone report. When they act contrary to American interests they get a free pass even though they have hundreds of nuclear weapons. Yet if one brown skin gets one, Iran, the end of the world is near and only counter active measures that may actually drive Iran to produce weapons. Unless of course you're a crazy crackpot dictator willing to tow the American line, here is looking at you Musharraf and Mubarak with over 30 years of 'emergency powers' and yes I know the former is no longer technically in control of his once country but he was while we were dumping money on him while Egypt is the second largest receiver of American aid tied to Israeli levels, it is this inconsistency that is the true problem. American leaders can't come out to the world and say we only really care about ourselves but instead there is some garbage about democracy and freedom from oppression. The Sudan has the only sitting head of state to be charged, while in office and his latest election was hardly free or fair, yet not a peep. When in a mostly free and fair election, freedoms and fairness were revoked in East Jerusalem where the Israeli police had to approve any campaigners restricting 'terrorists' like Hamas in favor of terrorists and thieves like Fatah and polls were allowed to stay open longer, we attempt to destroy the elected government and punish the people by withholding jobs, food, sanitation equipment and other necessities because they didn't 'vote right' we have given up on American values and are actively destroying them at home yet all the while claim to be a beacon of light in the dark, that is really what drives the rest of the world nuts.
More importantly cells also know when they are damaged beyond repair and destroy themselves. Cancerous cells loose this ability and also replicate out of control. Without both of those conditions the cancer is mostly harmless.
Congratulations you just beat down a straw man argument. Almost as fun as beating the real argument but way easier. There is a difference between posting all your private information and hiding video of U.S. soldiers committing crimes. Big difference. And the rights and freedoms we, previously, enjoy here are meant to protect us from the government. They are the biggest criminal because they write the laws. Yeah most are good people but that is only because when they commit crimes news reporters, at least the good ones, out them and they get fired/resign. Government can't be immune from the law, when you have that there is nothing keeping those that run the government from protecting their own interests since they wont loose their job if they don't watch out for the people. I would like a little more than a warm fuzzy feeling keeping my government on task. And yes this does inconvenience some people but freedom isn't free.
Your rights aren't there to allow criminals to go unchecked, they are meant to keep potential criminals in government checked. Yes in this case a criminal may have been caught who was about to kill people. What happens though when down the road the government becomes corrupt, arresting political opponents on made up charges or other violations of our rights, and this program where the FBI is automatically scanning communication mediums you expect to be private where you are arranging with other people to overthrow the government for its crimes like we did to Britain. And it is not clear that the conversation was posted in a public part of facebook but it doesn't matter anyways because you should have no expectation of privacy anyways.
I'm studying biometrics and one of my friends often jokes with women he is working on a labia recognition system asking if they would like to volunteer for his study.
No that is not true. As a story about the son of god and his little stories about morality these things may have been written differently but can not be interpreted differently simply because we hung new calenders a few times. As moral doctrine given by a superior and perfect being it simply can not be incorrect or else this 'supreme being' was wrong. Now the stories can be misinterpreted and misused but if they say something clearly they can't be contradicted. This is how the church ends up covering up for rapists and contradicting science. As the moral guides with a special channel to god they simply can't be found to be wrong as a failure anywhere brings the whole system in doubt and previous established 'facts' have to be looked at differently with the potential of taking the religion the same way as Grecian-Roman paganism a few simple stories that failed to explain complexities in reality that were not understood and humans desperately wanted to control.
Still that part still is a product of its time and if the constitution is included in whole would still be there. Why a person might not be a free person and only count as 3/5 would still need explaining not offered in the text of that specific document.
Most of the vagueness surrounds the part about well regulated militias. Should only well regulated militias be allowed to bear arms? Who regulates the militias? Are only state militias allowed or can there be private militias independent of the state aside from regulation. And finally if the militias are to be well regulated why wouldn't their weapons be regulated as well? Really the right for every citizen to bear arms has little to do if only state run militias under heavy oversight are permitted and their members allowed to carry weapons. On the other hand well regulated can mean private militias that only have to register their name to be considered regulated then yes every citizen would be allowed to carry weapons. Due to the ',' in the sentence it is implied that the second half be taken in context of the first as they are related and clearly well regulated does not include everyone and their mother being allowed to purchase weapons without any kind of background check and belonging to no formal militia. Just to state my opinion when we asked kindly for the British to leave and they didn't we expelled them forcefully. And I have yet to see why a government of the people by the people and for the people would have any reason to have a monopoly on force, if they become out of line in my mind armed citizens act as the fourth branch of government and any restrictions on weapons is an attempt to pacify that branch and you have to ask for what reason? If they are a government for the people the people should, for the most part, be happy with their performance and thus no need to be afraid of an armed uprising even in the case where people are out to protect their interest at the expense of others the others if they outnumber the few vested interests be out gunned and out-manned making their attempt futile.
Rights are meant to protect you from a corrupt government. It is your duty as an American to resist a corrupt government just as the red coats were removed from this country by force after being told to leave so much for 'violence is never the answer.' Laws that make criminals easier to catch make revolutionaries against corrupt government easier to catch and the only one interested in that are the entrenched corrupt government. Liberties are meant to defend you from your government and should NEVER be surrendered. Violent revolution adds a physical cost to corrupt governance.
At first I thought someone had had some good fun with their motorcycle. The Suzuki gsxr-1300 (aka Hayabusa) is more motorcycle than you really need and I imagine it would only take a little bit of tweaking to get it to space.
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Are what secret negotiations over treaties that will obligate us to write laws in concert with the treaty. There was some fuss about something like that once somewhere.
No where did I suggest that we were right for allying with Stalin or that our troops always do good. I argued that our policies need to change so that we are only involved where we can actually do good and that that is not impossible.
"US troops blowing up their villages, bombing their camps, cutting off supplies, manipulating their governments, etc." Is the exact kind of thing that your government doesn't deserve your loyalty for. And no where do I say that they don't do that or that they should be excused for it. Actually if you actually read the post I say the exact fucking opposite. I criticize the ignorant America can't do wrong sentiment. So where is this rabid pro American propaganda I am sowing. Oh wait sorry this is slashdot I forgot my bad, your tinfoil hat must be on a bit loose and is letting it the teh government mind control waves so that they can infiltrate this exclusive community that is impossible for just anyone to join where everyone is so mentally malleable that anything they read online will instantly change their mind. Sorry I screwed up the plot.
well since he is dead he might actually be a good politician. Would his corpse have to be found so that it could sit in office? Joke aside you only need 50% +1 to agree that a candidate is the best option. Less than that with alternative voting methods.
It does represent a asymmetric situation but what is not equal is time. Companies have people who work full time understanding the issues at hand your average citizen doesn't. So either make everyone pay attention or appoint official political analysts that work full time to understand the issues at hand and how they affect the public. Maybe you could even elect them? recurse. Either way you can't say ooh its too hard or I'm tired you have to pay attention and chose politicians that you feel are responsible and the best option or get involved yourself. It is like choosing which tv sitcom to watch. If you like it continue to watch it, if not stop watching it only politics is more important.
Well if 90% of people are against something and lobbyists do buy votes and the voters are angry enough they can vote the representative out of office, something money can't do directly, and he will no longer be in a position to take bribes. Once you think you have no power you're right.
"is a firearm that is usually designed to be fired from the shoulder, which uses the energy of a fixed shell to fire a number of small spherical pellets called shot, OR A SOLID PROJECTILE CALLED A SLUG." If you read the rest of the first sentence from your reference you would notice that shotguns can fire single projectile.
The line is from Chesterton's first book of essaysThe Defendant(1901) from the chapter, "A Defence of Patriotism": "'My country, right or wrong,' is a thing that no patriot would think of saying. It is like saying, 'My mother, drunk or sober.'" Appears to be what you are referencing. From Quotemeister
I don't know about that. The quality was passable and so was the acting/story/whatever. While effects may be less than network programming story and acting were much better than much I've seen on tv networks. Will certainly watch a few more episodes to see how it goes. As for the future? Well it is already here, and niche movies/porn/stories/news/whatever you can think about has already come about so why not tv? I sure hope it is because I've given up on a lot of major network shows, well a lot as in 3 of the four I watched, recently as they have turned away from what I originally liked. Paying for cable or satellite subscription then having to watch commercials is certainly out of the question.
well democracy is almost as good. It is like everyone is a dictator, but not really.
I don't think it is clear that the gp was trying to insult Churchill, only to demonstrate that quotes are just strings of letters that they were too increative to come up with themselves and should not be taken as a proof but the idea be explained and decided upon independently of the source. Something you also kind of point out.
"A democracy is two wolves and a sheep voting on what's for dinner." And dictatorship is one wolf and a sheep deciding what to have for dinner. Democracy is only the worst form of government once you ignore all the other ones ever tried. But please do enlighten us, what do you think is the best form of government and please feel free to name a random one without explanation why.
"Trade-offs are inevitable?" in clear American is you either get to catch all the criminals even the terrorists or some criminals slide by law enforcement so that terrorists fighting say over reaching intrusions into privacy or maybe taxation with out representation also get by. This is why those who would trade liberty for safety deserve neither they trade a smaller evil (home intrusion) for a greater evil (government agents breaking into your home and confiscating terrorist material). Never forget the founding fathers were terrorists in their day and patriots today.
"The fox is always to blame" is a sentiment that really avoids the issue. It is pushed by those who don't like feeling bad about what they have done so they rephrase the issue. If everyone is too stupid to realize that the fox should not be guarding the hen house their fellow citizens need to inform them of the reality. You can't bury your head and hope the rest of the world works well. If that doesn't work try terrorism. Worked against the British during the revolution and brings attention to your cause.
It fits right in with the terrorists hate our way of life, if you criticize us because you think we aren't doing a good job you hate our way of life and must therefore be a terrorist. Off to political prison for you commie. Just as any critic of him was soon found by McCarthy to be a communist and no longer eligible to be a critic. I also find this disturbing and anytime I'm asked I simply respond "Love your country always. Your government when it deserves it." That is slightly paraphrased from Mark Twain. Also a new point I've been wanting to try is that if America is the best and perfection is impossible then there will always be something wrong with our country and if you don't think we deserve a better country you want us to fail like the terrorists.
You have half of the solution there. Yes bring some of our troops home. But there are many places that they are doing good and bringing good will to America both past and present. Hitler is the most obvious example but there are others. The real problem is when we argue that we need to support our 'dear friend' Israel and then hide them from any attempts at accountability such as the Goldstone report. When they act contrary to American interests they get a free pass even though they have hundreds of nuclear weapons. Yet if one brown skin gets one, Iran, the end of the world is near and only counter active measures that may actually drive Iran to produce weapons. Unless of course you're a crazy crackpot dictator willing to tow the American line, here is looking at you Musharraf and Mubarak with over 30 years of 'emergency powers' and yes I know the former is no longer technically in control of his once country but he was while we were dumping money on him while Egypt is the second largest receiver of American aid tied to Israeli levels, it is this inconsistency that is the true problem. American leaders can't come out to the world and say we only really care about ourselves but instead there is some garbage about democracy and freedom from oppression. The Sudan has the only sitting head of state to be charged, while in office and his latest election was hardly free or fair, yet not a peep. When in a mostly free and fair election, freedoms and fairness were revoked in East Jerusalem where the Israeli police had to approve any campaigners restricting 'terrorists' like Hamas in favor of terrorists and thieves like Fatah and polls were allowed to stay open longer, we attempt to destroy the elected government and punish the people by withholding jobs, food, sanitation equipment and other necessities because they didn't 'vote right' we have given up on American values and are actively destroying them at home yet all the while claim to be a beacon of light in the dark, that is really what drives the rest of the world nuts.
More importantly cells also know when they are damaged beyond repair and destroy themselves. Cancerous cells loose this ability and also replicate out of control. Without both of those conditions the cancer is mostly harmless.
Congratulations you just beat down a straw man argument. Almost as fun as beating the real argument but way easier. There is a difference between posting all your private information and hiding video of U.S. soldiers committing crimes. Big difference. And the rights and freedoms we, previously, enjoy here are meant to protect us from the government. They are the biggest criminal because they write the laws. Yeah most are good people but that is only because when they commit crimes news reporters, at least the good ones, out them and they get fired/resign. Government can't be immune from the law, when you have that there is nothing keeping those that run the government from protecting their own interests since they wont loose their job if they don't watch out for the people. I would like a little more than a warm fuzzy feeling keeping my government on task. And yes this does inconvenience some people but freedom isn't free.
Your rights aren't there to allow criminals to go unchecked, they are meant to keep potential criminals in government checked. Yes in this case a criminal may have been caught who was about to kill people. What happens though when down the road the government becomes corrupt, arresting political opponents on made up charges or other violations of our rights, and this program where the FBI is automatically scanning communication mediums you expect to be private where you are arranging with other people to overthrow the government for its crimes like we did to Britain. And it is not clear that the conversation was posted in a public part of facebook but it doesn't matter anyways because you should have no expectation of privacy anyways.
I'm studying biometrics and one of my friends often jokes with women he is working on a labia recognition system asking if they would like to volunteer for his study.
No that is not true. As a story about the son of god and his little stories about morality these things may have been written differently but can not be interpreted differently simply because we hung new calenders a few times. As moral doctrine given by a superior and perfect being it simply can not be incorrect or else this 'supreme being' was wrong. Now the stories can be misinterpreted and misused but if they say something clearly they can't be contradicted. This is how the church ends up covering up for rapists and contradicting science. As the moral guides with a special channel to god they simply can't be found to be wrong as a failure anywhere brings the whole system in doubt and previous established 'facts' have to be looked at differently with the potential of taking the religion the same way as Grecian-Roman paganism a few simple stories that failed to explain complexities in reality that were not understood and humans desperately wanted to control.
Still that part still is a product of its time and if the constitution is included in whole would still be there. Why a person might not be a free person and only count as 3/5 would still need explaining not offered in the text of that specific document.
Most of the vagueness surrounds the part about well regulated militias. Should only well regulated militias be allowed to bear arms? Who regulates the militias? Are only state militias allowed or can there be private militias independent of the state aside from regulation. And finally if the militias are to be well regulated why wouldn't their weapons be regulated as well? Really the right for every citizen to bear arms has little to do if only state run militias under heavy oversight are permitted and their members allowed to carry weapons. On the other hand well regulated can mean private militias that only have to register their name to be considered regulated then yes every citizen would be allowed to carry weapons. Due to the ',' in the sentence it is implied that the second half be taken in context of the first as they are related and clearly well regulated does not include everyone and their mother being allowed to purchase weapons without any kind of background check and belonging to no formal militia. Just to state my opinion when we asked kindly for the British to leave and they didn't we expelled them forcefully. And I have yet to see why a government of the people by the people and for the people would have any reason to have a monopoly on force, if they become out of line in my mind armed citizens act as the fourth branch of government and any restrictions on weapons is an attempt to pacify that branch and you have to ask for what reason? If they are a government for the people the people should, for the most part, be happy with their performance and thus no need to be afraid of an armed uprising even in the case where people are out to protect their interest at the expense of others the others if they outnumber the few vested interests be out gunned and out-manned making their attempt futile.
Rights are meant to protect you from a corrupt government. It is your duty as an American to resist a corrupt government just as the red coats were removed from this country by force after being told to leave so much for 'violence is never the answer.' Laws that make criminals easier to catch make revolutionaries against corrupt government easier to catch and the only one interested in that are the entrenched corrupt government. Liberties are meant to defend you from your government and should NEVER be surrendered. Violent revolution adds a physical cost to corrupt governance.
At first I thought someone had had some good fun with their motorcycle. The Suzuki gsxr-1300 (aka Hayabusa) is more motorcycle than you really need and I imagine it would only take a little bit of tweaking to get it to space.