Certain things do in Democracies. There are certain state secrets that should stay secret, but most of those deal with the military. Like positions of submarines, troop movements, weapon designs...
Well everything I have seen says complex thought doesn't really set in till about the onset of puberty which would make some kind of sense. There was an article on slashdot a bit ago about how you can forgo teaching kids math till about 5th or 6th grade and they quickly catch up to kids that were taught math from an earlier age because its harder to teach them complex things such as math.
They don't need to understand dogma to be dogmatic about something. They do it naturally. An example is believing in Flying Reindeer even though they have never seen one.
So according to you, the millions of people who currently want jobs but can't find them don't deserve to live? I mean, its not like there are people who do want jobs but have been unemployed for over a year.
Umm...things like Social Security, Medicare and Unemployment aren't real welfare, just social nets. People paid into SS, Medicare and Unemployment and that is why they get them, true welfare programs, like Aid for Families with Children go to people who never really paid into them.
Hence, that is why they try and make you as calm as possible before hand and try and make questions as neutral as possible to prevent a sudden rash of nervousness. And generally, they don't just administer polygraphs to people who are completely disinterested in something.
There is a big difference between Absolute Truth and Personal Truth. Polygraphs detect Personal Truth. If you purposefully say something you believe to be untrue, there are generally certain biological responses made throughout your body and that is what the polygraph picks up.
There are plenty of ways to regulate without hurting incoming businesses to the market. Forcing corporations to keep a certain amount of cash on hand to handle any hiccups would be one way. Yeah, they wouldn't be able to grow as fast as smaller companies, but that isn't as bad as shrinking the entire economy.
Also, it would be easy for Congress to make it so that bank reform only affects financial institutions over a certain value. Your local bank won't be affected, but big huge banks would. Small banks failing don't destroy the national economy.
No. It is a civil case and you should only be able to sue in a civil case for the following, money lost, time lost, litigation fees for having to take you to court. The purpose of civil cases are not to punish but to compensate.
Heh, I love how there are companies that are "Too Big To Fail" yet they aren't "Too Big to Require Regulation" I dunno about you, but if a single company failing could put us into a recession, then that company should be regulated to prevent that from happening.
Since when is 750% markup on punishment not cruel or unusual? That is like saying I steal a car, now I owe $15 million to the person I stole it to. True, there are criminal charges with stealing a car, but there would be civil ones as well.
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One could also argue that without standing armies freedom can't exist.
No, I don't think that is really true at all. I understand you are going for hyperbole, but you went a bit too far.
Isn't Australia one of the few democracies that are more right then the US?
Certain things do in Democracies. There are certain state secrets that should stay secret, but most of those deal with the military. Like positions of submarines, troop movements, weapon designs...
The star wars expanded universe would like to have a talk with you.
Well everything I have seen says complex thought doesn't really set in till about the onset of puberty which would make some kind of sense. There was an article on slashdot a bit ago about how you can forgo teaching kids math till about 5th or 6th grade and they quickly catch up to kids that were taught math from an earlier age because its harder to teach them complex things such as math.
They don't need to understand dogma to be dogmatic about something. They do it naturally. An example is believing in Flying Reindeer even though they have never seen one.
Yes, instead of Barbie, make sure every girl gets a Princess Leia Doll!
One requires complex thought that people don't develop till they are about 12 and the other one just requires people to be dogmatic about something.
So according to you, the millions of people who currently want jobs but can't find them don't deserve to live? I mean, its not like there are people who do want jobs but have been unemployed for over a year.
Umm...things like Social Security, Medicare and Unemployment aren't real welfare, just social nets. People paid into SS, Medicare and Unemployment and that is why they get them, true welfare programs, like Aid for Families with Children go to people who never really paid into them.
A digital scale may not realize that a .5 lb weight is on it doesn't make it unable to accurately tell you the weight of a 150 lb human.
Hence, that is why they try and make you as calm as possible before hand and try and make questions as neutral as possible to prevent a sudden rash of nervousness. And generally, they don't just administer polygraphs to people who are completely disinterested in something.
There is a big difference between Absolute Truth and Personal Truth. Polygraphs detect Personal Truth. If you purposefully say something you believe to be untrue, there are generally certain biological responses made throughout your body and that is what the polygraph picks up.
I don't watch soccer, but because of this, I will be rooting for Spain in the world cup...now can anybody tell me if they are a good team?
BP should have to pay compensation to the people who lost money due to the spill, and to the government due to clean up.
BP could also then be held for criminal charges and fined even more money beyond the civil charges.
There are plenty of ways to regulate without hurting incoming businesses to the market. Forcing corporations to keep a certain amount of cash on hand to handle any hiccups would be one way. Yeah, they wouldn't be able to grow as fast as smaller companies, but that isn't as bad as shrinking the entire economy.
Also, it would be easy for Congress to make it so that bank reform only affects financial institutions over a certain value. Your local bank won't be affected, but big huge banks would. Small banks failing don't destroy the national economy.
Now that is funny. Mod Parent Up - Funny!
So to compensate for the pony, Limewire must hand over a Funny Car.
No. It is a civil case and you should only be able to sue in a civil case for the following, money lost, time lost, litigation fees for having to take you to court. The purpose of civil cases are not to punish but to compensate.
Now just imagine if the RIAA and MPAA get the ability to somehow handle all these civil cases through arbitration instead of Court cases?
Heh, I love how there are companies that are "Too Big To Fail" yet they aren't "Too Big to Require Regulation" I dunno about you, but if a single company failing could put us into a recession, then that company should be regulated to prevent that from happening.
Since when is 750% markup on punishment not cruel or unusual? That is like saying I steal a car, now I owe $15 million to the person I stole it to. True, there are criminal charges with stealing a car, but there would be civil ones as well.
The advent of "smart weapons" don't make a war squeaky clean, but they sure as hell help.
At least we no longer have to carpet bomb an area to destroy our intended target.
The math breaks down at the Event Horizon because of the expression
Delta Tau^2 = (1-2M/r)dt^2 - dr^2/(1-2M/r)
Where Delta Tau is the invariant interval, 2M is the Distance from the singularity to the event horizon and r is the reduced circumference.
At the event horizon, where r = 2M, the equation breaks down.