So, am I to believe that no atheist has ever committed a crime of any kind?
No, of course not. However, you don't hear about atheists going and committing atrocities like this, because someone doesn't agree with a peer reviewed paper from my favorite journal.
Because if you look closely none of the companies replacing American workers with H1Bs are doing so directly. They all contract with staffing solutions providers in order to jump through a loop hole. It costs the company less to pay the contract price for all the workers they want than it does to pay for each individual American worker.
It's just too bad that more entities don't hang themselves when making their way through hoops and loopholes to increase their bottom line, get their fat bonus, and give everyone else involved a big rubbery one up the poop shoot.
If the Feds gave local police military helicopters with Hellfire missiles they would routinely be used on jaywalkers and drivers who didn't use turn signals
They should be used on drivers that don't use their turn signals.
Given that I'm a white male 99.999999999999% of what's wrong with the World is already because of me. So now I'm going to start watching shows/movies aimed at women of color and I'm going to give such poor reviews on them. Really show those bitches who is in charge and make sure they understand that they have no business being out of the kitchen.
Don't forget about the people that review things based purely on the description of the show or product. Then there are the people that can't/won't RTFM, then complain because product X does not perfectly perform unsupported action Y.
I don't give a shit who posts what. I just get tired of those in group A wanting to completely silence those in group B, because feelings and vice versa. There are times I am more in agreement with group A, just like there are times I'm more in agreement with group B, or not in agreement with either. I voice my opinion and may very well tell someone else that I think theirs is utterly fucking retarded. What I don't and will never do is tell them that they can't have an opinion that differs from mine. That's the point I was trying to make, many of the people on either side of these arguments want to silence anyone that doesn't agree with them. That's generally a bigger problem than whatever the given issue is.
That's my opinion. If you don't like it I don't give a flying fuck.
They aren't trying to censor anything, they are exercising their basic right to freedom of speech.
The cry bullies most certainly do want to censor, they want any opinion that doesn't agree with theirs to be silenced or otherwise done away with it. Most, not necessarily all of them have a poor or non-existent understanding of the first amendment. They don't seem to realize that everyone has the rights of freedom of expression and speech, it isn't reserved for those that agree with their point of view. They also don't seem to understand that the freedoms of speech and expression mean that one single solitary person has to agree with, respect, or acknowledge your position on any given subject. There are many on both sides of these arguments that display the clear lack of understanding how things actually work. Many of the complainants from all sides tend toward of modus operandi of being censorious toward anything that disagrees with their world view.
See the perceived plight of "persecuted" Christians in the United States for a perfect example of this.
really??? if you dont like a filter.... dont use it!!! What is so complicated here?
Because, when I don't like something no one else should either. I shouldn't have to go to the trouble of using some other application. The developers for Snapchat should have to make the application fulfill my needs as the special snowflake that I am.
Don't you understand how cry-bullying works?
These threads are nothing but excuses for flamewars, and invite all the retards from both sides of the spectrum, posters and mods alike, to stir up a goddamn shitstorm. In this thread, the reactionary-tards seem to be winning.
So fuck all your mothers' cunts with a rusty cactus and then kill yourselves you worthless goddamn niggerfaggots.
Exactly this, I wish I could mod this up some more.
There's a reason so many companies have headquarters in the US. And it has nothing to do with taxes.
There absolutely is. The U.S. operates as a tax haven for business entities from foreign countries in much the same way other countries act as a tax haven for U.S. businesses.
http://www.lectlaw.com/filesh/...
who cares if we can spot idiots. a zillion people spotted president bush as an idiot, yet he still was able to fuck our country long and hard, with no end in sight.
Yes, obviously. Just like Obama has single handedly delivered the country from all its ails and hasn't added onto the burden it's under....Oh wait...
And Congress definitely has nothing to do with the poor performance of the country, every educated person knows that the president is the sole savior and decision maker for the country....Oh wait....
I'm in absolutely in no way defending or trying to support Bush's decisions, it just irks me when anyone blames everything wrong with the country on the executive branch. There is a system of checks and balances, that keeps any one branch from being able to destroy the country on its own. Democrats blame whatever republicans they can, when its a republican president of course he gets the blame. Now we're in a cycle of having a democrat for a president so the republicans are doing the same thing. The biggest problem is that politics in the US have nothing to do with anything that truly matters or what the people really want. It only has to do with whatever emotionally charged issue the politicians can piggy back on and try to get people's dander up, over. Then the sheeple follow whichever side shouts the loudest and sounds anywhere close to favoring their idea on something. Not mentioning all that pork legislation that gets thrown in to the mix. The few people left in the voting pool that can think for themselves, rather than regurgitating the left's/right's line of the day, don't have enough clout on their own to elect officials that can think for themselves. Of course on the off chance one of the politicians that doesn't just tow a party line gets into office, they either fold and begin to tow the line or they become ostracized by their respective party and get buried by the media and/or voted out during the next election cycle.
Getting back on topic, a solid education that deals with actual science would get a great bolstering from better instruction regarding civics and government. That won't every carry any weight though, because the political machine is perfectly happy with sheeple, they know their positions would be in jeopardy if there was an electorate that was educated and informed, rather than being baited into voting for this fuckhead or that.
If you don't want your kids exposed to religiosity and pseudo-"science", put them in private school or move out of state.
It's not the parents that don't want their kids exposed to "intelligent" design and creationism that should have to be putting their kids in private school. It's the ones that do want their kids exposed to that non-sense. If a school is publicly funded (i.e. a state school/institution), there is no reason why religious dogma in any of it's forms should be allowed to be taught. That's the biggest problem with all of this sort of non-sense, it changes the wall of separation, which should be a nice impenetrable wall, though it unfortunately hardly ever is. Into a very slight bump in the road, if it even amounts to that much. God(s) and religion need to be kept out of science, out of government and out of education in general, but since there will always be private religious schools, the least that can be done is to keep it out of public school.
I agree with most of what you said, but I have to disagree and say that American politics might as well be considered tribal war fare. The two tribes are equally ignorant on most things that they make decisions about. Any decisions they do make aren't for the good of the people, but for their own agendas. Wouldn't you want to do whatever was necessary to stay in a cushy government job, receiving off the books kick backs, favors and the like from everyone that wants to buy your vote. All while you blast the other tribe with redundant, over the top rhetoric and try to make your self as loud as possible so that you get more sheeple behind you. Having a job where you wield power, with next to no accountability. 'Murica, fuck yeah.
...and the science committee, the House, the Senate and the White House. Pretty much any place that contains politicians is a huge threat to peace of mind, world peace and common sense.
After the trolling of this horrible place. The thing to do, will be to visit DC and try to sit in on Congress's science committee, trolling any members like the idiot that feels, evolution is a lie straight from the pit of hell.
They need to add wording so that my data can't be shared without my permission...
That's all you really needed to say. All this data hoarding and selling by so many companies is ridiculous, even your bank does it and then they send a letter in the mail to the effect:
"If you'd like to opt-out of our wonderful system of making money off your personal information, jump through these flaming hoops and let us know. Otherwise we're going to try to make as much money as possible off your ass.
All of these types of things should be opt-in, they should never be opt-out. I could care fucking less if some marketing company goes out of business. At the very least, any company that makes money off selling your data with or with out your consent, should have to send dividends to every person, whose data they've trafficked.
Having it just go away wouldn't work, but I for one don't believe that the credit bureaus should be able to catalog everything they can about my credit history and work history, then sell it off to marketers. Just yesterday I was screaming at some idiot on the phone telling them to take me off their mailing list. Since my credit history shows that I have debt, I get letters from places that "want to help me manage it." The fucker just wouldn't take no for an answer. And frankly I don't know why anyone would trust unsolicited mail about reducing their debt, how could anyone not realize it's coming from a company that's in business to make money and not to "help" you.
Eh. Making fun of fundies is more entertaining that going to the movies. It's to bad that you can't harness the power of their circular arguements, there'd be no need for fossil fuels.
I guess that would make them happier though, since their cars most assuredly run on rainbows and happy thoughts. Unless they see oil as just being some sort of magic elixr in the ground. I guess the lord put oil there, while Satan was hiding the dinosaur bones.
Idiots.
Appending that statement, agnostic would be a better category for babies than atheist. Regardless, my point is that they aren't born worshiping: Dawkins, Christ, Vishnu or even the FSM.
Slashdot Mirror
You forgot the stories about computer life in the 70's-80's. That's a guaranteed track to +5, as almost everyone on Slashdot is a curmudgeon over 50.
Some of us curmudgeons are younger than that, thank you very much. Now get off my lawn!
So, am I to believe that no atheist has ever committed a crime of any kind?
No, of course not. However, you don't hear about atheists going and committing atrocities like this, because someone doesn't agree with a peer reviewed paper from my favorite journal.
So... Earth is like a huge intergalactic crapper?
It sure is. There are approximately seven billion specimens that prove this fact.
Because if you look closely none of the companies replacing American workers with H1Bs are doing so directly. They all contract with staffing solutions providers in order to jump through a loop hole. It costs the company less to pay the contract price for all the workers they want than it does to pay for each individual American worker. It's just too bad that more entities don't hang themselves when making their way through hoops and loopholes to increase their bottom line, get their fat bonus, and give everyone else involved a big rubbery one up the poop shoot.
If the Feds gave local police military helicopters with Hellfire missiles they would routinely be used on jaywalkers and drivers who didn't use turn signals
They should be used on drivers that don't use their turn signals.
Given that I'm a white male 99.999999999999% of what's wrong with the World is already because of me. So now I'm going to start watching shows/movies aimed at women of color and I'm going to give such poor reviews on them. Really show those bitches who is in charge and make sure they understand that they have no business being out of the kitchen.
Don't forget about the people that review things based purely on the description of the show or product. Then there are the people that can't/won't RTFM, then complain because product X does not perfectly perform unsupported action Y.
I don't give a shit who posts what. I just get tired of those in group A wanting to completely silence those in group B, because feelings and vice versa. There are times I am more in agreement with group A, just like there are times I'm more in agreement with group B, or not in agreement with either. I voice my opinion and may very well tell someone else that I think theirs is utterly fucking retarded. What I don't and will never do is tell them that they can't have an opinion that differs from mine. That's the point I was trying to make, many of the people on either side of these arguments want to silence anyone that doesn't agree with them. That's generally a bigger problem than whatever the given issue is.
That's my opinion. If you don't like it I don't give a flying fuck.
They aren't trying to censor anything, they are exercising their basic right to freedom of speech.
The cry bullies most certainly do want to censor, they want any opinion that doesn't agree with theirs to be silenced or otherwise done away with it. Most, not necessarily all of them have a poor or non-existent understanding of the first amendment. They don't seem to realize that everyone has the rights of freedom of expression and speech, it isn't reserved for those that agree with their point of view. They also don't seem to understand that the freedoms of speech and expression mean that one single solitary person has to agree with, respect, or acknowledge your position on any given subject. There are many on both sides of these arguments that display the clear lack of understanding how things actually work. Many of the complainants from all sides tend toward of modus operandi of being censorious toward anything that disagrees with their world view.
See the perceived plight of "persecuted" Christians in the United States for a perfect example of this.
really??? if you dont like a filter.... dont use it!!! What is so complicated here?
Because, when I don't like something no one else should either. I shouldn't have to go to the trouble of using some other application. The developers for Snapchat should have to make the application fulfill my needs as the special snowflake that I am. Don't you understand how cry-bullying works?
These threads are nothing but excuses for flamewars, and invite all the retards from both sides of the spectrum, posters and mods alike, to stir up a goddamn shitstorm. In this thread, the reactionary-tards seem to be winning.
So fuck all your mothers' cunts with a rusty cactus and then kill yourselves you worthless goddamn niggerfaggots.
Exactly this, I wish I could mod this up some more.
I'm just happy to know that my most favorite of government agencies is spending my tax dollars wisely.
There's a reason so many companies have headquarters in the US. And it has nothing to do with taxes.
There absolutely is. The U.S. operates as a tax haven for business entities from foreign countries in much the same way other countries act as a tax haven for U.S. businesses. http://www.lectlaw.com/filesh/...
who cares if we can spot idiots. a zillion people spotted president bush as an idiot, yet he still was able to fuck our country long and hard, with no end in sight.
Yes, obviously. Just like Obama has single handedly delivered the country from all its ails and hasn't added onto the burden it's under....Oh wait...
And Congress definitely has nothing to do with the poor performance of the country, every educated person knows that the president is the sole savior and decision maker for the country....Oh wait....
I'm in absolutely in no way defending or trying to support Bush's decisions, it just irks me when anyone blames everything wrong with the country on the executive branch. There is a system of checks and balances, that keeps any one branch from being able to destroy the country on its own. Democrats blame whatever republicans they can, when its a republican president of course he gets the blame. Now we're in a cycle of having a democrat for a president so the republicans are doing the same thing. The biggest problem is that politics in the US have nothing to do with anything that truly matters or what the people really want. It only has to do with whatever emotionally charged issue the politicians can piggy back on and try to get people's dander up, over. Then the sheeple follow whichever side shouts the loudest and sounds anywhere close to favoring their idea on something. Not mentioning all that pork legislation that gets thrown in to the mix. The few people left in the voting pool that can think for themselves, rather than regurgitating the left's/right's line of the day, don't have enough clout on their own to elect officials that can think for themselves. Of course on the off chance one of the politicians that doesn't just tow a party line gets into office, they either fold and begin to tow the line or they become ostracized by their respective party and get buried by the media and/or voted out during the next election cycle.
Getting back on topic, a solid education that deals with actual science would get a great bolstering from better instruction regarding civics and government. That won't every carry any weight though, because the political machine is perfectly happy with sheeple, they know their positions would be in jeopardy if there was an electorate that was educated and informed, rather than being baited into voting for this fuckhead or that.
If you don't want your kids exposed to religiosity and pseudo-"science", put them in private school or move out of state. It's not the parents that don't want their kids exposed to "intelligent" design and creationism that should have to be putting their kids in private school. It's the ones that do want their kids exposed to that non-sense. If a school is publicly funded (i.e. a state school/institution), there is no reason why religious dogma in any of it's forms should be allowed to be taught. That's the biggest problem with all of this sort of non-sense, it changes the wall of separation, which should be a nice impenetrable wall, though it unfortunately hardly ever is. Into a very slight bump in the road, if it even amounts to that much. God(s) and religion need to be kept out of science, out of government and out of education in general, but since there will always be private religious schools, the least that can be done is to keep it out of public school.
Cranial Colon Envelopment
That is hands down, one of the best ways I've ever seen to state someone has their head firmly planted in their ass.
have you thought for one second... to stop using google?
Exactly, DuckDuckGo FTW.
It's policy, not tribal warfare.
I agree with most of what you said, but I have to disagree and say that American politics might as well be considered tribal war fare. The two tribes are equally ignorant on most things that they make decisions about. Any decisions they do make aren't for the good of the people, but for their own agendas. Wouldn't you want to do whatever was necessary to stay in a cushy government job, receiving off the books kick backs, favors and the like from everyone that wants to buy your vote. All while you blast the other tribe with redundant, over the top rhetoric and try to make your self as loud as possible so that you get more sheeple behind you. Having a job where you wield power, with next to no accountability. 'Murica, fuck yeah.
...and the science committee, the House, the Senate and the White House. Pretty much any place that contains politicians is a huge threat to peace of mind, world peace and common sense.
People gotta eat.
Kids gotta learn.
After the trolling of this horrible place. The thing to do, will be to visit DC and try to sit in on Congress's science committee, trolling any members like the idiot that feels, evolution is a lie straight from the pit of hell.
Congressional Ass-hat-ery at some of it's finest
They need to add wording so that my data can't be shared without my permission...
That's all you really needed to say. All this data hoarding and selling by so many companies is ridiculous, even your bank does it and then they send a letter in the mail to the effect:
"If you'd like to opt-out of our wonderful system of making money off your personal information, jump through these flaming hoops and let us know. Otherwise we're going to try to make as much money as possible off your ass.
All of these types of things should be opt-in, they should never be opt-out. I could care fucking less if some marketing company goes out of business. At the very least, any company that makes money off selling your data with or with out your consent, should have to send dividends to every person, whose data they've trafficked.
Having it just go away wouldn't work, but I for one don't believe that the credit bureaus should be able to catalog everything they can about my credit history and work history, then sell it off to marketers. Just yesterday I was screaming at some idiot on the phone telling them to take me off their mailing list. Since my credit history shows that I have debt, I get letters from places that "want to help me manage it." The fucker just wouldn't take no for an answer. And frankly I don't know why anyone would trust unsolicited mail about reducing their debt, how could anyone not realize it's coming from a company that's in business to make money and not to "help" you.
Eh. Making fun of fundies is more entertaining that going to the movies. It's to bad that you can't harness the power of their circular arguements, there'd be no need for fossil fuels. I guess that would make them happier though, since their cars most assuredly run on rainbows and happy thoughts. Unless they see oil as just being some sort of magic elixr in the ground. I guess the lord put oil there, while Satan was hiding the dinosaur bones. Idiots.
I'm actually planning a trip with several friends to visit that horrible place and troll the fuck out of those fools. It's going to be hilarious.
Appending that statement, agnostic would be a better category for babies than atheist. Regardless, my point is that they aren't born worshiping: Dawkins, Christ, Vishnu or even the FSM.