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  1. Re:Please explain on Stallman: Thousands Dead, Millions Deprived of Liberties · · Score: 1

    It would have been just as easy for the terrorists to kill the pilot and the flight attendants with a long, thin piece of wire. Are you going to tell a musician that he has to check his guitar? By taking away our civil liberties, you are not going to prevent terrorism, you are merely going to enslave the rest of the American population.

  2. Re:absolutely right on Further Updates On Terrorist Attack · · Score: 2, Insightful

    You're close. The actual number of people required is eight. One person distracts while the other kills the pilot. Then the distractor stands guard at the door, reassuring all the passengers while the killer pilots the plane into the designated area. This act could have been accomplished by eight very determined terrorists. Consider this when you cry out for the blood of thousands of innocent muslims.

  3. Re:This pussyfooting business is making me sick on Hyperreality: The U.S-China Standoff · · Score: 1

    I really hope you're joking. Do you honestly believe that a war would be beneficial for this country? Economically, wars only benefit when countries are not at maximum production levels. Industry would have to be diverted from other things to produce weapons. This is radically different from post-Depression era, in which production levels were low, and were boosted by wartime necessities.

    Furthermore, being a superpower is about more than just vanquishing the weaker countries. In case you haven't forgotten, that was one of the main tenets of the Chinese and communist propaganda. Superpowers have a responsibility to "play nicely with the other children"

    Have you ever been in the military? Because productivity in the military is more than just killing people, in fact, that is the least important part of the job. "Protect and defend", not annihalate.

  4. Racism is Stupid on Racism At Microsoft? · · Score: 1

    It seems to me that minorities in general, whether they be black, green, female or bisexual have a tendency to take their situation in life and limit themselves because they are not willing to put forth the effort to change it. If we would take the criticisms and feed off them, instead of acknowledging them as facts we could accomplish so much more than we ever dreamed. The only limits we have are the chains we forge and fasten around our own waists. Jobs in tech fields are hard because each worker often has specialized konwledge and experiences that the others know nothing about. In any company, the veterans are going to hang together. Try moderating talks between rivalling groups over which flavor to install on the server. Try being a newbie on a team with grizzled veterans. If we could just learn to reach out and trust other people objectively we might see that even blatent rejection and prejudice is energy. I am sorry that a small group of individuals is suing Microsoft not because Microsoft is undeserving but because the 7 people in question felt it necessary to follow through with their suit. It is such a privledge to work for a small company. I wish that they could see that they do nothing for their fight against prejudice. They should do everything they can to better their experience and education so that any company would be foolish to refuse them. Jumping into the muck does nothing for the clarity of your fight.