I agree, it is human nature to do that sort of thing. Does that mean we have to everything in our nature, no matter how perverse? Next time you get mad at someone in traffic, and your nature tells you to run him off the road, are you going to tell the DA that it was just human nature that made you do it? When I say 'grow up', I'm suggesting it is possible to rise above our natures, and do something right for a change.
As far as targeting Internet users with p0rn, you are right. Children are Internet users!
As far as saying my comments are ignorant, I think that probably has a lot more to do with interfering with your private viewing habits. You can say 'ignorant', but with any kind of supportive reasoning, you're just spewing ad hominem statements.
If you had a daughter (maybe one whose private parts are being leered at in darkened bedrooms around the world), you might have a different idea about what consitutes free speech, and what is abuse!
-- Nobody denies the right to have adult-oriented content out on the web
What is the facination with looking at girls that
sell their bodies for money? Maybe we should find something better to do with our time than spending our energy and money trying to make this filth available to little kids. Grow up and move on!
Sorry, but bullying has been around a lot longer than violent TV or video games. Things got pretty rough where I went to high school. We had security guards (they carried guns too) back in the mid '70s. Our solution was not to go on a killing spree.
The difference is that no one reveres life in this age. We make abortion easy and now that RU-486 is available, even easier. Physician assisted suicide, formerly unheard of, is now available in Oregon (I'm not sure where else...) Our heroes are Arnold Schwatzenegger and Sylvester Stallone. The coolest games are Quake and Unreal (among many others). Television cops draw their guns at least once per episode (ask a real police officer when the last time he/she actually drew his/her weapon was - yes, there are shootings, but on a per/officer basis, it is rare)
It doesn't take a brain surgeon to realize why when the same bullies act the same way they always have, the new solution is to kill. You reap what you sow.
I've found VNC pretty helpful. Drive NT/win2k from Linux. Drive win98 from a palm pilot. Drive Linux from a web browser. Can't remember if it does MAC yet or not? I've tried M$ Net Meeting, but it's a pain to install, and at least one reboot involved if you want to allow remote operation (ugh!) AND... it does Xwindows!
It's a little slower than some solutions, but it does the most on the most platforms. I give it 2 thumbs up!
Let's reword the question a bit:
If your loving wife were on the net talking filthy with some slobbering neanderthal typing from his basement in New Jersey, would that then be a sin?
Hey, you guys can have the Baldwin brothers, Rosie O'Donnell, Whoopie Goldberg, the Sheen/Estevez family and whoever else promised to leave the country if George W. got elected.
I think we should just send them a postcard with the statement: "Can we help you pack?"
What's so different about selectively breeding embryos for parts for humans already born, than selectively breeding grown adults for replacement parts for the rich and politically connected? I see a deeply disturbing trend here, where not only the unborn, but potentially the young and even adults are merely regarded as possible replacement parts. It's better to leave 'playing God' to the expert, God himself.
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I agree, it is human nature to do that sort of thing. Does that mean we have to everything in our nature, no matter how perverse? Next time you get mad at someone in traffic, and your nature tells you to run him off the road, are you going to tell the DA that it was just human nature that made you do it? When I say 'grow up', I'm suggesting it is possible to rise above our natures, and do something right for a change.
As far as targeting Internet users with p0rn, you are right. Children are Internet users!
As far as saying my comments are ignorant, I think that probably has a lot more to do with interfering with your private viewing habits. You can say 'ignorant', but with any kind of supportive reasoning, you're just spewing ad hominem statements.
If you had a daughter (maybe one whose private parts are being leered at in darkened bedrooms around the world), you might have a different idea about what consitutes free speech, and what is abuse!
What is the facination with looking at girls that sell their bodies for money? Maybe we should find something better to do with our time than spending our energy and money trying to make this filth available to little kids. Grow up and move on!
An appeal to reason...
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The difference is that no one reveres life in this age. We make abortion easy and now that RU-486 is available, even easier. Physician assisted suicide, formerly unheard of, is now available in Oregon (I'm not sure where else...) Our heroes are Arnold Schwatzenegger and Sylvester Stallone. The coolest games are Quake and Unreal (among many others). Television cops draw their guns at least once per episode (ask a real police officer when the last time he/she actually drew his/her weapon was - yes, there are shootings, but on a per/officer basis, it is rare)
It doesn't take a brain surgeon to realize why when the same bullies act the same way they always have, the new solution is to kill. You reap what you sow.
It's a little slower than some solutions, but it does the most on the most platforms. I give it 2 thumbs up!
You do the math!
Hey, you guys can have the Baldwin brothers, Rosie O'Donnell, Whoopie Goldberg, the Sheen/Estevez family and whoever else promised to leave the country if George W. got elected. I think we should just send them a postcard with the statement: "Can we help you pack?"
What's so different about selectively breeding embryos for parts for humans already born, than selectively breeding grown adults for replacement parts for the rich and politically connected? I see a deeply disturbing trend here, where not only the unborn, but potentially the young and even adults are merely regarded as possible replacement parts. It's better to leave 'playing God' to the expert, God himself.