So if they just reopened megaupload with all the old data still on it the feds would just let that happen right?
Because if so, then yes... megaupload should just do that. But that seems more then unlikely. This is another game the feds like to play. They put down whatever you want, look you in the eye, and say "go ahead - take it!"
I hate the federal government sometimes. This sort of dickish behavior should be reserved for pissing off dictators or various powers that deserve a good scare. But against the cyberlockers?...
Meh... we need some sort of digital Switzerland. Possibly that's just going to have to be the P2P world... no way around it.
Most industries deal with this sort of thing all the time.
Doctors, heavy industry, power generation, farmers... all of them get handed down legislation by people that often don't know what they're talking about. They often have good intentions and are trying to fix a real problem. But because they don't know what they're talking about it causes problems.
This is why regulations should be kept small and flexible. Understand that people are going to make mistakes and not understand. The system has to anticipate a certain percentage of legislation is going to be stupid. So be it. Just make sure that no one bill can be so influential that it can ever matter. And make sure nothing is written in stone unless everyone really knows what they're talking about.
I believe in life and death. I've seen no evidence of super natural eternal life. Show me where I can find proof of that.
As to death being inevidable... possibly... but I will put it off as long as possible. I have a will to live. If someone says "you'll die at 20 unless you kill 1000 rats."... sure, I might die at 80 if I kill the rats... but I really don't want to die at 20.
Or what if you have a son that is sick. The child will die unless he gets medicine... and the only way to develop it is to kill 10,000 rats. Will you say "oh no, don't kill the rats!'... damning your son's life.
NO!... I value life. And if the day comes when it can be extended indefinitely into clinical immortality. I will do that too. If you want to die... I won't stop you. Have fun. I'll live thank you.
The amish haven't rejected science derived from animal testing. Where do you think the amish doctors learn anatomy? From books that learned from dissecting corpses.
This is medicine. It isn't clean.
In any case, if you want to live like christian scientists or the scientologists that's your business too. They reject a lot of modern medicine. And their members tend to die a lot because doctors aren't allowed to do their jobs.
Your choice.
But make no mistake. This is life or death.
How many rats would you kill to live? For me?... there really isn't a limit. I'd kill billions of them... any number... I will live.
Basically anything developed in the last 80 years.
Most drugs start with animal testing. Thousands of little white lab rats all injected in different versions of a chemical. Different doses. Different intervals.
Many of the rats die.
The results are logged.
They do things like give a rat cancer or AIDs and then try to cure or control the disease.
Do you know how impossible research into cancer drugs will become if they can't use animal testing?
The animal testing gives you an idea of what is and isn't poison. This isn't predictable. It gives you an idea about dosages. You can try the results of the lab rat tests on other animals... larger animals... Just to see if that gives you more information. And then you move to human trials.
You do the same thing you did with the rats. Only this time using drugs that didn't kill them. Some people get sick anyway and die. Rats aren't a perfect analog but they're close.
The whole process of developing a drug takes years. Billions can be spent to develop ONE drug that is better then other alternatives and doesn't kill people.
Take away the animal testing and we'll need to do more human testing.
You want to volunteer for a test that a scientist believes has a 50/50 chance of killing you?
It's time for the children to grow up. This is the world. Deal with it.
I suppose you're right. I just sympathize with newegg's position. They're getting screwed in that deal.
The obvious solution is for newegg to require companies to supply reinstall discs if only to their refurbisment center so they at least can do the reinstall. Short that, the return policy might not be sustainable.
You have to appreciate that most returns are not due to defects but rather buyer's remorse. It's okay if the company can still sell the unit for nearly the same price to someone else. But if the OS gets wiped and there's no way to recover it without going through an annoying process then the losses are a greater.
These companies often operate on fairly thin margins. Especially companies like Newegg that are known for low prices.
I suspect newegg is going to change the return policy so that reinstalling the OS voids the return policy. Obviously if the harddrive fails that is another matter. So possibly the only way to return a computer if you reinstall the os is to break the harddrive. I've known people that have done worse.
When they try to resell it what are they going to say? Oh yeah, the OS was wiped, we can't restore it, and you'll have to track down the drivers on your own and reinstall windows from your own private disc.
You could stay new egg should do this for you. That the restoration process should include reinstalling windows. But it radically eats into their profit margin.
I think this speaks mostly to the problem with companies not providing restore discs for computers and instead relying on restore partitions. I hate systems that don't have restore discs.
If all systems had them then we could restore to factory defaults on a NEW harddrive. Or we could restore if the drive crashed. Or we could restore if someone installed linux on the machine and you need to restore it to windows before reselling.
As to issues with machines that don't have windows installed on them. I've see that quiet often. More then a few new systems that work just fine with windows 7 become unstable when I installed xp.... yes, both are windows but the drivers for xp were garbage. So I can only imagine that the drivers for linux might also be an issue.
That will happen whether or not the peaceful man gets stabbed or not. Why wouldn't I get stabbed on tuesday if I didn't stab the peaceful man on monday?
He's not a participant in the system. He's a bystander. A victim. He has no power to stop any of it. He's meaningless.
This is what you're not getting.
You. Can. Not. Stop. It.
If your soldiers go home and embrace peace... you've signaled weakness to your enemies that will exploit that. They know you won't defend your allies. They know that they can scare you away like a little white rabbit just by acting fierce.
You think the violent man will be so moved by your little story that he won't stab the peaceful man?
Friend, the peaceful man is destined to die in a pool of his own blood and piss.
I choose better for those I love. If you want to die. Die. Do not burden those that wish to live with weakness. Suffering this sort of thing is a luxury. Ironically your sort of logic is only tolerable when your society has enough strength to compensate for your weakness. You're not helping.
That isn't what he said. He gave no criteria for justifying weapons research or animal testing.
He didn't ask for a company that did these things ethically or did these things in the service of a good cause. He said he couldn't work for them because they did these things.
So... the kinship you feel with him... I don't see it. Your stances are different.
If I'm right, then I'm even more insightful... aren't I?
As to flexibility... I'm the soul of adaptability. And part of being adaptive is knowing which way is up. That's all my whole post really is... I came upon a man wondering where the light is and I pointed at the sun... and said "there"... Is that ridged? I'm not telling you to fly towards it or set your course to it's path. I'm just telling you where it is... Do what you want.
Unless you actually have another way it's vapid nonsense. You might as well wish for unicorns.
I mean, sure... wouldn't it be great if we had magic that did things differently or had fewer downsides? Yeah. But it's unproductive fantasy unless it can ACTUALLY deliver.
Unless you've got something that you'd risk the lives of your family on... their LIVES. You've got nothing. Because that's what's at risk here. This is our world. This is our nation. This is our society. Our economy. Our political system. This is the basket in which all our eggs lie. I'm not going to jeopardize it. So if you think you have a better way... we'll pay you billions to develop it... assuming you convince us you actually know what you're talking about. And if it works we'll shift our whole system over to it with thanks. And for your reward... we'll make you absurdly wealthy. You will have your pick of our females, high status... the best of everything we have to offer is yours.
But if your idea doesn't work. If you don't know what you're talking about. We have nothing but pity. Charity. Hand outs. And of course low status and you can forget the females.
We're the walking monkeys. We do our best... but we're not gods. Give us a break. We're trying.
1. Without an ability to go to war the US never would have been able to rebel against the English. We did not use sticks and stones.
2. Without an ability to go to war the US would not have expanded or remained stable.
3. Without an ability to go to war the US would be attacked more often and more successfully. Fear is a fantastic peace maker. Weakness provokes war. If a power that wants what you have sees that you can't stop them. There is a good chance they'll try to take it. If instead they see an overwhelming force that will rip them to shreds just for trying... they'll pick on weaker prey.
The above is not unusual.
I'm sorry to be the first person to tell you this... I feel like someone telling another for the first time about death or that santa clause isn't real.
War is eternal.
It simply is... I wish it weren't but it's reality. It's like death. So long as there are people there will be war. It is one of the primary duties of any society to protect it's people when the wars come.
You probably think we start all the wars we get involved in... not the case. The vast majority of them were started by someone else and we got sucked into them often against our will.
Our weapons ensure that fewer of our people have to die to kill the number of their people that will make the enemy - stop.
We do not love war. Most of our enemies see glory in it. It is amongst our duties in such matters to educate them as to the horrors of war. If that means covering their soldiers in napalm and setting it on fire... then that is what is required... It's that or yield. And only the weak yield... and the weak should be attacked... which means fighting against another force that won't stop until they horrified or killed into submission. Unless we want to yield again which will only cause further attacks.
Don't blame me. I didn't make these rules. I think they're stupid too. But they are the rules. It's just the way people are.
If you have the groovy weapons then your side tends to suffer less and be attacked less.
Yes, the US gets involved in a lot more wars then most countries. But that's because we tend to be proxies and allies of many powers that basically outsource their defense to the US. Ironically, we accept this role without taking any payment for it largely because we believe in peace. What are the options? Let your allies have their cities burned and their women raped? Could you ignore a holocaust just to avoid war?
Nearly all the war we've been involved in was an outgrowth of the cold war. They were theaters in a larger struggle. That accomplished the US also largely assumed most of the responsibilities of the old British Empire... only without the benefits. We don't get to collect taxes or control trade. We just do the fighting and the dying.
So in that context do I have a problem with weapons research? No. Bring on the killer robots. Bring on the death rays. Bring on the... whatever... Too many americans die as is... possibly with better tech fewer of us will have to bite it. You say the politicians will hesitate if they don't have the weapons? Dream on. At least give our people the best toys we can dream up. It's the least they deserve. Don't send our men into the fire with garbage. Understand... we will never stop fighting wars. It will never stop. If it's going to happen... what would you want your son to have protecting him? Old cheap garbage? Or the finest military hardware we can give them?
During the Vietnam war... before the US was involved... The French were already fighting the war. The war was not popular in france. French soldiers in Vietnam would sometimes open boxes of weapons and find anti war notes left in the boxes. Sometimes grenades would have nothing in them.... no explosive charge. Sometimes the hardware was boobytrapped by their own people to explode.
That is something our own soldiers have never had to deal with... and we should hope to all you hold holy that they never do face that. Because a
We are a continuum. We are torch bearers. We did not light the flame anymore then our fathers or their grand father's lite it. It is merely ours to carry it and pass it on. Our ancestors broke religious taboos to dissect the dead and learn what we know of human anatomy. Every generation broke a taboo or two. Medicine is messy. But the men under the serpent staff only know how to treat you because generations of doctors and scientists pushed boundaries.
There is a price. In this case, be grateful it is so cheap... sometimes the cost is dire... but always it must be paid.
Uh... are you saying child porn enthusiasts don't effectively support the exploitation of children? Because they do. I'm struggling to think of what you could mean by illegal porn. Short of child porn what is illegal? Is animal sex illegal? I have no idea.... In any case if you buy that stuff I can't see how you're not partially responsible for people screwing the live stock.
As to animal testing not having an impact on modern or cutting edge medicine. You have no idea what you're talking about. Consult a doctor immediately and stop talking crap.
No no. You've reached your quota for ignorant comments on the internet for this week. Please consult a doctor. Even go to a medical forum and see if you can get a medical student to answer the question for you. I'd be shocked if any of them backed that silly argument.
4000 years ago there was probably some guy that said it was wrong for the people to stop following the great animal herds. He said he was wrong for people to live in the same mud huts year after year and grow wheat/rice/potatoes/maze. He said it was better for people to follow the great herds. Sleep someplace different every night and live on their feet.
And 4000 years ago someone like me said, we're going to build this village. We are going to grow our crops. And we're not going to follow the stupid herds anymore.
Flashing forward to today, what have the people that followed the herds accomplished? F'ing nothing. They're asshat barbarians. And yes, they still exist in a few places though most of them live in cities everyone else taught them how to build because they're otherwise useless.
Now you want to tell me GMO is bad and we shouldn't do it? Fine. Go follow the buffalo. I'll be here with civilization. My descendants in 4000 years will get to shake their heads at your primitive descendants assuming they survive.
Please... throw some more Latin at me... it's funny hearing arguments for barbarism in the tongue of the road builders.
Don't confuse libertarianism with anarchism. They're not the same thing. Libertarians believe that government should exist to protect a society from external aggression and from physical violations of other people's rights. Beyond that, government has no role. An anarchist believes all government is evil and people should exist in a society with no organized authority.
Don't enter a hospital ever again. No. Don't say a word.
If you want in and not to be a hypocrite - accept the price.
I have no patience for mealy mouthed contrary nonsense that cries for help one moment and then questions the means by which that help was provided the next.
Nature tells us every day. Them or you. It's a constant game of musical chairs.
All you're telling me is that you should have died. Those without a will to live - shouldn't. I will live. I will beat my chest and bath in the blood of any man or beast that lies between me and life.
I make no excuses for this and care nothing for anyone's opinion on the matter. I do not need your approval. I do not need your forgiveness.
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So if they just reopened megaupload with all the old data still on it the feds would just let that happen right?
Because if so, then yes... megaupload should just do that. But that seems more then unlikely. This is another game the feds like to play. They put down whatever you want, look you in the eye, and say "go ahead - take it!"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Khyzj5toqwA
I hate the federal government sometimes. This sort of dickish behavior should be reserved for pissing off dictators or various powers that deserve a good scare. But against the cyberlockers?...
Meh... we need some sort of digital Switzerland. Possibly that's just going to have to be the P2P world... no way around it.
Most industries deal with this sort of thing all the time.
Doctors, heavy industry, power generation, farmers... all of them get handed down legislation by people that often don't know what they're talking about. They often have good intentions and are trying to fix a real problem. But because they don't know what they're talking about it causes problems.
This is why regulations should be kept small and flexible. Understand that people are going to make mistakes and not understand. The system has to anticipate a certain percentage of legislation is going to be stupid. So be it. Just make sure that no one bill can be so influential that it can ever matter. And make sure nothing is written in stone unless everyone really knows what they're talking about.
The price isn't money. The price is moral.
If you thought the car was immoral it would be hypocritical to accept one as a gift.
Nice try though.
I believe in life and death. I've seen no evidence of super natural eternal life. Show me where I can find proof of that.
As to death being inevidable... possibly... but I will put it off as long as possible. I have a will to live. If someone says "you'll die at 20 unless you kill 1000 rats."... sure, I might die at 80 if I kill the rats... but I really don't want to die at 20.
Or what if you have a son that is sick. The child will die unless he gets medicine... and the only way to develop it is to kill 10,000 rats. Will you say "oh no, don't kill the rats!'... damning your son's life.
NO!... I value life. And if the day comes when it can be extended indefinitely into clinical immortality. I will do that too. If you want to die... I won't stop you. Have fun. I'll live thank you.
The amish haven't rejected science derived from animal testing. Where do you think the amish doctors learn anatomy? From books that learned from dissecting corpses.
This is medicine. It isn't clean.
In any case, if you want to live like christian scientists or the scientologists that's your business too. They reject a lot of modern medicine. And their members tend to die a lot because doctors aren't allowed to do their jobs.
Your choice.
But make no mistake. This is life or death.
How many rats would you kill to live? For me?... there really isn't a limit. I'd kill billions of them... any number... I will live.
Basically anything developed in the last 80 years.
Most drugs start with animal testing. Thousands of little white lab rats all injected in different versions of a chemical. Different doses. Different intervals.
Many of the rats die.
The results are logged.
They do things like give a rat cancer or AIDs and then try to cure or control the disease.
Do you know how impossible research into cancer drugs will become if they can't use animal testing?
The animal testing gives you an idea of what is and isn't poison. This isn't predictable. It gives you an idea about dosages. You can try the results of the lab rat tests on other animals... larger animals... Just to see if that gives you more information. And then you move to human trials.
You do the same thing you did with the rats. Only this time using drugs that didn't kill them. Some people get sick anyway and die. Rats aren't a perfect analog but they're close.
The whole process of developing a drug takes years. Billions can be spent to develop ONE drug that is better then other alternatives and doesn't kill people.
Take away the animal testing and we'll need to do more human testing.
You want to volunteer for a test that a scientist believes has a 50/50 chance of killing you?
It's time for the children to grow up. This is the world. Deal with it.
My experience is that reimaging rarely happens.
As to costs... they'll charge you more then.
Happy?
I suppose you're right. I just sympathize with newegg's position. They're getting screwed in that deal.
The obvious solution is for newegg to require companies to supply reinstall discs if only to their refurbisment center so they at least can do the reinstall. Short that, the return policy might not be sustainable.
You have to appreciate that most returns are not due to defects but rather buyer's remorse. It's okay if the company can still sell the unit for nearly the same price to someone else. But if the OS gets wiped and there's no way to recover it without going through an annoying process then the losses are a greater.
These companies often operate on fairly thin margins. Especially companies like Newegg that are known for low prices.
I suspect newegg is going to change the return policy so that reinstalling the OS voids the return policy. Obviously if the harddrive fails that is another matter. So possibly the only way to return a computer if you reinstall the os is to break the harddrive. I've known people that have done worse.
When they try to resell it what are they going to say? Oh yeah, the OS was wiped, we can't restore it, and you'll have to track down the drivers on your own and reinstall windows from your own private disc.
You could stay new egg should do this for you. That the restoration process should include reinstalling windows. But it radically eats into their profit margin.
I think this speaks mostly to the problem with companies not providing restore discs for computers and instead relying on restore partitions. I hate systems that don't have restore discs.
If all systems had them then we could restore to factory defaults on a NEW harddrive. Or we could restore if the drive crashed. Or we could restore if someone installed linux on the machine and you need to restore it to windows before reselling.
As to issues with machines that don't have windows installed on them. I've see that quiet often. More then a few new systems that work just fine with windows 7 become unstable when I installed xp.... yes, both are windows but the drivers for xp were garbage. So I can only imagine that the drivers for linux might also be an issue.
That will happen whether or not the peaceful man gets stabbed or not. Why wouldn't I get stabbed on tuesday if I didn't stab the peaceful man on monday?
He's not a participant in the system. He's a bystander. A victim. He has no power to stop any of it. He's meaningless.
This is what you're not getting.
You. Can. Not. Stop. It.
If your soldiers go home and embrace peace... you've signaled weakness to your enemies that will exploit that. They know you won't defend your allies. They know that they can scare you away like a little white rabbit just by acting fierce.
You've surrendered without firing a shot.
Game. Over.
Slavery and domination are just a matter of time.
Unless... you're willing to fight?
And? Your story only backs up my point.
You think the violent man will be so moved by your little story that he won't stab the peaceful man?
Friend, the peaceful man is destined to die in a pool of his own blood and piss.
I choose better for those I love. If you want to die. Die. Do not burden those that wish to live with weakness. Suffering this sort of thing is a luxury. Ironically your sort of logic is only tolerable when your society has enough strength to compensate for your weakness. You're not helping.
That isn't what he said. He gave no criteria for justifying weapons research or animal testing.
He didn't ask for a company that did these things ethically or did these things in the service of a good cause. He said he couldn't work for them because they did these things.
So... the kinship you feel with him ... I don't see it. Your stances are different.
Only if I'm wrong.
If I'm right, then I'm even more insightful... aren't I?
As to flexibility... I'm the soul of adaptability. And part of being adaptive is knowing which way is up. That's all my whole post really is... I came upon a man wondering where the light is and I pointed at the sun... and said "there"... Is that ridged? I'm not telling you to fly towards it or set your course to it's path. I'm just telling you where it is... Do what you want.
Unless you actually have another way it's vapid nonsense. You might as well wish for unicorns.
I mean, sure... wouldn't it be great if we had magic that did things differently or had fewer downsides? Yeah. But it's unproductive fantasy unless it can ACTUALLY deliver.
Unless you've got something that you'd risk the lives of your family on... their LIVES. You've got nothing. Because that's what's at risk here. This is our world. This is our nation. This is our society. Our economy. Our political system. This is the basket in which all our eggs lie. I'm not going to jeopardize it. So if you think you have a better way... we'll pay you billions to develop it... assuming you convince us you actually know what you're talking about. And if it works we'll shift our whole system over to it with thanks. And for your reward... we'll make you absurdly wealthy. You will have your pick of our females, high status... the best of everything we have to offer is yours.
But if your idea doesn't work. If you don't know what you're talking about. We have nothing but pity. Charity. Hand outs. And of course low status and you can forget the females.
We're the walking monkeys. We do our best... but we're not gods. Give us a break. We're trying.
*sigh*
1. Without an ability to go to war the US never would have been able to rebel against the English. We did not use sticks and stones.
2. Without an ability to go to war the US would not have expanded or remained stable.
3. Without an ability to go to war the US would be attacked more often and more successfully. Fear is a fantastic peace maker. Weakness provokes war. If a power that wants what you have sees that you can't stop them. There is a good chance they'll try to take it. If instead they see an overwhelming force that will rip them to shreds just for trying... they'll pick on weaker prey.
The above is not unusual.
I'm sorry to be the first person to tell you this... I feel like someone telling another for the first time about death or that santa clause isn't real.
War is eternal.
It simply is... I wish it weren't but it's reality. It's like death. So long as there are people there will be war. It is one of the primary duties of any society to protect it's people when the wars come.
You probably think we start all the wars we get involved in... not the case. The vast majority of them were started by someone else and we got sucked into them often against our will.
Our weapons ensure that fewer of our people have to die to kill the number of their people that will make the enemy - stop.
We do not love war. Most of our enemies see glory in it. It is amongst our duties in such matters to educate them as to the horrors of war. If that means covering their soldiers in napalm and setting it on fire... then that is what is required... It's that or yield. And only the weak yield... and the weak should be attacked... which means fighting against another force that won't stop until they horrified or killed into submission. Unless we want to yield again which will only cause further attacks.
Don't blame me. I didn't make these rules. I think they're stupid too. But they are the rules. It's just the way people are.
If you have the groovy weapons then your side tends to suffer less and be attacked less.
Yes, the US gets involved in a lot more wars then most countries. But that's because we tend to be proxies and allies of many powers that basically outsource their defense to the US. Ironically, we accept this role without taking any payment for it largely because we believe in peace. What are the options? Let your allies have their cities burned and their women raped? Could you ignore a holocaust just to avoid war?
Nearly all the war we've been involved in was an outgrowth of the cold war. They were theaters in a larger struggle. That accomplished the US also largely assumed most of the responsibilities of the old British Empire... only without the benefits. We don't get to collect taxes or control trade. We just do the fighting and the dying.
So in that context do I have a problem with weapons research? No. Bring on the killer robots. Bring on the death rays. Bring on the... whatever... Too many americans die as is... possibly with better tech fewer of us will have to bite it. You say the politicians will hesitate if they don't have the weapons? Dream on. At least give our people the best toys we can dream up. It's the least they deserve. Don't send our men into the fire with garbage. Understand... we will never stop fighting wars. It will never stop. If it's going to happen... what would you want your son to have protecting him? Old cheap garbage? Or the finest military hardware we can give them?
During the Vietnam war... before the US was involved... The French were already fighting the war. The war was not popular in france. French soldiers in Vietnam would sometimes open boxes of weapons and find anti war notes left in the boxes. Sometimes grenades would have nothing in them.... no explosive charge. Sometimes the hardware was boobytrapped by their own people to explode.
That is something our own soldiers have never had to deal with... and we should hope to all you hold holy that they never do face that. Because a
Is that you Rimmer?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-ZiI3iVgpM
We are a continuum. We are torch bearers. We did not light the flame anymore then our fathers or their grand father's lite it. It is merely ours to carry it and pass it on. Our ancestors broke religious taboos to dissect the dead and learn what we know of human anatomy. Every generation broke a taboo or two. Medicine is messy. But the men under the serpent staff only know how to treat you because generations of doctors and scientists pushed boundaries.
There is a price. In this case, be grateful it is so cheap... sometimes the cost is dire... but always it must be paid.
Uh... are you saying child porn enthusiasts don't effectively support the exploitation of children? Because they do. I'm struggling to think of what you could mean by illegal porn. Short of child porn what is illegal? Is animal sex illegal? I have no idea.... In any case if you buy that stuff I can't see how you're not partially responsible for people screwing the live stock.
As to animal testing not having an impact on modern or cutting edge medicine. You have no idea what you're talking about. Consult a doctor immediately and stop talking crap.
No no. You've reached your quota for ignorant comments on the internet for this week. Please consult a doctor. Even go to a medical forum and see if you can get a medical student to answer the question for you. I'd be shocked if any of them backed that silly argument.
4000 years ago there was probably some guy that said it was wrong for the people to stop following the great animal herds. He said he was wrong for people to live in the same mud huts year after year and grow wheat/rice/potatoes/maze. He said it was better for people to follow the great herds. Sleep someplace different every night and live on their feet.
And 4000 years ago someone like me said, we're going to build this village. We are going to grow our crops. And we're not going to follow the stupid herds anymore.
Flashing forward to today, what have the people that followed the herds accomplished? F'ing nothing. They're asshat barbarians. And yes, they still exist in a few places though most of them live in cities everyone else taught them how to build because they're otherwise useless.
Now you want to tell me GMO is bad and we shouldn't do it? Fine. Go follow the buffalo. I'll be here with civilization. My descendants in 4000 years will get to shake their heads at your primitive descendants assuming they survive.
Please... throw some more Latin at me... it's funny hearing arguments for barbarism in the tongue of the road builders.
Don't confuse libertarianism with anarchism. They're not the same thing. Libertarians believe that government should exist to protect a society from external aggression and from physical violations of other people's rights. Beyond that, government has no role. An anarchist believes all government is evil and people should exist in a society with no organized authority.
They're not comparable.
You don't like the costs of modern medicine.
Don't use it.
Period.
Don't enter a hospital ever again. No. Don't say a word.
If you want in and not to be a hypocrite - accept the price.
I have no patience for mealy mouthed contrary nonsense that cries for help one moment and then questions the means by which that help was provided the next.
Good day, sir.
Anyone who's views shift completely on such a comment neither had a real opinion before or after.
So you comment is meaningless... even to yourself.
Volunteer to take their place or surrender all right to the medicine that comes from it.
Or be a hypocrite.
Save me your crypto-communist bullshit.
Nature tells us every day. Them or you. It's a constant game of musical chairs.
All you're telling me is that you should have died. Those without a will to live - shouldn't. I will live. I will beat my chest and bath in the blood of any man or beast that lies between me and life.
I make no excuses for this and care nothing for anyone's opinion on the matter. I do not need your approval. I do not need your forgiveness.
I will live.