Government is only a necessary evil because some government teacher in a government approved or sanctioned school taught us government supplied materials that tell us that government is necessary. As if humans are incapable of resolving their issues amongst each other and require a gigantic institution with armed thugs to force them all into "compliance" for "their own good".
I will not apologize if my views seem abrasive, because I think the time to be "polite" on this issue has long passed. People are sheep because they don't pull their noses away from the pavement for even a single brief moment... and if they do, they are often scared by what they see and quickly dismiss it and return to the pointless rat race they partake in, every day. You'll have to excuse me for being so harsh in what I say, I understand I've pissed off a lot of/.'ers, but at this point, lying to make people happy is about the worst thing one can do.
Government is a way we all delegate some boring tasks, like managing sewage, and hopefully enjoy our lives a little more for it.
"Necessary"? If you want to live above the level of a herdsman or subsistance farmer, you know, with contracts and currency and stuff, you sort of can't avoid a government. So a government is at least a highly practical thing, if not an absolute necessity, and even if it only maintains problems as opposed to solving them.
But people will remain sheep. The metaphor breaks down at the point where it is the duty of the shepherds to prod the sheep into shepherdry, and not into becoming wolves.
While IANAL, I think you may misapprehend: an unlawful order is exactly that.
In a trial over the execution of an unlawful order, the judge is going to come down far more harshly on an officer than an enlisted person.
At least theoretically. Stuff like Abu Ghraib calls my point into question. As a squid, I'll tell you that, in the maritime case, if the ship parks itself on land or trades paint with another vessel, the Captain is usually toast, toast, toast, irrespective of the details.
We've moved into a zone where people think government _is_ a business./. geeks should know that the difference between kernel and user-space is stark and heavily enforced. Certainly society is a lot more complex, but the need for distinction between government and business is as great.
Hence my usual approach of arguing for federalism: in supporting the Constitution against the collectivists, we can still support the right of individual states to do things we find kinda flaky, without craptastic decisions breeding new bureaucratic sacred cows at the federal level.
By the same token, you can't realistically argue a Ron Paul libertarian hand; the system shock would be too great. You have to let the collectivist seeds at the state level bear meager fruit against the traditional capitalistic seeds.
Certainly, the collectivists will cling to their sophistries, and claim all manner of distinctions to cover over the fundamental fecklessness of their ideas. While the collective "we" may not be true bright, I submit that there is enough low animal cunning to tell the difference.
Or else, we are completely baked, and I'm the idiot for thinking otherwise.
Soldiers are the product of collectivism and brainwashing
There is a good point here, but I think you've over-achieved. Any military member (I've been a sailor these decades) swears "to support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies foreign and domestic, bear true faith and allegiance to the same, and obey the lawful orders of officers appointed over them" (quick brain dump, not to be confused with a proper quote of the oath).
By definition, you cannot be brainwashed into mindless obedience, or when an unlawful order is given, e.g. liquidate prisoners of war, the soldier, Marine, sailor, or airman will not question them.
More subtly, a finite period of service under the Uniform Code of Military Justice is the perfect _antidote_ to collectivism. You've had you civil liberties curtailed, and now you want to have a life with minimal government living in your laundry.
You want to know why universal health care works in the military? You Body Is Government Property. They will write physical readiness requirements to ensure you stay fit, or they will administratively punt you. And when you are too old, say, 30 years of service, they punt you.
So it's a young person's game. But one that will cure you of a lot of collectivist ideas.
Don't look for nuclear shipping anytime soon.
Naval Reactors works by training Navy Nukes to a fair-thee-well: they know that overpriced hot water heater like Linus knows the kernel.
However, despite ADM Hyman G. Rickover's fantasies, the manpower-intensive, paranoid approach needed for a fault-free system made it a crappy business case other than for aircraft carriers and submarines. Gas turbines were more cost-effective (before the last couple of years).
Meanwhile, relatively less-risky land-based plants have had no traction at all. There is no way the US government and the Nuclear Regulatory Commision is going to license any US yards to go building a nuclear tanker or cargo vessel; they are not crewed, maintained, or operated in any way that would have anyone sleeping comfortably. Not to badmouth the Merchant Marine, but I'm betting if any of them/., they will roger up on this. I will bet CdrTaco's next paycheck you'll not see nuclear shipping, ever.
Skill is a crucial dimension. I don't think that professional sports are boring or unfulfilling, but my batting average would likely be dominated by zeros, as would my basketball score, and I'd probably be crippled after one or two runs up the middle in football.
Of course, major leagues are probably the exception proving your point, as a glance at the amount of minor-league, semi-pro, and college athletes there are in circulation shows.
OP was intentionally ambiguous. The geeky-kinky action is completely up to the reader.
It could mean dressing as Winnie the Pooh characters for a game of Petals Around the Rose, for example. SecDef Gates, of course, would follow a "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy, in any case.
This thesis was caputured by Billy Joel:
Should I try to be a straight 'A' student?
If you are, then you think too much Denfinitely don't want to advertise them brains on the report card, you know.
I don't recall bringing home much homework after "It's Still Rock'n'Roll to Me".
DoD infiltrates DoJ, mandates Win7 is coded in Ada,
for that geeky-kinky Gates-on-Gates[1] action.
After something like twice the development time/budget of Vista, the effort collapses, the government relents, and WinXP, Nervous Pack 3 is approved for release as Win7.
[1]Yeah, yeah, I know that BeelzeBill won't be involved in Win7, but I appeal to Slashdot's preference for cheap japes over reality. SecDef Gates is unlikely to outlive this administration, as well.
Part of the superiority, IMO, has to do with the time investment more than the medium.
You can tell the difference between a document that's been rewritten and polished, verses something that looks like a hungover homage to Jack Kerouac written in Perl, on a cloudy day, after a bad breakup.
Best wishes with the son.
Re:Martian ice is really big news, folks!
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You nead a peat aquifer in Scotland for it to be proper Scotch, no?
The classic Hotmail seems to work well enough in FF.
I had tried whatever the Web2.0 version is called a while ago, and the interface screamed "gmail wannabee with gratuitous differences that make it inferior".
Perhaps it has improved, but I have little motive to switch, as I just use the Hotmail account for a junk bin.
Slashdot Mirror
While That Feels
Wery Tantalizing, Friend,
We Think Few
Weasonable Testers Found
Whacking The French
Was Too Fruitful.
Government is only a necessary evil because some government teacher in a government approved or sanctioned school taught us government supplied materials that tell us that government is necessary. As if humans are incapable of resolving their issues amongst each other and require a gigantic institution with armed thugs to force them all into "compliance" for "their own good". /.'ers, but at this point, lying to make people happy is about the worst thing one can do.
I will not apologize if my views seem abrasive, because I think the time to be "polite" on this issue has long passed. People are sheep because they don't pull their noses away from the pavement for even a single brief moment... and if they do, they are often scared by what they see and quickly dismiss it and return to the pointless rat race they partake in, every day. You'll have to excuse me for being so harsh in what I say, I understand I've pissed off a lot of
Government is a way we all delegate some boring tasks, like managing sewage, and hopefully enjoy our lives a little more for it.
"Necessary"? If you want to live above the level of a herdsman or subsistance farmer, you know, with contracts and currency and stuff, you sort of can't avoid a government. So a government is at least a highly practical thing, if not an absolute necessity, and even if it only maintains problems as opposed to solving them.
But people will remain sheep. The metaphor breaks down at the point where it is the duty of the shepherds to prod the sheep into shepherdry, and not into becoming wolves.
It turns them into Nickel Metal Hydride?
close:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stainless_Steel_Rat
While IANAL, I think you may misapprehend: an unlawful order is exactly that.
In a trial over the execution of an unlawful order, the judge is going to come down far more harshly on an officer than an enlisted person.
At least theoretically. Stuff like Abu Ghraib calls my point into question. As a squid, I'll tell you that, in the maritime case, if the ship parks itself on land or trades paint with another vessel, the Captain is usually toast, toast, toast, irrespective of the details.
We've moved into a zone where people think government _is_ a business. /. geeks should know that the difference between kernel and user-space is stark and heavily enforced. Certainly society is a lot more complex, but the need for distinction between government and business is as great.
Hence my usual approach of arguing for federalism: in supporting the Constitution against the collectivists, we can still support the right of individual states to do things we find kinda flaky, without craptastic decisions breeding new bureaucratic sacred cows at the federal level.
By the same token, you can't realistically argue a Ron Paul libertarian hand; the system shock would be too great. You have to let the collectivist seeds at the state level bear meager fruit against the traditional capitalistic seeds.
Certainly, the collectivists will cling to their sophistries, and claim all manner of distinctions to cover over the fundamental fecklessness of their ideas. While the collective "we" may not be true bright, I submit that there is enough low animal cunning to tell the difference.
Or else, we are completely baked, and I'm the idiot for thinking otherwise.
By definition, you cannot be brainwashed into mindless obedience, or when an unlawful order is given, e.g. liquidate prisoners of war, the soldier, Marine, sailor, or airman will not question them.
More subtly, a finite period of service under the Uniform Code of Military Justice is the perfect _antidote_ to collectivism. You've had you civil liberties curtailed, and now you want to have a life with minimal government living in your laundry.
You want to know why universal health care works in the military? You Body Is Government Property. They will write physical readiness requirements to ensure you stay fit, or they will administratively punt you. And when you are too old, say, 30 years of service, they punt you.
So it's a young person's game. But one that will cure you of a lot of collectivist ideas.
My chief point was that it would not be a merchant vessel.
Don't look for nuclear shipping anytime soon. /., they will roger up on this. I will bet CdrTaco's next paycheck you'll not see nuclear shipping, ever.
Naval Reactors works by training Navy Nukes to a fair-thee-well: they know that overpriced hot water heater like Linus knows the kernel.
However, despite ADM Hyman G. Rickover's fantasies, the manpower-intensive, paranoid approach needed for a fault-free system made it a crappy business case other than for aircraft carriers and submarines. Gas turbines were more cost-effective (before the last couple of years).
Meanwhile, relatively less-risky land-based plants have had no traction at all. There is no way the US government and the Nuclear Regulatory Commision is going to license any US yards to go building a nuclear tanker or cargo vessel; they are not crewed, maintained, or operated in any way that would have anyone sleeping comfortably. Not to badmouth the Merchant Marine, but I'm betting if any of them
Skill is a crucial dimension. I don't think that professional sports are boring or unfulfilling, but my batting average would likely be dominated by zeros, as would my basketball score, and I'd probably be crippled after one or two runs up the middle in football.
Of course, major leagues are probably the exception proving your point, as a glance at the amount of minor-league, semi-pro, and college athletes there are in circulation shows.
I hear the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symbionese_Liberation_Army is even now plotting their counter-attack.
Hail Ye SCOTUS
Swift to save
habeas corpus,
ISP codpiece, and:
Burma Shave
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPYvl5Alt7s
Sorry, this is AI Abuse.
If you want to have an argument about Integrity in the Sciences, that is to be found next door at http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/06/23/2157214
Now begone, Anodized Cowherd!
May have meant divorces? Even then, it's a stretch.
>doctors, lawyers and Presidents
Who are frequently married.
Capacity to carry out an oath starts in the home.
Or the US Gubmint, whose FY09 starts O1Oct08. Because keeping everything synched with TFC was so...tricky.
Which is coming only slightly slower than GNU Emacs.
If I had a nickel for every bit of useless drivel I've posted on /., I'd be golfing with Bill G. and Warren B.
OP was intentionally ambiguous. The geeky-kinky action is completely up to the reader.
It could mean dressing as Winnie the Pooh characters for a game of Petals Around the Rose, for example.
SecDef Gates, of course, would follow a "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy, in any case.
Yeah, or 4: you be the judge.
Should I try to be a straight 'A' student?
If you are, then you think too much Denfinitely don't want to advertise them brains on the report card, you know.
I don't recall bringing home much homework after "It's Still Rock'n'Roll to Me".
DoD infiltrates DoJ, mandates Win7 is coded in Ada,
for that geeky-kinky Gates-on-Gates[1] action.
After something like twice the development time/budget of Vista, the effort collapses, the government relents, and WinXP, Nervous Pack 3 is approved for release as Win7.
[1]Yeah, yeah, I know that BeelzeBill won't be involved in Win7, but I appeal to Slashdot's preference for cheap japes over reality.
SecDef Gates is unlikely to outlive this administration, as well.
You can tell the difference between a document that's been rewritten and polished, verses something that looks like a hungover homage to Jack Kerouac written in Perl, on a cloudy day, after a bad breakup.
Best wishes with the son.
You nead a peat aquifer in Scotland for it to be proper Scotch, no?
The classic Hotmail seems to work well enough in FF.
I had tried whatever the Web2.0 version is called a while ago, and the interface screamed "gmail wannabee with gratuitous differences that make it inferior".
Perhaps it has improved, but I have little motive to switch, as I just use the Hotmail account for a junk bin.