Yes. Those humans who would profit should take the risks. If there is no profit for humans, then you must show some for the animals. Else you are no better than the christians who think the whole planet is our to mash about as we please, cause God gave it to us.
If there is a God, then our actions have eternal consequences. If there's no God, then they don't.
So if there is no God, then yes, the planet is ours to mash about as we please.
In fact, the whole universe is ours to mash about as we please.
Exactly. Al-Q's problem with the US and Europe was that we non-Muslims were there on Muslim lands. They saw us as Infidels, with our heathen ways.
If we had not had any bases or presence (outside of embassies, I would assume) in Muslim lands, then I seriously doubt that the Goat Fuckers would have hated us and therefore probably never attacked us.
Interesting solution you suggest: All westerners out of muslim lands, and all muslims out of western lands, by force if necessary, I presume...
Think that'll really work out?
Chickpeas are ethical, because they are commonly eaten by brown people from the mediterranean rim.
Wheat on the other hand, the foundation of European civilization, is HIGHLY unethical.
Animals are innocent, they don't know any better. We, as humans, do not have that excuse.
Actually, animals do know better, but they think that ripping other animals to shreds is a sacred calling.
After careful consideration, and soul searching, carnivores have come to the realization that failing to kill is highly unethical.
I say a little atheist prayer every night thanking the FSM for the existence of Big Pharma, because without them I'd be in a sanitarium (or whatever they're called now) having almost continuous seizures.
A lifetime of your continuous seizures isn't worth the death of one mouse.
On the other hand, if killing a million people in painful, humiliating fashion could save the lives of the last few bolivian chinchillas, well that would totally be worth it.
You mean the risk of getting red eyes because I'm too fucking stupid to close my eyes while washing my hair? That sort of risk? Tell you what, even a million humans being inconvienced like that doesn't justify trapping and killing a single animal for it.
Why not? What makes a mouse so valuable that it isn't worth killing 1000 mice to prevent shampoo that stings the eyes?
Actually you've kind of gotten it backward.
There are a lot of Catholic Koreans (10%-15% of the population), but most of them stay in Korea. The protestants emigrate at a much greater rate.
Nah, Koreans are not only convinced that sleeping in a room with an electric fan will kill you, but they also believe that dropping a running electric fan in your bathtub is beneficial to the health.
Oh there are definitely use cases for mongo: It's the cheap/fast selection on the "cheap/fast/good: pick 2 of 3" scale.
Kind of like the McDonalds of data storage.
Very insightful.
Instead of hiding the existence of our intelligence assets, we should be strongly encrypting them.
No would ever know they exist, because the assets themselves would look like random data.
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Yes. Those humans who would profit should take the risks. If there is no profit for humans, then you must show some for the animals. Else you are no better than the christians who think the whole planet is our to mash about as we please, cause God gave it to us.
If there is a God, then our actions have eternal consequences. If there's no God, then they don't.
So if there is no God, then yes, the planet is ours to mash about as we please.
In fact, the whole universe is ours to mash about as we please.
...It ended in a very BAD place. Newfangled keyboard and mouse thingie.
Actually I think newfangled keyboards and mice are pretty GOOD.
Don't be so quick to reject new technology.
My kid is a PETA organizer and lives off what she can make from waitressing, which isn't much, and I don't have a trust fund for her.
Well of course she doesn't have a trust fund after you disowned her for being a PETA organizer.
(Good decision there, BTW)
Cancer is natural too. Does that mean we should stop trying to cure it?
Only in people, because people are important.
There's no reason to care about animals getting cancer.
Exactly. Al-Q's problem with the US and Europe was that we non-Muslims were there on Muslim lands. They saw us as Infidels, with our heathen ways.
If we had not had any bases or presence (outside of embassies, I would assume) in Muslim lands, then I seriously doubt that the Goat Fuckers would have hated us and therefore probably never attacked us.
Interesting solution you suggest: All westerners out of muslim lands, and all muslims out of western lands, by force if necessary, I presume...
Think that'll really work out?
Wait a minute...
Last week it was unethical to move to a low-tax country to get out of one's social responsibility.
Which one is it?
When we catch them at a roadblock, we'll know they aren't native by how they look.
Then we just slap some handcuffs on them and send'em back to Japan.
Chickpeas are ethical, because they are commonly eaten by brown people from the mediterranean rim.
Wheat on the other hand, the foundation of European civilization, is HIGHLY unethical.
Animals are innocent, they don't know any better. We, as humans, do not have that excuse.
Actually, animals do know better, but they think that ripping other animals to shreds is a sacred calling.
After careful consideration, and soul searching, carnivores have come to the realization that failing to kill is highly unethical.
I say a little atheist prayer every night thanking the FSM for the existence of Big Pharma, because without them I'd be in a sanitarium (or whatever they're called now) having almost continuous seizures.
A lifetime of your continuous seizures isn't worth the death of one mouse.
On the other hand, if killing a million people in painful, humiliating fashion could save the lives of the last few bolivian chinchillas, well that would totally be worth it.
May I be controversial and point out that saving lives on an overpopulated planet may in itself not be ethical?
What in the world is the word "ethical" supposed to mean in this case?
You mean the risk of getting red eyes because I'm too fucking stupid to close my eyes while washing my hair? That sort of risk? Tell you what, even a million humans being inconvienced like that doesn't justify trapping and killing a single animal for it.
Why not? What makes a mouse so valuable that it isn't worth killing 1000 mice to prevent shampoo that stings the eyes?
Stuxnet wasn't supposed to be released.
You sure are gullible.
Actually you've kind of gotten it backward.
There are a lot of Catholic Koreans (10%-15% of the population), but most of them stay in Korea. The protestants emigrate at a much greater rate.
Oh , so you're claiming that the earth wasn't created before 1200 BCE?
Nah, Koreans are not only convinced that sleeping in a room with an electric fan will kill you, but they also believe that dropping a running electric fan in your bathtub is beneficial to the health.
"more evolved" isn't a scientific concept, because it implies a direction to evolution.
Korea: The Choson People
So, they can call it Myanmar in their language, and we can call it Burma in our langage.
What's the problem with that?
Oh there are definitely use cases for mongo: It's the cheap/fast selection on the "cheap/fast/good: pick 2 of 3" scale.
Kind of like the McDonalds of data storage.
Once the Enterprise is built, though, we can just fly to the stars. Well, once someone invents the warp drive.
Who cares about the stars at that point?
Hellllooooo buxom blue alien girls.
We would have learned that the aliens war fleet will arrive shortly.
And we would be defenseless!
They don't care about your poo.
They're looking for bears...
In the woods...
Very insightful.
Instead of hiding the existence of our intelligence assets, we should be strongly encrypting them.
No would ever know they exist, because the assets themselves would look like random data.
I mean, seriously? Starting stuff from the stupid Start screen?
It was so much better back in the day when you started stuff from the shutdown menu.