How come government officials are reacting the exact opposite fashion of what most Americans are reacting? Majority agree that Snowden did us a great favor, as citizens, but still the people who take our money and supposedly speak for us are labelling him a villain? It's not just the typically backwards GOP, this time; it's the Democrats, too. How are things this bad? If we voted for you, why do you hate us?
I don't think the lunacy is strictly Islamic. It seems to be born more from Fundamentalism. It's true that Christians are the minority in that corner of the world, but that doesn't mean they are more "right" than the region's Muslims. I've visited Kuwait, Iraq, Syria, Jordan and Isreal while studying for Cultural Anthro and I can tell you, first hand, that there is no shortage of fundies from every religion.
When people try to share this disgusting content they are caught and prosecuted.
That seems like the wrong way of going about it. The image has already been created and the child has already been exploited; The fact that perverts share the image shouldn't really matter. They should be putting more effort towards finding the image source, the guy who's touching kids. It's a bit of a weak analogy, but compare this to the way we handled the drug war in the past. Users were being pursued just as much as the Producers, and then nobody thought about the User after incarceration.
If the User springs a trap, fine, that's cool. It's a great chance to get him some therapy and make him better. But the User is not the one hurting children, and this is defintely aimed at the Users. The algorithm looks for images that have already been circulated, instead of new ones. The new images are important because they'll help trap Producers, but Google is just doing a PR stunt with this program.
Unrelated: It also bothers me that there are pictures of dead children and exsanguinated teens floating around, but that's perfectly legal to see. That's some shaky logic.
Assuming someone with a gun in an elementary school wasn't looking to cause trouble in the first place, or that they would even be able to outgun a man with automatic weapons and a ballistic vest with all the adrenaline pumping....
Even if I had all the money in the world, I wouldn't buy that boat. Instead, I'd hire people to figure out how one man can have "all the money in the world."
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How come government officials are reacting the exact opposite fashion of what most Americans are reacting? Majority agree that Snowden did us a great favor, as citizens, but still the people who take our money and supposedly speak for us are labelling him a villain? It's not just the typically backwards GOP, this time; it's the Democrats, too. How are things this bad? If we voted for you, why do you hate us?
Patriotism, or Freedom? I get that I'm meant to stand by my country, but jumping ship for Germany or Sweden seems like a good life decision right now.
I don't think the lunacy is strictly Islamic. It seems to be born more from Fundamentalism. It's true that Christians are the minority in that corner of the world, but that doesn't mean they are more "right" than the region's Muslims. I've visited Kuwait, Iraq, Syria, Jordan and Isreal while studying for Cultural Anthro and I can tell you, first hand, that there is no shortage of fundies from every religion.
When people try to share this disgusting content they are caught and prosecuted.
That seems like the wrong way of going about it. The image has already been created and the child has already been exploited; The fact that perverts share the image shouldn't really matter. They should be putting more effort towards finding the image source, the guy who's touching kids. It's a bit of a weak analogy, but compare this to the way we handled the drug war in the past. Users were being pursued just as much as the Producers, and then nobody thought about the User after incarceration. If the User springs a trap, fine, that's cool. It's a great chance to get him some therapy and make him better. But the User is not the one hurting children, and this is defintely aimed at the Users. The algorithm looks for images that have already been circulated, instead of new ones. The new images are important because they'll help trap Producers, but Google is just doing a PR stunt with this program. Unrelated: It also bothers me that there are pictures of dead children and exsanguinated teens floating around, but that's perfectly legal to see. That's some shaky logic.
Assuming someone with a gun in an elementary school wasn't looking to cause trouble in the first place, or that they would even be able to outgun a man with automatic weapons and a ballistic vest with all the adrenaline pumping....
Even if I had all the money in the world, I wouldn't buy that boat. Instead, I'd hire people to figure out how one man can have "all the money in the world."
Something like <!-- love you, grams-->.