There exists a Japanese anime cartoon known as Gundam.
There exists a small group of Wikipedia editors that, to put it mildly, are fans of this cartoon.
There exists thousands of articles dealing with a freaking cartoon about some fucking robots. These articles include such encyclopedic knowledge such as:
And this sort of shit exists for pretty much every damn thing the animators of this cartoon have ever even thought of drawing. Down with the anime crazies. I'd love to see the flamewar that would errupt on the Articles for Deletion page of Wikipedia if their precious spaceships and robots were nominated.
Here is your tinfoil hat. Thanks for demonstrating my point. What part of the patriot act lets them search bookstore records warrantless outside of a terror threat again?
What exactly is your point? You seem to be acknowledging the fact that the Patriot Act allows the FBI to search bookstore records without a warrant to find out what people are reading.. Your only defense of this clear infringement upon of our civil liberties is "they're only going to use it in cases related to 'terror threats'".
So what? Anyone can become SUSPECTED (please notice this oh-so-important adjective) of being a 'terror threat' and therefore everyone should be concerned about it.
You still hold this notion that people concerned about this have 'tinfoil hat syndrome'. In your first post, you said it was because that this specific provision of the Patriot Act did not infringe upon our civil liberties 'one single bit'. In your second post, however, you seem to concede that you were wrong about this, but yet you still throw around this "tin foil hat" nonsense?
Wearing a 'tin foil hat' is a reference to someone who is extremely paranoid about threadbare conspiracies and imaginary threats. That is clearly not the case in this instance. The threat, as you have now acknowledged, is real and they're doing it right in front of our faces. If you feel that giving up these civil liberties is worth fighting ambigious 'terror threats', that's fine; make a reasonable argument for it. Please, however, don't throw around erroneous insults intended to stonewall debate.
-Arizona Bay ..Then they came for me,
and by that time there was no one left to speak up for me...
Fark's message boards are about as interesting as a busload of retarded kids. Sure, it's funny to watch for a little while, but eventually you just start feeling sorry for them.
Agreed, and the poor quality of the messages is magnified by the lack of moderation. There's really little incentive to make a quality post (non-Photoshop thread, at least) on Fark as it receives the same billing as everything else. Thus posting something logical, coherent and informative on Fark is just about as satisfying as burying a delicious home-baked calzone in a pile of cow dung.
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"The latest craze in France is "sac de fèces" or bags of feces. These use paper bags filled with feces and then are ignited upon the doorsteps of the unsuspecting. The authorities are not amused." Everyone needs a hobby I guess.
Maybe I'm just playing armchair psychologist here.. but with his persecution complex, he's sounding a lot like John Nash did around the time when he moved to Europe.
Well, I think the point that this all brings up is: When is it acceptable for the government to invade someone's privacy for 'investigative purposes'?
Two of the major tenents that the US government is based upon are:
1. The freedom of holding and expressing opinions, even if they are at odds with the prevailing majority opinion.
2. Respecting the privacy of it's citizens as much as possible.
If you exercise the rights granted to you in the former tenant, do you give up the rights granted to you in the latter?
I realize it's a thin line, but it seems to me that the government is saying: Yes, you are guaranteed your right to privacy...unless we don't like what you have to say. Perhaps that sounds paranoid, but when the FBI rounds up hundreds of thousands of pages about people and organizations whose only offense was expressing an opinion, you have to wonder.
If someone wants to believe in Creationism, that's fine with me. The theory of Evolution doesn't have all the answers (namely, how it actually happens), so I guess I could see why someone would take up Creationism instead.
But Creationism has nothing to do with science.
Creationism 'science' theories can not be considered reputable until they show us even the least bit of empirical evidence that backs their primary assumption: God/an omnipotent being exists.. or at least did exist.
Science is the collection of data and evidence aimed at establishing general truths about our universe. This is something that Creationists don't do, because you simply can't prove the existence of God. So, instead they spend much of their efforts attempting to discredit the theory of Evolution.
Their logic: If A is not true, then B must be true... even though they have not provided the least bit of evidence that supports 'B'. It's a complete fallacy, yet it's a fallacy that some states are attempting to disguise as a science.
Way to be hyperbolic and predictable. Yeah, drunk drivers have to be in cars, but we don't outlaw cars, therefore we shouldn't outlaw Meth labs, just the meth itself?
Hmm. His hyperbole is much more accurate than yours. The term 'meth lab' suggests only one purpose, and that purpose is invariably illegal. While a CD burner certainly has many legitimate uses. Not to mention, that meth labs themselves are illegal, which is not the case with CD burners (yet).
But your arrogant stupidity astounds me. You forfeit basic "rights" every day without thinking, and it's for the greater good that way. Who's the government to tell you not to steal? You accept the law because it protects you as much as it limits you.
I'm not sure I understand what you are talking about here. There are no laws against ripping a CD , and the person you replied to did not even remotely attempt to justify defying government rule. You're seeing a pro-anarchy rant when there really is none.
Has everyone forgot that what happened on September 11th was made possible by the everyday technology of airplanes and _box cutters_ ?
Come on.. a few months ago bin Laden was under the refuge of a backwards government that *prohibited* technology.. and now, if you listen to people like this, bin Laden and al Queda are suddenly on the cutting edge of <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/12/18/ 1450218&mode=thread">computer trojans</a> [slashdot.org] and nuclear astrophysics.
This isn't to say that bin Laden and al Queda aren't dangerous, but let's keep things in perspective, mmkay?
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I disagree. And here's a perfect example why.
There exists a Japanese anime cartoon known as Gundam.
There exists a small group of Wikipedia editors that, to put it mildly, are fans of this cartoon.
There exists thousands of articles dealing with a freaking cartoon about some fucking robots. These articles include such encyclopedic knowledge such as:
The armament, weight and first deployment (in the Cosmic Era timeline, of course)of the GAT-X105 Strike Gundam mobility suit.
Intricate schematics, "production" information, specifications of the Musai-Class Light Cruiser.
And this sort of shit exists for pretty much every damn thing the animators of this cartoon have ever even thought of drawing. Down with the anime crazies. I'd love to see the flamewar that would errupt on the Articles for Deletion page of Wikipedia if their precious spaceships and robots were nominated.
How on earth is this off-topic?
Comments like, "But VB is lame. MS is the anti-christ. etc..." do NOT a good case for conversion make.
Mod this comment up and listen to him!
You simply can't go wrong following Yoda's advice.
Here is your tinfoil hat. Thanks for demonstrating my point. What part of the patriot act lets them search bookstore records warrantless outside of a terror threat again?
..Then they came for me,
What exactly is your point? You seem to be acknowledging the fact that the Patriot Act allows the FBI to search bookstore records without a warrant to find out what people are reading.. Your only defense of this clear infringement upon of our civil liberties is "they're only going to use it in cases related to 'terror threats'".
So what? Anyone can become SUSPECTED (please notice this oh-so-important adjective) of being a 'terror threat' and therefore everyone should be concerned about it.
You still hold this notion that people concerned about this have 'tinfoil hat syndrome'. In your first post, you said it was because that this specific provision of the Patriot Act did not infringe upon our civil liberties 'one single bit'. In your second post, however, you seem to concede that you were wrong about this, but yet you still throw around this "tin foil hat" nonsense?
Wearing a 'tin foil hat' is a reference to someone who is extremely paranoid about threadbare conspiracies and imaginary threats. That is clearly not the case in this instance. The threat, as you have now acknowledged, is real and they're doing it right in front of our faces. If you feel that giving up these civil liberties is worth fighting ambigious 'terror threats', that's fine; make a reasonable argument for it. Please, however, don't throw around erroneous insults intended to stonewall debate.
-Arizona Bay
and by that time there was no one left to speak up for me...
Fark's message boards are about as interesting as a busload of retarded kids. Sure, it's funny to watch for a little while, but eventually you just start feeling sorry for them.
Agreed, and the poor quality of the messages is magnified by the lack of moderation. There's really little incentive to make a quality post (non-Photoshop thread, at least) on Fark as it receives the same billing as everything else. Thus posting something logical, coherent and informative on Fark is just about as satisfying as burying a delicious home-baked calzone in a pile of cow dung.
"The latest craze in France is "sac de fèces" or bags of feces. These use paper bags filled with feces and then are ignited upon the doorsteps of the unsuspecting. The authorities are not amused." Everyone needs a hobby I guess.
What are they doing now?
Avery Brooks was excellent in American History X, and as someone else noted, does a lot of theatrical productions
Maybe I'm just playing armchair psychologist here.. but with his persecution complex, he's sounding a lot like John Nash did around the time when he moved to Europe.
The article read like a company press release and doesn't really cater to the uninitiated so, to those of you in the "know":
What exactly is an RFID tag and why would Gillette want so many of them?
This sort of stuff makes you miss the good old days when .com's weren't concerned with such trivial things like "profit".
Agreed. I want to go back to the good ol' days '90s when internet-based companies didn't care about making money. :)
Well, I think the point that this all brings up is: When is it acceptable for the government to invade someone's privacy for 'investigative purposes'?
Two of the major tenents that the US government is based upon are:
1. The freedom of holding and expressing opinions, even if they are at odds with the prevailing majority opinion.
2. Respecting the privacy of it's citizens as much as possible.
If you exercise the rights granted to you in the former tenant, do you give up the rights granted to you in the latter?
I realize it's a thin line, but it seems to me that the government is saying: Yes, you are guaranteed your right to privacy...unless we don't like what you have to say. Perhaps that sounds paranoid, but when the FBI rounds up hundreds of thousands of pages about people and organizations whose only offense was expressing an opinion, you have to wonder.
Well according to Back to the Future II, Max Headroom is still supposed to be around hawking Pepsi!
And one would think that the skyway system for our flying cars would be in place by now as well.
And if my 2015 World Series bet on the Cubs falls flat, Spielberg is going to have a lawsuit on his hands.
I don't think you can remove all the sports programs. You can cut their funding though..
I did the exact opposite and named my school "Football Yoo-niver-city".
If someone wants to believe in Creationism, that's fine with me. The theory of Evolution doesn't have all the answers (namely, how it actually happens), so I guess I could see why someone would take up Creationism instead.
But Creationism has nothing to do with science.
Creationism 'science' theories can not be considered reputable until they show us even the least bit of empirical evidence that backs their primary assumption: God/an omnipotent being exists.. or at least did exist.
Science is the collection of data and evidence aimed at establishing general truths about our universe. This is something that Creationists don't do, because you simply can't prove the existence of God. So, instead they spend much of their efforts attempting to discredit the theory of Evolution.
Their logic: If A is not true, then B must be true... even though they have not provided the least bit of evidence that supports 'B'. It's a complete fallacy, yet it's a fallacy that some states are attempting to disguise as a science.
All those white folks, they've gotta be Mormons.
:)
You all watch too much Simpsons. In the real world, white people aren't yellow.
Hmm. His hyperbole is much more accurate than yours. The term 'meth lab' suggests only one purpose, and that purpose is invariably illegal. While a CD burner certainly has many legitimate uses. Not to mention, that meth labs themselves are illegal, which is not the case with CD burners (yet).
But your arrogant stupidity astounds me. You forfeit basic "rights" every day without thinking, and it's for the greater good that way. Who's the government to tell you not to steal? You accept the law because it protects you as much as it limits you.
I'm not sure I understand what you are talking about here. There are no laws against ripping a CD , and the person you replied to did not even remotely attempt to justify defying government rule. You're seeing a pro-anarchy rant when there really is none.
Has everyone forgot that what happened on September 11th was made possible by the everyday technology of airplanes and _box cutters_ ?
/ 1450218&mode=thread">computer trojans</a> [slashdot.org] and nuclear astrophysics.
Come on.. a few months ago bin Laden was under the refuge of a backwards government that *prohibited* technology.. and now, if you listen to people like this, bin Laden and al Queda are suddenly on the cutting edge of <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/12/18
This isn't to say that bin Laden and al Queda aren't dangerous, but let's keep things in perspective, mmkay?
I have been considering joining the Peace Corps. Could you please elaborate more about these "ethical frustrations" ?