You're not allowed to say bad things about Wilson; he's the darling of the left, especially academia. (He was a professor who became president.)
Just like you're not allowed to talk shit about Lincoln, under penalty of being slapped with a pro-slavery label, which is retarded (Lincoln was the pro-slavery asshole, not me).
My experience does not concur with yours re female cops. I think you might have a blind spot.
And before anyone tries to argue percentages, or point fingers at situational factors, listen up:
It can't be any other way. Cops will always be like this, and in fact continue to get worse. There's no way around that as long as you give them power over other human beings.
Private security, on the other hand, is a different scenario. They have to do their job with the same rights, privileges, and liabilities as the rest of us mere citizens.
I think she was trying to compare *me* to Plato. I've rarely been so insulted.
I don't know why she decided to assume that I get my understanding from CNN instead of from my (and my friends') numerous personal experiences with state thugs.
I'm glad you're inspired by NASA. But that's irrelevant, isn't it?
Again, the ends do not justify the means. That fact that NASA inspires you does not make it ok for some people to steal money from other people by force to fund NASA.
It doesn't matter what I do with the money after I rob you; I've still commited theft.
If a program like NASA is so important to so many people, surely those people can self-organize and find a creative method of funding a similar program on a voluntary basis.
And if they fail... that still does not justify robbing your neighbor because space is just so damn cool/important/whatever.
If you have to tolerate a tyrannical hierarchy that wages war and devalues the currency just to use it to steal money from people for your pet project, perhaps you're not being creative enough.
The bottom line is, a moral society recognizes that the ends do not justify the means. Sadly, we're still a long way from a moral society.
I find it sadly naive that this article is tagged with "science" rather than "politics".
As a libertarian who loves science and technology, the most alieniating aspect of talking to others about science and technology is how much they look to the state to push progress forward.
The state is not a scientific institution. It is the antithesis of science -- it is merely the organized used of force to dominate a population. The government in all its forms is merely a manifestation of the threat or actual use of violence, which is anathema to free thought and inquiry.
State involvement in science will continue to bite us in the ass. I just hope some of you start to rethink your core assumptions as the private space industry continues to pave the way at an accelerating rate -- if the government doesn't grind it to a halt with regulations and subsidizing of inferior alternatives... like NASA.
No, I don't mean move. I mean stop identifying with a collective defined by their acceptance of enslavement to a particular group of thugs and sociopaths who call themselves the U.S. government.
I was born in the region known as America. I live in the region known as America. I'm no fucking American. I'm a person, and my name is Ofer.
The only enemies I have are the people who insist I have enemies.
So fucking sick of collectivism. I am not America, America is not me. I am not responsible for the actions of the psychopaths who claim to rule me; in fact, I continuously oppose them. Countries are not my enemies; they don't even exist outside of our imaginations. 99.9% of the individuals in the world are not my enemies.
"hiding with our enemies"
You're like a retarded child who never figured out that playing make believe stops when it's time to go inside for dinner.
There's plenty of evidence about the NWO's world domination plans (and who can blame them -- if you were in their position and a sociopath, you'd do the same).
There's zero evidence of the existance of any gods.
So, drop the religion/phrophecy crap. I know it's only a small improvement in credibility in the eyes of the mainstream who laugh at both aspects of what you're saying, but at least you'll get a little less contempt from me.
tl;dr: shut up about antichrist, you make me look bad, bro
- Birthers: who cares, it's not like most of the things any recent president has done is constitutional anyway
- truthers: some evidence
- AGW deniers: the science is politicized, which is the real problem
- anti-vaccine: again, the science is politicized, which makes it hard for some people to trust the "authorities"; plus, any agency willing to murder half a million kids (Iraq during the Clinton sanctions) is, from any objective point of view, also capable of poisoning it's own people, whether accidently or mailiciously; again, the theme here is government involvement hurts science's objectivity and credibility
- young earthers: religion. barf
- homeopaths: mystics. barf
- intelligent design: religion. barf
I didn't create the government or it's absurd copyright laws. When I post some code with no license, I'm not the one threatening to sue. I'm not the one creating a situation where you have to constantly fear me suing no matter how much I assure I won't.
So now I have to go and slap a stupid label on my shit just so that you can feel safe and stop poking me with your but-the-government stick.
The fact is, you're bitching at developers for not using licenses because you *can*. Unlike the real villain of this piece, OSS developers are small enough for you to bully.
tl;dr: "If you don't do this, massa might beat me, and that makes me mad at YOU!"
Let's be clear: The a telco in Australia agreed to spy for the *government* of America. They certainly didn't do it for me. I never asked, and I doubt I ever will.
Our enemies couldn't be sure that the press reports were right...
I hate that phrase.
You may feel you have enemies, but don't include me in your paranoid collectivist delusion. Whoever you think your enemies are, they aren't mine.
Lastly, to any thug in a costume who claims to be fighting on behalf of my freedom/safety/whatever: You're not. I didn't ask you to. Please stop being violent and evil in my name.
That's true if you think the government's "space program" is the measure of human progress. That's what you get for pinning your hopes and dreams to a bureaucracy funded by money stolen from people at gun-point.
The private space industry, on the other hand, is growing and succeeding at quite an optimistic rate, relative to what most people though was possible 10-15 years ago.
He established the FTC in 1914 for "antitrust" purposes, and now these assholes are dictating web page design to google? Is there anything the government feels is outside of their absolute power to control?
These are the same guys that operate on the following logic:
* IF you are charging more than your competitors THEN guilty of price-gouging * IF you are charging less than your competitors THEN guilty of predatory pricing * IF you are charging the same as your competitors THEN guilty of price collusion
Can we all just succeed already and let the Federal monster die of starvation?
Everyone here needs to stop getting distracted by the religion-based parts of their statements and understand that while indiscriminate murder is wrong, these people have legitimate grievances having nothing to do with religion -- like the multi-century rape, enslavement, and occupation (both direct and in the form of aid to local dictators) of most of Africa and the Mid-East by western governments for centuries.
If I lived there, I'd probably be killing the U.N., too.
(Personal disclosure: I'm an atheist. I hate all religions, and find them all repugnant. But that's no excuse for not taking the time to research and comprehend the *full* situation here, including the actions and culpability of all involved parties.)
I can't believe I'm seeing genocide advocated on slashdot... and up-voted.
Do you not understand that western governments, and particularly the U.S. and U.N., have been fucking with the entire african and mid-east region for centuries? Colonization, genocide, propping up dictatorships, mass-depopulation, stealing resources, military occupations, institutionalized rape and slavery...
How the hell do you justify your "fuck these guys, they're annoying me, kill them all" attitude to yourself? You want them to leave you alone? It's really simple. Leave *them* the fuck alone.
I don't know how much more of this world I can stand. The ignorance and stupidity and *immorality* of even the intellectual elites of modern society disgust and frighten me.
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You're not allowed to say bad things about Wilson; he's the darling of the left, especially academia. (He was a professor who became president.)
Just like you're not allowed to talk shit about Lincoln, under penalty of being slapped with a pro-slavery label, which is retarded (Lincoln was the pro-slavery asshole, not me).
My experience does not concur with yours re female cops. I think you might have a blind spot.
And before anyone tries to argue percentages, or point fingers at situational factors, listen up:
It can't be any other way. Cops will always be like this, and in fact continue to get worse. There's no way around that as long as you give them power over other human beings.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milgram_experiment
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanford_prison_experiment
Private security, on the other hand, is a different scenario. They have to do their job with the same rights, privileges, and liabilities as the rest of us mere citizens.
I think she was trying to compare *me* to Plato. I've rarely been so insulted.
I don't know why she decided to assume that I get my understanding from CNN instead of from my (and my friends') numerous personal experiences with state thugs.
I don't even own a TV.
You've really fallen for that protect and server propaganda bullshit, haven't you.
You must have very little real world experience... and few interesting friends.
If you called up the police and reported suspicious activity, wouldn't you feel better if they showed up and looked around?
I never feel better around police. They're the predominant remaining natural predator of humans.
Slashdot... where pointing out evil gets you marked as a troll.
I'm glad you're inspired by NASA. But that's irrelevant, isn't it?
Again, the ends do not justify the means. That fact that NASA inspires you does not make it ok for some people to steal money from other people by force to fund NASA.
It doesn't matter what I do with the money after I rob you; I've still commited theft.
If a program like NASA is so important to so many people, surely those people can self-organize and find a creative method of funding a similar program on a voluntary basis.
And if they fail... that still does not justify robbing your neighbor because space is just so damn cool/important/whatever.
...despite there being no competitive barriers to doing so.
You're joking, right? You've never heard of the FAA? No barriers? Are you for real?
If you have to tolerate a tyrannical hierarchy that wages war and devalues the currency just to use it to steal money from people for your pet project, perhaps you're not being creative enough.
The bottom line is, a moral society recognizes that the ends do not justify the means. Sadly, we're still a long way from a moral society.
And yes, you're part of the problem.
I find it sadly naive that this article is tagged with "science" rather than "politics".
As a libertarian who loves science and technology, the most alieniating aspect of talking to others about science and technology is how much they look to the state to push progress forward.
The state is not a scientific institution. It is the antithesis of science -- it is merely the organized used of force to dominate a population. The government in all its forms is merely a manifestation of the threat or actual use of violence, which is anathema to free thought and inquiry.
State involvement in science will continue to bite us in the ass. I just hope some of you start to rethink your core assumptions as the private space industry continues to pave the way at an accelerating rate -- if the government doesn't grind it to a halt with regulations and subsidizing of inferior alternatives... like NASA.
We're just over the border, and we promise not to pull any shit like this on you.
Why? It's simple: http://freestateproject.org/
Stop being an American.
No, I don't mean move. I mean stop identifying with a collective defined by their acceptance of enslavement to a particular group of thugs and sociopaths who call themselves the U.S. government.
I was born in the region known as America. I live in the region known as America. I'm no fucking American. I'm a person, and my name is Ofer.
The only enemies I have are the people who insist I have enemies.
So fucking sick of collectivism. I am not America, America is not me. I am not responsible for the actions of the psychopaths who claim to rule me; in fact, I continuously oppose them. Countries are not my enemies; they don't even exist outside of our imaginations. 99.9% of the individuals in the world are not my enemies.
"hiding with our enemies"
You're like a retarded child who never figured out that playing make believe stops when it's time to go inside for dinner.
There's plenty of evidence about the NWO's world domination plans (and who can blame them -- if you were in their position and a sociopath, you'd do the same).
There's zero evidence of the existance of any gods.
So, drop the religion/phrophecy crap. I know it's only a small improvement in credibility in the eyes of the mainstream who laugh at both aspects of what you're saying, but at least you'll get a little less contempt from me.
tl;dr: shut up about antichrist, you make me look bad, bro
It doesn't help that nearly 100% of people who affirm AGW are clamoring for a solution that involves giving government more power.
Homework: Go lookup where the US military sits on the list of most polluting countries if it were to be treated as one.
Somes of these things are not like the others:
- Birthers: who cares, it's not like most of the things any recent president has done is constitutional anyway
- truthers: some evidence
- AGW deniers: the science is politicized, which is the real problem
- anti-vaccine: again, the science is politicized, which makes it hard for some people to trust the "authorities"; plus, any agency willing to murder half a million kids (Iraq during the Clinton sanctions) is, from any objective point of view, also capable of poisoning it's own people, whether accidently or mailiciously; again, the theme here is government involvement hurts science's objectivity and credibility
- young earthers: religion. barf
- homeopaths: mystics. barf
- intelligent design: religion. barf
Just remember that you're blaming the victim.
I didn't create the government or it's absurd copyright laws. When I post some code with no license, I'm not the one threatening to sue. I'm not the one creating a situation where you have to constantly fear me suing no matter how much I assure I won't.
So now I have to go and slap a stupid label on my shit just so that you can feel safe and stop poking me with your but-the-government stick.
The fact is, you're bitching at developers for not using licenses because you *can*. Unlike the real villain of this piece, OSS developers are small enough for you to bully.
tl;dr: "If you don't do this, massa might beat me, and that makes me mad at YOU!"
Secede. Get rid of the federal beast sucking at your throat while simulatenously choking it.
It'll make it easier for the rest of us to do the same, and then maybe we can finally know some peace.
So tired of nationalistic collectivism.
Let's be clear: The a telco in Australia agreed to spy for the *government* of America. They certainly didn't do it for me. I never asked, and I doubt I ever will.
Our enemies couldn't be sure that the press reports were right...
I hate that phrase.
You may feel you have enemies, but don't include me in your paranoid collectivist delusion. Whoever you think your enemies are, they aren't mine.
Lastly, to any thug in a costume who claims to be fighting on behalf of my freedom/safety/whatever: You're not. I didn't ask you to. Please stop being violent and evil in my name.
That's true if you think the government's "space program" is the measure of human progress. That's what you get for pinning your hopes and dreams to a bureaucracy funded by money stolen from people at gun-point.
The private space industry, on the other hand, is growing and succeeding at quite an optimistic rate, relative to what most people though was possible 10-15 years ago.
He established the FTC in 1914 for "antitrust" purposes, and now these assholes are dictating web page design to google? Is there anything the government feels is outside of their absolute power to control?
These are the same guys that operate on the following logic:
* IF you are charging more than your competitors THEN guilty of price-gouging
* IF you are charging less than your competitors THEN guilty of predatory pricing
* IF you are charging the same as your competitors THEN guilty of price collusion
Can we all just succeed already and let the Federal monster die of starvation?
People also want to fine a plausible excuse to hate others and feel superior to them.
Everyone here needs to stop getting distracted by the religion-based parts of their statements and understand that while indiscriminate murder is wrong, these people have legitimate grievances having nothing to do with religion -- like the multi-century rape, enslavement, and occupation (both direct and in the form of aid to local dictators) of most of Africa and the Mid-East by western governments for centuries.
If I lived there, I'd probably be killing the U.N., too.
(Personal disclosure: I'm an atheist. I hate all religions, and find them all repugnant. But that's no excuse for not taking the time to research and comprehend the *full* situation here, including the actions and culpability of all involved parties.)
I can't believe I'm seeing genocide advocated on slashdot... and up-voted.
Do you not understand that western governments, and particularly the U.S. and U.N., have been fucking with the entire african and mid-east region for centuries? Colonization, genocide, propping up dictatorships, mass-depopulation, stealing resources, military occupations, institutionalized rape and slavery...
How the hell do you justify your "fuck these guys, they're annoying me, kill them all" attitude to yourself? You want them to leave you alone? It's really simple. Leave *them* the fuck alone.
I don't know how much more of this world I can stand. The ignorance and stupidity and *immorality* of even the intellectual elites of modern society disgust and frighten me.