Apples and oranges. They are completely different drugs, used for different reasons and with different side effects. MDMA can cause damage to the brain, acetaminophen can cause damage to the liver.
Far fewer people use their brains than use their liver.
If other people refer to him as an astronomer, dwarf or otherwise, that's their mistake but he clearly identifies himself as an astrophysicist.
I could refer to myself as the God Emperor of Arrakis, it doesn't make it so. Everyone knows that titles are only properly given by moistened bints tossing scimitars.
By 'valid' provocation, do you really mean 'justified'? I would say so, given the parenthetical statement in your first sentence. While I tend towards agreeing that 'someone not giving you money' does not 'justify' violence, it may explain violence commited by another. It just seems that you're conflating a few things and ascribing motives to artor3 that aren't really present in his comment.
You apparantly haven't read the comments that you are bitching about. The vast majority of comments on this thread agree that there was at least some harassment. Most of the debate centers around whether or not the harassment was motivated by gender or some other issue.
BTW, given that your proposed solution to Horvath's situation is violence, you may have some issues yourself. That is, provided you aren't just being an internet tough guy.
Others have pointed out that you are wrong concerning whether the violence is 'unprovoked'. I submit that you are also wrong in saying that the GP is trying to justify this behavior. He is not. He's predicting it. And explaining the genesis of it.
I looked around a bit and saw a few citations that back your assertion that "Parents of children born in the U.S. are not allowed to stay here just because their kid is a citizen" Do you know of any firm numbers? Say the number of births in the US with non-citizen parents? Of perhaps more interest to me would be the numbers of deportations of these parents. And are the children returning to the home country of the parent(s) or are they staying in the US and entering various foster care situations?
I don't think that's the point. I believe the point is that a dictatorship or single party rule is more efficient than a democracy or group run system.
Or it could be that the US is more in bed with the interests of businesses and is more likely to agree with them.
In any event, your reading of that isn't necessarily the correct one.
People who are 'not stamp collectors' generally don't form clubs around their 'not stamp collecting'. Or discussion groups about 'not stamp collecting'. They generally do not try to convince stamp collectors that they should not collect stamps. Etc...
Agreed. I'm an aviation enthusiast. I've never been in the cockpit of an airliner. I'm fairly confident I could reprogram the FMS of one in-flight to fly any route I wished. I've done it on flight sims that are fairly accurate, and they all tend to work about the same way.
Did you stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night as well?
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Apples and oranges. They are completely different drugs, used for different reasons and with different side effects. MDMA can cause damage to the brain, acetaminophen can cause damage to the liver.
Far fewer people use their brains than use their liver.
then the submission after that: "Is Betteridge's law of headlines correct?"
And slashdot's servers react like Mudd's android.
I wonder if beta has paradox absorbing crumple zones?
Did you have a point to your rant?
We built our cities hundreds of years ago. Europe has the "luxury" of having things torn down and rebuilt int he last 70 years.
Heck, in some places, they've done it twice in the past 100 years.
Interesting moderation. I guess someone changed the definition of 'troll' while I wasn't looking.
Either that or your gored someone's sacred cow.
If other people refer to him as an astronomer, dwarf or otherwise, that's their mistake but he clearly identifies himself as an astrophysicist.
I could refer to myself as the God Emperor of Arrakis, it doesn't make it so. Everyone knows that titles are only properly given by moistened bints tossing scimitars.
By 'valid' provocation, do you really mean 'justified'? I would say so, given the parenthetical statement in your first sentence. While I tend towards agreeing that 'someone not giving you money' does not 'justify' violence, it may explain violence commited by another. It just seems that you're conflating a few things and ascribing motives to artor3 that aren't really present in his comment.
You got it in one (and your followup below is pretty decent as well).
So clearly, you haven't met a particularly diverse group of Americans.
You apparantly haven't read the comments that you are bitching about. The vast majority of comments on this thread agree that there was at least some harassment. Most of the debate centers around whether or not the harassment was motivated by gender or some other issue.
BTW, given that your proposed solution to Horvath's situation is violence, you may have some issues yourself. That is, provided you aren't just being an internet tough guy.
Others have pointed out that you are wrong concerning whether the violence is 'unprovoked'. I submit that you are also wrong in saying that the GP is trying to justify this behavior. He is not. He's predicting it. And explaining the genesis of it.
You sound like you've spent a lot of time thinking about this.
I looked around a bit and saw a few citations that back your assertion that "Parents of children born in the U.S. are not allowed to stay here just because their kid is a citizen" Do you know of any firm numbers? Say the number of births in the US with non-citizen parents? Of perhaps more interest to me would be the numbers of deportations of these parents. And are the children returning to the home country of the parent(s) or are they staying in the US and entering various foster care situations?
Having known a wide variety of Americans, I know of none that would work in the fields, a phenomenon that has also been seen in the news many times.
I submit your 'wide variety' is far less diverse than you imagine. Get out of your suburb.
What a complete moron. I used to actually have at least a LITTLE respect for Greenspan, but seriously?
You should be more circumspect about people who not only view Ayn Rand as a brilliant thinker, but a sex object as well.
Advertising must cater to the poor, wise, rich, foolish, people with spots, or smoking joints,
If I had my way, I'd have all of them shot.
--Pink (or is that Alan Greenspan?)
Spoken like someone who thinks his situation is everyone's.
I think it's called 'Slashdot Disease'. The symptoms are particular apparent whenever the topic of tablet computers comes up.
Some of them also do independent work; but others (in terms of customer base and income) are basically federal employees in all but name and price.
And union protection.
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I don't think that's the point. I believe the point is that a dictatorship or single party rule is more efficient than a democracy or group run system.
Or it could be that the US is more in bed with the interests of businesses and is more likely to agree with them.
In any event, your reading of that isn't necessarily the correct one.
Show us on the doll where the priest touched you.
People who are 'not stamp collectors' generally don't form clubs around their 'not stamp collecting'. Or discussion groups about 'not stamp collecting'. They generally do not try to convince stamp collectors that they should not collect stamps. Etc...
Agreed. I'm an aviation enthusiast. I've never been in the cockpit of an airliner. I'm fairly confident I could reprogram the FMS of one in-flight to fly any route I wished. I've done it on flight sims that are fairly accurate, and they all tend to work about the same way.
Did you stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night as well?
Looks like it could be something called "Code Name: Barracuda or Johnny Nero"
Clearly the steel in the staples negates the effect of the tin foil.