While your examples are obviously extreme to illustrate a point one can lobby peacefully. If you cannot wear your favourite religious clothing item to go to school then go to a different school.
Better yet, lobby to change the law.
Dictatorships and oppressive regimes aside, France is not comparable to WWII Germany or the nazis. That's a step too far.
The beauty of democracy and why it's so much better despite it's numerous flaws is that everyone has a voice. Where is my voice under religious rule?
You wish to protest your right to practice religion? do so!
If god was really so offended he'd come down from heaven and smite us. Please leave the smiting to him lest you take up his roll in the name of what you can accept.
Why have religions of various kinds have been mostly declining over the years and why some Christians shun the church!
France is a law abiding country. The law is above religion. The law protects freedom of expression as a fundamental right.
There is not fundamental right of "respect". If you are offended that's too bad, perhaps it was wrong of the other person to offend you. At the same time being dishonoured or disrespected at no point allows anyone to take action in the form of violence.
Why are my beliefs not protected in religious countries? -because they differ and thus deemed wrong. Religion has no tolerance in a modern world. Perhaps 2000 years ago it was thought of as peaceful but not today, it is outdated and no longer needed.
All these religious outrages cause is to show how they have no place in society and that people should abandon thousands of years of fairy tales for reason and acting reasonably.
If you do not like what is written somewhere, don't read it. If you don;t like what's on a TV show do not watch it. No one is forcing you to be "offended".
Richard Hawking was so right when he questioned why must we "respect" religion. Does religions enshrine respect for my beliefs?
Even smart people can believe stupid things and believing violence is a correct or even expected response to being offended is stupid indeed.
Dear pope; how many times should one turn the other cheek? -Then Peter came and said to Him, "Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me and I forgive him? Up to seven times?" 22: Jesus said to him, "I do not say to you, up to seven times, but up to seventy times seven..
Religious people are not pious or better morally, they are flawed and dumb like everyone else, biased towards their own beliefs and cherry pick what works for them when they want to anyways so all this talk of peaceful religions is nonsense.
There are actually a few other things that help terrorists;
Mobile phones, telephones, radio waves, email, speech, pens, paper, smoke signals...actually who is this idiot?
Instead of arresting social media site owners, forums users and people with "illegal thoughts"; let's arrest all the senior officials that new the GCHQ are spying on their own via the NSA and arrest senior NSA officials for knowingly spying on their own via the GCHQ.
You cannot talk to these people because they are "at war" like so many radical groups against different ideas.
When all you have is a hammer everything looks like a nail.
Can we first then agree one what exactly constitutes a troll?
I've seen a lot of news about trolls and trolling but it seems that it's rather loosely on an almost arbitrary basis. "Troll" has been used to described a stalker, an asshole, a person with an impolite opinion, a racist, sexist, bigot etc etc
From one online dictionary we can learn that "troll" (http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/troll?s=t) has nothing to do with online activity. Seems this word is now re purposed to what the urban dictionary has an entrie for: (http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=troll)
"One who posts a deliberately provocative message to a newsgroup or message board with the intention of causing maximum disruption and argument."
Now by that definition which seems to be very much the case in many references is such a person deserving of punishment? prison? -our norms are dynamic. With enough trolls trolling will be the norm.
The article mentions human behaviour and I believe trolling is an aspect of bullying which is very much natural (although incorrect) and normal. I say this because it's a complete fallacy to tie "trolling" with stalking or sexual harassment.
We need some clarity on this rather than all this blanket FUD nonsense about trolling. When a person gets mouthy in real life he might get locked up for 24 hours for "disturbing the peace". This includes some pretty colourful language. If this is consistent against one specific person then that is harassment, there is a legal framework for this.
Has harassment stopped? bullying? -while not justifying it, I argue it never will cease because it's part of human nature.
Our only hope is to create a finer definition to stop this umbrella term which means different things to different people at different times without consistency; and furthermore we need a punishment befitting of the offence if there indeed was one at all.
As usual, creative people will find solutions to make the spying irrelevant.
From decentralizing and conception to storing data where the US (and others) cannot legally reach it etc.
The US and other agencies dug themselves a hole. They have shown us they are weary of strong encryption standards and good security practices by individuals.
They've shown us that we cannot trust them to use data responsibly and that we should avoid sharing anything with them.
In order for this research to be of any use we need peer reviews as well.
Can they please go into some detail as to the methodology used to connect to Silk Road 2.0, how they purchased things anonymously and how to tell teh real thing from fakes?
Also, if they have any idea of how to hide a kilo of say uhm, feathers from the authorities in terms of shipment, delivery and pickup that would be great for uhm, scientific purposes.
The more you tighten your grip, Tarkin, the more star systems will slip through your fingers.
...and; People should not be afraid of their governments. Governments should be afraid of their people.
More to the point is that of course, all these disproportionate and draconian measures have ensured no whistle-blowing takes place. Good job, pat yourselves on the back and suck each other's cocks.
I write to you today to appeal to your sense of reason.
Our country is under attack from all fronts. Russia wants to disrupt our authority, fanatical terror groups want to blow up our buildings, atheists want to corrupt our souls.
Make no mistake, we are at war. Having no other alternative to protect our great nation we have taken to attacking the enemy in preventative measures. We have struck at their core; their finances and funding, their territories, their freedoms, their countries, their friends, their families and their family's families.
You may look at Edward Snowden and consider him to be a harmless; sexually confused transgendered computer professional. This of course would be what Snowden would like you to see.
In truth he is a vicious, calculating pathological liar that will stop at nothing to destroy America (USA) as we know it.
Not only did he endanger good men in the field he endangered law-abiding US citizens everywhere.
To say that Edward Snowden does not have Weapons of Mass Destruction is to entertain a cataclysm that may indeed claim your lives and your children's chastity.
Now, let's forget about this person and his fake and silly documents. We want to get back into the real business at hand, protecting the United States of America, land of the free, home of the brave (although we have the braves on reservation now).
Tell Me Twice
Why This Tinker Tinba Taylor Trojan Spy
Targets Top Tender Traders
With Little Digital Mice
These E-bandit Raiders Splice
Working In The Dark Of Night
Trying To Get Financial Height
Instead Of Getting A Job And Doing It Right
It was a stream of consciousness sorta thing. *shrugs*
You are quite wrong. There is a mountain of evidence that so called "no-fly" lists have prevent unspeakable acts of terrorism and violence.
It is however important to note that to divulge the details of said evidence will expose state secret and thus constitute a threat to national security.
To explain; in order to protect you, the national citizen we have to keep this secret from you as telling you how we do things can put you at risk. Given that you can now clearly see how you yourself put your own well-being at risk your personal freedoms should in fact be revoked for your protection.
A secret court that we cannot tell you about already ruled in our favor. All your rights are belong to us.
Sincerely,
Your democratically elected and chosen government.
Slashdot Mirror
While your examples are obviously extreme to illustrate a point one can lobby peacefully. If you cannot wear your favourite religious clothing item to go to school then go to a different school.
Better yet, lobby to change the law.
Dictatorships and oppressive regimes aside, France is not comparable to WWII Germany or the nazis. That's a step too far.
The beauty of democracy and why it's so much better despite it's numerous flaws is that everyone has a voice. Where is my voice under religious rule?
You wish to protest your right to practice religion? do so!
If god was really so offended he'd come down from heaven and smite us. Please leave the smiting to him lest you take up his roll in the name of what you can accept.
Said in context it meant that if religion conflicts with the law the law takes precedent.
Should the entire country become religious and wish to live different they can vote to change the law. Hope that clears that up.
Why not write-up an easy to understand guide online & send them links instead?
Yeah but you spelled it wrong!
Why have religions of various kinds have been mostly declining over the years and why some Christians shun the church!
France is a law abiding country. The law is above religion. The law protects freedom of expression as a fundamental right.
There is not fundamental right of "respect". If you are offended that's too bad, perhaps it was wrong of the other person to offend you. At the same time being dishonoured or disrespected at no point allows anyone to take action in the form of violence.
Why are my beliefs not protected in religious countries? -because they differ and thus deemed wrong. Religion has no tolerance in a modern world. Perhaps 2000 years ago it was thought of as peaceful but not today, it is outdated and no longer needed.
All these religious outrages cause is to show how they have no place in society and that people should abandon thousands of years of fairy tales for reason and acting reasonably.
If you do not like what is written somewhere, don't read it. If you don;t like what's on a TV show do not watch it. No one is forcing you to be "offended".
Richard Hawking was so right when he questioned why must we "respect" religion. Does religions enshrine respect for my beliefs?
Even smart people can believe stupid things and believing violence is a correct or even expected response to being offended is stupid indeed.
Dear pope; how many times should one turn the other cheek? -Then Peter came and said to Him, "Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me and I forgive him? Up to seven times?" 22: Jesus said to him, "I do not say to you, up to seven times, but up to seventy times seven..
Religious people are not pious or better morally, they are flawed and dumb like everyone else, biased towards their own beliefs and cherry pick what works for them when they want to anyways so all this talk of peaceful religions is nonsense.
There are actually a few other things that help terrorists;
Mobile phones, telephones, radio waves, email, speech, pens, paper, smoke signals...actually who is this idiot?
Instead of arresting social media site owners, forums users and people with "illegal thoughts"; let's arrest all the senior officials that new the GCHQ are spying on their own via the NSA and arrest senior NSA officials for knowingly spying on their own via the GCHQ.
You cannot talk to these people because they are "at war" like so many radical groups against different ideas.
When all you have is a hammer everything looks like a nail.
Ever had the feeling something just went past you so fast as to leave you confused as to what it was exactly?!
Can we first then agree one what exactly constitutes a troll?
I've seen a lot of news about trolls and trolling but it seems that it's rather loosely on an almost arbitrary basis. "Troll" has been used to described a stalker, an asshole, a person with an impolite opinion, a racist, sexist, bigot etc etc
From one online dictionary we can learn that "troll" (http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/troll?s=t) has nothing to do with online activity. Seems this word is now re purposed to what the urban dictionary has an entrie for: (http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=troll)
"One who posts a deliberately provocative message to a newsgroup or message board with the intention of causing maximum disruption and argument."
Now by that definition which seems to be very much the case in many references is such a person deserving of punishment? prison? -our norms are dynamic. With enough trolls trolling will be the norm.
The article mentions human behaviour and I believe trolling is an aspect of bullying which is very much natural (although incorrect) and normal. I say this because it's a complete fallacy to tie "trolling" with stalking or sexual harassment.
We need some clarity on this rather than all this blanket FUD nonsense about trolling. When a person gets mouthy in real life he might get locked up for 24 hours for "disturbing the peace". This includes some pretty colourful language. If this is consistent against one specific person then that is harassment, there is a legal framework for this.
Has harassment stopped? bullying? -while not justifying it, I argue it never will cease because it's part of human nature.
Our only hope is to create a finer definition to stop this umbrella term which means different things to different people at different times without consistency; and furthermore we need a punishment befitting of the offence if there indeed was one at all.
As usual, creative people will find solutions to make the spying irrelevant.
From decentralizing and conception to storing data where the US (and others) cannot legally reach it etc.
The US and other agencies dug themselves a hole. They have shown us they are weary of strong encryption standards and good security practices by individuals.
They've shown us that we cannot trust them to use data responsibly and that we should avoid sharing anything with them.
Then apparently it's a chemical in hops with such low dosage that thousands of beers need to be drunk for the dosage to be meaningful...
What about the other compounds found in beer that would kill a person drinking such quantities?
Talk about baiting headlines...
In order for this research to be of any use we need peer reviews as well.
Can they please go into some detail as to the methodology used to connect to Silk Road 2.0, how they purchased things anonymously and how to tell teh real thing from fakes?
Also, if they have any idea of how to hide a kilo of say uhm, feathers from the authorities in terms of shipment, delivery and pickup that would be great for uhm, scientific purposes.
Rejoice my brethren; finally linux is becoming popular, the year of the desktop is upon us!
The more you tighten your grip, Tarkin, the more star systems will slip through your fingers.
...and; People should not be afraid of their governments. Governments should be afraid of their people.
More to the point is that of course, all these disproportionate and draconian measures have ensured no whistle-blowing takes place. Good job, pat yourselves on the back and suck each other's cocks.
-nuff said
Holy screwballs, we're ALREADY monitoring everything everywhere without telling anyone about secret courts with secret decisions?!
Quick, let's legislate after the fact to make it all legal!
Keep going until your thumb matches the angle of that guy's thumb...see how it goes.
...concerned about the angle of that guy's thumb?
All things considered I could bend most so called smartphones these days but why would you bend your brand new phone? -some people are weird.
REALLY? - I say WMDs and you are bothered by "transgender"?
Don't talk back at me son, I'll smack you upside the head.
I write to you today to appeal to your sense of reason.
Our country is under attack from all fronts. Russia wants to disrupt our authority, fanatical terror groups want to blow up our buildings, atheists want to corrupt our souls.
Make no mistake, we are at war. Having no other alternative to protect our great nation we have taken to attacking the enemy in preventative measures. We have struck at their core; their finances and funding, their territories, their freedoms, their countries, their friends, their families and their family's families.
You may look at Edward Snowden and consider him to be a harmless; sexually confused transgendered computer professional. This of course would be what Snowden would like you to see.
In truth he is a vicious, calculating pathological liar that will stop at nothing to destroy America (USA) as we know it.
Not only did he endanger good men in the field he endangered law-abiding US citizens everywhere.
To say that Edward Snowden does not have Weapons of Mass Destruction is to entertain a cataclysm that may indeed claim your lives and your children's chastity.
Now, let's forget about this person and his fake and silly documents. We want to get back into the real business at hand, protecting the United States of America, land of the free, home of the brave (although we have the braves on reservation now).
Thank you and god bless.
Tell Me Twice
Why This Tinker Tinba Taylor Trojan Spy
Targets Top Tender Traders
With Little Digital Mice
These E-bandit Raiders Splice
Working In The Dark Of Night
Trying To Get Financial Height
Instead Of Getting A Job And Doing It Right
It was a stream of consciousness sorta thing. *shrugs*
I can only thank apple for making these sort of decision to help everyone embrace a more open platform in Android.
How many companies make android phones? how many have to compete to make the best?
One day people will wonder whatever happened to those iPhones...
I completely agree. In many ways it seems that people do not even know how to be outraged.
So this link is really obligatory: http://thepessimist.com/2013/0...
One cannot help the motivation behind posting this.
Is the Earth melting? is this "killer ice"? or "massive ice sheets"?
File under "climate change" - lots of ice, run for the...err...I mean paddle for land!
I thought slashdot was new for nerds, stuff that mattered? please kindly shed some light on the relevance?
*looks up at you*
Everything that has a beginning, has an end.
*Looks back down*
Dear sir,
You are quite wrong. There is a mountain of evidence that so called "no-fly" lists have prevent unspeakable acts of terrorism and violence.
It is however important to note that to divulge the details of said evidence will expose state secret and thus constitute a threat to national security.
To explain; in order to protect you, the national citizen we have to keep this secret from you as telling you how we do things can put you at risk. Given that you can now clearly see how you yourself put your own well-being at risk your personal freedoms should in fact be revoked for your protection.
A secret court that we cannot tell you about already ruled in our favor. All your rights are belong to us.
Sincerely,
Your democratically elected and chosen government.
Assuming you can do just about anything in a game, yeah nobody can predict that.
On the other hand, in a game, with an "open world" design that actually has a corridor structure, yes they can predict a lot of movement, choices etc.
The system may backfire if you intentionally do things unrelated to game advancement but that's a different story.