You're idealizing a time and place that doesn't and will never exist, namely that time when corporations were any more noble. Both entities are corruptible. Both entities are untrustworthy. However, if you try to revolt against the corps, the government will back them up with force. If you dislike the government and revolt against them, the corps will back both of you up because that is profitable. The government is predictable and I'd rather have the devil I know than the one I don't.
I thought we were on the same page. I even thought you'd get it by the relationship change to friend. But no, you've just decided it's best to make fun of me for being a Cheetos lovin nerd. It's ok though I'm used to it because I am a Cheetos lovin nerd- something you're evidently not. Hand in your nerd card and get off my lawn!
I did not claim nor feign ignorance. I said I stand by my original post. Just because you have a choice between 4 or 5 providers when they all have either monopolized (cable & Telco) or colluded (cell & sat) on pricing doesn't mean you truly have a choice. They don't even have to intentionally collude. Free market advocates will say that the consumers will pay what the market will bear and that additionally if one of your competitors charges a certain price for a good or service then your company will fail if you don't find some way to do the same since they will have an economic advantage. Let's take another industry that always get accused of gouging- fuel. You and I both know something fishy is always going on with those guys because no matter where in a county you go, gas is always within a nickel of all the other stores. Usually within 2 cents. I don't have to sit here and claim that all the oil companies get together in some kind of yearly Illuminati style meeting where they agree that gas will be this much and that is that. They could do that but a more reasonable explanation may be that greedy CEO #1 sees that greedy CEO #2 is making a 57% profit on his fuel while he is only making a measly 35%. I don't know any CEO who would just ignore extra money like that. Now he wants more business than CEO #2 so he could be content with making only a 56% profit. He's maximized his while still undercutting the competition. The base tiers of entertainment providers always seems to be around $40-$50 a month. Cell service is about $80. It doesn't matter who you go with, it'll cost you that much so being a savvy consumer you're gonna go with whomever throws in a couple extras or squeezes that extra bit of bandwidth in there or whatever to get that slight edge. That's the thing though- that edge is always slight. It's just enough to snatch a few extra customers but not enough to really make a difference. This whole thread has been arguing about why places like Europe get 10 times more for 10 times less (hyperbole)! There is no reason that I can see why we shouldn't have the same thing or more. We're the US of fuckin A! We always talk the big talk so we need to walk the big walk.
Well you seem to know the reference so don't look down on me for it. You've evidently watched it yourself. Ad hominems do not an argument make. I stand by my original post.
Again, you're ignoring history and dreaming of unicorns. What do you do when the natural monopoly buys off the government to become a gun pointing monopoly? You're in Cali. You may have heard of the MPAA, RIAA, or Walt Disney. There is a gun at my head every day just waiting for me to sell a Mickey Mouse T-shirt. That is pure lunacy. You think I'm holding a gun to your head but you want to do the same to me but call it the free market. How else would you have the right to just stick your own pole in my yard or dig a trench through my property? You can't enforce shit in this world without a gun to someone's head. I'd rather have it be the government and you'd rather it be Microshaft or whoever.
Just because you CAPITALIZE words and say they are true does not mean that they are. They always have had discretion and always will. Citation: A fucking history book.
I would love to mod you down on this...the police are not acting in the best interest of the public by wasting their time with a $5 video warrant. They knew where she was for 9 years and didn't give a shit until she just walked in. They're trying very hard to look important but usually just cherry pick the easy shit. Taking your response as one of many anecdotes here, I think they are succeeding in looking busy and making us swallow their bullshit.
I agree with jed and I knew someone would use that very scenario so I'll tell you why your trolling is weak. First off, it's murder. We categorize things differently because they needed to be treated differently. We have felonies, misdemeanors, civil infractions, and who knows what else. A murder is a felony so I'd agree that a felony shouldn't have a statue of limitations. Misdemeanors, tickets, and civil suits? Indeed they do need a limit. If it isn't important enough to bother chasing it down especially when you know where the person lives and has lived for 9 years then it isn't important enough to jail over. The problem is when you go around making everything a damned felony. You're being facetious if you pretend that isn't one of America's problems.
Hell yes it is! Take it to court, get a judgment, put a garnishment on my wages, or simply write it off on your taxes as a loss. Wasting the polices' time with stupid shit is stupid!
While you have all the technicalities correct, you actually believe this is fair or useful to society? You actually think that one should be able to rack up enough late fees to be arrested? You actually think that if a crime isn't worth chasing but just falls in one's lap then we should be ok with that?
Look, we could legislate that it is illegal to breath without a permit, and if you violated that, it is a minimum mandatory sentence of 20 years to life with no parole and a felony conviction. That in no way means we should be ok with it! We used to legally believe that slaves, women, and children were not people but property. We now realize that was stupid and barbaric. I still maintain it's jackbooted thuggery and the fact you advocate this kind of shit makes you part of the problem! Your sig is quite appropriate.
Yeah, yeah I do blame it on THE MAN, AC. They used the fact that she was there on other business as an attack of opportunity. That is a real life-destroying troll. Much better than your pathetic attempt. If that $5 video was so goddamned important, then they shouldn't have wait NINE FUCKING YEARS.
It totally can and has ruined plenty of people's lives. What if the judge doesn't feel like dismissing the case? She's fucked. Even getting arrested could ruin my life because I hold a security clearance. I'll lose my job, all of my stuff (again), and will be back to begging from family and friends (again). Unlike the time all of this happened before though (cause it was just a layoff), I won't get my job back, and I have a damned good paying job for these parts. I can't agree with your second paragraph more though. Making everything under the sun a felony has ruined this nation.
You pointed out a difference. Good job. Did it have a purpose though because I can't see one. He has a title called Sheriff. That makes him a little different than the general body of police forces too. In my opinion that makes him more responsible. Why? Because that means he's the guy in charge. He calls the shots. He ultimately gets to tell those who work for him who to bust, who to harass, who to ignore, and who gets special treatment. He could have turned a blind eye but didn't. You may say "Awesome! He's doing his job" but how many people "better than her" has he ignored? You ever been let go from a speeding ticket? You should have been written up and then arrested if you didn't show for court, but I bet you were totally ok with them letting you go then. Why is this different?
What you are advocating is a return to Debtors' Prison. THAT is how things used to be done, AC. If the item is of such a low value that the prosecutor and police don't want to bother apprehending you, then that judge should not have issued the bench warrant at all. He should have told the property owner to do what businesses usually do- write it off on taxes as a loss and sell it to a debt collector. You really want Comcast or Verizon throwing you in jail for a charge you supposedly owe that usually always ends up being a "computer error"? NO! No you don't! And even if it was a valid debt, like that unreturned video, you have to realize that sometimes shit happens and life isn't fair. I do not want the police wasting time hunting someone down for keying your precious car when some unknown assailant has kidnapped and raped some teenager.
If the issue was too trivial to pursue then it shouldn't have been warranted in the first place. America is too heavy handed with "justice" these days and it can be boiled down to the zero-tolerance (zero-thinking) bullshit. The judge should have told him to do the same thing businesses usually do- write it off on taxes as a loss and sell it to a credit collection agency.
This is the proper solution for this problem. One of the USA's greatest problems regarding law is that every single crime ends up being a felony these days. Being a felon carries some big penalties like not being able to own firearms or to vote. Now why would THE MAN want to do that hmm? Thanks for kicking that troll Savage! Friended:)
My attitude has nothing to do with reality! And you obviously don't follow my posts cause I totally want nationwide fiber implemented yesterday. You and I are just going about it differently. Sure you can put a pole up in your yard and you may get every guy on your street to put one in theirs but there will ALWAYS be that one asshole who will simply deny you right of passage because he enjoys tormenting others. This is why we even have a thing called imminent domain and right-of-way. There are countless examples of public works projects, especially the Interstate & railroad system, where some guy just wouldn't get the hell out of the way and we had to bulldoze right over him for the greater good of humanity. If you get enough assholes concentrated in one area the projects won't even get started. This is why we don't have more nuclear plants. You guys may have been wiring some solar panels but Cali has plenty of examples of where deregulating your power company bit you in the ass. What do you do when one power company doesn't want to wire in to the next guy? In your world, you couldn't do shit about it. If you look closely though I bet there is a statute that says they all have to play nice with each other or they can't do business there. Left to their own devices they would cut each others throats! History is my citation. You know who never has a power problem though? Me because I have the TVA.
All of the things you point out as being dynamic simply aren't. The Roman roads have gotten repaved and improved over the years but there weren't a bunch of competing companies doing it at once. Same goes for your power companies. The ones given rights by the area governments are the ones who do that work. If that gov says you can't put a road through there then it wont happen period. You think that needs to change. It was already tried and found wanting. There is a reason there is a section of the Constitution that says the States can't screw each other over because they did. Virginia (among others) used charge tolls for people crossing their borders, they used to make their own currencies that obfuscated the exchange rates, they banned certain produce from passing through, and more stuff I can't remember off the top of my head. Those were done by governments. Do you not think corporations wouldn't do the same? They did! The Company Town with it's Company Store come to mind. Corporate anarchy simply doesn't work and it shouldn't be allowed to rear it's ugly head again.
Who am I to say?? Who are you to say! I swear the stuff you have been posting sounds very Libertarian but now I think maybe you aren't one. Are you honestly proposing that if you wanted to run a conduit through my property then I should just let you? What if I wanted to run a water main right through your living room? You seem to think that would be ok and that sounds very UN-Libertarian. I am very liberal but even I am not gonna just let you run something through my yard because you want to. I know you are using it to make a profit (probably off of me) and so I want my cut! The government gets a pass on that because as you said elsewhere all I can do is vote the bastards out. The government though, typically has a much stricter list of things they can use such services for. If the gov controls the cable then I know that you can buy it, I can buy it, and even people who can't afford it can still get it regardless of color, creed, or whatever. The regulated phone companies are a perfect example of this. If you're poor in Chattanooga, you'll still have a free phone. I think nowadays you'll even have free basic cable. Information flow is vital in this day and age so we have to support such things through taxation and I am happy to do so. BellSouth/AT&T & Comcast certainly didn't do that out of the kindness of their hearts- we had to make them do it. But don't think there is some travesty going on here. They aren't losing money. The city pays them back for every free customer to at LEAST the break even point.
Look guy, I'm with you. I really am. The Free Market just isn't going to fix this on it's own if just allowed to run wild. Protestations to the contrary are willful ignorance or corruption. No offense.
Why the excuses? We claim to be the biggest bestest greatest country EVAR and yet when stuff like this pops up, the excuses about being too big, too spread out, or whatever just start flying! The answer is simply economic greed. How many times have you been told that your neighborhood won't be getting broadband because you aren't profitable? Cable companies have done this to me countless times because I always move to the country. Since Europe doesn't seem to gorge itself from the trough of capitalism, it is my understanding that no area is left un-serviced (well maybe the top of the Alps). There are all kinds of areas where the same excuses are used. Mass transit trains for example. Haven't you heard statistics about how we could power the entire US from solar panels covering something like a quarter of New Mexico? Then why the hell haven't we done so? The answer is: UNPROFITABLE for certain people. I say we put up or shut up about being the Greatest Nation the World has Seen(tm) (it was probably Rome anyway) and just fucking do it. Lay nationwide fiber. It is something that needs to be done just like the Interstate system. They probably shouted that down too back in the day. Doesn't change the fact that it helped spur along a massive increase in commerce all across the country. We couldn't live without it today. The Internet also spurred massive revolution as you know since you're using it right now! If we expanded that to more areas, just like we did with the telephone, that is that many more ad impressions, amazon clicks, or whatever metric of the day the moneymakers want to see. It would be a win-win for all I say. DO EEET!
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This is the part of the post where we should discuss the color of pots and kettles, about the strength of glass versus thrown stones, and looking to one's own before worrying about others. OR you could simply admit that we are all humans who make mistakes, that autocorrect is a total bitch that needs to DIAF, and that the usage of words adapts to the culture of the times (see 'begs the question'). I am not immune to this and probably have a mistake or two myself- someone will surely point out the incorrect usage of OR as the first word of the sentence.
The term is SHEEPLE and just like the idea you espouse regarding said sheeple being zombies, when I see a poster use the term sheeple as an insult (is there another use?) I instantly know you're a conspiracy theory loon.
I don't think he meant scam. When I hear people hatin on blueray, it's usually because they sided with HD-DVD back during the Format Wars and lost. Bitter it makes them, yes. We've seen the same thing with Betamax vs VHS and even now after all these years, I wouldn't be surprised if I get at least one post from someone crooning about how superior Betamax was. Obviously neither were superior- they both ceased to exist. Also someone who just can't see the quality difference between a 480 DVD & a 1080 BR is just being blind out of stubbornness.
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You're idealizing a time and place that doesn't and will never exist, namely that time when corporations were any more noble. Both entities are corruptible. Both entities are untrustworthy. However, if you try to revolt against the corps, the government will back them up with force. If you dislike the government and revolt against them, the corps will back both of you up because that is profitable. The government is predictable and I'd rather have the devil I know than the one I don't.
I thought we were on the same page. I even thought you'd get it by the relationship change to friend. But no, you've just decided it's best to make fun of me for being a Cheetos lovin nerd. It's ok though I'm used to it because I am a Cheetos lovin nerd- something you're evidently not. Hand in your nerd card and get off my lawn!
I did not claim nor feign ignorance. I said I stand by my original post. Just because you have a choice between 4 or 5 providers when they all have either monopolized (cable & Telco) or colluded (cell & sat) on pricing doesn't mean you truly have a choice. They don't even have to intentionally collude. Free market advocates will say that the consumers will pay what the market will bear and that additionally if one of your competitors charges a certain price for a good or service then your company will fail if you don't find some way to do the same since they will have an economic advantage. Let's take another industry that always get accused of gouging- fuel. You and I both know something fishy is always going on with those guys because no matter where in a county you go, gas is always within a nickel of all the other stores. Usually within 2 cents. I don't have to sit here and claim that all the oil companies get together in some kind of yearly Illuminati style meeting where they agree that gas will be this much and that is that. They could do that but a more reasonable explanation may be that greedy CEO #1 sees that greedy CEO #2 is making a 57% profit on his fuel while he is only making a measly 35%. I don't know any CEO who would just ignore extra money like that. Now he wants more business than CEO #2 so he could be content with making only a 56% profit. He's maximized his while still undercutting the competition. The base tiers of entertainment providers always seems to be around $40-$50 a month. Cell service is about $80. It doesn't matter who you go with, it'll cost you that much so being a savvy consumer you're gonna go with whomever throws in a couple extras or squeezes that extra bit of bandwidth in there or whatever to get that slight edge. That's the thing though- that edge is always slight. It's just enough to snatch a few extra customers but not enough to really make a difference. This whole thread has been arguing about why places like Europe get 10 times more for 10 times less (hyperbole)! There is no reason that I can see why we shouldn't have the same thing or more. We're the US of fuckin A! We always talk the big talk so we need to walk the big walk.
Well you seem to know the reference so don't look down on me for it. You've evidently watched it yourself. Ad hominems do not an argument make. I stand by my original post.
Again, you're ignoring history and dreaming of unicorns. What do you do when the natural monopoly buys off the government to become a gun pointing monopoly? You're in Cali. You may have heard of the MPAA, RIAA, or Walt Disney. There is a gun at my head every day just waiting for me to sell a Mickey Mouse T-shirt. That is pure lunacy. You think I'm holding a gun to your head but you want to do the same to me but call it the free market. How else would you have the right to just stick your own pole in my yard or dig a trench through my property? You can't enforce shit in this world without a gun to someone's head. I'd rather have it be the government and you'd rather it be Microshaft or whoever.
Good day indeed!
There are so many people in this world who subscribe to that very line of thought that it makes me want to not live on this planet anymore.
Just because you CAPITALIZE words and say they are true does not mean that they are. They always have had discretion and always will. Citation: A fucking history book.
I would love to mod you down on this...the police are not acting in the best interest of the public by wasting their time with a $5 video warrant. They knew where she was for 9 years and didn't give a shit until she just walked in. They're trying very hard to look important but usually just cherry pick the easy shit. Taking your response as one of many anecdotes here, I think they are succeeding in looking busy and making us swallow their bullshit.
I agree with jed and I knew someone would use that very scenario so I'll tell you why your trolling is weak. First off, it's murder. We categorize things differently because they needed to be treated differently. We have felonies, misdemeanors, civil infractions, and who knows what else. A murder is a felony so I'd agree that a felony shouldn't have a statue of limitations. Misdemeanors, tickets, and civil suits? Indeed they do need a limit. If it isn't important enough to bother chasing it down especially when you know where the person lives and has lived for 9 years then it isn't important enough to jail over. The problem is when you go around making everything a damned felony. You're being facetious if you pretend that isn't one of America's problems.
Hell yes it is! Take it to court, get a judgment, put a garnishment on my wages, or simply write it off on your taxes as a loss. Wasting the polices' time with stupid shit is stupid!
While you have all the technicalities correct, you actually believe this is fair or useful to society? You actually think that one should be able to rack up enough late fees to be arrested? You actually think that if a crime isn't worth chasing but just falls in one's lap then we should be ok with that?
Look, we could legislate that it is illegal to breath without a permit, and if you violated that, it is a minimum mandatory sentence of 20 years to life with no parole and a felony conviction. That in no way means we should be ok with it! We used to legally believe that slaves, women, and children were not people but property. We now realize that was stupid and barbaric. I still maintain it's jackbooted thuggery and the fact you advocate this kind of shit makes you part of the problem! Your sig is quite appropriate.
Yeah, yeah I do blame it on THE MAN, AC. They used the fact that she was there on other business as an attack of opportunity. That is a real life-destroying troll. Much better than your pathetic attempt. If that $5 video was so goddamned important, then they shouldn't have wait NINE FUCKING YEARS.
Insulting people all willy nilly does make you an asshole and I personally don't want to hear other assholes. My own is quite loud enough, thank you.
It totally can and has ruined plenty of people's lives. What if the judge doesn't feel like dismissing the case? She's fucked. Even getting arrested could ruin my life because I hold a security clearance. I'll lose my job, all of my stuff (again), and will be back to begging from family and friends (again). Unlike the time all of this happened before though (cause it was just a layoff), I won't get my job back, and I have a damned good paying job for these parts. I can't agree with your second paragraph more though. Making everything under the sun a felony has ruined this nation.
You pointed out a difference. Good job. Did it have a purpose though because I can't see one. He has a title called Sheriff. That makes him a little different than the general body of police forces too. In my opinion that makes him more responsible. Why? Because that means he's the guy in charge. He calls the shots. He ultimately gets to tell those who work for him who to bust, who to harass, who to ignore, and who gets special treatment. He could have turned a blind eye but didn't. You may say "Awesome! He's doing his job" but how many people "better than her" has he ignored? You ever been let go from a speeding ticket? You should have been written up and then arrested if you didn't show for court, but I bet you were totally ok with them letting you go then. Why is this different?
What you are advocating is a return to Debtors' Prison. THAT is how things used to be done, AC. If the item is of such a low value that the prosecutor and police don't want to bother apprehending you, then that judge should not have issued the bench warrant at all. He should have told the property owner to do what businesses usually do- write it off on taxes as a loss and sell it to a debt collector. You really want Comcast or Verizon throwing you in jail for a charge you supposedly owe that usually always ends up being a "computer error"? NO! No you don't! And even if it was a valid debt, like that unreturned video, you have to realize that sometimes shit happens and life isn't fair. I do not want the police wasting time hunting someone down for keying your precious car when some unknown assailant has kidnapped and raped some teenager.
If the issue was too trivial to pursue then it shouldn't have been warranted in the first place. America is too heavy handed with "justice" these days and it can be boiled down to the zero-tolerance (zero-thinking) bullshit. The judge should have told him to do the same thing businesses usually do- write it off on taxes as a loss and sell it to a credit collection agency.
This is the proper solution for this problem. One of the USA's greatest problems regarding law is that every single crime ends up being a felony these days. Being a felon carries some big penalties like not being able to own firearms or to vote. Now why would THE MAN want to do that hmm? Thanks for kicking that troll Savage! Friended :)
Thanks for putting me on the Foe list. It lets me know I speak the truth!
My attitude has nothing to do with reality! And you obviously don't follow my posts cause I totally want nationwide fiber implemented yesterday. You and I are just going about it differently. Sure you can put a pole up in your yard and you may get every guy on your street to put one in theirs but there will ALWAYS be that one asshole who will simply deny you right of passage because he enjoys tormenting others. This is why we even have a thing called imminent domain and right-of-way. There are countless examples of public works projects, especially the Interstate & railroad system, where some guy just wouldn't get the hell out of the way and we had to bulldoze right over him for the greater good of humanity. If you get enough assholes concentrated in one area the projects won't even get started. This is why we don't have more nuclear plants. You guys may have been wiring some solar panels but Cali has plenty of examples of where deregulating your power company bit you in the ass. What do you do when one power company doesn't want to wire in to the next guy? In your world, you couldn't do shit about it. If you look closely though I bet there is a statute that says they all have to play nice with each other or they can't do business there. Left to their own devices they would cut each others throats! History is my citation. You know who never has a power problem though? Me because I have the TVA.
All of the things you point out as being dynamic simply aren't. The Roman roads have gotten repaved and improved over the years but there weren't a bunch of competing companies doing it at once. Same goes for your power companies. The ones given rights by the area governments are the ones who do that work. If that gov says you can't put a road through there then it wont happen period. You think that needs to change. It was already tried and found wanting. There is a reason there is a section of the Constitution that says the States can't screw each other over because they did. Virginia (among others) used charge tolls for people crossing their borders, they used to make their own currencies that obfuscated the exchange rates, they banned certain produce from passing through, and more stuff I can't remember off the top of my head. Those were done by governments. Do you not think corporations wouldn't do the same? They did! The Company Town with it's Company Store come to mind. Corporate anarchy simply doesn't work and it shouldn't be allowed to rear it's ugly head again.
Who am I to say?? Who are you to say! I swear the stuff you have been posting sounds very Libertarian but now I think maybe you aren't one. Are you honestly proposing that if you wanted to run a conduit through my property then I should just let you? What if I wanted to run a water main right through your living room? You seem to think that would be ok and that sounds very UN-Libertarian. I am very liberal but even I am not gonna just let you run something through my yard because you want to. I know you are using it to make a profit (probably off of me) and so I want my cut! The government gets a pass on that because as you said elsewhere all I can do is vote the bastards out. The government though, typically has a much stricter list of things they can use such services for. If the gov controls the cable then I know that you can buy it, I can buy it, and even people who can't afford it can still get it regardless of color, creed, or whatever. The regulated phone companies are a perfect example of this. If you're poor in Chattanooga, you'll still have a free phone. I think nowadays you'll even have free basic cable. Information flow is vital in this day and age so we have to support such things through taxation and I am happy to do so. BellSouth/AT&T & Comcast certainly didn't do that out of the kindness of their hearts- we had to make them do it. But don't think there is some travesty going on here. They aren't losing money. The city pays them back for every free customer to at LEAST the break even point.
Look guy, I'm with you. I really am. The Free Market just isn't going to fix this on it's own if just allowed to run wild. Protestations to the contrary are willful ignorance or corruption. No offense.
Why the excuses? We claim to be the biggest bestest greatest country EVAR and yet when stuff like this pops up, the excuses about being too big, too spread out, or whatever just start flying! The answer is simply economic greed. How many times have you been told that your neighborhood won't be getting broadband because you aren't profitable? Cable companies have done this to me countless times because I always move to the country. Since Europe doesn't seem to gorge itself from the trough of capitalism, it is my understanding that no area is left un-serviced (well maybe the top of the Alps). There are all kinds of areas where the same excuses are used. Mass transit trains for example. Haven't you heard statistics about how we could power the entire US from solar panels covering something like a quarter of New Mexico? Then why the hell haven't we done so? The answer is: UNPROFITABLE for certain people. I say we put up or shut up about being the Greatest Nation the World has Seen(tm) (it was probably Rome anyway) and just fucking do it. Lay nationwide fiber. It is something that needs to be done just like the Interstate system. They probably shouted that down too back in the day. Doesn't change the fact that it helped spur along a massive increase in commerce all across the country. We couldn't live without it today. The Internet also spurred massive revolution as you know since you're using it right now! If we expanded that to more areas, just like we did with the telephone, that is that many more ad impressions, amazon clicks, or whatever metric of the day the moneymakers want to see. It would be a win-win for all I say. DO EEET!
Thanks for seeding my torrents bro!
This is the part of the post where we should discuss the color of pots and kettles, about the strength of glass versus thrown stones, and looking to one's own before worrying about others. OR you could simply admit that we are all humans who make mistakes, that autocorrect is a total bitch that needs to DIAF, and that the usage of words adapts to the culture of the times (see 'begs the question'). I am not immune to this and probably have a mistake or two myself- someone will surely point out the incorrect usage of OR as the first word of the sentence.
The term is SHEEPLE and just like the idea you espouse regarding said sheeple being zombies, when I see a poster use the term sheeple as an insult (is there another use?) I instantly know you're a conspiracy theory loon.
I don't think he meant scam. When I hear people hatin on blueray, it's usually because they sided with HD-DVD back during the Format Wars and lost. Bitter it makes them, yes. We've seen the same thing with Betamax vs VHS and even now after all these years, I wouldn't be surprised if I get at least one post from someone crooning about how superior Betamax was. Obviously neither were superior- they both ceased to exist. Also someone who just can't see the quality difference between a 480 DVD & a 1080 BR is just being blind out of stubbornness.