"Every time we get studies talking about the health risks of marijuana, there are potheads up in arms about the results. Is it so hard to admit that your sacred weed isn't as perfect and healthy as you imagine it is?"
I think I speak for the majority of potheads, maaan, when I say that we know there are some risks.
Like, first of all, we're smoking the shit, so there's that, man. That's probably not good for your breathers, y'know, man? But, putting aside the danger from the corrupt running-dog capitalist dealers, and the pigs, man, there's probably less danger to your health than sucking down a six-pack like a jock, man. I mean, heyyy, man, when's the last time you saw a bunch of stoners, like, start up a big fight in a bar? Or like drunk drivers man. Yeah, when you're stoned you have a pretty big chance of, like, getting honked at excessively for going too slow, or getting lost. But you're less likely to end up getting busted for speeding.
Yup. Like the detectives who investigated the murder of my last girlfriend, (and I paraphrase) most murders happen to people involved, in some way, in crime. The cops were pissed 'cause she was a "civilian". Violent crime happens mostly to criminals, and the poor.
After that, it's crimes of passion (Yeah, I was the prime suspect for a few hours.)
My girlfriend was innocent, she had a degree from a prestigious university, and was successfully working in her field and building a career. She was 26.
So, numbers are numbers, and there are exceptions. FWIW, no weapons were involved, firearms or otherwise. The Chicago Police caught the murderer a week later. He was convicted 3 years later. He was 17, he'll serve 45 years without parole.
My point is, crime happens. These shootings happen. And they are certainly regrettable. But the news media blow it way out of proportion.
There are too many guns in the U.S., too many arsenals. I'm a gun owner too. But I know we have a problem.
But it's less the guns, than it is the society. There's too much fear in the U.S. That's what the suburban arsenals are all about. Fear. Read a gun or knife forum, these guys talk like they're walking around in a war zone. When in reality, they live in relatively safe communities.
It's not only the fear, it's lack of mental healthcare, and healthcare in general (see the stats on suicide by firearms). It's lack of community. It's lack of social support. It's poverty, unemployment, and anger at not being able to achieve the "American Dream" we all grew up believing in. And the stupid drug laws that put marijuana smokers in hardcore prison for the equivalent of drinking a six-pack. But let's drunk drivers stay on the street.
You know, you can probably buy a replacement AC adapter on eBay. I had to for my D-Link router. I got two. My D-Link router & separate WAP are still chugging along after... I lost count, many years.
Much like the "pertectin' mah fambly" gun nuts who build up arsenals against the mythical home invasion, and like terrorism, the likelihood of a school/public mass shooting near you affecting your family directly is small. Not impossible. But small.
And surprisingly, less likely to happen in a big city.
Though in a big city you're more likely to get hit by stray bullets from a gang gun fight. But only if you live in a poor neighborhood with lots of gang activity.
Yeah... I quit reading after you said "Democrat". It's a stupid, petty insult, and it's grammatically incorrect. I won't take anything seriously, or even bother having a discussion with anyone who uses this term. It's infantile, something only worthy of fratboy-middle-school level discourse. As we say here in the City of Big Shoulders, "buh-bye!"
Oh, please.
The United States has always leaned right. Fox is a little right of center in the U.S., which is about 45 degrees of center for the rest of the world. MSNBC is closer to the center of the rest of the world.
The Workers World Party, or the Socialist Workers Party is "very left", not MSNBC.
Do you even know what "left-wing" means? Try this: Left-Right Politics.
Bah! I grew up in Chicago in the 70s. I was a latch-key kid. When I was 9 & 10 we rode bikes and wandered from the lakefront to Clark Street, and from Devon to Bryn Mawr. We played baseball, football, swam in the lake, played tag... broke into cars, shoplifted, smoke cigarettes, and swore. We played at each other's houses, went to movies, to the train to Cubs games. Rarely had any trouble, and when we did, it was with other kids.
Blah blah blah, the gun rights advocates, or "gun nuts" are constantly going on about the need to protect themselves, about home invasions, and robberies, and race war.
I grew up in inner-city Chicago, and have traveled in all kinds of dangerous urban settings, at all hours of the day and night, both in Chicago and other cities, unarmed, and the worst thing I've experienced was harsh language.
The problem with gun nuts is they're fearful people. They're afraid of imaginary dangers that are unlikely to happen. Then they get drunk and angry and shoot a friend or family member.
FWIW: I legally own a handgun, which I acquired as an adult after growing not being around guns. My experience is that handguns are a waste of time, and more dangerous to the owner and his/her family than useful. Rifles and shotguns on the other hand are worthwhile investments for hunting, and fighting in the civil war against the Fascist Republicans.
Well, I'd like to see your data that confirms that science has given up on the scientific method in favor of the relabeling of opinions. Because at this point your assertion seems anecdotal.
Decrease federal government regulation? Yeah... like that's ever worked to the advantage of the consumer.
What we need to do is have the FCC take over the cables. Then license access to them so anybody who wants to can use the cables for transmission. That way you don't end up with Comcast (or whoever) being the only game in town.
Comcast gets to provide crap customer service and extortionate pricing schemes because they "own" the cable, and no one else can use them to transmit to your home. They have a monopoly in many places.
Regulation is fucking necessary. Because business will never, ever, no matter what they say, do something that is advantageous to the consumer. Business will always fuck you over if they get the chance. Every. Single. Time.
If business can make more profit, there's no ethical line they will not cross. Look around you.
So arguing against government regulation is not in your best interest.
The truth is, conservatives are full of shit. They don't understand science, and they lie at every turn to twist facts to fit their asinine belief systems. You can go through every screed they spew and find projection and irony abounding.
Oh, God forbid that conservatives should have to act in their own, and everyone else's, best interest. Poor little conservatives, so downtrodden by regulation and secular repression. Buncha fuckwits!
Never mind the centuries of oppression and war, torture, and genocide fomented by the Catholic Church. Never mind that anywhere religion has a strong hand in government, tens of thousands are murdered in the name of whatever God the given religion is kowtowing to.
Really? Says you. But if I'm going to believe in something that berates and impugns, and is a tool used by people looking to control others, I think I'll go with science over what the religionists are pushing. At least science requires reproducible results for proof.
Science says: "This sludge is toxic because it contains these toxins. We determined this by following this procedure. Our colleagues have reviewed our procedure, and have found it to be sound and accurate. Using the procedure as described, these colleagues have found identical results. We invite you to examine our procedure for error, and follow it on your sample of sludge and report your findings.
Also, we know these toxins are harmful, because we tested them on living creatures. So did our colleagues, using the exact same procedures we did. Their living creatures were also harmed."
Conservatives say: "We can't afford to make sure the sludge is either not produced, or is less toxic. If we do that, we won't make as much money as we possibly can. Also, that would make our workers safer, and, well, you know our policy towards workers: pay them as little as we can get away with, and if they get injured on the job, fire them for being less productive.
Besides, I prayed on it, and Jesus says the sludge is harmless, and it only harms those who are in cahoots with Satan. I can't prove any of this, you just have to have faith. Jesus wouldn't lie to you, and since I speak for Jesus, you know I'm not lying to you. Anyone who doesn't believe what Jesus says is a America-hating-commie-fag who lacks faith. And let's pray that that person who doesn't believe the truth of Jesus spoken through me dies from the Satan sludge."
Absolutely. If only some of my friends would teach their children this. I know I learned it as a child.
To be having a serious discussion, or doing actual work, and have a friend's child interrupt to exclaim about a high score in a video game, or some other trivial (to us, at the time) matter is extremely frustrating.
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You insensitive clod! ;-)
Religion is not an ethnicity. And religious fanatics deserve no consideration of respect.
"Mac fans are disgusted with OS X10.7 and 10.8 too, losing Mac users left and right over it."
So, you've never used a Mac...
"Every time we get studies talking about the health risks of marijuana, there are potheads up in arms about the results. Is it so hard to admit that your sacred weed isn't as perfect and healthy as you imagine it is?"
I think I speak for the majority of potheads, maaan, when I say that we know there are some risks.
Like, first of all, we're smoking the shit, so there's that, man. That's probably not good for your breathers, y'know, man? But, putting aside the danger from the corrupt running-dog capitalist dealers, and the pigs, man, there's probably less danger to your health than sucking down a six-pack like a jock, man. I mean, heyyy, man, when's the last time you saw a bunch of stoners, like, start up a big fight in a bar? Or like drunk drivers man. Yeah, when you're stoned you have a pretty big chance of, like, getting honked at excessively for going too slow, or getting lost. But you're less likely to end up getting busted for speeding.
If you, as a Slashdot reader, are not listening to Tank Riot already, you should hang your head in shame. Or at least realize you're missing out.
Sputnik, Tor, & Viktor did a very nice episode (#128) on Gerry Anderson. Gerry Anderson!
Yup. Like the detectives who investigated the murder of my last girlfriend, (and I paraphrase) most murders happen to people involved, in some way, in crime. The cops were pissed 'cause she was a "civilian". Violent crime happens mostly to criminals, and the poor.
After that, it's crimes of passion (Yeah, I was the prime suspect for a few hours.)
My girlfriend was innocent, she had a degree from a prestigious university, and was successfully working in her field and building a career. She was 26.
So, numbers are numbers, and there are exceptions. FWIW, no weapons were involved, firearms or otherwise. The Chicago Police caught the murderer a week later. He was convicted 3 years later. He was 17, he'll serve 45 years without parole.
My point is, crime happens. These shootings happen. And they are certainly regrettable. But the news media blow it way out of proportion.
There are too many guns in the U.S., too many arsenals. I'm a gun owner too. But I know we have a problem.
But it's less the guns, than it is the society. There's too much fear in the U.S. That's what the suburban arsenals are all about. Fear. Read a gun or knife forum, these guys talk like they're walking around in a war zone. When in reality, they live in relatively safe communities.
It's not only the fear, it's lack of mental healthcare, and healthcare in general (see the stats on suicide by firearms). It's lack of community. It's lack of social support. It's poverty, unemployment, and anger at not being able to achieve the "American Dream" we all grew up believing in. And the stupid drug laws that put marijuana smokers in hardcore prison for the equivalent of drinking a six-pack. But let's drunk drivers stay on the street.
You know, you can probably buy a replacement AC adapter on eBay. I had to for my D-Link router. I got two. My D-Link router & separate WAP are still chugging along after... I lost count, many years.
Note: Though the AC is an AC, he/she has a point.
Much like the "pertectin' mah fambly" gun nuts who build up arsenals against the mythical home invasion, and like terrorism, the likelihood of a school/public mass shooting near you affecting your family directly is small. Not impossible. But small.
And surprisingly, less likely to happen in a big city.
Though in a big city you're more likely to get hit by stray bullets from a gang gun fight. But only if you live in a poor neighborhood with lots of gang activity.
Yeah... I quit reading after you said "Democrat". It's a stupid, petty insult, and it's grammatically incorrect. I won't take anything seriously, or even bother having a discussion with anyone who uses this term. It's infantile, something only worthy of fratboy-middle-school level discourse. As we say here in the City of Big Shoulders, "buh-bye!"
Oh, please. The United States has always leaned right. Fox is a little right of center in the U.S., which is about 45 degrees of center for the rest of the world. MSNBC is closer to the center of the rest of the world. The Workers World Party, or the Socialist Workers Party is "very left", not MSNBC. Do you even know what "left-wing" means? Try this: Left-Right Politics.
Red Ring of Death.
BAZINGA!
Bah! I grew up in Chicago in the 70s. I was a latch-key kid. When I was 9 & 10 we rode bikes and wandered from the lakefront to Clark Street, and from Devon to Bryn Mawr. We played baseball, football, swam in the lake, played tag... broke into cars, shoplifted, smoke cigarettes, and swore. We played at each other's houses, went to movies, to the train to Cubs games. Rarely had any trouble, and when we did, it was with other kids.
Amen, brother!
It seems to directly contradict my experience as well. And I'm a current Netflix subscriber.
Where did you get your numbers and statement of Netflix's intent?
Class warfare? Cool! Let's go. The rich'll have better weapons, but there are more of us, and we can turn a percentage of their army.
Blah blah blah, the gun rights advocates, or "gun nuts" are constantly going on about the need to protect themselves, about home invasions, and robberies, and race war.
I grew up in inner-city Chicago, and have traveled in all kinds of dangerous urban settings, at all hours of the day and night, both in Chicago and other cities, unarmed, and the worst thing I've experienced was harsh language.
The problem with gun nuts is they're fearful people. They're afraid of imaginary dangers that are unlikely to happen. Then they get drunk and angry and shoot a friend or family member.
FWIW: I legally own a handgun, which I acquired as an adult after growing not being around guns. My experience is that handguns are a waste of time, and more dangerous to the owner and his/her family than useful. Rifles and shotguns on the other hand are worthwhile investments for hunting, and fighting in the civil war against the Fascist Republicans.
Two things:
1. Comcast - crap service for exorbitant prices
2. MBA professors apparently don't expect you to know grammar
Well, I'd like to see your data that confirms that science has given up on the scientific method in favor of the relabeling of opinions. Because at this point your assertion seems anecdotal.
Decrease federal government regulation? Yeah... like that's ever worked to the advantage of the consumer.
What we need to do is have the FCC take over the cables. Then license access to them so anybody who wants to can use the cables for transmission. That way you don't end up with Comcast (or whoever) being the only game in town.
Comcast gets to provide crap customer service and extortionate pricing schemes because they "own" the cable, and no one else can use them to transmit to your home. They have a monopoly in many places.
Regulation is fucking necessary. Because business will never, ever, no matter what they say, do something that is advantageous to the consumer. Business will always fuck you over if they get the chance. Every. Single. Time.
If business can make more profit, there's no ethical line they will not cross. Look around you.
So arguing against government regulation is not in your best interest.
The truth is, conservatives are full of shit. They don't understand science, and they lie at every turn to twist facts to fit their asinine belief systems. You can go through every screed they spew and find projection and irony abounding.
Oh, God forbid that conservatives should have to act in their own, and everyone else's, best interest. Poor little conservatives, so downtrodden by regulation and secular repression. Buncha fuckwits!
Never mind the centuries of oppression and war, torture, and genocide fomented by the Catholic Church. Never mind that anywhere religion has a strong hand in government, tens of thousands are murdered in the name of whatever God the given religion is kowtowing to.
Really? Says you. But if I'm going to believe in something that berates and impugns, and is a tool used by people looking to control others, I think I'll go with science over what the religionists are pushing. At least science requires reproducible results for proof.
Science says: "This sludge is toxic because it contains these toxins. We determined this by following this procedure. Our colleagues have reviewed our procedure, and have found it to be sound and accurate. Using the procedure as described, these colleagues have found identical results. We invite you to examine our procedure for error, and follow it on your sample of sludge and report your findings.
Also, we know these toxins are harmful, because we tested them on living creatures. So did our colleagues, using the exact same procedures we did. Their living creatures were also harmed."
Conservatives say: "We can't afford to make sure the sludge is either not produced, or is less toxic. If we do that, we won't make as much money as we possibly can. Also, that would make our workers safer, and, well, you know our policy towards workers: pay them as little as we can get away with, and if they get injured on the job, fire them for being less productive.
Besides, I prayed on it, and Jesus says the sludge is harmless, and it only harms those who are in cahoots with Satan. I can't prove any of this, you just have to have faith. Jesus wouldn't lie to you, and since I speak for Jesus, you know I'm not lying to you. Anyone who doesn't believe what Jesus says is a America-hating-commie-fag who lacks faith. And let's pray that that person who doesn't believe the truth of Jesus spoken through me dies from the Satan sludge."
I'm "not sure" what you're "trying to say".
a beowulf cluster of these.
Absolutely. If only some of my friends would teach their children this. I know I learned it as a child.
To be having a serious discussion, or doing actual work, and have a friend's child interrupt to exclaim about a high score in a video game, or some other trivial (to us, at the time) matter is extremely frustrating.