The reason why you need recollection is so you can see the patterns.
Which takes around two seconds and should be something you do yourself, not something that's jammed down your throat. Public schools definitely overdo it, but that's an extraordinary understatement. Worse still, they leave out anything that would lead individuals to believe that there's anything to understand.
Asking to put yourself in the position was to highlight the fact that distribution of such a video would and should be a crime that in no way whatsoever is "victimless".
You didn't highlight anything. Many things are physically victimless, and yet cause emotional 'harm'. Emotional 'harm' does not make a victimless crime suddenly have a victim; it's entirely subjective, and people's hurt feelings shouldn't be enough to ban something.
I find that saying this is a victimless crime show amazing lack of empathy.
It's victimless in the sense that it causes no one physical harm. If we banned things based on people's hurt feelings, everything would be banned. In reality, emotional 'harm' is your own damn problem, no matter the subject.
What I care about is freedom, not safety (of this kind, or of being 'safe' from terrorists, etc.). That's what it means to aspire to be free and brave. If you wish to sacrifice fundamental freedoms (free speech, etc.) and promote censorship in exchange for this sort of safety, then you're an insect.
Also, since you talk about censorship, it shows a blatant disregard for the right to privacy.
When something is put out there, I no longer believe it's private, whether or not you put it there. Be that a naked picture of someone, a social security number, or what have you. If your 'solution' is censorship, then you do not care about free speech.
I mean, really, if schools asked people to dig giant holes in the ground with spoons, would someone not be a "team player" if they refused to do so? That's ridiculous. Being a team player isn't the same as being someone who mindlessly obeys orders.
At my job, I'm often required to work in teams. I am a team player, just not when someone is saying that they're giving me an 'education' when their actions would stunt my growth if I let them. Being a "team player" in this regard is nothing more than being an obedient drone. Schools also don't pay you, so that helps, too.
You ask if I would "consider it censorship," as if there's any room to question that it is censorship. Tell me, what do you think it is when government thugs take down a website or censor information, if not censorship?
As for the actual question, what I would or would not think in such a situation is irrelevant to whether or not my current arguments are valid. When people are personally affected by something, they can change their tune quite quickly, but that doesn't mean that that position is the correct one; they're just as biased as anyone else, and they're just looking out for their own interests. So your question is irrelevant, and I don't know what I would think in such a situation.
Maybe grades have nothing to do with intelligence. Even though I understood math better than many of my teachers when I was in school, I sure never bothered to do any of the busywork (it was and still is just rote memorization and repetition, which I had no use for), so I ended up with bad grades.
I'm not seeing your point. Math is about understanding, not rote memorization or speed. This sort of repetition is actually harmful, as it gives people the wrong idea of what math is about and takes away time from other things. What helps you visualize problems and develop an intuitive sense of math is trying to understand the math to begin with, not doing repetitive arithmetic problems.
Also, what is and is not a "skilled musician" is 100% subjective. Completely different subject for that reason alone, no matter what anyone says.
That's nonsensical. Taking the pictures down doesn't do anything, and is, in fact, futile (as censorship often is). Merely looking at the pictures doesn't cause harm, unless you believe in voodoo. It's funny how many 'supporters' of free speech suddenly beg for censorship when they want to 'save' the children.
If someone is able to remotely brick your phone, you obviously don't control your phone, and it consequently can't be trusted. This is the problem with proprietary garbage, and it's partly why I don't own a cellphone (other than them being tracking devices by their very nature).
Yes, if it's done 'right', it doesn't have to be that way. But let's face it... corporations rarely do things the moral way.
I agree. There are some who don't. Occasionally you see people posting here who think it's a from of brainwashing
I don't know about "brainwashing," but I sure think that rote memorization is inappropriate 99% of the time and that it ruins educations.
Math is not a speed or memorization game. Math is about understanding. I know that 9 x 9 = 81, but is that because I memorized nonsensical multiplication tables? I would never do anything that foolish. Instead, I happened to see the result pop up many times, and I memorized it naturally.
In school, I focused my time on understanding math, something that the other students never even thought to try to understand. I wouldn't bother doing repetitive homework assignments, and consequently got 'bad' grades (irrelevant in the real world), but I'm far more intelligent than any of them ever were, and I'm glad I didn't do their pointless busywork.
Multiplication tables and their ilk just give students a wrong idea of what mathematics is about and makes it repetitive and boring.
Once I got to algebra, where it was understanding and application of concepts and patterns rather than memorization of trivia I excelled, and now one of my degrees is actually in mathematics.
Well, it should be about understanding, but schools don't teach it that way. Most people don't even understand multiplication, let alone algebra.
And I'm glad I didn't waste my time with multiplication tables. Math is not about speed, and making it about speed and memorization just gives people a fundamental misunderstanding of what it's about, and chases away some of the elite few who would otherwise be capable of truly understanding it. I happen to know that 9 x 9 = 81, but it's not because I made an explicit effort to memorize that; it happened naturally, simply because I saw the result many times.
Repetition is often useless garbage. I often wouldn't even bother ever doing homework assignments when I was in school, because they were just repetition exercises that didn't even make one come to understand anything, and they were for things I already understand (unlike 99% of my other classmates, who didn't bother trying to understand any of it).
A grand majority of high school and college students don't even (and can't) understand calculus. Sure, they memorize information, but that's all. I doubt 5 year olds could understand it. Or are they just planning more rote memorization exercises, like they do with all other forms of math?
UK, not US. I'm talking about the US constitution, and this story is about the UK.
Absolutely, though, if government thugs take away your choices, they're infringing upon your liberties. Whether or not you or the government acknowledges that those liberties exist is another matter. Government thugs routinely (TSA, NSA, Patriot Act, DUI checkpoints, etc.) ignore people's rights.
You seem to think that the constitution is a blacklist of things the government can't do; it is not. You seem to think that the constitution is a blacklist of things the government can't do; it is not. You seem to think that the constitution is a blacklist of things the government can't do; it is not. You seem to think that the constitution is a blacklist of things the government can't do; it is not.
"Cheapskate freetards" is a useless phrase. "freetards" alone is a ridiculous term. If you're going to use that kind of "English," then I don't want to speak it.
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Music is completely based on math
That's nice that you think so.
The reason why you need recollection is so you can see the patterns.
Which takes around two seconds and should be something you do yourself, not something that's jammed down your throat. Public schools definitely overdo it, but that's an extraordinary understatement. Worse still, they leave out anything that would lead individuals to believe that there's anything to understand.
Asking to put yourself in the position was to highlight the fact that distribution of such a video would and should be a crime that in no way whatsoever is "victimless".
You didn't highlight anything. Many things are physically victimless, and yet cause emotional 'harm'. Emotional 'harm' does not make a victimless crime suddenly have a victim; it's entirely subjective, and people's hurt feelings shouldn't be enough to ban something.
I find that saying this is a victimless crime show amazing lack of empathy.
It's victimless in the sense that it causes no one physical harm. If we banned things based on people's hurt feelings, everything would be banned. In reality, emotional 'harm' is your own damn problem, no matter the subject.
What I care about is freedom, not safety (of this kind, or of being 'safe' from terrorists, etc.). That's what it means to aspire to be free and brave. If you wish to sacrifice fundamental freedoms (free speech, etc.) and promote censorship in exchange for this sort of safety, then you're an insect.
Also, since you talk about censorship, it shows a blatant disregard for the right to privacy.
When something is put out there, I no longer believe it's private, whether or not you put it there. Be that a naked picture of someone, a social security number, or what have you. If your 'solution' is censorship, then you do not care about free speech.
I mean, really, if schools asked people to dig giant holes in the ground with spoons, would someone not be a "team player" if they refused to do so? That's ridiculous. Being a team player isn't the same as being someone who mindlessly obeys orders.
At my job, I'm often required to work in teams. I am a team player, just not when someone is saying that they're giving me an 'education' when their actions would stunt my growth if I let them. Being a "team player" in this regard is nothing more than being an obedient drone. Schools also don't pay you, so that helps, too.
That might be the case, but it might also not be the case.
I'm a team player when something meaningful is being done.
You ask if I would "consider it censorship," as if there's any room to question that it is censorship. Tell me, what do you think it is when government thugs take down a website or censor information, if not censorship?
As for the actual question, what I would or would not think in such a situation is irrelevant to whether or not my current arguments are valid. When people are personally affected by something, they can change their tune quite quickly, but that doesn't mean that that position is the correct one; they're just as biased as anyone else, and they're just looking out for their own interests. So your question is irrelevant, and I don't know what I would think in such a situation.
Maybe grades have nothing to do with intelligence. Even though I understood math better than many of my teachers when I was in school, I sure never bothered to do any of the busywork (it was and still is just rote memorization and repetition, which I had no use for), so I ended up with bad grades.
I'm not seeing your point. Math is about understanding, not rote memorization or speed. This sort of repetition is actually harmful, as it gives people the wrong idea of what math is about and takes away time from other things. What helps you visualize problems and develop an intuitive sense of math is trying to understand the math to begin with, not doing repetitive arithmetic problems.
Also, what is and is not a "skilled musician" is 100% subjective. Completely different subject for that reason alone, no matter what anyone says.
It's not about like or dislike
Yes, it is. Now stop trying to justify censorship.
I don't even think it matters if someone pays for it, as I think our targets should always be the rapists, should they exist in specific cases.
That's nonsensical. Taking the pictures down doesn't do anything, and is, in fact, futile (as censorship often is). Merely looking at the pictures doesn't cause harm, unless you believe in voodoo. It's funny how many 'supporters' of free speech suddenly beg for censorship when they want to 'save' the children.
If someone is able to remotely brick your phone, you obviously don't control your phone, and it consequently can't be trusted. This is the problem with proprietary garbage, and it's partly why I don't own a cellphone (other than them being tracking devices by their very nature).
Yes, if it's done 'right', it doesn't have to be that way. But let's face it... corporations rarely do things the moral way.
I agree. There are some who don't. Occasionally you see people posting here who think it's a from of brainwashing
I don't know about "brainwashing," but I sure think that rote memorization is inappropriate 99% of the time and that it ruins educations.
Math is not a speed or memorization game. Math is about understanding. I know that 9 x 9 = 81, but is that because I memorized nonsensical multiplication tables? I would never do anything that foolish. Instead, I happened to see the result pop up many times, and I memorized it naturally.
In school, I focused my time on understanding math, something that the other students never even thought to try to understand. I wouldn't bother doing repetitive homework assignments, and consequently got 'bad' grades (irrelevant in the real world), but I'm far more intelligent than any of them ever were, and I'm glad I didn't do their pointless busywork.
Multiplication tables and their ilk just give students a wrong idea of what mathematics is about and makes it repetitive and boring.
Or I could just reject the conclusion, no matter who it comes from. Because it's simply incorrect.
Once I got to algebra, where it was understanding and application of concepts and patterns rather than memorization of trivia I excelled, and now one of my degrees is actually in mathematics.
Well, it should be about understanding, but schools don't teach it that way. Most people don't even understand multiplication, let alone algebra.
And I'm glad I didn't waste my time with multiplication tables. Math is not about speed, and making it about speed and memorization just gives people a fundamental misunderstanding of what it's about, and chases away some of the elite few who would otherwise be capable of truly understanding it. I happen to know that 9 x 9 = 81, but it's not because I made an explicit effort to memorize that; it happened naturally, simply because I saw the result many times.
Repetition is often useless garbage. I often wouldn't even bother ever doing homework assignments when I was in school, because they were just repetition exercises that didn't even make one come to understand anything, and they were for things I already understand (unlike 99% of my other classmates, who didn't bother trying to understand any of it).
A grand majority of high school and college students don't even (and can't) understand calculus. Sure, they memorize information, but that's all. I doubt 5 year olds could understand it. Or are they just planning more rote memorization exercises, like they do with all other forms of math?
Awww, did I make the whittle AC butthurt?
Did you post all those nonsensical comments thinking I somehow cared what you thought?
UK, not US. I'm talking about the US constitution, and this story is about the UK.
Absolutely, though, if government thugs take away your choices, they're infringing upon your liberties. Whether or not you or the government acknowledges that those liberties exist is another matter. Government thugs routinely (TSA, NSA, Patriot Act, DUI checkpoints, etc.) ignore people's rights.
You seem to think that the constitution is a blacklist of things the government can't do; it is not.
You seem to think that the constitution is a blacklist of things the government can't do; it is not.
You seem to think that the constitution is a blacklist of things the government can't do; it is not.
You seem to think that the constitution is a blacklist of things the government can't do; it is not.
"Cheapskate freetards" is a useless phrase. "freetards" alone is a ridiculous term. If you're going to use that kind of "English," then I don't want to speak it.
What does that even mean?