.....? So how many of Heinlein's novels did you have to read before finally concluding his non-cursing creeps you out? Was it a growing sensation, a feeling of unease slowly building inside you, nibbling away at your very soul as you shifted restlessly on your seat, brow furrowed in discontent? I can just imagine you sitting there with feet kicked back in your overstuffed blue armchair by a cozy fire, suddenly shooting straight to your feet when it dawns on you: "Holy shit! Now I realize what's been bugging me the fuck out about this crazy ass novel! It's been six chapters now and not the first fucking sign of a cussword. I'm starting to think the guy is a goddamn prude, honestly. There sure as hell better really be something lewd or crude in this incestuous intra-family love triangle / murder he's currently setting up, or I just might throw this book across the room......before hurriedly snatching it up and continuing reading to confirm that he did indeed not curse once. By God if I have to suffer through every single one of his bullshit Puritanistic preachings to get my satisfaction I will! And if I don't get it.....? Well I suppose Heinlein is a really fucking creepy guy."
I don't think your really understand the way the world works. The US is in charge and if you don't do what they want, then the US can make life very difficult for you and your citizens.
BECAUSE YOU ROLL OVER AND PLAY DEAD WHEN THEY BULLY YOU. Grow a pair of fucking balls and it won't happen. Yes our government is shit, but you have only yourself to blame if you're allowing it to affect you in Bumfuckistan or wherever you're from.
The originators of these things in question do *NOT* want this done. If someone creates something, they have the right to determine what is done with it.
No, they don't have shit. I will copy and share and distribute all dat long and there isn't a fucking thing anyone can do about it. Fuck you for arguing otherwise. How clear can I make this for you? File sharing will not end, ever.
You can hate your fellow man all you like, but your hate will never change anything. Might as well slice the head off of a hydra as kill a welfare recipient. The money you "save" by doing so will simply be redirected to some other form of welfare.
Is that an argument against me, or an argument in support of warfare?
If you think drugs and medical devices aren't safer in the U.S. (and other developed countries with similar regulatory regimes) than in countries without FDA-like regimes, then you're just not paying attention.
At what expense?
If U.S. medical care is so wonderful and advanced and amazing, why do many Americans go overseas to "third world" countries to have major operations?
There are some problems that only government can fix. The market didn't stop GE from dumping PCBs in the Hudson river (which they'd been doing for 30 years), the government did.
No--the people did. The government didn't do shit except obey the will of the people. Do you think the government in China is stopping people from dumping PCBs in the Yangtze?
If you're so smart then it should be quite clear to you from watching the direction this country is moving, and the things that are happening right now, that the United States is a police state. This is not debatable. The only difference between Soviet Union and Nazi Germany and USA is magnitude, not substance.
Hey, dimwit, not everyone is a large and imposing male.
I'm 5'8". In what world is that "large and imposing"?
Or do you suggest they use a reasonable manner _AND_ become 6 foot tall men to deal with situations like this?
No, I suggest that people stand up for their mother fucking rights and stop letting shitheads on power trips push them around. Why the fuck do you think these mini Hitlers keep acting like bullies? Because meek, timid cowards let them do whatever they want! Too small to stand up to a big tough security guard? Then how about bringing some friends for backup, genius? How the fuck else did humanity become the apex predator of the world if not by getting help from friends when needed?
If the laws get rid of the purposeful attempt at manipulating the economic activity for purely political purposes and puts some real economic consideration into the regulations for the safety of the consumer, then yes.
That too (but mind that not everybody has one, and not everybody has one able to significantly help when the going gets too tough).
Then let a charitable organization help them, or let them die on the streets. I don't give the slightest fuck either way. I can barely keep a roof over my own goddamn head, with the government taking taxes out at every turn to care for all these shitheads who either can't or won't work. Nobody is entitled to eat.
I mean the one that, at least in developed countries, would let you not have to choice between a surgery for your father and education for your children.
I know quite a bit more about medicine than you do. I was under the impression I was talking to somebody who was reasonably intelligent and might be worth talking to.
You must think you're the smartest mother fucker on the planet, and everyone else is clearly a moron, if you think somebody needs to be a fucking nurse to make the simplest decisions about their own goddamn health.
I mean how the fuck did humanity even survive over the past million years without doctors with Ph.Ds to tell us how to take care of ourselves?
If you're so smart, use your mother fucking brain.
Once you start calling people names, that's a definite sign that you have nothing intelligent to say and aren't worth talking to.
Look, I get it... you're pirating material.. and you're telling yourself all day long, it's ok... this *used* to be legal.
But it's NOT true. If you want to have a reasonable discussion about copyright law.. then YOU NEED TO STICK TO THE FACTS.
I do not want to have a reasonable discussion about copyright law. I want to keep downloading shit for free, and I want you to fuck off and die. Can I make myself any more clear?
"Firearms stand next in importance to the Constitution itself. They are the American people's liberty teeth and keystone under independence... From the hour the Pilgrims landed, to the present day, events, occurrences, and tendencies prove that to ensure peace, security, and happiness, the rifle and pistol are equally indispensable...The very atmosphere of firearms everywhere restrains evil interference--they deserve a place of honor with all that's good." George Washington.
"No freeman shall ever be debarred the use of arms. The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government." Thomas Jefferson.
"Americans need never fear their government because of the advantage of being armed, which the Americans possess over the people of almost every other nation." James Madison
This exact comment was already posted. I guess it takes some repetition to beat the truth through people's thick skulls.
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.....? So how many of Heinlein's novels did you have to read before finally concluding his non-cursing creeps you out? Was it a growing sensation, a feeling of unease slowly building inside you, nibbling away at your very soul as you shifted restlessly on your seat, brow furrowed in discontent? I can just imagine you sitting there with feet kicked back in your overstuffed blue armchair by a cozy fire, suddenly shooting straight to your feet when it dawns on you: "Holy shit! Now I realize what's been bugging me the fuck out about this crazy ass novel! It's been six chapters now and not the first fucking sign of a cussword. I'm starting to think the guy is a goddamn prude, honestly. There sure as hell better really be something lewd or crude in this incestuous intra-family love triangle / murder he's currently setting up, or I just might throw this book across the room......before hurriedly snatching it up and continuing reading to confirm that he did indeed not curse once. By God if I have to suffer through every single one of his bullshit Puritanistic preachings to get my satisfaction I will! And if I don't get it.....? Well I suppose Heinlein is a really fucking creepy guy."
Politics are dirty and the truth is far from what the officials say in that part of the world.
And that differs from this part of the world how?
Episode IV: Directed by Quentin Tarantino.
"That's not a moon....that's a mother fuckin space station!"
I don't think your really understand the way the world works.
The US is in charge and if you don't do what they want, then the US can make life very difficult for you and your citizens.
BECAUSE YOU ROLL OVER AND PLAY DEAD WHEN THEY BULLY YOU. Grow a pair of fucking balls and it won't happen. Yes our government is shit, but you have only yourself to blame if you're allowing it to affect you in Bumfuckistan or wherever you're from.
If you want "entertainment and culture" go see live shows or otherwise patronize performers and artists who are using your preferred business model.
No.
Now what?
Or, for that matter, develop appropriate talents
I did. I'm a fucking fantastic singer....BECAUSE OF FILE SHARING.
The originators of these things in question do *NOT* want this done. If someone creates something, they have the right to determine what is done with it.
No, they don't have shit. I will copy and share and distribute all dat long and there isn't a fucking thing anyone can do about it. Fuck you for arguing otherwise. How clear can I make this for you? File sharing will not end, ever.
You can hate your fellow man all you like, but your hate will never change anything. Might as well slice the head off of a hydra as kill a welfare recipient. The money you "save" by doing so will simply be redirected to some other form of welfare.
Is that an argument against me, or an argument in support of warfare?
If you think drugs and medical devices aren't safer in the U.S. (and other developed countries with similar regulatory regimes) than in countries without FDA-like regimes, then you're just not paying attention.
At what expense?
If U.S. medical care is so wonderful and advanced and amazing, why do many Americans go overseas to "third world" countries to have major operations?
There are some problems that only government can fix. The market didn't stop GE from dumping PCBs in the Hudson river (which they'd been doing for 30 years), the government did.
No--the people did. The government didn't do shit except obey the will of the people. Do you think the government in China is stopping people from dumping PCBs in the Yangtze?
If you're so smart then it should be quite clear to you from watching the direction this country is moving, and the things that are happening right now, that the United States is a police state. This is not debatable. The only difference between Soviet Union and Nazi Germany and USA is magnitude, not substance.
Hey, dimwit, not everyone is a large and imposing male.
I'm 5'8". In what world is that "large and imposing"?
Or do you suggest they use a reasonable manner _AND_ become 6 foot tall men to deal with situations like this?
No, I suggest that people stand up for their mother fucking rights and stop letting shitheads on power trips push them around. Why the fuck do you think these mini Hitlers keep acting like bullies? Because meek, timid cowards let them do whatever they want! Too small to stand up to a big tough security guard? Then how about bringing some friends for backup, genius? How the fuck else did humanity become the apex predator of the world if not by getting help from friends when needed?
You're now repeating fake quotes from the gun lobby:
You're now repeating that you're a stupid fuck with no clue.
Come and try to take my guns, I dare you. I will make sure you die a slow and agonizing death.
Got it?
If the laws get rid of the purposeful attempt at manipulating the economic activity for purely political purposes and puts some real economic consideration into the regulations for the safety of the consumer, then yes.
So in other words: no.
That too (but mind that not everybody has one, and not everybody has one able to significantly help when the going gets too tough).
Then let a charitable organization help them, or let them die on the streets. I don't give the slightest fuck either way. I can barely keep a roof over my own goddamn head, with the government taking taxes out at every turn to care for all these shitheads who either can't or won't work. Nobody is entitled to eat.
I mean the one that, at least in developed countries, would let you not have to choice between a surgery for your father and education for your children.
At whose expense?
I know quite a bit more about medicine than you do. I was under the impression I was talking to somebody who was reasonably intelligent and might be worth talking to.
You must think you're the smartest mother fucker on the planet, and everyone else is clearly a moron, if you think somebody needs to be a fucking nurse to make the simplest decisions about their own goddamn health.
I mean how the fuck did humanity even survive over the past million years without doctors with Ph.Ds to tell us how to take care of ourselves?
If you're so smart, use your mother fucking brain.
Once you start calling people names, that's a definite sign that you have nothing intelligent to say and aren't worth talking to.
No, it's a definite sign you are a stupid ass.
What's the difference?
It's human behavior. Get used to it
I'm from Alabama, you stupid fuck
Look, I get it... you're pirating material.. and you're telling yourself all day long, it's ok... this *used* to be legal.
But it's NOT true. If you want to have a reasonable discussion about copyright law.. then YOU NEED TO STICK TO THE FACTS.
I do not want to have a reasonable discussion about copyright law. I want to keep downloading shit for free, and I want you to fuck off and die. Can I make myself any more clear?
No
His phone runs DOS, you insensitive clod
How about just sucking it up?
I love the Borland color scheme. I run that in my code editor. I wish I could find a good TrueType "VGA" font to make it even better.
When police are called, by definition, they gotta put cuffs on somebody.
What the fuck?
Way to completely miss the point, jackass
"Firearms stand next in importance to the Constitution itself. They are the American people's liberty teeth and keystone under independence... From the hour the Pilgrims landed, to the present day, events, occurrences, and tendencies prove that to ensure peace, security, and happiness, the rifle and pistol are equally indispensable...The very atmosphere of firearms everywhere restrains evil interference--they deserve a place of honor with all that's good." George Washington.
"No freeman shall ever be debarred the use of arms. The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government." Thomas Jefferson.
"Americans need never fear their government because of the advantage of being armed, which the Americans possess over the people of almost every other nation." James Madison
This exact comment was already posted. I guess it takes some repetition to beat the truth through people's thick skulls.