Even though California or Oregon voters may be in favor of medical marijuana, the federal prohibition on marijuana trumps that.
This is insightful? It shows ignorance of basic Constitutional issues, such as the 10th Amendment. The Constitution delegates states' power to the Central Gov't. If it ain't delegated explicitly, the power stays with the States. Copyright and patent _were_ delegated. Medicine certainly wasn't.
But then, that means that most of what the Central State does is illegal.
The Carolina's (and the Southern part of the US in general) tend to ignore Federal law in preference to State Law. Remember the Civil War in 1861? The South has always thought that the Federal Gov't should leave them alone.
The 10th Amendment: The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states respectively, or to the people.
First and foremost it's a medium which guarantees your anonymity, which makes it great for organizing a political movement in an oppressive regime and other things.
Sounds great. So is it being used to write a New Constitution? No, it's being used for junk, absolute crap.
Nope they have no reason to hide their identity at all, except maybe:
-fear of being killed by the King of England(Founders of America/Federalist Papers)
Which is why the Declaration of Independence is anonymous. Oh, wait, they had more guts than that--it's full of signatures! John Hancock, there's a man with nerve.
Exactly. I support free speech, but what about my rights? I think it makes sense that if I value freedom, I must have control over what is on my own hard drive.
You've properly identified the issue: property rights. Freenet asks you to abdicate your property rights (i.e. anything may go on your drive) while asking you to keep your property responsibility (if the Feds ever figure out it's on _your_ drive, you take the fall).
This is the same scenario as the firing squad -- everyone knows that one gun contains a blank, but noone knows which one it is... therefore each person has a lingering hope that they were the one with the blank.
It's called "How to Execute with a Clear Conscience: Hey, You Just Might Not Have Done it!"
Yes, Freenet is not for everybody. If you don't believe in total, indiscriminatory, complete freedom of speech and expression (an information anarchy, as it were), Freenet is not for you. On the other hand, if you believe there can be such a thing as "freedom of speech, but only when I agree," you probably have some thinking to do.
I find it odd that so many people take such a strong moral stand in favor of Absolute Free Speech while finding other moral stands repulsive. It appears that the Absolute Free Speech morality is uncompromising--it is the highest morality in the universe, and trumps all others.
What would happen? How would middle-class America react? That would be the ultimate test of the unity of the American people. Would they actually -do- something about it? Or would the spin-doctors win?
I have no faith in the proles, they're just worried about their bread and circuses. Half the elite is insanely organized and motivated to enslave the rest of us. The other half of the elite has a life (families, jobs, friends) and feels embattled and on the defensive when reading the seemingly-relentless march of Big Brother.
Maybe they can put this TIA thing back a year and do something about the crumbling inner-city-Detroit, or poor without food/healthcare, or some-other-more-worthy-project.
Heck, even doing _nothing_ would be better. But they just can't do nothing, gotta be "fixing" things, spending other folks' money (that's so easy to do, all the while painting yourself as a true humanitarian!). In the end, there are two options: repudiate the debt (we're sunk) or inflate the currency (we're sunk). Either way, we're sunk. Because they're never going pay off that debt (how many gazillions is it now?).
...I guess that's somehow considered a more serious matter than, for example, lying to the public about the evidence for taking the country to war?
Yeah, but war is for _true patriots_ to revel in and celebrate. Anyone else noticed that? We have become a militarized society--we revel in war and in the military, just absolutely wallow in it.
Like the Patriot Act, Leave No Child Behind and Clear Skies initiatives, the best way of figuring out what a Bush effort is NOT about is to pay attention to the name.
You're gettin' there. Also: most government secrecy is mainly to prevent embarrassment. Also: most of these efforts are to protect the _state_, not us. Also: most of these efforts are to expand the state at our expense.
Folks, these so-called "conservatives" really believe in nothing that is traditionally conservative. Oh, sure, Bush pops into a church during campaign time and says "Jesus" and the religious right just rolls over. But these guys aren't interested in conservin' much of anything.
PS. Ever wonder why "conservatives" and the conservation movement are polar opposites? You'd think that conservatives would gravitate to conservation.
Your assumption (and mine too!) is that the husband is the genius!
It's a fair assumption. While women on average are more intelligent, men are more spread out. so there are many more idiot men, and many more genius men. And some of us are both.
I mean, I'm nowhere near as uptight as the typical FBI guy, and even I wouldn't want to spend 8 hours a day sitting in front of a computer screen all day having to see the false positives the AI comes up with for human intervention.
That's what the children are for. What do you think they will be taught in the Government schools? How to spy on and turn in their parents.
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OK, I'm wrong, I made a sweeping assumption.
This is insightful? It shows ignorance of basic Constitutional issues, such as the 10th Amendment. The Constitution delegates states' power to the Central Gov't. If it ain't delegated explicitly, the power stays with the States. Copyright and patent _were_ delegated. Medicine certainly wasn't.
But then, that means that most of what the Central State does is illegal.
The 10th Amendment: The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states respectively, or to the people.
Sounds great. So is it being used to write a New Constitution? No, it's being used for junk, absolute crap.
-fear of being killed by the King of England(Founders of America/Federalist Papers)
Which is why the Declaration of Independence is anonymous. Oh, wait, they had more guts than that--it's full of signatures! John Hancock, there's a man with nerve.
Property rights are more important than free speech. In fact, free speech (the free press in the USA) originally _derived_ from property rights.
You've properly identified the issue: property rights. Freenet asks you to abdicate your property rights (i.e. anything may go on your drive) while asking you to keep your property responsibility (if the Feds ever figure out it's on _your_ drive, you take the fall).
I suppose some people try to sanctify anything as a "Freedom of Speech" issue by taking photos of it.
It's called "How to Execute with a Clear Conscience: Hey, You Just Might Not Have Done it!"
I find it odd that so many people take such a strong moral stand in favor of Absolute Free Speech while finding other moral stands repulsive. It appears that the Absolute Free Speech morality is uncompromising--it is the highest morality in the universe, and trumps all others.
I know, but I think a pervasive deep wish amongst us Linuxers is native game porting. Games are what keep Win partitions around.
Are Munich city employees known for playing games? Are they that renowned that now companies should port to Linux?
Being a Yank, I have no idea what the joke was, but being a UK joke, it's probably about how an MP was tracked to some tryst.
I have no faith in the proles, they're just worried about their bread and circuses. Half the elite is insanely organized and motivated to enslave the rest of us. The other half of the elite has a life (families, jobs, friends) and feels embattled and on the defensive when reading the seemingly-relentless march of Big Brother.
This is where you use all that info gathered under the TIA prototype to blackmail these purseholders. Yup, that's how Congress is worked.
Heck, even doing _nothing_ would be better. But they just can't do nothing, gotta be "fixing" things, spending other folks' money (that's so easy to do, all the while painting yourself as a true humanitarian!). In the end, there are two options: repudiate the debt (we're sunk) or inflate the currency (we're sunk). Either way, we're sunk. Because they're never going pay off that debt (how many gazillions is it now?).
Yeah, but war is for _true patriots_ to revel in and celebrate. Anyone else noticed that? We have become a militarized society--we revel in war and in the military, just absolutely wallow in it.
But you repeat yourself.
You're gettin' there. Also: most government secrecy is mainly to prevent embarrassment. Also: most of these efforts are to protect the _state_, not us. Also: most of these efforts are to expand the state at our expense.
Folks, these so-called "conservatives" really believe in nothing that is traditionally conservative. Oh, sure, Bush pops into a church during campaign time and says "Jesus" and the religious right just rolls over. But these guys aren't interested in conservin' much of anything.
PS. Ever wonder why "conservatives" and the conservation movement are polar opposites? You'd think that conservatives would gravitate to conservation.
It's a fair assumption. While women on average are more intelligent, men are more spread out. so there are many more idiot men, and many more genius men. And some of us are both.
Hear, hear! Anyone got any news about the next Mozilla nightly build?
Just because you're not married does not mean you are a creative genius. So you have nothing to lose.
Straw man. Non-interventionism is not pacifism. Interventionism is the problem.
That's what the children are for. What do you think they will be taught in the Government schools? How to spy on and turn in their parents.
The frog in the pot, is it still alive? I can't tell, and the water's too hot for me to check. Rrribbit!