Was he giving a speech to the CDC? No. Know to target the right audience. I'm still searching for the "point" he was trying to make targeting THAT group of people in an act that could be considered terrorism under our "new and improved" laws.
uhh... because they're rich and might lend money to the cause? Do you think the CDC needs convincing that malaria is a problem?
yeah, I was just posting about this at the same time you were. I really don't get it. The word has a specific meaning, and it's losing it very quickly and gaining a new one: "my enemy's advertising technique". Now I think I know why I need to explain what this word means to people every time I use it.
He said "there's no reason only poor people should be infected", not "there's no reason only poor people are elected". Poor people did nothing to deserve being infected.
Secondly, Bill Gate's little show had a lot more of a point than PETA getting naked. Whereas the latter is merely a publicity stunt, Gate's maneuver also serves to make potentially rich donors uncomfortable with the idea of the suffering of others by experiencing a small part of it. Nothing about PETA getting naked serves this sort of purpose.
Lastly, I also dearly hope that Bill Gate's political leanings aren't whats preventing you from otherwise helping to stop the spread of malaria...
I'll never understand why people don't at least check wikipedia before demanding a source... and yes, the wikipedia article cites its own sources on the particular issues of Africa and Asia.
I wish I had mod points. Thank you. This is exactly what i think every time I see an argument like this, or about the chances of life originating on a planet; especially intelligent life. There's a fuck-ton of planets, so it's more about the chances of it happening on one out of many of them (which will then, not by chance, be the one where it's observed), rather than the chances of it happening or not happening on one of them.
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P is proven not to equal NP; poor grad student becomes king of shit fuck mountain...I mean seriously, what a day! I don't know about all of you, but I'm going to go celebrate by playing my "murder simulator"!
Cool, now if I'm really good in that subject (math comes to mind), I can just skip the entire first half of each semester and still get a B in the class!
Um, if you're that good at math, why would you settle for a B, and why wouldn't you deserve at least that high of a grade anyway, in recognition of your talent?
not only all of your very good points, but also: am I the only one who read the quoted text as sarcasm? I'm pretty sure it was, which makes the sprawling ranting response +1 funny to me, anyway.
The "cracker" was a moron. That might be the scariest thing about the whole incident. GP needs to understand: Joe Biden and Barack Obama, assuming they have such ties that GP for whatever reason takes as a foregone conclusions, WOULD NOT USE A FUCKING YAHOO ACCOUNT FOR STATE RELATED BUSINESS BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT RIDICULOUSLY INCOMPETENT!
Also, judge much? "you shouldn't be getting into good schools?" What the hell? Is the best admission criterion really having an understanding of internet privacy?
It's unfortunate geek-elitism. If you're not a 1337 h@x0r, you're obviously an idiot. It's the method by which some geeks justify thier inflated sense of superiority over everyone else, even if it's entirely ill-founded. Just imagine if medical doctors held everyone to the same obscure standard... oh wait. Nevermind:)
holy crap, I'm a bonehead. I did a search through both pages for the word 'free' and nothing came up. I must have mis-typed. I hereby take back what I said.
You're preaching to the choir:) I never intended to undermine efforts by the SPCA in my post. In fact, I'm a frequent donor for the SPCA and work with volunteers from the HSUS on policy initiatives and volunteer for the city animal shelter. I just think that the previously linked opinion piece on service animals goes a bit too far, but again, I don't know a lot about service animals so I wouldn't say that with certainty. I would imagine that dogs would enjoy these positions because of the stimulation they receive from the training and from performing their tasks. Many pets never get this kind of attention.
If you're referring to the coat staining incidents, I don't believe they are meant for 'controlling something through fear'. I think they're lame publicity stunts, which is what PETA does day in, day out. This is among such stunts as public nudity, asking that (ingrid newkirk)'s body be eaten after she dies, and asking the city of hamburg, PA to change its name.
By the way, Sen. Mccarthy, if you're comparing staining a coat with pig's blood with random acts of kidnapping followed by videotaped behadings... I really don't know what to say.
Again, how does this equate to a *lack* of compassion? You've only shown that they have an abundance of compassion for animals, rivaling even their compassion for people. That doesn't mean they lack compassion for people.
Personally, I would consider this more as a lack of understanding than a lack of compassion (though personally I don't know a lot about the service dog industry, so I can't say myself). It seems more like an overabundance of compassion for the dogs than a lack of compassion for the disabled. If the persons goal was to deprive disabled people of help, that would be a different story. It's highly disingenuous to imply she is, however.
He didn't bother writing more than one rambling page because he figured someone said it better somewhere else on the internet and that we're all bound to find it.
also, mcdonalds did use trans-fat until very recently and I imagine they still do, to at least some degree that they don't have to post on their nutritional facts. I actually wrote in to a newspaper reporting on the switch, as they billed it as "mcdonalds helping you slim your waistline". It's amazing how many reporters incorrectly imply that trans-fats make you fatter than other fats.
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didn't 'you the people' elect Obama? I hate it when people act as if this is some sort of dictatorship just because they lost an election.
nice :)
Was he giving a speech to the CDC? No. Know to target the right audience. I'm still searching for the "point" he was trying to make targeting THAT group of people in an act that could be considered terrorism under our "new and improved" laws.
uhh... because they're rich and might lend money to the cause? Do you think the CDC needs convincing that malaria is a problem?
yeah, I was just posting about this at the same time you were. I really don't get it. The word has a specific meaning, and it's losing it very quickly and gaining a new one: "my enemy's advertising technique". Now I think I know why I need to explain what this word means to people every time I use it.
er... infected. not sure how elected worked its way in there :)
He said "there's no reason only poor people should be infected", not "there's no reason only poor people are elected". Poor people did nothing to deserve being infected.
Secondly, Bill Gate's little show had a lot more of a point than PETA getting naked. Whereas the latter is merely a publicity stunt, Gate's maneuver also serves to make potentially rich donors uncomfortable with the idea of the suffering of others by experiencing a small part of it. Nothing about PETA getting naked serves this sort of purpose.
Lastly, I also dearly hope that Bill Gate's political leanings aren't whats preventing you from otherwise helping to stop the spread of malaria...
What about this indicates a faux grassroots movement? Words like 'astroturfing' quickly lose their meaning when abused like this...
If you count civil unions, then he can also throw in the two remaining continents (unless you want to also count Antarctica) and several more states.
South Africa and Nepal were the latest to join, bringing Asia and Africa to the list.
Here's your source:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Same-sex_marriage
I'll never understand why people don't at least check wikipedia before demanding a source... and yes, the wikipedia article cites its own sources on the particular issues of Africa and Asia.
I wish I had mod points. Thank you. This is exactly what i think every time I see an argument like this, or about the chances of life originating on a planet; especially intelligent life. There's a fuck-ton of planets, so it's more about the chances of it happening on one out of many of them (which will then, not by chance, be the one where it's observed), rather than the chances of it happening or not happening on one of them.
you sound like a cubs fan
we'll just pass him there,
why should we even care?
This just in: SCO admits shenanigans, forfeits all future appeals!
Microsoft declares the war is over; adopts open-source licenses for all of its products
P is proven not to equal NP; poor grad student becomes king of shit fuck mountain ...I mean seriously, what a day! I don't know about all of you, but I'm going to go celebrate by playing my "murder simulator"!
Um, if you're that good at math, why would you settle for a B, and why wouldn't you deserve at least that high of a grade anyway, in recognition of your talent?
not only all of your very good points, but also: am I the only one who read the quoted text as sarcasm? I'm pretty sure it was, which makes the sprawling ranting response +1 funny to me, anyway.
The "cracker" was a moron. That might be the scariest thing about the whole incident. GP needs to understand: Joe Biden and Barack Obama, assuming they have such ties that GP for whatever reason takes as a foregone conclusions, WOULD NOT USE A FUCKING YAHOO ACCOUNT FOR STATE RELATED BUSINESS BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT RIDICULOUSLY INCOMPETENT!
It's unfortunate geek-elitism. If you're not a 1337 h@x0r, you're obviously an idiot. It's the method by which some geeks justify thier inflated sense of superiority over everyone else, even if it's entirely ill-founded. Just imagine if medical doctors held everyone to the same obscure standard... oh wait. Nevermind :)
Obama didn't vote for the war. He wasn't even in the senate at the time. Are you talking about Kerry?
As I mentioned to the first commenter who pointed out that I was mistaken, I made a bonehead mistake. Please mod parent down.
holy crap, I'm a bonehead. I did a search through both pages for the word 'free' and nothing came up. I must have mis-typed. I hereby take back what I said.
Attention mods! please mod GP into oblivion :)
Are you happy that best buy is sanitizing the customer reviews to prevent anyone mentioning that it's freely available elsewhere?
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?type=product&tab=7&id=1211587312374&skuId=8888563&childSku=null&count=null#headerCustomerReviews
I'm not.
You're preaching to the choir :) I never intended to undermine efforts by the SPCA in my post. In fact, I'm a frequent donor for the SPCA and work with volunteers from the HSUS on policy initiatives and volunteer for the city animal shelter. I just think that the previously linked opinion piece on service animals goes a bit too far, but again, I don't know a lot about service animals so I wouldn't say that with certainty. I would imagine that dogs would enjoy these positions because of the stimulation they receive from the training and from performing their tasks. Many pets never get this kind of attention.
If you're referring to the coat staining incidents, I don't believe they are meant for 'controlling something through fear'. I think they're lame publicity stunts, which is what PETA does day in, day out. This is among such stunts as public nudity, asking that (ingrid newkirk)'s body be eaten after she dies, and asking the city of hamburg, PA to change its name.
By the way, Sen. Mccarthy, if you're comparing staining a coat with pig's blood with random acts of kidnapping followed by videotaped behadings... I really don't know what to say.
Again, how does this equate to a *lack* of compassion? You've only shown that they have an abundance of compassion for animals, rivaling even their compassion for people. That doesn't mean they lack compassion for people.
Personally, I would consider this more as a lack of understanding than a lack of compassion (though personally I don't know a lot about the service dog industry, so I can't say myself). It seems more like an overabundance of compassion for the dogs than a lack of compassion for the disabled. If the persons goal was to deprive disabled people of help, that would be a different story. It's highly disingenuous to imply she is, however.
He didn't bother writing more than one rambling page because he figured someone said it better somewhere else on the internet and that we're all bound to find it.
also, mcdonalds did use trans-fat until very recently and I imagine they still do, to at least some degree that they don't have to post on their nutritional facts. I actually wrote in to a newspaper reporting on the switch, as they billed it as "mcdonalds helping you slim your waistline". It's amazing how many reporters incorrectly imply that trans-fats make you fatter than other fats.