What exactly is 'porn', I mean, how can you define it? And why would someone want to attempt to ban pixels arranged in certain configurations? How could you even define those configurations?
On a more serious note though, some comments on this thread are along the lines of "Fuck you!! Don't you dare touch my guns - I'll own as many as I want" - unfortunately, until your attitude changes (for whatever reason), or until you are able to sit down and have a rational discussion about the topic, your country will always have the problem it has now.
Secondly, as a compromise, why not involve gun clubs more in the purchase and use of guns. What is missing is the human control aspect, and if a member of a gun club is slightly loopy then it is much more likely to be picked up through contact with other club members than if the person is isolated. That way there is little or no change for responsible gun owners, but a little more self-policing by clubs. Hell, it's your community, but it seems to want to distance itself from any members that go postal.
There are different levels of a-theism, the discussion of which is not one that should really be held in this forum since you can easily look them up elsewhere. Whilst almost agreeing with you, my point on your remark would be that it is far safer not to say "I believe that there isn't a god", but to say "I don't believe that there is a god". The difference being that the latter is careful not to shift burden of proof onto the premise that "there isn't a god". It's only words, but I think the specific words chosen here are important. It's up to the theist to define what he believes, not the a-theist.
I think the atheistic point of view means that it's OK to say that you don't know, you don't have to believe in anything and that saying that you don't know is preferable in circumstances like these to just simply "making shit up".
The thing I don't like about these machines is that, just like upgrading a laptop, if you want to upgrade from the older version of the 27-inch iMac, you have to buy a complete new system (unless I am mistaken), which seems to be a waste over a PC upgrade where you wouldn't have to fork over 800 bucks for another 27-inch screen that you are going to have to replace again at some time in the not-too-distant-future:(
But you can't reason with religious people - if you could, there wouldn't be any religious people (Quote from 'House'). Debating with them is like playing cards with someone who insists that there's a 15 of Spades that they can play whenever it suits them, which beats all other cards...but nobody has ever seen it.
Ever wonder why the CEO always seems to wander by one afternoon when the project is in development? It's so he can give himself a $39M bonus on a $1M project and gets to write that off against taxes.
I know it's not that much cooler...but there would be no need for a half-million dollar sun shade. Although I don't live there I did spend some time in Baghdad back in the 80s so I do know how hot the place can get.
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Way to home in on your product in Google searches - "About 874,000,000 results (0.19 seconds)"
Next thing they're going to trademark the word "Automatic" I guess...
What exactly is 'porn', I mean, how can you define it? And why would someone want to attempt to ban pixels arranged in certain configurations? How could you even define those configurations?
Free for "private" use though. If you are a commercial company (and it sounds like you are) you should be buying it.
Grammar Nazis!
"it shot down a handful of drones as they nose-dived toward the surface "
Wait until the drones have the lasers.
Then we're in trouble.
"Meine übrig Auge!"
There fixed it for you...
...and just put a bullet through the monitor.
On a more serious note though, some comments on this thread are along the lines of "Fuck you!! Don't you dare touch my guns - I'll own as many as I want" - unfortunately, until your attitude changes (for whatever reason), or until you are able to sit down and have a rational discussion about the topic, your country will always have the problem it has now.
Secondly, as a compromise, why not involve gun clubs more in the purchase and use of guns. What is missing is the human control aspect, and if a member of a gun club is slightly loopy then it is much more likely to be picked up through contact with other club members than if the person is isolated. That way there is little or no change for responsible gun owners, but a little more self-policing by clubs. Hell, it's your community, but it seems to want to distance itself from any members that go postal.
It makes for a pretty good stalking tool. Find me where all the rich young bitches hang out...
There'll most likely be a corner shop there for the next mission.
Not only the above, but the atoms that make up your left hand probably came from a different star to those that make up your right.
as said by Lawrence Krauss
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There are different levels of a-theism, the discussion of which is not one that should really be held in this forum since you can easily look them up elsewhere. Whilst almost agreeing with you, my point on your remark would be that it is far safer not to say "I believe that there isn't a god", but to say "I don't believe that there is a god". The difference being that the latter is careful not to shift burden of proof onto the premise that "there isn't a god". It's only words, but I think the specific words chosen here are important. It's up to the theist to define what he believes, not the a-theist.
Bollocks.
People can be agnostic or gnostic atheists, just like some are agnostic or gnostic theists.
I think the atheistic point of view means that it's OK to say that you don't know, you don't have to believe in anything and that saying that you don't know is preferable in circumstances like these to just simply "making shit up".
interesting how every single one of the symptoms described applies to Atheists as much as any of the faiths Dawkins intends to deride.
Yeah - except for the ones that talk about evidence though, right?
That would be "Ebi Odori" which I had in Japan once.
Welcome to Bahrain International Airport. Please set your watches back Five Hundred Years.
Even now, as I write this.
if the quoted figure of 12,000,000 was slightly different for each employee. Makes it easier to find out which one leaked the document then.
The thing I don't like about these machines is that, just like upgrading a laptop, if you want to upgrade from the older version of the 27-inch iMac, you have to buy a complete new system (unless I am mistaken), which seems to be a waste over a PC upgrade where you wouldn't have to fork over 800 bucks for another 27-inch screen that you are going to have to replace again at some time in the not-too-distant-future :(
Does that mean I have to upgrade to a 10 Giga-carrot connection?
Let's hope it works better than this one...
But you can't reason with religious people - if you could, there wouldn't be any religious people (Quote from 'House'). Debating with them is like playing cards with someone who insists that there's a 15 of Spades that they can play whenever it suits them, which beats all other cards...but nobody has ever seen it.
Ever wonder why the CEO always seems to wander by one afternoon when the project is in development? It's so he can give himself a $39M bonus on a $1M project and gets to write that off against taxes.
I know it's not that much cooler...but there would be no need for a half-million dollar sun shade. Although I don't live there I did spend some time in Baghdad back in the 80s so I do know how hot the place can get.