If gun death statistics were actually heeded, we'd be focusing on pistols in the hands of young urban males rather than semi-auto rifles in the hands of older suburban/rural adults.
If I had to guess, you're probably just reacting to negative experiences. I find many self-ascribed "liberals" and "conservatives" aren't consistently liberal or conservative in their mindset, but are just adamantly anti-conservative or anti-liberal based on caricatures and stereotypes formed either through peer groups or personal experience. These are the people who find it easy to bring up the perceived wrongs committed by the other side, but will have a lot of trouble explaining their own positions without strings of platitudes and the fallacy of begging the question.
Now they've sunk to the level they've worked to raise others above. Should have just release a statement saying "We're glad they've had a change of heart and have come to embrace our perspective of sharing, and hope others will follow."
It's sad that you have to put in a disclaimer to not be modded down. Even on Slashdot, "if you're not one of us, you're one of them" is the default way of thinking.
It's surprising they don't offer a premium ultraportable. Linux users are known to be willing to pay top dollar (look at humble bundle stats), especially the IT professionals who have money to burn, yet they insist on selling consumer level models.
So, do Democrats consider this a corroboration of the Bush policy (which means they'll have to admit they were wrong about Bush), or a corruption of their leader (which means they'll have to admit they were wrong about Obama)?
Have patience, dear. This is a negative article which puts Democrats in the spotlight. The/. hivemind will only allow posts which condemn "the system", the government as a whole, or some version of "GOP is worse". No introspection is allowed, no self-critique considered. You need to wait for another post full of generalizations in another article about a another political party in order to make your point heard.
Libertarian IS the party of limited government -- at least among parties which have any clout. They are at the moment for a government that's far smaller than most Americans are willing to accept, though. Also, what do you mean when you say "thoroughly politicized"? Is that even a valid critique? How can a political party NOT be politicized?
What country are you from, AK Marc? And in what capacity and how long did you stay in China? From this utter ignorance of the differences between US and China, I have a feeling you took the tourist route.
When speaking of bias, substance trumps technicality. Lies of omission and lies of fabrication are technically all lies, but are substantially different.
Explain Michael Moore's fortune in embarrassing government and politicians, and his continued freedom to do so I'm saying your drawing of an equivalency is irrational given the difference in degree that you have admitted.
By constructing this equivalency, you are essentially saying that the US would experience no change whatsoever, either for better or for worse, if it were to nationalize and place under a propaganda department every existing media outlet, make private publishing illegal, and punish bloggers and celebrity commentators for publishing views different from the government narrative.
Most Slashdotters typically have a history of voicing disgust at the encroachment of government censorship within the US. However, if you truly believe your above equivalency, then there should be no disgust towards the US government at all in your comment history. Am I correct?
Fox News isn't a government sanctioned or government supported news outlet. You should at the very least compare NPR with CCTV to get anywhere close to a valid comparison. By the way, did you watch Chinese language CCTV or CCTV-9 International? Big difference there if you didn't know.
Maybe this ieee Spectrum author has a subtle personal bias and he injected a single provocative word, who knows? At least the story wasn't written for a government owned media outlet, passed through government censors working under the guidance of national political bias. Try People's Daily sometimes.
I have a hacker style laptop. It's black and key combos can be programmed to run macros. (also has extended capacity RAM -- 16GB, so who knows how many systems I can take down)
That'd be "USDA Approved" (since no one trusts domestic quality control). Check taobao.com with keyword USDA. So now there are tens of thousands of sellers claiming their cosmetics/vitamins/supplements/snacks/etc are USDA approved, but who knows if they're telling the truth...
Free markets and regulation aren't mutually exclusive. You're building a strawman when you say "free marketeers" are for "unregulated capitalism" -- it's like saying the communist fringe of OWS who talk about "fair share" are of the same mindset as President Obama just because he too uses that phrase.
“Through all of my experience, what I never contemplated was that there were bankers who would purposely misrepresent facts to banking authorities,” says Alan Greenspan
Is laying the accusation of "anti-Iranian" making the same mistake as laying accusations of "anti-American"? Are the people and government of Iran inseparable, and impossible to critique the latter without offending the former? Would all the criticism of US political/economic/foreign policy in Slashdot threads about US scientific achievements also be Anti-American in your eyes (boy that would be a LOT of anti-Americanism for one site)? For your rationale to be consistent, they must be anti-American, but I suspect you would go by a different standard in those cases.
China is a bit behind, but it isn't in the 1850's. Child labor (defined as employment of people under 16 years of age) is illegal, and there exists compulsory education for children (as best as can be implemented in practice, of course), the same as any modern country* I'm quite certain that Apple and the Chinese government are on the same page with regard to their moral/legal stance on child labor. What bugs me is that there's no mention of the local government taking charge on the issue, and that Apple is tasked with doing what the government should be doing.
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If gun death statistics were actually heeded, we'd be focusing on pistols in the hands of young urban males rather than semi-auto rifles in the hands of older suburban/rural adults.
So you mean it's more like the Schutzstaffel?
If I had to guess, you're probably just reacting to negative experiences. I find many self-ascribed "liberals" and "conservatives" aren't consistently liberal or conservative in their mindset, but are just adamantly anti-conservative or anti-liberal based on caricatures and stereotypes formed either through peer groups or personal experience. These are the people who find it easy to bring up the perceived wrongs committed by the other side, but will have a lot of trouble explaining their own positions without strings of platitudes and the fallacy of begging the question.
Now they've sunk to the level they've worked to raise others above.
Should have just release a statement saying "We're glad they've had a change of heart and have come to embrace our perspective of sharing, and hope others will follow."
You're probably healthy, and can have your daydreams. Some people just want to live. I'm going to have to side with their priorities.
It's sad that you have to put in a disclaimer to not be modded down. Even on Slashdot, "if you're not one of us, you're one of them" is the default way of thinking.
Anyone say "Hey, uh, maybe we cut pod racing down to a few minutes. Or out entirely?"
George: Rick, fire that man, we're doing the scene.
and commando units, had Ozzel come out of light speed undetected. But seriously, paratroopers ahead of the main assault force.
It's surprising they don't offer a premium ultraportable. Linux users are known to be willing to pay top dollar (look at humble bundle stats), especially the IT professionals who have money to burn, yet they insist on selling consumer level models.
So, do Democrats consider this a corroboration of the Bush policy (which means they'll have to admit they were wrong about Bush), or a corruption of their leader (which means they'll have to admit they were wrong about Obama)?
Have patience, dear. This is a negative article which puts Democrats in the spotlight. The /. hivemind will only allow posts which condemn "the system", the government as a whole, or some version of "GOP is worse". No introspection is allowed, no self-critique considered. You need to wait for another post full of generalizations in another article about a another political party in order to make your point heard.
Libertarian IS the party of limited government -- at least among parties which have any clout. They are at the moment for a government that's far smaller than most Americans are willing to accept, though. Also, what do you mean when you say "thoroughly politicized"? Is that even a valid critique? How can a political party NOT be politicized?
What country are you from, AK Marc? And in what capacity and how long did you stay in China? From this utter ignorance of the differences between US and China, I have a feeling you took the tourist route.
When speaking of bias, substance trumps technicality. Lies of omission and lies of fabrication are technically all lies, but are substantially different.
Explain Michael Moore's fortune in embarrassing government and politicians, and his continued freedom to do so
I'm saying your drawing of an equivalency is irrational given the difference in degree that you have admitted.
By constructing this equivalency, you are essentially saying that the US would experience no change whatsoever, either for better or for worse, if it were to nationalize and place under a propaganda department every existing media outlet, make private publishing illegal, and punish bloggers and celebrity commentators for publishing views different from the government narrative.
Most Slashdotters typically have a history of voicing disgust at the encroachment of government censorship within the US. However, if you truly believe your above equivalency, then there should be no disgust towards the US government at all in your comment history. Am I correct?
Fox News isn't a government sanctioned or government supported news outlet. You should at the very least compare NPR with CCTV to get anywhere close to a valid comparison. By the way, did you watch Chinese language CCTV or CCTV-9 International? Big difference there if you didn't know.
Why?
Maybe this ieee Spectrum author has a subtle personal bias and he injected a single provocative word, who knows? At least the story wasn't written for a government owned media outlet, passed through government censors working under the guidance of national political bias. Try People's Daily sometimes.
I have a hacker style laptop. It's black and key combos can be programmed to run macros. (also has extended capacity RAM -- 16GB, so who knows how many systems I can take down)
That'd be "USDA Approved" (since no one trusts domestic quality control). Check taobao.com with keyword USDA. So now there are tens of thousands of sellers claiming their cosmetics/vitamins/supplements/snacks/etc are USDA approved, but who knows if they're telling the truth...
Free markets and regulation aren't mutually exclusive. You're building a strawman when you say "free marketeers" are for "unregulated capitalism" -- it's like saying the communist fringe of OWS who talk about "fair share" are of the same mindset as President Obama just because he too uses that phrase.
FTA:
“Through all of my experience, what I never contemplated was that there were bankers who would purposely misrepresent facts to banking authorities,” says Alan Greenspan
...oh boy
Is someone feeling the pain from his Apple heavy portfolio? Looking to recover last week's loss asap?
Is laying the accusation of "anti-Iranian" making the same mistake as laying accusations of "anti-American"? Are the people and government of Iran inseparable, and impossible to critique the latter without offending the former? Would all the criticism of US political/economic/foreign policy in Slashdot threads about US scientific achievements also be Anti-American in your eyes (boy that would be a LOT of anti-Americanism for one site)? For your rationale to be consistent, they must be anti-American, but I suspect you would go by a different standard in those cases.
China is a bit behind, but it isn't in the 1850's. Child labor (defined as employment of people under 16 years of age) is illegal, and there exists compulsory education for children (as best as can be implemented in practice, of course), the same as any modern country* I'm quite certain that Apple and the Chinese government are on the same page with regard to their moral/legal stance on child labor. What bugs me is that there's no mention of the local government taking charge on the issue, and that Apple is tasked with doing what the government should be doing.
*Translate with your preferred service:
http://china.findlaw.cn/laodongfa/zhuanti/tonggong/
http://baike.baidu.com/view/63809.htm