The French and American revolutions were in a time when people had "the right to bear arms" in order to depose a corrupt government.
Neither the French population nor the British Colonials had any right to bear arms at the time they made their revolutions, nor did the Tunisians, Egyptians, Libyans and Yemenis.
I'd say fear of inconvenience and mild discomfort are far more powerful disincentives to revolution than any supposed infringements on Second Amendment rights, at least for societies in which life is comfortable and convenient.
...the current situation as similar to a hostile takeover. A big company with lots of cash (China in this analogy) buys out a company deep in debt (USA), strips it of its most valuable assets, fires most of the employees, closes the company, then moves on to the next target.
Funny you should say that. It appears that China is also advancing embracing free-enterprise at a rapid pace.
The following conditions are not acceptable for return, and will result in the merchandise being returned to you: Any desktop PC, notebook or tablet PC that has been opened
unless you stand over them, the quality of goods from china is less than putrid.
Oh really?
I think it's the other way around. China will manufacture products as cheap and as nasty as their clients request. If a Mattel subcontractor specifies lead pain for children's toys, Chinese manufacturers will supply the product. It's not their fault if American marketers have no qualms about poisoning children.
You obviously have no God damned idea of how fortunate and privileged you are to be living in what ever comfortable liberal democracy it is that you come from.
Go spend a few months in the Third World (and I don't mean Club Med) and you'll see what corruption means.
as bad as the working conditions and pay at companies like Foxconn are by western standards, they are very competitive compared to the local alternatives
What is the suicide rate for workers employed in those local alternatives?
tablets are very likely going to do a very nice replacement for family albums.
Looking at high quality digital images of the snap-shots my grandfather took during WWI is one thing, but handling the the actual photographs he carried in his pocket throughout that war is totally different experience.
Unfortunately the article glosses over the fact that far more of those expensive and [s]potential[/s] actually hazardous materials are required to make carbon and nuclear based power generating stations.
Unfortunate but not surprising in an article published by the Bulletin Of the Atomic Scientists.
Slashdot Mirror
wouldn't using only three words to say something that normally requires ten be the mark of a highly efficient - and competent writer?
Some mod-points, some mod-points, my kingdom for some mod-points.
Six replies mocking the standard posting style of 4chan and all but one are modded Troll?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irony/
The French and American revolutions were in a time when people had "the right to bear arms" in order to depose a corrupt government.
Neither the French population nor the British Colonials had any right to bear arms at the time they made their revolutions, nor did the Tunisians, Egyptians, Libyans and Yemenis.
I'd say fear of inconvenience and mild discomfort are far more powerful disincentives to revolution than any supposed infringements on Second Amendment rights, at least for societies in which life is comfortable and convenient.
...the current situation as similar to a hostile takeover. A big company with lots of cash (China in this analogy) buys out a company deep in debt (USA), strips it of its most valuable assets, fires most of the employees, closes the company, then moves on to the next target.
Funny you should say that. It appears that China is also advancing embracing free-enterprise at a rapid pace.
From TFA:
The following conditions are not acceptable for return, and will result in the merchandise being returned to you: Any desktop PC, notebook or tablet PC that has been opened
unless you stand over them, the quality of goods from china is less than putrid.
Oh really?
I think it's the other way around. China will manufacture products as cheap and as nasty as their clients request. If a Mattel subcontractor specifies lead pain for children's toys, Chinese manufacturers will supply the product. It's not their fault if American marketers have no qualms about poisoning children.
Canada is just as corrupt as the US, and Mexico.
Oh please!
You obviously have no God damned idea of how fortunate and privileged you are to be living in what ever comfortable liberal democracy it is that you come from.
Go spend a few months in the Third World (and I don't mean Club Med) and you'll see what corruption means.
as bad as the working conditions and pay at companies like Foxconn are by western standards, they are very competitive compared to the local alternatives
What is the suicide rate for workers employed in those local alternatives?
Political ideologies (conservative, liberal) are not parties
UM...
http://www.liberal.ca/ (The Liberal Party of Canada)
http://www.conservative.ca/ (The Conservative Party of Canada)
tablets are very likely going to do a very nice replacement for family albums.
Looking at high quality digital images of the snap-shots my grandfather took during WWI is one thing, but handling the the actual photographs he carried in his pocket throughout that war is totally different experience.
I hope they solve the problem soon
"Taliban Seizes and Burns PCs, Cell Phones To Stop Obscenity"
Contrast with:
US Government Seizes and Burns DNS domains, To Stop Copyright Infringement.
Not even close.
The U.S. Govt. does not carry out capital and corporal punishment in public - all at one convenient location on a regular weekly basis.
The U.S. Govt. does not mandate the stoning of women for failure to adhere to a dress code.
The U.S. Govt. does not make employment of women - in any capacity what so ever - a crime.
The U.S. Govt. does not demolish archaeological sites on the grounds that they depict religious beliefs other than Christianity.
You might be able to make a comparison with Cambodia under the Khmer Rouge, but certainly not with the U.S.
Cannonade is a dying art.
Unfortunately the article glosses over the fact that far more of those expensive and [s]potential[/s] actually hazardous materials are required to make carbon and nuclear based power generating stations.
Unfortunate but not surprising in an article published by the Bulletin Of the Atomic Scientists.
I'm afraid we've been waiting for the older generations to lose power since the beginning of time.
How about the wii-wii