It may be wrong, but I actually prefer it for readability, like brackets around your code block. Does that peroid end your sentence or a quoted sentence?
Except for this little concept called sovereignty, it is one of the things necessairy to be considered a country (or at least it was back when I took political science). Now the US hasn't been very good at letting other people have it, but honestly you're just stooping to that level if you violate it.
Also the world has never been a Democracy, the world has always gone to the strongest. I belive Locke said it was nasty, brutish, and short.
Why should the USA give up control of GPS? The US was generous enough to share with us. They never had to give GPS to anyone, and what compelling reason is there to let other people control the internet? What horrible abuses has the US done to the internet?
Isn't that a little bit like arguing that because everone uses GPS, sometimes for critical things, the United States should give away controll? Even though the US did the research and paid to have it installed?
Yeah ICANN could use a few tweeks, and have tried to push evil on us once, but all in all they work for the vast majority of domains. So if it isn't broken, why fix it? I don't give up a known evil for an unknown one?
Yep, because everyone who disapproves of fellons (yes fellons) who are doing something illegal, hates people who come from other countries? Wee bit of a difference there?
So you'd have no problem if the US pulled everything and became totally isolated? As a reasonably independent American (I think neither of the American parties is good for America), it seems to me that some other countries seem to want a world community and multi-culturalism except when it comes to America (Just an opinion that I'd love to be wrong about)
I would like to point out that there were a lot of people who voted against President Bush. In this last election, there were enough people voting democratic to elect John Kerry by a landslide - had Bush not gotten more republican votes than in the previous election.
Yep, Kerry would have won the election if more people hadn't voted for bush. Isn't that usually how elections work?
I'm sure the government will deal with the wrongthinking bloks. Then everything will be doubleplus-good.
In other news the choclate ration has been increased again!
To boil it down, replace "someone" in your objections with "the government through the use of collected tax revenues" and your whole argument deflates.
Yes, but the government's tax revenu comes from people, people who are paying taxes, Government will never disappear, but maybe government should be like good code. Only as large as it needs to be.
Who should get the aid more, the disabled and infirm or Halliburton and ADM? The only difference between Republicans and Democrats is WHO they give the money to. Personally, I think the people deserve to get their money back more than some lifeless, bloodless corporation.
Personally the government has no right giving money to either one of them. It's not in the list of things the feds Can do, therefore it's a state by state thing (at least in the US)
Ahh ok,
Thank you for pointing that out.
Money from a government still comes from somewhere (but this is way less of an issue than I was making it), but I had totally missed this part (my bad).
Thanks again!
Then so shall it be!(I'm kidding)
There is a difference between being humane, and government/UN mandated wealth re-assignment. I am in favor of chairty and helping people. In fact I'm glad charity has been there. It's just the idea of being forced.
Lets say you have cash, and some other people do not.
Now lets say that you worked fairly hard for your cash. (I know not everyone does)
Now lets say I'm awfully lazy, and instead of doing anything to help myself.
Now you are violating my rights when you refuse to pay for me, no?
If it is a basic human right, it dosen't just extend to the permantly-disabled. I deserve free food. If there are exepctions it isn't a basic human right. Greed may not be good, but IMHO socalism is just as bad as any invasion of privacy.
Everyone wants to help people (I hope), So I don't want to cast my vote on the side of greed just yet, But the government is just not (in my opinion, which is no more valid than yours) the right vector for accomplishing this.
Umm,
This document seems to say some things I cannot agree to. In fact 25 & 26 seem to go directly against a reasonable idea of freedom. Unless of course all the things listed in those are suddenly free.
Unless I'm reading this wrong, people can demand that someone else pay for their food/water/education. This is just anti-liberty (In a libertarian sense)
Yes,
Education is important (Mine left me only knowing how far behind I am), but unlike going to war, it really isn't the Federal Government's job as provided by the constitution. It really should be left up to the states, or it needs to be added to the part of the constitution that talks about what powers the Fed's have.
I must respectfully disagree.
I was a huge Nintendo fanboy when the SNES was around, I have a ton of issuses of Nintendo Power, and still have all my SNES games. Unfortunatly I think the once amazing Nintendo has taken a turn for the worst. Starting with the N64, a console who's objective seemed to be to make me hate almost every franchies I once held dear. Mario gets more unplayaple every iteration, and Zelda went from the most amazing top, real time RPG ever to a so-so platformer.
I do agree with you on the new Metroid games, they still feel like the old ones.
Maybe I'm just an old dude complanining about those newfangeled 3d games, but the N64 just lost it for me. I really hope Nintendo goes back to making amazing games, and gives up on platformers with cool graphics, and not much else.
Unlike the old days long ago where if you couldn't repay you, your wife, and kids, where sold into slavery or serfdom.
Yeah our system is so much worse.
If you go to most Central or South American countries, they will get offended if you refer to yourself as an American.
Well if I start getting offended when they call themselfs Americans we'll all be equal? Don't they have anything better to do in South American then
nitpick?
Yeah it's a shame how black and white people tend to be. When someone lends something to me it's borrowing, but when I steal it, that makes it wrong.
In my mind that is a decent analogy, one case you have permission and are not violating anyone else's rights, in the other you are violating their rights to do what they will with their property. I like art as much as the next guy, but there are days I wished I had time to sit in my bushes and wait for vandals so I can catch them and hand them over to the police.
Slashdot Mirror
It may be wrong, but I actually prefer it for readability, like brackets around your code block. Does that peroid end your sentence or a quoted sentence?
Except for this little concept called sovereignty, it is one of the things necessairy to be considered a country (or at least it was back when I took political science). Now the US hasn't been very good at letting other people have it, but honestly you're just stooping to that level if you violate it. Also the world has never been a Democracy, the world has always gone to the strongest. I belive Locke said it was nasty, brutish, and short.
Why should the USA give up control of GPS? The US was generous enough to share with us. They never had to give GPS to anyone, and what compelling reason is there to let other people control the internet? What horrible abuses has the US done to the internet?
Isn't that a little bit like arguing that because everone uses GPS, sometimes for critical things, the United States should give away controll? Even though the US did the research and paid to have it installed?
And the combination of politicians in the pockets of the coperations, and the politicians following hippy socalism is gonna work so much better?
A little more seriously, what is to stop everyone from saying "Screw you" to the UN and using their own domian name servers?
Can the poster get an amen?
Yeah ICANN could use a few tweeks, and have tried to push evil on us once, but all in all they work for the vast majority of domains. So if it isn't broken, why fix it? I don't give up a known evil for an unknown one?
Please mod parent as immigrant-bashing TROLL.
Yep, because everyone who disapproves of fellons (yes fellons) who are doing something illegal, hates people who come from other countries? Wee bit of a difference there?
Would the pills actually work?
Brisby: The serum must be interacting with something in his system.. the man's a pill popper, after all.
So you'd have no problem if the US pulled everything and became totally isolated?
As a reasonably independent American (I think neither of the American parties is good for America), it seems to me that some other countries seem to want a world community and multi-culturalism except when it comes to America (Just an opinion that I'd love to be wrong about)
I would like to point out that there were a lot of people who voted against President Bush. In this last election, there were enough people voting democratic to elect John Kerry by a landslide - had Bush not gotten more republican votes than in the previous election.
Yep, Kerry would have won the election if more people hadn't voted for bush. Isn't that usually how elections work?
I'm sure the government will deal with the wrongthinking bloks. Then everything will be doubleplus-good.
In other news the choclate ration has been increased again!
Now you've made me curious. Do you remember what it was?
I appologise if this is not somthing you want to talk about, just curious.
To boil it down, replace "someone" in your objections with "the government through the use of collected tax revenues" and your whole argument deflates.
Yes, but the government's tax revenu comes from people, people who are paying taxes, Government will never disappear, but maybe government should be like good code. Only as large as it needs to be.
Who should get the aid more, the disabled and infirm or Halliburton and ADM? The only difference between Republicans and Democrats is WHO they give the money to. Personally, I think the people deserve to get their money back more than some lifeless, bloodless corporation.
Personally the government has no right giving money to either one of them. It's not in the list of things the feds Can do, therefore it's a state by state thing (at least in the US)
Ahh ok,
Thank you for pointing that out. Money from a government still comes from somewhere (but this is way less of an issue than I was making it), but I had totally missed this part (my bad). Thanks again!
Then so shall it be!(I'm kidding)
There is a difference between being humane, and government/UN mandated wealth re-assignment. I am in favor of chairty and helping people. In fact I'm glad charity has been there. It's just the idea of being forced.
Lets say you have cash, and some other people do not.
Now lets say that you worked fairly hard for your cash. (I know not everyone does)
Now lets say I'm awfully lazy, and instead of doing anything to help myself.
Now you are violating my rights when you refuse to pay for me, no?
If it is a basic human right, it dosen't just extend to the permantly-disabled. I deserve free food. If there are exepctions it isn't a basic human right. Greed may not be good, but IMHO socalism is just as bad as any invasion of privacy.
Everyone wants to help people (I hope), So I don't want to cast my vote on the side of greed just yet, But the government is just not (in my opinion, which is no more valid than yours) the right vector for accomplishing this.
Umm,
This document seems to say some things I cannot agree to. In fact 25 & 26 seem to go directly against a reasonable idea of freedom. Unless of course all the things listed in those are suddenly free.
Unless I'm reading this wrong, people can demand that someone else pay for their food/water/education. This is just anti-liberty (In a libertarian sense)
Yes, Education is important (Mine left me only knowing how far behind I am), but unlike going to war, it really isn't the Federal Government's job as provided by the constitution. It really should be left up to the states, or it needs to be added to the part of the constitution that talks about what powers the Fed's have.
I must respectfully disagree.
I was a huge Nintendo fanboy when the SNES was around, I have a ton of issuses of Nintendo Power, and still have all my SNES games.
Unfortunatly I think the once amazing Nintendo has taken a turn for the worst. Starting with the N64, a console who's objective seemed to be to make me hate almost every franchies I once held dear. Mario gets more unplayaple every iteration, and Zelda went from the most amazing top, real time RPG ever to a so-so platformer.
I do agree with you on the new Metroid games, they still feel like the old ones. Maybe I'm just an old dude complanining about those newfangeled 3d games, but the N64 just lost it for me. I really hope Nintendo goes back to making amazing games, and gives up on platformers with cool graphics, and not much else.
Unlike the old days long ago where if you couldn't repay you, your wife, and kids, where sold into slavery or serfdom.
Yeah our system is so much worse.
eric512@earthlink.net if anyone out there is feeling generous. Thanks for your time in advance.
If you go to most Central or South American countries, they will get offended if you refer to yourself as an American.
Well if I start getting offended when they call themselfs Americans we'll all be equal? Don't they have anything better to do in South American then nitpick?
Do they have one kid dress up in a suit, steal everyone's money, and drive away in a Porsche? Because we need a Jack Valenti.
They had a Jack Valenti, but the Film Producer rolled a critical hit with his +1 camera, and no cleric was willing to help Jack.
At least that is what I think of when I hear "role-playing"
Yeah it's a shame how black and white people tend to be. When someone lends something to me it's borrowing, but when I steal it, that makes it wrong.
In my mind that is a decent analogy, one case you have permission and are not violating anyone else's rights, in the other you are violating their rights to do what they will with their property. I like art as much as the next guy, but there are days I wished I had time to sit in my bushes and wait for vandals so I can catch them and hand them over to the police.