Washington DC is my home town. I've had congress critters for neighbors. I can think of only one currentcongressman who I would be surprised to learn had been bought, and probably not that many throughout history.
As long as you and other SPEWS proponents cannot see that difference, you will by most be seen as bullies and as doing more damage then good.
How am I bullying anyone by refusing to listen to their messages? Nobody has a right to communicate with me if I choose to ignore them, and it is my sole prerogative to ignore any message for whatever reasons I, and I alone, choose. SPEWS just provides advice, which I may heed or not.
Or who have no choice with regards to ISPs because there is only one active in their area?
Tthey do have a choice. They can get mail service from any of hundreds of companies who don't tolerate spammers. Meanwhile, if the only ISP in a given area is in SPEWS, that's a great opportunity for a decent ISP to eat their lunch.
Sadly, all you care about is contracts and dollars.
Rather presumptuous, aren't you?
Go look up "social contract" and get back to me.
If you're going to toss off a term like that, try finding out what the means, first. I've read Rousseau, and he never said that anyone was obligated to stay in a job if they found a better one elsewhere.
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To counter this it looks like that the British government is looking at RFID tags in numberplates
Naturally, because everyone knows that you can't steal a license plate if it has an RFID device in it, right?
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If you liked Bowling for Columbine, you'd love "Triumph of the Will".
Little tip: Moore doesn't make documentaries.
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Washington DC is my home town. I've had congress critters for neighbors. I can think of only one currentcongressman who I would be surprised to learn had been bought, and probably not that many throughout history.
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Gun legislation is also handy for preventing diagnosed psycho's from being allowed to use them.. as well as convicted murderers etc.
"Allowed" doesn't really enter into it. Murder isn't allowed, but it still happens.
All that "gun control" achieves in practise is the disarmament of victims.
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I don't know what's sadder.. That politicians can be bought, or that they can bought so cheap.
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We're agreeing!
Yeah well, not even you can be wrong all the time. Stopped clock, and all that sort of thing.
Do you have the ZIP Code for Hell?
I'm sure it's wherever you are. You should be able to find it on your utility bills.
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At any rate, no, you are most likely not doing anything illegal by not receiving mail from IPs that are listed on SPEWS.
"Most likely"?
I'm finding it hard to imagine a scenario where discarding spam could possibly be illegal.
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When politicized, it's an attempt to shoehorn pseudoscience into the mainstream,
Actually, I wouldn't say that the goal is to promote the pseudoscience, but rather to use the pseudoscience to try to promote religion.
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Not quite the whole world, I'm afraid.
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As long as you and other SPEWS proponents cannot see that difference, you will by most be seen as bullies and as doing more damage then good.
How am I bullying anyone by refusing to listen to their messages? Nobody has a right to communicate with me if I choose to ignore them, and it is my sole prerogative to ignore any message for whatever reasons I, and I alone, choose. SPEWS just provides advice, which I may heed or not.
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Or who have no choice with regards to ISPs because there is only one active in their area?
Tthey do have a choice. They can get mail service from any of hundreds of companies who don't tolerate spammers. Meanwhile, if the only ISP in a given area is in SPEWS, that's a great opportunity for a decent ISP to eat their lunch.
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Prove to me there is no God. Prove to me that everything science measures and describes was not created by God.
Since you're the one postulating the existence of a god, the burden of proof is yours. Nice try, though.
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Which is an absolutely valid comparison until you consider that the non-collector of stamps has begun advocating non-collection over collection.
Not all atheists bother to argue the point. Do you then maintain that they are still religious?
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Did I say "Christian"?
Creationism is the basis of most mythologies. My statement stands.
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THe idea that living things are designed goes back a long way
So do many other superstitions. So what?
See the wikipedia article.
I have. It's a battleground between creationists and rational people.
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Actually, ID (before it was hijacked by Creationism)
ID never was anything more than re-packaged creationism.
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Is that there is a decline in men enrolling in Women's Studies degrees.
Maybe they get turned off by the male-bashing they see in the first class they attend.
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it IS up to society.
Nope. It's up to whoever is writing and selling the games, your wishful thinking notwithstanding.
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But, but.. Who needs CSS when you have Active X?
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So, the Republicans should embrace socialism, but the north Koreans shouldn't?
Oo... Kay...
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One percent of their users, and what percentage of their deposits?
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But the one thing that pisses me off more than anything else, are those who feel that their disability entitles them to accomodation.
I wouldn't go so far as to say it pisses me off, but I agree that a person's disabilities do not create an obligation on anyone else's part.
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If programs are not accessible to disabled users, they should be fixed.
Well then, by all means, make any programes you write accessible! Whether anyone else does likewise is up to them, not to you.
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Sadly, all you care about is contracts and dollars.
Rather presumptuous, aren't you?
Go look up "social contract" and get back to me.
If you're going to toss off a term like that, try finding out what the means, first. I've read Rousseau, and he never said that anyone was obligated to stay in a job if they found a better one elsewhere.
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