Um, maybe you should check out the WHOLE REST OF THE WORLD.
I have. At least where reliable data is available and reasonably accessible. You, clearly, have not. Even if gun bans worked (which they don't), I would not support them.
Just like, if torture worked (which it doesn't), I would not support torture.
Some folks think safety is more important than liberty. I disagree with them. I think that liberty is more important than safety, although I don't even agree that it has to be one or the other.
Many of them are first-generation citizens, so deportation is not an option. The law can be changed. Citizenship can be stripped from them. It has been done before. Being citizens didn't stop the japanese from being interned during WW II.
Given the articles he cited, I think he means we should disarm the police because they are irresponsible with their weapons. And I think he has a point.
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Something I've slowly realized as a parent is this - "You are always setting an example for your kids." Whether you like it or not, 24/7, wherever you go, whatever you do, if your kids are there you are setting an example. Whether it's a good example or a bad example is up to you. But, "do as I say, not as I do" is not going to work. I hear that a lot, but don't necessarily agree with it. Children are not drones. They do not mindlessly copy anything and everything they see a parent do, thinking it is perfectly acceptable. Hell, I can think of lots of behavior I saw in my parents almost every day that I don't copy today. You aretotally right - kids are not drones. But you still want to behave in a way that lets your kids know you love them and also in a way that they can have respect for.
Nothing says "I don't really love you", like abandoning you time with the kids for a quick message to the marketing department. There are lots of parents that are much worse to their kids than this (physical abuse, sexual abuse, etc.)
As far as I know, the PS3 and the Wii are basically selling every single unit that comes into the stores.
The XBox 360 numbers actually probably mean something because they aren't constrained by lack of supply.
So, Nintendo shipped more Wii units than Sony could ship PS3s. That's good for Nintendo because you have to strike while the iron is hot - meaning that right now people want to buy PS3s. It is less clear that the demand for PS3 will continue unabated in the future.
You pay attention, asshole. No one appreciates your idiotic commentary. If someone breaks the law, they should be charged with a crime and taken to court. That's why we are a nation of laws, not just whatever some TSA monkey thinks might be a good idea at the time.
1. Speed limits should not only be posted, they should be broadcast via RFID or similar short range transmission (sue the city, county, state, etc. responsible for posting speed limits). Ford should have a receiver in their vehicle to constantly monitor the broadcast of speed limits and adjust the governor accordingly I honestly think this would be a great idea.
Well, it would be both. Any artwork you create is automatically covered by copyright. Now that you mention it though, fair use is probably a defense - he was constructing criticism which falls under fair use law. Trademark, on the other hand, would likely nail him. You can use other people's trademarks, you just have to (sometimes) acknowledge their trademark. For example, Macintosh is a trademark. In some uses, you'll see a thing that says "Macintosh is a registered trademark of Apple Computer Inc." However, you don't see that disclaimer in people's slashdot posts or on blogs every time they refer to the Apple Macintosh. I seriously doubt he'd be nailed for trademark infringement (cause he ain't selling anything).
First of all, it's not "persecution." If he broke the law, then he needs to pay the penalty for that transgression. Putting him on the "no fly" list has nothing to do with the law. He wasn't convicted in court - no we just had a bunch of mindless beaurocrats take it upon themselves to start handing down punishment to whoever they don't like.
Some people say we are in Iraq to create democracy in the Islamic middle east. This is, in my opinion, about as futile as trying to teach a pig to sing.
You are a bigot.
Sorry, but if that isn't a racist comment, I don't know what is.
With regards to Islam, yes, I am a bigot. Proud to be one. However, you make one mistake. Islam isn't a race. So, it isn't a racist comment.
What is the actual value and goals of his research? A responsible researcher could have created a proof-of-concept, and raised awareness through media channels, research paper, blog etc. He should have also presented his research to the TSA and the airlines.Instead what he did was not research. He created a website to create fake boarding passes and released it to the public. There was no academic benefit. If I created forged passport software and released it, that's not research.Let's call this for what it is: trouble-making, not research. I agree with you, but I still think his "trouble making" had value of raising awareness and also he should not be persecuted for it.
Uh, why should he pay a fine? He wasn't attempting to circumvent anything. If he's guilty of anything it's violating the airline's copyright on their logo. Wouldn't that be a trademark, not a copyright?
Your Honor, I would like to blame Ford Motor Company for selling me a truck that will go 150 MPH. If they hadn't sold me that truck, I wouldn't have gotten this speeding ticket. Since Ford clearly could have put a governor on the vehicle, you might have a point. However, Ford will probably counter that: 1. The vehicle has no way to tell what the speed limit is at any given time and therefore such a governor would either still allow you to break, or else limit you to the lowest possible speed limit (i.e. 5MPH). 2. There may be times when driving 150MPH is OK. Such as during an emergency with a police escort.
Does that mean I can sue my crack dealer if I get caught? I don't mean testify against him...SUE HIM. Sounds like an OK idea to me. I might even vote for you if I were on the jury. The dealer is dispensing medication without a license (either a business license OR a pharmacy license) and without regard to safety. It sounds like neglegence to me.
I hate to be a cliche, but one of the reasons I joined (in addition to it being a family tradition) was to defend your right to have that opinion. Which, by the way, I agree with: The Draft is unconstitutional, and I would have, I think, gone to jail (well, canada actually) if drafted.
I hope you aren't offended by my asking, but defend [civil rights] against whom? Unless you are old enough to have served in WW II, no one has bothered to attack the US in a serious way. And by serious, I mean take over our country by force. Terrorist attacks are not an attempt to take over our country by force.
If you really want to protect people's rights, perhaps you should have become a lawyer for the ACLU or the EFF.
I might be willing to fight to preserve american freedoms, but it is another thing entirely to die in Somalia in an attempt to distribute food aid or in Iraq for reasons that are not clear to me.
In my opinion, terrorism is not that big of a threat to the survival of our country. I think it is mostly a pain in the ass for the average person (i.e. TSA security) and a tragedy for those directly affected. I think that the folks who took down the fourth plane were heroes. But more importantly, they proved that such an attack was a one-shot deal. Terrorists might be able to crash an airplane or blow up an airplane, but no group of americans will ever let them fly the airplane again.
Terrorism may be done for a variety of reasons. Plain hatred. Revenge. To try to get attention for a cause. Sure, we need to fight terrorism, but we need to do it intelligently.
Some people say we are in Iraq to create democracy in the Islamic middle east. This is, in my opinion, about as futile as trying to teach a pig to sing.
Some people say we are there to get oil. Since oil production is actually down from where it was to begin with, I think that has not panned out. If we wanted more oil production in Iraq, that could have been achieved by simply lifting sanctions on the Iraqi regieme in exchange for a deal to send oil companies there to improve the infrastructure for oil production. Also, doing this would have helped the average Iraqi a lot more than invading iraq.
Some people think we are there because the regieme had weapons of mass destruction. The inspectors in Iraq were saying that was not the case well before the war started.
Some people think we are there because of a personal vendetta that Bush II had against Sadaam Hussein for trying to assasinate Bush I. This argument actually has some merit because Bush II cited it as a reason for the war. In my opinion, this is a very shabby reason to take a nation to war even if the assassination had succeeded.
Some people think we are there simply so that lucrative contracts can be given to cronies of the administration. While this argument may actually have some merit, it is not generally cited as a reason for the war by opponents to the war because people will think that anyone who says this is a "hater" and "conspiracy theorist". Note that name calling is not a serious refutation of an argument.
I'm totally willing to listen to other explanations.
I also did not register with selective service for the same reason.
I think that means you may officially be a felon, then. Some scholar you are. A person becomes a felon after being convicted of a felony crime. I have not been charged, let alone convicted, of a felony crime.
You were probably rich enough to not need federal financial aid for school, which you need to register for selective service to get. Nope. I was a National Merit scholar. Paid for everything.
So what if there's a paper trail? It means absolutely nothing unless it's actually used, and is accessible by the people casting the votes! This is something that is wrong with the current system also!
I have no idea who I voted for in any election. I know who I thought I voted for, but I have no idea if it was counted that way. Where can I go to find that out? Let's say there is some way for me to determine if my vote was counted in a certain way. What about everyone else? Is there a way to make sure the vote they think was mine was exclusively mine?
I'd rather have the problems associated with receipts with ids on them that I can log online to see who I voted for instead of the current system. That would alloc coercion and vote buying.
The difference between a lawyer and a Mobster is that lawyers are afraid of getting blood on their suits. I always thought the difference was that mobsters have a code of ethics.
OK, so someone modded me as troll. I am not trying to troll - I'm just pointing out that if you are going to join the military, you should at least have some kind of realistic idea as to what you are signing up for. If someone signed up because they wanted to be in a war, that's fine. That's what they got.
I'm not saying I wouldn't be willing to volunteer to join the military under the right circumstances. If I was around during WW II, I probably would have enlisted because the war was a just cause and the leadership (at least most of the leadership) wanted to really win the war. That isn't what is happening in Iraq. The US doesn't have a strategy to win the war and the smartest people around aren't sure how to even go about winning the war.
So, unfortunately, our soldiers are just there to be targets for the insurgents. I don't see how that benefits anyone. The only question is, like in vietnam, how long are we going to stay there until we finally admit that we can't win and we leave and let whatever happens happen.
They volunteered to serve the United States and to defend the country, a very honorable thing to do. However, their leader, the commander in chief aka the president, let them down. He led them astray believing that they were protecting american by getting rid of "WMD's" when the real reason they were sent to Iraq is to secure US oil interests in the middle east. Then they should have paid more attention in US History and civics class before they joined. When I was 18 (Bush was president, but the Iraq war wasn't even on the radar yet), I did NOT sign up for the military (despite heavy pressure from parents). My stated reason was "I don't want to end up cannon fodder in the next vietnam." I also did not register with selective service for the same reason. I also think that the draft is unconstitutional (violates the thirteenth amendment) and if it came down to it, I would go to jail rather than be drafted.
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Just like, if torture worked (which it doesn't), I would not support torture.
Some folks think safety is more important than liberty. I disagree with them. I think that liberty is more important than safety, although I don't even agree that it has to be one or the other.
Given the articles he cited, I think he means we should disarm the police because they are irresponsible with their weapons. And I think he has a point.
As far as I know, the PS3 and the Wii are basically selling every single unit that comes into the stores.
The XBox 360 numbers actually probably mean something because they aren't constrained by lack of supply.
So, Nintendo shipped more Wii units than Sony could ship PS3s. That's good for Nintendo because you have to strike while the iron is hot - meaning that right now people want to buy PS3s. It is less clear that the demand for PS3 will continue unabated in the future.
You pay attention, asshole. No one appreciates your idiotic commentary. If someone breaks the law, they should be charged with a crime and taken to court. That's why we are a nation of laws, not just whatever some TSA monkey thinks might be a good idea at the time.
You are a bigot.
Sorry, but if that isn't a racist comment, I don't know what is.
With regards to Islam, yes, I am a bigot. Proud to be one. However, you make one mistake. Islam isn't a race. So, it isn't a racist comment.1. The vehicle has no way to tell what the speed limit is at any given time and therefore such a governor would either still allow you to break, or else limit you to the lowest possible speed limit (i.e. 5MPH).
2. There may be times when driving 150MPH is OK. Such as during an emergency with a police escort.
I hope you aren't offended by my asking, but defend [civil rights] against whom? Unless you are old enough to have served in WW II, no one has bothered to attack the US in a serious way. And by serious, I mean take over our country by force. Terrorist attacks are not an attempt to take over our country by force.
If you really want to protect people's rights, perhaps you should have become a lawyer for the ACLU or the EFF.
I might be willing to fight to preserve american freedoms, but it is another thing entirely to die in Somalia in an attempt to distribute food aid or in Iraq for reasons that are not clear to me.
In my opinion, terrorism is not that big of a threat to the survival of our country. I think it is mostly a pain in the ass for the average person (i.e. TSA security) and a tragedy for those directly affected. I think that the folks who took down the fourth plane were heroes. But more importantly, they proved that such an attack was a one-shot deal. Terrorists might be able to crash an airplane or blow up an airplane, but no group of americans will ever let them fly the airplane again.
Terrorism may be done for a variety of reasons. Plain hatred. Revenge. To try to get attention for a cause. Sure, we need to fight terrorism, but we need to do it intelligently.
Some people say we are in Iraq to create democracy in the Islamic middle east. This is, in my opinion, about as futile as trying to teach a pig to sing.
Some people say we are there to get oil. Since oil production is actually down from where it was to begin with, I think that has not panned out. If we wanted more oil production in Iraq, that could have been achieved by simply lifting sanctions on the Iraqi regieme in exchange for a deal to send oil companies there to improve the infrastructure for oil production. Also, doing this would have helped the average Iraqi a lot more than invading iraq.
Some people think we are there because the regieme had weapons of mass destruction. The inspectors in Iraq were saying that was not the case well before the war started.
Some people think we are there because of a personal vendetta that Bush II had against Sadaam Hussein for trying to assasinate Bush I. This argument actually has some merit because Bush II cited it as a reason for the war. In my opinion, this is a very shabby reason to take a nation to war even if the assassination had succeeded.
Some people think we are there simply so that lucrative contracts can be given to cronies of the administration. While this argument may actually have some merit, it is not generally cited as a reason for the war by opponents to the war because people will think that anyone who says this is a "hater" and "conspiracy theorist". Note that name calling is not a serious refutation of an argument.
I'm totally willing to listen to other explanations.
There is a difference between a political advertisement and saying "If you vote for X and can prove to me that you did, I'll give you $n"
I have no idea who I voted for in any election. I know who I thought I voted for, but I have no idea if it was counted that way. Where can I go to find that out? Let's say there is some way for me to determine if my vote was counted in a certain way. What about everyone else? Is there a way to make sure the vote they think was mine was exclusively mine?
I'd rather have the problems associated with receipts with ids on them that I can log online to see who I voted for instead of the current system. That would alloc coercion and vote buying.
OK, so someone modded me as troll. I am not trying to troll - I'm just pointing out that if you are going to join the military, you should at least have some kind of realistic idea as to what you are signing up for. If someone signed up because they wanted to be in a war, that's fine. That's what they got.
I'm not saying I wouldn't be willing to volunteer to join the military under the right circumstances. If I was around during WW II, I probably would have enlisted because the war was a just cause and the leadership (at least most of the leadership) wanted to really win the war. That isn't what is happening in Iraq. The US doesn't have a strategy to win the war and the smartest people around aren't sure how to even go about winning the war.
So, unfortunately, our soldiers are just there to be targets for the insurgents. I don't see how that benefits anyone. The only question is, like in vietnam, how long are we going to stay there until we finally admit that we can't win and we leave and let whatever happens happen.
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