First, the horror of Nazi Germany was the industrial-scale murder of millions of members of minorities (not only Jews) by a modern, generally educated Western society that started out as a democracy but hit economic hard times and had an overinflated national ego. This should be a warning to any nation that thinks "it can't happen here".
I think that says more than anything that it's almost already happening here.
Not even close. Instead, they'll say, "Well, if you have this gene, you're not allowed such evil things, because that is abusive. Oh, nevermind the fact that you never see your parents because they both have jobs, and when you do, they're usually pissed off and irate because they just got off work, no, no, it's the goth culture!"
"As you know, the only thing that can stop a hacked Dreamcast is of course, another hacked Dreamcast. After the Shadow Moses incedent, the easy proliferation of Linux made it easy for rogue states to..." !!!
*Marines tote the DC-holding fat guy in a latex 'Sneaking Suit' to the middle of the hold*
The war on terror gives the Government the ability to do what it likes. Slow day at the FBI?
"Sure, we'll check out the suspicious game console on the ceiling. Oooh, it's snooping, let's go find the hacker scum! *Bang bang* Oops, we shot the hacker. Oh, well, he was a terrorist and he was reaching for the AK that we're sure he owns, because hacking is terror!"
Being able to do this allows people to steal and use phones, thereby causing 1000's of crimes.
Ha ha ha...sorry, I'm laughing at your post... okay...
Anyway, let me get your logic here. A man, willing to break the law to steal a phone, then, willing to break the law to sell it, and in doing so, willing to break the law by committing fraud to customers who believe they are buying a legal phone, as well as willing to break the law to commit fraud against the phone company...this man, will feel deterred by another law?
This is the odd belief that tossing more and more years on someone will keep it from happening. I'm sorry to say it, but more laws don't stop criminals, it's the application and execution of those laws. Before we make more of them, let's insure that people get tossed in the jail, before trying to add years.
For a non-troll answer, we're attacked because our political leaders have support for Israel, which is totally missing all throughout Europe, which has a long history of anti-semitism.
And just because we get the BIG attacks doesn't mean we get all of them. I mean, I don't know about you, I consider assassination attempts to be a form of terrorism. Especially when they come from supporters of a fringe extremist candidate.
Furthermore, we get attacked because we are, as the old saying goes, the "King of the Hill", being at the top of the list of military powers. That generally draws people to attack.
One last thing, as well. Please stop talking about our ignorance and blah blah blah, just because we believe people in China should be given basic human rights. Aren't Europeans and Canadians always the ones blasting us in the UN for NOT trying to build human rights. Oh, yeah, I guess if we fought for human rights, you'd have to find some other issue to focus your hatred on.
All I have to say is that Christianity is the largest and most successful cult of all history. It is a cult because of the following reasons:
1) Its centered around the teachings of a single, charismatic leader 2) It demands total obediance from you. 3) It enforces those demands through thorough scare tactics. ("If you don't act like a real Christian, you'll go to hell!") 4) It, as an organization, demands more people join. (When I asked a pastor what the most important thing a pastor could do is, he replied "Witness". What is witnessing? It's the soft way to describe the mandate the church has to "grow it's flock" by kindness, coercion, or threats...like being your friend and slowly inserting it into conversations, bombing abortion clinics, or saying that "You could die tomorrow, join Christianity or feel the harsh eternal wrath of my God who happens to love you!")
The only reason Christianity isn't popularly called a cult is that it is the largest cult ever, and so many people in "high places" are also members. (I bet if there was a Branch Dividian Senator, Waco would've never happened). You will never see a Congressional debate on almost any bill where someone doesn't bring up God in some way or form.
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By the way, rock on with the Romulan Wars on Enterprise... I can't wait to see how that plays out.
Am I the only nerd who has stopped watching that series out of total disgust?
Am I so nerdy that I am actually watching the episode on Laserdisc as I post? Yes, I am.
Or GTA3.
First, the horror of Nazi Germany was the industrial-scale murder of millions of members of minorities (not only Jews) by a modern, generally educated Western society that started out as a democracy but hit economic hard times and had an overinflated national ego. This should be a warning to any nation that thinks "it can't happen here".
I think that says more than anything that it's almost already happening here.
Not even close. Instead, they'll say, "Well, if you have this gene, you're not allowed such evil things, because that is abusive. Oh, nevermind the fact that you never see your parents because they both have jobs, and when you do, they're usually pissed off and irate because they just got off work, no, no, it's the goth culture!"
That's the Japanese pronunciation. "Druku-sama!"
I guess the Brits figured not pissing America off was worth more than an icy territory a few miles short of Upper Siberia.
And it was also the Canadians who said that "One jew is too many".
Yeah, eh. Damn hosers. Why are they making fun of Canadian accents, eh?
Have you ever argued with Deputy Dawg in Podunk, Georgia?
"As you know, the only thing that can stop a hacked Dreamcast is of course, another hacked Dreamcast. After the Shadow Moses incedent, the easy proliferation of Linux made it easy for rogue states to..." !!!
*Marines tote the DC-holding fat guy in a latex 'Sneaking Suit' to the middle of the hold*
The war on terror gives the Government the ability to do what it likes. Slow day at the FBI?
"Sure, we'll check out the suspicious game console on the ceiling. Oooh, it's snooping, let's go find the hacker scum! *Bang bang* Oops, we shot the hacker. Oh, well, he was a terrorist and he was reaching for the AK that we're sure he owns, because hacking is terror!"
Could you please post a link or give some info? I could use several 486 Laptops.
Being able to do this allows people to steal and use phones, thereby causing 1000's of crimes.
Ha ha ha...sorry, I'm laughing at your post... okay...
Anyway, let me get your logic here. A man, willing to break the law to steal a phone, then, willing to break the law to sell it, and in doing so, willing to break the law by committing fraud to customers who believe they are buying a legal phone, as well as willing to break the law to commit fraud against the phone company...this man, will feel deterred by another law?
This is the odd belief that tossing more and more years on someone will keep it from happening. I'm sorry to say it, but more laws don't stop criminals, it's the application and execution of those laws. Before we make more of them, let's insure that people get tossed in the jail, before trying to add years.
Ticketed, not arrested, I mean. D'oh!
You're talking about the same police forces that arrested my stepfather for speeding on his own farm.
All I know is that it had the following in it:
"I'll make Ted Kennedy pay, If he fights back, I'll say that he's gay."
For a non-troll answer, we're attacked because our political leaders have support for Israel, which is totally missing all throughout Europe, which has a long history of anti-semitism.
And just because we get the BIG attacks doesn't mean we get all of them. I mean, I don't know about you, I consider assassination attempts to be a form of terrorism. Especially when they come from supporters of a fringe extremist candidate.
Furthermore, we get attacked because we are, as the old saying goes, the "King of the Hill", being at the top of the list of military powers. That generally draws people to attack.
One last thing, as well. Please stop talking about our ignorance and blah blah blah, just because we believe people in China should be given basic human rights. Aren't Europeans and Canadians always the ones blasting us in the UN for NOT trying to build human rights. Oh, yeah, I guess if we fought for human rights, you'd have to find some other issue to focus your hatred on.
I'm actually a Correllian Wiccan.
All I have to say is that Christianity is the largest and most successful cult of all history. It is a cult because of the following reasons:
1) Its centered around the teachings of a single, charismatic leader
2) It demands total obediance from you.
3) It enforces those demands through thorough scare tactics. ("If you don't act like a real Christian, you'll go to hell!")
4) It, as an organization, demands more people join. (When I asked a pastor what the most important thing a pastor could do is, he replied "Witness". What is witnessing? It's the soft way to describe the mandate the church has to "grow it's flock" by kindness, coercion, or threats...like being your friend and slowly inserting it into conversations, bombing abortion clinics, or saying that "You could die tomorrow, join Christianity or feel the harsh eternal wrath of my God who happens to love you!")
The only reason Christianity isn't popularly called a cult is that it is the largest cult ever, and so many people in "high places" are also members. (I bet if there was a Branch Dividian Senator, Waco would've never happened). You will never see a Congressional debate on almost any bill where someone doesn't bring up God in some way or form.
Do you bring crumpets, too? Or do you have your tea over "chips"?
The same thing was said about Unix a long while back when DOS and Windows 3 were big boys...
Then this open-source thing called Linux came about. Holy S***!
People said BeOS was dead when Palm bought it.
Then this open-source thing called OpenBeOS came about. Holy S***!
Four letters for this one. ROFL.
Dude, mod this guy up. That was fricken funny.
I agree. Anyone who doesn't think that pot-smoking is common to gaming should go onto any Counter-Strike server.
L337 P07 5K1LLZ.