I think the government is supposed to do it's damn job so it doesn't come to that. That's the social contract right? We give up the right of justice to the government. When the legal system becomes a ridiculous tragedy then the social contract breaks down. No, I don't want to take a gun and go get justice for my family. Maybe the way things go it'll come to that though. You seem to think it's okay for people to rape and kill and never pay a price for that behavior. I say there must be consequences for the perpetrators. If you think that's sick then so be it. You are entitled to your opinion.
They started twisting the 2nd Amendment to mean what they wanted it to mean and now are working on others such as the 4th and 1st which are more popular rights to the left leaning crowd. They didn't give a shit when they were perverting the protection of the 2nd but now I think they begin to see the light with the further attacks on civlil liberties in the last decade or so. If you don't protect the entire document you weaken the entire document. If you like your freedoms it means you have to protect mine as well.
I don't know. If someone rapes my daughter then slits her throat and throws her lifeless body in a ditch, is that the same thing as my putting a bullet in his head when I find him after he's "rehabilitated" and free a year or two later? I think not and most of society thinks not as well. To the law it's the same but if the law doesn't do it's job that's what will start to happen. Either give people justice or they'll take it.
I think rehabilitation is good for crimes other than capital ones. Murder, the taking of life by an individual, creates so much damage to families and society as a whole as to require at the least a life sentence. Otherwise you end up with vigilantism as people seek their own justice. So the state handles it or you end up with something like the "Hatfields & McCoys" where it's a rifle blast from the woods or a knife to the ribs in a bar.
Looking at the mess the prison industry is I feel a life sentence is crueler than the death penalty. A lifetime of torture versus a quick death (aside from idiots that can't manage to kill a guy quickly.)
I think you are the exception. Most people can't abide the thought of a loved one being killed and there being a 100% chance that justice will not be served. They'll take the 4% chance (most likely much less) of getting the wrong guy than the certainty of zero justice.
I've never understood this calling for new laws. They allready have plenty of broad regulation concerning paying attention while driving. Texting while driving easily falls under "reckless" behavior. Imagine writing down notes in a diary while driving. Would that need legislation to prevent? If law enforcement simply started charging people for reckless driving if texting or talking on the phone then that should suffice to curtail most of it. Like anything else, some people will carry on no matter what. I still know people that drive while sipping on a beer despite almost draconian laws against it.
His vigilantism wasn't necessary. He accomplished nothing at all with his nonsense than to possibly create a public hazard. What about car passengers? Are they "allowed" to use the phone? How many drivers do you suppose tried redialing again and again? He solved nothing at all. What arrogance.
Is it worth it to maintain free communications for people? Passengers in the cars were unable to call anyone as well. It's arrogant behavior to think you have the right to jam people's communications. I think a little jail time would be appropriate as well, or at least about 200 hours of community service picking up trash on the roadside.
I remember a crew of guys that I worked with once. All 3 of them hung out together, worked together, played golf together and partied together. Two were white and one of them was black. They had worked together for about 3 years or so when one day they were sitting in the break room and I was at the table with them. We were kind of swapping stories and such and laughing a lot when one of them started talking about him and his brother going fishing on the lake one day. He said they were in a cove catching a bunch of crappie (perch, for you yankees ) when (he looks around to see who was listening around us) a bunch of niggers came up and started raising all kinds of hell. He never even seemed to notice his black buddy sitting there with him listening. It dawned on me then. To him, his friend wasn't black. He was just his friend. To me and most people once people are in your inner circle they are real to you. People outside that circle aren't. Through circumstances this black guy had entered his circle and was no longer one of "them" but one of "us." Strange world isn't it?
And yet I see signs everyday about positions open. They generally don't pay as good as the jobs these people were used to but the reality is it may be neccessary for them to work their way back up in another field.
One things for sure. They're going to push things back so the shit doesn't fully hit the fan until after the midterm elections...every wonder why? It's not because things are all wonderful. I don't know how bad it is but we'll find out down the road. The bill comes due eventually and the longer you put it off the worse it's going to be. It's not going to hurt the President any, he'll be winding up things by then getting ready for those lucrative speaking deals and such in his retirement years. I guess maybe it'll be Hillary's turn next. That should be interesting.
I loved mass transit when I was stationed in Germany. You could set your watch by the busses and they ran regularly. Waiting times were minimal. None of that applies anywhere I've been in the US but maybe the real big Metro areas might be better than what I've seen. Then there are crime issues that didn't seem to exist in Germany.
Slashdot Mirror
I think that's an interesting fantasy world. All you need to do is change human behavior.
By the way, have you ever seen the movie "A Clockwork Orange?"
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt00...
If you haven't you should check it out.
I think the government is supposed to do it's damn job so it doesn't come to that. That's the social contract right? We give up the right of justice to the government. When the legal system becomes a ridiculous tragedy then the social contract breaks down. No, I don't want to take a gun and go get justice for my family. Maybe the way things go it'll come to that though. You seem to think it's okay for people to rape and kill and never pay a price for that behavior. I say there must be consequences for the perpetrators. If you think that's sick then so be it. You are entitled to your opinion.
They started twisting the 2nd Amendment to mean what they wanted it to mean and now are working on others such as the 4th and 1st which are more popular rights to the left leaning crowd. They didn't give a shit when they were perverting the protection of the 2nd but now I think they begin to see the light with the further attacks on civlil liberties in the last decade or so. If you don't protect the entire document you weaken the entire document. If you like your freedoms it means you have to protect mine as well.
I think a lot of them.
I don't know. If someone rapes my daughter then slits her throat and throws her lifeless body in a ditch, is that the same thing as my putting a bullet in his head when I find him after he's "rehabilitated" and free a year or two later? I think not and most of society thinks not as well. To the law it's the same but if the law doesn't do it's job that's what will start to happen. Either give people justice or they'll take it.
An execution is supposed to be quick and efficient. The working of the State without emotion, the simple consequence for the action of the guilty.
I think rehabilitation is good for crimes other than capital ones. Murder, the taking of life by an individual, creates so much damage to families and society as a whole as to require at the least a life sentence. Otherwise you end up with vigilantism as people seek their own justice. So the state handles it or you end up with something like the "Hatfields & McCoys" where it's a rifle blast from the woods or a knife to the ribs in a bar.
Looking at the mess the prison industry is I feel a life sentence is crueler than the death penalty. A lifetime of torture versus a quick death (aside from idiots that can't manage to kill a guy quickly.)
I think you are the exception. Most people can't abide the thought of a loved one being killed and there being a 100% chance that justice will not be served. They'll take the 4% chance (most likely much less) of getting the wrong guy than the certainty of zero justice.
I've never understood this calling for new laws. They allready have plenty of broad regulation concerning paying attention while driving. Texting while driving easily falls under "reckless" behavior. Imagine writing down notes in a diary while driving. Would that need legislation to prevent? If law enforcement simply started charging people for reckless driving if texting or talking on the phone then that should suffice to curtail most of it. Like anything else, some people will carry on no matter what. I still know people that drive while sipping on a beer despite almost draconian laws against it.
His vigilantism wasn't necessary. He accomplished nothing at all with his nonsense than to possibly create a public hazard. What about car passengers? Are they "allowed" to use the phone? How many drivers do you suppose tried redialing again and again? He solved nothing at all. What arrogance.
Is it worth it to maintain free communications for people? Passengers in the cars were unable to call anyone as well. It's arrogant behavior to think you have the right to jam people's communications. I think a little jail time would be appropriate as well, or at least about 200 hours of community service picking up trash on the roadside.
Those are nations and cultures, not races. They are all part of the human race.
I remember a crew of guys that I worked with once. All 3 of them hung out together, worked together, played golf together and partied together. Two were white and one of them was black. They had worked together for about 3 years or so when one day they were sitting in the break room and I was at the table with them. We were kind of swapping stories and such and laughing a lot when one of them started talking about him and his brother going fishing on the lake one day. He said they were in a cove catching a bunch of crappie (perch, for you yankees ) when (he looks around to see who was listening around us) a bunch of niggers came up and started raising all kinds of hell. He never even seemed to notice his black buddy sitting there with him listening. It dawned on me then. To him, his friend wasn't black. He was just his friend. To me and most people once people are in your inner circle they are real to you. People outside that circle aren't. Through circumstances this black guy had entered his circle and was no longer one of "them" but one of "us." Strange world isn't it?
And yet I see signs everyday about positions open. They generally don't pay as good as the jobs these people were used to but the reality is it may be neccessary for them to work their way back up in another field.
Don't allow racist people to vote?
One things for sure. They're going to push things back so the shit doesn't fully hit the fan until after the midterm elections...every wonder why? It's not because things are all wonderful. I don't know how bad it is but we'll find out down the road. The bill comes due eventually and the longer you put it off the worse it's going to be. It's not going to hurt the President any, he'll be winding up things by then getting ready for those lucrative speaking deals and such in his retirement years. I guess maybe it'll be Hillary's turn next. That should be interesting.
Hey, Hulu's loss is thepiratebay's gain. It's fun to watch people slit their own throats.
Unfortunately they don't have to. In fact I believe a frontal lobotomy is a prerequisite for consideration of a position in HR.
I think they have the death penalty for that now.
Because the project IS the point. It's learning through doing which is, in the end, what the Pi is all about.
How about "cop killer" instead?
The manufacturer? Shouldn't hardware come with open firmware? If we didn't eat shit continuously they wouldn't feed it to us.
I do if the batteries cost about the same as a new remote.
I loved mass transit when I was stationed in Germany. You could set your watch by the busses and they ran regularly. Waiting times were minimal. None of that applies anywhere I've been in the US but maybe the real big Metro areas might be better than what I've seen. Then there are crime issues that didn't seem to exist in Germany.