"The urge to divide everything into two -- black or white, friend or enemy, capitalism or communism, christian or heathen, disorganized or organized -- is a recognized mental oddity."
Strange - you've just described conservatism (at least the American strain of it...)
Yes, I think it's perfectly fine to ignore a site's policy. If they don't like you doing that, they can boot your account.
I really don't give a flying fuck if IMDB wants to sell my personal info in order to allow me the privilege of posting a review saying that some movie sucked.
I really don't give a flying fuck if Myspace or Youtube or Facebook want me to provide personal info they can use or sell in return for the privilege of showing me advertisements.
If Target required me to let them photocopy my driver's license for the privilege of buying groceries from them, I'd give them a fake ID just out of principal. When stores want me to sign up for a "shoppers card" so they can track me just for the privilege of being able to pay normal prices instead of the inflated ones, I sign up with a fake address and the name Mickey Mouse. Out of principal.
If they don't like that and don't want my business and want to ban me - fine, I'll shop somewhere else. If they don't ban me, then I'll patronize them and continue to flout their bullshit and intrusive policies.
But if they want to have me arrested, then we have a serious problem.
The biggest problem with all these idiots is that they don't know what the world theory means.
All theses right wing religious people try to play off that the word 'theory' means the same thing as a 'guess'. Thats simply not the case
(n) theory; a well-substantiated explanation of some aspect of the natural world; an organized system of accepted knowledge that applies in a variety of circumstances to explain a specific set of phenomena.
Gravity is a theory for fucks sakes, nobody questions why we stick to the surface of the planet! Evolution is under attack because it directly contradicts the Christian's creation myth, where as god was remarkably silent on topics like why we don't float off the planet.
I'm continually stunned on how bullshit laws like this keep popping up in a society that spells out a specific separation of church and state. Don't get me wrong, teach your creation myth all you want, but do it in a religious studies class, not a science class.
And for the record yes I'd stop calling it a myth if any evidence to the contrary was brought forward.
Exactly... and to take it further, evolution is a theory, but creationism is not even a theory. At BEST it's a hypothesis.
Bullshit. Yes scientists don't know everything, they're the first to admit that - which is why they search the truth and science progresses.
Whereas those who reject science say "science doesn't know everything" and so they reject science and instead embrace the thing that starts out with NO knowledge, insists it knows EVERYTHING, the ultimate truth, and thus makes no further effort to learn, makes no progress for centuries. Religion.
And its complete BULLSHIT that intellectuals have been behind the genocides and murders.
Intellectuals, scientists discovered evolution... and through sequencing the genome have discovered that there is NO SUCH THING AS RACE. Scientists have found that if you take a white frenchman, a black nigerian, and a white englishman, sequence their genes, you're just as likely to find that the frenchman is more closely related to the nigerian than the englishman as vice versa.
It's the anti-intellectuals who distorted this. Just like they do with their bible, they rejected the parts they didn't like (we came from apes) and distorted the parts the suited them (social darwinism.)
It's not SCIENCE that said that blacks were created inferior to whites, it's religion. It's not SCIENCE that divides people and tells the to slaughter the "others," it's religion.
Religion was behind the "blacks are inferior" thing, the preachers were preaching against interracial marriage, now they're preaching against gay marriage.
It's not scientists and intellectuals who are behind this "fight against islamofacism."
And ya know what Stalin and Hitler did with intellectuals? They KILLED them. Slaughtered them ny the thousands, felt they were a threat. (Which of course they were, a threat to fascism.)
Hitler used religion, and Stalin eliminated religion not to replace it with intellectualism (ever hear of Lysenko?) but rather to replace the power of religion with his own.
That's just the thing. They ARE proud of their stupidity. They are of and cater to that segment of society that distrusts education, knowledge and science.
They are part of and help feed the "scientists don't know everything," "They're elitists," "I didn't come from no damn monkey," and "God wouldn't let the earth get too hot" crowd.
They are and speak to those who are afraid of knowledge, especially if it contradicts their own assumptions, thus wounding their little egos.
These are the "don't look it up in a book, look it up in your gut" people that Colbert satirizes.
Actually I was just being snarky. I guess because I've been hanging around on Pharyngula and FSTDT a lot lately, dealing with the "evolution is just a theory!" and "particle physics proves astrology!" wackos.
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Well, those scientists, all they have are "theories," doncha know. You can't trust them. Their stories are always changing, unlike the Word of our Lord And Savior which has been true for millennia.
"This is cops and prosecutors failing to understand"
Actually, I think this is a case of the attorney general successfully understanding what grabs headlines and wins elections. These things always happen in the summer or early fall preceding an election.
Cuomo wants to be Governor and maybe even President some day. THAT is what he's thinking about.
You asked what constitutional right it violated, as if rights are limited to those mentioned in the constitution. They aren't.
Yes, you are free to turn around and walk away. Which means you are voluntarily accepting a more limited existence than other people, a more limited freedom of movement.
And when they require ID to get on trains, you'll be more limited still - but you'll be OK with that.
And not for safety - the 9/11 hijackers all had valid ID. No, you're willing to submit to demands of authority that increase safety and security not one bit... and in fact may decrease them, by instilling a false sense of security, by creating a bottleneck of massed passengers (a wonderful terrorist target), by diverting resources that could be better used...
You're willing to do that, to let authority tell you what to do just for show, to let authority make useless demands throughout your everyday routine... why?
Why? Maybe you just don't want to feel like one of those dirty hippies always talking about "rights" and "freedom" and such? Maybe you think authority is something to be admired and respected? Maybe you just want to be a good German?
"I don't get it. When someone says, "May I see your ID, sir" and I show it to them, am I suddenly under their control?"
Absolutely not. By asking this question, you've demonstrated that you're ALREADY under their control.
And as far as what constitutional rights have been violated, you are ignorant and misunderstanding the bill of rights. The bill of rights is not an enumeration of what rights you have - it's merely a list of a few of your rights that the framers thought so important as to merit special mention.
In fact, some were against a bill of rights for the very reason that they felt that the ignorant would see them as your only rights. As a compromise, the ninth amendment was added to make sure people understood this fact:
Ninth Amendment - Protection of rights not specifically enumerated in the Bill of Rights.
The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.
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Shutting down the usenet is just a means to an end.
not according to the supreme court it's not.
It's called MTR. Mountaintop Removal mining. Gets rid of those unsightly bumps blocking all the views.
Strange - you've just described conservatism (at least the American strain of it...)
We will be completely freed from the destructive and dangerous effects of exercise and physical movement!
They only lose credibility with pedants. A good point is still a good point even if misspelled.
I know that, I was just making a point.
This, instead, is like going after Al Capone not even for tax evasion, but for tearing the tag off his mattress.
I really don't give a flying fuck if IMDB wants to sell my personal info in order to allow me the privilege of posting a review saying that some movie sucked.
I really don't give a flying fuck if Myspace or Youtube or Facebook want me to provide personal info they can use or sell in return for the privilege of showing me advertisements.
If Target required me to let them photocopy my driver's license for the privilege of buying groceries from them, I'd give them a fake ID just out of principal. When stores want me to sign up for a "shoppers card" so they can track me just for the privilege of being able to pay normal prices instead of the inflated ones, I sign up with a fake address and the name Mickey Mouse. Out of principal.
If they don't like that and don't want my business and want to ban me - fine, I'll shop somewhere else. If they don't ban me, then I'll patronize them and continue to flout their bullshit and intrusive policies.
But if they want to have me arrested, then we have a serious problem.
The biggest problem with all these idiots is that they don't know what the world theory means.
All theses right wing religious people try to play off that the word 'theory' means the same thing as a 'guess'. Thats simply not the case
(n) theory; a well-substantiated explanation of some aspect of the natural world; an organized system of accepted knowledge that applies in a variety of circumstances to explain a specific set of phenomena.
Gravity is a theory for fucks sakes, nobody questions why we stick to the surface of the planet! Evolution is under attack because it directly contradicts the Christian's creation myth, where as god was remarkably silent on topics like why we don't float off the planet.
I'm continually stunned on how bullshit laws like this keep popping up in a society that spells out a specific separation of church and state. Don't get me wrong, teach your creation myth all you want, but do it in a religious studies class, not a science class.
And for the record yes I'd stop calling it a myth if any evidence to the contrary was brought forward.
Exactly... and to take it further, evolution is a theory, but creationism is not even a theory. At BEST it's a hypothesis.
Whereas those who reject science say "science doesn't know everything" and so they reject science and instead embrace the thing that starts out with NO knowledge, insists it knows EVERYTHING, the ultimate truth, and thus makes no further effort to learn, makes no progress for centuries. Religion.
And its complete BULLSHIT that intellectuals have been behind the genocides and murders.
Intellectuals, scientists discovered evolution... and through sequencing the genome have discovered that there is NO SUCH THING AS RACE. Scientists have found that if you take a white frenchman, a black nigerian, and a white englishman, sequence their genes, you're just as likely to find that the frenchman is more closely related to the nigerian than the englishman as vice versa.
It's the anti-intellectuals who distorted this. Just like they do with their bible, they rejected the parts they didn't like (we came from apes) and distorted the parts the suited them (social darwinism.)
It's not SCIENCE that said that blacks were created inferior to whites, it's religion. It's not SCIENCE that divides people and tells the to slaughter the "others," it's religion.
Religion was behind the "blacks are inferior" thing, the preachers were preaching against interracial marriage, now they're preaching against gay marriage.
It's not scientists and intellectuals who are behind this "fight against islamofacism."
And ya know what Stalin and Hitler did with intellectuals? They KILLED them. Slaughtered them ny the thousands, felt they were a threat. (Which of course they were, a threat to fascism.)
Hitler used religion, and Stalin eliminated religion not to replace it with intellectualism (ever hear of Lysenko?) but rather to replace the power of religion with his own.
yes.
They are part of and help feed the "scientists don't know everything," "They're elitists," "I didn't come from no damn monkey," and "God wouldn't let the earth get too hot" crowd.
They are and speak to those who are afraid of knowledge, especially if it contradicts their own assumptions, thus wounding their little egos.
These are the "don't look it up in a book, look it up in your gut" people that Colbert satirizes.
Actually I was just being snarky. I guess because I've been hanging around on Pharyngula and FSTDT a lot lately, dealing with the "evolution is just a theory!" and "particle physics proves astrology!" wackos.
All hail Zeus.
Seriously, ever see ice cubes shrink away in the freezer?
OK, we admit it - none of the NASA scientists are as smart as you are, the whole "powder" thing just never occurred to them. Doh!
And also, how can we possibly stop people from murdering each other unless we arrest people who have crime scene photos?
Actually, I think this is a case of the attorney general successfully understanding what grabs headlines and wins elections. These things always happen in the summer or early fall preceding an election.
Cuomo wants to be Governor and maybe even President some day. THAT is what he's thinking about.
Also, in case nobody has noticed, people who commit suicide attacks generally aren't too worried about being caught.
Yes, you are free to turn around and walk away. Which means you are voluntarily accepting a more limited existence than other people, a more limited freedom of movement.
And when they require ID to get on trains, you'll be more limited still - but you'll be OK with that.
And not for safety - the 9/11 hijackers all had valid ID. No, you're willing to submit to demands of authority that increase safety and security not one bit... and in fact may decrease them, by instilling a false sense of security, by creating a bottleneck of massed passengers (a wonderful terrorist target), by diverting resources that could be better used...
You're willing to do that, to let authority tell you what to do just for show, to let authority make useless demands throughout your everyday routine... why?
Why? Maybe you just don't want to feel like one of those dirty hippies always talking about "rights" and "freedom" and such? Maybe you think authority is something to be admired and respected? Maybe you just want to be a good German?
Oh wait, you mean a driver's license. I don't have one of those, I don't drive. I'm just a passenger.
I'm totally with you on this one though - I agree. The pilot of the plane should have to show ID when asked.
Absolutely not. By asking this question, you've demonstrated that you're ALREADY under their control.
And as far as what constitutional rights have been violated, you are ignorant and misunderstanding the bill of rights. The bill of rights is not an enumeration of what rights you have - it's merely a list of a few of your rights that the framers thought so important as to merit special mention.
In fact, some were against a bill of rights for the very reason that they felt that the ignorant would see them as your only rights. As a compromise, the ninth amendment was added to make sure people understood this fact:
Ninth Amendment - Protection of rights not specifically enumerated in the Bill of Rights.
The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.
As you have demonstrated, it didn't fucking work.
How does a look at an ID card indicate to the looker that you're planning on killing people?
Wasn't there a thing where we were going to start counting fast food jobs as "manufacturing" recently?