To argue that some silly law or court ruling overrides the First Amendment should be a criminal offense.
Replace "First" with "Second", and your statement is still perfectly valid.
Alas, evidence is that most people who get excited about the First tend to think that the Second is something that can (and should!) be overridden at a whim....
The US have stated that trying to have an international trial against a US citizen (for e.g. crimes against humanity) will result in use of military force.
You seem unaware that the Treaty giving the ICC its power has NOT been ratified in the USA.
Alas, non-signatories to treaties aren't actually legally bound by them....
Ask the average nitwit if, "a pregnant woman is hit by a drunk driver, should there be two counts of manslaughter?" The knee-jerk response is "well that at least seems reasonable"
Personally, I think that in the case you describe, the charges should be one count of manslaughter and one count of performing an abortion without a license.
1) It is not a violation of US law to hack into Chinese computers.
2) It is not a violation of Chinese law to hack into US computers.
Neither of the above imply in any way that it's not a violation of Chinese law to hack into Chinese computers, or a violation of US law to hack into US computers.
Which means that the Americans who hacked into the Chinese computers should not go to China, nor should the Chinese who hacked into American computers go to the USA.
So get used to unemployment, PhDs, at least until the most greedy, self-centered generation finally kicks-off.
So, I gather you think that things will be different next generation?
Hint: the only thing that's going to be different is that the people preventing the hiring of the young then will be the people who are young now, but will be old then....
I have a 10 year old fridge, costs us about.05 / day.
Hmm, the cheapest electricity in the USA is just under $0.09/KWh.
Which means your fridge, assuming you live in Washington State, draws about 23 watts. It draws less than that elsewhere, if it only costs $0.05 per day...
Seriously, what kind of fridge draws only 23 watts?
A quick Google shows an estimated 100W for an average 10 year old fridge....
If we let the current Ebola outbreaks take their course, we could reach that goal fairly quickly rather than the 60 years you propose.
Ebola is a rather inefficient killer of humans as such things go. The current outbreak, if it is allowed to run its course, won't kill as many people as die of natural causes in California this year....
I'd say it's culture and how busy someone is reduces population growth (working women reduce population). And just because if some small geography is slowly decreasing doesn't mean much if the whole (planet) is massively increasing.
Hmm, USA, decreasing except for immigration.
Europe, decreasing except for immigration.
China, decreasing except for immigration.
India and Africa are still growing their populations. Not sure about South America.
Net of all that? Well, 2/3 of the people live in places with declining populations....
Note, by the by, that "working women" is an interesting phrase that implies that women who aren't earning a paycheck aren't "working". A woman on a farm in Africa or India works more than most women in Europe or the USA, in spite of her lack of a paycheck.
Which has little to do with the Political Correctness Police in the USA.
If the PC crowd decided that Speedy ought to be offensive to Mexicans, then it WAS offensive to Mexicans (by definition, even if Mexicans enjoyed it thoroughly).....
Must mean they've already caught all the murderers, rapists, serial killers, and other dangerous criminals, now they have to turn to this.
FBI doesn't do murders, rapists, serial killers, etc. Those are the business of State & local law enforcement.
The FBI mostly does counterfeiting and kidnapping (and they only do kidnapping because the Lindbergh Baby was a potential source of good publicity for J. Edgar Hoover).
Living in the US, I have never had to fill out a Medicare form either.
And don't have to use paper much when dealing with the hospital/doctor - usually there's one form I have to initial four times, then sign (I really hope I'm not promising my first-born to Satan on that form), which I read once many years ago, and now just initial and sign.
Everything else - scheduling follow-ups, test results, etc. I get at their (nominally) secure (enough for HIPAA) websites....
Actually, I wasn't referring to you being sane for once. I was referring to slashdotters in general not usually being sane. I had to look back to see what your handle was when I reached that point in composing the comment, because I had no idea who'd posted the sane and rational comment - I was just surprised to see one on a hotbutton issue at all....
Chernobyl exclusion zone where life is, if not exactly thriving, at least doing all right.
It should be noted that wildlife in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone is doing better than wildlife outside the zone. Apparently the biggest limiter to wildlife prospering is the presence of humanity....
I've been driving for 25 years and never received any ticket for going too fast
Oddly enough, I've been driving even longer without a speeding ticket, even though I speed about as often as not. Slow down a bit toward the end of the month, when the traffic cops are looking to their quotas, and you don't usually have too many problems....
We know just fine how to build nuclear-powered ocean vessels. Maybe Congress can give the corporate welfare to the MIC to build iceberg haulers instead of battleships.
Two things:
1) noone has ever built a nuclear-powered battleship.
2) noone has built a battleship at all since WW2.
Okay, three things: if you want to use nuclear power to tow icebergs, how about using nuclear power to desalinate seawater instead? Saves you the trouble of having to build a ship around your nuclear power plant....
Pistols, however, are used by criminals, by people committing suicide, and by kids playing around with them. As a direct result, over 30,000 people die every year after being shot with a pistol.
Note that 2/3 of those deaths are suicides. If you really want to commit suicide and can't do it with a handgun, you'll find another way.
Note that the UK, for instance, bans the possession of almost all firearms, and has a suicide rate comparable to that of the USA. Ditto France. Ditto Sweden. Ditto Canada....
strict regulation of primers and maybe gunpowder itself.
I would hate to have to make primers myself, because it's a pain in the ass.
Gunpowder (more properly smokeless powder) isn't all that hard to make though. Take the usual precautions you take when doing chemistry with not-necessarily-stable compounds, and you're golden.
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Replace "First" with "Second", and your statement is still perfectly valid.
Alas, evidence is that most people who get excited about the First tend to think that the Second is something that can (and should!) be overridden at a whim....
Even better idea: if someone wants to go to Mars, we let them.
Hell, it's not like it's any skin off your nose if someone goes to Mars, unless they're expecting you to pay for it.
You seem unaware that the Treaty giving the ICC its power has NOT been ratified in the USA.
Alas, non-signatories to treaties aren't actually legally bound by them....
Personally, I think that in the case you describe, the charges should be one count of manslaughter and one count of performing an abortion without a license.
Umm, no.
Deaths from Ebola this year alone are in the 3500 range.
Firearms deaths in the USA (including suicides, which account for >60% of firearms fatalities in the USA), average about 2800 per month.
They moved it last night???
It was only 93,000,000 miles (149.6Gm) away as recently as yesterday....
1) It is not a violation of US law to hack into Chinese computers.
2) It is not a violation of Chinese law to hack into US computers.
Neither of the above imply in any way that it's not a violation of Chinese law to hack into Chinese computers, or a violation of US law to hack into US computers.
Which means that the Americans who hacked into the Chinese computers should not go to China, nor should the Chinese who hacked into American computers go to the USA.
So, I gather you think that things will be different next generation?
Hint: the only thing that's going to be different is that the people preventing the hiring of the young then will be the people who are young now, but will be old then....
Hmm, the cheapest electricity in the USA is just under $0.09/KWh.
Which means your fridge, assuming you live in Washington State, draws about 23 watts. It draws less than that elsewhere, if it only costs $0.05 per day...
Seriously, what kind of fridge draws only 23 watts?
A quick Google shows an estimated 100W for an average 10 year old fridge....
Ebola is a rather inefficient killer of humans as such things go. The current outbreak, if it is allowed to run its course, won't kill as many people as die of natural causes in California this year....
Hmm, USA, decreasing except for immigration.
Europe, decreasing except for immigration.
China, decreasing except for immigration.
India and Africa are still growing their populations. Not sure about South America.
Net of all that? Well, 2/3 of the people live in places with declining populations....
Note, by the by, that "working women" is an interesting phrase that implies that women who aren't earning a paycheck aren't "working". A woman on a farm in Africa or India works more than most women in Europe or the USA, in spite of her lack of a paycheck.
Am I correct in assuming here that YOU have absolutely no intentions of lowering your own standard of living?
As to striving for American 2010 standard of living, what the world should be doing is aiming higher than that, rather than lower than that....
War of 1812.
Which has little to do with the Political Correctness Police in the USA.
If the PC crowd decided that Speedy ought to be offensive to Mexicans, then it WAS offensive to Mexicans (by definition, even if Mexicans enjoyed it thoroughly).....
Are there any liberal groups with this solution as part of their platform? Just curious....
FBI doesn't do murders, rapists, serial killers, etc. Those are the business of State & local law enforcement.
The FBI mostly does counterfeiting and kidnapping (and they only do kidnapping because the Lindbergh Baby was a potential source of good publicity for J. Edgar Hoover).
Living in the US, I have never had to fill out a Medicare form either.
And don't have to use paper much when dealing with the hospital/doctor - usually there's one form I have to initial four times, then sign (I really hope I'm not promising my first-born to Satan on that form), which I read once many years ago, and now just initial and sign.
Everything else - scheduling follow-ups, test results, etc. I get at their (nominally) secure (enough for HIPAA) websites....
I never had a problem seeing the Man in the Moon untll I was told that Asians see the markings on the Moon as a rabbit.
Since then, I only see the Rabbit in the Moon....
Actually, I wasn't referring to you being sane for once. I was referring to slashdotters in general not usually being sane. I had to look back to see what your handle was when I reached that point in composing the comment, because I had no idea who'd posted the sane and rational comment - I was just surprised to see one on a hotbutton issue at all....
It should be noted that wildlife in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone is doing better than wildlife outside the zone. Apparently the biggest limiter to wildlife prospering is the presence of humanity....
Oddly enough, I've been driving even longer without a speeding ticket, even though I speed about as often as not. Slow down a bit toward the end of the month, when the traffic cops are looking to their quotas, and you don't usually have too many problems....
Two things:
1) noone has ever built a nuclear-powered battleship.
2) noone has built a battleship at all since WW2.
Okay, three things: if you want to use nuclear power to tow icebergs, how about using nuclear power to desalinate seawater instead? Saves you the trouble of having to build a ship around your nuclear power plant....
I have to agree with MaiseMan - your comment is entirely too sane and rational to be on /. discussing a hotbutton issue.
So, who are you really, and what have you done with i kan reed?
Note that 2/3 of those deaths are suicides. If you really want to commit suicide and can't do it with a handgun, you'll find another way.
Note that the UK, for instance, bans the possession of almost all firearms, and has a suicide rate comparable to that of the USA. Ditto France. Ditto Sweden. Ditto Canada....
I would hate to have to make primers myself, because it's a pain in the ass.
Gunpowder (more properly smokeless powder) isn't all that hard to make though. Take the usual precautions you take when doing chemistry with not-necessarily-stable compounds, and you're golden.