Racist? I didn't realize you could be racist against a fictional species. I mean, I don't think Gungans even have race; they all seem to have the same basic body type and skin color. Jar Jar says "meesa" a lot, but I assumed that was brain damage.
In the USA, it's the opposite. Whole-grain breads are considered "trendy" (funny, because I was eating that stuff at home in the 1980s), as are olive oil and greens. It's just that people are used to putting everything else above what we really need, which are sleep and good food. Most people get to eat healthy food once in a while, but the rest of the week they rush to McD's because they didn't leave any time to eat.
As for stealing requiring a hand and adulterers being stoned, you obviously have no idea what you're talking about.
Well, sura 5:38 I believe it is, says that a thief's hand should be "cut". Understandably, this has been almost universally interpreted as "cut off", when I suppose "marked", "scarred", or "tattooed" may be the actual intent.
Get rid of the FCC, and see how long Fox can last against a wave of local television stations that report a wider variety of news, and do so more accurately and more cheaply.
I like that idea, but that's not what this government is doing. Instead, they're try to add MORE regulations to enforce "fairness".
Do you feel the same way about educational resources? Do you feel the same way about scientific research?
Yeah, if they help few or no people!
Given the choice between educational programming that that few people watch, or fart jokes that appeal to a broad audience, which is a better use of community resources?
The government gets to tell me what to watch, huh?
SVT has a lot of advantages over privately funded television networks, such as how they can broadcast shows that only appeal to a fairly small subset of the population
... on the public dime. That's socialism at its finest. So the privately-owned networks actually go for the general public in their programming. Who do you think is REALLY operating "in the public interest"?
If anything, the CPB via PBS stations has funded some of the toughest critics - of the lead up to the Iraq war, the contested 2000 election, etc. - so much so that the right tried very hard to get the CPB and PBS entirely de-funded.
So... where's the criticism of the current administration? Or are our President and Congress suddenly flawless?
I disagree with you, but it doesn't matter whether Fox has a bias or not. NBC (which GE has sold to Comcast), has had a bias toward its parent company's green energy programs for some time, as another example. The thing is, in a truly free market there is always another option, whereas when the government takes over their decisions are LAW and going against them-- perhaps by reporting facts that are detrimental to the regime-- puts one at peril of life and limb.
The corruption of the AP didn't change the outcome of the election;
The Western Union/Gould telegraph monopoly quickly became marginalized by the emergence of radio technology
Seems like the free market won out again. Look at the kind of free speech we have on the internet. Even if you're worried about retribution, any geek worth his salt knows of at least a half dozen anonymous proxies. It's a lot easier to post unpopular ideas on the internet than in RL. Does anyone really think that if we let bureaucrats control the internet, we'll be MORE free? Do you think that Obama's going to let people post nude fakes of Michelle on 4chan/b/? Will Pelosi like it if people criticize the way she's running the House on LGF? Isn't this the same forum that wants to REDUCE the US government's control of the IANA?
If you think having big corporations in charge of industries is bad, just try the government. As George Washington said, "Government is not eloquence, it is not reason; it is force. It makes a dangerous servant, and a fearful master." Definitely a big attitude difference from president #1 to president #44.
Probability distributions and the "uncertainty principle" are both part of quantum mechanics; that doesn't match the layperson's concept of "predictive".
Slashdot Mirror
I love it when biologists fight. FIGHT!!!!
Racist? I didn't realize you could be racist against a fictional species. I mean, I don't think Gungans even have race; they all seem to have the same basic body type and skin color. Jar Jar says "meesa" a lot, but I assumed that was brain damage.
No, you aren't. "Old" people had plot-free 3D monster flicks with the terrible paper red-blue glasses back in the 1950s.
In the USA, it's the opposite. Whole-grain breads are considered "trendy" (funny, because I was eating that stuff at home in the 1980s), as are olive oil and greens. It's just that people are used to putting everything else above what we really need, which are sleep and good food. Most people get to eat healthy food once in a while, but the rest of the week they rush to McD's because they didn't leave any time to eat.
Yeah, because we don't have any of that in the USA! All we have are hamburgers and potato chips!
You can thank MADD, the neoprohibitionists, for that.
Japan had declared war against the US, and they were warned of the attacks.
That's what the CIA and FBI are for.
Well, sura 5:38 I believe it is, says that a thief's hand should be "cut". Understandably, this has been almost universally interpreted as "cut off", when I suppose "marked", "scarred", or "tattooed" may be the actual intent.
I don't think you want to be caught watching, either.
RAID 0 isn't redundant.
Congratulations for contributing the stupidest straw man to the discussion.
Opinion shows aren't news programs.
I like that idea, but that's not what this government is doing. Instead, they're try to add MORE regulations to enforce "fairness".
Yeah, if they help few or no people!
The government gets to tell me what to watch, huh?
... on the public dime. That's socialism at its finest. So the privately-owned networks actually go for the general public in their programming. Who do you think is REALLY operating "in the public interest"?
So... where's the criticism of the current administration? Or are our President and Congress suddenly flawless?
I disagree with you, but it doesn't matter whether Fox has a bias or not. NBC (which GE has sold to Comcast), has had a bias toward its parent company's green energy programs for some time, as another example. The thing is, in a truly free market there is always another option, whereas when the government takes over their decisions are LAW and going against them-- perhaps by reporting facts that are detrimental to the regime-- puts one at peril of life and limb.
Seems like the free market won out again. Look at the kind of free speech we have on the internet. Even if you're worried about retribution, any geek worth his salt knows of at least a half dozen anonymous proxies. It's a lot easier to post unpopular ideas on the internet than in RL. Does anyone really think that if we let bureaucrats control the internet, we'll be MORE free? Do you think that Obama's going to let people post nude fakes of Michelle on 4chan /b/? Will Pelosi like it if people criticize the way she's running the House on LGF? Isn't this the same forum that wants to REDUCE the US government's control of the IANA?
If you think having big corporations in charge of industries is bad, just try the government. As George Washington said, "Government is not eloquence, it is not reason; it is force. It makes a dangerous servant, and a fearful master." Definitely a big attitude difference from president #1 to president #44.
These people didn't lead an armed rebellion, Captain Fascist. They broke some serious laws, but were not a danger to anyone outside their compound.
That episode of The Next Generation was totally rad.
Probability distributions and the "uncertainty principle" are both part of quantum mechanics; that doesn't match the layperson's concept of "predictive".
Which means: the left hates them.
That's like saying that Silicon Valley was infiltrated by MIT grads.
That's not what I got. My translation says:
You've got a text
You can't translate
Take it to Slashdot
And wildly speculate
BURMA SHAVE