Ireland passed laws recently against uttering "blasphemy" and no one batted an eye...except on Twitter.
A lot of this is getting swept under the rug, and it both shocks and appalls me.
I'm with you. If they don't like it, then switch service providers. I'm also a Verizon customer and never had a prob with them. Best coverage no matter where I travel.
It depends on where you're flying to--don't paint the US border with such a wide brush. I've noticed that every airport is different and some places are a bit friendlier to fly into than others.
As an MA resident you SHOULD be worried about us. Most MA resident drive like absolute MANIACS!! Lock up your children and stay off the roads...sidewalks, too...
I don't disagree with you and I see where you're coming from, but my point is that if you come from that background, it's pretty damned unusual and even highly unlikely that you will know "absolutely nothing" about Judaism. At the very least, you will come from a culture that *does* know.
Unless, once again, you're an orphan, have never met anyone else in your family, et cetera.
I don't think it's that simple. In every corporate culture I've been in, IE is the default. Given it's installed on every machine that has Windows, it's what people use. And if they're not in the IT world, they have no reason to use anything else. Microsoft has presented it as THE browser of choice, and there's no reason for most corporate environments to behave any differently.
Unless you're working for a software company and not on an internal project, nine times out of ten you'll be told users will be forced to use IE, period.
I'm lucky that in my IT experience I've never met anyone who refused to use anything other than IE. If that were the case I'd wonder why they were so willfully ignorant of the other choices out there, or it was a forced choice due to the corporate reasons listed above.
No, no confusion here. Like I said, I'm ethnically Jewish so I know what I'm talking about.
Judaism isn't just a religion; it's a culture. Unless she's an orphan, raised in a vacuum, and has never met other members of her family there's virtually no way for her not to know SOMETHING about the religion.
I was raised in an extremely secular Jewish household, and I still didn't escape not knowing certain details. Even more so, if she knows she's ethnically Jewish then she knows how to be ethnically Jewish which is *still* something. It's not just a matter of coming from a Jewish family; your mother has to be Jewish in order to count.
Again, I still stand by my remarks.
I'm a developer and use Firefox and the "load IE as tab" when I can to avoid using IE. IE is a piece of crap, and given the browsers it's now competing with on the market Microsoft needs to spend time being forced to improve it versus just shrugging their shoulders and forcing the majority of computer users to deal with it as default.
Now there can be some genuine competition and hopefully a chance to improve the software.
As an ethnic Jew, I can tell ya that it's possible to be extremely ignorant about your birth religion, but to proclaim you know "nothing about it" strikes me as being...well, not possible.
Speaking as a woman, I think most people hate being called stupid regardless of gender. -1 for stupid hurrhurr commentary on her gender, which wasn't the issue.
I personally can't stand Yahoo mail. Their spam filters are overly aggressive, messages don't always display accurately, and I've always had problems with their service. Gmail on the other hand appears to be the best email provider.
It's a trade-off, I know. But when it comes to quality, Google has it for email.
You assume gender roles are the same in every culture and society. They aren't. Go do some research on ancient cultures including Sparta and the Celts. Men and women fought side by side on the battlefield.
And breeding doesn't denote intelligence. It typically means lack of birth control either due to ignorance, poverty, or religion.
Oh, and lastly: given how in Muslim countries a woman can be stoned to death for being raped, I can't exactly say that their culture "works".
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Ireland passed laws recently against uttering "blasphemy" and no one batted an eye...except on Twitter. A lot of this is getting swept under the rug, and it both shocks and appalls me.
If I had mod points I'd give them to you for the Q quote. Total win!
I'm with you. If they don't like it, then switch service providers. I'm also a Verizon customer and never had a prob with them. Best coverage no matter where I travel.
It depends on where you're flying to--don't paint the US border with such a wide brush. I've noticed that every airport is different and some places are a bit friendlier to fly into than others.
As an MA resident you SHOULD be worried about us. Most MA resident drive like absolute MANIACS!! Lock up your children and stay off the roads...sidewalks, too...
Oh believe me, I think she was incredibly naive and foolish to do what she did. There was no excusing it whatsoever.
I don't disagree with you and I see where you're coming from, but my point is that if you come from that background, it's pretty damned unusual and even highly unlikely that you will know "absolutely nothing" about Judaism. At the very least, you will come from a culture that *does* know. Unless, once again, you're an orphan, have never met anyone else in your family, et cetera.
I'm an ethnic Jew and refer to deity in the plural. Your point is?
I don't think it's that simple. In every corporate culture I've been in, IE is the default. Given it's installed on every machine that has Windows, it's what people use. And if they're not in the IT world, they have no reason to use anything else. Microsoft has presented it as THE browser of choice, and there's no reason for most corporate environments to behave any differently. Unless you're working for a software company and not on an internal project, nine times out of ten you'll be told users will be forced to use IE, period. I'm lucky that in my IT experience I've never met anyone who refused to use anything other than IE. If that were the case I'd wonder why they were so willfully ignorant of the other choices out there, or it was a forced choice due to the corporate reasons listed above.
No, no confusion here. Like I said, I'm ethnically Jewish so I know what I'm talking about. Judaism isn't just a religion; it's a culture. Unless she's an orphan, raised in a vacuum, and has never met other members of her family there's virtually no way for her not to know SOMETHING about the religion. I was raised in an extremely secular Jewish household, and I still didn't escape not knowing certain details. Even more so, if she knows she's ethnically Jewish then she knows how to be ethnically Jewish which is *still* something. It's not just a matter of coming from a Jewish family; your mother has to be Jewish in order to count. Again, I still stand by my remarks.
I'm a developer and use Firefox and the "load IE as tab" when I can to avoid using IE. IE is a piece of crap, and given the browsers it's now competing with on the market Microsoft needs to spend time being forced to improve it versus just shrugging their shoulders and forcing the majority of computer users to deal with it as default. Now there can be some genuine competition and hopefully a chance to improve the software.
As an ethnic Jew, I can tell ya that it's possible to be extremely ignorant about your birth religion, but to proclaim you know "nothing about it" strikes me as being...well, not possible.
She's not Jewish. She even says herself: "They quizzed me on Judaism, which I know nothing about" Read the Ha'Aretz article.
Speaking as a woman, I think most people hate being called stupid regardless of gender. -1 for stupid hurrhurr commentary on her gender, which wasn't the issue.
+2 for the reference to Ancient Greek :)
I love it! So James Bond :D
But supposing *two* octopuses (octopi?) carried it together!
Not true. I know someone who went under his pseudonym and had his FB deleted, citing he wasn't using a "real name".
I personally can't stand Yahoo mail. Their spam filters are overly aggressive, messages don't always display accurately, and I've always had problems with their service. Gmail on the other hand appears to be the best email provider. It's a trade-off, I know. But when it comes to quality, Google has it for email.
+1 for tongue-in-cheek humor. I came, I saw, I lol'd.
There's no bias against women in the vast majority of workplaces or academics.
Spoken like someone who has never been a female software engineer or know anyone who is. Oh yes, bias exists. -- female, and a software engineer
You assume gender roles are the same in every culture and society. They aren't. Go do some research on ancient cultures including Sparta and the Celts. Men and women fought side by side on the battlefield. And breeding doesn't denote intelligence. It typically means lack of birth control either due to ignorance, poverty, or religion. Oh, and lastly: given how in Muslim countries a woman can be stoned to death for being raped, I can't exactly say that their culture "works".
I would certainly hope so! But I try not to assume....
Ah, Netflix, how I adore thee! Thanks for the recommendation. :)
Hey, I just turned 28 not even a month ago and *I* knew about it! Then again, I am also a geek like my father was before me. I have been trained well.