You should move - there can't be anywhere worth that level of paranoia and worry. I"m glad I live somewhere where home invasion is not on the list of realistic worries
I dunno where you live, but anywhere I"ve lived, many states, you hear these type stories from time to time, and lately more occurrences.
I've lived in TN, AZ, LA, AR, and a fair number of other states and you hear of these type home invasions on the local news quite often.
Especially in this context (late adolescent name calling at college), it's not like you're challenging an evil dictatorship and need to remain anonymous to avoid summary execution.
But, who is to decide which is and is not protected? It is ALL free speech and to guarantee anything that needs to be said can be said...you have to pretty much guarantee that speech you wish wasn't said to be able to be said too.
You don't need a gun at your nightstand, it's never going to be a matter of seconds that saves you. Storing the gun in a safe in the bedroom works just fine.
I take it somehow you've never heard of home invasions?
They kick in your front door and come in quickly, sometimes only a few seconds is all you have. Personally, I have several loaded handguns hidden around my house, all within arms reach. If I need one, I can get one quickly.
If you don't want guns for home protection, that's fine, but don't hinder my wanting them.
You just try it...with adrenaline pumping, nighttime, trying to not only remember the fucking combination of a gun safe in the dark, grabbing guns and then trying to figure which box of ammo to load them with (I assume you wish guns to be stored in a safe unloaded, right?).....
I'm sure Mr. Criminal will be happy to give you plenty of time to get your firearm act together so that it is a more fair fight, eh?
This isn't a free speech issue, it's not the government disbanding their frat. It's the college, which is perfectly within its rights to do so. No where in the constitution or the law does it say that the college has to allow this behaviour on its property if it doesn't want to.
Well, if this is a Public college funded by PUBLIC money, then no, they should not be able to discipline the students which the Dean seemed to be saying they were looking into.
Sure the charter can be revoked, but the individual students should NOT be punished for anything they said.
Racist speech is protected and if this is a publicly funded university, they should not be able to punish or squash speech such as this. That would, in effect be gov. suppression or censorship of speech or behavior.
While this may be quite repulsive and offensive to many...it IS still free speech is it not? It isn't against the law to go on a racist rant or sing a song or say you hate xyz people.
Why would the college have any reason to discipline the students, especially if this is a public college(I haven't checked what kind of school it is yet)...that would in a way be government censorship would it not (if it is publicly funded).
Freedom of speech kinda implies that there is no freedom from being offended....
OK, Try listening to some television recorded in the 1970s or 1980s and then listen to today's equivalent. Back then, people would identify each other by ethnicity and criticize each other openly. Nada today. Demonstrates a clear censorship, and calling it 'self-censorship' is bullshit, it's a centrally mandated process. Everyone feels better, right? But when anonymity is achieved, as in trolls on the net and this service, people show their true colors.
Funny, I still speak pretty much the SAME way I used to speak in the 70's and 80's....
I don't do any more self censorship than I did back then.
I love the late day sun in the Summer. In Winter, dark is dark, who cares.
Well, then, let's stick the the DST hours...and freeze it there..then summers would have late hours.
I lived in AZ and the lack of changing hours didn't affect anything poorly, in fact, it was nice to never have to twice a year have your sleep cycle all screwed up for days and have to re-adjust.
I just think in this day in age, it really makes no sense for the majority of the US to have to switch back and forth twice annually.
Why don't we just pick one time DST or Regular...and stick with it. I think I've been reading that the change in times has been shown pretty readily that it takes a bad toll on our health. People die because of the changes even....
Nothing wrong with timezones, that make sense, but it makes no sense in this day in age (we're not all farmers anymore)..to shift the day back and forth twice a year by an hour.
I'm a little puzzled at the ascertains to begin with, with reference to actives you would require a self driving car for....?
Per the article:
"Self-driving cars promise a future where you can watch television, sip cocktails, or snooze all the way home"
I mean....geez, aside from the sleeping part, that's not that uncommon now for REGULAR cars. The console screens are pretty easily bypassed to allow watching video anytime, and well...it isn't that big a deal to pour a cocktail for the road, hell, that's why folks try to catch as many of the plastic Mardi Gras cups here during carnival season, so that you have a sturdy disposable "to-go" cup to make a beverage for the road with when leaving the house......
I mean, it is (or at least should be) common sense that people tend to relate to and help/associate with other beings that are more like them.
This is just basically innate behavior of humans. Why is anyone shocked at this? If you don't actually KNOW a either of two strangers you might be presented with, you're first reaction is likely to feel more at ease and more trusting of the person that visually resembles you the most.
When did political correctness overrule common sense and things we've known about human behavior since pretty much the dawn of time?
Since I'm here I might as well give you a heads up on some of the things that will change. On the sex front, expect your standards for what is "hot enough to do" to fall straight through the floor. I know this sounds awful to you now, but trust me on this, you've got hold of the wrong end of that stick.
Not sure why you're saying this.
I've gotten quite a bit older and my standards for what I will fuck certainly haven't dropped?!?!
Sure, the women are a bit older than before, but they still have to be good looking enough for me....well kept, not fat, and not old looking or acting. The one nice thing about older ladies, is that you don't have to generally worry about them having young kids to get in the way. If they do have kids, they are usually of the age of just about to leave the house, so you don't have to put up with them, or the father of them really.
It would be nice to be able to comment on YouTube videos (even reply/respond to comments on my OWN videos), but I refuse to switch to G+ and give them that info.
My YT account is so old that I guess it was grandfathered in and I never would associate it with G+ or create a G+ account for it (it isn't registered under a gmail email). They have finally quit bugging me to do this.
But it would be nice if I could comment on my own videos or respond.
I really HATE the forced association google tries to make with this. I don't NEED a unified account across all Google.
Yet you seem more than willing to kick any of the people trying to climb out of the hole they were born in in the teeth to make sure they never get ion an equal footing with you.
Actually, that's not true at all. I don't go out of my way to keep anyone down, and encourage anyone that actually puts forth effort and works hard to succeed.
But I don't think anyone or any group should have or get special consideration, or have the bar lowered for them just because they are of a certain group, sex or religion, or had a hard start in life.
It is pure results at the end.
I don't believe in quotas, or special helping funds for anyone out of the gov. coffers, that just isn't supposed to be the governments job.
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I dunno where you live, but anywhere I"ve lived, many states, you hear these type stories from time to time, and lately more occurrences.
I've lived in TN, AZ, LA, AR, and a fair number of other states and you hear of these type home invasions on the local news quite often.
But, who is to decide which is and is not protected? It is ALL free speech and to guarantee anything that needs to be said can be said...you have to pretty much guarantee that speech you wish wasn't said to be able to be said too.
I take it somehow you've never heard of home invasions?
They kick in your front door and come in quickly, sometimes only a few seconds is all you have. Personally, I have several loaded handguns hidden around my house, all within arms reach. If I need one, I can get one quickly.
If you don't want guns for home protection, that's fine, but don't hinder my wanting them.
You just try it...with adrenaline pumping, nighttime, trying to not only remember the fucking combination of a gun safe in the dark, grabbing guns and then trying to figure which box of ammo to load them with (I assume you wish guns to be stored in a safe unloaded, right?).....
I'm sure Mr. Criminal will be happy to give you plenty of time to get your firearm act together so that it is a more fair fight, eh?
They are apparently unstable enough to consider taking their own lives, do we want to step in and preserve their genes to possibly continue?
Not trying to be mean, just thinking clinically.
Well, if this is a Public college funded by PUBLIC money, then no, they should not be able to discipline the students which the Dean seemed to be saying they were looking into.
Sure the charter can be revoked, but the individual students should NOT be punished for anything they said.
Racist speech is protected and if this is a publicly funded university, they should not be able to punish or squash speech such as this. That would, in effect be gov. suppression or censorship of speech or behavior.
Why would the college have any reason to discipline the students, especially if this is a public college(I haven't checked what kind of school it is yet)...that would in a way be government censorship would it not (if it is publicly funded).
Freedom of speech kinda implies that there is no freedom from being offended....
Funny, I still speak pretty much the SAME way I used to speak in the 70's and 80's....
I don't do any more self censorship than I did back then.
It may be distasteful and offensive to some...but it is still protected and free speech, as long as you aren't threatening anyone with direct harm.
Well, then, let's stick the the DST hours...and freeze it there..then summers would have late hours.
I lived in AZ and the lack of changing hours didn't affect anything poorly, in fact, it was nice to never have to twice a year have your sleep cycle all screwed up for days and have to re-adjust.
I just think in this day in age, it really makes no sense for the majority of the US to have to switch back and forth twice annually.
Why don't we just pick one time DST or Regular...and stick with it. I think I've been reading that the change in times has been shown pretty readily that it takes a bad toll on our health. People die because of the changes even....
Nothing wrong with timezones, that make sense, but it makes no sense in this day in age (we're not all farmers anymore)..to shift the day back and forth twice a year by an hour.
Arent' folks worried about Chrome sending massive amounts of info to Google?
I wish I could get rid of my SS number.
Hmm...most folks I know still use Firefox. What browser is taking over from FF on the computer these days?
Sometimes people forget the importance of Not Being Seen .
Per the article:
I mean....geez, aside from the sleeping part, that's not that uncommon now for REGULAR cars. The console screens are pretty easily bypassed to allow watching video anytime, and well...it isn't that big a deal to pour a cocktail for the road, hell, that's why folks try to catch as many of the plastic Mardi Gras cups here during carnival season, so that you have a sturdy disposable "to-go" cup to make a beverage for the road with when leaving the house......
Perhaps his language background is in Eubonics, and it just got lost in translation?
I mean, it is (or at least should be) common sense that people tend to relate to and help/associate with other beings that are more like them.
This is just basically innate behavior of humans. Why is anyone shocked at this? If you don't actually KNOW a either of two strangers you might be presented with, you're first reaction is likely to feel more at ease and more trusting of the person that visually resembles you the most.
When did political correctness overrule common sense and things we've known about human behavior since pretty much the dawn of time?
Never heard that term before....?
This is yet another reason not to be on FaceBook.
Don't post a ton of shit about your life online, and there will therefore be less material available for YOUR future loser edit.
If I get tired of a business like Google, I quit using it.
Kinda hard to quit a government that can take your freedom and life away from you if you get pissed at them....at least hard in the short run.
I believe that is what seals the deal on these things raising large sums of money!!
Not sure why you're saying this.
I've gotten quite a bit older and my standards for what I will fuck certainly haven't dropped?!?!
Sure, the women are a bit older than before, but they still have to be good looking enough for me....well kept, not fat, and not old looking or acting. The one nice thing about older ladies, is that you don't have to generally worry about them having young kids to get in the way. If they do have kids, they are usually of the age of just about to leave the house, so you don't have to put up with them, or the father of them really.
My YT account is so old that I guess it was grandfathered in and I never would associate it with G+ or create a G+ account for it (it isn't registered under a gmail email). They have finally quit bugging me to do this.
But it would be nice if I could comment on my own videos or respond.
I really HATE the forced association google tries to make with this. I don't NEED a unified account across all Google.
Actually, that's not true at all. I don't go out of my way to keep anyone down, and encourage anyone that actually puts forth effort and works hard to succeed.
But I don't think anyone or any group should have or get special consideration, or have the bar lowered for them just because they are of a certain group, sex or religion, or had a hard start in life.
It is pure results at the end.
I don't believe in quotas, or special helping funds for anyone out of the gov. coffers, that just isn't supposed to be the governments job.
RIP old friend...we'll all miss you.