Since we're all doomed, how about you send me all you money?
I don't know about OP, but I couldn't send you mine since it's all invested in handbaskets. That's a market that will be very lucrative soon, I hear. And you can actually take it with you.
If I say "jaywalkers should be put to death", and I jaywalk, would I be executed for it?
That's irrelevant since we are dealing with civil damages, not criminal sentences. The correct analogy would be if you admitted to jaywalking. You could not later go back and say "I didn't really mean that!"
Have they actually sued anyone in Canada for outrageous damages?I think this is awesome, but I doubt that they will end up on the sharp end of this one.
They've done that all over the States, so it wouldn't surprise me if they had already tried it in Canada.
If an artist signs away their work without understanding the fine print then it's poor judgement on their part.
The only choices available are (1) accept one of the various identical contracts, or (2) never be a publicly known musician.
If a record company routinely fails to honour contracts by witholding royalties then they are a criminal organisation.
They are criminal organizations, but who can successfully sue them? Plus, if they can write the laws through "campaign contributions" then they are no longer "criminals" even if their activities are highly immoral and exploitive.
I'm afraid they'll have to find a soldier who can kick unusually high before they can try this experiment. And, if they get out of line, the CO will have to explain to them "You are confused."
In American law, if you admit something on the record (AFAIK, IANAL, DSB [disclaimers suck balls]), you are prohibited from disclaiming it later. So, if they admit that a single song is worth, say, $75k, then they will just have to suck it up when they do the same thing. Now, if they can simply throw Bitch Mainwol in jail for a number of years, I would say that justice has been served.
I still find it shocking that the penalty is so harsh for this type of thing while so many violent crimes in the US result in much more lenient sentences...:-(
I know! To hell with copyright infringement so we can watch movies! My friends and I are going to go out on a gang rape spree! That way, if we get caught, at least we won't have to worry as much about the penalties.
Er, what? The Catholic Church doesn't believe in creationism? Care to elaborate?
By "creationism", I meant the typical Young Earth Creationism that is prevalent in the US and pushed by Fundamentalist Evangelicals. Catholic, Eastern Orthodox and most Protestant Christians do not believe that Genesis should be taken in a strictly literal sense. And this has nothing to do with Darwin or evolution. All Christians ultimately believe that God created everything. However, the idea of the creation story not being a literal story goes back to even before St. Augustine in Christianity, and I believe even further in Judaism. The whole idea that Genesis should be taken literally was a creation of some fundie wackos in England and America in the 19th century (IIRC). And these are the same people who also thought that the King James Version of the Bible was somehow perfect and divinely inspired, and that Anglo-Saxons were the new "chosen people".
Young Earth Creationists should really look into the history of their movement and see how tied up with racism and WASP bigotry the whole movement is.
Then maybe the real issue is people using the school system to indoctrinate people. It's no secret that educators across America push conservative ideals.
FTFY. In case you haven't noticed, things like creationism are *conservative* ideologies. Anyway, the ultimate problem is politicians, school boards, and so on, trying to push *any* ideologies instead of, I don't know, actually teaching educational material. Call me crazy, but school time is limited and should be spent teaching things like math, science, art, literature, and language skills. But, creationists and other fucktards see school as a battleground to force *other people's children* into their ideologies.
The mother's attitude was, "You shouldn't have a better life than I did." My wife, who is Hispanic, tells me that this attitude is typical of many Mexican Hispanics.
I would simply like to point out that the same attitude is prevalent among white rednecks as well. A common phrase a redneck dad tells his son who wants to go to college is "Wut? You think you're better'n me?" And, $DEITY forbid if he can actually pull himself out of that shithole and get a PhD or (Dear $DEITY NO!) decide not to be a raving fundamentalist loon! Such a son would be disowned and the father would do everything he could to humiliate him until the son told his father to go fuck himself (no, I'm not bitter!).
As a creationist, I was taught both ideologies, and made my choice as to what I believe. I'm not in favor of pushing evolution out of the classroom, but I do think it's wrong to push creationism out just because the vast majority of slashdotters don't believe it.
As a believer in alien design of the human race, I was taught both ideologies, and made my choice as to what I believe. I'm not in favor of pushing evolution out of the classroom, but I do think it's wrong to push belief in the alien genetic experiments which created humanity out just because the vast majority of slashdotters don't believe it. OR: some other belief. I hope you get the picture.
Why do catholic schools consistently outperform public schools on standardized science tests?
Catholic schools don't teach creationism since the Catholic Church does not believe such rubbish, even as far back as St. Augustine. Catholic schools simply care about teaching children. Even though there is a religious element, it is not nearly as pervasive and forceful as creationist-fuckwad-controlled public schools.
My brother was told at age 5 that he was retarded because he was dyslexic. My mother took him out of school and after being homeschooled until highschool he did quite well academically (he eventually got an MBA).
And getting an MBA disproves that he was retarded because...???
An insurance agent is unlikely to be an authoritative expert on medical matters (or in the rarefied field of "psychiatric diagnosis via facebook photos") - they may know some stuff (just like I do), but when it comes to a court case or other legal stuff it should not be their call to make. If the insurance company has doubts they should insist that the policy holder be examined by a certified expert in the relevant field. After all, it's not unusual that you have to go for a medical examination when you sign up for certain sorts of insurance. They don't just leave it to an insurance agent to say "hmm she looks ok to me".
I'm wonder, though: If they are using this agent's analysis of Facebook pictures as medical evidence that she is no longer depressed, can they be sued for practicing medicine without a license?
And that's different with respect to other countries, how?
Because in China, it not only occurs, it is expected. Read, for example, "The Outlaws of the Marsh", which is set in the Song Dynasty. Official bribery is part of Chinese culture.
Now, if we can only get Jack Thompson to learn Chinese and move to Beijing, we could finally get him out of our hair and inflict him on someone else. It would be a career move in keeping with his past "crusades". Of course, the Chinese may consider such a move an act of war.
The right says that you can have broadband despite it is not profitable for the company.
The same thing happened with electricity and land-lines. Spain is simply recognizing that broadband is becoming an essential utility in the modern world, just as electricity and telephones became when they were young. One could say broadband is entering a kind of technological puberty. ^_^
I've yet to see anything logical or factual from the Obama haters.
So you only are listening to the Obama haters and not the Obama disagree-rs? That could explain why you haven't heard much.
He said he hasn't heard anything logical or factual from the Obama haters.He mentioned nothing about whether he has heard anything from people who simply disagree.
You fail basic reading comprehension.
In fact, I *have* heard things both logical and factual from people who simply disagree with particular aspects of what Obama is doing. Most of those people are centrist to liberal. It's the people on the far right wing that say "Obama is Hitler!" "He's Oba mao!" "He'll murder your grandmother by throwing her into a pit with wild, hungry kittens, and then mulch her corpse and use it on the White House lawn!" Seriously, there are problems with some of the stuff Obama is doing. But, if he were to single-handedly cure cancer tomorrow, you right wing nutjobs would find some way to make it sound bad.
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I don't know about OP, but I couldn't send you mine since it's all invested in handbaskets. That's a market that will be very lucrative soon, I hear. And you can actually take it with you.
That's irrelevant since we are dealing with civil damages, not criminal sentences. The correct analogy would be if you admitted to jaywalking. You could not later go back and say "I didn't really mean that!"
They've done that all over the States, so it wouldn't surprise me if they had already tried it in Canada.
The only choices available are (1) accept one of the various identical contracts, or (2) never be a publicly known musician.
They are criminal organizations, but who can successfully sue them? Plus, if they can write the laws through "campaign contributions" then they are no longer "criminals" even if their activities are highly immoral and exploitive.
I'm afraid they'll have to find a soldier who can kick unusually high before they can try this experiment. And, if they get out of line, the CO will have to explain to them "You are confused."
Jean-Claude van Damme: "I am confused."
In American law, if you admit something on the record (AFAIK, IANAL, DSB [disclaimers suck balls]), you are prohibited from disclaiming it later. So, if they admit that a single song is worth, say, $75k, then they will just have to suck it up when they do the same thing. Now, if they can simply throw Bitch Mainwol in jail for a number of years, I would say that justice has been served.
If they're actually out to get you, it's not paranoia.
I know! To hell with copyright infringement so we can watch movies! My friends and I are going to go out on a gang rape spree! That way, if we get caught, at least we won't have to worry as much about the penalties.
(Those who wish to mark this off-topic are respectfully invited to get off my lawn!)
Says the n00b with the 7-digit UID.
And, sadly enough, The Onion tends to be more accurate.
That's ridiculous! Everyone knows it Elmo all along!
By "creationism", I meant the typical Young Earth Creationism that is prevalent in the US and pushed by Fundamentalist Evangelicals. Catholic, Eastern Orthodox and most Protestant Christians do not believe that Genesis should be taken in a strictly literal sense. And this has nothing to do with Darwin or evolution. All Christians ultimately believe that God created everything. However, the idea of the creation story not being a literal story goes back to even before St. Augustine in Christianity, and I believe even further in Judaism. The whole idea that Genesis should be taken literally was a creation of some fundie wackos in England and America in the 19th century (IIRC). And these are the same people who also thought that the King James Version of the Bible was somehow perfect and divinely inspired, and that Anglo-Saxons were the new "chosen people".
Young Earth Creationists should really look into the history of their movement and see how tied up with racism and WASP bigotry the whole movement is.
FTFY. In case you haven't noticed, things like creationism are *conservative* ideologies. Anyway, the ultimate problem is politicians, school boards, and so on, trying to push *any* ideologies instead of, I don't know, actually teaching educational material. Call me crazy, but school time is limited and should be spent teaching things like math, science, art, literature, and language skills. But, creationists and other fucktards see school as a battleground to force *other people's children* into their ideologies.
I would simply like to point out that the same attitude is prevalent among white rednecks as well. A common phrase a redneck dad tells his son who wants to go to college is "Wut? You think you're better'n me?" And, $DEITY forbid if he can actually pull himself out of that shithole and get a PhD or (Dear $DEITY NO!) decide not to be a raving fundamentalist loon! Such a son would be disowned and the father would do everything he could to humiliate him until the son told his father to go fuck himself (no, I'm not bitter!).
As a believer in alien design of the human race, I was taught both ideologies, and made my choice as to what I believe. I'm not in favor of pushing evolution out of the classroom, but I do think it's wrong to push belief in the alien genetic experiments which created humanity out just because the vast majority of slashdotters don't believe it. OR: some other belief. I hope you get the picture.
Catholic schools don't teach creationism since the Catholic Church does not believe such rubbish, even as far back as St. Augustine. Catholic schools simply care about teaching children. Even though there is a religious element, it is not nearly as pervasive and forceful as creationist-fuckwad-controlled public schools.
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And getting an MBA disproves that he was retarded because...???
I imagine Dr. McCoy would agree
I'm wonder, though: If they are using this agent's analysis of Facebook pictures as medical evidence that she is no longer depressed, can they be sued for practicing medicine without a license?
Because in China, it not only occurs, it is expected. Read, for example, "The Outlaws of the Marsh", which is set in the Song Dynasty. Official bribery is part of Chinese culture.
Now, if we can only get Jack Thompson to learn Chinese and move to Beijing, we could finally get him out of our hair and inflict him on someone else. It would be a career move in keeping with his past "crusades". Of course, the Chinese may consider such a move an act of war.
Who keeps the DNA database?
We do!
We do!
The same thing happened with electricity and land-lines. Spain is simply recognizing that broadband is becoming an essential utility in the modern world, just as electricity and telephones became when they were young. One could say broadband is entering a kind of technological puberty. ^_^
He said he hasn't heard anything logical or factual from the Obama haters.He mentioned nothing about whether he has heard anything from people who simply disagree.
You fail basic reading comprehension.
In fact, I *have* heard things both logical and factual from people who simply disagree with particular aspects of what Obama is doing. Most of those people are centrist to liberal. It's the people on the far right wing that say "Obama is Hitler!" "He's Oba mao!" "He'll murder your grandmother by throwing her into a pit with wild, hungry kittens, and then mulch her corpse and use it on the White House lawn!" Seriously, there are problems with some of the stuff Obama is doing. But, if he were to single-handedly cure cancer tomorrow, you right wing nutjobs would find some way to make it sound bad.