Also, why should I have to pay a new fee of any sort merely because someone else wants to send spam? The whole problem with spam is that everyone but the spammer has to bear its costs. This only increases the costs that all the rest of us have to bear because of spam. For that reason the ethics of this solution are already questionable despite its presumably good intentions.
Well, you see, the best way to make it work is to make the "charity" a special fund. The biggest spammers are only a few hundred people at most. So, the way the fund works is that, when it accrues to the point that we can hire a hitman to take out one of the spammers, we pay out to a hitman and the spammer gets whacked. Pretty soon, the spam problem is solved.
Or, I guess alternately we could use the special fund to do something legal like bribe congressmen/MP's/dictators (depending on country needing the action) to pass the needed laws or simply have the spammers arrested and thrown in jail for life.
It's not that any of this stuff is universal in the Christian faith, but it tends to be nearly universal amongst those Christians who are convinced that the world is going to end any day now. Exceptions exist, YMMV, etc, but most of the real "apocalypse watchers" also tend to be the type of Christian to believe in literal anti-Christs, Marks, and the Rapture.
Yes, that's the real problem and it seems to be especially prevalent in the US where you have a lot of loud fundie nutjobs. World War I was supposed to be the end of the world. Hell, there was even a battle at Armegeddon! But, the world did not end. Then, Hitler was supposed to be the Anti-Christ. Then, there it was the Soviet Union. Some fundies (who were virulently anti-Catholic then) pointed to Pope John Paul II as the Anti-Christ since he survived an assassin's bullet ("He exercised all the authority of the first beast on his behalf, and made the earth and its inhabitants worship the first beast, whose fatal wound had been healed. And he performed great and miraculous signs, even causing fire to come down from heaven to earth in full view of men. Because of the signs he was given power to do on behalf of the first beast, he deceived the inhabitants of the earth. He ordered them to set up an image in honor of the beast who was wounded by the sword and yet lived." - Revelations 13:12-14).
People really just need to get a grip. These fundies are almost orgasmic at the possibility of seeing the end of the world.
In just six thousand years we have evolved to take pleasure in a cat's purr.
The ancient Egyptians likely enjoyed the cat's purr, so it is probably more cultural than anything else. For my own part, a cat's purr makes me want to grab them and throw them against a brick wall. But then, I'm more of a dog person.
Since in America you are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law, and they were not proven guilty...
Fixed that for you. The fact of them murdering someone makes them murderers. Whether or not they actually go to jail for it (or get executed, depending on the state) is a matter of whether or not it can be proved in a court of law beyond a reasonable doubt. Or, to put it another way, OJ is generally believed to be a murderer. He was not found guilty in a court of law of murder, but if he killed his wife, he is still a murderer.
Yes, It's like going to prison and having the choice of being raped ever night by either Bubba OR Mo, you have 2 great choices for your raping preference, you should feel blessed to live in a country that will allow you the freedom to choose who will violate your asshole.
You have also done a very good job of describing our two party political system. ^_^
Yeah, we're going to have to look for another example, where the regulatory authority has all of the necessary power. I know! Hugo Chavez. There you go. He's just found that another 34 radio stations needed to be regulated off the air because they weren't towing his line, and dared to question some of his policies. He's just indicated that any reporters questioning the government's actions will be jailed. There, some nice, solid, uncompromising requlatary power in action.
Let's see... oh, I've another one! Joseph Stalin, hard at work centrally regulating the eeevil market place. He had a few rough spots to work out early on though, so a few million people had to die. But after that, that centrally managed economy just worked wonders, didn't it? Fantastic.
Why are you so ashamed of our president and his middle name?
We are not ashamed. Hussein is actually a beautiful name. In fact, it basically means "beautiful" IIRC. The problem is nutjobs on the right who use it to claim that he is secretly a Muslim who plans on bringing jihad to America. Kind of like when Faux News did that whole long spiel about Obama going to school at a madrassa in Indonesia. Except of course that Indonesian schools are largely secular, and Obama's was very secular. Right wingers have been specifically emphasizing "Hussein" to try to tie him in with Saddam Hussein in a childish "oh, look, he has a funny name! Haw! Haw!" kind of bullshit. I mean, just read the Conservapedia article about him. It's chock full of the nutty stuff that has been said about him by you right-wing loons. The most egregious example is Man Coulter constantly referring to him as B. Hussein Obama. Yes, in a technical sense it is still correct. But, as with everything, context is important.
Seriously, you have issues.
Yes, we have issues. We are sick to death of fear-mongering, race-baiting shitbags like you.
It appears that you do have a problem with the name "Barack Hussein Obama". The elections are over and regardless of how many wack-jobs pointed out his middle name was the same a Saddom's last name or that he wasn't a natural born citizen or whatever- they lost so it just doesn't matter any more.
Wow... Just wow.
Apparently you are either (1) incredibly thickheaded and with no reading comprehension skills whatsoever or (2) being intentionally obtuse. Both GP and I have no problem at all with his name. GP made it about as blatantly clear as possible that he has no problem with his name. The problem is this childish right-wing idiocy "Oh look! He has a funny foreign-sounding name! *chortle* *chortle* And it's Hussein! That must mean he is just like Saddam Hussein! And a muslim! And a fascist! And a dictator! And a Communist! Ahhh! Run for your lives!"
Seriously, why do you brain-dead morons keep making such a big deal about his name? Are you all still in grade school or something?
Oh, and he is a natural born citizen. He was born in Hawaii, which, despite how much you right-wingers hate the entire state (you know, too many of *those* people there), is actually a part of the US and was when Obama was born there.
Running noses snot on sleeve, picking our green gold with pride and glee, running around, pooping in training pants, popsicles covered in ants, dumping cereal, milk, froot, bowl and all on our heads, and promptly wetting the beds, writing with crayon on the wall, eat up your Elmer's it's good for y'all!
You could have at least had the decency to put this in poem form!
No, it won't. Actually God keeps breaking the LHC. You didn't think (s)he'd let a bunch of monkeys have h(er/is) particle do you?
So, I guess soon we'll be getting Gordon Brown's trilogy of philosophical blockbusters:
1. Where God went wrong 2. Some More of God's Greatest Mistakes, and 3, Who is This God Person, Anyway?
Maybe if you weren't taking those 5 weeks a year of vacation time and working more than 35 hours a week, you could get it done on time!;-)
Well, there's the difference between the US and the EU. Do you want it done on time, or do you want it done correctly? (yes, I know you were joking, but then so am I) ^_^
MS Word back in 1988 was AWESOME! I thought it was the greatest thing since sliced bread. When typing my mechanic's lab papers, it was great to be able to insert the equations (integrals and derivative symbols - WooHoo!), format, cut and paste, and correct - even on that shitty little black and white screen the original MACS had! There was nothing like anywhere by anyone.
I remember those days too. The only reason it seemed awesome was because the alternative was a typewriter, or at best a Smith-Corona word processor with the interchangeable daisy wheels. Oh, and the alternative to software cut-and-paste required you to actually cut and paste, and then make a photocopy so your little figures wouldn't fall off the page at the wrong moment, or at least look unprofessional.
I miss those days.
I don't. I like having easy to use programs that let me get my work done quickly.
Ultimately Black's assertions are like claiming that gun manufacturers are responsible for the murders that are committed with their products, or that manufacturers of crowbars are responsible for breakins, or that people who write Linux are morally responsible for the many people who die when it is used by the US military.
Even if some of the accusations in Black's book are not provable, it has been well substantiated that IBM was more than happy to sell the Nazis Hollerith tabulated punch card machines, even though they knew that they would be used to keep track of the Jews and other "undesirables" in conquered territories. In fact, your three links don't even question this, but merely the level of culpability of IBM.
Gun manufacturers are not responsible for murders because there are plenty of legitimate reasons to own firearms. However, someone who knowingly sells a gun to someone he knows is going to go out and commit a murder with is morally culpable. If I give a crowbar to someone I know is going to go and use it to commit a break-in, then I am also responsible to a degree. Selling tabulating machines to a group known to be murderously anti-semitic knowing that they will be used to keep track of the people that group wants to exterminate is certainly blameworthy.
That would be like Spain deliberately diverting a fully loaded treasure ship to investigate a new island where a previous expedition had already been lost. I just don't see it happening. The Nostromo was ridiculously valuable; they might gamble it on it on an expedition where no real exceptional risks could be assessed, but it just doesn't make sense to gamble an expensive treasure ship, with an unqualified crew -- if they already knew that they'd lost an expedition.
They wouldn't really be risking the refinery ship. Ash could make his way back to the ship after the human crew members had been slaughtered and return to Earth with the results. The company would probably not have counted on him being broken apart by the rest of the crew.
It was reported by The Sun, The Telegraph, and Fox News. I'm surprised those bastions of journalistic integrity and careful, measured reporting didn't check their facts better before releasing these reports.
Honestly, I'm amazed we still have public libraries. I mean, they let people read FOR FREE for crying out loud. People are gaining knowledge, cultures are being distributed, ideas are being thought... and it's not being monetized?! This madness has to stop!
Well, that really is the crux of the problem. There are no real communities anymore and we have sacrificed everything on the altar of capitalism. And corporate capitalism at that. It's not like we have a free market system.
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Well, you see, the best way to make it work is to make the "charity" a special fund. The biggest spammers are only a few hundred people at most. So, the way the fund works is that, when it accrues to the point that we can hire a hitman to take out one of the spammers, we pay out to a hitman and the spammer gets whacked. Pretty soon, the spam problem is solved.
Or, I guess alternately we could use the special fund to do something legal like bribe congressmen/MP's/dictators (depending on country needing the action) to pass the needed laws or simply have the spammers arrested and thrown in jail for life.
Yes.
There, fixed that for you, and now it is at least somewhat on topic!
Plaid.
Yes, that's the real problem and it seems to be especially prevalent in the US where you have a lot of loud fundie nutjobs. World War I was supposed to be the end of the world. Hell, there was even a battle at Armegeddon! But, the world did not end. Then, Hitler was supposed to be the Anti-Christ. Then, there it was the Soviet Union. Some fundies (who were virulently anti-Catholic then) pointed to Pope John Paul II as the Anti-Christ since he survived an assassin's bullet ("He exercised all the authority of the first beast on his behalf, and made the earth and its inhabitants worship the first beast, whose fatal wound had been healed. And he performed great and miraculous signs, even causing fire to come down from heaven to earth in full view of men. Because of the signs he was given power to do on behalf of the first beast, he deceived the inhabitants of the earth. He ordered them to set up an image in honor of the beast who was wounded by the sword and yet lived." - Revelations 13:12-14).
People really just need to get a grip. These fundies are almost orgasmic at the possibility of seeing the end of the world.
The ancient Egyptians likely enjoyed the cat's purr, so it is probably more cultural than anything else. For my own part, a cat's purr makes me want to grab them and throw them against a brick wall. But then, I'm more of a dog person.
Fixed that for you. The fact of them murdering someone makes them murderers. Whether or not they actually go to jail for it (or get executed, depending on the state) is a matter of whether or not it can be proved in a court of law beyond a reasonable doubt. Or, to put it another way, OJ is generally believed to be a murderer. He was not found guilty in a court of law of murder, but if he killed his wife, he is still a murderer.
You have also done a very good job of describing our two party political system. ^_^
Someone call Godwin. His law needs updating!
We are not ashamed. Hussein is actually a beautiful name. In fact, it basically means "beautiful" IIRC. The problem is nutjobs on the right who use it to claim that he is secretly a Muslim who plans on bringing jihad to America. Kind of like when Faux News did that whole long spiel about Obama going to school at a madrassa in Indonesia. Except of course that Indonesian schools are largely secular, and Obama's was very secular. Right wingers have been specifically emphasizing "Hussein" to try to tie him in with Saddam Hussein in a childish "oh, look, he has a funny name! Haw! Haw!" kind of bullshit. I mean, just read the Conservapedia article about him. It's chock full of the nutty stuff that has been said about him by you right-wing loons. The most egregious example is Man Coulter constantly referring to him as B. Hussein Obama. Yes, in a technical sense it is still correct. But, as with everything, context is important.
Yes, we have issues. We are sick to death of fear-mongering, race-baiting shitbags like you.
Wow... Just wow.
Apparently you are either (1) incredibly thickheaded and with no reading comprehension skills whatsoever or (2) being intentionally obtuse. Both GP and I have no problem at all with his name. GP made it about as blatantly clear as possible that he has no problem with his name. The problem is this childish right-wing idiocy "Oh look! He has a funny foreign-sounding name! *chortle* *chortle* And it's Hussein! That must mean he is just like Saddam Hussein! And a muslim! And a fascist! And a dictator! And a Communist! Ahhh! Run for your lives!"
Seriously, why do you brain-dead morons keep making such a big deal about his name? Are you all still in grade school or something?
Oh, and he is a natural born citizen. He was born in Hawaii, which, despite how much you right-wingers hate the entire state (you know, too many of *those* people there), is actually a part of the US and was when Obama was born there.
Judge: All right, you litigious screwheads, listen up. This, is my BOOM STICK!
You could have at least had the decency to put this in poem form!
So, I guess soon we'll be getting Gordon Brown's trilogy of philosophical blockbusters:
1. Where God went wrong
2. Some More of God's Greatest Mistakes, and
3, Who is This God Person, Anyway?
Well, there's the difference between the US and the EU. Do you want it done on time, or do you want it done correctly? (yes, I know you were joking, but then so am I) ^_^
I'd give them 3 years, 4.5 months to get it up and running correctly. But that's just me.
The perfect spokesman would be William Shatner. That way, you would have The Shack and the Shat.
I remember those days too. The only reason it seemed awesome was because the alternative was a typewriter, or at best a Smith-Corona word processor with the interchangeable daisy wheels. Oh, and the alternative to software cut-and-paste required you to actually cut and paste, and then make a photocopy so your little figures wouldn't fall off the page at the wrong moment, or at least look unprofessional.
I don't. I like having easy to use programs that let me get my work done quickly.
Even if some of the accusations in Black's book are not provable, it has been well substantiated that IBM was more than happy to sell the Nazis Hollerith tabulated punch card machines, even though they knew that they would be used to keep track of the Jews and other "undesirables" in conquered territories. In fact, your three links don't even question this, but merely the level of culpability of IBM.
Gun manufacturers are not responsible for murders because there are plenty of legitimate reasons to own firearms. However, someone who knowingly sells a gun to someone he knows is going to go out and commit a murder with is morally culpable. If I give a crowbar to someone I know is going to go and use it to commit a break-in, then I am also responsible to a degree. Selling tabulating machines to a group known to be murderously anti-semitic knowing that they will be used to keep track of the people that group wants to exterminate is certainly blameworthy.
I mean, what can you expect from a company that was perfectly willing to profit from the Holocaust?
Well, when you hire Glen Beck, you've pretty much hit rock bottom. I mean, this guy makes Rush Limbaugh look intelligent and Ann Coulter look calm.
They wouldn't really be risking the refinery ship. Ash could make his way back to the ship after the human crew members had been slaughtered and return to Earth with the results. The company would probably not have counted on him being broken apart by the rest of the crew.
It was reported by The Sun, The Telegraph, and Fox News. I'm surprised those bastions of journalistic integrity and careful, measured reporting didn't check their facts better before releasing these reports.
It is only fitting that the first blind driver vehicle is tested in the DC metro area. With the way people drive there, no one will notice.
Well, that really is the crux of the problem. There are no real communities anymore and we have sacrificed everything on the altar of capitalism. And corporate capitalism at that. It's not like we have a free market system.