You were confused about fm6's post, I replied that he probably meant something different than how you interpreted it. I'm not sure why that's so confusing to you.
I don't know about you, but given the state of TV news and American culture, low voter turnout is the only upside left. If all these misinformed idiots were voting--oh shit, they are.
Sure, but think about risk management. It may not be the smartest option to have a 1 million dollar truck driving around when you could have 2 500,000 dollar trucks taking different routes in case one gets ambushed by the mafia.
I think he's saying that cultural behavioral norms do outweigh the contributions of those who can't conform to them can make. I didn't see anything about "should" in there.
First point: secularism is no guarantee of liberty. Religion is no guarantee of tyranny... I remind you that this country was first settled by Puritans.
Your point is valid, but your example is not. Plymouth was the second successful colony settled by the British--the first was Jamestown, Virginia. Jamestown was settled by migrant Englishmen looking to simply settle and conquer the New World. And if "this country" includes Florida, then the Spanish colony at St. Augustine, Florida predates both by half a century. But in a purely geographic sense, "this country" was settled by Native Americans centuries before any white man set foot upon it.
Furthermore, the Puritans were tyrannical--which is why Roger Williams, Anne Hutchinson, and other people who fell out of favor with the Puritans settled Rhode Island. In fact, the Puritans were the perpetrators of the witch hunts.
Most motorcycling injuries occur at speeds less than 10 miles an hour.
That's perfectly consistent with--and follows from--the premise that "bumping into someone when you're on these moped-like bikes at slower speeds is not a big deal, so there's not much of an incentive to be extra cautious." If people ride carelessly at less than 10 MPH, then that will result in more injuries at that speed. People's carelessness depends largely upon the severity of the potential consequences. Falling off your bike at 10 MPH is easily survivable though you will get hurt. 100 is a different story.
Israel/Palestine is an incredibly complicated issue, mainly because it's been carried over across several generations, and both sides are guilty of essentially the same crimes. However, whether you like it or not, Palestine was there first.
Jokes aside, rather than replace sleep with a snortable drug, a useful advantage for me would
be able to replace non REM sleep with a period of sleep-eating, like a horse. That would save time during the day that I spend chewing and I'd be able to still gain the benefits of sleep. Also if I was asleep, hopefully I could trick myself into eating healthier foods:)
That sounds great, if you don't enjoy eating. I prefer to be awake for it personally.
I don't know about 48 hours, but the idea behind the B-2 bomber was that it would take off from Missouri, fly halfway across the world, bomb Baghdad, and return to Missouri refueling in midflight when necessary. All of that requires the pilot to be awake, ESPECIALLY the mid-air refueling. Pilots these days take amphetamines to stay alert. It makes sense that the military is working on alternatives.
(As an aside, does anyone think they deliberately chose this spokesman for his surname?)
"Pike"? You think Christie's Auction House's PR department remembers the deformed guy in the chair with the "yes/no" lights from the original series, and decided to pick a spokesman who had the same last name?
In Europe we have government agencies looking out for us, and dishing out huge fines. In the USA, I gather, you couldn't trust the government as far as you could throw them, and the whole system is geared towards a more personal "lawyers at ten paces at high noon" approach.
That's what happens when the country was started as a tax protest. As I recall, we also had many immigrants, from Europe, who came here to escape certain governments. Add in the religious fanatics and the people coming over to make money and you pretty much have America.
If you don't institute punitive damages (in essence, "punishment") when a company deliberately takes action to defraud someone, they could just built the cost of settling/going to court into their cost of doing business, as they have built their electric bill and employee costs into their prices.
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You were confused about fm6's post, I replied that he probably meant something different than how you interpreted it. I'm not sure why that's so confusing to you.
I don't know about you, but given the state of TV news and American culture, low voter turnout is the only upside left. If all these misinformed idiots were voting--oh shit, they are.
Sure, but think about risk management. It may not be the smartest option to have a 1 million dollar truck driving around when you could have 2 500,000 dollar trucks taking different routes in case one gets ambushed by the mafia.
I know what you said too. I was disagreeing with you.
I think he's saying that cultural behavioral norms do outweigh the contributions of those who can't conform to them can make. I didn't see anything about "should" in there.
You know, from this guy's personality, it sure seems like he's guaranteed a high "clash flow". Cash flow, though, he's gonna have trouble with.
Just make a bomb that's triggered by chewing gum and obnoxious behavior?
That's an account of justice, not an account of how real civilizations in the real world were set up and why they were set up that way.
...or in my case, projections of whatever I could scrounge together on October 30.
Yeah, and then there was a long awkward pause punctuated by booing from the crowd. And then it started again.
Really? Someone should tell all those Catholic Democrats to stop being so pro-choice, etc.
And major plot points are never resolved by reversing polarity!
Your point is valid, but your example is not. Plymouth was the second successful colony settled by the British--the first was Jamestown, Virginia. Jamestown was settled by migrant Englishmen looking to simply settle and conquer the New World. And if "this country" includes Florida, then the Spanish colony at St. Augustine, Florida predates both by half a century. But in a purely geographic sense, "this country" was settled by Native Americans centuries before any white man set foot upon it.
Furthermore, the Puritans were tyrannical--which is why Roger Williams, Anne Hutchinson, and other people who fell out of favor with the Puritans settled Rhode Island. In fact, the Puritans were the perpetrators of the witch hunts.
The funny thing is, your post makes just as much sense if you removed the capitalization and link from "Going Postal".
There are two kinds of people in the world: (1) Those who start their arrays from 1 and (1) Those who start their arrays from 0.
That's perfectly consistent with--and follows from--the premise that "bumping into someone when you're on these moped-like bikes at slower speeds is not a big deal, so there's not much of an incentive to be extra cautious." If people ride carelessly at less than 10 MPH, then that will result in more injuries at that speed. People's carelessness depends largely upon the severity of the potential consequences. Falling off your bike at 10 MPH is easily survivable though you will get hurt. 100 is a different story.
...for shorter-term values of the term "first".
That sounds great, if you don't enjoy eating. I prefer to be awake for it personally.
I don't know about 48 hours, but the idea behind the B-2 bomber was that it would take off from Missouri, fly halfway across the world, bomb Baghdad, and return to Missouri refueling in midflight when necessary. All of that requires the pilot to be awake, ESPECIALLY the mid-air refueling. Pilots these days take amphetamines to stay alert. It makes sense that the military is working on alternatives.
Nah. Nature hasn't solved the problem of viruses or cancer, either. Some problems need solutions that aren't forthcoming from nature.
Vapor Trails or Snakes & Arrows? Vapor Trails was pretty atrocious, but I thought S&A was an improvement.
"33"?
"Pike"? You think Christie's Auction House's PR department remembers the deformed guy in the chair with the "yes/no" lights from the original series, and decided to pick a spokesman who had the same last name?
That's what happens when the country was started as a tax protest. As I recall, we also had many immigrants, from Europe, who came here to escape certain governments. Add in the religious fanatics and the people coming over to make money and you pretty much have America.
Surprise! They do anyway!