You really should stop making quite so many generalizations - it's not "the left" or "the Republicans" but "some people on the left" and "some Republicans". Lumping everyone together will make your argument incorrect.
I can't believe this is the first time you've heard this, but two wrongs don't make a right, or to paraphrase the High Sparrow: their sins don't forgive yours. Usually people learn this by the time they're small children, which is rather perplexing...
You're clearly not bothered with listening to what anyone else has to say on this matter - you've already made your mind up it seems. AK Marc has spelled out why your nonsensical narrative is nonsensical, but you seem to be incapable of listening.
You sound like a well-educated 8-year-old arguing why his country is the bestest in the world - lots of hyperbole, lots of massive (incorrect) generalizations, and dripping with conjecture. You're not making a very compulsive argument, but you are showing everyone just how ill-informed you are about the country you live in, and how quickly you will form an opinion with the scantest of evidence or opinion.
Don't speak for everyone - it just takes one to not agree and suddenly your argument falls apart.
Just to illustrate the above point, I am a relatively-young European, and have plenty of young European friends who would not like a car, even if it was entirely free. There just is no point for us, as public transport is great, and should we need a car/van/whatever, we can rent one at a cheap price.
So no - plenty of people don't want cars, regardless of whether they were free or not. Bizarre, I know, but it's reality.
Changing your stance due to new evidence is discouraged - it's called "flip flopping" and a sign of inherent weakness. A truly strong politician laughs in the face of discovery and never changes course.
The soul comes from many things, small shops being one of them. Another thing is a vibrant arts scene, something which is helped massively by increases in minimum wage.
Until you can quantify precisely the damage done to small shops versus the other parts of a city which affect its soul, you can't draw any conclusions. Well, you appear capable of doing so, but said conclusions are without merit.
Considering what gay people have to go through, your point still makes no sense. It might have something to do with it, it might not - the complete lack of rigor behind your claim makes it absolutely pointless and prone to error.
You might want to get your hands on a dictionary before trying to figure it out on your own, in public. Well, it's fun for everyone else, but you seem to be really struggling.
You heard him, Amazon! Garry Knight isn't interested, so just shut the whole operation down. Raze it to the ground! Salt the earth! Garry Knight has spoken!
Stop raining on everyone's parade! It's obviously an NSA operation, the software only works with Windows ME or Vista, and every time someone uses it an "SJW" is born.
Do you even know what you're discussing any more? "Decimate" has many definitions, the one you like the most is the oldest, most archaic. Its meaning has since changed to mean "destroy by a lot, usually by killing". Definitions change over time. The order they are listed in dictionaries is arbitrary, but each dictionary usually has its own system. The one you chose has the oldest definitions first, hence it being on top.
As we are discussing words and not entire sentences, your Obama/Muslim/Kenya thing is just bizarre, and only serves to make you look really confused about the difference between "word", "sentence", and "bullshit".
No, "SJW" is a term used by people to describe those who draw attention to fucked-up things they do. Instead of feeling bad and maybe reappraising certain held attitudes, one can simply call the other person an SJW and call it a day.
Complaining about a CEO personally funding an organisation which sought to deny basic human rights is supposed to be a good thing, or did I miss a memo?
And yet your spamming will continue unabated with or without a HOSTS solution. With a client-side blocker, though, it can be removed trivially. I don't think advertising an ad-blocker through ads which it can't block is a good idea, but then I'm not off my meds.
True, consumers don't want to see ads, but if they are given the choice between "see some ads and get the content you want" and "see no ads and get very little content" their disgust of ads abates somewhat.
And HOSTS files can't block the most pernicious advertising on Slashdot: your posts.
Please stop pretending to be some sort of security analyst - you wrote a shitty front-end which installs other people's hosts files. Get over yourself.
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Your views are old-fashioned, and rationally not OK.
You really should stop making quite so many generalizations - it's not "the left" or "the Republicans" but "some people on the left" and "some Republicans". Lumping everyone together will make your argument incorrect.
I can't believe this is the first time you've heard this, but two wrongs don't make a right, or to paraphrase the High Sparrow: their sins don't forgive yours. Usually people learn this by the time they're small children, which is rather perplexing...
You're clearly not bothered with listening to what anyone else has to say on this matter - you've already made your mind up it seems. AK Marc has spelled out why your nonsensical narrative is nonsensical, but you seem to be incapable of listening.
You sound like a well-educated 8-year-old arguing why his country is the bestest in the world - lots of hyperbole, lots of massive (incorrect) generalizations, and dripping with conjecture. You're not making a very compulsive argument, but you are showing everyone just how ill-informed you are about the country you live in, and how quickly you will form an opinion with the scantest of evidence or opinion.
Which, while true, has nothing to do with your original assertion...
Don't speak for everyone - it just takes one to not agree and suddenly your argument falls apart.
Just to illustrate the above point, I am a relatively-young European, and have plenty of young European friends who would not like a car, even if it was entirely free. There just is no point for us, as public transport is great, and should we need a car/van/whatever, we can rent one at a cheap price.
So no - plenty of people don't want cars, regardless of whether they were free or not. Bizarre, I know, but it's reality.
So much stupid in one post. Incredible.
Changing your stance due to new evidence is discouraged - it's called "flip flopping" and a sign of inherent weakness. A truly strong politician laughs in the face of discovery and never changes course.
Apparently.
Many countries realised that money != speech, and so have spared themselves of the nonsense the US sees every cycle.
The soul comes from many things, small shops being one of them. Another thing is a vibrant arts scene, something which is helped massively by increases in minimum wage.
Until you can quantify precisely the damage done to small shops versus the other parts of a city which affect its soul, you can't draw any conclusions. Well, you appear capable of doing so, but said conclusions are without merit.
Considering what gay people have to go through, your point still makes no sense. It might have something to do with it, it might not - the complete lack of rigor behind your claim makes it absolutely pointless and prone to error.
You might want to get your hands on a dictionary before trying to figure it out on your own, in public. Well, it's fun for everyone else, but you seem to be really struggling.
Why not? They fit the definition perfectly.
Chrisq? Is that you?
Unfortunately the standard isn't quite there yet.
You heard him, Amazon! Garry Knight isn't interested, so just shut the whole operation down. Raze it to the ground! Salt the earth! Garry Knight has spoken!
Stop raining on everyone's parade! It's obviously an NSA operation, the software only works with Windows ME or Vista, and every time someone uses it an "SJW" is born.
Do you even know what you're discussing any more? "Decimate" has many definitions, the one you like the most is the oldest, most archaic. Its meaning has since changed to mean "destroy by a lot, usually by killing". Definitions change over time. The order they are listed in dictionaries is arbitrary, but each dictionary usually has its own system. The one you chose has the oldest definitions first, hence it being on top.
As we are discussing words and not entire sentences, your Obama/Muslim/Kenya thing is just bizarre, and only serves to make you look really confused about the difference between "word", "sentence", and "bullshit".
No, "SJW" is a term used by people to describe those who draw attention to fucked-up things they do. Instead of feeling bad and maybe reappraising certain held attitudes, one can simply call the other person an SJW and call it a day.
Complaining about a CEO personally funding an organisation which sought to deny basic human rights is supposed to be a good thing, or did I miss a memo?
And yet your spamming will continue unabated with or without a HOSTS solution. With a client-side blocker, though, it can be removed trivially. I don't think advertising an ad-blocker through ads which it can't block is a good idea, but then I'm not off my meds.
SJW to you means "someone who is against the deprivation of basic human rights", apparently. That speaks more of you than anyone else.
Easy Gramps. Seriously that does sound like something my grandfather would have said.
True, consumers don't want to see ads, but if they are given the choice between "see some ads and get the content you want" and "see no ads and get very little content" their disgust of ads abates somewhat.
And HOSTS files can't block the most pernicious advertising on Slashdot: your posts.
Please stop pretending to be some sort of security analyst - you wrote a shitty front-end which installs other people's hosts files. Get over yourself.