I am pro-choice but your sperm has not yet fertilized an egg when you are jacking off. It is just some DNA. There is a big difference between a sperm cell and a fetus.
That's not true. You have no right to drive, because there's no "right to drive" listen in the Constitution. You have a right to go wherever you want though, that is part of liberty.
I agree that this whole thing is stupid, but noone is granted a "right" to know the laws that they live under. Find in the Constitution where you're given a right to know the laws. Many legal arguments like this seem to rest on people thinking they have have "rights" that they don't have.
The thing is you said your kids are learning that freedom is not a right. They already know this is true for a minor, I don't see what you're teaching them.
Napster is a private service, you have no right of free speech on private property, for instance your friend can kick you out of his house if you start preaching about communism.
Movies aren't legally censored in the US, the movie companies voluntarily use ratings and the theaters voluntarily enforced them. There are no laws about movie censorship.
All companies that aren't classified as non-profit ARE profit driven, everything they do is for profit. If they make an open standard, it is so they can make money in the long run. Making money is what companies do, it is not inherently evil.
Assault does not involve contact, battery does. Assault is attempting contact, that's why a person is charged with Assault and Battery. A fake black gun looks real enough at night.
You don't seem to realize what censoring "for the children does." (I'm a minor BTW.) If a game is made offlimits to those under 18, then a store would have to put it in a seperate room, much like adult movies. Once they are in that seperate room, there sales by adults will go way down, because they aren't being advertised as much. Advertisement is 50% of selling a game, and it is non-existant when you need to go into an adult only room. Once sales of 18+ games go down, they will stop being made.
I'm thankful for you telling me a shouldn't see porn, or shouldn't watch people die, I seem to find that stuff very amusing and it hasn't hurt me yet.
It really depends where you are in the US. Some states don't allow these things. Having states decide some things and not the federal government is a good political advantage of the US over Britain. A state like Wyoming or somewhere isn't going to have big brother very much, but a state like New York will allow big brother to watch. A New Yorker doesn't like big brother? He can move to a different state that doesn't allow it.
Uhhh you're an American? You don't seem to understand our government. You can that "one leader, one person" can stop you from doing what you love. The president does not make laws. Never could, never has, probably never will. Congress makes law, and it is hard for a law to make it through both houses of Congress. And once a law is passed, a court can strike it down. A single man can't do anything on his own in our government. If you a scared of someone taking away your freedoms, you should be scared of Congress, not the President.
Fewer security holes? They all have the same number since they generally use the same programs. This is one area that bothers me, people brag about slackware being "more secure" than the other distros. Security problems aren't distro specific, they are in the actual programs, that the distros use. Take for instance the several Wu-ftpd security holes in the past. These were in every distro that used wu-ftpd.
Actually there were several black congressman elected for the south after the civil war. Whites at this time generally would not vote for blacks, so blacks must have been able to vote.
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Sorry buddy but Napster was punished by a Federal Judge, not by Congress. Citizens can't control what judges do.
I am pro-choice but your sperm has not yet fertilized an egg when you are jacking off. It is just some DNA. There is a big difference between a sperm cell and a fetus.
That's not true. You have no right to drive, because there's no "right to drive" listen in the Constitution. You have a right to go wherever you want though, that is part of liberty.
I agree that this whole thing is stupid, but noone is granted a "right" to know the laws that they live under. Find in the Constitution where you're given a right to know the laws. Many legal arguments like this seem to rest on people thinking they have have "rights" that they don't have.
Making money is not evil, nor will it ever be.
The thing is you said your kids are learning that freedom is not a right. They already know this is true for a minor, I don't see what you're teaching them.
Actually I believe freedom IS a right, once you're 18 anyway.
Napster is a private service, you have no right of free speech on private property, for instance your friend can kick you out of his house if you start preaching about communism.
Movies aren't legally censored in the US, the movie companies voluntarily use ratings and the theaters voluntarily enforced them. There are no laws about movie censorship.
All companies that aren't classified as non-profit ARE profit driven, everything they do is for profit. If they make an open standard, it is so they can make money in the long run. Making money is what companies do, it is not inherently evil.
Assault does not involve contact, battery does. Assault is attempting contact, that's why a person is charged with Assault and Battery. A fake black gun looks real enough at night.
You don't seem to realize what censoring "for the children does." (I'm a minor BTW.) If a game is made offlimits to those under 18, then a store would have to put it in a seperate room, much like adult movies. Once they are in that seperate room, there sales by adults will go way down, because they aren't being advertised as much. Advertisement is 50% of selling a game, and it is non-existant when you need to go into an adult only room. Once sales of 18+ games go down, they will stop being made.
I'm thankful for you telling me a shouldn't see porn, or shouldn't watch people die, I seem to find that stuff very amusing and it hasn't hurt me yet.
It really depends where you are in the US. Some states don't allow these things. Having states decide some things and not the federal government is a good political advantage of the US over Britain. A state like Wyoming or somewhere isn't going to have big brother very much, but a state like New York will allow big brother to watch. A New Yorker doesn't like big brother? He can move to a different state that doesn't allow it.
Better yet two Katz's and two sets of his ever popular stories.
Isn't he a big shareholder though? They really control the company.
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meant to say 'You say that "one leader, one person" can stop you from doing what you love.'
Uhhh you're an American? You don't seem to understand our government. You can that "one leader, one person" can stop you from doing what you love. The president does not make laws. Never could, never has, probably never will. Congress makes law, and it is hard for a law to make it through both houses of Congress. And once a law is passed, a court can strike it down. A single man can't do anything on his own in our government. If you a scared of someone taking away your freedoms, you should be scared of Congress, not the President.
Don't tell RMS! He might challenge this guy to a deathmatch.
Licq is a darn good icq clone.
Then don't post about US law next time when you don't fully know what's going on.
Uh excuse me, but did you know that the Act did not pass Congress? Therefore it is not in effect.
Fewer security holes? They all have the same number since they generally use the same programs. This is one area that bothers me, people brag about slackware being "more secure" than the other distros. Security problems aren't distro specific, they are in the actual programs, that the distros use. Take for instance the several Wu-ftpd security holes in the past. These were in every distro that used wu-ftpd.
But these days you can only get .per.cx sadly.
Yes, in the court of law you are innocent until proven guilty, but this is the private sector.
Actually there were several black congressman elected for the south after the civil war. Whites at this time generally would not vote for blacks, so blacks must have been able to vote.