Free speech does not mean free speech without consequences.
Well, sure. If you're going to define free speech that way, then let's look at some examples under your definition: I claim the president is an idiot. The FBI comes and tortures and rapes me for making this claim. You respond: "Hey, it's free speech, but has consequences! Your civil rights have not been infringed upon!"
Free speech is the freedom to speak without consequences (short of that "clear and present danger" clause).
On the other hand, Marquette is a private university, so I believe they are certainly allowed to punish the student; a private entity should not be held up to the same standards of rights-protection as a government, as one has freedom to attend the university or not.
I'm pretty sure that the "civil rights" part of their name is concerned with the civil rights of Catholics. From their website:
What is the Catholic League? The Catholic League is the nations largest Catholic civil rights organization. Founded in 1973 by the late Father Virgil C. Blum, S.J., the Catholic League defends the right of Catholics lay and clergy alike to participate in American public life without defamation or discrimination.
Motivated by the letter and the spirit of the First Amendment, the Catholic League works to safeguard both the religious freedom rights and the free speech rights of Catholics whenever and wherever they are threatened.
I would argue that there was discrimination against Catholics in the history of the US (so it's not just paranoid Catholics; now Protestants on the other hand, that's a different story). I ask that you read up on the Kennedy presidency and his campaigning and so forth -- there were questions of his loyalty to Rome as being closer than those to the US. Etc, etc, etc. Why has their been only one Catholic president in US history? For the same reason there has been no woman, minority or gay president -- discrimination.
Note: I am not Catholic, I love South Park, and I think the Catholic group was stupid for doing this, so don't label me as a Catholic Fascist or anything like that. I love freedom of speech. The creators of South Park gave up rights to control the broadcast of episodes when they signed a contract with Viacom/Comedy Central. It was their choice to relinquish these rights.
You proved me right. I didn't dismiss it as propaganda. I found it funny that you posted something from North Korea. You must have misread my post.
Secondly, how is the Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights in the right for telling the creators of South Park that they can't even release the episode on DVD? It's called freedom of speech. They didn't tell the creators of South Park they couldn't release it on DVD. They asked a Catholic board member of Viacom to pull the episode. They are well within rights to ask this (freedom of speech and all that). The board member of Viacom agreed (as he has loyalties to Rome), and this is whom I think could be in the wrong. Reread my post -- I do state that this board member may be in the wrong. However, all this is allowed under the Constitution of the US. I suggest you read it sometime before you try and argue that someone went beyond their rights. How is this any different than when someone using GNU/Linux asks NVidia to open up their video drivers? It's called freedom of speech, and we are well within our rights to request this.
In summation: 1) Request (by the Catholics) -- covered under free speech 2) Agreement (by the board member) -- covered under free speech 3) Action (by the board member) -- potentially a conflict of interest
I ask that you note that the only questionable act was performed by the board member, not by a Catholic organization.
I can't believe you had to pull an article from NORTH-FUCKING-KOREA to provide a source. I thought I had read someone denying that it actually was pulled. There isn't any news on any official South Park or Comedy Central site as far as I can locate, so I'll hold off on declaring it true.
I think that, of course, the Catholic Anti-Defamation League (that's who started this, right?) were completely in their rights. I think Viacom was completely within its rights. I think no one has done anything shady. I understand why the Catholics would be upset. However, they have to know it's futile, and will only fuel interest in the episode.
That also being said, I found the episode to be only watchable. In my opinion it ranks up there as one of the worst two South Park episodes (I've seen every one), right up there with the Cartman/J.Lo-hand-puppet-masturbates-Ben-Affleck episode.
But I also wonder: if Viacom is a publicly traded company, and one of the execs/board members/whoever used their religion as a basis for the pulling (NOT censorship) of the episode for the rest of the forseeable future, isn't that a conflict of interest? Wouldn't he be liable for lawsuits because they are supposed to maximize profits, right? Those are my 4 a.m. musings.
The idea is to use exotic materials to create "negative" refraction of light, which literally means steering it in the opposite direction of that found in the natural world.
I have one of those! I call it a *hand quotes* mirror *hand quotes*.
I don't speak German, but I was sure "waffen" had something to do with "air". Where is that in your translation? Personally, I was always partial to neunhundertneunundneunzigtausendneunhundertneunund neunzig, which is "999,999". Incidentally, it's one word, but when I clicked "preview" (gasp! the horror!), I think Slashdot rendered it as two words for some reason.
Don't moderate flamebait as Troll. Know the difference or you will be Meta-moderated.
I'd suggest you explain your opinion of the difference between flamebait and troll. There isn't really a hard-and-fast difference between them many times. When someone trolls, and usually pretty ticked off. Doesn't that make them flamebait then?
I'm glad you mentioned that. I really wish I'd had my camera when I was in my local Best Buy today -- they are selling original X-boxes for US$300 apiece. I couldn't believe it, so I checked. It is the original X-box (from however many years ago) for that much, in the X-box packaging.
I think they're trying to capitalize on the "Mom, give me an X-box for Christmas! It's the $300 game system that says 'X-box' on it!" when the kid really wants the 360. Then the parents grab it, and they're basically throwing away about 200 dollars.
...is doing some interesting things. They are a former junior college, and they are heavily recruiting valedictorians via nice scholarships, and doing things to attract other smart kids (nationally ranked chess club, etc). If I was trying to make my new university stronger, I'd be doing exactly what they're doing.
They have this thing called the McDermott (sp?) Scholars. My friend from high school is one. They are, among other things, required to study abroad as part of the program. They also get something like a full ride at the university.
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I think I speak for all gaim users when I say GOD DAMMIT FUCK THAT GUY I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR VIDEO SUPPORT FOREVER!
Seriously, it's quite disheartening to see FOSS fail in such a way -- gaim is the big kid on the block and they can't even get someone to integrate video support. Fuck Sean Egan. Fuck him right in the ass.
In none of your analogies is it the addictive substance's fault -- it's not the alcohol's fault you are an alcoholic. It is either the alcoholic's fault, or it is the fault of a chemical imbalance in his brain. It is not the alcohol's fault.
Likewise, it is not the game's fault. It's either the gamer's fault, or some chemical imbalance in his brain.
I realize I'm going to come off as a petty nitpicker, but couldn't they have done a better job of Romanizing the name of the craft? It needs one more 'u' (I checked the original Japanese). Without the second 'u', it just looks downright wrong to me.
Incidentally, "chikyuu" means "Earth" in Japanese, which I think is a great name for the craft.
I guess that means there won't be any further development on the Python and Perl modules for X-Chat for Windows. X-Chat requires ActivePerl and ActivePython to run Perl and Python plugins for the program.
Well, the Python plugin has been stuck at requiring ActivePython 2.3 for a while now, so maybe they'll just leave it at that.
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I've got a story -- it's called Harriet the Spy.
Free speech does not mean free speech without consequences.
Well, sure. If you're going to define free speech that way, then let's look at some examples under your definition:
I claim the president is an idiot. The FBI comes and tortures and rapes me for making this claim. You respond: "Hey, it's free speech, but has consequences! Your civil rights have not been infringed upon!"
Free speech is the freedom to speak without consequences (short of that "clear and present danger" clause).
On the other hand, Marquette is a private university, so I believe they are certainly allowed to punish the student; a private entity should not be held up to the same standards of rights-protection as a government, as one has freedom to attend the university or not.
putting it over his cripsy burnt face
Well, that explains it! Now I know why Obi-Wan was fighting Anakin -- Obi was representin' the Bloods!
I'm pretty sure that the "civil rights" part of their name is concerned with the civil rights of Catholics. From their website:
I would argue that there was discrimination against Catholics in the history of the US (so it's not just paranoid Catholics; now Protestants on the other hand, that's a different story). I ask that you read up on the Kennedy presidency and his campaigning and so forth -- there were questions of his loyalty to Rome as being closer than those to the US. Etc, etc, etc. Why has their been only one Catholic president in US history? For the same reason there has been no woman, minority or gay president -- discrimination.
Note: I am not Catholic, I love South Park, and I think the Catholic group was stupid for doing this, so don't label me as a Catholic Fascist or anything like that. I love freedom of speech. The creators of South Park gave up rights to control the broadcast of episodes when they signed a contract with Viacom/Comedy Central. It was their choice to relinquish these rights.
You proved me right.
I didn't dismiss it as propaganda. I found it funny that you posted something from North Korea. You must have misread my post.
Secondly, how is the Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights in the right for telling the creators of South Park that they can't even release the episode on DVD?
It's called freedom of speech. They didn't tell the creators of South Park they couldn't release it on DVD. They asked a Catholic board member of Viacom to pull the episode. They are well within rights to ask this (freedom of speech and all that). The board member of Viacom agreed (as he has loyalties to Rome), and this is whom I think could be in the wrong. Reread my post -- I do state that this board member may be in the wrong. However, all this is allowed under the Constitution of the US. I suggest you read it sometime before you try and argue that someone went beyond their rights. How is this any different than when someone using GNU/Linux asks NVidia to open up their video drivers? It's called freedom of speech, and we are well within our rights to request this.
In summation:
1) Request (by the Catholics) -- covered under free speech
2) Agreement (by the board member) -- covered under free speech
3) Action (by the board member) -- potentially a conflict of interest
I ask that you note that the only questionable act was performed by the board member, not by a Catholic organization.
unless you're buying an old fox show that was a failure and will probably never see the light of day again.....
Was that a swipe at Futurama? Well you can bite my shiny metal ass!
I can't believe you had to pull an article from NORTH-FUCKING-KOREA to provide a source. I thought I had read someone denying that it actually was pulled. There isn't any news on any official South Park or Comedy Central site as far as I can locate, so I'll hold off on declaring it true.
I think that, of course, the Catholic Anti-Defamation League (that's who started this, right?) were completely in their rights. I think Viacom was completely within its rights. I think no one has done anything shady. I understand why the Catholics would be upset. However, they have to know it's futile, and will only fuel interest in the episode.
That also being said, I found the episode to be only watchable. In my opinion it ranks up there as one of the worst two South Park episodes (I've seen every one), right up there with the Cartman/J.Lo-hand-puppet-masturbates-Ben-Affleck episode.
But I also wonder: if Viacom is a publicly traded company, and one of the execs/board members/whoever used their religion as a basis for the pulling (NOT censorship) of the episode for the rest of the forseeable future, isn't that a conflict of interest? Wouldn't he be liable for lawsuits because they are supposed to maximize profits, right? Those are my 4 a.m. musings.
Here is an explanation of the "brown noise" that makes you crap your pants when you hear it.
Such subtle, arcane humor. I love it!
The idea is to use exotic materials to create "negative" refraction of light, which literally means steering it in the opposite direction of that found in the natural world.
I have one of those! I call it a *hand quotes* mirror *hand quotes*.
Großoberunterkartoffelbreikäsewaffenführer
d neunzig, which is "999,999". Incidentally, it's one word, but when I clicked "preview" (gasp! the horror!), I think Slashdot rendered it as two words for some reason.
I don't speak German, but I was sure "waffen" had something to do with "air". Where is that in your translation? Personally, I was always partial to neunhundertneunundneunzigtausendneunhundertneunun
all you need to do is use a user-loyal player in stead of a broken one
*cough*VLC*cough*
DeCSS is integrated. With VLC I play DVDs from many different regions on my un-hacked DVD-ROM drive.
When someone trolls, I'm usually pretty ticked off.
Fixed.
Don't moderate flamebait as Troll. Know the difference or you will be Meta-moderated.
I'd suggest you explain your opinion of the difference between flamebait and troll. There isn't really a hard-and-fast difference between them many times. When someone trolls, and usually pretty ticked off. Doesn't that make them flamebait then?
you must be new
Don't you mean, "You must be GNU"?
What the parent fails to mention is that this is supposed to make OOo load faster.
I'm glad you mentioned that. I really wish I'd had my camera when I was in my local Best Buy today -- they are selling original X-boxes for US$300 apiece. I couldn't believe it, so I checked. It is the original X-box (from however many years ago) for that much, in the X-box packaging.
I think they're trying to capitalize on the "Mom, give me an X-box for Christmas! It's the $300 game system that says 'X-box' on it!" when the kid really wants the 360. Then the parents grab it, and they're basically throwing away about 200 dollars.
...is doing some interesting things. They are a former junior college, and they are heavily recruiting valedictorians via nice scholarships, and doing things to attract other smart kids (nationally ranked chess club, etc). If I was trying to make my new university stronger, I'd be doing exactly what they're doing.
They have this thing called the McDermott (sp?) Scholars. My friend from high school is one. They are, among other things, required to study abroad as part of the program. They also get something like a full ride at the university.
links?
I think I speak for all gaim users when I say
GOD DAMMIT FUCK THAT GUY I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR VIDEO SUPPORT FOREVER!
Seriously, it's quite disheartening to see FOSS fail in such a way -- gaim is the big kid on the block and they can't even get someone to integrate video support. Fuck Sean Egan. Fuck him right in the ass.
In none of your analogies is it the addictive substance's fault -- it's not the alcohol's fault you are an alcoholic. It is either the alcoholic's fault, or it is the fault of a chemical imbalance in his brain. It is not the alcohol's fault.
Likewise, it is not the game's fault. It's either the gamer's fault, or some chemical imbalance in his brain.
This one:
Wanna know how to keep an idiot busy? Read the next line.
Wanna know how to keep an idiot busy? Read the previous line.
Best game to come out in a while! I'm waiting for the Xbox 360 release.
The deep-sea drilling vessel Chikyu...
I realize I'm going to come off as a petty nitpicker, but couldn't they have done a better job of Romanizing the name of the craft? It needs one more 'u' (I checked the original Japanese). Without the second 'u', it just looks downright wrong to me.
Incidentally, "chikyuu" means "Earth" in Japanese, which I think is a great name for the craft.
Soylent Cheetos are PEOPLE!!!!!!!!!!
(-b+sqrt(b^2-4*a*c))/(2*a)
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Didn't you actually mean
(-b±sqrt(b^2-4*a*c))/(2*a)
I guess that means there won't be any further development on the Python and Perl modules for X-Chat for Windows. X-Chat requires ActivePerl and ActivePython to run Perl and Python plugins for the program.
Well, the Python plugin has been stuck at requiring ActivePython 2.3 for a while now, so maybe they'll just leave it at that.