"Optimum Online" sounds (to me) like "Optimus Prime", the leader of the Autobots (the good Transformers who opposed the bad Decepticons). I was trying to be moderately funny so that somebody with mod-points would throw me a bone since my life is hollow and meaningless and the only joy I have are the funny mods that I get, but I think I went too obscure.
Here's one. The problem is, they've been around for decades, and have yet to make any inroads into government. We know whose fault that is... as George Bernard Shaw said, "Democracy is a device that insures we shall be governed no better than we deserve."
you think it's possible that someone who has provably committed no crime, who can instantly show that he is not the person with a same/similar name (since all manner of authorities, legal process, background checks, etc. have to deal with this thousands of times daily) would be "rotting in jail" somehow "unable to clear his name"?
In America, in 2007, in the name of Protecting The Children, yes, I not only believe it's possible, I'd be shocked if it hadn't happened at least a few times already.
you have to be proven GUILTY in a court of law, not NOT guilty.
Unless you've been accused of a crime against Our Nations Most Precious Resource - The Children. Then you're guilty even after you prove you're not guilty.
Wow... eight posts from you in the span of less than one hour, during normal working hours... perhaps you should be spending some of this time on Monster.com?
They'll never reach critical mass. Why? Because they depend on a dedicated network of users who believe in freedom from tyranny... and there just aren't enough people worldwide
who do. Too many people oppose (or at least refuse to support) anonymous routing schemes
simply because they might be used by people who they disagree with. Very few people seem
to understand that stopping any government censorship means stopping ALL government censorship,
even the government censorship they believe is pure delicious goodness. Even here on tinfoil
hat Slashdot, you can see that about a quarter of the posts are something along the lines of
"Well, SOME censorship is necessary... what about OMG The Children?" If Slashdot readers
don't even truly support freedom from censorship, what hope does the rest of the (pitifully
apathetic) world have?
I'll never forget the day we circumcised my son. It was only a few weeks after he had been
born (it would have been sooner, but he was born premature). One of the doctors actually opposed it, telling us that there was no medical reason to do it. My wife and I decided that,
hey, it had been done to me and I was ok, so we went ahead and had it done. After they brought
him back (all four pounds of him at the time), he was shivering and moaning like he'd never
done before (and has never done since). His whole body was convulsing. This went on for
several hours. I wondered if he was going to die. The doctors told me that this was normal,
and he'd be just fine in a day.
They were right, he was. I don't think it had any effect on him, but seeing it sure as hell had
an effect on me. If I somehow ending up having another boy, he'll definitely stay the way
nature made him (unless he decides to have it done when he's an adult). It may not be the same,
but it's not what we've been led to believe it is, either.
Why should I give holocaust deniers and nazi propagandist the right to be heard?
H
How 'bout you tell me why they shouldn't? Do you really think that Germany is a swarming
mass of anti-Semitism, just waiting for a leader to come along and light the fire of the Fourth Reich? I would like to think that most Germans would be a tad offended by your implied
sentiment - that if they heard a bit of Nazi propaganda, they'd start rounding up the Jews. We
have Nazi propagandists here in America, and we don't censor them - we laugh at them (not that
we're a shining beacon of freedom or anything ourselves; we just "get it" when it comes to
political speech).
Let's try: Why should I give (fill in the blank) the right to be heard? Because it's a
right - a fundamental right, just like the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. I
hold those truths to be *self* evident - that means they don't need to be justified. If
your "culture" disagrees, then your culture is wrong.
i'm all for freedom of speech where it makes people think and do good things
In other words, I'm all for freedom of speech unless it actually imparts freedom. And this, ladies and gentlemen, is why censorship will continue to rise until the internet
becomes just another state-run medium - because 99% of the population of the world is pro-censorship.
Everybody believes that there's something out there that needs to be censored for some reason
or another. In China, it's harmful ideas that might destabilize the government. In America,
it's OMG the CHILDREN might see it! Censorship is all or nothing, but most people are far too
stupid to comprehend this. We could stop this - right now - either legally or by supporting an
uncensorable medium (like Freenet), but we won't.
We won't, because too many of us believe that censorship is a Good Thing that can be used for
Good by our Benevolent Leaders.
You're one of those, "this 'freedom' concept has gotten out of hand" people, aren't you? So, let's see - if you're arrested for criticizing the government, that's not a thought crime because you weren't arrested for thinking about criticizing the government? That's one seriously tortured piece of logic you have there, dude... and since abusing things that aren't alive appear to be criminal in your book, you should turn yourself in for horrendous abuse of logic.
And if there were, each one would contradict the last one (based on the prejudice of the researcher) and everybody would ignore the results of the studies and base their opinions on their own hysterical over-emotional prejudices (as always).
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Not only did they nail him, they had the evidence of it removed from the final episode. That's power!
"Optimum Online" sounds (to me) like "Optimus Prime", the leader of the Autobots (the good Transformers who opposed the bad Decepticons). I was trying to be moderately funny so that somebody with mod-points would throw me a bone since my life is hollow and meaningless and the only joy I have are the funny mods that I get, but I think I went too obscure.
One man's trash is another man's treasure... and if you're throwing any out, let me know where you left it.
One man's trash is another man's treasure... and if you're throwing any out, let me know where you left it.
The Decepticons will be pleased.
Here's one. The problem is, they've been around for decades, and have yet to make any inroads into government. We know whose fault that is... as George Bernard Shaw said, "Democracy is a device that insures we shall be governed no better than we deserve."
But first, take a ride around Haiti so you'll know where you're swearing you're in looks like.
In America, in 2007, in the name of Protecting The Children, yes, I not only believe it's possible, I'd be shocked if it hadn't happened at least a few times already.
In most cases, no - unless you've been accused of a crime against The Children. Then even Kangaroos will pity you.
Unless you've been accused of a crime against Our Nations Most Precious Resource - The Children. Then you're guilty even after you prove you're not guilty.
What makes you think it hasn't happened (and he's rotting in jail right now, unable to clear his name)?
Wow... eight posts from you in the span of less than one hour, during normal working hours... perhaps you should be spending some of this time on Monster.com?
They'll never reach critical mass. Why? Because they depend on a dedicated network of users who believe in freedom from tyranny... and there just aren't enough people worldwide who do. Too many people oppose (or at least refuse to support) anonymous routing schemes simply because they might be used by people who they disagree with. Very few people seem to understand that stopping any government censorship means stopping ALL government censorship, even the government censorship they believe is pure delicious goodness. Even here on tinfoil hat Slashdot, you can see that about a quarter of the posts are something along the lines of "Well, SOME censorship is necessary... what about OMG The Children?" If Slashdot readers don't even truly support freedom from censorship, what hope does the rest of the (pitifully apathetic) world have?
I'll never forget the day we circumcised my son. It was only a few weeks after he had been born (it would have been sooner, but he was born premature). One of the doctors actually opposed it, telling us that there was no medical reason to do it. My wife and I decided that, hey, it had been done to me and I was ok, so we went ahead and had it done. After they brought him back (all four pounds of him at the time), he was shivering and moaning like he'd never done before (and has never done since). His whole body was convulsing. This went on for several hours. I wondered if he was going to die. The doctors told me that this was normal, and he'd be just fine in a day.
They were right, he was. I don't think it had any effect on him, but seeing it sure as hell had an effect on me. If I somehow ending up having another boy, he'll definitely stay the way nature made him (unless he decides to have it done when he's an adult). It may not be the same, but it's not what we've been led to believe it is, either.
Yet when I torrent them, the MPAA is all over me about it...
Let's start with you.
H
How 'bout you tell me why they shouldn't? Do you really think that Germany is a swarming mass of anti-Semitism, just waiting for a leader to come along and light the fire of the Fourth Reich? I would like to think that most Germans would be a tad offended by your implied sentiment - that if they heard a bit of Nazi propaganda, they'd start rounding up the Jews. We have Nazi propagandists here in America, and we don't censor them - we laugh at them (not that we're a shining beacon of freedom or anything ourselves; we just "get it" when it comes to political speech).
Let's try: Why should I give (fill in the blank) the right to be heard? Because it's a right - a fundamental right, just like the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. I hold those truths to be *self* evident - that means they don't need to be justified. If your "culture" disagrees, then your culture is wrong.
In other words, I'm all for freedom of speech unless it actually imparts freedom. And this, ladies and gentlemen, is why censorship will continue to rise until the internet becomes just another state-run medium - because 99% of the population of the world is pro-censorship. Everybody believes that there's something out there that needs to be censored for some reason or another. In China, it's harmful ideas that might destabilize the government. In America, it's OMG the CHILDREN might see it! Censorship is all or nothing, but most people are far too stupid to comprehend this. We could stop this - right now - either legally or by supporting an uncensorable medium (like Freenet), but we won't. We won't, because too many of us believe that censorship is a Good Thing that can be used for Good by our Benevolent Leaders.
If it's real, it's only a matter of time before it's shut down, regardless of where it's based.
Yet.
- What's red and goes around and around?
- A baby in the blender
- What's red and bubbly and scratches at the window?
- A baby in the microwave
- What's red and sits in the corner?
- A baby playing with a razor blade.
- What's blue and sits in the corner?
- A baby playing with a plastic bag.
- What's green and sits in the corner?
- That same baby two weeks later.
That was my contribution to combating global warming.What a world... where you have to specifically outlaw the illegal behavior of the government.
How am I supposed to know what her phone number was? I can hardly remember what window I was standing outside of.
You're one of those, "this 'freedom' concept has gotten out of hand" people, aren't you? So, let's see - if you're arrested for criticizing the government, that's not a thought crime because you weren't arrested for thinking about criticizing the government? That's one seriously tortured piece of logic you have there, dude... and since abusing things that aren't alive appear to be criminal in your book, you should turn yourself in for horrendous abuse of logic.
And yeah, that's a way stupid law.
And if there were, each one would contradict the last one (based on the prejudice of the researcher) and everybody would ignore the results of the studies and base their opinions on their own hysterical over-emotional prejudices (as always).