I'd like to add one to that list, though not really a PC online service. Xbox Live.
When I had to leave for college a year or two back, I couldn't bring my Xbox with me (because it wasn't even mine. It belongs to my brother. I brought my Gamecube instead) So when I decided it was better to cancel it rather than pay another $50 for a year of a service I rarely used (I only played a few games, and Splinter Cell taught me to hate 13 year olds like nothing else), for a system I wouldn't have, I went to cancel, but, surprise, Microsoft's web pages have no information on canceling. After a great deal of googling, I found out the only way to cancel is to call a special tech-support hotline. And of course, the operator asked about 15 times if I was sure, and listed so many alternatives ("Maybe someone else up there will have an Xbox."). Thanks to that, I don't think I'll ever play another Xbox (or more realistically, a 360, if I ever get the system) game online ever again.
Three businesses that I will always hold very large suspicions about any news of.
Okay, let's just all sit down for a minute and calm down. Let's just admit it. Sony shot themselves in the foot. A lot. The list of things that pissed off consumers about Sony this season is too long to count. Now, this does not mean Sony is sunk. It just means they screwed up. How big of a screw up, well, that remains to be seen. As far as the console wars for this generation go, the Fat Lady hasn't even arrived at the opera house, let alone started to sing.
More than likely, I'd say it means they'd be taking 2007 off, not 2008...
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Or: It is a reference to the Hittchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, specifically the section on the Babel Fish. Considering the rather non-sensical natiure of the book, I didn't take it too seriously.
However, people might argue that killing a serial murderer who's attacking you is not wrong, as long as the death was unavoidable.
When a Fox kills a rabbit, it does it out of necessity. For the sake of survival, the Fox needed to kill the rabbit. In fact, killing CAN be beneficial to a population. When wolves kill deer, it can prevent their populations from growing too fast. Thus, the wolves ensure their own survival, as well as making sure the remaining deer don't starve.
However, if a puppy came up to my door, and wagged its tail at me, I gain nothing by mutilating it horribly. It was not necessary, or at all beneficial.
So, I'm just saying death is a necessity of life. Many would argue it's not wrong for me to eat a hamburger, because I'm an omnivore, and for the best life, some meat is required. Had I killed that cow for no real reason, well...
I think a universal law of life should be this: Everyone has the right to not be killed without reason or respect.
Normally, I would, but this IS/. Do you honestly think anyone here: A) Would actually use a joke of their own B) hasn't memorized the whole book by now?
You do have a point. Didn't think about that. Guess I didn't think anyone would think it was my own.
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But doesn't God say that he cannot and would not prove that he exists because proof denies Faith and what is God without Faith? So, theoretically, if God were to prove he exists, he would be proving he does not exist.
Mixing human logic and God is like mixing peanut butter and mayonaise. I suppose one could theoretically do it, but it'd probably leave a bad taste in your mouth.
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Shouldn't it be Thursday? Maybe it is... I never could quite get the hang of Thursdays...
But in the words of Douglas Adams... "It is by no means a coincidence that in no language in all the universe contains the expression 'as pretty as an airport.'"
I've never had the joy of flying, personally, but I have picked people up from them, and I can say looking for intelligence in an airport is like looking for life on Mars: it'd cost billions of dollars, take many years, and in the end, all you'd find is some fossils of amoebas.
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"Fred, I'm totally serious! How else would I have this giant gash in my lip from where the hook was?" "What? You were probably out all night licking sea anenomea again with those Clownfish sisters and bit down on some coral." "But I'm telling you, fishermen are real!" "Yeah right. What next? You still believe in Red Tide?"
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There is a test for exactly this sort of thing. We call them "elections." The results come back positive if your condition reads "elected."
But no self-respecting alien would use a cloaking device. They are extremely expensive, hard to produce, and not entirely effective.
Modern aliens rely on a S.E.P. field generator, or "Somebody Else's Problem." The generator creates an image that, when perceived by a sentient mind, automatically stores the data in a sector of the mind that labels things as "somebody else's problem," thus, letting the being ignore the object to the point of seeing right through it.
And given that this is O'Hare International, I seriously doubt somebody would give a second look at something that was not his own problem.
Well, in this case, I think that analogy is a bit flawed. Sex is supposed to feel good when you do it, even if it's not a "new experience." Porn, however, is watching OTHER people do it. I would think watching it could get fairly boring after some time. (And even doing it... I have heard people complain about sex getting old, needing a new spark... though that tends to take a fairly large length of time.)
Well, the OP didn't really say he had no interest in sex, just in porn. To be fair, I understand what he means. I've not seen much porn in my 20 years on this Earth, but go to a random porn site. Now another. Huh... You know... they look kinda... nearly... 100% identical.
I think it goes along with an unwritten law: 99% of anything is pure crap. Books, movies, games... porn.
And it is a lot like sports: You said you have little interest in them. I know how you feel. They bore me to tears (especially watching them on TV. Oh Lord tell me I never have to sit through another superbowl), but a lot of people believe sports are practically built into us. If you're American, you have to like Baseball or American football or SOMETHING.
I guess what I'm saying is, we all have our vices and obsessions and such. Different strokes... and all that. (And on a personal note, sex seems like a fun idea, but I'm too anti-social to actually seek it. So... I guess it's also a matter of priorities. For me, sex just isn't high on the list)
I agree 100% with you. It takes tact, people skills, and a lot of people.
The cynic in me says "That's never going to happen." The optimist in me... wait... wait... nope, he's still dead. (It was a tragic suicide years ago)
But seriously, as much as I detest littering, jerks who leave stuff around for others to clean, and people who just, in general, make messes and expect others to clean them up... to me, that rings out as more of a social problem. There's something seriously wrong with people now, and making someone on camera go "hey, cut that out!" isn't really getting to the root of the problem.
I guess I just hate doing what I call "treating the symptoms, not the disease." Especially when, in this case, the treatment can be so easily abused. And, heck, maybe someday, people will start to improve!...Nah.
On slashdot, there are two ways to think. The first is to think *new idea A* is a bad idea (and as nerds, we are usually prone to disliking just about everything we haven't seen before. We hate later seasons of shows because they're not previous seasons, we hate new games because they're not older games we loved, etc. =p ). The second is to think that everyone hates *New Idea A* because they are clearly *Insert overgeneralized demographic, such as Republican/Democrat/liberal/conservative/naive fool/cynical fool/foolish fool/cowboy neal/NOT cowboy neal*.
It's entirely possible for two people to support the same idea for entirely different reasons. In this case, maybe some of us think a better solution to this is not to add annoying features to cameras, but to simply step up our own personal responsibility. If you see someone litter in public, please, chew him out. If this happens enough, hey, people might just stop out of the sake of avoiding being hassled. Or not. (If they're driving, why not report their license plate number to the police? Fines tend to be quite common for this sort of thing)
And for the record, I'd call the GP's post flamebait not because he disagreed with my opinion, but because he did so in an extremely harsh, and disrespectful manner. Insulting your opponents, no matter how "right" your beliefs may be, is a bad way to give your viewpoint.
Or, in the GP's example, maybe it's time we accept the sad fact that people, as a whole, are essentially lazy slobs who don't care about any mess they don't personally have to clean up. (Both working and shopping in retail stores, I see plenty of people just drop items anywhere they feel like it, instead of returning it to its rightful shelf-space. This causes plenty of inventory and cleaning problems, but hey, it's not my problem, right?)
I'm reminded of a classic "Scary Door" (Twilight Zone parody) scene from Futurama: Man: Ah, I'm the only man left alive... and now, I have all the time in the world to devote to my one TRUE love, books! *takes a book off the shelf, only to have his glasses fall off and break* NO! It's not fair! It's not fair! There was finally ti-- Hey, wait a minute, my eyesight isn't THAT bad. I can still read the large print. *his eyeballs fall out* AUGH! NO!...Wait a second, I can still read braille! *His hands fall off* AHHHHHHHHH! *his tongue and head come off*
The moral of the story is, never hope or look on the bright side of life.
Well, that pretty much proved me wrong on just about every account.
As for the most spoken language/the language of business...
I've heard Chinese is the most spoken language in the world. I've heard French is, too.
Honestly, I don't know what language is "most important." I suspect a great deal of politics may be involved in deciding such things. So, I'll just leave without anymore boneheaded predictions.
Well, I suppose this just points out what they say, that people who aren't educated on a matter should keep their mouths shut (or at least double check their sources). But 2 notes: 1. I never meant to say Japanese spoken grammar was complicated. When referring to Japanese complexity, I'm speaking almost entirely of the written language. 2. I know what the actual Japanese definition of Otaku is. However, I believe the term has been adopted into the American lexicon, albeit with an alternate definition. Essentially, it's an Americanized bastardized version of the word. Some disagree with this, but I much prefer it to calling myself an American anime fan. Otaku is just much faster and, generally, the point is understood.
But yes, overall, I have no idea what I'm saying, so I'll quit while I'm ahead and take my leave.
Sorry. I didn't actually read your original post, duh. Really great/. fanboys don't even read posts before they respond to them. (I'm on break right now, though)
I believe in this case it was a matter of poor wording. What I simply meant was that the language is far too complicated in a modern world. I've heard something to the effect of the Japanese language (in terms of writing) being so complicated that normally someone can't become literate until about the age of 9.
Ironically, the Japanese, IIRC, have one of the highest literacy rates in the world. However, that may be due to the culture of the country, and the priorities of the people in general (I.E. education valued more than in other nations).
So, what I'm sort of getting at is the difficulty of the written language, as well as its dissimilarities to other languages in this regard. (I.E. While not necessarily easy for just anyone, translations from Spanish to English, or English to French, or many other frequently spoken languages is relatively painless.)
I believe a worldwide language is sort of what the world is headed for. Thinking of what language would be best suited for a wide audience, I think a Romance language would probably be best. (Though English does work, though I may be biased, but a lot of the industrialized world is sort of slowly teaching it if simply for easier trade with the US/Canadian/British/Australian businesses)
But at the same time, IANAL (I Am Not A Linguist) and a lot of what I'm saying here is second hand from someone I know who speaks 3 or 4 languages. So, I don't claim to be an expert on the subject, I'm just essentially letting my mouth/fingers run. Bad habit.
I believe fanboyism is fine, like most things, in moderation.
I'm an obsessive gamer. And Otaku. And... well, okay, I'm a lot of varieties of nerd/geek. And I do spend a lot more time involved in these activities than most people would consider "normal," but I keep boundaries.
As much as I love some particular items that have come from the Japanese culture, I have no intentions of moving to Japan, learning the language (it'd be sweet to order things that won't come to America/get it early, but it's an extremely complicated and, in my opinion, somewhat archaic language. English may be complicated grammatically, but we still only use 26 characters, most of which are identical to Romance/Germanic languages. And, as a multi-lingual friend has said to me, other than our grammar, English's biggest problem, if anything, is that it's overly simple in structure.). I don't believe the Japanese are a superior race. (I believe they're people. Which means I believe them capable of amazing things, but most of them are still as stupid as the average homo sapien)
I guess what I'm saying is the difference between a good and bad fanboy is, at the end of the day, the good fanboy keeps his obsessive hobbies in check. He might like to dress up as a Jedi or a Star Fleet Commander for fun, but that's all it is: fun.
It's not just this. I remember a Christmas special a year or two ago called "Merry F***ing Christmas" or something along these lines that demonstrated the true purpose of Christmas:
Natural selection through Christmas presents. Got a kid that was dumb enough to stick his hand in an EZ Bake oven? That one's a moron. Better try again! What about another boy who ducks when someone aims a BB gun in his direction? That's a keeper!
The real terrorists aren't the ones with bombs strapped to their chests. They're in our law firms, preventing our children from blowing themselves to tiny bits with their "Actual Working Holy Hand Grenade" when they don't listen and count to 4. This is not what God intended. God gave us Jesus and Christmas and all that so we could kill off our dumbest kids and raise only the smartest.
Let me tell you, the terrorists have already won, my friends. They won long ago...
I'm entirely aware of this, and would love nothing more than to see him shipped off to prison for crimes against humanity. However, I'm simply saying that a discussion of jail sentences for a man on BitTorrent is not a good place to start complaining about him in. This isn't a political thread, and bringing it up here is only going to irritate people on both sides.
Bush is a slimeball asshole, but that doesn't need to be said in EVERY topic. But I'm entirely for locking up him and every one of his puppet/puppet masters. (In fact, as far as I'm concerned, getting elected is proof of guilt. Go directly to jail, do not pass go, do not collect $200)
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I'd like to add one to that list, though not really a PC online service. Xbox Live.
When I had to leave for college a year or two back, I couldn't bring my Xbox with me (because it wasn't even mine. It belongs to my brother. I brought my Gamecube instead) So when I decided it was better to cancel it rather than pay another $50 for a year of a service I rarely used (I only played a few games, and Splinter Cell taught me to hate 13 year olds like nothing else), for a system I wouldn't have, I went to cancel, but, surprise, Microsoft's web pages have no information on canceling. After a great deal of googling, I found out the only way to cancel is to call a special tech-support hotline. And of course, the operator asked about 15 times if I was sure, and listed so many alternatives ("Maybe someone else up there will have an Xbox."). Thanks to that, I don't think I'll ever play another Xbox (or more realistically, a 360, if I ever get the system) game online ever again.
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Okay, let's just all sit down for a minute and calm down. Let's just admit it. Sony shot themselves in the foot. A lot. The list of things that pissed off consumers about Sony this season is too long to count. Now, this does not mean Sony is sunk. It just means they screwed up. How big of a screw up, well, that remains to be seen. As far as the console wars for this generation go, the Fat Lady hasn't even arrived at the opera house, let alone started to sing.
More than likely, I'd say it means they'd be taking 2007 off, not 2008...
Or:
It is a reference to the Hittchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, specifically the section on the Babel Fish.
Considering the rather non-sensical natiure of the book, I didn't take it too seriously.
However, people might argue that killing a serial murderer who's attacking you is not wrong, as long as the death was unavoidable.
When a Fox kills a rabbit, it does it out of necessity. For the sake of survival, the Fox needed to kill the rabbit. In fact, killing CAN be beneficial to a population. When wolves kill deer, it can prevent their populations from growing too fast. Thus, the wolves ensure their own survival, as well as making sure the remaining deer don't starve.
However, if a puppy came up to my door, and wagged its tail at me, I gain nothing by mutilating it horribly. It was not necessary, or at all beneficial.
So, I'm just saying death is a necessity of life. Many would argue it's not wrong for me to eat a hamburger, because I'm an omnivore, and for the best life, some meat is required. Had I killed that cow for no real reason, well...
I think a universal law of life should be this: Everyone has the right to not be killed without reason or respect.
Normally, I would, but this IS /. Do you honestly think anyone here:
A) Would actually use a joke of their own
B) hasn't memorized the whole book by now?
You do have a point. Didn't think about that. Guess I didn't think anyone would think it was my own.
But doesn't God say that he cannot and would not prove that he exists because proof denies Faith and what is God without Faith? So, theoretically, if God were to prove he exists, he would be proving he does not exist.
Mixing human logic and God is like mixing peanut butter and mayonaise. I suppose one could theoretically do it, but it'd probably leave a bad taste in your mouth.
Shouldn't it be Thursday? Maybe it is... I never could quite get the hang of Thursdays...
But in the words of Douglas Adams... "It is by no means a coincidence that in no language in all the universe contains the expression 'as pretty as an airport.'"
I've never had the joy of flying, personally, but I have picked people up from them, and I can say looking for intelligence in an airport is like looking for life on Mars: it'd cost billions of dollars, take many years, and in the end, all you'd find is some fossils of amoebas.
"Fred, I'm totally serious! How else would I have this giant gash in my lip from where the hook was?"
"What? You were probably out all night licking sea anenomea again with those Clownfish sisters and bit down on some coral."
"But I'm telling you, fishermen are real!"
"Yeah right. What next? You still believe in Red Tide?"
There is a test for exactly this sort of thing. We call them "elections." The results come back positive if your condition reads "elected."
But no self-respecting alien would use a cloaking device. They are extremely expensive, hard to produce, and not entirely effective.
Modern aliens rely on a S.E.P. field generator, or "Somebody Else's Problem." The generator creates an image that, when perceived by a sentient mind, automatically stores the data in a sector of the mind that labels things as "somebody else's problem," thus, letting the being ignore the object to the point of seeing right through it.
And given that this is O'Hare International, I seriously doubt somebody would give a second look at something that was not his own problem.
Well, in this case, I think that analogy is a bit flawed. Sex is supposed to feel good when you do it, even if it's not a "new experience." Porn, however, is watching OTHER people do it. I would think watching it could get fairly boring after some time. (And even doing it... I have heard people complain about sex getting old, needing a new spark... though that tends to take a fairly large length of time.)
Well, the OP didn't really say he had no interest in sex, just in porn. To be fair, I understand what he means. I've not seen much porn in my 20 years on this Earth, but go to a random porn site. Now another. Huh... You know... they look kinda... nearly... 100% identical.
I think it goes along with an unwritten law: 99% of anything is pure crap. Books, movies, games... porn.
And it is a lot like sports: You said you have little interest in them. I know how you feel. They bore me to tears (especially watching them on TV. Oh Lord tell me I never have to sit through another superbowl), but a lot of people believe sports are practically built into us. If you're American, you have to like Baseball or American football or SOMETHING.
I guess what I'm saying is, we all have our vices and obsessions and such. Different strokes... and all that. (And on a personal note, sex seems like a fun idea, but I'm too anti-social to actually seek it. So... I guess it's also a matter of priorities. For me, sex just isn't high on the list)
I agree 100% with you. It takes tact, people skills, and a lot of people.
...Nah.
The cynic in me says "That's never going to happen." The optimist in me... wait... wait... nope, he's still dead. (It was a tragic suicide years ago)
But seriously, as much as I detest littering, jerks who leave stuff around for others to clean, and people who just, in general, make messes and expect others to clean them up... to me, that rings out as more of a social problem. There's something seriously wrong with people now, and making someone on camera go "hey, cut that out!" isn't really getting to the root of the problem.
I guess I just hate doing what I call "treating the symptoms, not the disease." Especially when, in this case, the treatment can be so easily abused. And, heck, maybe someday, people will start to improve!
Wrong.
On slashdot, there are two ways to think. The first is to think *new idea A* is a bad idea (and as nerds, we are usually prone to disliking just about everything we haven't seen before. We hate later seasons of shows because they're not previous seasons, we hate new games because they're not older games we loved, etc. =p ). The second is to think that everyone hates *New Idea A* because they are clearly *Insert overgeneralized demographic, such as Republican/Democrat/liberal/conservative/naive fool/cynical fool/foolish fool/cowboy neal/NOT cowboy neal*.
It's entirely possible for two people to support the same idea for entirely different reasons. In this case, maybe some of us think a better solution to this is not to add annoying features to cameras, but to simply step up our own personal responsibility. If you see someone litter in public, please, chew him out. If this happens enough, hey, people might just stop out of the sake of avoiding being hassled. Or not. (If they're driving, why not report their license plate number to the police? Fines tend to be quite common for this sort of thing)
And for the record, I'd call the GP's post flamebait not because he disagreed with my opinion, but because he did so in an extremely harsh, and disrespectful manner. Insulting your opponents, no matter how "right" your beliefs may be, is a bad way to give your viewpoint.
Or, in the GP's example, maybe it's time we accept the sad fact that people, as a whole, are essentially lazy slobs who don't care about any mess they don't personally have to clean up. (Both working and shopping in retail stores, I see plenty of people just drop items anywhere they feel like it, instead of returning it to its rightful shelf-space. This causes plenty of inventory and cleaning problems, but hey, it's not my problem, right?)
In the words of Douglas Adams:
People are a problem.
I think I just summed up this entire thread. As well as just about every news story on this (and any other) site.
But then someone would cut your hands off.
...Wait a second, I can still read braille! *His hands fall off* AHHHHHHHHH! *his tongue and head come off*
I'm reminded of a classic "Scary Door" (Twilight Zone parody) scene from Futurama:
Man: Ah, I'm the only man left alive... and now, I have all the time in the world to devote to my one TRUE love, books! *takes a book off the shelf, only to have his glasses fall off and break* NO! It's not fair! It's not fair! There was finally ti-- Hey, wait a minute, my eyesight isn't THAT bad. I can still read the large print. *his eyeballs fall out* AUGH! NO!
The moral of the story is, never hope or look on the bright side of life.
Well, that pretty much proved me wrong on just about every account.
As for the most spoken language/the language of business...
I've heard Chinese is the most spoken language in the world.
I've heard French is, too.
Honestly, I don't know what language is "most important." I suspect a great deal of politics may be involved in deciding such things. So, I'll just leave without anymore boneheaded predictions.
Well, I suppose this just points out what they say, that people who aren't educated on a matter should keep their mouths shut (or at least double check their sources). But 2 notes:
1. I never meant to say Japanese spoken grammar was complicated. When referring to Japanese complexity, I'm speaking almost entirely of the written language.
2. I know what the actual Japanese definition of Otaku is. However, I believe the term has been adopted into the American lexicon, albeit with an alternate definition. Essentially, it's an Americanized bastardized version of the word. Some disagree with this, but I much prefer it to calling myself an American anime fan. Otaku is just much faster and, generally, the point is understood.
But yes, overall, I have no idea what I'm saying, so I'll quit while I'm ahead and take my leave.
Sorry. I didn't actually read your original post, duh. Really great /. fanboys don't even read posts before they respond to them. (I'm on break right now, though)
I believe in this case it was a matter of poor wording. What I simply meant was that the language is far too complicated in a modern world. I've heard something to the effect of the Japanese language (in terms of writing) being so complicated that normally someone can't become literate until about the age of 9.
Ironically, the Japanese, IIRC, have one of the highest literacy rates in the world. However, that may be due to the culture of the country, and the priorities of the people in general (I.E. education valued more than in other nations).
So, what I'm sort of getting at is the difficulty of the written language, as well as its dissimilarities to other languages in this regard. (I.E. While not necessarily easy for just anyone, translations from Spanish to English, or English to French, or many other frequently spoken languages is relatively painless.)
I believe a worldwide language is sort of what the world is headed for. Thinking of what language would be best suited for a wide audience, I think a Romance language would probably be best. (Though English does work, though I may be biased, but a lot of the industrialized world is sort of slowly teaching it if simply for easier trade with the US/Canadian/British/Australian businesses)
But at the same time, IANAL (I Am Not A Linguist) and a lot of what I'm saying here is second hand from someone I know who speaks 3 or 4 languages. So, I don't claim to be an expert on the subject, I'm just essentially letting my mouth/fingers run. Bad habit.
Wrong.
/. fanboy wouldn't even RTFA.
/. fanboy just bashes what he ASSUMES the article said.
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I believe fanboyism is fine, like most things, in moderation.
I'm an obsessive gamer. And Otaku. And... well, okay, I'm a lot of varieties of nerd/geek. And I do spend a lot more time involved in these activities than most people would consider "normal," but I keep boundaries.
As much as I love some particular items that have come from the Japanese culture, I have no intentions of moving to Japan, learning the language (it'd be sweet to order things that won't come to America/get it early, but it's an extremely complicated and, in my opinion, somewhat archaic language. English may be complicated grammatically, but we still only use 26 characters, most of which are identical to Romance/Germanic languages. And, as a multi-lingual friend has said to me, other than our grammar, English's biggest problem, if anything, is that it's overly simple in structure.). I don't believe the Japanese are a superior race. (I believe they're people. Which means I believe them capable of amazing things, but most of them are still as stupid as the average homo sapien)
I guess what I'm saying is the difference between a good and bad fanboy is, at the end of the day, the good fanboy keeps his obsessive hobbies in check. He might like to dress up as a Jedi or a Star Fleet Commander for fun, but that's all it is: fun.
It's not just this. I remember a Christmas special a year or two ago called "Merry F***ing Christmas" or something along these lines that demonstrated the true purpose of Christmas:
Natural selection through Christmas presents. Got a kid that was dumb enough to stick his hand in an EZ Bake oven? That one's a moron. Better try again! What about another boy who ducks when someone aims a BB gun in his direction? That's a keeper!
The real terrorists aren't the ones with bombs strapped to their chests. They're in our law firms, preventing our children from blowing themselves to tiny bits with their "Actual Working Holy Hand Grenade" when they don't listen and count to 4. This is not what God intended. God gave us Jesus and Christmas and all that so we could kill off our dumbest kids and raise only the smartest.
Let me tell you, the terrorists have already won, my friends. They won long ago...
I'm entirely aware of this, and would love nothing more than to see him shipped off to prison for crimes against humanity. However, I'm simply saying that a discussion of jail sentences for a man on BitTorrent is not a good place to start complaining about him in. This isn't a political thread, and bringing it up here is only going to irritate people on both sides.
Bush is a slimeball asshole, but that doesn't need to be said in EVERY topic. But I'm entirely for locking up him and every one of his puppet/puppet masters. (In fact, as far as I'm concerned, getting elected is proof of guilt. Go directly to jail, do not pass go, do not collect $200)