Oh please. SlashDot loves big government. Didn't use to, about 15 years ago+ it was kind of a Libertarian hang out. Now it's 80% left wingers, 10% right wingers, and 10% Libertarians.
That's one definition, but it's a complete fail. It's the definition that lets morons and dim-wits blather about "science doesn't know everything! Science is proved wrong all the time!".
Science - that word doesn't mean what you think it means. It's not a body of knowledge, it's a process. _Everything_ should be debated by scientists. Sure, it's pretty clear that we are contributing to global warming but there are always more facts to be found.
And I don't think you do the study because it would satisfy them. If anything, these scientists are the ones not ignoring them - they are explicitly saying that the reason they don't want to do it is because they will be used by the deniers. That's anything but ignoring them.
If the study will provide useful data, then do it. If not, then don't. But don't say you won't do it "because POLITICS".
These scientists are misguided, to put it kindly. I don't think they've really thought out their positions.
First, science is science. There is value in studying the natural climatic progressions of the planet.
Most importantly, by refusing they are doing far more to help deniers than they would be by doing the study. Just makes them look like they have something to hide to the typical conspiracy minded denier dolt.
How's Cuba's economy and standard of living these days? I mean sure, you can pretend they have great medical care based on the risible lies and flim-flam of Moore's movie, but let's face it Cuba is much shittier than it would be with normalized US relations.
Bullshit. They arbitrarily grouped together "gambling" as a monolith. Antigua can setup the same types of online "gambling" that the US allows inside the US. This is all a joke based on the premise that "gambling is gambling".
Since drugs are drugs and US companies can manufacture and sell aspirin online, maybe Antigua should be able to sell heroin online right?
Odd how people can't read these days. I said "One of". And Europe is cheating, it's not a real country. Why not say the economy of the northern hemisphere is bigger, right?
Rubbish. You act like the treaty said "You shall not ban online gaming located in foreign signatories." I promise you it didn't. We signed the treaty, then some board of bureaucrats decided that what we were doing was wrong - the ruling could have gone the other way.
It's like you sign a contract to work somewhere, then they tell you you have to murder someone - I mean you did sign a contract, you know?
There are no "international laws". It all comes down to power and it always will. And you also seem to think that if you agree to a treaty today and some ridiculous judgement comes down 10 years later that you should just bend over and take it.
Nah, fuck that. We should go Cuba on Antigua. Just go every 6 months and snip their fiber-optic lines. Ban travel, ban trade, the whole 9 yards.
Yes. You are foolish to believe otherwise. We do things in our best interest (well, besides just letting poor people from the third world stream in over our borders, but that's another discussion). But if the shit hits the fan then whoever is stronger wins. That's the US and China, pretty much at this point, with various close third placers.
Lol, you seem convinced that by signing a treaty we signed away our rights to legislate within our borders. We didn't, I promise you.
I can already tell you that Antigua will not win this, we won't be legalizing online gambling and they wont become a copyright free zone. It's all very silly.
Fuck off. The alternative is to cede sovereignty to some International body? Yeah - no. It's against our Constitution. Our government works in our interests. When the WTO is in our interests we will back it, when it's not we won't. Simple.
As for Iran and Somalia - nice try. Good luck with your little club when one of the biggest economies in the world leaves it.
Bullshit. I'm an atheist and I'm all for appropriate application of the death penalty.
The only problem is our bar is too low. You should require a normal conviction with an death penalty rider, then another jury should have to affirm the death penalty, and finally a panel of like 5 judges. It should go beyond reasonable doubt to "only magic could explain how this guy isn't guilty."
The Aurora shooter, for example - they should have tried him and then gut shot him and thrown him in a garbage dump somewhere never to be discussed again.
Meandering, lack-witted anti-American blathering really sells with some sorts. If anything, probably most of his mod points came from the typical, dreary self-loathing Americans that scurry about around here.
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Oh please. SlashDot loves big government. Didn't use to, about 15 years ago+ it was kind of a Libertarian hang out. Now it's 80% left wingers, 10% right wingers, and 10% Libertarians.
Clever rebuttal. Do you drones get together to find new ways to randomly work Fox News slams into every conversation?
Yeah, why kill 0 people with nuclear power when you can kill thousands with coal, right!
That's one definition, but it's a complete fail. It's the definition that lets morons and dim-wits blather about "science doesn't know everything! Science is proved wrong all the time!".
Science - that word doesn't mean what you think it means. It's not a body of knowledge, it's a process. _Everything_ should be debated by scientists. Sure, it's pretty clear that we are contributing to global warming but there are always more facts to be found.
And I don't think you do the study because it would satisfy them. If anything, these scientists are the ones not ignoring them - they are explicitly saying that the reason they don't want to do it is because they will be used by the deniers. That's anything but ignoring them.
If the study will provide useful data, then do it. If not, then don't. But don't say you won't do it "because POLITICS".
These scientists are misguided, to put it kindly. I don't think they've really thought out their positions.
First, science is science. There is value in studying the natural climatic progressions of the planet.
Most importantly, by refusing they are doing far more to help deniers than they would be by doing the study. Just makes them look like they have something to hide to the typical conspiracy minded denier dolt.
Hell no, and never plan to. Indeed parts of the US are shitholes. Easy enough to just not go there, though.
Shut up, scum. This is a ruling, not part of the treaty. Try to keep things straight in your head.
No, douchebag, I wasn't suggesting this. I was suggesting we give them the Cuba treatment, meaning cut of all trade/relations with them.
How's Cuba's economy and standard of living these days? I mean sure, you can pretend they have great medical care based on the risible lies and flim-flam of Moore's movie, but let's face it Cuba is much shittier than it would be with normalized US relations.
Bullshit. They arbitrarily grouped together "gambling" as a monolith. Antigua can setup the same types of online "gambling" that the US allows inside the US. This is all a joke based on the premise that "gambling is gambling".
Since drugs are drugs and US companies can manufacture and sell aspirin online, maybe Antigua should be able to sell heroin online right?
Pwnt. That just happened.
Odd how people can't read these days. I said "One of". And Europe is cheating, it's not a real country. Why not say the economy of the northern hemisphere is bigger, right?
Lol, not even close. It would indeed be a horrendous war but we would crush China. Money, technology, and experience really really matter.
Rubbish. You act like the treaty said "You shall not ban online gaming located in foreign signatories." I promise you it didn't. We signed the treaty, then some board of bureaucrats decided that what we were doing was wrong - the ruling could have gone the other way.
It's like you sign a contract to work somewhere, then they tell you you have to murder someone - I mean you did sign a contract, you know?
There are no "international laws". It all comes down to power and it always will. And you also seem to think that if you agree to a treaty today and some ridiculous judgement comes down 10 years later that you should just bend over and take it.
Nah, fuck that. We should go Cuba on Antigua. Just go every 6 months and snip their fiber-optic lines. Ban travel, ban trade, the whole 9 yards.
True enough. I agree that Antigua and the US should just have a trade war.
The US is not enforcing any laws in Antigua. The laws apply to US citizens only. Try harder.
Yes. You are foolish to believe otherwise. We do things in our best interest (well, besides just letting poor people from the third world stream in over our borders, but that's another discussion). But if the shit hits the fan then whoever is stronger wins. That's the US and China, pretty much at this point, with various close third placers.
Alas, Antigua is a nobody little country that we can fucking crush just like we crushed Cuba. So there goes your risible little fantasy.
Lol, you seem convinced that by signing a treaty we signed away our rights to legislate within our borders. We didn't, I promise you.
I can already tell you that Antigua will not win this, we won't be legalizing online gambling and they wont become a copyright free zone. It's all very silly.
No, rocket surgeon, but US citizens to whom the law applies are.
Fuck off. The alternative is to cede sovereignty to some International body? Yeah - no. It's against our Constitution. Our government works in our interests. When the WTO is in our interests we will back it, when it's not we won't. Simple.
As for Iran and Somalia - nice try. Good luck with your little club when one of the biggest economies in the world leaves it.
Bullshit. I'm an atheist and I'm all for appropriate application of the death penalty.
The only problem is our bar is too low. You should require a normal conviction with an death penalty rider, then another jury should have to affirm the death penalty, and finally a panel of like 5 judges. It should go beyond reasonable doubt to "only magic could explain how this guy isn't guilty."
The Aurora shooter, for example - they should have tried him and then gut shot him and thrown him in a garbage dump somewhere never to be discussed again.
Hyperbolic gibber jabber.
Meandering, lack-witted anti-American blathering really sells with some sorts. If anything, probably most of his mod points came from the typical, dreary self-loathing Americans that scurry about around here.