Perhaps they keep silent because of fear? Fear of alienation? Fear of reprocussions?
The people you want the peaceful muslim population to condemn and rally against are violent psychopaths who fight for a "religious cause".. and your entire country shares that religion.
The people you want them to rally against are BLOWING UP FUCKING EMBASSYS because of CARTOONS.
Rallying against these extremists possibly be seen as rallying against your own religion and country. Add the fear of reprocussions such as violence and death from the "extremists" or the government itself towards anyone against their cause, and you have a public that's scared shitless to say anything in opposition to the extremists.
I'm not necessarily saying I completely subscribe to this idea I just presented, however it's always important to try and cover all the angles before you write off entire populations as violent barbarians.
Quake 1 -- I guess simply because it was the first multiplayer game I played over the "internet" -- I was instantly addicted. I still play it to this day, roughly 10 years later. Nothing in recent future has been able to totally devour my life the way FFA Start map deathmatches did when I was still using a keyboard to get around at first.
Remember the first time someone showed you how to aim down, fire a rocket, and jump all at the same time?
And don't even get me started on Threewave CTF or the original Team Fortress...
do i not buy magazines because of ads? not watch tv?
of course i buy ad ridden magazines and watch hours of commercials to see my shows, but if i want to watch the shows and read the articles, i really have no choice.
technology gives us the power to fight back, so we do where we can.
Smith said that Microsoft will reinvest all of the money, after legal expenses, including $5 million that will go to increase Internet enforcement efforts and expand technical and investigative support to help law enforcers to address computer-related crimes.
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Perhaps they keep silent because of fear? Fear of alienation? Fear of reprocussions?
.. and your entire country shares that religion.
The people you want the peaceful muslim population to condemn and rally against are violent psychopaths who fight for a "religious cause"
The people you want them to rally against are BLOWING UP FUCKING EMBASSYS because of CARTOONS.
Rallying against these extremists possibly be seen as rallying against your own religion and country. Add the fear of reprocussions such as violence and death from the "extremists" or the government itself towards anyone against their cause, and you have a public that's scared shitless to say anything in opposition to the extremists.
I'm not necessarily saying I completely subscribe to this idea I just presented, however it's always important to try and cover all the angles before you write off entire populations as violent barbarians.
If this type of system becomes widely used and it gains the ability to tackle other roads... should this affect our drunk driving laws?
Quake 1 -- I guess simply because it was the first multiplayer game I played over the "internet" -- I was instantly addicted. I still play it to this day, roughly 10 years later.
Nothing in recent future has been able to totally devour my life the way FFA Start map deathmatches did when I was still using a keyboard to get around at first.
Remember the first time someone showed you how to aim down, fire a rocket, and jump all at the same time?
And don't even get me started on Threewave CTF or the original Team Fortress...
i have nothing worthwhile to say.
do i not buy magazines because of ads? not watch tv? of course i buy ad ridden magazines and watch hours of commercials to see my shows, but if i want to watch the shows and read the articles, i really have no choice. technology gives us the power to fight back, so we do where we can.
Redundant story.
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http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/08/09/1
from the article dated Tue Aug 9:
Smith said that Microsoft will reinvest all of the money, after legal expenses, including $5 million that will go to increase Internet enforcement efforts and expand technical and investigative support to help law enforcers to address computer-related crimes.