if the line gets pushed, even more extreme things may become the norm? (Killing babies, public self mutiliation, goatse)? I agree that obscenity laws make no sense. This part of your comment made me uneasy, though.
A popular imageboard I frequent has definitely inured me to the 'extreme things' you mention, and more. For the most part, I'm no longer shocked by these images, and I am uncertain what to think about that. I feel less oppressed by subjects I formerly found unpalatable. At the same time, I find I still have a strong repugnance for certain images, such as animal torture. I feel I have explored uncertain places in myself and come away with a stronger sense of my own morality.
Still - how would this jury react to such extreme images? For us who may be inured, how do we react to the jury's sense of shock? Are ordinary folks just the newfags of the internet age? While I don't accept obscenity laws, I can see where they're coming from. I don't know what the answer is, if there is one.
...it was the American colonists who were the insurgents.
Now that I come to think of it, perhaps history has proven your point! If England had resorted to these tactics, the world might be a better place today.
The humans are polytheists, while the Cylons are monotheists. They'll both have an interesting time processing what they find if they arrive at modern Earth.
Of course, the writers could take the easy way out and have 'em show up around the last ice age.
I think Google stepped in precisely when they wanted to, when YouTube was sufficiently popular. Google wanted to demonstrate the folly of current intellectual property law to hundreds of thousands of tube junkies.
A big part of YouTube's success came from clips of copyrighted/licensed material. In turn, that popularity gave success back to that same material. Now all that's gone - just video blogs, stupid pet tricks, and mentos. Yeah, still funny but... not the same. It could have made the 'push' broadcasting model of content delivery obsolete and established a new market. Good thing all those artists are protected now.
Lorien: A brilliant strategy. He's making a crucible which he hopes will force out the truth. Quite brave. Possibly futile, but very human.
What I want to know is what's gonna happen when Galactica arrives at Earth and finds out their pantheon of Gods have become a quaint idea, and the People of the Book (Judaism, Islam and Christianity) are all about the One True God. And Count Iblis is already here.
Perhaps the Cylons can settle in the Middle East somewhere - they'll fit right in.
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I agree that obscenity laws make no sense. This part of your comment made me uneasy, though.
A popular imageboard I frequent has definitely inured me to the 'extreme things' you mention, and more. For the most part, I'm no longer shocked by these images, and I am uncertain what to think about that. I feel less oppressed by subjects I formerly found unpalatable. At the same time, I find I still have a strong repugnance for certain images, such as animal torture. I feel I have explored uncertain places in myself and come away with a stronger sense of my own morality.
Still - how would this jury react to such extreme images? For us who may be inured, how do we react to the jury's sense of shock? Are ordinary folks just the newfags of the internet age? While I don't accept obscenity laws, I can see where they're coming from. I don't know what the answer is, if there is one.
What do you think about this?
...it was the American colonists who were the insurgents. Now that I come to think of it, perhaps history has proven your point! If England had resorted to these tactics, the world might be a better place today.
The humans are polytheists, while the Cylons are monotheists. They'll both have an interesting time processing what they find if they arrive at modern Earth.
Of course, the writers could take the easy way out and have 'em show up around the last ice age.
Do you think they've manufactured more than 144,000 stickers?
I think Google stepped in precisely when they wanted to, when YouTube was sufficiently popular. Google wanted to demonstrate the folly of current intellectual property law to hundreds of thousands of tube junkies.
A big part of YouTube's success came from clips of copyrighted/licensed material. In turn, that popularity gave success back to that same material. Now all that's gone - just video blogs, stupid pet tricks, and mentos. Yeah, still funny but... not the same. It could have made the 'push' broadcasting model of content delivery obsolete and established a new market. Good thing all those artists are protected now.
Lorien: A brilliant strategy. He's making a crucible which he hopes will force out the truth. Quite brave. Possibly futile, but very human.
You think YOU have it bad. Canada's not even in the list. So tiresome to be left out, as usual, from a list of countries... sigh.
Ah yes, Step 3 - wallow through human feces looking for gold nuggets.
Next on Fear Factor...
U.S. Dept. Of Retro Warns: 'We May Be Running Out Of Past'
It is satire, but with more than a grain of truth to it - one of The Onion's better articles. I guess we have arrived!
Mant
What I want to know is what's gonna happen when Galactica arrives at Earth and finds out their pantheon of Gods have become a quaint idea, and the People of the Book (Judaism, Islam and Christianity) are all about the One True God. And Count Iblis is already here.
Perhaps the Cylons can settle in the Middle East somewhere - they'll fit right in.
Umm, actually he does keep track of how accurate his predictions are - here's a column from January 2006. Past ones are in the archive.
mant
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Galaxymap1.jpg