Exactly. The legal community has become very hostile to nullification. But the judge has no right to do that! Nullification has long been a part of our legal tradition. Judges that instruct juries the way yours did should be bounced off the bench so fast it would leave a permanent mark. This is exactly the reason that trial by jury is a right protected by the Bill of Rights, so that a despot claiming the law is on his side cannot railroad good people into jail. We have the right to be judged by a jury, good people of good conscience, not by bad laws. Like my earlier quote said, we are not obligated to blindly follow bad laws, indeed, we are morally obligated not to!
"No one is bound to obey an unconstitutional law and no courts are bound to enforce it." If you are on trial for breaking such a law, I hope your jurors are fully informed regarding nullification. Jurors sit in judgment of the law as well as the case itself. Your vote in the jury box is quite likely more powerful than the one you cast in November.
This is one thing I've wondered about for a long time. Why is code for the MacOS (even more so for MacOS X, based on Mozilla) so much bigger than equivalent code for other platforms? I mean, 9.8 MB for Windows, but 13 for MacOS and 16 for MacOS X? Sheesh.
What is wrong with passing the results of my hard work on to my children? Doesn't every parent want a better life for his/her children? Wouldn't you do the same?
The estate tax is evil. It's a disincentive to work hard and achieve something in life. It abrogates your freedom to do with your property what you want. It ought to be scrapped. Bequeathing my property to my children hurts you not one iota, so why do I/they get penalized?
I think what will happen ultimately is that the democratic process will force us all to drown together.
Exactly, because democracy is evil. Democracy is two wolves and a sheep voting on what to have for dinner. As soon as 51% of the people figure out a way to get the other 49% to pay all the taxes, we're sunk. And we're well on the way there already. Wealth redistribution doesn't work. Look at the Jamestown settlement. Free enterprise is the way to prosperity.
Our culture need to rediscover personal responsibility and the work ethic. No amount of political machination will solve the problem. The problem is the hearts of people and the greed found there. The Bible calls it sin, but if you want to use another name that applies, go ahead. Change people's hearts, and they will change their lifestyles and their politics.
When the way for people to get ahead is to work hard and people are allowed to enjoy the fruits of their labor, everyone benefits. When the way for people to get ahead is to take someone else's money, it reduces incentive to work, increases greed and finger-pointing, and everyone loses. Basic human nature at work. The concept of private property is essential for a free society to function.
It's staggering to realize the number of people killed in the 20th century by their own governments. Clearly we need less government, not more. At least the Constitution and Libertarian parties are supplying that option in the US.
Couldn't agree more. Where a republican system of government has spread (as opposed to government dictated by the whims of man or men - pure democracy is just as tyrannous as dictatorship), so has prosperity. Where Christianity has spread, so have republican governments. Dumping foreign aid into an unreformed government never goes to help the problem it's supposed to, because the corrupt gov't squanders it time and time again.
Man, where were you two weeks ago? I turned in my master's paper just yesterday where I briefly discussed Pad++. I'll be getting the degree, but to have had insights from someone that had actually used it, much less developed it, would have been way cool. (I tried, but had problems under Windows.)
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Of course NPR is liberal. You've got a radio station (unconstitutionally) funded by government money, do you think it's ever going to argue for cutting the budget? You don't bite that hand that feeds you. NPR is going to go along with whatever big-government program is popular at the moment.
The previous poster was right. With all the commercial stations available today, filling every niche available, there is less and less reason for publicly-funded TV or radio. If Sesame Street is such a great thing, a private station will buy the rights. If its not, let it die. That's the great thing about the market, the good stuff survives and the bad stuff dies off. Government, OTOH, will just keep throwing money down a hole if you let it.
Sorry, but I realized that wasn't very clear. If I follow the rationale right Jehovah is used, rather than God's real name, so that you wouldn't be trying to say the real name and screw it up. Or use the Name improperly, such as for cursing. ("God's last name is not......") Better to use a semi-fictitious word instead. In fact, one of the titles used by Jews to refer to the Name is HaShem, which literally means "the name".
In much of Jewish culture, particularly the Orthodox, God's personal name is too holy to be spoken or written, outside of certain very specific circumstances. Mispronunciations or typos might be seen as a sort of blasphemy. See Exodus 20:7. So letters are left out when writing it. IIRC, the term "Jehovah" comes from using the vowels from Adonai (which means Lord) with the consonants from God's personal name, YHWH. Even the title "God" is respected similarly.
I wish Apple still had a model like the LC or pizza box x100 line. Some of us "pros" can't afford pro-level machines and have to settle for consumer boxes, but have invested in a good 19" or 21" monitor, and don't want one built-in. By the time second-hand pro machines come down to consumer prices, the consumer machines seem to have outpaced them. I, for one, would be in the market for a $899 Mac like that.
Group some bookmarks into a folder. From the bookmarks menu, select "open all folder items" and voilà! Nice when combined with the ability to give nicknames to bookmarks and folders. Hotkey, start typing the nickname, and as soon as you have typed enough to be unambiguous it opens.
Being a Christian and a trekker it seemed a no-brainer choice for a handle. I envision it as being on a journey that is often difficult (but rewarding) to a specific goal: being more Christ-like. Trekking for Christ.
I was just telling beagle this morning that I can't figure out why a 300 MHz G3 can't feel as snappy as a 25 MHz NeXT box. (He's the NeXT fanatic, not me.) I agree with your assessment of the "thank you" though.
Well, IANAL, but I thought "innocent until proven guilty" was a general principle. If one was already guilty, why even go to court?
as long as noone discriminates against a protected group
I've often wondered if this in itself was discrimination. Why do some get protection and others don't? I thought we were supposed to have "equal protection under law". Using law as an agent of social change ("People won't act 'nice' the way we want them to, so we'll force them to.") is a risky and scary maneuver, IMO.
Hmm, interesting point. Maybe it could be limited to "commission of a crime against another person"? Speeding by itself isn't an offense against anybody. In fact, I'd say (IANAL) that vehicle speed is only regulated in order to reduce potential for accidents, not that there's anything inherently bad about getting somewhere faster.
Too bad common sense isn't more common. That would eliminate most of these problems. Trying to define a rule that is applicable in all situations is nigh-impossible. I guess that's why there's jury nullification.
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Exactly. The legal community has become very hostile to nullification. But the judge has no right to do that! Nullification has long been a part of our legal tradition. Judges that instruct juries the way yours did should be bounced off the bench so fast it would leave a permanent mark. This is exactly the reason that trial by jury is a right protected by the Bill of Rights, so that a despot claiming the law is on his side cannot railroad good people into jail. We have the right to be judged by a jury, good people of good conscience, not by bad laws. Like my earlier quote said, we are not obligated to blindly follow bad laws, indeed, we are morally obligated not to!
"No one is bound to obey an unconstitutional law and no courts are bound to enforce it." If you are on trial for breaking such a law, I hope your jurors are fully informed regarding nullification. Jurors sit in judgment of the law as well as the case itself. Your vote in the jury box is quite likely more powerful than the one you cast in November.
This is one thing I've wondered about for a long time. Why is code for the MacOS (even more so for MacOS X, based on Mozilla) so much bigger than equivalent code for other platforms? I mean, 9.8 MB for Windows, but 13 for MacOS and 16 for MacOS X? Sheesh.
Actually, .TUX sounds snazzier. And you know geeks got to have the snazziness factor.
At least they've got a web browser ready to go in place of IE. Any other home-grown Norwegian software solutions?
Me too. Though my reason is just so that I can have decent performance on my beige G3. I think a year+ to optimize the OS should be sufficient.
What is wrong with passing the results of my hard work on to my children? Doesn't every parent want a better life for his/her children? Wouldn't you do the same?
The estate tax is evil. It's a disincentive to work hard and achieve something in life. It abrogates your freedom to do with your property what you want. It ought to be scrapped. Bequeathing my property to my children hurts you not one iota, so why do I/they get penalized?
Exactly, because democracy is evil. Democracy is two wolves and a sheep voting on what to have for dinner. As soon as 51% of the people figure out a way to get the other 49% to pay all the taxes, we're sunk. And we're well on the way there already. Wealth redistribution doesn't work. Look at the Jamestown settlement. Free enterprise is the way to prosperity.
Our culture need to rediscover personal responsibility and the work ethic. No amount of political machination will solve the problem. The problem is the hearts of people and the greed found there. The Bible calls it sin, but if you want to use another name that applies, go ahead. Change people's hearts, and they will change their lifestyles and their politics.
When the way for people to get ahead is to work hard and people are allowed to enjoy the fruits of their labor, everyone benefits. When the way for people to get ahead is to take someone else's money, it reduces incentive to work, increases greed and finger-pointing, and everyone loses. Basic human nature at work. The concept of private property is essential for a free society to function.
It's staggering to realize the number of people killed in the 20th century by their own governments. Clearly we need less government, not more. At least the Constitution and Libertarian parties are supplying that option in the US.
Couldn't agree more. Where a republican system of government has spread (as opposed to government dictated by the whims of man or men - pure democracy is just as tyrannous as dictatorship), so has prosperity. Where Christianity has spread, so have republican governments. Dumping foreign aid into an unreformed government never goes to help the problem it's supposed to, because the corrupt gov't squanders it time and time again.
You claim to be a Libertarian in a descendant post, but you're promoting Malthusian scenarios? Somehow I don't find that consistent at all.
They blocked Opera. Of course, as soon as I spoof as Mozilla I can get in fine. I wrote the FT a nice note. :)
Man, where were you two weeks ago? I turned in my master's paper just yesterday where I briefly discussed Pad++. I'll be getting the degree, but to have had insights from someone that had actually used it, much less developed it, would have been way cool. (I tried, but had problems under Windows.)
Of course NPR is liberal. You've got a radio station (unconstitutionally) funded by government money, do you think it's ever going to argue for cutting the budget? You don't bite that hand that feeds you. NPR is going to go along with whatever big-government program is popular at the moment.
The previous poster was right. With all the commercial stations available today, filling every niche available, there is less and less reason for publicly-funded TV or radio. If Sesame Street is such a great thing, a private station will buy the rights. If its not, let it die. That's the great thing about the market, the good stuff survives and the bad stuff dies off. Government, OTOH, will just keep throwing money down a hole if you let it.
NSF? How about the FSF?
Sorry, but I realized that wasn't very clear. If I follow the rationale right Jehovah is used, rather than God's real name, so that you wouldn't be trying to say the real name and screw it up. Or use the Name improperly, such as for cursing. ("God's last name is not ......") Better to use a semi-fictitious word instead. In fact, one of the titles used by Jews to refer to the Name is HaShem, which literally means "the name".
In much of Jewish culture, particularly the Orthodox, God's personal name is too holy to be spoken or written, outside of certain very specific circumstances. Mispronunciations or typos might be seen as a sort of blasphemy. See Exodus 20:7. So letters are left out when writing it. IIRC, the term "Jehovah" comes from using the vowels from Adonai (which means Lord) with the consonants from God's personal name, YHWH. Even the title "God" is respected similarly.
I wish Apple still had a model like the LC or pizza box x100 line. Some of us "pros" can't afford pro-level machines and have to settle for consumer boxes, but have invested in a good 19" or 21" monitor, and don't want one built-in. By the time second-hand pro machines come down to consumer prices, the consumer machines seem to have outpaced them. I, for one, would be in the market for a $899 Mac like that.
They sold Ravenloft? Like you alluded to, it was the one unique world they had.
You do know there are key-shortcuts in Opera for just about everything, right?
Group some bookmarks into a folder. From the bookmarks menu, select "open all folder items" and voilà! Nice when combined with the ability to give nicknames to bookmarks and folders. Hotkey, start typing the nickname, and as soon as you have typed enough to be unambiguous it opens.
Being a Christian and a trekker it seemed a no-brainer choice for a handle. I envision it as being on a journey that is often difficult (but rewarding) to a specific goal: being more Christ-like. Trekking for Christ.
I was just telling beagle this morning that I can't figure out why a 300 MHz G3 can't feel as snappy as a 25 MHz NeXT box. (He's the NeXT fanatic, not me.) I agree with your assessment of the "thank you" though.
Well, IANAL, but I thought "innocent until proven guilty" was a general principle. If one was already guilty, why even go to court?
I've often wondered if this in itself was discrimination. Why do some get protection and others don't? I thought we were supposed to have "equal protection under law". Using law as an agent of social change ("People won't act 'nice' the way we want them to, so we'll force them to.") is a risky and scary maneuver, IMO.
Hmm, interesting point. Maybe it could be limited to "commission of a crime against another person"? Speeding by itself isn't an offense against anybody. In fact, I'd say (IANAL) that vehicle speed is only regulated in order to reduce potential for accidents, not that there's anything inherently bad about getting somewhere faster.
Too bad common sense isn't more common. That would eliminate most of these problems. Trying to define a rule that is applicable in all situations is nigh-impossible. I guess that's why there's jury nullification.