I have never ever known anyone to say "hey, I would like to be on a jury"
I've heard that's actually a very effective way to snag one of those peremptory challenges, especially if you get really excited when the prosecution questions you. Act overly nice and eager to get on the jury and he'll think you have an axe to grind against "the man" and can't wait to play Hung Jury.
A problem I notice with alot of Dungeons-and-Dragons style RPGs is that you are hopelessly outclassed of alot of stuff from the getgo -- there's no newbie store in Oblivion, really (at least to my knowledge). The stuff they sell in my price range is what I can find on any random monster, and the magic stuff costs more than the amount of gold I've ever made thus far. It was the same in Baldur's Gate.
Can you elaborate further? The website only says that you can appeal -- it doesn't go into detail about the actual process.
In the US at least, you have the absolute right to a hearing (trial w/o a jury) for even parking/speeding tickets if you choose to excercise it. Most don't because it means losing a day's pay, and the cops know that. However, you usually get off if there's a mistake in the police documentation (especially wrong licence #, car make/model) or if the policeman decides not to show up that day (he'll get paid, but he's gotta wait around just like you).
I think that's mainly because the DoI included the right to abolish the government when it became destructive regarding those ends (life, liberty, and property). Once the founding fathers were in charge, they probably thought they hadn't thought their cunning plan entirely through.
Very insightful, though I beleive so for a much more practical and simple matter.
We have no right for security because it is impossible to guarantee it from the government's end. For example, we can say completely that "everyone has the absolute freedom to publish anything they desire", and actually make it happen. We don't, but it could be so.
The government cannot say "no one will ever get blown up by terrorists ever again" because it is outside their control.
So you're saying the majority if Britain has decided breaking the law (due process, or whatever its called there) is necessary to punish people who... are... breaking the law?
If police and judges are not abiding by the rules of society, why do they expect criminals to?
But hell over with Mr Blair's favourite friend in Washington people are being sent to a "camp" which is beyond the juristriction of all law and can come from much less evidential grounds than the ASBOs and people are trying to avoid basic decency provisions such as the Geneva convention.
To be perfectly blunt, people care differently about "those people" being opressed than when it begins happening to their own.
That makes sense because there is no real need to use one in the first place.
In that case we'd better let the military know. Think of how much they could save in the budget if they didn't have to buy all those guns. Also, all police departments should destroy their weapons, as there is no real need to have them in the first place.
Not exactly an ideal analogy, since alcohol producers were around before prohibition and some managed to stay in business during (by making fruit juice or something) until it was over. After prohibition, we still had this infrastructure which made getting the flow going again easier.
With drugs, at least at the start, it will be so tightly controlled as to be a government monopoly. The prices will be far higher in percentage compared to illicit product compared to alcohol (which sees very little bootlegging now).
Cigarettes are somewhere in the middle because now the taxes are being hiked up very quickly in a short period of time. Smuggling them is a huge business, but not at the level of prohibition alcohol.
My favorite types of games lately are dungeon crawlers (Grandia Xtreme, Diablo 2, Dynasty Warriors sorta). I've tried Oblivion but the payoffs are simply too few and far between -- I can only finish maybe one quest a sitting for a grand total of like 43 gold and some rat meat.
For me, FF7 was a good blend of story and action (I've read several references to it being the first "boss rush" game). If only they'd let you skip cutscenes entirely (not just fast-read through 5 or 10 minutes worth) I'd be a happy camper.
Can't tax the interbutt when the countries are offshore.
Same argument as legalizing drugs. Even if Congress was struck by lightning and everyone suddenly thought it was a capital idea, who's going to pay the price of pot PLUS tax when they can still get it without? (hint: legalizing anything makes its illicit production even easier to conceal)
Where, in the bible, does it say anything about the morality or immorality of gambling? It speaks out against adultery, incest, rape (especially where it says the rapist has to marry the girl)
Suddenly, "magic golden plates" don't seem so crazy, do they?
What do you think Cloud and Friends did when they ran out of stalls at the farm after another hard day of goading chocobos to do the ugly in front of a captive audience?
Let's just say there was an ongoing sale on glue in Kalm town.
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Apparently they're not, as the British slashdotters have pointed out. Due Process isn't codified, so it can be overruled by acts of parliment.
Sounds like over there, civil rights are "at her majesty's leisure"
Wow. That's a really good point I hadn't ever thought of.
//not sarcastic, I'm pleasantly surprised to be taken aback
I have never ever known anyone to say "hey, I would like to be on a jury"
I've heard that's actually a very effective way to snag one of those peremptory challenges, especially if you get really excited when the prosecution questions you. Act overly nice and eager to get on the jury and he'll think you have an axe to grind against "the man" and can't wait to play Hung Jury.
You're confusing "illegal" with "wrong."
Substitute in a bunch of things for piracy in the above statement based on laws of different countries, like "homosexuality" or "democracy."
A problem I notice with alot of Dungeons-and-Dragons style RPGs is that you are hopelessly outclassed of alot of stuff from the getgo -- there's no newbie store in Oblivion, really (at least to my knowledge). The stuff they sell in my price range is what I can find on any random monster, and the magic stuff costs more than the amount of gold I've ever made thus far. It was the same in Baldur's Gate.
MP is such an interesting acronym for this discussion. Across the "pond" it means "military police"
it's no worse than banning some 14 year old shoplifter from a town centre
Noobs, just ring the bell. Then all the peasants garrison inside and start firing arrows.
Can you elaborate further? The website only says that you can appeal -- it doesn't go into detail about the actual process.
In the US at least, you have the absolute right to a hearing (trial w/o a jury) for even parking/speeding tickets if you choose to excercise it. Most don't because it means losing a day's pay, and the cops know that. However, you usually get off if there's a mistake in the police documentation (especially wrong licence #, car make/model) or if the policeman decides not to show up that day (he'll get paid, but he's gotta wait around just like you).
I'm no fan of religion, but that jesus guy has the perfect response to this:
"Whatever you have done to the least of my brothers, so you have done to me"
I think that's mainly because the DoI included the right to abolish the government when it became destructive regarding those ends (life, liberty, and property). Once the founding fathers were in charge, they probably thought they hadn't thought their cunning plan entirely through.
Very insightful, though I beleive so for a much more practical and simple matter.
We have no right for security because it is impossible to guarantee it from the government's end. For example, we can say completely that "everyone has the absolute freedom to publish anything they desire", and actually make it happen. We don't, but it could be so.
The government cannot say "no one will ever get blown up by terrorists ever again" because it is outside their control.
So you're saying the majority if Britain has decided breaking the law (due process, or whatever its called there) is necessary to punish people who... are... breaking the law?
If police and judges are not abiding by the rules of society, why do they expect criminals to?
Think of ASBOs as restraining orders on behalf of the community. They aren't great, but they aren't the catastrophe you immediately assume.
The siezure of private property and imposing of arbitrary restrictions (that will lead to jail if violated) is not a catastrophe?
But hell over with Mr Blair's favourite friend in Washington people are being sent to a "camp" which is beyond the juristriction of all law and can come from much less evidential grounds than the ASBOs and people are trying to avoid basic decency provisions such as the Geneva convention.
To be perfectly blunt, people care differently about "those people" being opressed than when it begins happening to their own.
This seems like one of those policies with unlimited potential for abuse.
Potential? This law would criminalize the act of being suspected in a crime. There is no grey line being responsible use an abuse.
That makes sense because there is no real need to use one in the first place.
In that case we'd better let the military know. Think of how much they could save in the budget if they didn't have to buy all those guns. Also, all police departments should destroy their weapons, as there is no real need to have them in the first place.
Just amend that bill to tax the transfers to online gambling companies instead of prohibit it outright.
Just send your money to an overseas bank, then conduct the transaction from there.
even if they've not been convicted.
Slashdot's demographic is young males, a group who just so happens to like video games. It's quite simple.
Not exactly an ideal analogy, since alcohol producers were around before prohibition and some managed to stay in business during (by making fruit juice or something) until it was over. After prohibition, we still had this infrastructure which made getting the flow going again easier.
With drugs, at least at the start, it will be so tightly controlled as to be a government monopoly. The prices will be far higher in percentage compared to illicit product compared to alcohol (which sees very little bootlegging now).
Cigarettes are somewhere in the middle because now the taxes are being hiked up very quickly in a short period of time. Smuggling them is a huge business, but not at the level of prohibition alcohol.
My favorite types of games lately are dungeon crawlers (Grandia Xtreme, Diablo 2, Dynasty Warriors sorta). I've tried Oblivion but the payoffs are simply too few and far between -- I can only finish maybe one quest a sitting for a grand total of like 43 gold and some rat meat.
For me, FF7 was a good blend of story and action (I've read several references to it being the first "boss rush" game). If only they'd let you skip cutscenes entirely (not just fast-read through 5 or 10 minutes worth) I'd be a happy camper.
Can't tax the interbutt when the countries are offshore.
Same argument as legalizing drugs. Even if Congress was struck by lightning and everyone suddenly thought it was a capital idea, who's going to pay the price of pot PLUS tax when they can still get it without? (hint: legalizing anything makes its illicit production even easier to conceal)
Where, in the bible, does it say anything about the morality or immorality of gambling? It speaks out against adultery, incest, rape (especially where it says the rapist has to marry the girl)
Suddenly, "magic golden plates" don't seem so crazy, do they?
What part of "bread and circuses" does this latest incarnation of fuedalism not understand?
What do you think Cloud and Friends did when they ran out of stalls at the farm after another hard day of goading chocobos to do the ugly in front of a captive audience?
Let's just say there was an ongoing sale on glue in Kalm town.