I'm curious as to where the "great molten mass, called pangaea" line comes from. I've heard it a bunch of times. It conjures up images of 60's black-and-white edukashun films, but I'm in my 20s, so I must've learned it by proxy or something:)
At least someone understood instead of seeing the word and immediately moderating me into troll oblivion.
My point -- and I don't think I'm alone here -- is that the majority of people in this government subconsciously view their People in the same way the "White Man" looked at "The Nigger."
Essentially, be polite and civil with them when required, but don't trust 'em to so much as wipe their ass without say-so.
Bears repeating, though I'll expand because your given example is always used and has a number of people who would be happy to brand someone accused of that with a scarlet letter:
*streaking
*public urination
*"criminal restraint" -- Fark has a story a while back about a guy who nearly ran a kid over and got outside to yell at him. Because he grabbed her arm, he was found guilty and had to register.
*"false imprisonment if not a parent" -- Haven't heard of this yet, but it would probably apply to anyone who found a teenager stealing/vandalizing their home/store and made them remain while they called the police.
It'd be a toss-up for them, cause they're all big fans of divine retribution. A catch-22 if you will. I'd simply counter "wait, you're telling me God couldn't do that? Doesn't sound very omnipotent to me!"
Of course, they probably like a wiseass terrorist even less than the regular ones:(
All other issues aside, terrorism against the US has certainly and undoubtedly achieved that key goal: creating awareness of their respective cause.
If our people were composed of sterner stuff -- say, in the previous example, the congressmen simply refused to hear the man out and all got up from their seats to take him down -- the act would be without any real benefit.
Funny, the people on flight 93 solved their own problem as well as prevented further damage. How many times do you hear about that particular incident? Which group is getting the bigger memorial?
Or assuming we don't pass a law like Japan making the sale of used electronics illegal after X years, simply keep your device as-is!. Unless you're technologically inclined/motivated enough to find backdoors.
You know, it would be nice, just once, for those we entrust with ensuring the country is run for the good of it's people actually worked for the people who vote for them
But they do. Big business votes for them -- assuming they push the right bills.
You don't seriously think they actually count all those ballots every four years, do you? Nah. They just invite GM and Microsoft and Exxon (etc) to the secret White House Underground Command center and discuss all nice and civilized who's turn it is in the Captain's Chair.
Lucky for you I have my "tactical strategy against islamists" manual with me.
Step 1: Pull all facets of our government out of the middle east. Completely. Let private enterprise handle all trade and relations, under the laws of each respective country.
Step 2: Immediately cease all spending allocated to national security. Shutter the NSA, CIA, and FBI. Let states handle law enforcement. Return all money to The People.
Step 3: US Citizens love their government. "Islamists" lose the major impetus for hating the Great Western Satan. Profit.
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That's nothing. I know this old dude who can tell how fast a machine's running just by the feel of the deck plates.
He was playing Rise of the Triads when my great grandfather was still in diapers.
You fool. The problem, obviously, was that you used the term explosion. By now you are already on your way to Gitmo in regulation orange.
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+1 informative.
:)
I'm curious as to where the "great molten mass, called pangaea" line comes from. I've heard it a bunch of times. It conjures up images of 60's black-and-white edukashun films, but I'm in my 20s, so I must've learned it by proxy or something
At least someone understood instead of seeing the word and immediately moderating me into troll oblivion.
My point -- and I don't think I'm alone here -- is that the majority of people in this government subconsciously view their People in the same way the "White Man" looked at "The Nigger."
Essentially, be polite and civil with them when required, but don't trust 'em to so much as wipe their ass without say-so.
If the police can commit crimes, so can the rest of us!
Even if it were the warmest the earth has ever been
"Millions of years ago, the Earth was a great, molten mass, called Pangaea."
To: All you niggers That report is just a goddamned piece of paper Signed, President George W Bush.
I was thinking more along the lines of The Moon
Bears repeating, though I'll expand because your given example is always used and has a number of people who would be happy to brand someone accused of that with a scarlet letter:
*streaking
*public urination
*"criminal restraint" -- Fark has a story a while back about a guy who nearly ran a kid over and got outside to yell at him. Because he grabbed her arm, he was found guilty and had to register.
*"false imprisonment if not a parent" -- Haven't heard of this yet, but it would probably apply to anyone who found a teenager stealing/vandalizing their home/store and made them remain while they called the police.
That is a good point. You're right, my analogy sucks too.
if someone does not lock their front door, it is OK for you to walk into the house and take what you like
You are wrong because:
_x_ Amazingly Bad Analogy
_x_ Total Logical Disconnect
Your comparison is flawed because the piggybacker is 1) not committing the crime of trespass and 2) not actually taking anything.
The analogy you are looking for is "if someone is playing their boombox on the stoop and you sit outside to listen for free, are you stealing"
but I'm unfamiliar with US law on this.
US law is "he is a sex offender -- he has no rights."
And if you disagree with that, then you are obviously a terrorist.
Easy, he's guilty of being arrested.
Thanks, +1 informative.
Looks like my source was a little biased.
It'd be a toss-up for them, cause they're all big fans of divine retribution. A catch-22 if you will. I'd simply counter "wait, you're telling me God couldn't do that? Doesn't sound very omnipotent to me!"
:(
Of course, they probably like a wiseass terrorist even less than the regular ones
All other issues aside, terrorism against the US has certainly and undoubtedly achieved that key goal: creating awareness of their respective cause.
If our people were composed of sterner stuff -- say, in the previous example, the congressmen simply refused to hear the man out and all got up from their seats to take him down -- the act would be without any real benefit. Funny, the people on flight 93 solved their own problem as well as prevented further damage. How many times do you hear about that particular incident? Which group is getting the bigger memorial?
Or assuming we don't pass a law like Japan making the sale of used electronics illegal after X years, simply keep your device as-is!. Unless you're technologically inclined/motivated enough to find backdoors.
I urge you to send a strongly worded letter
Screw that, I'm sending a horse's head.
You know, it would be nice, just once, for those we entrust with ensuring the country is run for the good of it's people actually worked for the people who vote for them
But they do. Big business votes for them -- assuming they push the right bills.
You don't seriously think they actually count all those ballots every four years, do you? Nah. They just invite GM and Microsoft and Exxon (etc) to the secret White House Underground Command center and discuss all nice and civilized who's turn it is in the Captain's Chair.
How can we forcibly say to congress that we don't want this passed?
Nothing says "hay guys, listen up!" like a vest that goes BOOM.
(you did specify "forcibly", which is a funny word to use. Since force is also the reason laws are obeyed.)
Lucky for you I have my "tactical strategy against islamists" manual with me.
Step 1: Pull all facets of our government out of the middle east. Completely. Let private enterprise handle all trade and relations, under the laws of each respective country.
Step 2: Immediately cease all spending allocated to national security. Shutter the NSA, CIA, and FBI. Let states handle law enforcement. Return all money to The People.
Step 3: US Citizens love their government. "Islamists" lose the major impetus for hating the Great Western Satan. Profit.
Except in this case, where the german police decided acting "inconspicious" was suspicious in and of itself:
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http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/newsArticle.aspx?
Meh, dyslexia. That's not as cool as my very sexy disease.
Kif, what do I call it?