Where is your evidence that only a violent and bloody revolution can reverse this trend?
If you want non-refutable evidence that would stand up to scientific scrutiny, I'm afraid I have to disappoint you.
Have you tried, I don't know, convincing lots of people to your point of view?
I have tried convincing people that voting for the lesser evil only perpetuates evil. I have tried convincing people that power without accountability (e.g., police) only leads to abuse and corruption. I have tried convincing people that being "tough on crime" by criminalizing more things and increasing punishments instead of concentrating on rehabilitation and giving alternative does not really reduce crime, just makes more criminals. Several years ago, when Ontario held a referendum, I have tried convincing people that Mixed-Proportional is a much better system than First-Past-The-Post. Lather, rinse, repeat...
So, allow me to answer your question with an Inigo Montoya quote: "it's been twenty years now and I'm starting to lose confidence".
The holy grail of the middleman is to set himself up to be the gate keeper of an essential good or service.
Since monopolizing access to air, water, food or sex did not pan out, they went after the next thing -- culture. And, I must admit, with great success. With the eager participation of most (if not all) "free" national governments, partaking in your own culture is no longer free, and the full force of the state is applied against those who would dare to oppose this "arrangement".
Have no doubt, there is a lot of wealth and power involved and, given their corrupting influence, things will only get worse in time. Nothing short of a violent and bloody revolution can reverse this trend.
Israel's problem is that it continues to antagonize. Yes, Hamas is in the wrong as well, but Israel's actions are making a two state solution impossible. The current borders are not really viable for the Palestinians, for example.
From Wikipedia: It has been the position of Israel that the most Arab-populated parts of West Bank (without major Jewish settlements), and the entire Gaza Strip must eventually be part of an independent Palestinian State. However, the precise borders of this state are in question. At Camp David, for example, then-Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak offered Yasser Arafat an opportunity to establish an independent Palestinian State composed of 92% of the West Bank, Arab neighborhood of East Jerusalem, and the entire Gaza Strip and dismantling of most settlements. Yasser Arafat rejected the proposal without providing a counter-offer. A subsequent settlement proposed by President Clinton offered Palestinian sovereignty over 94 to 96 percent of the West Bank but was similarly rejected.
To me the greatest feat in basketball still belongs to Wilt Chamberlain and the 100 point game. Done without the benefit of the 3 point shot by the way. That same year he averaged 50.4 points and 25.7 rebounds per game. Astounding. Those records will never, ever, be broken at the professional level.
If it was possible for these records to be set, it is possible for them to be broken.
If you don't like [...], contact the Whitehouse and your representatives and let them know. Not that it'll matter, but maybe it'll make you feel better.
And that is the most accurate and succinct summary of our(*) representative democracy that I have ever seen.
(*) I'm not from US but the situation in Canada isn't any better.
Simply because we use electrons instead of ink and paper doesn't mean we lose the protection of the 4th amendment.
You lost the protection of the 4th amendment the moment you lost the ability to enforce it. The above also applies to any other right or freedom that you believe to have.
The question becomes, what do we do to fix this so that consumers are truly protected?"
You can't. There's no profit in protecting consumers.
Congress needs to step in and clarify.
Congresscritters are predominantly lawyers, their buddies are predominantly lawyers and CEOs. Why would they act against their own financial interests?
(And don't talk to me about democracy. Democracy only works with an informed and engaged electorate.)
In order to get a real appreciation of how "customer-oriented" Logitech are, take a look at this petition, started some 3 years ago with close to 500 replies.
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Where is your evidence that only a violent and bloody revolution can reverse this trend?
If you want non-refutable evidence that would stand up to scientific scrutiny, I'm afraid I have to disappoint you.
Have you tried, I don't know, convincing lots of people to your point of view?
I have tried convincing people that voting for the lesser evil only perpetuates evil.
I have tried convincing people that power without accountability (e.g., police) only leads to abuse and corruption.
I have tried convincing people that being "tough on crime" by criminalizing more things and increasing punishments instead of concentrating on rehabilitation and giving alternative does not really reduce crime, just makes more criminals.
Several years ago, when Ontario held a referendum, I have tried convincing people that Mixed-Proportional is a much better system than First-Past-The-Post.
Lather, rinse, repeat...
So, allow me to answer your question with an Inigo Montoya quote:
"it's been twenty years now and I'm starting to lose confidence".
Go study Gandi [sic]
Go study the political climate that made Gandhi's non-vilence possible and effective, and why it would not work today.
Nothing short of a violent and bloody revolution can reverse this trend.
This just isn't true. If the people really cared about this issue, they could get it changed via the ballot box.
Really? Still smoking that "hope and change" dope, are you?
Go read Douglas Adams, it's good for you.
Or, if reading is not your forte, go watch The Simpsons (skip to 13:22).
“If voting changed anything, they'd make it illegal.”
(attributed to Emma Goldman, Jello Biafra and others)
It's just that they don't care as much as you do, so you want to act like a psychopath who doesn't get his way.
Apparently reading comprehension is not one of your strong points.
Let's try something else: "Nothing short of a miracle can reverse this trend."
See, now I'm a saint!
Get Google to fix their piece of shit Reader. Absolutely no reason it should be eating ram the longer you use it.
Have you ever managed to get Google to "fix their piece of shit" anything?
Big Media, winning hearts and minds.
The holy grail of the middleman is to set himself up to be the gate keeper of an essential good or service.
Since monopolizing access to air, water, food or sex did not pan out, they went after the next thing -- culture.
And, I must admit, with great success. With the eager participation of most (if not all) "free" national governments, partaking in your own culture is no longer free, and the full force of the state is applied against those who would dare to oppose this "arrangement".
Have no doubt, there is a lot of wealth and power involved and, given their corrupting influence, things will only get worse in time.
Nothing short of a violent and bloody revolution can reverse this trend.
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Israel's problem is that it continues to antagonize. Yes, Hamas is in the wrong as well, but Israel's actions are making a two state solution impossible. The current borders are not really viable for the Palestinians, for example.
From Wikipedia:
It has been the position of Israel that the most Arab-populated parts of West Bank (without major Jewish settlements), and the entire Gaza Strip must eventually be part of an independent Palestinian State. However, the precise borders of this state are in question. At Camp David, for example, then-Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak offered Yasser Arafat an opportunity to establish an independent Palestinian State composed of 92% of the West Bank, Arab neighborhood of East Jerusalem, and the entire Gaza Strip and dismantling of most settlements. Yasser Arafat rejected the proposal without providing a counter-offer. A subsequent settlement proposed by President Clinton offered Palestinian sovereignty over 94 to 96 percent of the West Bank but was similarly rejected.
Also see article 13 of the Hamas Covenant.
Israel has not one but two additional anti missile defense systems. One operational [...], and another one in development (Magic Wand)
Based, no doubt, on Hitachi technology.
To me the greatest feat in basketball still belongs to Wilt Chamberlain and the 100 point game. Done without the benefit of the 3 point shot by the way. That same year he averaged 50.4 points and 25.7 rebounds per game. Astounding. Those records will never, ever, be broken at the professional level.
If it was possible for these records to be set, it is possible for them to be broken.
Can this key be revoked after, say, a year or so, forcing the (by now committed) users to shell out or be locked out of their systems?
If you don't like [...], contact the Whitehouse and your representatives and let them know. Not that it'll matter, but maybe it'll make you feel better.
And that is the most accurate and succinct summary of our(*) representative democracy that I have ever seen.
(*) I'm not from US but the situation in Canada isn't any better.
Best missile defense shield : peace treaty.
Unfortunately it contradicts article 13 of the Hamas covenant.
Simply because we use electrons instead of ink and paper doesn't mean we lose the protection of the 4th amendment.
You lost the protection of the 4th amendment the moment you lost the ability to enforce it.
The above also applies to any other right or freedom that you believe to have.
Mossad is very good at what it does.
The Mossad has had it's share of bungled operations (e.g., Jordan 1997, Switzerland 1998, Cyprus 1998, NZ 2004)
As with the current action in Gaza
Which is a military operation that has nothing to do with the Mossad.
Direct US involvement in WW2 was started by a sneak attack on Pearl Harbor...
FTFY.
You forget their other friends, corporations.
The question becomes, what do we do to fix this so that consumers are truly protected?"
You can't. There's no profit in protecting consumers.
Congress needs to step in and clarify.
Congresscritters are predominantly lawyers, their buddies are predominantly lawyers and CEOs.
Why would they act against their own financial interests?
(And don't talk to me about democracy. Democracy only works with an informed and engaged electorate.)
No way, it's the other way around!
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The term 'hi-jacked' is just wrong
I agree. The correct term is not hyphenated.
The point of winning most wars is not to rid the world of tyranny, it is to decide who gets to be the tyrant.
In order to get a real appreciation of how "customer-oriented" Logitech are, take a look at this petition, started some 3 years ago with close to 500 replies.
Why indeed?
Is there any info about gasoline "purity" of different Canadian brands/stations?
Long ago, they should have just put in a copyright request for i* - paving the way in the future for the iTV, the iE-Cig, the iCar, etc...
Or, in Mexico, the iCaramba!