wasn't genreally because of how tough and patriotic they were but because they had no options and were dirt poor, right?
Wrong. Military pay back then was shit even by the standards of the time, and nobody in their right mind would sign up to go fight in trenches and storm beaches just to make a few bucks. With the war in full swing there were plenty of jobs to be had back home which didn't come with a high probability of a quick and messy death.
Imagine your kid 8 or 10 on a farm, that the farm is failing because of a few bad seasons and your parents can't afford to feed your brothers and sisters when this nice man from the army says he'll take you away and give you grub.
I've spoken to several vets who lied about their age in order to join; none of them were actively recruited so your whole scenario there is just a strawman.
If you look at our volunteer army, it's almost entirely the poor
This is just a lie. All studies done on the subject show that US soldiers, both officers and enlisted, are far more likely to come from families in the top 40% of income earners. Only 10% come from the bottom 20% of income earners (ie. "The Poor). Moreover since in most cases the military requires recruits to have a Hugh School diploma or equivalent soldiers also tend to be much better educated than the general public, which means they would have a far better chance of earning a decent income outside of the military.
and long term military.
The average enlistment length is 15 years.
For all intents we've got a warrior caste, we just don't talk about it in those terms.
To the extent that this is true, your "warrior caste" is largely made up of middle class white conservative men who tend to have a history of military service in their family. The idea that you have a "caste" made up of underprivileged, uneducated, empoverished families who have no option other than military service is just total bullshit.
"Oh hello Mr. Fellow White Citizen. May I inquire as to why you are pointing that firearm at my head? I'm sure you mean no harm, but you understand that I must ask."
lmao. You have some incredibly entertaining delusions, buds.
Yes, a story listing examples of how white people can point guns at cops and live and black people cannot.
lol. If you're stupid enough to think that a cop with a gun pointed at him gives a shit about the colour of the hand holding it, you can't possibly expect to be taken seriously in these kinds of discussions.
racÂism ËrÄËOEsizÉ(TM)m noun prejudice, discrimination, or antagonism directed against someone of a different race based on the belief that one's own race is superior. "a program to combat racism" synonyms: racial discrimination, racialism, racial prejudice, xenophobia, chauvinism, bigotry, casteism "Aborigines are the main victims of racism in Australia" the belief that all members of each race possess characteristics or abilities specific to that race, especially so as to distinguish it as inferior or superior to another race or races.
Weird, I don't see anything in there about thinking that people of other races look the same. Are you sure you got your definitions straight?
Agreed. I've considered it in the past also, but never carried through due to concern for my family. Wish I had some advice to offer but it sounds like you've been through it all already. All I can do is commiserate.
It's perfectly logical. They want to end it because their life is shit, and they're worried that if they get caught trying to end it, the police will make their life more shit.
If you're so incompetent that you can't even make a one-time small purchase of drugs in a major city, I can understand why you might be suicidal. I suppose in that case you could always overdose on aspirin. There are plenty of legal drugs which can kill you, and you don't have to worry about Da Po Po ruining your party.
You're a special kind of asshole.
Aww, that's really sweet of you. I'd like to think I'm at least above average, but it's nice to get honest feedback.
It takes money away from lobbying & contributing pharma companies, health care networks/hospitals, clinics, doctors, and franchise pharmacies. Same reason marijuana is still classified as a Schedule I Narcotic by the FDA.
Gotta love these idiotic conspiracy theories. The entire opioid market is worth only about $13 billion annually. That's about the same as the "diatery supplements" market, which is mostly useless garbage. On a global scale, diatery supplements are a $200 billion market, while opiods are only about $24 billion.
If things worked the way that simpletons like you think they do the alt-med and supplement markets would have far more sway over policy than "big pharma" and their eeeeevil pills.
Canada is a signatory to ITAR and we deal with a lot of those rules here as well. Certainly canadian military personnel deal with american-provided ITAR protected material all the time. I would be surprised if a Canadian citizen was unable to be hired due to those regulations. AFAIK you just have to be able to obtain a US security clearance.
I like how we are constantly redefining the definition of torture. I fully expect that in 2089 your descendants will be arguing that not receiving strawberry cheesecake for desert is torture and causes lasting psychological harm.
As a citizen I am scared to be in America at the moment.
Of course you are. Just like many conservatives were terrified to be in the US under Obama. That's what happens when you have a carroonish view of politics and react emotionally whenever you're not getting your way.
Being able to review is a handy feature, though, so it would be a shame to get rid of it completely.
But your suggestion is a good one, and there's no reason why both encryption schemes couldn't be implemented. Then the user would have the option to decide which scheme to use based on what level of usability/security they need.
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wasn't genreally because of how tough and patriotic they were but because they had no options and were dirt poor, right?
Wrong. Military pay back then was shit even by the standards of the time, and nobody in their right mind would sign up to go fight in trenches and storm beaches just to make a few bucks. With the war in full swing there were plenty of jobs to be had back home which didn't come with a high probability of a quick and messy death.
Imagine your kid 8 or 10 on a farm, that the farm is failing because of a few bad seasons and your parents can't afford to feed your brothers and sisters when this nice man from the army says he'll take you away and give you grub.
I've spoken to several vets who lied about their age in order to join; none of them were actively recruited so your whole scenario there is just a strawman.
If you look at our volunteer army, it's almost entirely the poor
This is just a lie. All studies done on the subject show that US soldiers, both officers and enlisted, are far more likely to come from families in the top 40% of income earners. Only 10% come from the bottom 20% of income earners (ie. "The Poor). Moreover since in most cases the military requires recruits to have a Hugh School diploma or equivalent soldiers also tend to be much better educated than the general public, which means they would have a far better chance of earning a decent income outside of the military.
and long term military.
The average enlistment length is 15 years.
For all intents we've got a warrior caste, we just don't talk about it in those terms.
To the extent that this is true, your "warrior caste" is largely made up of middle class white conservative men who tend to have a history of military service in their family. The idea that you have a "caste" made up of underprivileged, uneducated, empoverished families who have no option other than military service is just total bullshit.
Of course he gives a shit.
"Oh hello Mr. Fellow White Citizen. May I inquire as to why you are pointing that firearm at my head? I'm sure you mean no harm, but you understand that I must ask."
lmao. You have some incredibly entertaining delusions, buds.
Yes, a story listing examples of how white people can point guns at cops and live and black people cannot.
lol. If you're stupid enough to think that a cop with a gun pointed at him gives a shit about the colour of the hand holding it, you can't possibly expect to be taken seriously in these kinds of discussions.
racÂism
ËrÄËOEsizÉ(TM)m
noun
prejudice, discrimination, or antagonism directed against someone of a different race based on the belief that one's own race is superior.
"a program to combat racism"
synonyms: racial discrimination, racialism, racial prejudice, xenophobia, chauvinism, bigotry, casteism
"Aborigines are the main victims of racism in Australia"
the belief that all members of each race possess characteristics or abilities specific to that race, especially so as to distinguish it as inferior or superior to another race or races.
Weird, I don't see anything in there about thinking that people of other races look the same. Are you sure you got your definitions straight?
It means there's a 50 percent chance you'll kill the AI in a drive-by before it has a chance to ID you.
And wtf is "half white, half hispanic"?? You mean you're 100% white and you speak Spanish?
Wrong is a woman showing her face in public; right is stoning her to death after she gets raped. Duh. Everyone who was raise right knows these things.
Yes, it is.
You spam bots are getting more advanced by the day ...
So you can assault men?
Your rules suck.
Don't worry, that's changing. Look at marriage rates and even sex rates in the newer generations.
It was only a matter of time until democrats ended up pursuing their own version of McCarthyism.
Agreed. I've considered it in the past also, but never carried through due to concern for my family. Wish I had some advice to offer but it sounds like you've been through it all already. All I can do is commiserate.
It's perfectly logical. They want to end it because their life is shit, and they're worried that if they get caught trying to end it, the police will make their life more shit.
If you're so incompetent that you can't even make a one-time small purchase of drugs in a major city, I can understand why you might be suicidal. I suppose in that case you could always overdose on aspirin. There are plenty of legal drugs which can kill you, and you don't have to worry about Da Po Po ruining your party.
You're a special kind of asshole.
Aww, that's really sweet of you. I'd like to think I'm at least above average, but it's nice to get honest feedback.
Well that'd pretty fucking sad.
Have you considered trying something like this?
Pretty sure they couldn't technically classify that as suicide ...
Alternately, you could try talking to a shrink. They didn't do jack for me, but I've heard they can be helpful ...
So you want to kill yourself, but you won't do it because you're afraid the police will arrest you after?
That's a special kind of stupid.
True. This is why I grow my own willow trees to make willow tea; because aspirin is too damn expensive.
It takes money away from lobbying & contributing pharma companies, health care networks/hospitals, clinics, doctors, and franchise pharmacies. Same reason marijuana is still classified as a Schedule I Narcotic by the FDA.
Gotta love these idiotic conspiracy theories. The entire opioid market is worth only about $13 billion annually. That's about the same as the "diatery supplements" market, which is mostly useless garbage. On a global scale, diatery supplements are a $200 billion market, while opiods are only about $24 billion.
If things worked the way that simpletons like you think they do the alt-med and supplement markets would have far more sway over policy than "big pharma" and their eeeeevil pills.
I'm willing to bet a fuck of a lot more people own toasters than take kratom. Most people have never even heard of it.
I'll take the uranium stem cells, please.
Yeah, I wasn't suggesting you had to be military; just using it as an example which I'm familiar with.
He has; I'd never read Iain Banks until I saw those names on the spacex barges. I read 3 of his books in the months after.
Canada is a signatory to ITAR and we deal with a lot of those rules here as well. Certainly canadian military personnel deal with american-provided ITAR protected material all the time. I would be surprised if a Canadian citizen was unable to be hired due to those regulations. AFAIK you just have to be able to obtain a US security clearance.
I like how we are constantly redefining the definition of torture. I fully expect that in 2089 your descendants will be arguing that not receiving strawberry cheesecake for desert is torture and causes lasting psychological harm.
As a citizen I am scared to be in America at the moment.
Of course you are. Just like many conservatives were terrified to be in the US under Obama. That's what happens when you have a carroonish view of politics and react emotionally whenever you're not getting your way.
Being able to review is a handy feature, though, so it would be a shame to get rid of it completely.
But your suggestion is a good one, and there's no reason why both encryption schemes couldn't be implemented. Then the user would have the option to decide which scheme to use based on what level of usability/security they need.