From the above link: "Although proponents of the IDM occasionally suggest that the designer could be a space alien or a time-traveling cell biologist, no serious alternative to God as the designer has been proposed by members of the IDM..."
fundamentalist: "No no, intelligent design isn't a religious thing at all... " rational person: "But what other intelligent 'master planner' would you be referring to aside from god?" fundamentalist: "Uh... space aliens. Or a time traveling cell biologist. Ya." rational person: "You're an idiot."
I believe thats been the case at various times all over the country (and may still be). Its basically the 2nd amendment at work. The only thing illegal about carrying a weapon is usually it being unregistered, or it being concealed; after all, if we can't carry a weapon, whats the point of being allowed to own them? (Not a frequent poster - whats the abbreviation? IANAL?)
However, the fact is that reality would intrude on anyone wishing to exercise that particular right in a public place under ordinary circumstances. IE, walking around NYC with a shotgun strapped to your back or a pistol in a holster like an old west cowboy is going to result in at best a lot of strange looks and at worst a quick arrest by the police. Granted you may have the right to carry a weapon, but they'd almost certainly charge you with "disturbing the peace" or "inciting a riot" or some other applicable law relating to public safety.
Now in a hick town in the middle of tennessee, you might just get away with it.
On the original topic... A better look at the hypocrisy of this proposed law would be to ask the simple question: of people who own guns, how many use images of people as targets? After all, shooting a real gun at a simulated person is just as bad as shooting a video game gun at a video game person, right?
We don't have products to sell, and anyone in the business of making a product which can be more cheaply imported is in serious risk of losing their job. This is a good reason to get out of said business.
But the real question is not what *products* do we have to sell - its what *services* do we have to sell. We do have an almost entirely service-based economy, right? So why have I not seen a single post discussing possible services that US companies could render to global markets? Of course we can't compete on production of all the crap you can buy at Walmart, courtesy of cheap Chinese labor. Thats been said over and over again.
From my own perspective as a consultant, I know that many companies and gov. agencies in the US need outside help to run properly. If we're this bad, I'm betting companies and governements around the world could use some help as well. There's one example (although doubtless not the best one) for a service we could market globally. Anyone want to take a stab at some more?
I'm really surprised by the number of posts already saying "Maybe now people won't talk on their phones during flights!!"
I have to say, I've flown quite a bit in my time, both for business and vacations, and I have never seen anyone talking on a cell phone *during* the flight. Plenty sit around chatting just before take off and after landing, which gets annoying, but honestly, have that many of you actually seen someone talking on their phone while in the air? I'd have to imagine someone on the flight staff would put a stop to that quickly.
I think the real message here is that you should notify a flight attendent, or just use your own skills of persuasion, and get the person off their phone should someone actually be using one. When its just an annoyance, quietly cursing the person might be ok, but with information like this I'd be pretty upset at someone endangering my own safety as well as the rest of the passengers.
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From the above link: "Although proponents of the IDM occasionally suggest that the designer
could be a space alien or a time-traveling cell biologist, no serious alternative to
God as the designer has been proposed by members of the IDM..."
fundamentalist: "No no, intelligent design isn't a religious thing at all... "
rational person: "But what other intelligent 'master planner' would you be referring to aside from god?"
fundamentalist: "Uh... space aliens. Or a time traveling cell biologist. Ya."
rational person: "You're an idiot."
they were asked, and all bent right over for the justice department without a fight.
I believe thats been the case at various times all over the country (and may still be). Its basically the 2nd amendment at work. The only thing illegal about carrying a weapon is usually it being unregistered, or it being concealed; after all, if we can't carry a weapon, whats the point of being allowed to own them? (Not a frequent poster - whats the abbreviation? IANAL?)
However, the fact is that reality would intrude on anyone wishing to exercise that particular right in a public place under ordinary circumstances. IE, walking around NYC with a shotgun strapped to your back or a pistol in a holster like an old west cowboy is going to result in at best a lot of strange looks and at worst a quick arrest by the police. Granted you may have the right to carry a weapon, but they'd almost certainly charge you with "disturbing the peace" or "inciting a riot" or some other applicable law relating to public safety.
Now in a hick town in the middle of tennessee, you might just get away with it.
On the original topic... A better look at the hypocrisy of this proposed law would be to ask the simple question: of people who own guns, how many use images of people as targets? After all, shooting a real gun at a simulated person is just as bad as shooting a video game gun at a video game person, right?
We don't have products to sell, and anyone in the business of making a product which can be more cheaply imported is in serious risk of losing their job. This is a good reason to get out of said business.
But the real question is not what *products* do we have to sell - its what *services* do we have to sell. We do have an almost entirely service-based economy, right? So why have I not seen a single post discussing possible services that US companies could render to global markets? Of course we can't compete on production of all the crap you can buy at Walmart, courtesy of cheap Chinese labor. Thats been said over and over again.
From my own perspective as a consultant, I know that many companies and gov. agencies in the US need outside help to run properly. If we're this bad, I'm betting companies and governements around the world could use some help as well. There's one example (although doubtless not the best one) for a service we could market globally. Anyone want to take a stab at some more?
I'm really surprised by the number of posts already saying "Maybe now people won't talk on their phones during flights!!"
I have to say, I've flown quite a bit in my time, both for business and vacations, and I have never seen anyone talking on a cell phone *during* the flight. Plenty sit around chatting just before take off and after landing, which gets annoying, but honestly, have that many of you actually seen someone talking on their phone while in the air? I'd have to imagine someone on the flight staff would put a stop to that quickly.
I think the real message here is that you should notify a flight attendent, or just use your own skills of persuasion, and get the person off their phone should someone actually be using one. When its just an annoyance, quietly cursing the person might be ok, but with information like this I'd be pretty upset at someone endangering my own safety as well as the rest of the passengers.