If you like central planning, then you need to accept the opinions of other people in your country. That means you need to change the standards for science and eliminate things they don't like, and put in religious stuff they want.
No, you don't. Their shit is not science, therefore it doesn't go in. End of story.
Actually, I think this system doesn't really have anything to do that. It promotes atheism, sure, but also a globalist agenda based on world citizenship, reliance on government, and the indoctrination of these principles are raised far above any attempt to provide a real academic education. Rather, it's designed to create a legion of dumb-down human resources ready for employment with multinational corporations and entirely devoid of any critical thinking skills or appreciation of intellectual philosophies. If anything, that would drive people into religion, as they are left devoid of any sense of self, expecting there to always be some authority to turn to. Easy prey for evangelists and snake-oil salesmen.
No, actually we don't. It depends on what the people want, since this is a democracy.
No, it's not, actually. It's a Constitutional Republic. And I'm sorry, but saying "it depends on what the people want" leaves all kinds of shit ripe for abuse, like violating the civil rights of others simply because they have a different sexual orientation or skin color.
Point of clarification: They don't want the company to make a separate ACT, the college entrance exam, test. They want ACT to make separate state standardized tests for them, which would be used for high school standardized testing.
But want to know the little bit of selection bias that makes it hard for you guys to understand how common rape is?
Wanting accurate statistics about the problem is "selection bias" now? Exaggerating how bad a problem is doesn't help anyone at all. The more accurate numbers posted elsewhere puts the number at around 1 in 6, which I believe most people will still say is too often.
I could start adding friends to the list if you want.
Don't. Because your personal anecdotes are not data.
It's this sort of personal experience that makes it obvious that the numbers for rape are *at least* as high as cited.
No, it doesn't. It makes you want to believe that, when it's just as credible that you're an outlier who happens to know a lot of rape victims. Your personal experiences are not data.
He can do whatever he wants, and he can be as unconcerned about society in general as much as he wants, so long as he doesn't impinge on others' freedoms. This includes hurting other people's feelings, or being a dick.
No, he can't. And if he does, he damn well better accept the consequences. Because if he apparently has the "freedom" (in quotes because it's not real freedom, it's some whiny bitch who wants to do something without facing the consequences of their actions) to do that, then we have the "freedom" to admonish his ass and ostracize him from society.
Go ask your mother or wife what she thinks an appropriate punishment for this crime is.
Here's the question: Are we caring more about punishment, or rehabilitation?
As for counseling, I don't see how that's going to help; these people are sick, and the only thing that'll stop them is either keeping them away from people altogether, or making it very clear they'll be harshly punished if they do it again, so they restrain themselves to avoid punishment.
That's a pretty dystopian view of things. If things are really that bad, why not just kill them and get it over with?
Fuck you. There is absolutely no reason this behavior should be tolerated, or continue to exist. Assholes like you are constantly trying to keep it around, when there's absolutely no reason it should stay.
It's not just about safety.. It's also about freedom.
No it fucking isn't. You bitching about "freedom" to harass like this is just like Southern states bitching over "State's Rights", when what they really cared for was the "right" to enslave and own other people.
The definition of 'rape' has expanded from the original 'unwanted sexual act' definition so much that basically she can define it to apply to whatever behavior she chooses in court
No it hasn't, and your retarded little rants are part of why no one takes Men's Rights seriously.
People like 'mightymartian' are just the useful idiots who reenforce this stupidity because they've been so-trained by the culture.
Or probably because your actions would be a huge liability to his company, and odds are many others besides the harassment victim are creeped out and bothered with your actions too.
Perhaps they suffer 'man guilt' and want to 'prove' they're not 'like that' at every opportunity, even if it destroys another's career.
No. The harasser is the one that destroyed their career. Plain and simple.
Or he realized that's the only way that a company is actually going to sit up and pay attention. Otherwise, if there's no actual cost to them, a business isn't going to care.
Is IBM buying fake accounts? I don't know, but if they are, and they aren't going under, then they probably aren't buying them stupidly.
1). I don't actually know if they are buying fake accounts or not; they were just an example of a company that is plenty big enough to buy accounts stupidly and not really feel any penalty for it.
2). Just because a company isn't going under doesn't mean that buying the fake accounts isn't stupid. Likewise, just because a company is going under doesn't mean that buying the fake accounts is stupid.
In this case it's the Kickstarter donors that have taken the risk. What do they get? If all goes according to plan, they get the item that they paid for. No more than that.
And what's wrong with that? Why should they expect more?
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Fundie/Evangelical Christians are generally much more tolerant these days than Muslims
No, not really.
A majority of the population does not believe in the scientific method, and believes in creationism
So fucking what? That doesn't make it right, nor does it give them the right to teach it in a SCIENCE classroom.
If you like central planning, then you need to accept the opinions of other people in your country. That means you need to change the standards for science and eliminate things they don't like, and put in religious stuff they want.
No, you don't. Their shit is not science, therefore it doesn't go in. End of story.
Actually, I think this system doesn't really have anything to do that. It promotes atheism, sure, but also a globalist agenda based on world citizenship, reliance on government, and the indoctrination of these principles are raised far above any attempt to provide a real academic education. Rather, it's designed to create a legion of dumb-down human resources ready for employment with multinational corporations and entirely devoid of any critical thinking skills or appreciation of intellectual philosophies. If anything, that would drive people into religion, as they are left devoid of any sense of self, expecting there to always be some authority to turn to. Easy prey for evangelists and snake-oil salesmen.
I think your tinfoil hat is on a bit too tight.
No, actually we don't. It depends on what the people want, since this is a democracy.
No, it's not, actually. It's a Constitutional Republic. And I'm sorry, but saying "it depends on what the people want" leaves all kinds of shit ripe for abuse, like violating the civil rights of others simply because they have a different sexual orientation or skin color.
Point of clarification: They don't want the company to make a separate ACT, the college entrance exam, test. They want ACT to make separate state standardized tests for them, which would be used for high school standardized testing.
It's entirely possible that the application they were maintaining was just so shittily written that it would be a major undertaking to do that.
Although this would also fall under the "gross incompetence" moniker.
And that most reported rapes lack sufficient evidence to prosecute?
If there's that little evidence, one has to wonder if there was an actual rape.
Innocent until proven guilty, and all.
Yes, it's a problem. But overplaying the commonality of the problem doesn't help anyone.
But want to know the little bit of selection bias that makes it hard for you guys to understand how common rape is?
Wanting accurate statistics about the problem is "selection bias" now? Exaggerating how bad a problem is doesn't help anyone at all. The more accurate numbers posted elsewhere puts the number at around 1 in 6, which I believe most people will still say is too often.
I could start adding friends to the list if you want.
Don't. Because your personal anecdotes are not data.
It's this sort of personal experience that makes it obvious that the numbers for rape are *at least* as high as cited.
No, it doesn't. It makes you want to believe that, when it's just as credible that you're an outlier who happens to know a lot of rape victims. Your personal experiences are not data.
Travel across state lines, have a 14 year old come over to a hotel room to play chess or talk about novels, and you have committed statutory RAPE.
No, you haven't. Not unless you also had sex with them. And that's usually because they're fucking 14.
The very concept that women need to be treated a particular way is a large part of our society's gender issues
Not when that "particular way" is like an actual person, and not a piece of meat.
One would hope you'd be willing to fake it in the hopes that it would enlighten the asshole as to why people think he's an asshole.
No, it's not. You are not an island.
He can do whatever he wants, and he can be as unconcerned about society in general as much as he wants, so long as he doesn't impinge on others' freedoms. This includes hurting other people's feelings, or being a dick.
No, he can't. And if he does, he damn well better accept the consequences. Because if he apparently has the "freedom" (in quotes because it's not real freedom, it's some whiny bitch who wants to do something without facing the consequences of their actions) to do that, then we have the "freedom" to admonish his ass and ostracize him from society.
I'm sorry, but you are so fucking off base that it's not even funny.
A "meritocratic" system is NO EXCUSE for any kind of harassment. Period.
Apparently she wants to be considered one of them without earning her stripes.
No, she want to be treated like a fucking person, not a piece of meat.
Seriously, your idiocy here is astounding. Treating others like people is NOT some bullshit.
Go ask your mother or wife what she thinks an appropriate punishment for this crime is.
Here's the question: Are we caring more about punishment, or rehabilitation?
As for counseling, I don't see how that's going to help; these people are sick, and the only thing that'll stop them is either keeping them away from people altogether, or making it very clear they'll be harshly punished if they do it again, so they restrain themselves to avoid punishment.
That's a pretty dystopian view of things. If things are really that bad, why not just kill them and get it over with?
Fuck you. There is absolutely no reason this behavior should be tolerated, or continue to exist. Assholes like you are constantly trying to keep it around, when there's absolutely no reason it should stay.
It's not just about safety.. It's also about freedom.
No it fucking isn't. You bitching about "freedom" to harass like this is just like Southern states bitching over "State's Rights", when what they really cared for was the "right" to enslave and own other people.
The definition of 'rape' has expanded from the original 'unwanted sexual act' definition so much that basically she can define it to apply to whatever behavior she chooses in court
No it hasn't, and your retarded little rants are part of why no one takes Men's Rights seriously.
People like 'mightymartian' are just the useful idiots who reenforce this stupidity because they've been so-trained by the culture.
Or probably because your actions would be a huge liability to his company, and odds are many others besides the harassment victim are creeped out and bothered with your actions too.
Perhaps they suffer 'man guilt' and want to 'prove' they're not 'like that' at every opportunity, even if it destroys another's career.
No. The harasser is the one that destroyed their career. Plain and simple.
Labeling all men who don't conform as deviants or molesters is par for the course for this kind of activism.
And I'm sure it has nothing to do with many of the men in this situation actually DOING the molestation.
I certainly don't advocate the abuse of anyone, individual to individual, or society to individual.
Yet apparently you certainly advocate allowing people to abuse others, with no consequences whatsoever.
The traditional 'hacker ethos' has been a strict meritocracy
So fucking what? That has absolutely nothing to do with the subject at hand.
Or he realized that's the only way that a company is actually going to sit up and pay attention. Otherwise, if there's no actual cost to them, a business isn't going to care.
So why should PC douchbaggery be acceptable as 'professional' behavior in business and law while his should be relegated to private interaction?
Because, by definition, his "private interaction" is by choice. A lot of interaction in business and in law is not.
Is IBM buying fake accounts? I don't know, but if they are, and they aren't going under, then they probably aren't buying them stupidly.
1). I don't actually know if they are buying fake accounts or not; they were just an example of a company that is plenty big enough to buy accounts stupidly and not really feel any penalty for it.
2). Just because a company isn't going under doesn't mean that buying the fake accounts isn't stupid. Likewise, just because a company is going under doesn't mean that buying the fake accounts is stupid.
For argument's sake, how do you distinguish a lie from a work of fiction?
Intent. A storyteller's intent is quite clearly different than that of a newscaster, or an advertiser.
I am 100% on board with approval voting, or IRV voting.
In this case it's the Kickstarter donors that have taken the risk. What do they get? If all goes according to plan, they get the item that they paid for. No more than that.
And what's wrong with that? Why should they expect more?