aaaaaand cue the asshole who thinks that the world revolves around him and nobody should EVER be offended by anything he does, but rather he be offended by EVERYTHING EVERYONE ELSE does...
"...would you be more offended if I told you to go fuck yourself?"
"It's not the proper function of government to impose restrictions on the liberty of the citizenry in order to enforce some arbitrary notion of manners or "rudeness"."
The single most insightful thing I've EVER read on this site. Bravo!
Another way to say that is that the role of government is to protect equal rights, not provide equal things.
Bart, y apparently have been completely absent from society for the past twenty or so years. As Michael said, it USED to be incredibly rude. Nowadays, it's quite common to see people wearing hats indoors. So yes, it's changed. If you are a private business owner, you have to right to refuse customers who do not live up to your personal dress codes. A public library, however, is, by definition, NOT privately owned.
As for sunglasses indoors, you have apparently NEVER worn sunglasses, because you think that they completely blind you (this is NOT what makes blind people blind).
"If that happens they'll get sued for infringement. Free market capitalism indeed."
Umm, huh? Setting aside for a moment that this string has nothing to do with the topic at hand; unless I'm misunderstanding it, that argument makes no sense. It sounds as though you are arguing that copyright laws (and the misuse thereof) are proof that free market capitalism is a failure. If not, then stop reading my post here.
The reason free market capitalism is "failing" has nothing at all to do with free markets or capitalism at all. It's because douchebags keep regulating shit that shouldn't be regulated, which makes the market fail, and then saying "see! it doesn't work! we need MORE regulation!"
/#tangent.
"Stephen Mitchell, who is also a poet, created his own 'translation' of the Tao Te Ching. He wrote it himself. Yes, it is based on his reading of the ancient text. Mitchell's work, published in the early and mid-90's, is clearly a derivative work based on a text in the public domain -- but it is clearly not equivalent to the public domain text itself"
If that is the case, then two things are instantly evident:
1)Mr. Dyer is in violation of current copyright laws
2)Mr. Mitchell should somehow have made it clear ON THE COVER, that his book was not an attempt at a direct translation
It takes VASTLY more faith to believe that the exact right series of events and situations just randomly occured in the exact right sequences. You'd think that if it happened once billions of years ago, it would have happened AT LEAST once more...but it hasn't...not even once. THAT is a fact.
I agree...to a point. I know that there are many schools, both public and private, whose charters specifically state that they are allowed to do searches like that; naturally, the parents are required to sign something saying that they've read this.
There are a lot of unknowns -- at least as far as the general public goes -- in this case.
I once lost my phone and didn't know it. I found out because someone looked at my most called list and called.
I was GRATEFUL!!
Now get off your high horses
Does it matter? The answer depends on the level of conviction. For example, convicted felons are henceforth stripped of certain societal privelages. Some are restored when they are release (like driving); some are not (LIKE VOTING, [let's keep it that way]).
Those serving time for "lesser crimes", however, have all of their privelages restored when they're released.
There are also a lot of other contraband items that aren't allowed in prison. Few, if any, however, allow them to directly contactthe outside world. To which I say: Jam the phones! They're in fucking prison, not the Hilton! The reason they're there is because they violated the law, and life is SUPPOSED to be tough! Fuck 'em!
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"...would you be more offended if I told you to go fuck yourself?"
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The single most insightful thing I've EVER read on this site. Bravo!
Another way to say that is that the role of government is to protect equal rights, not provide equal things.
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As for sunglasses indoors, you have apparently NEVER worn sunglasses, because you think that they completely blind you (this is NOT what makes blind people blind).
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Umm, huh? Setting aside for a moment that this string has nothing to do with the topic at hand; unless I'm misunderstanding it, that argument makes no sense. It sounds as though you are arguing that copyright laws (and the misuse thereof) are proof that free market capitalism is a failure. If not, then stop reading my post here.
The reason free market capitalism is "failing" has nothing at all to do with free markets or capitalism at all. It's because douchebags keep regulating shit that shouldn't be regulated, which makes the market fail, and then saying "see! it doesn't work! we need MORE regulation!"
/#tangent.
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If that is the case, then two things are instantly evident:
1)Mr. Dyer is in violation of current copyright laws
2)Mr. Mitchell should somehow have made it clear ON THE COVER, that his book was not an attempt at a direct translation
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It takes VASTLY more faith to believe that the exact right series of events and situations just randomly occured in the exact right sequences. You'd think that if it happened once billions of years ago, it would have happened AT LEAST once more...but it hasn't...not even once. THAT is a fact.
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"Copyrights can't be applied to a translated work? I'm overjoyed that that issue has been resolved."
That's what this argument is about; the copyright infringment of an interpretation....
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There are a lot of unknowns -- at least as far as the general public goes -- in this case.
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I was GRATEFUL!!
Now get off your high horses
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The real question...
Those serving time for "lesser crimes", however, have all of their privelages restored when they're released.
There are also a lot of other contraband items that aren't allowed in prison. Few, if any, however, allow them to directly contactthe outside world. To which I say: Jam the phones! They're in fucking prison, not the Hilton! The reason they're there is because they violated the law, and life is SUPPOSED to be tough! Fuck 'em!
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Why are you surprised?
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