Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: I find it fascinating that those who protest against...
And from what I know, our spirituality didn't become corrupted until religion was born which was right around the same time that that the written word was invented.
Which means that your supposed "golden age" occurred in a time frame where - by your definition we can have no knowledge at all. Hence your argument cannot be disproved!
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Well, by all the usual definitions of "pagan", he is correct....In any case, all religions that were the precursors to the main ones these days were indeed "pagan" by definition.
But that does not imply, as he does, that this means that all these religions developed from paganism.
On that basis one would have to say that modern humanistic atheist/agnostic thought developed from Christianity and hence from paganism. In that case the charge applies to everyone's beliefs - and hence it is meaningless.
Re: Re: Re: Hmm. Maybe Techdirt likes films in which Muslims are murdered.
No, they're not. Perhaps you mean Semites?
If I convert to Judaism, my race won't change. I'll still be a red haired, freckled Caucasian. There are black (Nubian/Ethiopian) Jews, European (Ashkenazi) Jews, Slavic Jews, ...
In the broadest sense you are right - however Jewish identity is not generally regarded as being affected by the current status of someone's religious beliefs.
For example (from Wikipedia) "In general, Orthodox Judaism considers individuals born of Jewish mothers to be Jewish, even if they convert to or are raised in another religion"
I realise that that does not make them a race in the biological sense but it does mean that they have an identity that cannot be discarded as easily as that of other religious groups.
Re: Re: Re: Re: I find it fascinating that those who protest against...
Islam, Judaism, Christianity, they all stem from the same source:
Paganism. Hmm - I either you are defining Paganism (in a somewhat unusual way) or you don't have much information about any of them. I'd like to know of a belief system that isn't based on Paganism by your definition.
The only difference they have between one another is the wording.
That is also the only difference between 2+2=4 and 2+2=5.
Compare "Licenses and patents" to the "Indulgences" sold by the catholic church and then compare the right of gatekeeping/distribution with the monopoly to read and interpret scripture for the other half.
OK I'll make the comparison.
The catholic church only sold indulgences to other catholics. The priests of IP demand that everyone pays up.
As far as the "right to read and interpret scripture" is concerned, well that was largely a function of the technology of the day - and when the printing press came along it was broken (although it is worth pointing out that this only really applied in the West where the scripture was not translated into the languages of the people).
SO I'd conclude that IP is like religion on a bad day - and then a little bit worse!
your letting your government terrorize the world with indiscriminate military attacks against sovereign countries. Bombing cities of civilians gets nothing but hate in return.
An interesting theory - but if it is the whole story then why did we NOT see Serbian terrorism after we bombed Belgrade?
Re: Re: Re: Muslims did not do 9-11, dammit - oh yes they did!
I was around at the time - the spacecraft were tracked and observed by scientists from multiple nationalities - such a conspiracy would have been completely impractical.
No one ever suggested such a thing until after Capricorn 1 came out.
Fortuantely scientists employed by Universities should not be directly affected by this (all UK Universities are private institutions although they do receive the bulk of their funding from government) - and thus there should remain a good sized group of experts who can speak out unfettered.
Whether it was a real attack or a staged one, what mattered was what came after it, both in the government, and among the public.
Actually what came after it proves that it was not staged. The objective of terror organisations is to undermine our freedonm, in short to make us behave as badly as they do, thus undermining our moral authority. In this they succeeded because of the moral weakness of out politicians.
I don't believe that our politicians actually want to create a police state (although that cannot be said of some of the commercial organisations that sell them the equipment). However they are slaves to the "something must be done - this is something" fallacy and that is the real problem.
Remember that Carl Force is supposed to be "One of the Good Guys".
How much does this underline the fact that being employed by an agency that is supposed to be "good" does not make you good. That can only be true if you really are good.
The only solution is transparency - and where that is not possible in the short term, proper managerial structures and due process backed up with long term openness and accountability.
All of this is soenmthing which the law enforcement industry seems hell bent on forgetting/ignoring.
Keeping a system patched and up to date is the single most important thing a user should with their computer to keep it malware-free. More important even than firewalls or anti-virus software.
No the single most important thing to keep a computer malware free is not to connect it to the internet. I can see no reason to connect a scoreboard computer to the internet. Treat it as a dumb device and leave it with the s/w that it came with - if it ain't broke...
It is never about safety or freedom or whatever buzz word they choose to use.
Tis has happened far too many times in history to count. It is about controlling your population to conform to how you see things.
No it is always about being seen to be doing something. In our current style of democracy that is what politicians believe will work to keep them in power.
It is the only way to explain the grotesque interventions overseas - which cost many lives - supposedly in the cause of freedom, whilst at home freedoms are sacrificed - supposedly in the cause of saving lives.
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Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Hmm. Maybe Techdirt likes films in which Muslims are murdered.
Yes that would do. The point is that it is different from a religious faith or ideology where individual choice is the determining factor.
Hence there are Jewish Christians, Jewish Muslims, Jewish Atheists etc but no Christian Muslims, Muslim Atheists etc.
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Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: I find it fascinating that those who protest against...
Which means that your supposed "golden age" occurred in a time frame where - by your definition we can have no knowledge at all. Hence your argument cannot be disproved!
How convenient!
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Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: I find it fascinating that those who protest against...
But that does not imply, as he does, that this means that all these religions developed from paganism.
On that basis one would have to say that modern humanistic atheist/agnostic thought developed from Christianity and hence from paganism. In that case the charge applies to everyone's beliefs - and hence it is meaningless.
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Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: I find it fascinating that those who protest against...
0.02%of 200,000 years is 40 years - but don't let facts get in the way of your argument....
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Re: Re: Re: Hmm. Maybe Techdirt likes films in which Muslims are murdered.
If I convert to Judaism, my race won't change. I'll still be a red haired, freckled Caucasian. There are black (Nubian/Ethiopian) Jews, European (Ashkenazi) Jews, Slavic Jews, ...
In the broadest sense you are right - however Jewish identity is not generally regarded as being affected by the current status of someone's religious beliefs.
For example (from Wikipedia)
"In general, Orthodox Judaism considers individuals born of Jewish mothers to be Jewish, even if they convert to or are raised in another religion"
I realise that that does not make them a race in the biological sense but it does mean that they have an identity that cannot be discarded as easily as that of other religious groups.
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Re: Re: Re: Re: I find it fascinating that those who protest against...
Paganism.
Hmm - I either you are defining Paganism (in a somewhat unusual way) or you don't have much information about any of them.
I'd like to know of a belief system that isn't based on Paganism by your definition.
The only difference they have between one another is the wording.
That is also the only difference between 2+2=4 and 2+2=5.
So what is your point.
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Re: Hmm. Maybe Techdirt likes films in which Muslims are murdered.
The Jews are a race. Many Jews do not believe the associated religion. Not believing would not have saved you from the Nazis.
Islam is a religion/ideology. As such it is a choice.
The comparison does not work.
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OK I'll make the comparison.
The catholic church only sold indulgences to other catholics. The priests of IP demand that everyone pays up.
As far as the "right to read and interpret scripture" is concerned, well that was largely a function of the technology of the day - and when the printing press came along it was broken (although it is worth pointing out that this only really applied in the West where the scripture was not translated into the languages of the people).
SO I'd conclude that IP is like religion on a bad day - and then a little bit worse!
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Re: Re: Re: Re: Re:The evidence is that intellectual property is THEIR STUFF, not yours.
It remains "theirs" right up to the point at which they give a copy to someone else. At that point all bets are off.
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An interesting theory - but if it is the whole story then why did we NOT see Serbian terrorism after we bombed Belgrade?
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Re: Re: Re: Muslims did not do 9-11, dammit - oh yes they did!
No one ever suggested such a thing until after Capricorn 1 came out.
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Fortunately
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Re: Moot point
Actually what came after it proves that it was not staged. The objective of terror organisations is to undermine our freedonm, in short to make us behave as badly as they do, thus undermining our moral authority. In this they succeeded because of the moral weakness of out politicians.
I don't believe that our politicians actually want to create a police state (although that cannot be said of some of the commercial organisations that sell them the equipment). However they are slaves to the "something must be done - this is something" fallacy and that is the real problem.
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One of the Good Guys
How much does this underline the fact that being employed by an agency that is supposed to be "good" does not make you good. That can only be true if you really are good.
The only solution is transparency - and where that is not possible in the short term, proper managerial structures and due process backed up with long term openness and accountability.
All of this is soenmthing which the law enforcement industry seems hell bent on forgetting/ignoring.
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Re: Re: Autoupdates are bad
No the single most important thing to keep a computer malware free is not to connect it to the internet. I can see no reason to connect a scoreboard computer to the internet. Treat it as a dumb device and leave it with the s/w that it came with - if it ain't broke...
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Re: Re: Painless
To be guaranteed painless requires that you be vapourised before your nerves have time to respond.
That does require a nuclear device.
(Also I was trying to make a suggestion that had zero chance of being implemented - your version spoils that)
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Painless
It consists in being placed near to a large atomic bomb which is then detonated.
Being instantly vapourised is as close to painless as you can get.
Fortunately this would also provide a big deterrent to the imposition of the punishment in the first place - which would be a good thing in my book.
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Nope -that also gave organised crime a big boost.
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Tis has happened far too many times in history to count. It is about controlling your population to conform to how you see things.
No it is always about being seen to be doing something. In our current style of democracy that is what politicians believe will work to keep them in power.
It is the only way to explain the grotesque interventions overseas - which cost many lives - supposedly in the cause of freedom, whilst at home freedoms are sacrificed - supposedly in the cause of saving lives.
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