Besides, the solution is simple, and obvious.
Just pass a new law, against committing suicide.
Make sure the penalties are severe enough to really hurt.
Problem solved.
She should have sold it as a precious artifact of historical history, rather than merely as a musical recording (and asked at ten times as much for it).
In fact, this whole legal scuffle has likely made this little piece of history even more valuable -- I wonder how much she could get for it now, marketing it as the actual piece of vinyl that Clapton's lawsuit was supposedly about?
Or at least trying to. But you appear to be the only one who's actually confused by referring to the fact, that this particular religious and ethnic minority is being persecuted on the grounds of their religion and ethnicity.
Using your own attempts to instigate confusion as a meaningful reason for others to drop the topic, is a rather... interesting stance to take. I'm afraid you'll have to pardon the rest of us for not agreeing, on the grounds that we find your own purported reasoning to be (to put it politely) somewhat... confusing.
Re: Re: Well, it doesn't exactly come as a surprise.
Most people in Hong Kong don't have the option of just leaving. Those that might, would effectively be leaving hostages behind.
And occasionally, some people knowingly fight in a cause with the odds stacked against them, simply because the alternative is to just give up. The distinction between a "hero" and a "fool" can be very subjective, and quite arbitrary.
Screw that. I could have tons of fun with an actual, functioning mind control ray, compatible with cell-phone technology -- but nobody is even offering to sell me one.
Hey, I (very) occasionally make an amusing remark that might conceivably deserve a shot at "funniest comment of the week"... but honestly, this wasn't one of them -- this was just an easy, obvious (albeit well deserved) cheap shot at that Josh Hawley character.
But people are fooled.
Maybe not that many people, over all, but enough are fooled (or at least unsure) to make a difference -- all too often they're "swing voters", and the reason that the so-called "soccer mom" demographic gets so much attention.
Oh look! we're the 12th -- courtesy of Guatemala and Bolivia.
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Aside:
Does anybody know why Switzerland's Internet service is so expensive?
And comparing Norway to Sweden and Finland seems to rule out geography as an excuse for exorbitantly high broadband prices)
And one could argue that it's not just a problem in moderating "social media" , but that certain kinds of "political discourse" appear to be heading down that path too.
... let's see where they are a couple of years from now.
I'm not going to get too angry or disappointed at the other "good apples" who didn't sign -- those who are, perhaps didn't understand the implications of the report that they supposedly just read.
Signing that letter is rather like painting a target on one's back -- in full knowledge that many of one's own "brother officers" "at your back" are going to open fire on it, and often from ambush.
On the post: The Making Of A Moral Panic, Courtesy Of The NY Times
Re:
Besides, the solution is simple, and obvious.
Just pass a new law, against committing suicide.
Make sure the penalties are severe enough to really hurt.
Problem solved.
On the post: Eric Clapton Pretends To Regret The Decision To Sue Random German Woman Who Listed A Bootleg Of One Of His CDs On Ebay
The lady made just one mistake...
She should have sold it as a precious artifact of historical history, rather than merely as a musical recording (and asked at ten times as much for it).
In fact, this whole legal scuffle has likely made this little piece of history even more valuable -- I wonder how much she could get for it now, marketing it as the actual piece of vinyl that Clapton's lawsuit was supposedly about?
On the post: Eric Clapton Pretends To Regret The Decision To Sue Random German Woman Who Listed A Bootleg Of One Of His CDs On Ebay
She should have sold it as an
On the post: Eric Clapton Pretends To Regret The Decision To Sue Random German Woman Who Listed A Bootleg Of One Of His CDs On Ebay
Re: Re: Alcoholic
... which could explain why he's an alcoholic?
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Re: 'It would cost US to be wrong? Let's check those claims agai
But there is no such penalty -- and the big players have even quite openly bragged about that being the case.
On the post: Internal Documents Show Huawei Is Staying On The Cutting Edge Of Oppression Tech
Re: Re:
Yes, your posts are indeed creating confusion.
Or at least trying to. But you appear to be the only one who's actually confused by referring to the fact, that this particular religious and ethnic minority is being persecuted on the grounds of their religion and ethnicity.
Using your own attempts to instigate confusion as a meaningful reason for others to drop the topic, is a rather... interesting stance to take. I'm afraid you'll have to pardon the rest of us for not agreeing, on the grounds that we find your own purported reasoning to be (to put it politely) somewhat... confusing.
On the post: Chinese Govt. Arrests More Pro-Democracy Icons In Hong Kong, Including Music Stars
Re: Re: Well, it doesn't exactly come as a surprise.
Most people in Hong Kong don't have the option of just leaving. Those that might, would effectively be leaving hostages behind.
And occasionally, some people knowingly fight in a cause with the odds stacked against them, simply because the alternative is to just give up. The distinction between a "hero" and a "fool" can be very subjective, and quite arbitrary.
On the post: The Copyright Industry Wants Everything Filtered As It Is Uploaded; Here's Why That Will Be A Disaster
Re: Re: Re: Re: ContentID Is Attacking "Bedroom" Cover Singers
So what?
(I respectfully refer you to the Dancing Baby video. And birdsong. And white noise...)
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Re:
I'm sure Jezebel was pretty pissed off at being cited by NCOSE as supposedly being evidence for NCOSE's perversely regressive agenda.
On the post: State Department Report Repeats Talking Points From Group Who Wants To Ban All Porn
Re:
Except, in the case of these NCOSE guys, the word "kink" would be entirely superfluous.
On the post: 'Anti-5G' Jewelry Found To Be... Radioactive And Dangerous
Re:
Screw that. I could have tons of fun with an actual, functioning mind control ray, compatible with cell-phone technology -- but nobody is even offering to sell me one.
On the post: Verizon Once Again Expands Its Snoopvertising Ambitions
Trust us
Verify? What's that?
On the post: Funniest/Most Insightful Comments Of The Week At Techdirt
Hey now -- you're not supposed to waste perfectly good, fresh tomatoes for that purpose.
On the post: Funniest/Most Insightful Comments Of The Week At Techdirt
Hey, I (very) occasionally make an amusing remark that might conceivably deserve a shot at "funniest comment of the week"... but honestly, this wasn't one of them -- this was just an easy, obvious (albeit well deserved) cheap shot at that Josh Hawley character.
On the post: Josh Hawley Thinks We Should Break Up Twitter Because He Doesn't Like The Company's Editorial Choices
Re: Re: Re:
But people are fooled.
Maybe not that many people, over all, but enough are fooled (or at least unsure) to make a difference -- all too often they're "swing voters", and the reason that the so-called "soccer mom" demographic gets so much attention.
On the post: Josh Hawley Thinks We Should Break Up Twitter Because He Doesn't Like The Company's Editorial Choices
Typo in the headline
Josh Hawley doesn't 'think'.
On the post: Report: U.S. Has 9th Most Expensive Broadband On The Planet
I'm honestly surprised...
... that Canada wasn't 10th on that list.
Oh look! we're the 12th -- courtesy of Guatemala and Bolivia.
.
Aside:
Does anybody know why Switzerland's Internet service is so expensive?
And comparing Norway to Sweden and Finland seems to rule out geography as an excuse for exorbitantly high broadband prices)
On the post: Twitter's New 'Private Information' Policy Takes Impossible Content Moderation Challenges To New, Ridiculous Levels
It's called "Calvin ball"...
https://calvinandhobbes.fandom.com/wiki/Calvinball
And one could argue that it's not just a problem in moderating "social media" , but that certain kinds of "political discourse" appear to be heading down that path too.
On the post: The Bad Apples Control The Bunch: USA Today Report Details Law Enforcements Punishment Of Good Cops
those 30 officers who signed...
... let's see where they are a couple of years from now.
I'm not going to get too angry or disappointed at the other "good apples" who didn't sign -- those who are, perhaps didn't understand the implications of the report that they supposedly just read.
Signing that letter is rather like painting a target on one's back -- in full knowledge that many of one's own "brother officers" "at your back" are going to open fire on it, and often from ambush.
On the post: The Bad Apples Control The Bunch: USA Today Report Details Law Enforcements Punishment Of Good Cops
those 30 officers who signed...
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