Actually, I would go so far as to say that there is a negative correlation. If a man can use a pornographic magazine to 'let off some steam' when he has a high libido, he is less likely to be tempted to rape a woman who fits into his 'like' category if she turns him down from lack of sexual gratification and a dissociative cognitive moment.
Actually, they did bring their oppressive theocratic ways with them (the main reason they were harassed was because they were confronting other people and trying to get them to change to their religion).
Read up on the Salem Witch Hunts and the Puritans to see that.
Religion in ANY form is bad news for society, because they are ALL about a group of people who 'know they know better' than you forcing you to adhere to their personal lifestyle and personal choices.
Hit the nail on the head with that statement. I really think that some of these geezers are so repressed that they have never seen a vagina or cock, even their own, in their lives.
I have to disagree on that point about laws. When laws are in violation of human rights and the right of people to protect their investments? They should be ignored.
"Da law is da law" is not always the case in the real world, only in the fantasy world of copyright maximalists, criminal justice people, and politicians.
Why not? The fact is that voting from your home computer is just as safe or unsafe as using one of those voting machines.
Also, with Windows 7 adding in MULTIPLE protections like UAC? Viruses are pretty much a thing of the past unless people are stupid enough to allow them to install on their machines.
With all due respect, unless you vote for one of the major parties (unless there is second and third choice in your country)? You are wasting your vote.
Re: Re: Re: Re: Selling something that doesn't exist.
"I'm not a thief, and BAM! Right to the jaw!"
That is what I would tell them AND DO if they tried this bullplop with me! Actually, Comcast tried that once with me about 'using too much bandwidth'.... as soon as I threatened to cancel our TV, Internet, etc. service? They backed down.
Unless you put into place statues of limitations? Yes, it does. However, the real point is that a good 90% of our criminal law is people trying to push 'morality' on other people outside of the big 4 morals which they shouldn't be doing.
That is basically what the police would love to be able to do.... just tell you that you are in violation of a law but not which law that you are in violation of and cart you off with no phone call to a lawyer, parent, etc.
The best solution would just to have legalized prostutition, realize that women have a right to sell their own bodies, and moved on.
The fact is that the ONLY thing this does is push prostitution underground, where anything at all can happen and pushes men who aren't getting any to go out and rape women.
Sweden shouldn't have even made the buying of sex illegal. If they TRULY wanted to get rid of the human trafficking, they would have made prostitution totally legal and put STIFF penalties into place if you are found to be moving people around as slaves.
Life in prison type penalty for the first offense!
The problem is that not everyone finds things like this 'morally wrong' and the 'majority' don't have the right to force their viewpoint on the minority in this case, because there is usually no physical injury to the majority.
Yes, have it illegal to take a bribe.... but don't punish the people who pay the bribes because it is the only way to get things done, punish the people who MAKE IT so that is the only way to get things done.
Sweden has been getting stupider on numerous things lately. With their anti-male 'rape' laws that basically take a woman's word as rote truth and other things, you would have to be insane to stay in Sweden unless you absolutely had to.
It's as I point out to people: one person's criminal is another person's wrongfully persecuted fall guy.
The definition of who a 'criminal' is in the United States and world is so in flux at all times as to be pretty much meaningless outside of forcible rapists, murderers, and actual thieves who steal STUFF YOU CAN HOLD IN YOUR HANDS!
That is only because he is overly cautious. The fact is that parody is a PROTECTED part of our society all around the world. You should not have to get 'permission' to use something in a parody, because it does NOT diminish the worth of the actual thing in question.
In fact, it's pretty much free advertising that might get people to buy the actual thing in question.
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Read up on the Salem Witch Hunts and the Puritans to see that.
Religion in ANY form is bad news for society, because they are ALL about a group of people who 'know they know better' than you forcing you to adhere to their personal lifestyle and personal choices.
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"Da law is da law" is not always the case in the real world, only in the fantasy world of copyright maximalists, criminal justice people, and politicians.
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Also, with Windows 7 adding in MULTIPLE protections like UAC? Viruses are pretty much a thing of the past unless people are stupid enough to allow them to install on their machines.
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Re: Went away with analog cable, coming back with digital
Hell, Comcast has CartoonNetwork encrypted for some reason, and I RAILED them for that on their website because of it.
I can understand channels that you are paying an additional fee for.... not ones that are part of basic cable.
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Re: Re: Re: Re: Selling something that doesn't exist.
That is what I would tell them AND DO if they tried this bullplop with me! Actually, Comcast tried that once with me about 'using too much bandwidth'.... as soon as I threatened to cancel our TV, Internet, etc. service? They backed down.
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On the post: Economist Explains Why Paying Certain Bribes Should Be Legal
Re: This is the Prostitution in Sweden model
The fact is that the ONLY thing this does is push prostitution underground, where anything at all can happen and pushes men who aren't getting any to go out and rape women.
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Life in prison type penalty for the first offense!
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Yes, have it illegal to take a bribe.... but don't punish the people who pay the bribes because it is the only way to get things done, punish the people who MAKE IT so that is the only way to get things done.
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The definition of who a 'criminal' is in the United States and world is so in flux at all times as to be pretty much meaningless outside of forcible rapists, murderers, and actual thieves who steal STUFF YOU CAN HOLD IN YOUR HANDS!
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In fact, it's pretty much free advertising that might get people to buy the actual thing in question.
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