"you are allowing people to sneak around, possibly bypass legal restrictions on content, etc. At that point, you could be considered a co-conspirator"
...says the anonymous commenter on a public forum. How do we know you haven't defamed anyone? Should we have Mike arrested for allowing you the possibility of quoting whole books sans license on his forum? Maybe next we should just have the police walk around and punch out anyone who opens their mouth. Who knows, they could start a flash mob if they're allowed to communicate.
"It's a complex question, but I think that there should be a threshold, above which ethical decision is the only possible one, regardless of orders and excuses."
Well, since our country was obviously founded by a pack of foul, ex-con, drug dealing, slave owning, freetard thugs with no morals save "ARRRRRR... that be mine whelp!", you weren't just conflating clearly distinct issues to string up some painfully brittle straw man...
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If you think "I need a gun" is the end of that thought train, you need to rethink the average atten
I don't see why we can't apply the scientific method in those cases. Its pretty straight forward: guess, check, LEARN SOMETHING, rinse, repeat. There's a higher reason the United States was nicknamed "the grand experiment." Its not just because we were flying by the seat of our collective pants at its inception.
"Our nation was founded as an experiment in human liberty."
-John Foster Dulles
"The preservation of the sacred fire of liberty . . is finally staked, on the experiment entrusted to the hands of the American People."
- George Washington
"I believe that there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachment of those in power, than by violent and sudden usurpation's."
- James Madison
Re: Re: Re: Its another rule - enforced "stop bashing your head"
Rule 1. We do not talk about the rules.
Rule 2. We do not talk about the rules.
Rule 3. Make a logical choice whether or not you are willing to follow stipulated rules.
Rule 34. If it exists, there's porn for it on the internet.
Re: Its another rule - enforced "stop bashing your head"
I'm fairly certain that "stop bashing your head!" was more of an emphatic plea for sanity (a solution!) than a draconian mandate (often a problem). Again, glad you found a problem and shared. Please let the rest of the class know when you come up with a solution.
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Forget Snakes
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Re: Ridiculous
Dog food
Children's toys
...
I know these were mostly consumer pursued, but regulatory authorities based in big brother did step in.
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...says the anonymous commenter on a public forum. How do we know you haven't defamed anyone? Should we have Mike arrested for allowing you the possibility of quoting whole books sans license on his forum? Maybe next we should just have the police walk around and punch out anyone who opens their mouth. Who knows, they could start a flash mob if they're allowed to communicate.
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Have we ever paid one back?
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Another T--Shirt
Back: "it's cheaper than firing me"
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Which is why the internet is for porn.
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If you think "I need a gun" is the end of that thought train, you need to rethink the average atten
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Anything that hampers Facebook is FTW.
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Re:
"Our nation was founded as an experiment in human liberty."
-John Foster Dulles
"The preservation of the sacred fire of liberty . . is finally staked, on the experiment entrusted to the hands of the American People."
- George Washington
"I believe that there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachment of those in power, than by violent and sudden usurpation's."
- James Madison
On the post: Offering Solutions Rather Than Criticism
Re: Re: Re: Its another rule - enforced "stop bashing your head"
Rule 2. We do not talk about the rules.
Rule 3. Make a logical choice whether or not you are willing to follow stipulated rules.
Rule 34. If it exists, there's porn for it on the internet.
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Well, you no longer have the choice to like something in Germany anyway...
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Re: Its another rule - enforced "stop bashing your head"
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Re: that is worst one EVER...
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Re: my sexy photo :)
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