If any person or organization is to be trusted, there must be feedback. That includes the ability to observe both what is done and its effects. Anything that is done in secret cannot, therefore, be trusted, no matter what we are told is being done, simply because we are denied information by which we can judge.
John 3:20 put it best: (KJV) For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.
It's the equivalent of walking up to a counter and having the proprietor slap you across the face screaming "You're a thief and I'm going to stop you!"
Quote: They should be selling alcohol at theaters, it's always a profitable business.
ORLY? Aren't theaters unpleasant, unsanitary, and distractingly noisy enough without drunks throwing up on you because they're watching an Eddie Murphy/Ben Stiller movie.
I did it about 20 years ago when ComCrash tried to get me to pay $30/month for a bundle of five premium channels of which only one (the SciFi channel) was one I'd watch. I was employed then and still am. Fie on them.
The book was written in 1960 by Mark Clifton. Fifty years haven't changed a thing, except now we have a shot at proving the lies.
The case was crumbling, but all was not lost. He still had witnesses. He thought for a minute and began to wonder about those witnesses. Any judge, anybody around the courts, anybody connected with the press, and maybe even some of the public knew that any police officer will swear to any lie to back up another police officer because he might need the favor returned tomorrow.
Does anybody really think holders of a government monopoly (and that's exactly what police are) won't react poorly to someone doing their jobs better than they do?
From Mark Clifton's novel "Eight Keys to Eden", published in 1960.
The case was crumbling, but all was not lost. He still had witnesses. He thought for a minute and began to wonder about those witnesses. Any judge, anybody around the courts, anybody connected with the press, and maybe even some of the public knew that any police officer will swear to any lie to back up another police officer because he might need the favor returned tomorrow.
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Companies Run By Lawyers Aren't Entreprenurial
As far as I can tell, lawyers have two modes of thought:
1. "Who can hit my client in the pocketbook for what the client is doing/has done?"
2. "Who can I show has hurt my client in some fashion and hit them in the pocketbook?
WB is run by lawyers, and to lawyers, any situation THEY do not pre-run damage control on is anathema.
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Trust *AND* Verify
John 3:20 put it best: (KJV) For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.
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DRM Sends A Very Simple Message
After that, why bother buying anything from him?
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Ask MBAs to think of *customers*?
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Re:
ORLY? Aren't theaters unpleasant, unsanitary, and distractingly noisy enough without drunks throwing up on you because they're watching an Eddie Murphy/Ben Stiller movie.
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Only Two Citations Are Relevant
So what was the cop afraid of?
2. John 3:20(KJV)For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.
Perhaps he(the cop) was afraid of his deed being reproved?
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Re: Cort cutting isn't new
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Cort cutting isn't new
FYI, it should be "hordes" of people. :)
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What IS it with communication companies?
Why do almost all of them do it so BADLY?
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In re Chris Dodd
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The Key Word Is "if"
Movies: Netflix night once a week with my family. (My brother's got an account.)
Music: Independents pretty much 100%, except for the occasional "I'd kill to have that music"-level soundtrack.
Books: All ebooks, but I buy a helluva lot less since the Amazon-Publisher war.
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From "Eight Keys to Eden"
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OF COURSE they ticketed him
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Pay him for being a horrible example?
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The answer to your inquiry is "Yes."
Of course, but it's not as if Big Pharma cares who they kill for their profits.
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Re: Re:
The situation isn't new.
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Gotta laugh.
Blame It On Texas
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I, for one, am grateful to the Texas Department of Trademark Abuse
All Hail The Master Of Our Literature!
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The Truth Will Out
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Actually, there was a resemblance.
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