Why, yes, when you assign arbitrary numbers to reality and then use an arbitrary mathematical process to make them smaller, you can prove that EVERYTHING is bad! What if smart people are fish and dumb people are salad; how many of each would we need to prove America is dinner?
A wise debator, when faced wit a "true believer" in something, will focus his efforts not on changing said believer's mind, but on changing the minds of the receptive audience. When you are a third party whose beliefs are not being "attacked" directly, you have more room to think; when you are on the fence or even just not fully committed to an idea, the debator can reach you. Think Bill Nye vs Chris Han (think that's his name); Nye wasn't there to change Han's mind, he was there to show the audience how ridiculous Han's claims are when examined closely.
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The police union(s) tryin to sue toy makers for making "realistic" guns certainly think so. In reality, this is more like someone makin a master key for gun storage lockers, and said key bein stolen. The concern is, we shouldn't be making suh keys in the first place if we want our gun lockers to be secure.
What I find sad about this is, all the reasonable responses in this thread - growing some "nads" and challenging this, removing themselves from Austria entirely, et cetera - have a looow if not zero chance of happening. The nature of modern corporations is to blanch at the alightest hint of reduced profits, and it's all too easy to say "But the shareholders" as an excuse for stupid BS. More likely they'll waffle and find ways to appease and invest in half-measures, and do nothing to deter future attempts to restrict speech even more. Sigh.
I'll be honest: I don't care if he was "being aggressive." I *want* investigative journalists to be aggressive. I want them to be brash, push boundaries, be willing to get in trouble for a scoop; that is how they find facts and discover the truth.
Okay, I would like to head this off at the pass. To our dear AC who likes to rant in these threads that we should dismantle the FCC because the regulations are abused by companies and lobbyists: What's the second step? What do we replace it with? Answer A: Nothing. At which point, the incumbents have free reign to do every anti-competitive, anti-consumer thing their hearts could desire. There would be no room for new competitors to grow; that ship has *sailed*, they have the power to stop them already. Answer B: A brand new regulatory body. Alright... paid how? Run by whom? Wih what portfolio? If you destroy the FCC only to replace it with the FCC II, what is to stop them from having these exact same problems? Perhaps even worse if the incumbents get to lobby for baked-in restrictions at the outset! Answer C: That's the job of our elected representitives to figure out. They did. Their answer was *the FCC.*
We need to focus on changing the system, not ripping it out and throwing it away because FCC BAD.
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What if smart people are fish and dumb people are salad; how many of each would we need to prove America is dinner?
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In reality, this is more like someone makin a master key for gun storage lockers, and said key bein stolen. The concern is, we shouldn't be making suh keys in the first place if we want our gun lockers to be secure.
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Also, your complaint is completely unrelated to the issue at hand.
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I don't see "asking loud questions" in there.
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That said, you make a fair point; being aware that both parties are involved in these sort of shenanigans is important. I concede that point.
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I fail to see the point of the partisanship in this post (and others). "They do it too!" has never been an excuse.
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To our dear AC who likes to rant in these threads that we should dismantle the FCC because the regulations are abused by companies and lobbyists:
What's the second step? What do we replace it with?
Answer A: Nothing. At which point, the incumbents have free reign to do every anti-competitive, anti-consumer thing their hearts could desire. There would be no room for new competitors to grow; that ship has *sailed*, they have the power to stop them already.
Answer B: A brand new regulatory body. Alright... paid how? Run by whom? Wih what portfolio? If you destroy the FCC only to replace it with the FCC II, what is to stop them from having these exact same problems? Perhaps even worse if the incumbents get to lobby for baked-in restrictions at the outset!
Answer C: That's the job of our elected representitives to figure out.
They did.
Their answer was *the FCC.*
We need to focus on changing the system, not ripping it out and throwing it away because FCC BAD.
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Anyone know if there's a way to edit Techdirt posts? I can't find the option.
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Seriously, that question is precisely as relevant as yours.
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I am not sure...
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