take the vial of properly labeled insulin or bottled water and replace it with something like ammonium hydroxide also clear and will burn your lungs or better yet one member of your team carries on chemical one and the other 3 members carry on chemicals 2,3 and 4, together they make a toxic gas or flammable material.
Funny how they don't actually ban all liquids and gels, isn't it? I wonder how many poisonous gasses capable of killing an entire plane of people you could make with just the containers in one small ziplock bag.
Flying is a privilege not a right. take a train
The TSA is starting in on trains and buses too. Keep burying your head in the sand in the name of keeping your magic tiger rock, though. I'm sure it will all turn out well in the end as long as you keep yourself in a constant state of fear.
Getting paid back with inflated dollars gives the lender less value than they otherwise would get if they were paid back with the not-yet-inflated dollars that the loan was created under.
Much like if I lent you a pound of wheat with the understanding that you'd give me two pounds back, but you ended up repaying me with only a pound and a half, you could consider such a thing a default on the original terms of the loan.
Threatening someone into testifying when it may be against their best interest runs counter to my entire system of morality.
And even if, for some reason, I did a complete about-face in a time of great personal stress, my emotional state would still make a poor yardstick for public policy.
First of all, you have ignored simple logistics. How does a junior high kid get from junior high to high school math class and back to junior high in one passing period?
We separate junior highers from high schoolers, therefore we must always separate junior highers from high schoolers.
Unfortunately, our society is moving rapidly away from local control and towards more centralized, one-size-fits-all systems crafted by bureaucrats and paid lobbyists.
People now believe that the law exists for its own sake, and not as a means to an end. Any violation of the law is seen as a sign of evil intentions, and must be punished harshly.
The ironic part is that I'm sure many of the people who cheer for harsh punishment in some of these cases didn't have any idea previously that the action in question was even a crime.
"Yeah! I hope that man gets anally-raped in prison! How dare he import orchids into the US without federal approval?"
"So, prior to this story, you knew that importing orchids into the US required federal approval?"
"Well, no . . ."
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Funny how they don't actually ban all liquids and gels, isn't it? I wonder how many poisonous gasses capable of killing an entire plane of people you could make with just the containers in one small ziplock bag.
Flying is a privilege not a right. take a train
The TSA is starting in on trains and buses too. Keep burying your head in the sand in the name of keeping your magic tiger rock, though. I'm sure it will all turn out well in the end as long as you keep yourself in a constant state of fear.
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Much like if I lent you a pound of wheat with the understanding that you'd give me two pounds back, but you ended up repaying me with only a pound and a half, you could consider such a thing a default on the original terms of the loan.
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"Work" as in allow the economy to operate at a high level?
Absolutely.
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Better not to hurt people simply because they don't do what you tell them to.
Yes, just trying to offer a different perspective.
I can sympathize, but it's still a very bad argument.
"I think everyone deserves a trial."
"If you thought a man raped your daughter, you'd want to see him tortured and killed without a trial!"
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And even if, for some reason, I did a complete about-face in a time of great personal stress, my emotional state would still make a poor yardstick for public policy.
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We separate junior highers from high schoolers, therefore we must always separate junior highers from high schoolers.
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Thanks for reading, though. ;)
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Unfortunately, our society is moving rapidly away from local control and towards more centralized, one-size-fits-all systems crafted by bureaucrats and paid lobbyists.
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You mean except for the line where I said: "1:50 he tells the guy he's required to identify himself."
Nice try, though.
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In general, I'm not a fan of forcing anyone to testify, reporter or not. That's probably just me though.
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Why would you respect a title?
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Great line, or greatest line?
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I do, however, pay developers out of pure self-interest: I enjoy their work and I want them to continue to be able to develop it, so I pitch in.
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People now believe that the law exists for its own sake, and not as a means to an end. Any violation of the law is seen as a sign of evil intentions, and must be punished harshly.
The ironic part is that I'm sure many of the people who cheer for harsh punishment in some of these cases didn't have any idea previously that the action in question was even a crime.
"Yeah! I hope that man gets anally-raped in prison! How dare he import orchids into the US without federal approval?"
"So, prior to this story, you knew that importing orchids into the US required federal approval?"
"Well, no . . ."
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I'm okay with the idea that it's a crime. A felony, though? That seems far-fetched.
Hey, I have an idea, don't do that.
Proportionality is importance. Unfortunately, our society has become very supportive of harsh-punishment for every infraction, no matter how minor.
"If he didn't want to get shot six times in the back, he shouldn't have been jaywalking!"
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Encryption doesn't exist in your world? =P
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