You have the right answer, but then you strangely slam 'free-market capitalism' at the end.
"until the FDA granted a license for one pharma corp to release a branded version of it and run off anyone selling non-branded versions"
What part of that statement is "free-market"?? That's the definition of corporatism.
If the FDA didn't have the power to so heavily regulate everything, the rich companies wouldn't be able to buy them off (because there would be nothing to buy...)
Some actual competition may then happen, and prices wouldn't be so out of control.
I reject this, the same as I reject all zero-tolerance lines of thought.
You don't need a courtroom and a judge to make an appropriate judgment that an agent allowed to carry a sidearm can be let through with a leatherman.
Relinquishing all thought and judgment for a one-rule-for-all mentality is one more way we continue to march away from liberty and towards a police state.
Taken long enough and far enough, this is how otherwise good people can be convinced to perform atrocities - "I was just going what I was told!"
... to have a theater near me that regularly runs older movies. And by 'old' I don't mean from the 40s. I mean movies that aren't in the theaters anymore.
When I was in college a few years ago, a student club would run on or two on the weekends - they were always jam packed.
I realize it's different on a college campus, especially with the social aspect, and it was pretty cheap. However, I bet it would translate pretty good to the general public. Instead of 5 screens of the latest crappy romantic comedy, maybe put one of them running 10 year old blockbusters or something.
The fact you can taste them doesn't matter for the purpose of this article, though. The idea is that the color makes people perceive the taste to match other foods of the same color, based on their own experiences or expectations.
That is, the same coloring (orange, for example) might cause you think something like Cheetos is cheesier, while something like orange-jello is orangeier.
So while I don't doubt that a dye can indeed impart its own flavor, it doesn't mean a dye's inherent flavor will make the foods taste better.
I find it amazing that each time something like this is mentioned, there's always a handful of people who can't understand this difference.
I would add that there is also a big difference between the police having on-demand private data, and having to get a court to issue a warrant or subpoena to gather data from the people who did take those public pictures legally.
1st, you are making the assumption that gov't spending = more jobs. While this can be true to some extent, the number of jobs created per dollar spent isn't very high - a lot of the money goes into the pockets of people in the govt who already have jobs.
2nd, just creating a job out of nowhere doesn't make things better. If they hire 2 people to do the work of 1 person, just think of the jobs they could create! But creating jobs that aren't needed are a net drain on the overall economy. To pay the workers, now they are either taxing others more or covering the debt with inflation.
Usually the unspoken or assumed second-half of the statement 'the govt needs to cut spending...' is '...so they can stop raising taxes' or '...so they can stop inflating and pay their debts'
Re: They should all call themselves the Pirate Party
At least real pirates put themselves in harm's way when stealing from people and killing, unlike politicians who can steal and kill by ordering other people to do it for them.
Within weeks we could have an entirely fake group of FBI undercover agents infiltrating the fake anti-feds militia comprised of the fake personas created by the guy down the hall...
"The report does say they can go speak to the photographer to determine the purpose of the photography if they believe it's warranted."
So at the end of the day, they can still bully you, and they can still be the judge and jury of whether you have a valid purpose for taking pictures. Because taking pictures in itself has no valid role, evidently.
Not sure what your property angle is - or your angle in general.
If, as you said, "Facebook is hurt because someone is hurting users in their name" then that is called "fraud" and there are plenty of laws and legal recourse to such behavior.
That's just silly. That's like saying we never needed more than 1 newspaper, because you can't keep track of all the news coming out of more than 1.
Clones will come out, sure, but as has been repeated on TD over and over, COPYing doesn't matter, it's the execution. That counts for whistleblowers, too.
Wikileaks actually attempts to do the journalistic thing and verify the leaks before just dumping them out to the world. If their leaks were repeatedly discredited, people would stop listening to them.
Further, a clone only works if people are trusting enough to leak to it. If a few leakers were given up by the site, no one would give them anything new.
So the idea that thousands of clones would just "pop up" is wrong, in my opinion. And when the inevitable few DO appear, I think they'll be verified as trustworthy or not in fairly short order.
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Re: A fine example
"until the FDA granted a license for one pharma corp to release a branded version of it and run off anyone selling non-branded versions"
What part of that statement is "free-market"?? That's the definition of corporatism.
If the FDA didn't have the power to so heavily regulate everything, the rich companies wouldn't be able to buy them off (because there would be nothing to buy...)
Some actual competition may then happen, and prices wouldn't be so out of control.
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Re: Re: The problem with third parties
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Re: Re: I've Got That Beat
You don't need a courtroom and a judge to make an appropriate judgment that an agent allowed to carry a sidearm can be let through with a leatherman.
Relinquishing all thought and judgment for a one-rule-for-all mentality is one more way we continue to march away from liberty and towards a police state.
Taken long enough and far enough, this is how otherwise good people can be convinced to perform atrocities - "I was just going what I was told!"
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I've always wanted
When I was in college a few years ago, a student club would run on or two on the weekends - they were always jam packed.
I realize it's different on a college campus, especially with the social aspect, and it was pretty cheap. However, I bet it would translate pretty good to the general public. Instead of 5 screens of the latest crappy romantic comedy, maybe put one of them running 10 year old blockbusters or something.
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Re: Re: Re:
Look up 'expatriate tax'
You aren't exactly forced to stay, but you aren't getting out for free, neither.
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This somewhat flippant comment is repeated whenever anyone has a criticism of US civil rights, as if free speech is the only thing that matters.
Yes, it is true, we still have a higher recognition of free speech than most of the world. And it is very important.
But that doesn't mean we should just sit back and ignore offenses against other rights, just because we can read about them online.
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Re: Sorry Mike but you are wrong.
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Re: Re: I can taste the dyes...
That is, the same coloring (orange, for example) might cause you think something like Cheetos is cheesier, while something like orange-jello is orangeier.
So while I don't doubt that a dye can indeed impart its own flavor, it doesn't mean a dye's inherent flavor will make the foods taste better.
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Re: Re: But wait (Cake and eating again)
I would add that there is also a big difference between the police having on-demand private data, and having to get a court to issue a warrant or subpoena to gather data from the people who did take those public pictures legally.
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Re: Re: _SIGH_
Except that you are paying to be allowed to drive that semi, they are just hoping not everyone will have them.
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Re: While we're on the subject...
2nd, just creating a job out of nowhere doesn't make things better. If they hire 2 people to do the work of 1 person, just think of the jobs they could create! But creating jobs that aren't needed are a net drain on the overall economy. To pay the workers, now they are either taxing others more or covering the debt with inflation.
Usually the unspoken or assumed second-half of the statement 'the govt needs to cut spending...' is '...so they can stop raising taxes' or '...so they can stop inflating and pay their debts'
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Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: And!
What happens when a govt agency screws up and people die?
They get more money to hire more regulators.
This is the difference, and one I'd gladly trade.
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Re: They should all call themselves the Pirate Party
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Wait until the FBI gets it...
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Re: Re: Re: Abdication or responsibility and victim mentality
Did anyone say you would have to be obliged to subdue criminals if these guys weren't punished?
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So at the end of the day, they can still bully you, and they can still be the judge and jury of whether you have a valid purpose for taking pictures. Because taking pictures in itself has no valid role, evidently.
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Re: What is just as sad...
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If, as you said, "Facebook is hurt because someone is hurting users in their name" then that is called "fraud" and there are plenty of laws and legal recourse to such behavior.
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Clones will come out, sure, but as has been repeated on TD over and over, COPYing doesn't matter, it's the execution. That counts for whistleblowers, too.
Wikileaks actually attempts to do the journalistic thing and verify the leaks before just dumping them out to the world. If their leaks were repeatedly discredited, people would stop listening to them.
Further, a clone only works if people are trusting enough to leak to it. If a few leakers were given up by the site, no one would give them anything new.
So the idea that thousands of clones would just "pop up" is wrong, in my opinion. And when the inevitable few DO appear, I think they'll be verified as trustworthy or not in fairly short order.
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