He expects every citizen to give up their rights and freedoms so that the government can control their every thought and action.
But don't expect him to champion anything like universal healthcare or making sure that infrastructure or jobs are good. Nope, he wants the government to control your every thought and action, and then punish you if you get slightly out of line.
Benefits? Unless you're of the elite rich and powerful, forget it.
Is that until all of the world has high-speed internet at dirt-cheap prices, the digital world that we're all looking at won't happen.
Until everyone has the same internet speeds (super high) at low prices, it just won't work.
Even if you have over 60 mbps, it's slow compared to other places that have 1 gbps.
At the end of the day, that's the problem, too much of the world still doesn't have good internet, even if it is the future, the future is not here yet.
As for Digital games, well... Even Sony has gotten that right. Seriously, go look at their store for game DLs and see the prices they have. (Still need PS2 games, Sony, well, more of them).
MS, on the other hand, doesn't lower prices, at all. Maybe once in awhile they'll put a sale to lower the prices a couple of bucks, but that's it. Games on XBL tend to stay pretty expensive for a long time.
PS Plus, on the other hand, as my friend in Italy says "you can get 40+ titles for free over the course of one year from PS Plus. And every month they have games that are on sale from 10% to 75% off."
Note, I don't have a PS Plus subscription, but considering that they have Ico and Shadow of the Colossus for sale, I might get it.
*Shakes head* You honestly have no idea what you're talking about. If you did, you'd understand, but it's quite obvious that you're trying to dumb down and simplify something that shouldn't be.
Maybe you should find out the average number of false arrests that police go through during the course of an investigation for people they think are guilty of a crime sometime.
Maybe you should look up the number of people who get tossed in prison because they were pressured into talking by the police even though they committed no crime.
Or maybe, just maybe...
You should stop running your mouth off when you understand nothing. You're like the spectator at a car accident who thinks the cars are going to explode because they crashed into each other.
Which tells me that you wouldn't be okay with that.
BTW, did you miss the article where the police held two people, illegally, without warrants, for hours, in their homes, to get their cell phones because they recorded the police beating a man to death?
Or the countless other articles about the police arresting people for minor things? How about the articles about how the boarder patrol confiscates people's laptops and cell phones for no reason other than they can?
Nah, that was Carter, we then elected Reagan because of it, but Reagan at least tried to fix most of the problems he caused (other than Iran-Contra) when he realized they weren't working or screwed up. We got Bush Sr. and then we elected Clinton as backlash against that... So...
I know it's hard for you to rub the few brain cells you have together, but try to think.
If there are 10 people speeding down the road and 9 of them are white and the cops don't pull them over, but the 10th one is, say, Hispanic and the cops pull THEM over but ignore everyone else who speeds, THAT is what was being said.
Honestly, it's people like you that should be put on the first rocket to Mars so we don't have to deal with you here.
"I guess, then this is ok because there IS a cause, and how do you know if there is or is not a 'cause' unless you look and see?"
So, you wouldn't mind the police just coming into your house/apartment/hotel room, ransaking it while looking for drugs/guns/etc and then taking your computer, cell phone or video game system away when they're done because they don't know if there is a 'cause' to look at you unless they look and see then?
All you've proven is that you don't understand what he was talking about.
Anyone with more than 3 brain cells knows about Nazi Germany or the USSR. Prussia's quite a bit less known.
I guess you simply DONT GET IT, it's ok, it will come to you in time.. probably.
You don't get it, you never have, you never will. You're obviously lacking in brain power. Here's a piece of advice for you. Stop drinking alcohol. You can't afford to lose anymore brain cells.
Tsk... You honestly have ZERO idea about anything, do you?
"So in your world (the dream one), you think if a cop looks at you, you are therefore guilty of something?"
Newsflash! Cops aren't looking for guilty or innocent people, that's for the courts to decide, they're looking for suspects to arrest when looking for clues to a crime.
So, yes, if a cop looks at you for more than a second, you can probably think that they think you're guilty of something.
You might want to understand why common advice when dealing with cops is "don't say anything and ask for a lawyer, no matter what".
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So...
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huh...
At least that's what Family Guy keeps preaching episode after episode.
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Well...
He expects every citizen to give up their rights and freedoms so that the government can control their every thought and action.
But don't expect him to champion anything like universal healthcare or making sure that infrastructure or jobs are good. Nope, he wants the government to control your every thought and action, and then punish you if you get slightly out of line.
Benefits? Unless you're of the elite rich and powerful, forget it.
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The only problem with digital only...
Until everyone has the same internet speeds (super high) at low prices, it just won't work.
Even if you have over 60 mbps, it's slow compared to other places that have 1 gbps.
At the end of the day, that's the problem, too much of the world still doesn't have good internet, even if it is the future, the future is not here yet.
As for Digital games, well... Even Sony has gotten that right. Seriously, go look at their store for game DLs and see the prices they have. (Still need PS2 games, Sony, well, more of them).
MS, on the other hand, doesn't lower prices, at all. Maybe once in awhile they'll put a sale to lower the prices a couple of bucks, but that's it. Games on XBL tend to stay pretty expensive for a long time.
PS Plus, on the other hand, as my friend in Italy says "you can get 40+ titles for free over the course of one year from PS Plus. And every month they have games that are on sale from 10% to 75% off."
Note, I don't have a PS Plus subscription, but considering that they have Ico and Shadow of the Colossus for sale, I might get it.
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Mmm... Corndogs...
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He argues like a dairy farmer.
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Citation needed
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The real terrorists, as far as many people are concerned, is the U.S. government.
Bin Laden said it best...
"I no longer have to do anything. The U.S. will destroy itself with its own policies from here on out."
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Maybe you should find out the average number of false arrests that police go through during the course of an investigation for people they think are guilty of a crime sometime.
Maybe you should look up the number of people who get tossed in prison because they were pressured into talking by the police even though they committed no crime.
Or maybe, just maybe...
You should stop running your mouth off when you understand nothing. You're like the spectator at a car accident who thinks the cars are going to explode because they crashed into each other.
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No, you're just bad at it.
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Which tells me that you wouldn't be okay with that.
BTW, did you miss the article where the police held two people, illegally, without warrants, for hours, in their homes, to get their cell phones because they recorded the police beating a man to death?
Or the countless other articles about the police arresting people for minor things? How about the articles about how the boarder patrol confiscates people's laptops and cell phones for no reason other than they can?
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I know it's hard for you to rub the few brain cells you have together, but try to think.
If there are 10 people speeding down the road and 9 of them are white and the cops don't pull them over, but the 10th one is, say, Hispanic and the cops pull THEM over but ignore everyone else who speeds, THAT is what was being said.
Honestly, it's people like you that should be put on the first rocket to Mars so we don't have to deal with you here.
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So, you wouldn't mind the police just coming into your house/apartment/hotel room, ransaking it while looking for drugs/guns/etc and then taking your computer, cell phone or video game system away when they're done because they don't know if there is a 'cause' to look at you unless they look and see then?
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What point?
All you've proven is that you don't understand what he was talking about.
Anyone with more than 3 brain cells knows about Nazi Germany or the USSR. Prussia's quite a bit less known.
I guess you simply DONT GET IT, it's ok, it will come to you in time.. probably.
You don't get it, you never have, you never will. You're obviously lacking in brain power. Here's a piece of advice for you. Stop drinking alcohol. You can't afford to lose anymore brain cells.
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"So in your world (the dream one), you think if a cop looks at you, you are therefore guilty of something?"
Newsflash! Cops aren't looking for guilty or innocent people, that's for the courts to decide, they're looking for suspects to arrest when looking for clues to a crime.
So, yes, if a cop looks at you for more than a second, you can probably think that they think you're guilty of something.
You might want to understand why common advice when dealing with cops is "don't say anything and ask for a lawyer, no matter what".
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