If the Pope is (according to the Catholic Church) the infallible representative of God on this earth, then logically now, how can two popes say two different things? Two contradictory statements cannot both be correct,
THey're both right. There is no conflict.THe church's position has long been supportive of the slow evolution of the universe and *some* of the basic tenets of Darwinism, simply because any idiot can see that it is true. When Benedict spoke of "not taking Darwinism too far", he was referring to the *overapplication* of it.. the misuse of the whole "survival of the fittest" concept, especially in areas that it has no validity - such as applied by Hitler etc
I think your proposal is solid. That is precisely why it won't happen. Not, at least, until we have another occupy movement that is persistent enough to avoid being dissipated by the federal police.
The sociopaths that control our government do not respond to appeals to justice. They don't give a rat's ass about fairness or even sustainability. The *only* language to which they respond is force.
Until we force them to do what is reasonable, they will not. And mustering that force requires mustering agreement among hundreds of millions of complacent Americans.
Good luck with THAT!
That's precisely how it is in CAnada, at least here in B.C. Disabled persons get a monthly stipend of $900 here, but we are not prevented from working , if we can find an employer that will hire us. Most will not, repeatedly citing the "unable to afford another employee.. business is poor" line. However, they will pay the maximum we are allowed to earn ($500) for which we work
I have to type my password 100+ times a day. I can touch-type, but one typo usually means I have to delete it all and start over.
It's really hard to get Ctl+Alt+A wrong.
Try doing that in an SSH login shell. Or in a textual DBMS management console. Or in a general CLI tool that expects a password. Try it in a computer game that uses its own home-brewn dialog boxes.Or, do it in a text box that does not echo out characters, hiding the length of the password. Or password boxes that disable highlighting entirely.
Now do it, while knowing that you get locked out for 15 minutes when you enter the password wrong once or twice.
There are many situations in which the only way to recover safely from a typo in a password entry field is to hit backspace a few times.
And this is why I hate really complex passes. You're right there's way too many inaccessible dialog boxes. The worst though are the ones that fill the entire screen while you need to enter the PW. Unless you've got it written down on paper, and, it's typed (or you have really legible handwriting
Snowden is a whistleblower. He deserves our thanks, and an apology from everyone who's demanded that he be prosecuted.
I agree, but now he's gone too far. The crimes were spying on the American people without warrants. But this sort of interception of information is exactly what the NSA is supposed to do. There has never been any secret about that, and I support it as useful intelligence. If Snowden keeps this up, he's going to alienate his supporters, or at the very least give a lot of ammo to his detractors.
The original thread poster had it right. By placing a death sentence on him for treason instead of pardoning him, he's gonna just keep on keepin' on. And if , as seems likely, they promise to pardon him and then execute him instead, tons more "whistleblowers" are gonna come out ofd the woodwork. It'll be a never ending problem. Corrupt governments can never control their citizens.
A penny saved is a penny to squander. -- Ambrose Bierce