No it is not. It was censored to not offend modern* sensibilities.

*modern for the time it was written

No. Once they start cooperating, it is no longer Capitalism. Capitalism is defined by competition. Freedom of interaction is something you are adding... incorrectly I might add.

No. No they are not. They are there to fill out the paperwork concerning your dead body. They have no requirement to actually protect you AND you have very few legal options to protect yourself.

Obligation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W...

Second Amendment rights being abrogated are evidence of the latter.

Enjoy

I do not think you understand. I DO NOT WANT A REVOLUTION. I am saying that I am seeing it as inevitable. There is nothing you or I can do to stop it.

Will it be painful and dreadful? Certainly. Will it become a less democratic military junta? I am not so sure. Sometimes, it can turn out better, like it did in 1776. Is the outcome predictable? No. The cynic in me agrees with your assessment of the upcoming revolution.

Creepiest CAPTCHA ever, "sagittal".

Read my .sig some time.

For some reason, there is a portion of the population that wants liberty for themselves and are willing to cooperate with other people. For some reason, there is a portion of the population that wants freedom and are unwilling to cooperate. There are other types of people but it is not necessary to discuss them at this point.

For some reason, when there are groups of humans, there is a need for leadership. The larger the group, the larger the need. For some reason, these leaders always want liberty for themselves.

When leaders who want freedom are willing to cooperate, we see things like the founding of America. When leaders are unwilling to cooperate, we see things like current America, or Russia.

For some reason, in a society where the leaders have freedom but the general population does not, a general consensus will occur amongst the population. When this consensus occurs, protests can result and it may even lead to revolution.

Occupy Wall Street was clearly a consensus. It was successfully broken with an intensive psyops campaign but it was still a clear and unequivocal consensus. The message is clear, the amount of liberty that the general population wants is not even close to what they have. More specifically, the economic shackles are too tight.

With the Snowden revelations, we are seeing some of the tools that are being used to prevent liberty amongst the general population. What is funny is that those tools have been used against the leaders who authorized those tools. That indicates to me that revolution is closer than it ever has been. When the leaders of a group begin to feel their liberty threatened, they will act... and it will be ugly.

That is what we are facing right now.

The federal government actually provides many useful and needed services. As long as these services are being performed adequately, there is still little chance for revolution, despite everything that I said above.

The aftermath of Hurricane Katrina was a confidence killing event. There can not be many more of those types of failures or revolution will be ignited.

In short, the seeds of revolution have been sown (as they always are). Water has been poured on them (Katrina is an example (cute at that)). The ground has been fertilized (OWS). And finally, the sun is shining (Snowden). What do you think the results will be?

What I want and what you want is irrelevant. We are neither leaders nor significant players. The situation is deeply complex and incredibly subtle in numerous ways, so exact prediction is difficult. I would rather a transition back to the Constitution be a smooth and peaceful affair. Knowing what I know of human nature and knowing what I know of the situation, I am not entirely certain such a transition is possible.

Thank you. As a security guy, knowing that the disinfectant of sunlight is illuminating your project, I am willing to spend more time examining and using your project. I hope your project becomes the default libc everywhere.

I dunno. 5 years of "is it in yet?" sounds more like torture. But then again, it IS marriage. ;)

*sigh*

Keep in mind that I am not the one advocating revolution. I am aware of how bad it will be. I have seen war up close and personal.

No. No it is not. Back then, they knew what an authoritarian government would do if it had certain powers. The current government has taken those powers on despite the words in the Constitution. The surveillance state is here with parallel construction to legitimize the data they gather. It will only get worse from here. There is no way to legally and peacefully reign in agencies that effectively have no oversight. No senator can touch them. No president can change them. They have blackmail data on everyone and if that is insufficient, they have the tools and the knowledge of who to "remove". Game over.

What good is voting when the people we vote for effectively have no control over what was created? What good is voting when all of the candidates are already owned completely? I have been voting for close to 40 years and it has made zero difference.

I am not advocating revolution. I am saying that I see it as an inevitable outcome no less than Thomas Jefferson did over 200 years ago. When it will happen is the hot button question.

In countries where you can receive over a thousand years in real verdicts, this may not be such a good idea. It will not be torture just like waterboarding is not torture. If this technology is created, it WILL be used.

How I read your last sentence: It's a consequence of moving to a world with more pervasive MONITORING.

Ugh. I had to read it again to get rid of the word my brain was sticking into your sentence.

Except we are not living in George Washington's ideas any more. I suspect the revolution being proposed is to actually get back to Mr Washington's and Mr. Jefferson's (and others) ideas.

Moo

People who know what they are doing are dangerous. They are perceived as a threat; either to the status quo or a direct threat to the organization itself.

I work in security (networks) and I have raised more than a few eyebrows while discussing potential weaknesses and revealing that I know that the threat is more than theoretical by discussing details of how the weakness could be exploited. It terrifies some people that I have actually done "red" team work. And then they go back to arguing with me and telling me I am wrong about the weakness... and I just shake my head.

It is weird to be working around all of these credentialed and certified people and watching them stumbling around in the dark, trying to control things that they do not understand. Yes, I have went ahead and "earned" the same credentials and certifications but I only did it because they were required to keep my job. It seems most people get those credentials and certifications to get the job. They studied and failed because the do not understand. They kept taking the exams until they finally passed once. I walked in without studying for any of the exams and passed all of them because I actually understood the subject matter.

Wandering here and I am unsure why. Sorry. Have a nice day.

ROFLMAO. God I hope they implement this. Good one kind sir. :)