If this is the rules that get you to jail if broken, you can as well break them.

You are already in a jail.

THAT's your complaint? In this time and age, with terrorism and an economy in the dump, your problem is that fags can marry?

Dude, get your priorities right. Or, in terms that you can understand, Matt 7,3.

No way. The US government can't afford to piss off the banks.

But upholding a de-facto monopoly NEVER EVER resulted in a decrease of price OR increase of quality.

And it's not like it would be any kind of miracle considering the tectonic activity in the area.

So if mommy goddess doesn't like use building telescopes in her sacred resting place, I guess she wouldn't have a hard time telling us in no uncertain terms.

But she's oddly silent. Guess she doesn't hate people who follow in the footsteps of her own children, who were watching the skies keenly because it was a life-or-death matter to them to know the stars and their position because they were dependent on them for navigation. Maybe she even LIKES the idea that we put her creation to the purpose she originally intended? Because why else would she put a huge mountain on an island if not as a tool to make navigation and star observation easier?

It's so terribly hard to really understand the will of the gods...

You say that as if you thought it actually mattered.

The fact that the government makes the laws. Don't like it, vote it out. Can't vote it out? Then I guess the majority doesn't give a shit about the pebble.

Ain't you afraid of some slippery slope here? What if the "first nations" decide that, hey, all of the US, Canada and so on is actually ours, GTFO assholes!

You say that like it's the first time religion tries to keep the people stupid and ignorant for its own gains.

I'd be supplying the TNT.

Science trumps idiocy. And twice so when religion is involved.

People who wore the Confederate Battle Flag as a symbol of "redneck pride" before the events of the past week were morons at best and are doubly so now.

Deal with it.

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BMO

The removal of Confederate Battle Flag items from the market and such is a bad idea.

Walmart, K-Mart, Sears, etc., should all continue to sell "Redneck Pride" crap - promote it, even. Because such things are great visual cues as to who is a moron/dolt/idiot without having to actually talk to them.

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BMO

There's medication for that. E605 comes to mind.

Sponsored by GE and the NSA?

You have an industry that deals with system and buses that were never designed to be secure. Simply because not only was it never intended to be "user enhance-able", it was never intended to be accessible without being, you know, INSIDE the car. Where you would first of all need a key to get in.

But then marketing came along... need I say more?

Security and convenience are diametrically opposed. There are very, very few things you could possibly think of that improve both, but a load of thing where raising either damages the other one.

And in the battle between convenience and security, convenience wins. Always. Especially in the consumer market. Because the nifty little gadget is something you can show off. But that your car can't be hacked ain't something that will impress the neighbor. Well, if that neighbor ain't me, that is... cue dialogue I had recently

"Look, new car!"
"Erh.. yeah (meh)"
"And look, I needn't open it, I just walk to it and it opens"
"Car key in your pocket?"
"Yeah!"
"And you're transmitting your key to your car"
"Yeah!"
"Aaaaand... constantly while you're walking around."
"Uh.... well, ... yeah..."
"Whew. Glad mine doesn't inform anyone and everyone what key I use wherever I go. Someone bad might listen..."

Oddly that was the last time he wanted to brag with his new car... anyway.

People don't understand security. So it's no selling point. And not having it also ain't no reason that would keep people from buying. At least 'til the first cars get stolen and the insurance refuses payment 'cause there are no signs of unlawful entering or manipulation. Only then someone might come up with a demonstration and then the injured can get into a lengthy legal battle with the insurance company and the car company... and only THEN, when people get sensitized to it because they can actually FEEL that they'll be troubled by it, only then they'll consider security an issue. And only then car makers will take it into consideration.

In other words, nothing to see here, kid just needs to touch the hot stove, only then we'll see them cry and learn. If anything, take it as proof that the average idiot out there ain't smarter than a 3 year old.