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Comment Re:International "cooperation" (Score 1) 209

And trying to ignore the "little war" in Kosovo until it turned into a genocide was great leadership.

the vast majority of serbian massacres of albanian civilians occurred only after the nato bombing had begun, as was predicted would happen in response to a nato attack. justifying military action on the basis of atrocities committed afterwards is dishonest at best

Comment Re:Well, I'm glad thats settled. (Score 1) 209

it's only a contradiction of you consider the constituents to be the people rather than big business

large amount of that money gets skimmed off and into the pockets of rich people.

i do believe you've hit the nail on the head. legislators are aware that this is how their policies work, as activists, economists, and journalist have brought it to their attention many times. if you consider "jobs" to be a euphemism for "constituent profit", keeping the true constituents in mind, it is a very effective policy

Comment Re:"Systems" language? (Score 1) 831

the language is called "limbo"; the system is called "inferno".

well they're both exceptions to op's definition whichever way you phrase it, right? yes

the kernel was not written in limbo; it was written in c.

like i said, much of it is written in limbo. there is more to an operating system than a kernel, especially in an os such as inferno which tries to do as much code as possible in userspace

Comment Re:"Systems" language? (Score 2, Interesting) 831

Lack of pointer arithmetic and explicit memory management probably precludes any attempt to use Go as a "systems" language by that definition (although there are exceptions to that thinking.)

inferno is another exception to your definition of systems language. much of it is written in limbo, a direct ancestor of go. it too has automatic memory management and no pointer arithmatic and it works just fine

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inferno_(operating_system)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limbo_(programming_language)

Comment Re:Call yourselves "Anarchists" and be done with i (Score 1) 944

well that's why it's an open debate. in my opinion the police should operate much the way they do now but be way less aggressive with suspects. the goal of anarchism is to give everyone the freedom to do anything but infringe upon another's rights. i think the current system is capable of that with some tweaking. a system based upon the current police and courts would be fine with me

it's what to do with people who have infringed on someone else's rights where it gets tricky. do you punish them? reform them? how do you make someone reform? is that even ethical? how can you be sure someone has reformed? do you exile them? do you otherwise separate them from the rest of society? these decisions would be made by a direct democracy of course

it's a tough problem though. i have no idea. but it's not like any other society has solved the problem adequately either

Comment Re:Call yourselves "Anarchists" and be done with i (Score 1) 944

hello again

according to liddell and scott's greek lexicon, ho archos means leader, chief, or commander. it can evidently also mean rectum, which i didn't before now. i am both an anarchist and a fifth semester ancient greek student, if that convinces you of whatever of expertise i have

anarchists make a distinction between governments that rule the people and governing bodies with no real means and no desire to force compliance with their judgments. the united states congress for instance makes laws (typically without the support of the people they claim to represent) and if someone chooses not to comply with that law, that person will be made to comply by the police and by the courts. the ietf on the other hand is a relatively democratic* organization that makes judgments but has no way to enforce them nor does it want to enforce them. one can choose to follow an ietf standard or to make up one's own way of doing things with no consequences

how best to provide a military and police force in an anarchist society, as far as i'm aware, is still up for debate. in the past, anarchist militaries have elected their officers, with squads choosing their squad leader from their own ranks and being able to recall that elected leader and choose another at any time. it's a meritocracy basically. where social hierarchies must exist, that's pretty much how it works

* or so i'm assuming, i don't know much about the ietf's internal structure

Comment Re:Exploitation is the most prized product (Score 1) 944

Not by evading the Israeli blockade, they can't.

if russian ships were blockading the united states, european ships would have every right to bypass the blockade to bring goods to the us. naval blockades are an illegal act, and anyone is free to evade them if they choose. perhaps they won't succeed, but that is another matter

And no, they don't have the freedom to enter a foreign country against the wishes of its government.

where did you see that gaza didn't want them there? i hadn't read that

In addition, trying to enter an active war zone isn't usually a sign of rational thinking.

rational or not, i would certainly appreciate someone sending me medical supplies if i lived in a warzone

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