Comment Re:Over at McDonald's (Score 1) 139
'say it once.
say it twice.
three time's the charm.'
(the B guy)
'say it once.
say it twice.
three time's the charm.'
(the B guy)
a company I was at more than 10 yrs ago ran MS email. some of us ran unix email (I think I was into qmail at the time) and the sysadmin was a friend, so I was left alone and had my linux box do my desktop work. was not forced to use windows. back then, it was atypical, but we used a form of bsd in our products and so the unix guys were not a small minority. still, I was one of the few who used only unix email, for corp stuff.
one day I get an email from some marketing guy, then a few minutes another email from 'the server' saying 'xyz would like to recall email 123' or something like that. too damned funny - the email was sent, it was poped or imaped out and into my qmail system, then into my user agent - and this guy - via the server - is asking me to delete the message.
but - well - I already received and read it! does 'your server' want me to unsee it? is that even possible?
no one else saw the email. they went thru exchange and exchange did dutifully delete it before everyone else could even know it was there. but there is no 'reach over and delete' when I imap that thing out and its saved in my maildir.
just too funny. the MS guys really do think the whole world is MS.
sounds good. a state full of Repo Men!
(can I have my plate-o-shrimp, now?)
no, you do NOT DESERVE any such 'freedom' to hate people based solely on a religious reason.
the idea of civil rights was to step in when businesses were NOT self-policing. time and time again, business owners do the wrong thing (they think they are gods and untouchable) and when society finally gets pissed off enough, then laws are enacted to force bad actors to behave.
except, in this case, they went the wrong way. it was not the will of the people, but the will of a very small minority who demands that everyone play by their 2000 year old set of rules; or at least how they think those rules should be understood and followed.
you know what's right and what's wrong. we don't have to teach you that. you know, in your heart, that discrimination like this is very wrong; but you use some twisted congnative dissonance to convince yourself that its 'a form of freedom to be able to hate anyone you want'. I guess it is, but there's a bright line between hating someone for their belief system and denying them service in a public store or setting. you can hate them all you want - till the cows come home. that's your freedom right there. you are not forced to party with them, befriend them, marry them or go to church with them. that's all allowed in a free society.
but the line stands when you deny them basic rights. it does not take much for a small town to band together and LOCK OUT sales of goods to people who are different from them. and this is exactly where we are headed if this set of laws is allowed to stand.
(after they leave, one clerk says to the other):
"funny! they don't look druish!"
(oblig)
well, I know 'jesus' as well as anyone does (ie, not at all).
my guess is that his legend would have him stand up against discrimination and hatred.
this is not political. not even close. its about hatred and any other veneer is a false one.
"love others as you would have them love you" would not be in favor of hate-laws.
I don't believe there ever was a jesus, but some of the ideas attributed to hims are quite stellar. too bad no one in any time (modern or ancient) has truly accepted this core belief.
see the real definition of 'left'.
#include "I_dont_think_it_means_what_you_think_it_means.h"
no one on the left would support a hate-bill like this. sorry, but you have no clue what left means if you think this.
actually, the laws and bills have not gone far enough.
some kind of visual indication should be included, so you know who the enemy is. maybe an armband. it could be phrased as a 'fashion statement'.
what could possibly go wrong with that? sounds pretty christian to me!
Water features also provide significant air quality benefits, especially if you aerate them. There's just lots of good reasons to implement them. Trees, as well; I cringe when I see posts permanently erected for vehicle control. Removable or sinking bollards, certainly. They have their purpose. But fixed ones?
So you truly have no comprehension of what makes sports popular do you? It's PRECISELY the fact that people think of these teams as "their team".
I like motorsports because I like motorsports, I don't care about any particular team. It's thrilling just to see it. That's what's great about stuff like world rally.
Why? Seriously, why? What does that have to do with the outcome of the race?
What does the outcome of the race have to do with the enjoyment? You're not racing. What do you care who wins? They're doing it completely and totally without you. Same for sports. That's not your team. You just bought some of their marketing crap.
A moat is still a good idea. It can be an attractive feature, if done correctly, and someone entering the moat is a flag that they may be able to jump the fence.
Actually, I have seen several reports which indicate that Big Oil gives more money to scientists supporting AGW than they do to scientists opposing it.
Classic all-time backfires; much of the time, even trying to prove that it's okay to pollute is going to show the opposite, because duh.
right now, the only thing they don't do is 'sell ink'.
I think she's the right person to help with that.
not much else, though. but if ink at a high price is your game, she's the lady to go see.
Let's reword that... The people who make a living off this stuff disagree with you(him). Weird, right?
The money is in agreeing with you. Big Oil and the like are happy to pay scientists for studies which say that they can continue raping our ma.
It is easier to change the specification to fit the program than vice versa.