Cash is dirty, having been in hands of lowest castes of the society, and it may carry diseases.

What the fuck? Did you just actually say that? What sort of bullshit is this? Are you a time traveler from India circa 1840, or are you just a ignorant, bigoted prick?

Ah, yes, the luxury of looking at things in the modern perspective without any context. Luxury, isn't it?

The "terrorist threat" law has been on the books in Texas for decades. It has zero to do with 9/11 or Muslims. But go ahead and keep your "thought crime" cozy to the chest...it makes you feel warm at night, doesn't it? Because a spam blog that helps you find lawyers is right where to go when you need information. Let me guess...you clicked on it because it was the first link on Google, wasn't it? Sad, sad, sad.

Spoken like a true ignorant European. In fact, American toilet paper is top-class. Quilted, triple-ply, thick...it's like wiping your ass with a cloud. Go to other countries and you find out real fast just how low quality T.P. gets. That's not even counting the places that put a roll on the dinner table for use as napkins.

Go ahead and try to start a factory in America today. Go ahead, I dare you. You'll be shut down by lawsuits before you ever break ground. There's a reason all of our production moved to China, and it's not just labor cost.

Are we still on the "ooh AmeriKKKa beer is shite, mate!" thing? Because that's total bullshit. AmeriKKKa has some of the best beers on the planet. Put that against that Belgian monk (Christian BAD BAD BAD) beer any day of the week in a blind test and come out a winner.

Read up, bro. "Inalienable" rights are dumb because people use them wrong, or make wrong decisions. The future is coercive paternalism, making the correct decisions for people who are too dumb to know right from wrong. The Enlightenment is on the way out. John Stuart Mill is yesterday's news. "We turn to a better approach, which is simply to save people from themselves by making certain courses of action illegal."

Sailing ships have been tried. They were in regular cargo service right up until the 50s. Sail was replaced by the motor vessel for a reason. If you think you can make it work, there is a shit-ton of money to be made right there.

Ah, yes, credentialism. Because only people with Ph.Ds should be allowed to have opinions. That's such a great idea for a functioning representative government.

A stint working at a university cleared me from ever thinking that people with doctorates are any more qualified than anyone else. Shit, these people sent me viruses, email hoaxes, and malware worms all the time.

What, you mean things would somehow have been better than "first flight to moon landing in 70 years"? Because that's already pretty damned good.

Those cursed Wright brothers! Trying to profit from their invention! Screw them for creating a working machine and then expecting to control the design!

Is this just a knee-jerk, canned argument that gets posted by a bot when this topic comes up? I noticed the "authentic" spelling error.

What IP was violated? Trademark, copyright, or patent? In which jurisdiction did this white male backpacker register?

Nah, let's trot out the old tired meme again. Heck, it always works!

No matter how many times I hear the "but he's making a statement!" argument, it never stops seeming retarded. You mean he's winning a symbolic victory? You can win all the symbolic victories you want - I'll take the real victories.

I see this attitude ALL THE TIME and it never fails to baffle me. Because someone thinks that China is the new boogeyman, that means that China must not be hacking at all. It's all about the all-powerful US government boogeyman instead! (newsflash, Obama is the good guy, the media is on his side these days)

Because Google itself doesn't have to use Google Docs. That's why. It's for *users*.

the car is still yours for all intents and purposes.

All intensive purposes. You can thank me later for correcting you.

"No one believes more firmly than Comrade Napoleon that all animals are equal. He would be only too happy to let you make your decisions for yourselves. But sometimes you might make the wrong decisions, comrades, and then where should we be?"
-- George Orwell, "Animal Farm"