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Comment Re:change (Score 1) 377

All belief systems are not equal, as you seem to imply. Here's mine in a nutshell, which I consider to be essentially American (although not exclusively) and superior to all other belief systems: Individual freedom and responsibility good, everything else, bad. That is for me and IMO should be for everyone (American or otherwise) the Prime F'n Directive. If you buy into that, I trust you even if you have other ideas I think are stupid. If you don't buy into that, I think you have bad software running in your head (probably fueled by "good intentions"), and I don't want you making decisions for me, or to have any power whatsoever.

The reasons why this "BS" is superior to other "BS"s are many, but here are a couple of highlights:

1. Produces best outcomes - smart, motivated, empowered individuals create wealth and drive progress better than Ministries of Fuckery.

2. Prevents tyranny - there is no path to tyrannical Ministries of Fuckery if this "BS" truly prevails.

That's my religion at a political/economic/social level, and if I could "force it" on you, I would. And fuck you if you can't take a joke.

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French "Three Strikes" Law Gets New Life 193

Kjella writes "A little over a week ago we discussed the EU's forbidding of disconnecting users from the Internet. But even after having passed with an 88% approval in the European Parliament, and passing through the European Commission, it was all undone last week. The European Council, led by French President Nicolas Sarkozy, removed the amendment before passing the Telecom package. This means that there's now nothing stopping France's controversial 'three strikes' law from going into effect. What hope is there for a 'parliament' where near-unanimous agreement can be completely undone so easily?"

Comment True Myth True Fact (Score 1, Interesting) 307

A myth is not a false fact, it is a metaphor - a metaphor open to transcendence, to use Joseph Campbell's definition. A true myth is truer than a true fact, because it explains that which goes beyond the facts, allows you to relate to it. If you think the Truth is not a larger notion than the facts, you should check with Godel, Heisenberg, Bohr, Einstein, etc...

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