Probably just as controversial and unpopular, maybe a bit more likely to have the police check me out. Although I hear it's really bad to burn one on someone else's property, which is where the fuss usually is.
- Don Klipstein ( snipped-for-privacy@misty.com)
If he burns all or most of them, then it's theft and censhorship. But if he burns one copy in a manner permitted by the U.'s public safety department, then it's free speech.
- Don Klipstein ( snipped-for-privacy@misty.com)
It's a free expression of the desire to take away somebody else's free expression, so it's not going to go over very well!
Charcoal lighter fluid on a nice Cuban? You should be shot for thinking such things!
Democrats? He'd have to s*it himself first.
"If something is free, you can take as many copies as you like"
- Prof Lewis Gordon, in approval of the theft and destruction of all the printed copies of the Brown (University) Daily Herald, because he and his followers disapproved of the content.
John
I love it. While we'r talking about sparking things up, how about that silly 4th Amendment thingie? . .
In Calabasas it would not be lit. A town that recognizes that your right to swing your fists ends where my nose begins.
The telco record issue with the NSA?
Unfortunately, what most people don't realize (or haven't paid much attention to) is that the courts vacated the FCC regulations restricting telcos ability to share CPNI (customer private network information) back in 1999. They claimed the regulations were a restriction on the telcos first amendment rights. At this time, telcos are free to share such data with other divisions, partners and 'affiliates' (anybody that pays for the privilege?). So, what's the big beef with handing it over to the NSA.
Note that all of the recent telco press statements are denials that they engaged in any 'illegal activity'. Which is just weasel words for saying that there are effectively no regulations prohibiting them from doing pretty much what they want with this data.
This isn't really a topic change in the thread. Would we really have expected anything less from the Stalin administration?
I was at an impromptu beach party with a couple of friends, and we had built a fire (that's legal on most of the California beaches I've been to), and somebody found a piece of driftwood in the shape of a cross. We stuck it in the fire "upside down", i.e.:
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And just when it was burning merrily, some African-American (colored) guy shows up, and all us hippies were tripping over ourselves trying to explain that "It's OK, it's upside-down! We're protesting Satan!"
And so, we all had another beer. ;-)
Cheers! Rich
F*ck man, there's towns where you aren't even allowed to light a cigarette!
Yeah, I live in the glorious, sun-drenched people's republic of tasifornicatya.
Cheers! Rich
Cf: Clinton - it depends on what the meaning of "business end" is. ;-D
Cheers! Rich
Depends on your degree of devotion, I suppose. I, personally, find Free Will to be the highest possible good, and the American Flag is somewhat of a symbol of Freedom. Possibly the most annoying thing about Freedom is that, to truly _have_ Freedom, you have to give it to everybody else. (That means they might do something you don't like. Well, grow up!)
Thanks, Rich
No, the code says it just ain't _legal_ - when did the ruling class become wiser than God, to determine what's "right" and "wrong"?
Thanks, Rich
Yup. . .
Except for Qwest (who, it appears, told them to go piss up a rope).
In Spain, smoking is not permitted in bars, since Jan 1 06, except when the bars permit smoking. Very Irish.....
martin
Only if the one setting the fire is nailed to it, first.
But they didn't say, "Piss up a rope. We're not going to break the law". They said, "Piss up a rope, we don't have to hand you something for free that we make money selling". Its interesting to note that it was US West that took the FCC to court and got their CPNI regulations thrown out as a restriction on their right to "commercial speech".
On Wed, 17 May 2006 21:43:25 +0200, martin griffith wrote in Msg.
Wrong. Bars with less than 100 seats are permitted to partition off a designated smoking area. Larger places must be all non-smoking.
I'm waiting for this to happen in Germany. Fat chance with 2b/a tobacco tax income and the world's largest cigarette-exporting industry.
robert
On Wed, 17 May 2006 19:38:24 GMT, Richard The Dreaded Libertarian wrote in Msg.
Which is why the American flag has, implicitly, written "Burn me if you like" on it.
Burning flags is like pissing on books. If you're offended by it you know something is wrong with you.
robert
Some California towns are now banning outdoor smoking. Horray!
John
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