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by noarchy 13y ago
It appears that they excel at bad things (fining us, taxing us, conducting wars, etc).
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by noarchy 13y ago
If we're talking about the same incident, the owner was handcuffed, and watched helplessly as things unfolded.
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by noarchy 13y ago
It is pretty passive-aggressive. An outright ban would get the point across, rather than this weird toying with people that we see in the form of hellbanning.
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by noarchy 13y ago
I hear "freaking" often enough in spoken English that I don't think anything of seeing it in written form. I can't say that I've heard "fscking" said aloud, which almost surprises me, but I bet some folks
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by noarchy 13y ago
This is where being an hourly contractor really has its perks. If people expect long hours from a contractor, fair enough, but it will cost them. In my own situation, when overtime opportunities arise, I'm thinking of the money that I
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by noarchy 13y ago
>create a government department whose prime duty is to protect the 4th amendment. The task you've described should be fulfilled by the judicial system. But ultimately we're still relying on getting the government to protect us
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by noarchy 13y ago
Governments have already begun to crack down on the use of cash. Examples: Italy http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/italys-cap-on-cash-paym... Spain http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-04-11/
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by noarchy 13y ago
This. Begging the government to stop is tantamount to giving consent to them having power over us to begin with. It is time to withdraw the consent of the governed.
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by noarchy 13y ago
Intelligence probably led to a lot of that wealth being created, as well as the desire to protect it from those who have no legitimate claim over it. There is indeed selfishness at work here. There is the selfishness of those who don't
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by noarchy 13y ago
I can. The people who tend to read this site are not generally going to be from lower income brackets, so a more "progressive" tax just means more picking of their pockets. Regarding the banks, that's a real uphill fight. I d
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by noarchy 13y ago
Seven minutes of effective exercise, done regularly, is miles better than being sedentary 100% of the time. I've visited rehab centres before, and have seen elderly stroke victims doing little more than lifting their arms for exercise.
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by noarchy 13y ago
This is precisely why I'm a cyclist and not a runner. I like to think that I gave running a sincere effort, but the little aches and pains just bothered me constantly. Maybe I had poor form, or maybe my body just isn't built for i
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by noarchy 13y ago
Iceland also granted citizenship to the late chess great Bobby Fischer, when he was on the verge of being deported to the US, from Japan. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Fischer#Asylum_in_Iceland
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by noarchy 13y ago
You don't have to ponder this much to see what kind of abuse of power this is. As a brief thought experiment, imagine a country trying to ground Air Force One (the US presidential plane), and then asking to search it. I'm thinking
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by noarchy 13y ago
In Canada, where I live, your comparison would be correct (though not in the US). I happen to disagree with the way Canadian law works in this regard, too.
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by noarchy 13y ago
>Gay propaganda is considered to be a crime and it is normal to restrict this crime You asked about freedom of speech, but can't see a problem with what you've said? By your apparent logic, merely declaring something a crime is
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by noarchy 13y ago
Being in Canada, too, I think people here are just as apathetic as those in the US over things like this, maybe even more so. I don't trust CSEC to not be spying on me any more than I'd trust NSA.
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by noarchy 13y ago
What is quite telling (at least within US media coverage) is that it is apparently only controversial that the NSA is spying on those in the US. The complete disregard for everyone else in the world seems almost casual, as if it isn't
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by noarchy 13y ago
Because if I can take from you without consequence, then that amounts to a great level of control. Normally if I take something of yours without your consent, I am a thief. If I do it at gunpoint, I'm an armed robber. Take away the ven
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by noarchy 13y ago
There are legitimate uses for uranium (medical isotopes and, arguably, energy production), that I think could lend themselves to a peaceful nuclear industry. Unfortunately that entire industry has been tarnished by violent end-goals from da
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by noarchy 13y ago
Except I don't seek to use force to impose my will. You're suggesting that this is the only acceptable means by which to make change happen. I think that Bitcoin itself demonstrates that this is not the case. We can have a currenc
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by noarchy 13y ago
Language is very important, and by repeatedly referring to what the DEA does as "seizure" or "asset forfeiture", this is itself an attempt to shape the conversation. They operate within the State's legal framework,
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by noarchy 13y ago
This depends on the "crime", and whether unwilling parties were harmed by the transaction. If two parties conduct an exchange of products or services, where both parties were not coerced, then this is not a crime in my opinion. On
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by noarchy 13y ago
>No, it means that you understand current laws and enforcements thereof. If you want to have a philosophical debate about the appropriate limits of the state, then that's something you need to take up through the political process.
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by noarchy 13y ago
>Would be thieves? Buying from SilkRoad usually means illicit drug sales (good or bad, it's not legal). So, it makes perfect sense for govt agencies cracking down on such activities to seize what ever assets were used in said exchan
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by noarchy 13y ago
This may have been a case of careless storage. It is easier to hide bitcoins from would-be thieves (DEA, in this case) than it would be to hide gold or cash.
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by noarchy 13y ago
I have to agree. The user needs control over their encryption. Taking advantage of Norway's laws is fine, until the day that those laws go sour on you.
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by noarchy 13y ago
>Well, yes, but if this is a result of some common form of human weakness, Google is exploiting that weakness. One can argue that, sure. But Google does not have a monopoly in their field. They may be the best, by some measures, but ther
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by noarchy 13y ago
>The fact that people share their most private information with Google voluntarily actually makes it worse. You can choose not to give your information to Google or Facebook. That people have decided to do it anyway, says more about peop
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by noarchy 13y ago
This is enough to make me suspicious of the poll numbers. This has a very partisan slant. The Democrats are, to a small extent, rallying around a Democratic president, while Republican respondents are doing the opposite. The numbers would l

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