"Socialism implies decisions being made at the social level" I don't agree with that definition of socialism, and i don't know any who would. The common definition of socialism is the distribution of wealth and services to everyone or the poor. This is ...
Well spoken maninthemiddle I keep hearing from the left: If we only had true socialism, we'd all be much better off. But history is littered with the desiccated remains of countries that tried. They tell us It's never the socialism that failed, but the ...
Its the lefty way. Argue with emotions and lots of name calling. Facts are both optional, and can only be recognized if they support the desired conclusion. As for the post, its drivel. A man who has donated some of his wealth generously is a boogeyman ...
You seriously can't understand why lending money out at 0% is a bad idea? Because then people will borrow excessively, and why wouldn't they. Why earn tomorrow what you can take now. Then comes the inflation, with all this money now pumped into the economy...
@McFlock "What you don’t get is that if you found morally reprehensible crap on cunliffe’s computer and a journalist published it, that would still be a public good." No, i can clearly understand that point. But you're missing my point. THE ENDS DO NOT ...
@Draco "Did s/he have just cause? " So again we come back to the ends justify the means. That its okay to ignore the law and rights of others, because you feel you have something to prove. 2. "Then, instead of publishing everything that they found" Yes, ...
"When a whistle blower gave him some information " And thats where we disagree fundamentally. Hacking your victim, stealing his data, and publishing what you want from what you find isn't whistleblowing. Its being a hacker, it's a crime, and it should be ...
I don't think anyone is disputing the fact that the emails were hacked. Thats what i mean by force. Tuhoe has nothing to do with Hagar or Whaleoil, so i'm not going to be sidetracked there. And as for something being wrong with our democracy, i'd agree. ...
So thats a no then? You talk so much, and yet say so little, and mostly just for the sake of talking down.
"Not stolen" If you want to be techinical, then: Accessed without permission. Copied without permission Distributed without permission. I'm sure a lawyer can draw up the correct, and verbose list of crimes commited, but i'll settle with calling it stealing...
Do you ever have anything meaningful to say?
Well although i think we're going to disagree, i at least you've broken the issue down to revelant issues. That makes this a quality post for thestandard, and nice to address. "but he wrote a book as a journalist" Two issues right there, the first being ...
I was waiting for the blomfield's argument. As i said before in a previous thread many months ago on this site about blomfield's data. If slater did obtain it illegally, he should be held accountable by the law. I also said there was doubt as to how he ...
Lets get this right. Rawshark hacked the emails taking them by force. He didn't just stumble across them by chance. He set out to break the security protecting private files, and then copied and distributed them. But to elaborate your hypothesis, there are...
A crime against humanity, thats rich. I seriously can't understand how many people think Hagar is justified in using stolen materials. They weren't leaked, they were taken by force and stolen. To defend Hagar is to defend the notation that the ends justify...
To claim that the government isn't legitimate "because ratfuckers", goes to show how much contempt you have for democracy. Each vote at the last election counted. To disregard the results and claim a crime "because ratfuckers" is as hilarious as it is ...
Thanks joe I was thinking it'd be 95% jewish in the IDF, but couldn't find any figures about IDF composition.
As always, your inability for critical thought fills me with amusement viper. I'm aware of the difference between Judaism and the nation of Israel. They are closely linked. Its also not death to the israelis that terrorists chant, but jews. I'd also be ...
That or you know, hamas will have a field day with unrestrained acts of terrorism. You must live under a reality dome, that destroys any attempts at realism. They have been at war for decades now, muslims have been attacking them since just after the ...
If the charter schools can't perform with the same funding as state schools, then yes they should fail. I'd be unhappy in any other case. I don't expect all charter schools to succeed, i expect some to fail, most will simply coexist with the state schools,...
So in a nutshell Labour believe in throwing money and toys at schools in the hope that things improve. National believe in challenging the leadership to perform with results, paying the best teachers more money, and forcing competition with the private ...
Yes Anne Whenever i see a closed drawstring bag, i always know its that its a remote microphone thats turned on and recording everything thats said. Its also common sense that its impossible to have any privacy when you're in a public place, regardless of ...
"He just unquestioningly repeats whatever Farrar and Slater say." Honestly, i'm laughing so hard. If any single person on the left had any sense of self-worth and critical thinking, they'd wonder just how a site that has gone on and on about national/act/...
"The party is made of people who want to see the working and under-privileged flourish, along side our environment. " What they want and how they'll go about getting it has no attachment to reality. They want to financially punish our dairy sector and ...
"And are you pleased that Cullen and Clark paid off all the debt so that we could have the current splurge on the country’s credit card?" Hahaha, thats so wrong its made me laugh. Well played. The older 2008 becomes, the greater clark's crumbling empire ...
"your interpretation that taking a copy of data is not theft would come as a shock to many people who thought that they owned intellectual property. Specifically creators and publishers of books, music, video, blog posts, and even emails." You're right, it...
Property provided to Slater copied was “stolen”: The law clearly defines theft according to the crimes act section 219 as taking control of. If you had an apple, and i took that apple from you. Thats theif because you no longer have the apple. In slaters ...
You're a bastion of goodwill to all men oak, with an intellect to match. Don't forget to try and enjoy xmas when you're not busy pissing down on everyone from up high.
Irrelevant for so many reasons. That fact is what is known as trivia.
If you call that positive, your world must be very bleak indeed. Xmas is a time to celebrate, not to commiserate. While there are others who are in need, this is the one day of the year that shouldn't be depressed just to make political points.
There are many kinds of democracies, perhaps your point would be more effective if you explained which democracy you were talking about. You clearly aren't talking about a Representative Democracy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Representative_democracy) ...
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