Ya, my friend and I were war gaming about this the other day, running things out to their logical limits. I have no doubt that the spending we did during the cold war most likely kept us safer then not spending it. However, it seems the when one nation finally "looses" and can't afford to keep up the game anymore, the power structure on the other side can't ever dislodge itself. The result is the spending that wasn't meant to last forever does, and the self destruction of that nation is destined as well.
In other words, the rise of two super powers means the eventual fall of two. It is a form of entropy related to the unstable condition they educe in each other. It might very well be that the cost of long term success is eventual failure; that all systems, no matter how good, if they intend to survive will end up imploding. It was kind of a neat topic
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And so on. That's why our military spending is outrageously inefficient and excessive, and we keep fighting wars that are irrelevant or counterproductive to our national security. No-bid contracts and cost-plus contracts should be explicitly forbidden by the constitution. The military should stop privatizing essential components of their operation and paying orders of magnitude more than it would cost to do in-house.
hahaha I can't understand WHY people would go on that show...hes just too good Of course now he is all soft balls...I liked the "Better know a district" things some
Atheists and agnostics don't have the market corned on reason gwiz. The people that created this country both had great faith and great intelligence. Ignorance is a human condition and isn't exclusive to religiosity. I think it is that exact sentiment you have that TURN things into a war and not just a disagreement. Non-religious people are not my enemy! We shouldn't be yours!
I don't really know much about the swiss really, so the face value of the story was the only thing that grabbed me. I don't know their history on such things. Grandfathering the buildings shouldn't come as a shock, but it is still a ban. To not be able to make more seems so absurd I am having a hard time thinking it's true. Any people over on the other side of the pond like to weigh in on this?
With that mindset masturbation is objectification, which it is not. The biological component to any human is undeniable, and more succinctly, unrelenting. A day dream about a purely sexual encounter is not objectification, this is just an interactive version of that notion. You are confusing the temporary indulging of a fantasy with a portrayal of actual views. A man having or indulging in a sexual fantasy about a purely carnal satisfaction with a simulated women is harmless...truly.
She doesn't represent any real women...just look at her and look at the ridicules situation she is placed in. She is the embodiment of casual sexual nature of lust. You are also mistaking interacting with something as glorifying it. The issue of lust and fantasy is a mental state, not a rational outcome of choice. The dude who goes out for a night on the town just to get laid not caring about the women is participating in objectifying a women, because she is real. A person wanking it to girlfriend simulator 4000 is only indulging his male lust, he hurts no one. The former event requires you to not care about a flesh and blood women at all, the later only requires you to be aroused by an simulation of woman...its actually BETTER than real porn in the moralist sense (no REAL people were exposed to any degradation).
You have to separate fantasy from reality and also not make the mistake of over reaching with the implications of someone wanting to see a girl naked, that is just biology, not a rational choice of objectification. There has to be a victim of objectification, where is the victim? Unless your saying male lust IS objectification of ALL women ALWAYS, I can't see where you are going with this.
Ahhh ya, that whole mess. Ya, I feel ya man, it seems like this is more the normal way of thinking now. Instead of liberty and freedom for all, its my pet views and values for all...
In reply to this comment by eric3579: I'm still just pissed that my fellow Californians passed prop.8, and in my mind I'm drawing some weird parallels between the two. I just can't stand when any single group is singled out by the masses.
Well, we might promote one over the other at times, which isn't good mind you. But we don't stop people from doing most anything with their faith on the whole, which to me is a far worse thing that could happen.
>> ^eric3579: Singling out one religion is just wrong. I would expect a law like this would pass in America, but Switzerland. How disappointing.
Well, we might promote one over the other at times, which isn't good mind you. But we don't stop people from doing most anything with their faith on the whole, which to me is a far worse thing that could happen.
If this is objectification, then I don't even what to know what other games like GTA4 are in your mind. It isn't real, they are pixels. There are no real people like this simulated thing, just as Vice city isn't a real place and you didn't really kill those school children. Game over man, game over.
Simulations can not, by their very nature, be objectified because they are themselves actual objects, not complex figures of which we are denying their autonomy (because they don't have any!), or denying their subjectivity (as they don't have a subjective mind!). While we may comment on the type of person that plays this game, the game itself is not objectification, there are simply no real figures to objectify.
In short Fantasizing != Objectifying. If so, then people who play GTA4 are fucking murdering lunatics and people who play Black and White are blasphemous. You tread a slippy slope because you find the content objectionable to your tastes, but your inability to separate out fantastic from reality smacks of Jack Thompson.
>> ^BoneRemake: fuck'em and the belifs they rode in on.
At around 1:20 I had the need to say " aha ! tables are turned now fucker "
Ahhh, the spirit of freedom and liberty is with this one. Are you perhaps familiar with the phrase "I don't share your beliefs but I will fight to the death to defend them"...I would guess not.
>> ^yourhydra: I'm sorry but banning the suppression of women is not being intolerant. i don't give a fuck if it's part of your religion, it's wrong.
A minaret is a tower, I can only imagine you are talking about a Burqa which has nothing to do with a minaret...at all, like even a little. Thank you, please drive through.
This is a really good audio and fleet representation of what happens in the larger 0.0 battles. The new patch, ironically, is aimed at reducing these types of massive engagements to more hit and run kind of fights. The days of the mega alliances might be over and the rise of the static industrialist and the roving gang might be the new order of the day instead of the static super pvp power, and the opportunistic carebear.
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In other words, the rise of two super powers means the eventual fall of two. It is a form of entropy related to the unstable condition they educe in each other. It might very well be that the cost of long term success is eventual failure; that all systems, no matter how good, if they intend to survive will end up imploding. It was kind of a neat topic
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Defense contractors get public money
Defense contractors buy political influence
Political influence puts more public money into Defense Contractors' hands
Defense contractors buy political influence
Political influence puts more public money into Defense Contractors' hands
Defense contractors buy political influence
Political influence puts more public money into Defense Contractors' hands
Defense contractors buy political influence
Political influence puts more public money into Defense Contractors' hands
And so on. That's why our military spending is outrageously inefficient and excessive, and we keep fighting wars that are irrelevant or counterproductive to our national security. No-bid contracts and cost-plus contracts should be explicitly forbidden by the constitution. The military should stop privatizing essential components of their operation and paying orders of magnitude more than it would cost to do in-house.
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Thats all fine, all I know is that she better not kick any more sea water on my camera!
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Swiss Voters Vote To Ban Minarets (Mosque Towers)
Japanese Hentai video game "Real Kanojo" benchmark and demo
She doesn't represent any real women...just look at her and look at the ridicules situation she is placed in. She is the embodiment of casual sexual nature of lust. You are also mistaking interacting with something as glorifying it. The issue of lust and fantasy is a mental state, not a rational outcome of choice. The dude who goes out for a night on the town just to get laid not caring about the women is participating in objectifying a women, because she is real. A person wanking it to girlfriend simulator 4000 is only indulging his male lust, he hurts no one. The former event requires you to not care about a flesh and blood women at all, the later only requires you to be aroused by an simulation of woman...its actually BETTER than real porn in the moralist sense (no REAL people were exposed to any degradation).
You have to separate fantasy from reality and also not make the mistake of over reaching with the implications of someone wanting to see a girl naked, that is just biology, not a rational choice of objectification. There has to be a victim of objectification, where is the victim? Unless your saying male lust IS objectification of ALL women ALWAYS, I can't see where you are going with this.
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I'm still just pissed that my fellow Californians passed prop.8, and in my mind I'm drawing some weird parallels between the two. I just can't stand when any single group is singled out by the masses.
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>> ^eric3579:
Singling out one religion is just wrong. I would expect a law like this would pass in America, but Switzerland. How disappointing.
Well, we might promote one over the other at times, which isn't good mind you. But we don't stop people from doing most anything with their faith on the whole, which to me is a far worse thing that could happen.
Swiss Voters Vote To Ban Minarets (Mosque Towers)
Swiss Voters Vote To Ban Minarets (Mosque Towers)
Singling out one religion is just wrong. I would expect a law like this would pass in America, but Switzerland. How disappointing.
Well, we might promote one over the other at times, which isn't good mind you. But we don't stop people from doing most anything with their faith on the whole, which to me is a far worse thing that could happen.
Japanese Hentai video game "Real Kanojo" benchmark and demo
Simulations can not, by their very nature, be objectified because they are themselves actual objects, not complex figures of which we are denying their autonomy (because they don't have any!), or denying their subjectivity (as they don't have a subjective mind!). While we may comment on the type of person that plays this game, the game itself is not objectification, there are simply no real figures to objectify.
In short Fantasizing != Objectifying. If so, then people who play GTA4 are fucking murdering lunatics and people who play Black and White are blasphemous. You tread a slippy slope because you find the content objectionable to your tastes, but your inability to separate out fantastic from reality smacks of Jack Thompson.
Swiss Voters Vote To Ban Minarets (Mosque Towers)
fuck'em and the belifs they rode in on.
At around 1:20 I had the need to say " aha ! tables are turned now fucker "
Ahhh, the spirit of freedom and liberty is with this one. Are you perhaps familiar with the phrase "I don't share your beliefs but I will fight to the death to defend them"...I would guess not.
Swiss Voters Vote To Ban Minarets (Mosque Towers)
I'm sorry but banning the suppression of women is not being intolerant. i don't give a fuck if it's part of your religion, it's wrong.
A minaret is a tower, I can only imagine you are talking about a Burqa which has nothing to do with a minaret...at all, like even a little. Thank you, please drive through.
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