Suddenly I am feeling lucky that I'm living a country where guns have been banned, there are many reason that U.S can't ban the guns, but the truth is guns do bring harm.
Stop BS. Police officers do have the right to possess firearms and to use them, even in countries (such as most of the EU nations) where the gun possession is banned for civilians. It is bullshit, here in the UK we've had incidents of people getting shot by the police, yet when a real emergency happens and a psychopath goes on a killing spree they're nowhere to be seen, I'm inclined to believe other Anarchists who claim that they aren't willing to risk officers to protect people and hold back until the worst of it is over. If you didn't know, the original Tottenham protests were about a guy getting shot by the police and a bunch of chavs decided to take advantage of the chaos. Also, in regards to my comments about a psychopath, we had a guy who went on a rampage with a shotgun, the police didn't do anything until he had pretty much gotten the majority of the people he wanted to kill and there were apparently two unarmed officers tailing him at the time. If that isn't enough to tell you these gun control advocates are full of shit, there was that incident in Norway with Breivik, where were the men with guns to save people then? In that situation I'd be happy for a just a 9mm so I can at least have a chance and I don't even touch gun really.
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That's fucking desperation that is, it's like if UK needed a bailout and Labour got re-elected, I can see all the radical left parties trying to this kind of shit, next they'll claim the Germans are being racist and persecuting them for being Greek. They know that they don't have the funds to keep their government spending up, they know they can't borrow anymore to prop up their failing government, now they're desperate for any kind of escape route.
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If you've looked around you should realise that Christians haven't had any success with arguing with us constantly about this kind of thing and niether will Muslims, I suspect this will devolve into another 200 page thread before you finally go round the bend and resort to circular pre-programmed logic like all religious people do when directly confronted about their beliefs.
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Ahh yeah, I remember that one, that's from the Tsunami isn't it? Like you say cryptodevil they actually took a look at the building and the reason it was left standing was because it had been really well constructed, rather ironic really considering that religious building was likely taking money from all the people around it who could have used that to build some real houses.
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LOL! Yes I'm jealous -_- I will have the last laugh this year though because if things keep going the way they are I should be able to afford air conditioning!
And yeah, I'm in the UK the moment it goes up I start to feel it and I feel the tree pollen as well before the news networks even report it.
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I know it's only spring right now, but it's that time of the year again folks, time to post rage about all the things wrong with the hot seasons here, all it took was for the temperature to go up by a few degrees and for the pollen to come out and already I'm suffering.
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I've calling myself a Leftist and have been tussling with Libertarians for decades. I have exactly the same complaints against the movement that I always have. The big shift has been a recognition of how powerful the Left has become and how dis-proportionally the pernicious aspects of the movement have swelled relative to the other aspects. One could claim that this is a result of the movement being subverted, but at the end of the day the suggestion is a somewhat lame cop-out. What you describe are people called 'social' conservatives who aren't necessarily Republican or Libertarian but have instead hijacked the movement and insist on claiming a part of these groups, like with how the left is infested with Misandrists and politically correct fascists the right has been hijacked by racists and homophobes. I am decidedly centre when it comes to the kind of issues that are mainstream currently, I refuse to take a side on this, not when I have so much contempt for both sides and of this very narrow minded view on politics. If you're also going to make so many complaints about capitalism I'd sure like to hear some real solutions for it instead of just whining because currency was invented as a solution to bartering. It wasn't ever intended for the purposes it is used now which is why everything has gone so wrong.
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American "libertarianism" is growing only among sheltered suburban white males with republican parents. Most healthy teenagers grow out of childish Randian philosophy before they turn 17. Only those who stop reading other philosophical works, the fundamentalists, remain libertarians. You know what I'm going to ask don't you? Who's the source for this poll you've just posted and what's the sampling data from it? Sounds like bullshit stereotyping to me frankly, it's like saying all communists are poor white coal miners and builders etc. and they want a welfare state paid for by other people.
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It's because people didn't even realise or know what Libertarianism actually was at the time, you should note, 2005 is roughly the time Ron Paul started getting popular and the financial crisis happened Libertarians were one of the few people about who were actually calling out mainstream politicians on their bullshit, but as people now know what the hell Libertarianism actually is the searched for it will go down.
Meanwhile, you can expect Bitcoin to be up massively still for a few years to come, search results aren't necessarily a good indicator of interest so to speak but what people what to find out about.
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That's funny, I remember the whole blacklist idea as well, many of us where asking them how they were even going to enforce this and really basic things of who would they blacklist? Naturally it didn't really get off to a start. Cody Wilson's an Anarchist, that may seem extreme to you, but this kind of shit is precisely why people like him and me are Anarchists to begin with. I'd love to believe in a real democracy ( I want Direct Democracy because I think the other systems are a joke ) but it has to be a system that can withstand corrupt officials, once these people get in power, they can basically do whatever they want without any oversight, then the next person gets in and they fuck it up in their own special way too.
Now that the Bitcoin foundation is growing or at least attempting to, they are asserting themselves even within Washington, they do not represent the Bitcoin community at large as they claim, you have to pay for membership and only members who have paid into their system can get a vote, it is a corrupted system to it's very core and they haven't even gotten started yet.
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I sincerely hope that the Matriarchy movement doesn't hijack the Bitcoin foundation and suddenly start declaring that they're being discriminated against and they need free Bitcoin because of it.
Excuse me, what? I don't acknowledge the women currently that appear on television shows and writing articles calling themselves feminists as feminists. You don't, but the rest of the world does. That desperately needs to change, feminism used to stand for something perfectly reasonable.
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I'm already outside the U.S, sucker, honestly, I've made a mental note to avoid that country like the plague, I might visit it once or twice to meet some friends on the internet RL but that's about it. But honestly, as I've said, they may be able to prosecute and jail several people over using Bitcoin, but do you really think they can go after thousands transferring each other $30 or so across state lines or internationally?
The cost of all that just wouldn't be worth it, the prisons would fill up and the government wouldn't have anything to confiscate, especially considering the U.S jails people on a profit basis.
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I'm just saying ![Cheesy](https://bitcointalk.org/Smileys/default/cheesy.gif) I haven't really weighed in on either end of the argument because I didn't know the whole story and didn't see any of it happen, he did act like a total prick though when he was confronted and that's usually a sign of a scammer, they're always the most indignant.
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It depends on what you want to use Bitcoin for, if for instance you are trying to transfer it to the currency of the country involved it causes a lot of problems once you go past the tax threshold, for law abiding people it becomes a real issue, for people who don't give a shit it doesn't make much difference either way. The main thing legislation would do is bring some clarity, but as expected governments are fucking it up already and not creating proper laws for it, the only country I've seen do things properly so far is Germany, they've declared Bitcoin private money and done a 10% tax of the profits, that would be the way to go, but it looks like other governments have different plans.
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That's fantastic, that guy has balls lol ![Tongue](https://bitcointalk.org/Smileys/default/tongue.gif) It does prove a point though, is the government actually going to jail us or prosecute us for moving Bitcoin to places that breaks their laws?
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Be wary of anything involving WoodCollector, he doesn't have the best reputation on Bitcointalk, small news sites like these tend to post up articles to get exposure without necessarily checking out their sources.
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I sincerely hope that the Matriarchy movement doesn't hijack the Bitcoin foundation and suddenly start declaring that they're being discriminated against and they need free Bitcoin because of it.
Excuse me, what? I don't acknowledge the women currently that appear on television shows and writing articles calling themselves feminists as feminists.
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The point of Bitcoin is that there is no personal information attached to the addresses that you send money to and from you also don't need to identify yourself when creating a wallet, after that it's all down to personal effort, I sincerely hope that the Matriarchy movement doesn't hijack the Bitcoin foundation and suddenly start declaring that they're being discriminated against and they need free Bitcoin because of it. ![Sad](https://bitcointalk.org/Smileys/default/sad.gif)
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Why doesn't this guy just put up trades on exchanges like all the other traders do and jack up the price?
Answer? He doesn't have the funds, he's trying to get stupid people to hand over money thinking they'll get a good deal.
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Nowhere is truly safe, if you're truly going to rebel against people like this, that's something people need to understand, but if enough people take part anything they do will be meaningless. The point is, it's an option that can work and I'm going all in because it's better than letting people walk all over me the rest of my life.
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