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2161  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Pope on Charlie Hebdo: There are limits to free expression on: January 17, 2015, 12:27:54 AM
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The Qur'an:

Qur'an (4:89) - "They wish that you should disbelieve as they disbelieve, and then you would be equal; therefore take not to yourselves friends of them, until they emigrate in the way of God; then, if they turn their backs, take them, and slay them wherever you find them; take not to yourselves any one of them as friend or helper."

No, they aren't.
2162  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Pope on Charlie Hebdo: There are limits to free expression on: January 16, 2015, 11:46:42 PM

All you're doing is justifying oppression and murder, it doesn't matter how insulting it was, you don't go around fucking killing people over a word, or in this case, a bloody drawing, the joke is this has had the exact opposite affect the terrorists intended and always will because you turn these people into martyrs.

For some reason people seem to think that this isn't applicable to Islam, well I'm sorry to disappoint you, but it is, the only reason you're saying this is because they're armed and organised. This all falls along the same line I'd say as arresting people for drawing something completely fictional, my favourite example is claiming that hentai is child pornography and arresting anybody who draws it or download it, some people genuinely believe that drawing a pair of fucking boobs should be enough to throw you into jail!

No, fuck it, there is absolutely no middle ground when it comes to freedom of speech and expression, there is stuff that can genuinely anger me out there and I'm pretty hard to offend, but I do not go around shooting people for it niether do I want them thrown into jail.
2163  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Pope on Charlie Hebdo: There are limits to free expression on: January 16, 2015, 11:27:29 PM
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you can't swear at me and not expect nothing in return and just say freedom of speech

The point is that you can't go around shooting people up just because they've said mean things about you and that's what all this is about really, to claim that you shouldn't say certain things just because some psychopath might go and bash your brains in is cowardly, especially if what you're saying is completely true.

You're also just basically justifying murder and assault really by claiming "Oh well you shouldn't be saying those kinds of things to me if you didn't want anything to happen" which is hardly any way for anyone sane to fucking act, let alone anybody who is civil minded, also, there's a reason these people recently were targeted, it was because they were unarmed, the people who justify this kind of bullshit and carry it out are all fucking pussies because they of course would barely ever target people who could actually fight back.

What's even more of a piss take, is the way people are going around asking us to respect people who think it's okay to go around shooting up unarmed people just for saying something they find offensive, so fuck off, I will not bow to violent psychopaths, ever.
2164  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Pope on Charlie Hebdo: There are limits to free expression on: January 16, 2015, 10:45:17 PM
freedom of speech and hate speech is different. everything has a cause and effect insulting is not the route to take, a debate is better. plus if people believe this is all just done by a few people look at the previous editorial which did the same thing and see how much they profited from the event.

governments are the real cartels.

That is all opinion though. The way people are now anything could be labeled as "Hate speech"

I think peoples comments towards freedom of speech are hateful since they clearly want to attack anybody who actually says what they want, therefore it's hate speech, so quick! Jail him! People who talk about bullshit like hate speech and limiting freedom of speech and expression really aren't thinking about what's coming out of their mouths.

Also, I think the way that people blatantly accuse Anarchists and Bitcoin users alike of being criminals, drug dealers, terorrists and peadophiles is a deliberate attack shoudl be put into jail for their hateful comments as well, oh wait, nevermind, some groups get more preferential treatment than others because it turns out we aren't all actually equal.
2165  Bitcoin / Press / Re: [2015-01-16] Mainstream understands the btc block chain on: January 16, 2015, 09:54:29 PM
the problem is trying to simplify that down so that people actually get it

database

That doesn't work either, because it's not on one computer or central server as was claimed by the Guardian awhile back, like I said, this is a totally new technology.
2166  Bitcoin / Press / Re: [2015-01-16] Mainstream understands the btc block chain on: January 16, 2015, 09:46:09 PM
Blockchains are not networks. And the principle innovation of bitcoin is not the networking aspects, novel as some of them may be.

I tend to liken the whole idea very much to peer to peer filesharing which I think would be more accurate, the problem is though there really is no other technology like it currently, the problem is trying to simplify that down so that people actually get it which is almost bloody impossible especially if they're like the writer of that article.
2167  Bitcoin / Press / Re: [2015-01-16] Mainstream understands the btc block chain on: January 16, 2015, 06:00:42 PM
The point is, it's not a whole 'new' internet, it's certainly a new network and a very sophisticated network, but it's still completely reliant on being connected to the internet in order to work, for a whole seperate internet you'd have to look at stuff like mesh networks which people are prototyping.
My bad, I did say "in a way" though Smiley

lol At least you'll admit you're wrong, these fucking journalists just make up shit and will only apologise for it when absolutely everyone calls them out on it.
2168  Bitcoin / Press / Re: [2015-01-16] Mainstream understands the btc block chain on: January 16, 2015, 05:35:11 PM
The point is, it's not a whole 'new' internet, it's certainly a new network and a very sophisticated network, but it's still completely reliant on being connected to the internet in order to work, for a whole seperate internet you'd have to look at stuff like mesh networks which people are prototyping.
2169  Bitcoin / Press / Re: [2015-01-16] Mainstream understands the btc block chain on: January 16, 2015, 05:16:34 PM
How? How can they get it so fucking wrong when there are hundreds of explanations and thousands of people all saying essentially the same fucking thing? They have access to the internet, they shouldn't be capable of getting it so fucking wrong.
2170  Other / Politics & Society / Re: SEVEN SHODDY EXCUSES LEFTIES USE TO JUSTIFY THE MASSACRES IN PARIS on: January 16, 2015, 05:09:05 PM
I'm pretty sure there are communists and socialists who would agree with me that anybody who makes excuses for murder are a bunch of cowards, the fact is, if this were anything other than Islam nobody would make nearly as much noise about it but because a fucking drawing offended some religious morons we're all suddenly supposed to be more careful around them, no, that's not how the real world works.

Besides, if Islam and all religions want me to respect them, they need to acknowledge scientific and mathematical facts in life, stop opressing people and stop trying to deliberately subvert the law and take over our governments, until then I will consider it my duty to mock them when they do something stupid.
2171  Bitcoin / Press / Re: [2015-01-16] Mainstream understands the btc block chain on: January 16, 2015, 04:15:03 PM
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The reason people are excited about bitcoin has less to do with bitcoin and more to do with the technology that supports it. That technology is called "blockchain." Essentially, blockchain creates a new type of internet.

*bashes head against desk repeatedly*
2172  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Welcome new Early Adopters on: January 16, 2015, 01:22:50 PM
I disagree, just wait until the panic sets in from the euro zone collapsing Tongue
2173  Other / Off-topic / Re: 1800$ [ 4K Gaming Rig ] - Best for it's money on: January 16, 2015, 11:39:54 AM
Already have which is why I corrected it Tongue The markets are going crazy right now and keeping me busy.
2174  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Welcome new Early Adopters on: January 16, 2015, 10:50:35 AM
IMO, by standard definitions, anyone who is "in" before Bitcoin has nibbled itself a solid 2% of any given market is an early adopter.

That's the thing, I don't think a lot of Bitcoin users really realise just how much of an early adopter they are, barely anyone knows about about Bitcoin nevermind has a real understanding of economics, that said, it is fairly amusing seeing people accuse me of having a hoard of Bitcoin stashed away and being incredibly rich when I hardly have anything right now. That said, that could all easily change this year because things are going to be epic.

This implies that people that own Bitcoin have a real understanding of economics, with all that "double by December 2015" talk last summer...

They still know more than most people do which is practically nothing Tongue
2175  Other / Politics & Society / Re: What Freedom of Speech in France? on: January 16, 2015, 10:26:33 AM
Freedom of speech must be absolute
absolute freedom often leads to chaos and anarchy...

The logic of a fascist.
2176  Other / Off-topic / Re: Swiss National Bank surprise on: January 16, 2015, 09:22:20 AM
The European Union has been in trouble for years, no amount of propaganda can cover it up, this is just the beginning.
2177  Other / Politics & Society / Re: What Freedom of Speech in France? on: January 16, 2015, 09:18:38 AM
Freedom of speech must be absolute, if you believe anything else, you are a hypocrite and give credibility to the very people you claim to fight the anti-semitic guy that got arrested probably got several thousand more people behind him because of his arrest, so good job, well done, everyone can pat themselves on the back for becoming a bunch of fascists.
2178  Economy / Economics / Re: Were the Keynesians wrong? on: January 16, 2015, 08:53:31 AM
Yeah, making a hypothetical statement doesn't mean it's correct, we've heard this argument a thousand times, you're also forgetting the fact that inflation is simply going to force people to work for longer and for less pay because everything becomes so expensive. Also, if deflationary currencies are so horrible and bad, why were they used for so long? Why is it that inflationary currencies have only recently come into existence and been used widely?

Hmmm doesn't seem to me like you're really going to bother answering the question but what the hell I'll ask anyway.

Please give example of when deflationary money has been used for a long time.  And gold is not an example.  Gold was used for coinage but the money is not denominated in gold but instead whatever the Kings money was

Gold is an example and the example, you're just choosing to ignore it or don't know what deflation and inflation actually is, the state always chose gold in the end, one perfect example was the byzantine empire having a gold coin minted and they lasted for almost 1000 years, even in the U.S and the UK silver was used as a currency for quite some time but was replaced by paper because it wasn't as easy to for the state to control the currency supply.

Amazes me how blatantly people choose to ignore historical fact when it doesn't fit into their political agendas, go and fucking learn what deflation and inflation actually is instead of just dismissing people who know more than you.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byzantine_coinage

Oh and here's a definition of deflation for people willing to read since I know you won't bother looking it up.

http://www.investopedia.com/terms/d/deflation.asp

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A general decline in prices, often caused by a reduction in the supply of money or credit.

I highlighted the important bit for you.

This one line is exactly what deflation is but the rest is pretty much the kind of neo-keynesian crap you're trying to peddle, precious metals are precious, very rare. So that is why everything becomes far cheaper in that currency as opposed to paper which is printed in ridiculous amounts, it is also why cryptocurrencies are worth much more than the dollar.

Inflation and deflation are almost always a result of changes in the money supply, there are of course normal trading patterns that happen because of regular trading but these always get exaggerated if it's someone messing with how much currency is in circuation. A perfect recent example would be the situation with mt.gox and butterfly labs, you also have silkroad online, those are all cases where a large amount of currency has exited circulation or been dumped onto the markets at once and that is what causes such dramatic changes in prices and also peoples spending habits, the inflation is scaring the crap out of everyone and causing everyone to dump their paper for something of value.
2179  Other / Off-topic / Re: 1800$ [ 4K Gaming Rig ] - Best for it's money on: January 16, 2015, 08:38:21 AM
Sorry! I mistyped! I meant AMD! lol Cheesy I was tired when I wrote that, yes ATI are for GPUs indeed.
2180  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Why do islam and people hates each other? on: January 15, 2015, 11:57:46 PM
IMHO, there is no such thing as "radical" islam. European or moderate islam and islam are not the same things
well you are right

If religious people actually followed their religion to the latter they would be unable to live peacefully along side anyone who didn't believe the same things as them, that's a fact, it's rather a sad and ironic thing I've observed that the only way religious people can adapt to society is by ignoring or cherry picking all the bits in their religion that conflict with the rest of society, even then, frankly they still find ways to be intolerent assholes.

Why the fuck can't people go and pick a sensible religion that has no stupid book or contradictory passages in them? Sun worship for example is actually pretty logical and you really would have to be batshit crazy to find a reason to kill people from a ball of fire in the sky that floats harmlessly in space.

If you want to be a 'good' person then at least have the sense to pick a religion that doesn't teach the opression and supression of certain groups of people just because they're different from you.
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