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That dog's seen Iron Man too many times.

I wouldn't call it staged...it's an act that is performed at probably 75% of all decent-sized air shows. Exactly like the "drunk" clown on the trampoline at the circus.

I'm pretty sure that I've seen it too many times over too many years for it to have always been the same guy though, there must have been a number of different pilots doing the routine.

I must be stupid, I had to view that information entirely too many times.

Still don't quite understand. I'll have to study more. School is fun!

been there done that way too many times... i am since avowed to mammalessness for the rest of my life.... friggin dogs

An anarchy is a power vacuum by definition. That 'armed society' stuff is fantasy from people who've seen 'Red Dawn' a few too many times. Unless Michael Bay is writing the script, an anarchist with a shotgun would stand no chance against a gang or private mercinary squad.

The state currently prevents corporations from murdering you and stealing your shit. The state gives you legal recourse if corporations cause harm. The state allows you the power to change the government. You seem to take all this for granted, like it's some kind of natural order, rather than the result of thousands of years of progress.

The human race started in anarchy, and it was ugly and violent. Over the course of history we've slowly moved forward, to the point where some take it for granted. I'm not interested in reverting the human race back to primate status.

>> ^blankfist:

I'd hardly call an armed society a power vacuum. That aside, the current statist regime has done nothing to the quell corporate hegemony increases in the past 100 years. Government is complicit in the growth of corporations, so why try to give it more legitimacy and power? That I cannot understand about your position.

>> ^bmacs27:

You're always sheeple once you're old. We've all been beaten down one too many times. It has to start with the kids.
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Nah, I don't mean now that we're ageing. I mean ever since. During my stay at university, germany introduced for the first time a tuition (from the state gouvernments, not the universities. And the income goes go fill the state coffers gaping holes, not to supplement the struggeling universities budgets). Then the university system killed the diploma system and moved to a bachelor/masters system which everyone thought was a bad move - except for lobbyists and politicians (its cheaper and moves students through the educational system faster, imparting less knowledge on the way, but hey...).

In both cases students all around me muttered and complained, but next to noone showed up at the demonstrations. My generation either doesn't get it or doesn't want to fight. Not sure which.

>> ^srd:

We're just as bad not so much in that we're selfish, but have a very much higher sheeple quotient than other generations.


You're always sheeple once you're old. We've all been beaten down one too many times. It has to start with the kids.

Watched Trainspotting too many times and thought he could escape through it?

Personally, I'm wary of any attempt to define a universal morality. As I see it, morality is something a person must subjugate their own ethics to. Any universal moral code would be very scary to me, since it would require people to stop thinking for themselves. This kind of thinking has backfired too many times - just a cursory glance at what happened in the last century alone should be proof enough of that.

>> ^eventualentropy:

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The main issue is that people have a tendency to give way too much credit to any other given person's views on what's moral and good and what isn't (as you just demonstrated). As harris states in his talk, this does not apply to other realms of knowledge (eg. we have less respect for the 'opinion' of a member of the flat earth society than we do for a physicist).
We could argue semantics about the term objective morality but all we're really trying to do is come up with a working definition so that we can talk about these subjects in a more meaningful way. All Harris is saying is that this definition must relate to the well-being/suffering of conscious creatures. If we can accept that then we can start seeking actual, scientific answers to these questions instead of just having a mish-mash of everyone's random biases.

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props to you krono...right on brother.

i don't see what all the fuss is about.this is pretty cut and dry.
these cops murdered and then attempted to cover it up by abusing the trust given them by the people.so what we have here is much more than a mass execution but also a conspiracy to cover it up by way of betrayal.
so yeah..fuck these animals who called themselves "police".

does this mean by my statement that every cop is alike and that they all behave and participate in mass slaughter?of course not,it is those elements that betray the public trust that we see in these videos and they are a minority.

what we are REALLY talking about here is justice.
because too many times we hear the phrase "the department will be conducting an internal investigation" and we all smirk knowingly..because we know what that means..it means squat for the victim.
here..thanks to videotape and a few honest police officers unwilling to cover up MURDER..we see justice.

my only problem with the police is where do they draw the line?
when do they stop serving and protecting the people and begin to be the strong arm of the state and become the oppressors of the people?
at what point does their moral compass start to jitter and they refuse to obey an "order" to..lets say..shoot tear gas at civilians? beat them with batons?shoot rubber bullets in someones face?kick a cyclist off his bike and break his back?
when is it ever OK to break a mans jaw and knock his teeth out for not "obeying a lawlful order"?

because here is the truth of the matter.
they took an oath.
they were entrusted with authority.
to protect and serve NOT the corporate agenda,NOT the whims of the senate nor congress but the PEOPLE.
and when they break that oath they should be brought to justice.
because thats what we are talking about...justice.

Couldn't watch the whole thing. Seen too many people like him too many times.

His idea of Christianity is to do as he tells you to do.

Is this an adult education school or have they been held back one too many times? They look awefuly old for highschools.

Almost started buying it until the guy got eight steps. Seen that trick too many times in movies, where the platform was 1 inch below the water level.