okwhatthe2

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by okwhatthe2 10y ago
Idiots fighting to the bitter end is a large part of what molds society today, unless I have severely missed something. Please educate me if I have. I'm not sure "it's" really about taking responsibility for all the cons
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by okwhatthe2 10y ago
I actually did not miss this, I simply did not have the space to say it, nor was it relevant to the point I was making. It is strange to tell someone you have likely never met that they have missed something, based on very little informatio
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by okwhatthe2 10y ago
You're forgetting that in many cases these protests turn violent as a direct result of police confrontation. In that regard these surveillance operations only increase the likelihood of escalating tensions between citizens and police.
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by okwhatthe2 10y ago
Why would it be interesting?
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by okwhatthe2 10y ago
A spoiler is contained in the following reference. This reminds me of Ghost in the Shell: Standalone Complex: 2nd Gig, wherein a single actor causes an AI to rotate military forces within a refugee area, with the explicit intention of incre
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by okwhatthe2 10y ago
No you don't, you just have to fight for it.
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by okwhatthe2 10y ago
> only even more sadistic Remember Florence ADX.
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by okwhatthe2 10y ago
> ... the world of The Wire ... I'm not so sure. From my perspective The Wire had a lot of Freshman psychology, philosophy, and civics mixed in with pauses where characters would stare at one another and let silence pass between the
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by okwhatthe2 10y ago
It seems OP was referencing a cliché trope as opposed to cliché character.
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by okwhatthe2 10y ago
My sexagenarian, extremely-religious parents watch POI, as do their friends.
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by okwhatthe2 10y ago
Only 6.7% of the global population have a college degree.
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by okwhatthe2 10y ago
> you know Ignorance like this is a large part of the problem with the world.
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by okwhatthe2 10y ago
Groups of people unified together are rarely intelligent things.
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by okwhatthe2 10y ago
Oh, stop trying to stifle the confidence of others.
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by okwhatthe2 10y ago
If they want to listen to you they will listen to you, although you may make it more expensive for them to do so. Unless you're using physical couriers and airgapped networks with TEMPEST protection. I say this unironically; these are
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by okwhatthe2 10y ago
Do you actually know the peers doing the review, or are you conducting the review yourself?
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by okwhatthe2 10y ago
Agreed. Security technologies are about to become front-and-center the way quality control of food and engineering are. Transparency is key
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by okwhatthe2 10y ago
Indeed. This is bureaucratic warfare. We should keep that in mind when they say "Us Vs. Them".
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by okwhatthe2 10y ago
> nothing has changed. A key part of any propaganda war is convincing people to abandon the cause. Now that Snowden has stood up, we have no option, as citizens who care about reformation, but to ultimately support him.
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by okwhatthe2 10y ago
Don't forget execution.
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by okwhatthe2 10y ago
It is the erroneous belief that every topic, including those concerning human life, can be a relativism.
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by okwhatthe2 10y ago
I believe that killing is always wrong, education is always possible, and redemption is always possible. I place human life above logical consistency in my arguments.
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by okwhatthe2 10y ago
Hard to believe that the weakest link* in a presidential campaign may understand my Goldeneye and Banjo-Kazooie references. *weakest link not guaranteed
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by okwhatthe2 10y ago
Further reading: Propaganda by Jacques Ellul
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by okwhatthe2 10y ago
Like Civil Defense?
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by okwhatthe2 10y ago
> exculpatory ........
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by okwhatthe2 10y ago
I think this is a very brave claim on Assange's part, and it fits well with his personality as a bold and brave leader.
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by okwhatthe2 10y ago
I hope you change your mind one day.
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by okwhatthe2 10y ago
It's funny how they say "these disclosures put lives at risk", and put him into prison. Because prison is itself risky and torturous.
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by okwhatthe2 10y ago
Nothing is unforgiveable. Not even failing to defend the country on 9-11.

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