If the country doesn't come first. If the best interests of the citizens doesn't come first. If you abdicate/abrogate all your duties as a citizen just to be loyal/faithful to an e... moreIf the country doesn't come first. If the best interests of the citizens doesn't come first. If you abdicate/abrogate all your duties as a citizen just to be loyal/faithful to an extremely defective man aren't you a traitor? If not what are you and why?
I watched a nifty NOVA about black holes. If I ever come this way again I want to be smart enough to be a Quantum Physicist. I want to have the brains it takes to have my entire ca... moreI watched a nifty NOVA about black holes. If I ever come this way again I want to be smart enough to be a Quantum Physicist. I want to have the brains it takes to have my entire career consist of black holes and wormholes and time travel and event horizons and quantum entanglement and gravity and and and and. Years ago I watched the Carl Sagan show based on his book COSMOS. That's what turned me on to that world. It is intellectually far beyond my grasp but oh what a life I would have led in our universe. Perhaps one day? less
So for the racist donjohn all he had to do was use a non-"sh**hole" word. A decent word. A polite word. But his vocabulary is very limited as we all know and all he could come up w... moreSo for the racist donjohn all he had to do was use a non-"sh**hole" word. A decent word. A polite word. But his vocabulary is very limited as we all know and all he could come up with at the time was " sh**hole". I bet he has a lotsa words like that. I'd kinda like to hear them wouldn't you? :(.
Political differences changes people from fair to un. Simple as that. You ought to be able to express your views without having a censor lurking somewhere ready to pounce and murde... morePolitical differences changes people from fair to un. Simple as that. You ought to be able to express your views without having a censor lurking somewhere ready to pounce and murder ideas with which they disagree. Where is the line? What's the point of publishing anything if the books will be burned because those in power don't like them? Seriously folks censorship can be useful/helpful at times. How it is used is the key. WHY it is used is even keyer.
Would your personal views/beliefs be that yardstick? Anything anyone said with which you disagreed would simply disappear? How is that honorable or fair or just? Or are those consi... moreWould your personal views/beliefs be that yardstick? Anything anyone said with which you disagreed would simply disappear? How is that honorable or fair or just? Or are those considerations for saps?
That is exactly what despots/dictators do. They have state-owned TV and whatever goes out to the public is approved by those in control. Why? Because they are AFRAID of ideas... moreThat is exactly what despots/dictators do. They have state-owned TV and whatever goes out to the public is approved by those in control. Why? Because they are AFRAID of ideas that point out the evil going on.
Eliminate. Delete. Pretend no one ever said it or asked it. That changes nothing but it does show the extent to which people will go to suppress ideas. SIGH. And the beat goes on. :(
