On Internet Trolls, and the (Hurt) Masses
OceansOfThought @ November 2, 2009 # Comments Off
“There is no grievance that is a fit object of redress by mob law.” -Abraham Lincoln
The Masses, those who have come to the internet now, the late adopters have recently run into something us long time users know: their are trolls amung us.
I bring this up because i’m starting to see more and more of [...]
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On Cash Cows and Cancer
OceansOfThought @ June 29, 2009 # Comments Off
Understanding the spirit of our institutions to aim at the elevation of men, I am opposed to whatever tends to degrade them.-Abraham Lincoln
New ways of tackling Cancer are always being highlighted, -See below- but, there have been no advanced changes in the fight of this disease. One thing that has been identified at contributing to [...]
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On Pretending to be a Democracy
OceansOfThought @ June 22, 2009 # Comments Off
“This country, with its institutions, belongs to the people who inhabit it. Whenever they shall grow weary of the existing government, they can exercise their Constitutional right of amending it or their revolutionary right to dismember it or overthrow it.” - Abraham Lincoln
Iran with its unrest here in the June 2009 is learning a lesson that [...]
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On Bailouts and More Bad Laws
OceansOfThought @ March 17, 2009 # Comments Off
“There is no grievance that is a fit object of redress by mob law” – Abraham Lincoln
Congress is pissed about the AIG bonuses (March 17, 2009), so am I. You should be pissed too, but let us be clear: The law of unintended consequences states clearly; (paraphrasing) if you use a simple solution to fix [...]
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On Laws, Sex, and Puritans Values
OceansOfThought @ July 15, 2008 # One Comment
The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it strictly.- Abraham Lincoln
We in America, a society often so prudish we still we can get swift action on cursing TV but still can’t get the EPA to approve rules the court has approved to go forward. We have thought police and often, [...]
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On Shouting at the Wall
OceansOfThought @ July 14, 2008 # One Comment
To sin by silence when they should protest makes cowards of men. – Abraham Lincoln
Let us speak of protesting. Protesting is a something i believe in as strongly as breathing, just as a believe some of the things people in protesting are just plain dumb. I believe i have a right to this opinion as [...]
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On Computers, Short Cuts and the Silent Training Battles I’ve won
OceansOfThought @ July 3, 2008 # One Comment
God must love the common man, he made so many of them. - Abraham Lincoln
In my job, I believe strongly in the “teach a man to fish” principle, and this is how i generally deal with computers and computers users. People, because of the connivence of technology have worked out all manner of things that make [...]
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On Our Goverment Acting like a Spoiled Child
OceansOfThought @ June 26, 2008 # Comments Off
This country, with its institutions, belongs to the people who inhabit it. Whenever they shall grow weary of the existing government, they can exercise their constitutional right of amending it, or exercise their revolutionary right to overthrow it. – Abraham Lincoln
I hope you remember this post, It’s about the EPA not enforcing a court order [...]
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Co-Opting the Punk Parade
Skavian @ June 24, 2008 # One Comment
This might seem like I’m waxing sentimental. It could also be viewed with a certain amount of derision from readers of a particular age category (namely those twice my years). However, here’s what I think about the habit of writing about music artists from the “underground” as it were: it’s a slew of bullshit. Whatever [...]
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On Why Any Education is Better Than None
OceansOfThought @ June 20, 2008 # Comments Off
The philosophy of the school room in one generation will be the philosophy of government in the next.- Abraham Lincoln
Soon enough you’ll hear a story that you want to be false. This involves usually horrific things (like fathers keeping their children in basements and getting them significant children. ) I bring you another. Incase [...]
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