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[quote who="Philly0381" reply="105" id="2820126"]Okay, if I may offer an observation, and it is only valid for those that think it is. In any conversation or discussion there will always be differences in the 'right' or 'wrong' of the subject, no matter what the subject. The topic of the OP will always cause for strong opinions and feelings to be expressed. But, as I always like to, lets cut out the BS and get to the core of the problem, which is people having

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[quote who="ZehDon" reply="100" id="2819915"] Not familiar with the Innocent Project, are you? Thousands - literally, thousands - of inmates have been freed from their "rock solid" convictions thanks to the use of DNA evidence. In this situation, DNA can't free them; Copyright Holders have hundreds of millions of dollars to beat back any defence they can muster, not to mention any and all appeals, and it's literally a case of "if the shoe fits". I'd want a fair Legal Sys

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[quote who="kyogre12" reply="94" id="2819854"]EDIT: Quotes are being silly. In principle I'd agree with you, but given the state of our (the US) prisons, I don't think it's much of a deterrent. For many of the poorer criminals, they actually get a better quality of living than they had before. Except in the really bad cases, they're garanteed three meals a day, some sort of entertainment (books, TV, sports, etc), exercise, a bed, etc. Some prisons are obviously worse than others, b

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[quote who="Jafo" reply="87" id="2819759"] Why can't rational people not have the 'judgement of a god' to set a death penalty when idiots with the judgement of an antisocial shit can use theirs to kill innocent victims in the first place? Put politely...fuck them. They kill....they die.[/quote] Nothing about your statements is rational. You would never be fit to be a judge.

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[quote who="Philly0381" reply="79" id="2819484"]EDIT: I need to correct this, the death penality does take care of one person repeating the crime.[/quote] Irrelevant since most murders are crimes of passion and not really planned, plus those convicted usually later turn out to be innocent as well. In some places all it takes to get the death penalty is to have the wrong skin color. You have to have to judgment of a god to set the death penalty.

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[quote who="tazgecko" reply="81" id="2819655"] Quoting RickJP, reply 74 Solution....? Go back to the old days and send 'em to Australia. The good old days, when you could get locked up for 6 years and sent to OZ for stealing a loaf of bread. Now, if we can get that Mars colony going ....[/quote] Well, they use to hang people instead for stealing bread...... (Maybe they stopped that a little too soon in certain cases. ;) ) <

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[quote who="Jafo" reply="80" id="2819642"] Death penalty isn't about being a deterrent....fuckwits will always be fuckwits. What it absolutely GUARANTEES however is exactly ZERO chance of repeat offenders. [/quote] Punishment is meant to STOP people from committing crime. Death is not a punishment. Capital Punishment in many cases seems to be more of an incentive than anything else (If you have nothing to lose). A long prison sentence ha

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[quote who="Philly0381" reply="73" id="2819416"]I hear you and understand what you are saying k10w3 but I don't think that the story in the OP is a case of someone wrongly accused. Now, some may feel unjustly accused.[/quote] Not wrongly accuse, but wrongly punished........

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[quote who="k10w3"] That's all well and good, IF there were such a thing as omniscience, so that absolute guilt could be determined. There isn't. As a matter of fact: "The most far-reaching study of the death penalty in the United States has found that two out of three sentences were overturned on appeal, mostly because of serious errors by incompetent defense lawyers or overzealous police officers and prosecutors who withheld evidence." http://www.nyti

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[quote who="Jafo" reply="48" id="2818999"]scharchuk....dunno if this screws your argument,,,,but I'm not American, nor am I in America.....[/quote] Irrelevant. Libertarianism is a flawed conservative belief, not a nation. Its what is destroying America now and it has never worked in any other nation either through out history. Actually I was replying to Magog_AoW and agreeing with him about your statement and telling him what it is called.

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[quote who="Jafo" reply="60" id="2819205"] Now if ONLY Law reform actually kept up with this situation.... where 'correct' penalty is applied to IP theft [piracy]....all that is needed is that every OTHER criminal act is met with scaled and appropriate penalty. No, don't get all weak-kneed and want IP theft penalty LESSENED....call for the 'bigger stuff' to attract BIGGER penalty. Eye for an eye. Literally. Murder? Death.

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[quote who="Magog_AoW" reply="41" id="2818747"] Quoting Jafo, reply 31 "Single mother of four" was already rorting the system....likely breeding for welfare. Who gives a toss what happens to her? I don't. What a completely retarded statement. This poor person committed a crime equivalent of jaywalking and have to pay for it with her life basicly. It's fucked up.[/quote] That is what is called Libertarianism. It is what has

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[quote who="DrJBHL" reply="3" id="2817511"]Tom, her wages, etc. could be attached to the point where her life would be made totally unbearable. Yes, she should have known better. Yes, it's a harsh penalty, meant to deter. She should enter into a negotiation process with the injured parties.[/quote] Its like Capital punishment. As a deterrent it is a complete failure. This is not going to stop anyone from pirating music.

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Once a thief always a thief. Changing a few things doesn't make it ok. BTW, this is not a "new" design. He's posted the same before.

The return of Mr. Grim and Toxic in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

I see that Mr. Grim has reposted his stolen version of vStylers' Venom Toxic over at DeviantART yet again. http://browse.deviantart.com/customization/skins/windows7/#/d324l1u

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[quote who="Philly0381" reply="34" id="2816629"] I feel sorry for what is about to happen to America by its own hand........ In your opinion.[/quote] No, sadly, this is not an opinion but soon to be brutal reality. I'm going to stop now since it is perfectly clear that you're not really interested in the good of your nation, but only in your own good at the expense of all. You can continue on, but this will only brand you as a fool. You have my sympath

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[quote who="tazgecko" reply="30" id="2816580"] So scharchuk you are basically saying the most rich, powerful and influential society in human history has no idea what they are doing. Well that's your opinion ...[/quote] Not anymore. Money can not buy true happiness no matter had many lies you've been told. You don't realize just how close you truly are to the edge. Reagan/Bush (Sr./Jr.) have really screwed you into a deep hole. I mean it. So deep your great grand-kids couldn't ge

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[quote who="Philly0381" reply="29" id="2816576"]So in Canada (I checked) where you are, who's opinion is correct?[/quote] For the most in the West as well.

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[quote who="Philly0381" reply="26" id="2816462"]I think it has been proven more time that not that the person holding themselves out as the 'ruler or yard stick' most of the times don't measure up.[/quote] Yeah, America. [quote]By the way, everyone's opinion is valid.[/quote] So, the Earth is flat? That's the opinion of the flat Earth Society now. (They still exist). If all opinions are suppose to be valid. [quote]As long as we have a two party political s

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[quote who="tazgecko" reply="25" id="2816451"]People with a different view than yours, on what is good for themselves, are not dumb scharchuk.[/quote] As it turns out if that were only true. America has one of the lowest quality of life in the West (Notice I didn't say standard. You can have a high standard and still have a low quality of life.) The low quality of life primarily affects your children in your educational and health systems. You're a joke in these areas.

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I don't know where the US is ranked on dumbest nation, but I would guess that it is quite high. What people put back into power those who got the nation in such c r a p as it is now in the first place? A second chance to really screw things up? The right-wing voters are the easiest to manipulate, just say "tax cuts". These tax cuts are one of the factors bankrupting America now. Anyone who continues to defend the right-wing on these "policies" doesn't have a valid opinion, they're just greedy

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Canada is in the top 10 of least corrupt nations (6th). [e digicons]k6[/e]

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Did you turn UAC COMPLETELY off? There are some tweaking programs that allow you to do this and I have never gotten any kind of popup again.

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[quote who="harris48154" reply="4" id="2810804"]It seems to me that Stardock's Objectdock developers are more focused on themes than features. More on glitz than functionality.[/quote] Yes. That is what a consumer market is.

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[quote who="RedneckDude" reply="53" id="2809438"] Quoting happyboy7, reply 52I've had this trouble on a 7 home premium 64-bit system too with the free version. Usually it froze after adding a cursor (perhaps that it didn't like). Tonight, however, I installed Intoxica which is a newer theme. After realizing that it froze, I deleted the theme and started the control panel again. It froze again (it had never done that before). So, I found this thread, right-cl