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Why aren't the copyright vultures trying to make headphones a requirement?
After all, one person bought the CD, how can two of them listen to it at the same time?

Conservatives may not like liberals, but they seem to understand them.
In contrast, many liberals find conservative voters not just wrong but also bewildering.
...for liberals, morality is largely a matter of three values: caring for the weak, fairness and liberty.
Conservatives share those concerns (although they think of fairness and liberty differently) and add three others: loyalty, respect for authority and sanctity.

if people were asked to wash their hands with soap and water before filling out a questionnaire, they become more moralistic about issues like drug use and pornography.
... interviewees ... offered harsher, more moralistic views after “fart spray” had been released in the area.
... students answered questions in more conservative ways when they were simply near a hand sanitizer station.
...a higher I.Q. doesn’t lead people to think through their moral positions in a more balanced, open way (although they are more eloquent in defending those positions).
...professors of moral philosophy are no more moral than other scholars.
And do you know what kind of books are disproportionately stolen from libraries?
Books on ethics.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/22/opinion/kristof-politics-odors-and-soap.html

[no wonder - those who steal those books don't know ethics yet!]

The doctor who killed Michael Jackson got 5 years.
By SOPA, anyone who copies a Michael Jackson song illegally will be jailed for 6 years.

I think every criminal should be tried not for his actual crime by for the copyright violation because his crime was first depicted in a Hollywood movie.
This way we might be able to avoid things like "3 years probation for murder".

Finally, anyone who uses the expression "intellectual property" or calls copyright violators "thieves" or "pirates" should be called a "copyright vulture".

А у японцев принято, что на св.Валентина девушки дарят подарки своим молодым людям.
Видимо, День Советской Армии и Военно-Морского Флота у них там в Японии не прижился.

http://www.samharris.org/blog/item/the-truth-about-violence
However bad your options may appear in the moment, complying with the demands of a person who is seeking to control your movements is a terrible idea. Yes, there are criminals whose only goal is to steal your property. But anyone who attempts to control you—by moving you to another room, putting you in a car, tying you up—probably intends to kill you (or worse).
Nothing good ever comes to people who allow themselves to be moved to a remote location at the mercy of a violent predator.
What if your attacker has a knife to your child’s throat and tells you that everything is going to be okay as long as you cooperate by lying face down on the floor? Don’t do it. It would be better to flee the house—because as soon as you leave, he will know that the clock is ticking: Within moments, you will be at a neighbor’s home summoning help. If this intruder is going to murder your child before fleeing himself, he was going to murder your child anyway—either before or after he killed you. And he was going to take his time doing it. Granted, it is almost impossible to imagine leaving one’s child in such a circumstance—but if you can’t leave, you must grab a weapon and press your own attack. Complying in the hope that a sociopath will keep his promise to you is always the wrong move.

По условиям эксперимента участник соглашался провести восемь часов (непрерывно) в одиночестве, сам с собой, не пользуясь никакими средствами коммуникации (телефоном, интернетом), не включая компьютер или другие гаджеты, а также радио и телевизор. Все остальные человеческие занятия — игра, чтение, письмо, ремесло, рисование, лепка, пение, музицирование, прогулки и т. д. — были разрешены.
Во время эксперимента участники по желанию могли делать записи о своем состоянии, действиях, о приходящих в голову мыслях.
При возникновении сильного напряжения или других беспокоящих симптомов эксперимент следовало немедленно прекратить и записать время и, по возможности, причину его прекращения.
родители были предупреждены и согласились обеспечить своим детям восемь часов одиночества.
В эксперименте приняли участие 68 подростков в возрасте от 12 до 18 лет: 31 мальчик и 37 девочек. Довели эксперимент до конца (то есть восемь часов пробыли наедине с собой) ТРОЕ подростков: два мальчика и девочка.
Семеро выдержали пять (и более) часов. Остальные — меньше.

http://www.snob.ru/selected/entry/45522

Мама одного ребенка наивна и неопытна, как новобранец в армии.
Мама двух детей спокойна и уверена, как дембель.
Мама трех детей это СПЕЦНАЗ.

Одного мужика жена постоянно курить в подъезд выгоняла.
А на площадке соседка незамужняя жила.
Увидела она одиноко курящего мужчинку.
Пригласила его у нее в квартире покурить.
В следующий раз он уже сам к ней покурить зашел.
А потом так у нее и остался.


http://bash.org.ru/quote/414515

refrigerators which lock up after 6pm.
two revenue sources:
1. women buying them;
2. repairs following their husbands breaking into them.

You know about 22,300 word families! (answered in Russian)
Your performance on this test ranks higher than 70% of all native English speakers who have taken this test without regard to age.

You know about 24,700 word families! (answered in English)
Your performance on this test ranks higher than 83% of all native English speakers who have taken this test without regard to age.