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I think I should reiterate that I am not opposed to any professional sanctions that the university chooses to discipline him with. I don't necessarily have to agree with them to believe they should have the right to do so. The same goes for this hypothetical Uber employee.Quote:
Originally Posted by Flixy
I think everyone was playing a losing hand...
I wouldn't be so sure that they have this right. The professor had tenure, which carries with it many perks. There's also the matter of academic freedom; the professor is being punished for voicing an opinion. And I don't for a moment believe that this is an instance of harassment, unless one defines harassment as bringing wrong doing to public attention. The uneven power held by the professor and grad student are also irrelevant as the former had no power over the latter.Quote:
Originally Posted by Enoch the Red
When I say they should have that right I am not speaking of the rights they actually possess in today's society, I am speaking of the rights I believe they should possess in Enoch's Perfect World (TM).Quote:
Originally Posted by Loki
In your perfect world, people can't give away any rights through a mutually agreeable contract?
They certainly could. What I am saying is I don't know the actual agreements, policies, or contracts, in question, so I could not speak intelligently about whether or not the university is behaving appropriately or not.Quote:
Originally Posted by Loki
And he's punished for the way in which he voiced his opinion, Loki. You may disagree all you want but as soon as you open your dissent to the public then your case better be watertight.Quote:
Originally Posted by Loki
Which in this case, it isn't.
I don't get this holy cow of "voicing your opinion" (i.e. freedom of speech) many US-Americans seem to worship - it's one principle of freedom, yes, but it's not the only one and it is not a principle without limits.
The right to speech takes precedence over the right to offend, as long as the former isn't libel/slander. And seriously, you want a university system that encourages avoiding offense?
You're once again deliberately misunderstanding my comments. I don't care whether he disagrees or not. I care about the method he employed to voice his opposition.
I can't make that any clearer. If you're still unable to understand that distinction then I feel sorry for your lacking brain capacity, Loki. Because I have repeatedly stated this very notion. I don't care what he said. I care about how he said it - namely, in a profoundly unprofessional way.
And as his university is a private one, I don't get where this "freedom of speech" thing is supposed to even come into play. In my opinion, that's one of the most over-used and ill-used methods one usually employs in a pisspoor attempt to silence your opposition. It's one of those intellectually dishonest cards one plays when one doesn't have any other good argument left.
Academic freedom applies in public and private universities...Incidentally, part of that academic freedom means not shutting down discussion in class because you don't want anyone to voice a view that will offend someone.
So public criticism of a policy that the university refuses to condemn is now unprofessional? Right.
It seems any.do doesn't sync with google calendar :mad:
I had to spend a bloody 2 hours of my life getting my graphics adapter to work properly under windows 8.1. pro.
So, I had this procedure two days ago that was supposed to finally get rid of that double-j catheter.
Well, my kidney had other plans - the doc informed me afterwards that they routinely check whether there are any further stones and that they indeed found another one which had already made its home inside the mucous membrane. He terminated this stone with great prejudice (using a Thullium laser, btw) which means that, as they were unable to find anything else, this time I really should be free of stones.
The downside? Another month with a dj catheter and another stay at the hospital. Hopefully that will be the last time, for real this time. At least they didn't have to change catheters this time.
Sounds like you're still pent up in the hospital, or taking time off at home, with another double jay catheter, hoping this time will be the last. I can see how that messes with your groove.
Tear could probably talk about kidney function better than most, but he was banned before you needed his input.
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Phoebe's story :(
Some fucker spit on me on the way home from having picked up a package. I gave the worthless lonely racist fuck a good piece of my mind when it became apparent that it was deliberate and that he wasn't done being an ass, but this is the single most provocative thing that's happened to me in my 22 years in this country and I'm not yet through with processing it. I said some things I'm not proud of and he shut the fuck up once I was done but I still feel like I want grave and horrendously cruel misfortune to befall him. In the past I've been able to manage conversation or at least restraint, but there's something about being spit on that just
Well anyway, fuck that fucker. I hope I don't have to see him in the ER.
He seems like someone who could use a trip to the ER.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/...0KO16Y20150115Quote:
Swiss franc jumps 30 percent after Swiss National Bank dumps euro ceiling
Switzerland's franc soared by almost 30 percent in value against the euro on Thursday after the Swiss National Bank abandoned its three-year old cap at 1.20 francs per euro.
:mad:
Damn, should have bought some francs. :o
And I should have sold my Euros.
Looks like money laundering hiding behind monetary policy. Didn't Switzerland do that during WWII? :eek:
That really sucks. And I totally can empathize with the anger you feel about it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Aimless
Eh... aren't you on the booze a little bit early today?Quote:
Originally Posted by GGT
Am I reading you right, you accuse the national bank of money laundering? :bulb:Quote:
Originally Posted by GGT
Just another attempt by GGT to butcher the meaning of words.
:eek:Quote:
Originally Posted by Aimless
that truly sucks
and lucky that it didn't go further - the sort of person who would spit on you is also the sort of person who would punch you to the ground and then kick you repeatedly in the face if you respond
Now I have to confirm my bank that I am not American and not born in America. Thanx Obama! No if every country was like that :rolleyes:
So an armed guy just tried to take over the news studios to air some kind of message. Seems very calm, and says something about hackers and intelligence services, that he used to work for them, and had to air a message about how they control society. Oh and warning for a cyber attack.
http://nos.nl/video/2016196-beelden-...os-studio.html
in the end of that video you see him being arrested :up:
(Btw that was not live, the channel was taken offline immediately)
No idea what was being said....or how the police managed his surrender, instead of a video showing the studio being shot up, or a suicide, or "suicide by cop".
There's an uptick in terrorist threats made on social media, too. Airplanes are being diverted, grounded, and searched any time some twit makes a threat on Twitter. Meanwhile, an aero-space contract employee crash-landed a quad-copter toy from Radio Shack, on the White House lawn at 3am, and it's deemed harmless "Drunk Droning".
WTF meets messed up groove. :sour:
You can hear one employee talking to keep the guy calm, and the gunman, who is very calm, saying he just wants to air his speech and afterwards he's going to let the hostage go and give himself up. Then he says it's taking long, notices the police, and just does what they say. Police didn't really do anything except come in and shout to drop the gun. Seems he wasn't looking for bloodshed at all.
On a side note, if he had been shot, right after saying he worked for the intelligence services and found out stuff that needs to be aired, that would spark tonnes of conspiracy theories :p
It's still messed up when any individual can commandeer a news station like that. Or that free speech from a free press means posting security guards at the door, and patting down anyone who enters the building.
It's no wonder terrorists have exploited the internet for their own use, and used propaganda to attack free speech, while using that freedom of speech to recruit new terrorists.
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Well yes , it is messed up one individual can do this. Though he didn't commandeer anything, was led to a wrong studio, and had one hostage for about 10 minutes. the evacuation messed up broadcasts on three channels for a few hours.Quote:
Originally Posted by GGT
not sure how your second part is connected to the first, but this guy doesn't appear to be a terrorist. Claims to be from some hacking collective, might just be a lone crazy guy.
How can some guy be part of a hacking collective, that threatens a tv station, not be considered a terrorist? He's at least a domestic terrorist, right?
Even "lone wolves" who can't be connected to a larger terrorist group can be convicted of domestic terrorism. The una-bomber Ted Kaczynski and federal building bomber Timothy McVeigh are good examples of that.
Well, I guess it depends on your definition, of course, but not every gunman in the world is a terrorist.
So apparently I can't turn if the camera ('shutter') sound on my galaxy s5. Is this done kind of privacy feature or something?
Yeah. Thank the guys using it to take pictures of women in public restrooms.Quote:
Originally Posted by Flixy
Guess I can thank myself then; )
There's still solutions though if you really want to - I just want to be able to take pictures at times you prefer to remain quiet. Plus it apparently depends on your provider.
you're fucking kidding me?
you can't turn the shutter sound off on the S5?
Hate that sound - always have it off.
Not even with root or with a custom rom?