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Jim Naseum

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  1. The past gets narrower day by day, and the cry of the frustrated middle becomes more venal, more cruel, more unforgiving for each new group to be criminalized.

    Theft use to be crime. And then we added drug users. And then we added debtors, and protestors, and then we added whistleblowers, and then we added computer access trespassing, downloading, and watching pursued movies as crimes. We turned the weak, the poor, the dissenters and then the young to the prison systems and with each addition the public grew meaner and more venal. They are reflecting their own fear of an ever more vicious machine coming next for them.

    Not once in this thread did anyone even consider rehabilitation. Rather, we want stiffer and stiffer punishment.

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    You should start a church. You wax eloquent. A fantasy portrayal of the world in which we live.
    I'm just able to see a bigger picture than you. A common difference of abilities.

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    You certainly wax more eloquently; I'll give you that.
    Ha Ha! And that's using a touchscreen keyboard!

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  2. I read that the Ruskies', Saudis, Venezuala, etc. are in talks on production levels remaining at current levels. Of course Russia is withering from current market prices and will side with any producer that will listen to their whimpering. Or they can begin another conflict which is a chippy way of raising prices. You've got to give it to our Saudi "allies" for watching our backs in the petroleum wars. Maybe we should return the favor when they beg, no demand, we protect the very oil field they hold over heads. What nice position to hold.

    And yet..... We remain tightest of tight as allies. Not even a crack of light between us. I hope that causes one to wonder about the meaning.

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  3. Synthetic Crime

    In the past 15 years we have created a web of synthetic crime. Such as the Computer Fraud Act, which can make criminals out of people who don't follow TOS agreements. We can make criminals out of charitable contributions. We can make criminals out of accessing synthetic assets created through outrageous extensions of intellectual property. And then we make criminals out of whistleblowers that attempt to expose the abuse of these laws.

    The state is particularly going after the smart young, strapping felonies onto their backs at the lowest age possible to keep them on the fringe of society for the rest of their lives.

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  4. The past gets narrower day by day, and the cry of the frustrated middle becomes more venal, more cruel, more unforgiving for each new group to be criminalized.

    Theft use to be crime. And then we added drug users. And then we added debtors, and protestors, and then we added whistleblowers, and then we added computer access trespassing, downloading, and watching pursued movies as crimes. We turned the weak, the poor, the dissenters and then the young to the prison systems and with each addition the public grew meaner and more venal. They are reflecting their own fear of an ever more vicious machine coming next for them.

    Not once in this thread did anyone even consider rehabilitation. Rather, we want stiffer and stiffer punishment.

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    You should start a church. You wax eloquent. A fantasy portrayal of the world in which we live.

    I'm just able to see a bigger picture than you. A common difference of abilities.

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  5. Define the parameters of your plans for rehabilitation.

    I do not and would not ever consider rehabilitation for premeditated murder. You planned it and you carried it out. Essentially you forfeited any Rights to function in a civilized society.

    EDIT: But at the same time I think reason rehabilitation isn't being discussed is because it is assumed that for the lesser offenses it would be automatic. Such as driving while intoxicated - receive your punishment and then attend the proper classes and such. The punishment of course is customized whether or not damage, death, or injury was a result of the crime. But the rehab is essentially the same.

    The premise is simple: rehabilitation is possible.

    Program details are for experts working in the field, not me. My premise is based on the teachings of EVERY spiritual tradition in our history. Every highly respected, even worshipped, sage/priest has opined that no one is lost forever. In fact, ironically, this used to be a core value of 3/4 of the population!

    If we are going to take the position that criminals are on the junk heap of society, we will very soon be outnumbered and living in a walled prison as a scared minority.

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  6. The past gets narrower day by day, and the cry of the frustrated middle becomes more venal, more cruel, more unforgiving for each new group to be criminalized.

    Theft use to be crime. And then we added drug users. And then we added debtors, and protestors, and then we added whistleblowers, and then we added computer access trespassing, downloading, and watching pursued movies as crimes. We turned the weak, the poor, the dissenters and then the young to the prison systems and with each addition the public grew meaner and more venal. They are reflecting their own fear of an ever more vicious machine coming next for them.

    Not once in this thread did anyone even consider rehabilitation. Rather, we want stiffer and stiffer punishment.

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  7. Don't worry. A reset is coming. By 2032 we'll have a new form of government. Whether it is a dictatorship or an evolution with an expanded respect for human rights and freedoms with the advancements in technology as a focus remains to be seen. As it looks now it'll be a dictatorship. Either way is fine with me since I'll be looking at it all from a distant shore.

    We have a functional dictatorship now (since 2001). The dictator isn't a man, but a set of principles enforced at all cost. People rotate through a nominal presidency, but the policy matches on. The will of people is neglected, as proven by the researchers at Yale.

    Minus superficial rhetoric in newspapers and media outlets, you wouldn't know by walking around that a different guy is in the WH as years go buy. Nothing changes.

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  8. Swartz:

    The story is worse than I had imagined. The level of ruthlessness, and slavish devotion to over prosecution is breathtaking. The government has had a couple hundred years to build a vicious superstructure of repression of democratic ideals. Brick by brick, with nothing but the two narrow interests of security and crony capitalism, the public's interests have been stolen and locked up behind a police state.

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  9. They were definitely going to bury this kid so deep he'd never be see the light again.

    Incorrect. Watch the video.

    Well, I exaggerated a little, but they definitely were going to run his future with a felony.

    Not to mention the threats and abuse of his girlfriend.

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  10. Everyone buckle up.

    Think I have a better take on your thoughts. Thanks for that, and stay happy.

    Dave

    Please, give me your say. My views are adjusted daily as I wake up in a new world. All jokes aside, I can look back at the simplicity of the 70's until now and its pretty scary when I think what my little boy will experience in his time. I hope it is a lot less turbulent globally than it is now, but will it happen, no way.

    Can anyone say where we are going? It just makes me angry when I read what is going on and the decisions being made. Many "fixers" think they can over simplify things with policy remedies, but really what we need is a 9th grade honor student calling the shots. Wait, I just over simplified things.

    Keep your "real life" local.

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  11. So, content value is wildly inflated?

     

    Intellectual Property Assets = copyrighted, and patented materials, like inventions, books, movies, songs, seeds, and so on. By extending rights through law, values rise, and licensing fees rise, and innovations slows.

  12. There is a lot of academic material I would like to peruse on Jstor and Elsevier, but it is usually about $33 per paper. Both of these services hamper scientific inquiry instead of promoting it.

     

    I agree. The IP regime in the USA has wildly inflated the value of IP assets and wildly slowed innovation. I think it is way out of control. And unfortunately, the TPP is going to sell this crazy regime to the Pacific Rim. 

  13. I just had my picture snapped while meeting a police cruiser parked on the side of the road by the Alma Police Dept.using a similar device. This really pisses me off. Police are not only capturing your license plate, by now your face for entry into the national database. This cop was stopped doing speed control duty. What business of it is his that he can capture my face without a warrant or any other reason without probable cause? 

    The new weigh station on I-40 in Oklahoma just across the Arkansas line has about 15 cameras designed for the same purpose. Anyone passing by gets the inside of their vehicle captured. And folks are OK with this???

     

     

    http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2011/07/13/how-a-new-police-tool-for-face-recognition-works/

     

    How would it matter if they were ok with it or not?

     

    Since 2001, I can think of a hundred spots in California that record every plate and every driver. 

  14. So far, this hasn't come up: Retaliatory Crimes

     

    A good many people in the USA believe that the "banksters" committed a trillion dollar fraud on the nation. Further, said banksters were never directly punished and won't be. Further, that the best resolution is to steal back from the banksters in any way possible. Now, I'm not saying anyone should think they will get away with stiffing their lender, but as an "attitude" it might be part of why they let it go just hoping it would not come back. 

     

    I am reminded of the hundreds of thousands of people who dropped their house keys at the bank and simply said "Adios" to their mortgage.

     

    The term usually applied here "moral hazard."

  15. I've got an idea. How about just paying back your 'loans'?

     

    Keith

     

    I don't think anyone is suggesting otherwise. I think, by carefully reading the actual thread, people are suggesting the penalty and process for not paying is mismatched for the crime.

  16. Thanks. I'm not a JSTOR member, but I think most of the newer content on there is copyrighted material. As I understand it, he was charged with wire fraud, computer fraud and B&E involving the downloading of these copyrighted materials. They were definitely going to bury this kid so deep he'd never be see the light again. These punishments that have been developed by a rather insane security state are worse than draconian, worse than absurd, and hint at how far astray we are.

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