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[Frumple]

Pretty much, yeah. Incidentally... this was a hell of a line

When Gray took the matter to court, the judge ruled that "a prisoner has no constitutionally guaranteed immunity from being falsely or wrongfully accused of conduct which may result in the deprivation of a protected liberty interest." In other words, it is not illegal for prison authorities to lie in order to lock somebody away in solitary.

Once again, America's justice system displays just how fucked up it is. Not sure what else can be said about it

[Descan]

Punitive prisons in general make me throw up a little in my mouth. :/

[GreatJustice]

Tesco's had the nerve to drag me out (using physical force!  If I had used a gun to defend my rights they might have even shot me!) of one of their board meetings!  Apparently I'm not allowed to sit in the CEO's chair and talk about how I'm going to run the company even though they have been doing the same thing for years (and continue to do to this very day).  They are just like the mafia, not allowing any competition.

Tesco had the nerve to drag the CEO of Costco out (using physical force! If he had used a gun to defend his rights they might have even shot him!) of one of his board meetings! Apparently Costco isn't allow to compete with Tesco in the field of grocery chains anymore even though they've been doing the same thing for years (and continue to do to this very day. They are like the mafia, not allowing any competition.

[GlyphGryph]

... what?

I think you may have forgotten what this analogy was about, GJ.

We do in fact allow that sort of competition.

Usually.

Iraq being a recent notable exceptions.

[GreatJustice]

... what?

I think you may have forgotten what this analogy was about, GJ.

We do in fact allow that sort of competition.

Usually.

Iraq being a recent notable exceptions.

The analogy was about Liberty Dollars and privately minted money. Unless you think the Liberty Dollar people declared themselves chairmen of the Federal Reserve Board, they pretty clearly were arrested for competing with the FRB in currency.

[GlyphGryph]

But other countries all have their own currencies without us kicking out their leaders. (The Iraq thing was mostly a joke to the only "foreign CEO" we've dragged out lately)

I think this analogy may have been a bit stretched to be honest. I'm not really sure what we're gaining from it. Back to regular language time, maybe?

[Nadaka]

US appeals court in New York casts down DOMA as unconstitutional.

http://news.yahoo.com/appeals-court-ny-rules-gay-marriage-law-unconstitutional-160159196.html

[kaijyuu]

Hooray! One step closer to crushing all these laws against same sex relations

[Scelly9]

Yay!

[GlyphGryph]

Thank god. I don't understand how it lasted as long as it did. Even those I know who (stupidly) oppose gay marriage grudgingly admit it was an unconstitutional pile of shit.

[Reelya]

Actually i think we should abolish license plates on cars, and driver's licenses, as well as taxi cab licensing / cab driver accreditation. All those things are a government monopoly.

Anyone who can get a car should be able to stick a sign on and call themselves a cab service.

[Levi]

That terrifies me.  How would I identify who ran me over after I get ran over by a 10 year old!?!?

[kaijyuu]

Serious mode on that note, I really think the age limit on drivers licenses should be abolished. Along with massive testing reform; most drivers are not competent enough to drive, and as such our testing standards should be raised significantly.


There are 10 year olds out there that are better drivers than I.

[GlyphGryph]

Anyone who can get a car should be able to stick a sign on and call themselves a cab service.

Uh... I'm actually kind of cool with this? I'm not entirely sure why it should be against the law for me to get compensation in exchange for giving people rides (unless I've got a fleet of such vehicles or am willing to give over 100% of my profit to various gatekeepers of course).

[kaijyuu]

Technically you already can do that, but you have to jump through some bureaucratic hoops before you can do it legally. That way, you can be taxed and tracked and such effectively.