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Ace states wrote:

The US is a very big place with a lot of guns.

That's precisely the problem - the US is a big place. One man who rebels against the state is merely a criminal. A hundred men, a syndicate. A thousand men, a gang. A million men, a terrorist faction.

Each are negligible, or close to it, in comparison to the population as a whole - without the support of that population, or a considerable amount of it, there can be no revolution.

Chironica wrote:

...Er... that's the thing. We don't have blank votes.
There's no "abstain" option. There's no "none of the above" option. The closest thing we have to it (aside from not voting) is the ability to write-in a candidate not listed on the ballot, but such "votes" are considered a form of protest at best or a total joke at worst considering many states don't actually count them. Yeah, if you need any more evidence America is in need of electoral reform...

I understand what you're saying but you don't really need to have an option "none of the above". A blank vote is just a blank vote.

Going to leave this here just to get a bit more of a broader perspective on the way to view what I've said.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protest_vote

Novi-raventsvo wrote:

Maybe because the voting age in the UK is 18??
but idk tho

I don't remember saying "underaged" anywhere in my comment but I could be wrong... or maybe you should probably pay more attention to what is being said. Young is not the same as underaged and I did not mention kids. So, kindly read carefully what others say and take the sarcasm elsewhere. Ta! ;)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_terrorist_incidents_in_Great_Britain

Almost every one of them is linked to the IRA

LGBT Equality wrote:

Until about 2001. Since 2001, the relative few that have been carried out were by Islamic terrorists with the exception of 2007 January–February: Miles Cooper letter bomb campaign.

Yes I know
Still makes you think

According to my philosophy: The state has not the simplest right of spying into the lives of its inhabitants!

Simple rule for CyberTechnologies: I don´t need to know what is going on with my citizens, If I wonder, I´ll ask them. If they want to do something, they can, as long as it dosen´t hurt others. (If two men want to marry, what is my business with that?)

A problem occured with this: My Passport law only identifies citizens by their gender(genital) with Male and Female, Is this OK or should/do i have to add a catehory which says "Neither", which is then used for everyone who says I don´t want to be Male of Female?

Dragonah wrote:

Get it together twinkle toes.

"Don't answer to twinkle toes! It's not manly!"

Happy Asexual Awareness Week, everyone! It began on Sunday but I've only got round to posting about it now. Asexuality is an important part of the LGBTQ+ community and, unlike the other constituent parts, awareness is our most important goal in gaining acceptance, understanding and equality.

To help AAW, you can tell someone about asexuality, come out as asexual (if you're ace, duh), offer support to an asexual acquaintance, challenge people who spread negative myths about asexuality and anything else which raises the positive profile of asexual people. Anything you do which helps to achieve this goal is much appreciated. Aces and allies may not always be on the best of terms, but often non-asexual LGBTQ+ folk are very important in spreading the word of asexuality as there are so few of us (about 1 in 100 people are ace).

You can find out more by going to asexuality.com or Googling "asexual awareness week".

On a more personal note, I managed to come out to someone today as a biromantic asexual. I think they accepted it pretty well. It's a small success, but I'm happy about it anyway. It's one small step towards living openly as me.

Cybertechnologies corporation wrote:

According to my philosophy: The state has not the simplest right of spying into the lives of its inhabitants!
Simple rule for CyberTechnologies: I don´t need to know what is going on with my citizens, If I wonder, I´ll ask them. If they want to do something, they can, as long as it dosen´t hurt others. (If two men want to marry, what is my business with that?)
A problem occured with this: My Passport law only identifies citizens by their gender(genital) with Male and Female, Is this OK or should/do i have to add a catehory which says "Neither", which is then used for everyone who says I don´t want to be Male of Female?

Privacy is a rapidly disintegrating right for us in the cyber age. So many telephone apps have a working reason to know your location, like maps/directions and services location. I'd wish there were a law against big ISPs and other companies from collecting and storing your data, but politicians will never change their tune while the $$$ keeps coming to them. Certain sections of the government have legitimate concerns about an individual's status, including terrorism, illegal immigration, disability certification, drugs & other crime, etc. I would wish it would take a court order to allow police, for instance, to anonymously put trackers on your car, but I think that varies by jurisdiction.

Of course, a great many of us voluntarily surrender our privacy every day with FB and all the rest. Even if you take a post/picture back down immediately after posting it, you can pretty much safely assume that someone somewhere is maintaining a copy of it. It seems that in many cases, things like term papers you write in college are saved, especially if they were transmitted electronically. That has been increasingly an issue for people with the gumption to enter political life. If, for instance, you wrote a paper in college advocating legal marijuana, that might come back to haunt you 30+ years later. The whole point of college is to explore what you believe in and reject the things you don't believe in. Besides, do you REALLY want to vote people into office if they have not grown or changed their perspectives at all in 30+ years?

In terms of legal tracking of sex and gender, for sex I think it's OK to have 'male, female, other.' Gender is not within anyone else's right to know. Except in tracking pandemics that spread through sexual contact, like HIV, it's no business of government, industry, or anyone else to know how I comport myself in the bedroodroom unless I choose to disclose that information, I'd think generally to close friends and potential sexual or romantic partners. [/rant]

RIP, Closeted Cases. CC is a straight ally from The Netherlands. He would certainly have been in the top 10 nations in the region in terms of longevity and influence. When Gay was refounded in 2009, he was the one who actually created LGBT Equality to be the puppet Founder of the region. He held almost every office in Gay except for Founder/WA Delegate. He certainly would have had the ability and popularity to be F/WAD had he wanted it.

Will's defining feature for many of us is that he is a practicing Christian with a deep, deep knowledge of Christianity, particularly of the reformed tradition. This necessarily made him one of the more conservative members of Gay. He was not 'closeted' in any sense of the word, for he is both straight and outspoken on a large variety of topics, particularly his deepset opposition to recreational drug use.

Not so many people know that Will has had a lifelong issue with severe depression that did not respond well to medication. What worked best for him was intensive exercise, which he practiced regularly, but it only took the edge off of his depression, which was a further reason for him to be depressed.

Back in the day, he was one of the most active members in the region and had a significant role in the roleplaying that was popular years ago. Since that time, however, he has become increasingly less active, now CTEing. I hope and believe there is potential for CC to return to us, but until such time as he does return, I will consider this state to be permanent. It is a sad, sad day for Gay, flags at half mast throughout the region.

LGBT Equality wrote:

Privacy is a rapidly disintegrating right for us in the cyber age. So many telephone apps have a working reason to know your location, like maps/directions and services location. I'd wish there were a law against big ISPs and other companies from collecting and storing your data, but politicians will never change their tune while the $$$ keeps coming to them. Certain sections of the government have legitimate concerns about an individual's status, including terrorism, illegal immigration, disability certification, drugs & other crime, etc. I would wish it would take a court order to allow police, for instance, to anonymously put trackers on your car, but I think that varies by jurisdiction.
Of course, a great many of us voluntarily surrender our privacy every day with FB and all the rest. Even if you take a post/picture back down immediately after posting it, you can pretty much safely assume that someone somewhere is maintaining a copy of it. It seems that in many cases, things like term papers you write in college are saved, especially if they were transmitted electronically. That has been increasingly an issue for people with the gumption to enter political life. If, for instance, you wrote a paper in college advocating legal marijuana, that might come back to haunt you 30+ years later. The whole point of college is to explore what you believe in and reject the things you don't believe in. Besides, do you REALLY want to vote people into office if they have not grown or changed their perspectives at all in 30+ years?
In terms of legal tracking of sex and gender, for sex I think it's OK to have 'male, female, other.' Gender is not within anyone else's right to know. Except in tracking pandemics that spread through sexual contact, like HIV, it's no business of government, industry, or anyone else to know how I comport myself in the bedroodroom unless I choose to disclose that information, I'd think generally to close friends and potential sexual or romantic partners. [/rant]

That does indeed make sense, but I luckily got that problems forbidden. Though I therefore cut down on freedom with other points, for example: Everyone is a Organ donor in CTEC, unless he unsubscribes... And I think this is a good solution.

But I also cannot totally understand your points, here, where i live, privacy is considered one of the most important things, for example: no one is allowed to save data from you, unless you allowed them(they cant ask you, you have to say that you are comfy with), except the nation, the state is allowed to collect all information from you