Aircraft safety is important. That's why we let political activists and airlines make FAA rules, shout down anyone who suggests they're not completely and absolutely safe already, denigrate anyone investing an alleged "accident" as a conspiracy theorist, and delete paper trails. Thank God we take elections just as seriously. Why think of the harm that could befall our nation if cabals of the wealthy managed to strongly influence our electoral process.
You know, I just wish this social mind cancer that has befallen US society, where everybody is on some "side" against each other, and talks like you in your comment, would die.
I'm specifically not saying you are "worse" than others. It's more that that is the standard of how we treat each other now. And that is fucked up.
(Call me off-topic, but this matters.)
There is no "left". There is no "right". There are only people. With needs. If they all get what they need, the beef gets buried.
Itâ(TM)s pretty hard to reach consensus with people who strait up do not agree with the laws or their implementation. One group wants for example Voter ID. The other group doesnâ(TM)t (presumably because there is an impression illegal votes favor their side?). We canâ(TM)t have consensus.
I have always felt that voters should be assigned a unique ID known only to the state and the voter. The full register of votes should be public. You should be able to see all the IDs and how they voted,
You may have just done that which you said was impossible.
It took me until middle age to really learn this well, but I learned something a few years ago. (I guess I knew it intellectually before, but it really sank in a few years ago). You said:
> One group wants for example Voter ID. The other group doesn't (presumably because there is an impression illegal votes favor their side?). We can't have consensus.
What I realized a few years ago, and my six year old seems to already know, is that voter ID isn't
Most of what you say is reasonable. You can phrase it another way: systems always have two complementary types of error (known as "type I" and "type II" errors). In this case, a Type-I error would be NOT allowing somebody to vote when they SHOULD be allowed to vote, and a type-II error would be ALLOWING somebody to vote when they should NOT be allowed to vote.
For systems in general, methods reduce type-I errors tends to increase type-II errors, and vice versa. For example, if a system is a switch, and a typ
The more I hear about this, the harder I laugh. Yes, countries are different. Yes, cultures are different. Yes, the whole world is different... But why is it so hard to get an ID card in the US? I live in fucking Africa, of all places, and everyone here has an ID because they are required by law. highschool kids get an ID when taking the final highschool exam, and those who didnt finish highschool are required to get one anyway. In every country I visit, there is always a single piece of identification that tells the rest of the world that you belong to their civilization. Yet, correct me if am wrong, but the US is one of the few countries where an ID card is a luxury. Is it another case of Federal vs State bureaucracy making things harder? I am legit curious as to why the US has such a problem with ID cards.
Generally, we click a few times on the state web site and the new ID comes in the mail. Not hard in the typical case.
On the other hand, if I want four different IDs under four different names of people the state has no record of, that's not going to be as easy. To create brand new people, you have to first get at least a utility bill or some kind of paperwork with the new name on it.
You mentioned when kids graduate school they get an ID. That works here - bring or send in your school ID or other school reco
It is basically a straw-man argument backed by 'if you argue with me you are clearly racist'.
If you look at the statement closely, you can see how the claim that voter ID laws are racist is clearly a racist stance(in the literal sense of making judgements about individuals based on their race), but it is in the 'approved' category, and therefore anyone who argues against it or tries to point out how racist it is, gets called racist themselves.
It is very similar to the argument 'I am not a misogynist because
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Aircraft safety is important (Score:2, Interesting)
Re: Aircraft safety is important (Score:2, Offtopic)
You know, I just wish this social mind cancer that has befallen US society, where everybody is on some "side" against each other, and talks like you in your comment, would die.
I'm specifically not saying you are "worse" than others. It's more that that is the standard of how we treat each other now. And that is fucked up.
(Call me off-topic, but this matters.)
There is no "left". There is no "right".
There are only people. With needs.
If they all get what they need, the beef gets buried.
So, can I make a proposa
Re: Aircraft safety is important (Score:1)
I have always felt that voters should be assigned a unique ID known only to the state and the voter. The full register of votes should be public. You should be able to see all the IDs and how they voted,
Maybe you did the impossible (not what they want) (Score:5, Insightful)
You may have just done that which you said was impossible.
It took me until middle age to really learn this well, but I learned something a few years ago. (I guess I knew it intellectually before, but it really sank in a few years ago). You said:
> One group wants for example Voter ID. The other group doesn't (presumably because there is an impression illegal votes favor their side?). We can't have consensus.
What I realized a few years ago, and my six year old seems to already know, is that voter ID isn't
Re: (Score:5, Insightful)
Most of what you say is reasonable. You can phrase it another way: systems always have two complementary types of error (known as "type I" and "type II" errors). In this case, a Type-I error would be NOT allowing somebody to vote when they SHOULD be allowed to vote, and a type-II error would be ALLOWING somebody to vote when they should NOT be allowed to vote.
For systems in general, methods reduce type-I errors tends to increase type-II errors, and vice versa. For example, if a system is a switch, and a typ
Re:Maybe you did the impossible (not what they wan (Score:2)
The more I hear about this, the harder I laugh. Yes, countries are different. Yes, cultures are different. Yes, the whole world is different...
But why is it so hard to get an ID card in the US? I live in fucking Africa, of all places, and everyone here has an ID because they are required by law. highschool kids get an ID when taking the final highschool exam, and those who didnt finish highschool are required to get one anyway. In every country I visit, there is always a single piece of identification that tells the rest of the world that you belong to their civilization.
Yet, correct me if am wrong, but the US is one of the few countries where an ID card is a luxury. Is it another case of Federal vs State bureaucracy making things harder? I am legit curious as to why the US has such a problem with ID cards.
Click the state web site, it comes in the mail (Score:2)
Generally, we click a few times on the state web site and the new ID comes in the mail. Not hard in the typical case.
On the other hand, if I want four different IDs under four different names of people the state has no record of, that's not going to be as easy. To create brand new people, you have to first get at least a utility bill or some kind of paperwork with the new name on it.
You mentioned when kids graduate school they get an ID.
That works here - bring or send in your school ID or other school reco
Re: (Score:2)
It is basically a straw-man argument backed by 'if you argue with me you are clearly racist'.
If you look at the statement closely, you can see how the claim that voter ID laws are racist is clearly a racist stance(in the literal sense of making judgements about individuals based on their race), but it is in the 'approved' category, and therefore anyone who argues against it or tries to point out how racist it is, gets called racist themselves.
It is very similar to the argument 'I am not a misogynist because