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Melita Magic
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10-08-2009 17:52
From: Katheryne Helendale I'm not talking about the ads at the bottom. I'm talking about the ads that are laced throughout the article for things such as microfiber wipes, detox kits, vitamin packs, and so on. By linking to the site's sales page the way they did, the article lost all objectivity and just became a giant sales pitch. Whatever salient points made in the article lost their credibility because of this. The article is also extremely biased to the point of nearly appearing like the rants of a government conspiracist.
I'm a little pressed for time right now, but I will give it another read later and debate the points made. Oh come ON. You obviously did not watch a single video. They are not even written the videos are from the nightly news. Come off it already. If you want to skim over something skim over the ads, not the facts. Good job trying to dissuade anyone else from going there to read it though. Again show me a website without ads! You wanted some facts this page compiles the key points in one page, yet you skim over it and refuse to really read it or take it seriously with the EXCUSE it has some ads links in it. Give me a break. Why not prove to me that this stuff is necessary to be forced onto every school child in NJ when those same other kids could shake hands or touch something once they left school, and get the flu anyway? As the parent in that video you obviously never watched, said, in effect, 'If YOU take the vaccine why are you worried about my child taking it or not?' Obviously the goal would be to do the same with every person, otherwise, there's little point limiting this to kids and nurses. Slow down, you guys, and look at what you are really defending.
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Melita Magic
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Milla - concentration camps? Come on. GODWIN ALERT.
10-08-2009 17:54
From: Milla Janick No one outside the military or health care workers is required to take this vaccine, and no one will. No national emergency will be declared over influenza.
Children will not be rounded up into FEMA concentration camps and be forced to take vaccines for no apparent reason. Marial law will not be declared. This flu season will come and go just like the last one, and the one before that and the one before that...
Propaganda? You mean like from that quack Mercola who is trying to sell you tannning beds? Or the tinfoil hat websites making up stories about navy plague ships? Oh come on - I have not cited Mercola. I am pointing you toward facts, and you keep arguing about tin foil hats. Why does every person who has nothing to stand on except colorful phrases resort to the tin foil hat specious argument/insult? Also you are wrong. New Jersey school children and kids in day care must take the vaccine or stay home. Not everyone can home school their kids. How is that not being forced on them? I'm so glad you can see the future Milla, yet you call others crazy while claiming they are doing just that. Martial law is what that bill promises, for those who refuse vaccination if the govt. deems it necessary.
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Argent Stonecutter
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10-08-2009 18:01
From: Melita Magic In New Jersey school children are being forced to take this vaccine or they will not be able to attend school or day care.
[citation needed] From: someone In Maryland a school official threatened to put parents in jail if they did not vaccinate their children (he might not be able to but that is strong civil and social pressure.) I've been threatened by stupid bureaucrats too. It sucks. They tend to back down when you quote actual laws at them, though. From: someone I HAVE given you a citation you obviously have not gone there, read it or watched the videos, which are straight from tv news reports, including interviews with politicians who voted the bill in. Citations to actual language in actual bills, please. From: someone The part I quoted is from a guy who is standing there holding a copy of the bill.  From: someone Honestly if you guys are gonna debate this way, it's not worth the time spent. Probably not. People who ask for facts are a pain in the butt.
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Melita Magic
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I got your citation right here.
10-08-2009 18:17
Argent, I'm done talking to you until you at least go and see that link I have already posted. If a person standing there holding a copy of the bill and quoting from it isn't good enough, too bad. I don't happen to have a copy of the bill lying around here myself and if I did you'd just accuse me of photoshopping it, anyway, or someone else here would. Yet nothing will seem to satisfy you except a copy of the actual bill. If it's online go find it yourself, you don't seem lazy to me. I don't need to find it, apparently you do. You are all way too hard headed to try and have a balanced discussion with. To honestly debate you must show an open mind, not just quip after quip every time your opponent makes a point. For anyone else who might be interested, here are some other vids/links. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4SmFxyust0 (I am not EVEN gonna go near the vaccine/autism debate with a 10 ft. pole, so talk about that with someone else.) http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/poland/2235676/Homeless-people-die-after-bird-flu-vaccine-trial-in-Poland.html Bird flu vaccine killed people it was tested on. That's the other time propaganda/fear was tried but no one went for it. http://blacklistednews.com/news-5203-0-22-22--.htmlhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDR-UJYms6w&feature=related This one will probably be mocked as 'too dramatic.' http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJiTStZtrlE&feature=related And good ol' Ron Paul. There is so much about this all over the web. Stating that there are no facts is simply a lie, and saying "citation needed" repeatedly instead of actually discussing the issues, is just a sarcastic way to say 'up yours.' For those who keep asking me for proof then scoffing any time I give some - You obviously cannot be satisfied. Now it's my turn to be ridiculous. Show me any proof that there IS a pandemic of H1N1. Show me that people are dropping like flies all over the world. From this, not from all the countless other communicable diseases running rampant in various places throughout the world. Prove to ME that any of this insanity is even called for. Shouldn't that be what happens BEFORE people are made to take something they do not wish to take? And yet it still has not.
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Argent Stonecutter
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10-08-2009 18:26
From: Melita Magic Argent, I'm done talking to you until you at least go and see that link I have already posted. If a person standing there holding a copy of the bill and quoting from it isn't good enough, too bad. No, it's not good enough. A copy of the bill, and the statutes it's modifying, that's good enough. I've seen too many selective quotes from bills to trust anything less. Selective quotes in a video? Worthless. From: someone Show me any proof that there IS a pandemic of H1N1. Show me that people are dropping like flies all over the world. Why would you expect a pandemic involving a mild disease to lead to "people dropping like flies"? From: someone Prove to ME that any of this insanity is even called for. I haven't even suggested that panic is called for. You're trying to convince us that the situation is so dire that it's reasonable to debate it on a virtual world forum. I'm simply asking for proof.
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Milla Janick
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10-08-2009 18:46
No, I really have no desire to discuss this further as it will only be taken personally.
If you believe what you hear from places like infowars.com, there's point in trying to convince you otherwise.
I'm just gonna step back and watch the grease fire now.
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Argent Stonecutter
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10-08-2009 18:50
From: Milla Janick If you believe what you hear from places like infowars.com
Never been there, so far as I know. Nor, I think, have I said what I believe. I haven't even claimed there's a pandemic, so I don't know why you're asking me for proof of that.
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Ciaran Laval
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10-08-2009 18:52
From: Melita Magic Argent -
In New Jersey school children are being forced to take this vaccine or they will not be able to attend school or day care. Have you got any quotes for that? Children are required to take a seasonal flu vaccine, but the H1N1 vaccine does not fulfil that requirment.
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Milla Janick
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10-08-2009 18:55
From: Argent Stonecutter Never been there, so far as I know. Nor, I think, have I said what I believe.
I haven't even claimed there's a pandemic, so I don't know why you're asking me for proof of that. Sorry, the perils of not quoting. The video Melita suggested might be too dramatic was from there. I'm not asking for proof backing up claims of a pandemic, either.
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Melita Magic
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10-08-2009 19:23
From: Milla Janick No, I really have no desire to discuss this further as it will only be taken personally.
If you believe what you hear from places like infowars.com, there's point in trying to convince you otherwise.
I'm just gonna step back and watch the grease fire now. Mockery /= debate, Milla. I love how some of you just ignore every point made and declare it's not good enough. For Brenda, here is an article without ads/ad links. http://www.healthyalterego.com/?p=736Please read parts 1, 2, and 3. (Links for parts 2 & 3 are to the side.)
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Melita Magic
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10-08-2009 19:25
From: Milla Janick Sorry, the perils of not quoting. The video Melita suggested might be too dramatic was from there.
I'm not asking for proof backing up claims of a pandemic, either. It was from youtube. Where it was before that, I don't know - but I doubt it was from infowars.com. I purposely avoided any mention of that site, since I knew how you'd quip gleefully in response. Instead of debating your likes or dislikes how about debating the facts? Simply because someone or some site you dislike posts a study or fact does NOT mean it is untrue. My point about "prove there is a pandemic" is to question the drastic measures being taken and defended in support of the supposed pandemic. Doesn't it make sense to actually have one, in that case?
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Milla Janick
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10-08-2009 19:41
From: Melita Magic It was from youtube. Where it was before that, I don't know - but I doubt it was from infowars.com. I purposely avoided any mention of that site, since I knew how you'd quip gleefully in response.
Instead of debating your likes or dislikes how about debating the facts? Simply because someone or some site you dislike posts a study or fact does NOT mean it is untrue. There is a detailed description of the video citing infowars.com as the source. Whether I like it or not is irrelevant. The source is not credible. I can look at credible evidence objectively and make up my own mind. I have already done that and see no point in trying to convince anyone else. I am not concerned in the slightest about either an influenza pandemic or martial law resulting from it.
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Kira Welty
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10-08-2009 19:41
Near as I can tell "Bill 2028" is a Massachusetts State Senate Bill, Not yet Mass Law  From what I can tell (I'm not a lawyer), it basically reads as a worse case disaster plan update for disease control. Yes there are some very harsh governmental abilities given if such a circumstance should happen, and an emergency declared, but given that in the face of a real pandemic it would take just this sort of action to maintain order and save lives. Yes, there some pretty far fetched parts to it, but I think that it is basically written to give the emergency and governmental agencies the power to deal if faced with a pandemic with a large portion of the population infected with something that has a high mortality rate. What is happening now is like other things, way too many reporters and news channels, not enough real news, so even the smallest things get hyped up. Of course I could be totally wrong on which Bill is being quoted.
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10-08-2009 19:43
From: Milla Janick I'm sure your cartoon sex adventures are a top priority with them. Lol similar to what I was going to say. Surprisingly this is one of the few moves Lindens made that's reasonable in my opinion. Offering payment info is in no way intrusive, it's like buying something from the supermarket. O.o Only reason why anyone hesitate to offer payment info is because: a) They're underage to start with, and therefore don't have a credit card or whatever b) Have a RL identity to hide for some well-known reasons >.>
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Ciaran Laval
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10-08-2009 19:44
From: Melita Magic My point about "prove there is a pandemic" is to question the drastic measures being taken and defended in support of the supposed pandemic. Doesn't it make sense to actually have one, in that case? Yeah but this gets into defining "Pandemic". Pandemic according to the world health organisation means that the disease has spread in two countries in one continent and has also spread to another continent and we're in that phase.
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Katheryne Helendale
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10-08-2009 20:29
It's just a bill. I'm not going to sit here and try to claim that we don't have stupid congresscritters in office. That's almost inarguable. However, one thing that makes our system of government great is that those clowns do not have absolute power. The bill still has to be signed by the President, and even then, that's not the end of it. We have the third branch of the Government known as the Judicial Branch. If they deem the passed bill as unconstitutional (which something like that definitely would be), then it's squashed.
And any bureaucrat, such as a school district superintendent, who oversteps his authority by threatening to jail anyone who doesn't get their kids immunized, deserves to have his nuts stomped on in court. Period.
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Dana Hickman
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10-08-2009 20:40
From: LittleMe Jewell No, you are ADULT/ACCOUNT verified. It is the constant usage of incorrect terminology that is causing so much confusion.
You must be 'adult/account verified' to get to any Adult sim regardless of any other settings -- this is accomplished by supplying payment info and/or going thru the Aristotle age verification process.
Parcels can also restrict entry to those with payment info, those that have been age verified, or both. Providing payment info will allow Adult access but still keep you out of places specifically requiring Age Verification. Being Age Verfified will allow Adult access but does not give access to parcels requiring payment info.
LL really does need to merge these things because they are causing a mess on the grid. Thank you Lil for reiterating the diffferences. It's a pet peeve of mine when people with the right facts end up passing along ill information and causing confusion because the wrong term is used. That said, I don't think LL consolidating the two, or getting rid of the old age verify selection would be the right choice at all, not at this point anyway. Adult content is *still* allowed on mature mainland in private. Despite all the annoyances people voice about it, if it's being used on mature land to shield ones private adult stuff, it's being used the *right* way. IMO It's the people with sex stuff in their skyboxes or whatever that *DON'T* put up the age verify and/or PIOF Only barrier that risk losing that mature land privilege for everyone.
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10-08-2009 21:05
From: Kira Welty What is happening now is like other things, way too many reporters and news channels, not enough real news, so even the smallest things get hyped up. You are totally correct. The bill is intended for a worst case scenario. This is hype run amok. It does not bode well for people's ability to think rationally. I can't wait for the focus of discussion to fall on Climate Change. Now won't THAT be fun?
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10-08-2009 21:11
It is truly amazing how this thread has turned from someone complaining about giving up some personal info to play a computer game into......this.
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10-08-2009 21:12
From: Brenda Connolly It is truly amazing how this thread has turned from someone complaining about giving up some personal info to play a computer game into......this. You've been around long enough to not find that amazing!
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10-08-2009 21:16
From: Ciaran Laval You've been around long enough to not find that amazing! Gimme a break. I've had a few Stellas tonight.
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Katheryne Helendale
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10-08-2009 21:22
From: Brenda Connolly It is truly amazing how this thread has turned from someone complaining about giving up some personal info to play a computer game into......this. The OP basically stated she wasn't going to verify her account because Linden Labs was conspiring with the NSA. This thread was destined from the start to go in truly weird directions over truly bizarre territory. 
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Argent Stonecutter
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10-09-2009 01:39
From: Milla Janick I'm not asking for proof backing up claims of a pandemic, either. Ack, blush, sorry, I got "Milla" and "Melita" mixed up. I have that problem with a lot of Anime too. 
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10-09-2009 01:41
From: Suki Hirano Only reason why anyone hesitate to offer payment info is because: a) They're underage to start with, and therefore don't have a credit card or whatever b) Have a RL identity to hide for some well-known reasons
c) Their credit card issuer or bank has Linden Lab on the "High Risk" list, which is kind of a problem Linden Lab needs to deal with. 
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10-09-2009 01:44
From: Dana Hickman IMO It's the people with sex stuff in their skyboxes or whatever that *DON'T* put up the age verify and/or PIOF Only barrier that risk losing that mature land privilege for everyone. The age-verify and PIOF parcel barriers DO NOT WORK to protect skyboxes. They don't work. They provide no protection. They are worthless. They are an ex-barrier. They have joined the choir eternal. They are pushing up prim daisies. They DO NOT WORK, because skyboxes are above the level of the ban lines. Sheesh.
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