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Alright, let's stop blaming the victim and get back to solving our nation's problems.

The problem is that the nation is victimising the people.

Have I understood correctly?

Gitzbitah wrote:
The whole power of the federal government issue was settled in a something you may remember as the civil war, which was fought over states rights.

This is utter nonsense. The only 'states rights' in question were the northern states refusing to enforce legislation that would require them to send escaped slaves south. Everything else the south wanted was about tariffs, rules for new territories, and slavery (which wasn't even in question at the state level until after the south started shooting and the north needed recruitment material, they wanted *other* states to be slave states too).

Nor does might make right. An issue is not settled because two groups of people kill each other for a while and one group proves to be better at it.

The biggest problem is teenagers and students with free internet access and nothing better to do than mess around on the Internet.

Heaven forfend it should be any other way.
Otherwise dakka would only have boring stuff about gaming and modelling!

Requia wrote:

Gitzbitah wrote:
The whole power of the federal government issue was settled in a something you may remember as the civil war, which was fought over states rights.

This is utter nonsense. The only 'states rights' in question were the northern states refusing to enforce legislation that would require them to send escaped slaves south. Everything else the south wanted was about tariffs, rules for new territories, and slavery (which wasn't even in question at the state level until after the south started shooting and the north needed recruitment material, they wanted *other* states to be slave states too).

Nor does might make right. An issue is not settled because two groups of people kill each other for a while and one group proves to be better at it.

My apologies. I am no civil war historian, and have only the background knowledge provided by the American educational system.

My understanding of the situation leading up to the civil war was that they felt the states should have the final say in just about everything, hence state's rights. I thought that was the reason the southern states withdrew from the union, and started combat.

After that point, I thought the federal government had slowly been expanding its power and control over the states- I certainly can't remember any power that the federal government has surrendered to the states recently.

Thanks for clarifying that for me!

Kilkrazy wrote:The biggest problem is teenagers and students with free internet access and nothing better to do than mess around on the Internet.

How is this a problem only with younger members? Frazzled, Gailbraithe, Dogma, etc aren't exactly spring chickens.

The biggest problem.

corpsesarefun wrote:

Manchu wrote:That seems like a good idea, actually.

Seconded.

Thirded.

Ketara wrote:

corpsesarefun wrote:

Manchu wrote:That seems like a good idea, actually.

Seconded.

Thirded.

Eightheded.

Wouldn't that be unconstitutional?

Damned good idea, but unconstitional....

ah hang the constitution, just do it!

WARBOSS TZOO wrote:

Ketara wrote:

corpsesarefun wrote:

Manchu wrote:That seems like a good idea, actually.

Seconded.

Thirded.

Eightheded.

I'll throw my vote in too. Every time I visit Off-Topic it seems like that dude is making it his personal Facebook.

Kilkrazy wrote:The biggest problem.

How is is bigger than the problems with the more aged members?

This thread is completely off track.