Hi
I have to write an essay "Is mass tourism a course or a blessing" . I've wrote this:
Nowadays lots of people visit foreign countries to widen their knowledge about other communities and spend their holidays in warm countries. For years a travel industry becomes a global issue, but it also could be a deliverance for local communities.
Firstly, the areas which are visited by tourists, develops quicker than the other ones. Thus, there are more and more cafes, restaurants, gift shops and other places where the tourists might spend their money. As the tourists are interested in staying in the centers offering various facilities, the local government takes care of their traditions and monuments. In addition, the inhabitants are able to find a job in the large touristic centers.
Nevertheless, tourism has many weak points. First of all, lots of prehistoric unique places are destroyed yearly only because of thousands of people who visit these places every year. In addition, the people do not care of what they admire, watch or walk on. They both chisel their names on the rocks or trees and take the piece of cay as a gift or a souvenir. Talking about tourism industry in general, it must be said that developing tourism makes all nice-looking places turn into similar resorts therefore it does not matter where you are going to travel for - they just all look the same.
To sum up, tourism has lots of advantages and disadvantages. It seems we have a choice whether we want to save the virgin nature and places or support this big industry and destroy more and more beautiful country sides. In my opinion, unfortunately, we cannot stop tourism development.
Could you please check my mistakes in grammar etc? It's wery important for me. I learn english for 5 years and that's my final essay. It's easy for english- speaking so please help me.
damian205 said:
Could you please check my mistakes in grammar etc? It's wery important for me. I learn english for 5 years and that's my final essay. It's easy for english- speaking so please help me.
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Can' t help you because my english is worse than your but.. wery important->very important and I learn-> i have learnt
damian205 said:
Hi
I have to write an essay "Is mass tourism a course or a blessing" . I've wrote this:
Nowadays (Nowadays is a slang term and isnt considered grammically correct, at least thats i was lead to beleive) lots of people visit foreign countries to widen their knowledge about other communities and spend their holidays in warm countries And to enjoy a different culture. For years the travel industry can become a global issue, but it also could be a deliverance for local communities.
Firstly, the areas which are visited by tourists, develops quicker than the other ones. Thus, there are more and more cafes, restaurants, gift shops and other places where the tourists might spend their money. As the tourists are interested in staying in the centers offering various facilities, the local government takes care of their traditions and monuments. In addition, the inhabitants are able to find a job in the large touristic centers.
Nevertheless, tourism has many weak points. First of all, lots of prehistoric unique places are destroyed yearly only because of thousands of people who visit these places every year. In addition, the people do not care of what they admire, watch or walk on. They both chisel their names on the rocks or trees and take the piece of cay as a gift or a souvenir. Talking about tourism industry in general, it must be said that developing tourism makes all nice-looking places turn into similar resorts therefore it does not matter where you are going to travel for - they just all look the same.
To sum up, tourism has lots of advantages and disadvantages. It seems we have a choice whether we want to save the virgin nature and places or support this big industry and destroy more and more beautiful country sides. In my opinion, unfortunately, we cannot stop tourism development.
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ive put corrections in red suggestions in blue and debatable language differences in green
i may have missed some so u may wanna wait until theres some more input
also it seems a bit short,
you may want to include a few examples to make it relatable
ie maybe note how the swine flu break out affected tourism in mexico (ask orb3000 or + que ppc to help as they live there)
and maybe comment upon on how tourism in new york and the rest of the usa
here are somw tips you could maybe include
# Tourism generates more than $3.5 trillion worldwide
# 18 million Americans are employed in travel and tourism-related jobs
# One out of every 10 people is employed in travel & tourism
# T&T generated $99.5 billion in revenue for federal, state and local governments in 2000
State of the Industry after September 11:
# Airlines: experienced $2.1B in losses and more than 130,000 layoffs
# Employment: domestically, 10percent drop in demand; Globally, 30percent drop in demand
# Hotels: $2B lost in room revenue
# Meeting & Convention Industry: Up to $1B lost
you may also feel the need to extend this further to include natural affects on tourism, we do know that people entering a land not enterde much can have unwanted effects on the land
but in the case of new orleans, the nature staved off a lot of tourists for some time. this may or may not have made the job of fixing the place up slower as there waws no revenue from tourists they did try harder though heres a news clipabout it
Six months after Hurricane Katrina, Mardi Gras floats, beads and revelry are luring in visitors, and helping New Orleans' devastated tourism industry roll toward recovery.
"For us it will be a little bit smaller than prior years. But the way everybody is looking at it here, it's sort of the community planting the flag in the ground saying 'We're back,'" said Stephen Perry, president of the New Orleans Metropolitan Convention and Visitors Bureau.
Perry expects the city to see only 60 or 70 percent of the usual number of Mardi Gras visitors this year -- 300,000 to 400,000 people. (Let the good times roll)
Hospitality is the largest industry in New Orleans, having employed 85,000 people before Katrina and generating about a third of the city's operating budget, according to Perry. Before Mardi Gras, tourism had rebounded to about half its normal level.
Mardi Gras usually brings in about $300 million in tourist dollars, and Perry expects at least $200 million this year.
"This launches the recovery of not only the city and its economics, but paves the way for people to begin to come home because it provides the funding that we need for things like schools and hospitals and police," he said.
Jamie Hood, 40, from Atlanta, Georgia, visited the Crescent City with friends last weekend as Mardi Gras celebrations kicked off.
"The parades were wonderful. From that aspect we had a great time and it was just like the old days," he said. Hood is a logistics and transportation provider, making his third Mardi Gras trip in as many years.
Not everything was just like the old days, of course. The neighborhoods he and his friends passed through shocked them.
"You hear the terms 'war zone' or 'it looked like a bomb went off' -- I couldn't describe it any better. That's really what it looked like," Hood said. "The actual French Quarter was the same as it always was to me."
Many of the city's tourist attractions are open for business. Others plan to reopen later in the spring and summer. MORE HERE (from cnn)
Thank you so much, your helped me soo much . It is short, but have to be less than 250 words. Thanks for soo many examples, but If i put them into esseay, It will be too long. It's simple essay so I only need a grammar correction
well i do what i do when i do what i do
damian205 said:
Hi
I have to write an essay "Is mass tourism a course or a blessing" . I've wrote this:
Nowadays lots of people visit foreign countries to widen their knowledge about other communities and spend their holidays in warm countries. For years a travel industry becomes a global issue, but it also could be a deliverance for local communities.
Firstly, the areas which are visited by tourists, develop quicker than the other ones. Thus, there are more and more cafes, restaurants, gift shops and other places where the tourists might spend their money. As the tourists are interested in staying in the centers offering various facilities, the local government takes care of their traditions and monuments. In addition, the inhabitants are able to find a job in the large touristic centers.
Nevertheless, tourism has many weak points. First of all, lots of prehistoric unique places are destroyed yearly only because of thousands of people who visit these places every year. In addition, the people do not care of what they admire, watch or walk on. They both chisel their names on the rocks or trees and take the piece of cay as a gift or a souvenir. Talking about tourism industry in general, it must be said that developing tourism makes all nice-looking places turn into similar resorts, therefore it does not matter where you are going to travel to - they just all look the same.
To sum up, tourism has lots of advantages and disadvantages. It seems we have a choice whether we want to save the virgin nature and places or support this big industry and destroy more and more beautiful country sides. In my opinion, unfortunately, we cannot stop tourism development.
Could you please check my mistakes in grammar etc? It's wery important for me. I learn english for 5 years and that's my final essay. It's easy for english- speaking so please help me.
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All I could find besides what others said.. Oh and right before the essay, "I've wrote" is bad. Either "I wrote" or "I've written".
Today, many people visit foreign countries to widen their knowledge of other communities and to spend their holidays in warm countries. For years, the travel industry has been a global issue, but it also could be a deliverance for local communities.
First, the areas which are visited by tourists develop more quickly than the other ones, which is accredited to the development of more cafes, restaurants, gift shops and other places where the tourists might spend their money. Since the tourists are interested in staying in the centers offering various facilities, the local government takes care of their traditions and monuments. In addition, the inhabitants are able to find a job in the large touristic centers.
Nevertheless, tourism has many weak points. One example is that many of the prehistoric and unique places are destroyed yearly because of the thousands of people who visit these places every year. Also, the people do not care of what they admire, watch, or walk on. They both chisel their names on the rocks or trees and take the piece of cay as a gift or a souvenir. When considering the tourism industry in general, it must be said that developing tourism makes many nicer places turn into similar resorts; therefore it does not matter where you are going to travel to, for they all will look the same.
In conclusion, tourism has many advantages and disadvantages. It seems that we have a choice whether we want to save the virgin nature and places or support this big industry and destroy more and more beautiful country sides. In my opinion, unfortunately, we cannot stop tourism development.
I have corrected as much as I can. I didn't really understand what you were trying to say in, "When considering the tourism industry in general, it must be said that developing tourism makes many nicer places turn into similar resorts; therefore it does not matter where you are going to travel to, for they all will look the same." though.
i wouldn't expect mass tourism to affect the country side,
after all i cant think of areas of country side where "mass " tourism happens.
i suppose landscapes by beaches may be affected but i would expect that even without tourism, due to local dwellings.
just my opinion
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Make your choice
Ofcourse I mean the government, not(all) the People.
I fail to see a relation with the XDA...? :roll:
Microsoft helped make the bloody thing Its part americana
I'm sure that one's view of this topic and poll is based on the time-period in which you have lived and on which side of the power you stand.
Be Carefull what you say Jupiter or We'll Be next on the Bush take over list Just like Iraq Just Tell Someone That We dont have many OIL Productions over here so Leave us alone
silly subject on this site
i thought this site was about the xda and not a few peoples gripes about america. oh and by the way osma bin laden doesent want piece and are quite prepared to drop a bomb in a country near you. i work with a iraqi who had to leave his country because saddam was about to kill him and a lot of iraqis have been killed. and its well known he had chemical weapons as america sold them to him as did russia. he also had a pile of chinese weapons so maybe all the super powers were al fault. didnt the sas train osma.
regards kevin :?:
Yes Kevin, the mentality of Jihad was nurtured, encouraged and paid for with billions of dollars supplied by Saudi and USA which was channeled through Pakistan to the Mujhadeen and others when fighting the Russians during the Afghan/Russian conflict. It suited the west at the time when others were fighting proxy wars while attempting to change the political landscape but it doesnt suit them now when the dog they trained is ripping the ass out of the trainer.
Regards the chemical weapons of Sadam, all these were destroyed under the supervision of the weapons inspectors or under their instruction. Almost all military installations were destroyed by years of daily bombing by USA and UK. The sanctions against Iraq affected children far more than the leadership, many thousands of children died because many medicines including treatment for childhood cancers were considered capable of being used in chemical weapons. Its a vile disgusting state of affairs that was ignored by the west for many years. Even one child dying through lack of basic care is abhorrent to any right thinking human being, sanctions often hurt the poor population more than others.
Open your eyes people. This is the "ANYTHING BUT IT" section of the forum Translated that means no xda discussion but GENERAL discussion.
thanks
I'm sure that one's view of this topic and poll is based on the time-period in which you have lived and on which side of the power you stand.
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No, I think it depends upon an objective study of the reality, studying the American governments interventions around the world.
Be Carefull what you say Jupiter or We'll Be next on the Bush take over list Just like Iraq Just Tell Someone That We dont have many OIL Productions over here so Leave us alone
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My XDA screen gets a bit greasy now and again. Thats Oil! I think that could be worth sendind 100,000 troops to secure the deposits from it.
Ofcourse, it will be for the protection of the screen which is getting dirty. - A threat to world security. How altruistic!
XDA
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I fail to see a relation with the XDA...? :roll:
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I think that's why it's posted in the "Anything but it" forum section.
I think Americans need to take off their patriotic spectacles and see what is going on in the world.
Living in the land of hope aye? well that land is guzzling up countries for there own profit as clearly highlighted in a C4 program of i'm sure rtouhly the same name as this topic which said america has one hell of a debt and no way to pay it!
Its called C.A.P.I.T.A.L.I.S.M.
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Yes Kevin, the mentality of Jihad was nurtured, encouraged and paid for with billions of dollars supplied by Saudi and USA which was channeled through Pakistan to the Mujhadeen and others when fighting the Russians during the Afghan/Russian conflict. It suited the west at the time when others were fighting proxy wars while attempting to change the political landscape but it doesnt suit them now when the dog they trained is ripping the ass out of the trainer.
Regards the chemical weapons of Sadam, all these were destroyed under the supervision of the weapons inspectors or under their instruction. Almost all military installations were destroyed by years of daily bombing by USA and UK. The sanctions against Iraq affected children far more than the leadership, many thousands of children died because many medicines including treatment for childhood cancers were considered capable of being used in chemical weapons. Its a vile disgusting state of affairs that was ignored by the west for many years. Even one child dying through lack of basic care is abhorrent to any right thinking human being, sanctions often hurt the poor population more than others.
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well put man and well said...best thing i have ever read for this subject!
and
it's all a conspiracy!!
it's all about the green!!
How can I vote "both?"
Greed is good. It's what made us a superpower. The rest of the world can suck my sack if they don't like it.
its what will unfortunately destroy your way of living. We British are by no means perfect, in fact we have been doing some real bad stuff for years, I.e. the thousands of Russian people we sent back to there deaths just after the second world war. We have been dealing with Terrorists for years, so when we say get on with your life and just deal with it.....we mean it, you cant stop and change the world. Fact is America has been screwing up the world since before the second world war, changing governments of other nations via the CIA was bound to come bite your arses eventually, Sadam was at one point Hired by the CIA to kill either the president or prime minister, either way he messed up and killed the wrong one, the US had to get the guy out so they sent him out through Syria, he eventually got an idea to take over the place which he did, and as someone said before arranged with the USA the sale of chemical weapons, the same weapons he used and thus started the first Golf war, rather ironic really isn’t it. The other cool thing is, 9/11 right, funded by Saudi, Most of the people where Saudi, Bin-ladin and His family are Saudi, so who do we bomb........Afghanistan!! yeah how did I miss that! Saudi owns the US Government or i should say a number of people on the US government and has stuck billions of $'s in to the country, the US is not capable of finding the truth when the truth blames the US in the first place.
Ireland had a reason to bomb Cities in the UK, and I guarantee this new guy has a reason as well.......oil.....Israel.....who knows but with a bit of luck we'll find out before they (USA) gets us all killed!
Anyhow, I shall probably disappear from my home after this piece so I leave everything to my wife including my XDA II and its manual on how to use it
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Just my two pence worth.......
Arrogance will be the downfall of anyone. I sense their superpower days are numbered. Especially if a regime comes to power that switches off the oil and takes an independant approach.
The thing about superpowers are if you dun suck up to them they crush you. Those that do not conform to their ideals are left to die. Tyranny????
Maybe but in the end the soldiers and the citizens suffer.
The Political leaders safely at home eating their steaks and pies.
The thing about superpowers are if you dun suck up to them they crush you. Those that do not conform to their ideals are left to die. Tyranny????
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I disagree. The current 'SuperPower' is even destroying countries that do 'suck up' to it. No one is safe from its greedy paws.
I hope this is okay mods/admins, if not, please trash.
I was going to add it to apost in a thread, but thought it would make people post just to share their remarks.
and i figured since this is the off-topic area that it'd be ok.
but I got the number sent to me in a text
that's in the quote i'm about to paste in here,
you can call to vote,
or go to the website to learn more about it.
i know some smokers on this site,
so i thought i'd post for all the other US smokers.
this is kinda my point of view in the quote
as i just posted it as a bulletin on my myspace.
so please don't get offended,
it's my oppinnion,
and we're all entitled to our opinnions,
and feel free to state yours,
but please do not fight over this topic,
as i know it can be controversial at times.
thanks, and here's the quote:
http://criminaljustice.change.org/actions/view/legalize_marijuana
to vote for the step towards legalization,
or call to vote: 9734093274
its a new jersey number.
It's bound tohappen sooner or later.
I'm for the industrial kind's legalization more so then the kind you smoke.
The industrial kind is what they used for the original constitution, rope, etc.
its usuable for like over 260,000 different genre's of products.
not 260,000 products, but genre's of products,
What I mean is, for example a sidekick is a product, a cell phone is the genre.
catch my drift, it's extremely useful.
and that's not the so called health stuff associated with it.
the industrial kind can be grown on 98% of the earth's surface.
the 2% that it cannot is at the north and south poles, but if you found dirt there,
it could grow.
it's estimated that one year cultivation/sale of the industrial kind can bring the United States completely out of debt and pay for almost all of the government bailouts. thats hundreds of trillions of dollars for out debt, and add hundred billions more for the bail outs.
that's a **** ton of money.
and that's not even the drug aspect of marijuana.
which would prolly make enough money for the rest of the government bailouts that the industrial kind couldn't pay off.
now should we american's be spending hundred of billions of dollars trying to fight marijuana each year, or should we embrace it and make money off of it?
also, fun fact, marijuana is illegal because of thc, but then why is Marinol legal even though it's synthetic THC? Gee, I wonder if it's because they can't control the growing of a natural plant....
Besides, isn't this america? here it's all about capitalism. so why shouldn't we capitalize on this product and make our country ****in ridiculously rich and then we can afford to help the nations in poverty and afford to keep everyone in america fed as well.
doesn't this just sound like such a better thing then spending billions of dollars on fighting this every year?
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Cotton
American people made too much money raping Africans and forcing them to pick cotton.
Hemp could have stopped that industry before it even started and lots of Rich people would potentially not be rich now......
I wonder how many household brand companies still exist that actually rose to positions of power during those times through the use of slavery. The mind boggles.!.
History is the biggest teacher and I think it will be a long time before people can look back and unravel (without any form of biased prejudice or some sort of adjenda) the reasons behind the criminalisation of Hemp and the pushing of tobbaco - alcohol and other taxable substances that cannot be grown perfectly and easily in your garden with a minimum of fuss. In the right environment, most people could grow a banging plant with polenty of smoke potential in their own gardens.
Life is hard, but could be so much better and easier if we all grew veggies and hemp.
The lure of the city and capitalism is starting to fade now, hopefully with more education and time people will understand that its better to grow natural food and weed than get on a commute everyday and take Ritalin.
No one else makes money if you stay in your community and become self sufficient though!!
If all people wanted was - Healthy food, excercise, good sex and a bit of chiung smoke for treat. The world would be a much better place.
Sadly, its much more socially acceptable to drink 5 pints of lager and start a fight that to smoke a big one and mong out. Sadly its more acceptable to go to war with another country than to back down and make a peaceful approach to every situation.
I dont think that big industry is the answer CodyBear. In fact, money is not the answer. Money is a representation of non critical resources. What do you need to live? Food, water and shelter. What is money? Oil and stones/gold etc........? I dont actually know what resources money represents now days.....How can my £10 note represent anything when our government is in so much debt to the Fund?
(same for USA -except its in much more debt)
I seriously dont share a vision of the future where every one works in a big factory. I desperately search for a vision of the future where communities are self contained and completely self suffiecient, clean and green
Ho-hum I am not holding my breath - not until I win the euro lottery and buy my own island!!
This is waayy off-topic, This is a still a phone forum.
Legal & political discussions just stir up bad feelings. If you want to discuss this I think you'd be better in a another forum
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Dave
I wanted to start a thread of a subject I know nothing about. However, I am very interested in learning Marx's language within his writing. Capital is a great novel by Marx. However, the book is written with discussion in mind. I would like to know what you know about Marxism and how you agree and disagree...
marxism mean that all means of production is controlled directly by the government
everybody make the same salary
pro
no poor people equal opportunities for everybody no matter the status of parents
con
no way for risk takers and people with bright ideas and people who compete
to excel and make better products and cheaper prices and dreams for those not there
yet to strive to gain what the successfully gained
often see americans abuse these terms along with socialism which pretty much is the same deal
about countries with higher tax's more welfare and more strict gun laws then usa
one can feel what one like about those 3 things but it don't as I see it equal socialism
I feel Marxism is the most wrongly followed belief in the world. For any definition you can refer to wiki.
Marxism takes away all incentive to excel in any area.
Rudegar said:
marxism mean that all means of production is controlled directly by the government
everybody make the same salary
pro
no poor people equal opportunities for everybody no matter the status of parents
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One word: Utopia.
Cheers
^^^wrong. that would be the end of human progress.
It died a few years ago.
Marxism has a noble aim but - as already pointed out - is a disaster in practice.
We will have general elections next weekend. People are bored of the same platitudinous speeches of politicians. The campaign is made of scandals. There is no credibility. No values. No one believes, no one knows, the political philosophies of the parties. Not even them, I think. Abstention will be high.
Marx and Engels had a lot of innovative ideas and Marxism in its pure form is probably as close to a perfect society as humanly possible. It has never been implemented anywhere in the world.
It is debateable if Marxism would lead to stagnation of thought and progress. No way to know for sure, unless we get a real life example. I personally don't agree with that conclusion.
Communism is a perverted version of it that lets a small number of people on top of society enjoy anything they want and have a free hand with power and control while the common people live in poverty.
Capitalism and Communism have more in common than you know...
I didn't see a post for this elsewhere (though some may recall that I have an exceptional ability to miss the obvious ), and you will not hear about this on the news, and it's barely even being covered in print or online. I'm usually too much of a cynic to bother with this sort of activism but this is a big deal, so please grant me 5 minutes of your time; you won't regret it.
The big deal? The "Stop Online Piracy Act" (SOPA). Well wait now, that doesn't sound so bad. We all download music for free here and there, maybe use an "extended trial" of Photoshop, but we know that piracy is technically stealing...so this can't be that bad, right? Wrong. Horribly wrong.
The fact that no news agency is covering this is absolutely insane. We criticize countries like China and Iran for censorship, but at least they don't attempt to conceal it within a vague anti-piracy bill. It is no exaggeration to say that this is one of the most significant bills to come through congress in the past decade, and most people don't even know it exists; much less that discussion began on it today. Of those that do know about it, half of them don't understand why it's a bad thing because H.R.3261 has such an innocuous name (it is also called the Protect IP Act of 2011 in the Senate). Don't be fooled.
"American Censorship Day" - Information on the Internet Blacklist BillsI urge you to take the time to educate yourself on H.R.3261 "SOPA" and write and/or call your Senators and Congress(wo)men! I guarantee if you spend 10 minutes reading about this, you will understand why I'm using an annoyingly large, bright red font.
The Wikipedia Article has a brief section ("Supporters") that shows--in a nutshell--how some politicians are deceptively framing this as a "pro-jobs" bill, among other pleasant sounding things; this couldn't be further from the truth. This is, in a manner of speaking, trying to apply archaic copyright laws to a 21st century Internet, rather than taking the effort to rewrite the copyright laws to make sense in the modern world.
You can find a lot of information explained very well at "American Censorship Day" website (scroll down past the petition), and I would encourage you to do your own research as well. Sign the petition if you want, but really, it is considerably more effective to call or write (or both!) your representatives.
A few more good links:
"Contacting The Congress" - Easily lookup the names/contact information of your Reps/Senators.
SOPA Wikipedia Article - References - These references link to a variety of websites/articles that are both for and against this bill. I would like to personally point out how most of those in support are entities of a political nature, while those against are largely non-political technology-oriented entities.
Full Text of H.R.3261 [PDF] - A relatively "short" 78 pages.
Hearing Information - House Judiciary Committee - This bill is on "the fastrack," meaning its authors are trying to push it through as quickly as possible...This hearing is where the bill began it's journey today (11/16/11).
I thank you for taking the time to read this; if you choose to reply to this thread, bash me as much as you like, but please keep your responses to each other civil.
Alright, back to rooting my Revo (before doing so is a felony ).
Sincerely,
James
Good stuff the masses don't even realize how important this is
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Basically when this bill passes we have no freedom of speech on the internets. The US government can block websites hosted on servers outside it's borders. And you can get sued for having a song playing on the radio heard in your video posted online.
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Basically when this bill passes we have no freedom of speech on the internets. The US government can block websites hosted on servers outside it's borders. And you can get sued for having a song playing on the radio heard in your video posted online.
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This is ridiculous we must stop them!
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Must stop big brother government before it's too late!
Its getting near time for the guns to come out boys...
Brb, there are strange men in suits at my door....
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Great Job was about to post something about this on here but you beat me to it anyway here are some more links to articles,info and petitions:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-segal/stop-the-internet-blackli_b_739836.html
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http://americancensorship.org/
http://demandprogress.org/blacklist/*
http://demandprogress.org/blacklist/?referring_akid=a2655379.916925._mXAo4&source=auto-taf
P.S keep spreading the word guys!
I think XDA should censor their logo/ and or have the javascript popup to support it http://americancensorship.org/
I have done it to my website for support purposes. come on guys we need this to be halted! So if you have a website/ blog please join the movement and censor your website for a day!
I guess this is the day when we finally found out for sure that govenments can be bought and paid for by greedy corporations.
You are now no longer being ruled by an elected body, but by a fat-cat in a pin-stripe suit.
This is the new world order i guess.
Very well written. I know quite a bit about this topic, since we will get something called "vorratsdatenspeicherung" where I live (austria). Basically The government logs your internet connection and it logs when and who you call/write a sms/ send an email and where you were by doing that.
Should be published on the portal!
I do what i want, because I can.
THIS IS CRAZY
This has to be one of those interpretation of the law issues though surely? I mean... you can't be prosecuted for lying on a dating profile about your height, weight, age etc. There'd be nobody left on match.com
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This has to be one of those interpretation of the law issues though surely? I mean... you can't be prosecuted for lying on a dating profile about your height, weight, age etc. There'd be nobody left on match.com
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The way the law is written does allow for scenarios like the one you propose. The retort of the politicians is, "We won't ever (ab)use this power for doing stuff like that, never ever." I don't know about you, but that's not too reassuring for me. If it's not abused now by these politicians, it'll be abused later by future politicians. Not to mention the precedent it sets...Once you give the government a little bit of control, it becomes very easy for them to get a lot of control.
Even if this were solely an interpretation of the law issue I'd still be against it, because Congress shouldn't be writing laws that can be so easily misinterpreted.
A link to the full text is up there, I plan on reading it tomorrow.
I totally agree the law should be written so that there is no room for interpretation.. you know if what you are doing is illegal from day one, ignorance is not a defence, but as devils advocate the counter is that you end up with thousands of very specific laws for hundreds of situations whilst occurrences the lawmakers didn't think of at the time are getting through loopholes and running away.
Circumstantially you should really be able to use the end purpose of why you are doing what you are doing as to the criminality of what's going down. I don't think anyone on this board would argue that a 40 year old man pretending to be a 13 year old girl on a forum or website to talk to other teenagers should be made illegal and is a very wrong thing - but who hasn't said they are two inches taller on a dating profile or put their build down as "athletic" rather than "a few extra pounds"
Bear in mind that the UK equivalent to this, the 'Digital Economy Act' was passed into law some time ago with barely a whimper of protest. Just like ProtectIP, it was kept quiet and barely reported on until it was too late. We just woke up one morning to draconian new laws. Again, it was bought and paid for by big media.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Economy_Act_2010
I doubt anything can be done to stop the same happening in the US, but perhaps enough pressure can be brought to bear to force some changes to the act. At least you guys have advanced warning to do something about it.
Edit: Big Content stacks Senate Committee
"US Senators have done their level best to give Big Content the law it wants to basically lock up citizens who might think of piracy or file sharing without having to worry about that pesky thing called constitution. The House Judiciary Committee today held an important hearing on the Stop Online Piracy Act but only those witnesses who would not object to the law being invited. This was designed to give the impression that all the witnesses were in favour of the law."
Bump this baby. Also voted for frontpage!
I do what i want, because I can.
DirkGently said:
Bear in mind that the UK equivalent to this, the 'Digital Economy Act' was passed into law some time ago with barely a whimper of protest. Just like ProtectIP, it was kept quiet and barely reported on until it was too late. We just woke up one morning to draconian new laws. Again, it was bought and paid for by big media.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Economy_Act_2010
I doubt anything can be done to stop the same happening in the US, but perhaps enough pressure can be brought to bear to force some changes to the act. At least you guys have advanced warning to do something about it.
Edit: Big Content stacks Senate Committee
"US Senators have done their level best to give Big Content the law it wants to basically lock up citizens who might think of piracy or file sharing without having to worry about that pesky thing called constitution. The House Judiciary Committee today held an important hearing on the Stop Online Piracy Act but only those witnesses who would not object to the law being invited. This was designed to give the impression that all the witnesses were in favour of the law."
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Thanks for posting this...It's absolutely crazy...I'm sure they'll find a way to completely circumvent a public hearing that gives opponents a chance to speak throughout the entire process.
jamRwoo said:
Thanks for posting this...It's absolutely crazy...I'm sure they'll find a way to completely circumvent a public hearing that gives opponents a chance to speak throughout the entire process.
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As always, the people can have a say.. at the ballot box!
I'm pleased to report that the government that introduced the DEA in the UK, lost in the next election shortly afterwards. (After being in power for thirteen years).
Karma b*tches!
Bumping this due to some developments...
Well, this is finally seeing the light of day and getting coverage by some news agencies; caught these articles on Drudge Report.
I just want to say that I hope Chris Dodd dies in a fire. Slowly. FYI: He's a former Senator spearheading this bill AND the new head of the MPAA. Primarily by attempting to bribe members of Congress. Gotta love that the Hollywood/Record Label lobbyists are getting all the airtime, while the people who actually understand this stuff are being silenced as much as possible.
Not too late to call/write your representatives. You can also share these links with your friends...tweet them, facebook them, reddit them, do whatever. If these links don't scare the living s**t out of you, well...idk...too many benzos perhaps. Feel free to copy this post and use it wherever, if you wish.
All of these articles are great and cover a different aspect (with some overlap) of the consequences of this legislation. Props to The Hill for giving this so much coverage; glad someone's doing it.
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MPAA Head Chris Dodd on Online Censorship Bill: China's the Model -- http://bit.ly/u7kgXy
"When the Chinese told Google that they had to block sites or they couldn't do [business] in their country, they managed to figure out how to block sites."
Google chairman says online piracy bill would 'criminalize' the Internet -- http://bit.ly/tRWEnj
"It's not a good thing. I understand the goal of what SOPA and PIPA are trying to do," Schmidt said of the Senate counterpart bill, the Protect IP Act. "Their goal is reasonable, their mechanism is terrible. They should not criminalize the intermediaries. They should go after the people that are violating the law."
Internet piracy bill: A free speech 'kill switch' -- http://bit.ly/tY6o6f
Consider this: Under the proposed legislation all that’s required for government to shutdown a specific website is the mere accusation that the site unlawfully featured copyrighted content. Such an accusation need not be proven – or even accompanied by probable cause. All that an accuser (or competitor) needs to do in order to obtain injunctive relief is point the finger at a website.
Legal expert says online piracy bill is unconstitutional -- http://bit.ly/tNBUDH
"Conceivably, an entire website containing tens of thousands of pages could be targeted if only a single page were accused of infringement," Tribe writes. "Such an approach would create severe practical problems for sites with substantial user-generated content, such as Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube, and for blogs that allow users to post videos, photos, and other materials."
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God, do I hate politicians.
P.S. For those interested in a more detailed analysis of how this is a flagrant violation of free speech: Laurence Tribe, a Harvard law professor and Supreme Court advocate, wrote a memo detailing how SOPA does exactly that -- http://scr.bi/sFSRBg
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Just feel like I need to get this out there, theres lots of stuff going on with E-Cigs, I one day would like to quit smoking with E-Cigs, or at least have the "healthier option".
But there are so many states and officials and big tobacco trying to get rid of them, or stop their innovation, there really is a WHOLE lot of mis information and conception about E-Cigs and vaping devices that it just kills me, really, don't judge it just because you read one article on G+ or you saw a report on news, most of those are twisted and misleading. Anyway, there are so many people here on xda that I thought maybe a good place to spread the word, I know a lot of you smoke, so maybe this is a way I can also help you decide. Here is a good video to watch, and there are many more about vaping on youtube, just look them up.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4oFQ3w3Znk
It's sad that the world revolves around money, so the big companies spread so many fake facts... In Hungary the government wants to make laws against e-cigarettes, because in Hungary you can ONLY buy regular cigarettes in the "National tobacco shops". People realized that vaping is healthier and cheaper than regular cigarettes, so the Hungarian vaper community grows day by day, so less people buy cigarettes. It's absurd that the government is against the people's health.