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It's a first amendment violation. They might as well be the same thing.Yes, Texas trying to ban flag burning is totally the same thing as China putting dissidents in prison or worse.
It's a first amendment violation. They might as well be the same thing.
It's a first amendment violation. They might as well be the same thing.
**facepalm**Might as well be =/= is/are
Try again.
**facepalm**
There is a common denominator amongst them, and, considering all the vast similarities between Texas and China, they are close enough.
Yes, they are. I'll make you a bet: I bet you twenty thousand dollars that I can point out a common denominator among them, that I have already stated. If you accept the bet, and the loser refuses to pay within one week of loosing, then 1) the amount in dispute is increased to $50,000, and 2) we arbitrate that case online, using internet-ARBitration: Online arbitration firm for internet arbitration & dispute resolution.No there is no common denominator among them.
Do you even realize what you're saying?And there is no such thing as close enough.
The United States can sometimes be seen as a scale version of the entire world. Every state is different; every state has its own government and its own laws, largely independent from other states.
So, I will use this "scale" theory when comparing Texas to China. Basically, when it comes to human rights (or, lack thereof), Texas is to the United States what China is to the entire world.
Both have the highest flat number of death penalties, and the second highest per capita death penalties, of their respective scales. Only Singapore has more per capita executions than China, on a national scale, and only Oklahoma has more per capita executions than Texas, on a state scale. For proof of this statistic, click here
It was Texas who's flag-burning laws were struck down as unconstitutional, showing that Texas has little respect for freedom of speech... kinda like China. Both have constitutions that are SUPPOSED to guarantee the right to free speech, but Texas wanted to ban flag burning (symbolic speech), and China uses the "subversion of state power" statute to criminalize those who criticize the government.
It was Texas - not Alabama, not Georgia, not Mississippi, not Louisiana, not Arkansas, but Texas - who's laws were struck down as unconstitutional, prohibiting abortion and homosexual conduct, even in the privacy of one's own home. This proves that, like China, Texas has very little respect for privacy rights.
Texas is one of the few states that has not enacted any state employment discrimination laws. They are one of only six states that does not recognize public policy - and only one of thirteen states that does not recognize implied contract - as an exception to at-will employment. Here is proof of that. This seems awfully similar to China's sweatshop factors.
In Texas criminal law, a trial by ambush is legal. The law is supposed to require the prosecutor to turn over, to the defendant and his counsel, all evidence that can be useful in getting an acquittal. However, in Texas, only the prosecutor gets to decide what evidence meets that standard. Here is proof. Hmmm, kinda sounds like China!
So, there you have it. Stats, along with citations, that Texas has about the human rights abuse record of China. The only problem is, with Texas, we have the U.S. Supreme Court to step in and tell them no; China has no such higher power.
The United States can sometimes be seen as a scale version of the entire world. Every state is different; every state has its own government and its own laws, largely independent from other states.
So, I will use this "scale" theory when comparing Texas to China. Basically, when it comes to human rights (or, lack thereof), Texas is to the United States what China is to the entire world.
Both have the highest flat number of death penalties, and the second highest per capita death penalties, of their respective scales. Only Singapore has more per capita executions than China, on a national scale, and only Oklahoma has more per capita executions than Texas, on a state scale. For proof of this statistic, click here
It was Texas who's flag-burning laws were struck down as unconstitutional, showing that Texas has little respect for freedom of speech... kinda like China. Both have constitutions that are SUPPOSED to guarantee the right to free speech, but Texas wanted to ban flag burning (symbolic speech), and China uses the "subversion of state power" statute to criminalize those who criticize the government.
It was Texas - not Alabama, not Georgia, not Mississippi, not Louisiana, not Arkansas, but Texas - who's laws were struck down as unconstitutional, prohibiting abortion and homosexual conduct, even in the privacy of one's own home. This proves that, like China, Texas has very little respect for privacy rights.
Texas is one of the few states that has not enacted any state employment discrimination laws. They are one of only six states that does not recognize public policy - and only one of thirteen states that does not recognize implied contract - as an exception to at-will employment. Here is proof of that. This seems awfully similar to China's sweatshop factors.
In Texas criminal law, a trial by ambush is legal. The law is supposed to require the prosecutor to turn over, to the defendant and his counsel, all evidence that can be useful in getting an acquittal. However, in Texas, only the prosecutor gets to decide what evidence meets that standard. Here is proof. Hmmm, kinda sounds like China!
So, there you have it. Stats, along with citations, that Texas has about the human rights abuse record of China. The only problem is, with Texas, we have the U.S. Supreme Court to step in and tell them no; China has no such higher power.
It's a first amendment violation. They might as well be the same thing.
If somebody actually takes that shaving razor and cuts your face in your sleep, that is just as illegal as if they took an axe and lopped your arm off. Assault is assault; battery is battery. You either attempted to cause him bodily harm or you didn't. You either left a physical mark on his body, that one can see with one's naked eye, or you didn't. If you didn't leave a mark, it's misdemanor battery; if you did leave a mark, it's felony battery (at least, in my state, it is). It's that simple.Yes, like a shaving cut and an axe wound might as well be the same thing. Seeing the world in pure black and white is always going to mislead you.
If somebody actually takes that shaving razor and cuts your face in your sleep, that is just as illegal as if they took an axe and lopped your arm off. Assault is assault; battery is battery. You either attempted to cause him bodily harm or you didn't. You either left a physical mark on his body, that one can see with one's naked eye, or you didn't. If you didn't leave a mark, it's misdemanor battery; if you did leave a mark, it's felony battery (at least, in my state, it is). It's that simple.
A government (emphasis on that last word) is infringing on peoples' right to free speech; it doesn't matter how severe the infringement is.
Stupid idiot.You can't shout fire in a crowded theater. That must, then, be the same thing as executing you for disagreeing with the People's Party.
You can't shout fire in a crowded theater. That must, then, be the same thing as executing you for disagreeing with the People's Party.
Where ya from? Austin?It really is a shame and I'm ashamed that my home state that I should be Texas proud is known as the killem' state.
Having lived in Dallas for a few years some time back I can tell you one damn thing for sure.
Don't mess with Texas!
They have Guns.
Where ya from? Austin?
Yes, they are. I'll make you a bet: I bet you twenty thousand dollars that I can point out a common denominator among them, that I have already stated. If you accept the bet, and the loser refuses to pay within one week of loosing, then 1) the amount in dispute is increased to $50,000, and 2) we arbitrate that case online, using internet-ARBitration: Online arbitration firm for internet arbitration & dispute resolution.
Accept those terms, and I will repeat myself. Do you accept?
Do you even realize what you're saying?
I'm on a game show. I'm asked "Who was the first President of the United States?" I buzz in and say "Washington."
"Ooooh, sorry, we were looking for GEORGE Washington. Sorry, there's no such thing as 'close enough.'"
Having lived in Dallas for a few years some time back I can tell you one damn thing for sure.
Don't mess with Texas!
They have Guns.
Texas is a socialist communist state?
Yea, sure, alright. I'll buy that.
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