xXBatmanXx wrote on Mar 3, 2012, 03:29:
Sry Turd, I don't feed trolls....

xXBatmanXx wrote on Mar 2, 2012, 23:35:
Our Drug Task Force is self funded via confiscations, etc. There are a lot of departments that went to this model.

Doing nothing and legalizing drugs is not the answer.

Jonny wrote on Mar 2, 2012, 20:03:
What I love about the Netherlands article are these two paragraphs next to each other:

Another of those backing a ban, Christian Democrat legislator Coskun Coruz, said he hoped the ban would reduce consumption.

Studies show marijuana use in the Netherlands is roughly half that of the United States, where it is illegal.

I wonder just how many trillions of dollars America and Europe have lost during the "War on Drugs" whether directly syphoned from the economy into criminal gangs, spent on enforcement and lost through habit funding crimes or indirectly through lost potential taxation.

But, hey, at least they've succeeded in making sure illegal drugs aren't readily available everywhere in the western world, right?

I'm simply excited about the setting at this point.

Another of those backing a ban, Christian Democrat legislator Coskun Coruz, said he hoped the ban would reduce consumption.

Studies show marijuana use in the Netherlands is roughly half that of the United States, where it is illegal.

Cutter wrote on Mar 2, 2012, 17:19:
Holy poop details and screenshots of AC3 up at Shacknews!

The game is set between 1753 and 1783, centered in Boston and New York. The map size is roughly 1.5 times that of Brotherhood. Ubisoft wants to explore visiting not just historical buildings, but actual historical events like the New York fires or Washington's occupation at Valley Forge.

RollinThundr wrote on Mar 2, 2012, 18:17:
How is this a "conservatives are idiots" issue? I'm a fiscal conservative, I'd have no issue with legalizing pot in the US, the money they would make on taxing the sale of it would be astronomical. It would be a far more effective way to reduce the US deficit than to try and tax those that already pay more than everyone else when it comes to taxes, that and reducing the out of control spending to begin with that BOTH sides do.

I don't see liberals jumping to legalize drugs in the US.

InBlack wrote on Mar 2, 2012, 10:37:

Quboid wrote on Mar 2, 2012, 10:02:

The Netherlands moved to ban the sale of potent hashish cannabis on Thursday, eroding 40 years of liberal drug policy, over fears that the proceeds were flowing to organised crime gangs.

... thereby ensuring that the proceeds flow to organised crime gangs.

Drug laws subsidise organised crime.

Exactly, and frankly Im really having a hard time believing that all those conservatives are clueless to this hard fact.

If anything arab sumgglers (a big problem in the Netherlands) are going to be making an even bigger profit once the drugs become illegal. It will be just as hard to smuggle them in, but now their price is going to be inflated beyond all belief.

Unless you believe that simply making the drugs illegal (to hold)will somehow magically make them harder to smuggle into the country. (Already an illegal act)

eunichron wrote on Mar 2, 2012, 14:47:

Cutter wrote on Mar 2, 2012, 14:03:
One out of every 10 Wall Street employees is likely a clinical psychopath

"Some psychologists have long claimed that the qualities that make for a high-achieving politician or stockbroker are also the same traits that psychopaths have in abundance.

Other researchers generalize it to bosses as a species, saying that about 4 percent of all executives are psychopaths -- and that their relative lack of scruples is what helps them excel in business."

Not news, but always good to see numbers updated. Question is, should these psychopaths be permitted to hold the positions they do? At the very least they should be outed so people can make a more informed choice.

Oh boy, there are so many things wrong with the language in that article.

So, according to census, there are 328,200 CEOs in the US. 4% of that, 13,128. So, 13,128 people might have the some of the same traits that psychopaths. Of course, the two traits listed are "competitiveness" and "attraction to risk."

Include a list of the negative traits of a clinical psychopath, never actually attribute them factually to the traits of a stockbroker or CEO, and top it off with a picture of Patrick Bateman (everyone's favorite Huey Lewis And The News serial killer). Sensationalist/suggestive journalism at it's finest.

So, the only "truth" in that article is that there are 13,128 businessmen out there who became successful because they are competitive and are willing to take risks.

Cutter wrote on Mar 2, 2012, 15:37:
They're rewarded for this detrimental behaviour which is both wrong and dangerous. Hell, how you think these boom, bust, echo cycles and bailouts keep occuring?

eunichron wrote on Mar 2, 2012, 14:47:
Oh boy, there are so many things wrong with the language in that article.

So, according to census, there are 328,200 CEOs in the US. 4% of that, 13,128. So, 13,128 people might have the some of the same traits that psychopaths. Of course, the two traits listed are "competitiveness" and "attraction to risk."

Include a list of the negative traits of a clinical psychopath, never actually attribute them factually to the traits of a stockbroker or CEO, and top it off with a picture of Patrick Bateman (everyone's favorite Huey Lewis And The News serial killer). Sensationalist/suggestive journalism at it's finest.

So, the only "truth" in that article is that there are 13,128 businessmen out there who became successful because they are competitive and are willing to take risks.

The Half Elf wrote on Mar 2, 2012, 11:22:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mccFsim-RRQ

Appropriate video link for the day celebrating Seuss's birth.

Cutter wrote on Mar 2, 2012, 14:03:
One out of every 10 Wall Street employees is likely a clinical psychopath

"Some psychologists have long claimed that the qualities that make for a high-achieving politician or stockbroker are also the same traits that psychopaths have in abundance.

Other researchers generalize it to bosses as a species, saying that about 4 percent of all executives are psychopaths -- and that their relative lack of scruples is what helps them excel in business."

Not news, but always good to see numbers updated. Question is, should these psychopaths be permitted to hold the positions they do? At the very least they should be outed so people can make a more informed choice.