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29. September 2009, 12:20:55 US probes Obama 'death' web poll The US Secret Service is investigating a poll posted on social networking site Facebook, asking people if they think President Obama "should be killed". The poll, posted on Saturday, was taken off the site as soon as the company was made aware of it. It was put up on the site using a third-party application that was unconnected with the social networking site itself. US officials said they would take "the appropriate investigative steps". The poll, described by Facebook as "offensive", asked respondents "Should Obama be killed?" and offered four possible responses: "No", "Maybe", "Yes", and "Yes if he cuts my health care". ************************************** Now money and time have to wasted investigating some idiots who forgot that any threat against the President has to be investigated. It doesn't matter if it was a joke or not. 29. September 2009, 17:21:32 Subject: Political Futures Trading  (V): Some people don't know this, but it is possible to bet money that a certain political even will happen. In this "futures markets" people can bet on whether a certain event will occurr and they get paid according to whether their prediction was right or not. https://www.intrade.com/ Initially these people wanted to allow betting on terrorist attack, assasinations and other other catastrophic events. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Policy_Analysis_Market If the people at Darpa had had their way, today people could bet on assassinations or presidents around the world. The congressmen who came out against this aberration did the right thing. Can you imagine people betting money on whether some prominent individual would be killed? 29. September 2009, 17:27:39 Subject: Re: Political Futures Trading Übergeek 바둑이: I'm just glad a certain figure has not come again.. The way things are today, he'd be lynched and every bit sold off!! Our bookmakers here quite often take strange bets.. but betting on if people will get killed.. that would be considered very bad taste and would likely to result in a banning and possibly some action by the police. Betting on an election result.. that's normal. Like the yearly bet if it'll snow on Christmas day.  30. September 2009, 12:31:18 Subject: that would be considered very bad taste and would likely to result in a banning and possibly some action by the police.  (V): you underestimate that people living in wealth don't share the same degree of compassion. It is certain that these people Übergeek mentions don't feel any remorse about, and people like that are MANY OF YOU. (V): betting on if people will get killed would be considered very bad taste and would likely to result in a banning and possibly some action by the police. Even though this particular example shows limits on how far some can go, you have to consider that weathy people act without compassion, control global corporations with catastrophic output and are above laws and governments. The rule is entirely opposite, very bad taste does not result in bannings and actions by police, the stock markets show every day that very bad taste keeps going on while it is in the awareness of the majority that all this Friedman whitewash of pure amorality is a hoax. 30. September 2009, 13:30:42 Subject: Re: you have to consider that weathy people act without compassion gogul: No I don't, not all wealthy people are without compassion. A number yes.. But I do not have and do not believe there around figures to determine the %. "very bad taste does not result in bannings and actions by police" Oh yes it can. At least over here.. the idea that 'famous and rich' are immune is outdated. I've seen big celeb's banned from airlines, rich going to jail.. just they have better lawyers, and promise to reform. Doesn't happen always though. 30. September 2009, 15:33:44 Subject: Re: you have to consider that weathy people act without compassion (V): I see, the celeb's bull, that's something else you talk about. We all saw Madoff or Polański going to jail. 30. September 2009, 16:09:07 Subject: Re: you have to consider that weathy people act without compassion Modified by Mort (30. September 2009, 16:10:11) gogul: So.... People rich, poor, famous, infamous all go to jail. Over here, if someone made a bad taste joke in a bookmaker's then the shop manager has the right to ban that person, just as much as a pub has, a shop has.. or an airline. Over here a Celeb commentated over her scaring as a result of having breast enhancement and how no-one wanted to see it. That she supported a cancer group for women who've had breast cancer led to complaints to the company running it. She was dropped by the company as being a 'face'. But that's the UK.  |
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