• Re: Free Speech

    From Mickey@VERT/TRANSPO to Boraxman on Sun Jun 8 19:17:17 2025
    Re: Re: Free Speech
    By: Boraxman to Weatherman on Sun Jun 08 2025 10:21:52

    Re: Re: Free Speech

    The UK has cracked down severely in past years on what is known as 'speech
    crime." Web citations are legion. One article discussing the topic is at
    h s://www.yahoo.com/news/hundreds-charged-speech-crimes-jd-162128138.html?g
    ucc ter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=A

    The last time I visited England (30 years ago) It was a beautiful country full of wonderful history and lovely people. Today, the country is a total shithole, just remember as with the so called British invasion, they are about a year ahead of us. Get ready.

    Mickey

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  • From Bogomips@VERT to Gamgee on Sun Jun 8 17:59:33 2025
    Re: Re: Most memorable modern
    By: Gamgee to poindexter FORTRAN on Fri Jun 06 2025 02:49 pm

    I'm not claiming reparations are the solution I'd choose, but the
    problem persists.

    What solution *would* you choose, pray tell? How, exactly, can this
    problem be "fixed"?


    For starters we could give them their own colleges.
    Maybe even their own t.v. networks.
    How about job opportunites that they aren't qualified for?
    If all else fails, we can stand idely by and just let them kill
    each other.
    Let's teach ebonics in the schools.
    It's just a thought

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  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to Mickey on Sun Jun 8 22:32:08 2025
    Re: Re: Free Speech
    By: Mickey to Boraxman on Sun Jun 08 2025 07:17 pm


    The last time I visited England (30 years ago) It was a beautiful country full of wonderful history and lovely people. Today, the country is a total shithole, just remember as with the so called British invasion, they are about a year ahead of us. Get ready.



    i love close to minnesota and they have a TON of immigrants that get a free ride. i'm seeing it happen in real time.
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  • From Boraxman@VERT/MSRDBBS to Bob Worm on Mon Jun 9 17:16:10 2025
    Re: Re: Free Speech
    By: Bob Worm to Boraxman on Sun Jun 08 2025 03:05 pm

    Re: Re: Free Speech
    By: Boraxman to Weatherman on Sun Jun 08 2025 10:21:52

    The UK Government has laid to waste the British peope

    I must have slept in that day as I completely missed it.

    The only time this stuff about UK hate speech laws ever seems to come up is when someone from the USA says what a travesty it is. It's fairly controvers here when it gets used, but that's almost never. I haven't heard anything ab it in at least a year.

    BobW


    Britain will be minority White within a few decades.

    That is to say, the British peoples will be a minority due to government policy just from the last half century or so. Much of this has occured in recent administrations.

    Generally, in order for a people to go from being THE people of that land, to a minority, it would have involved a catastrophic invasion and subsequent ethnic cleansing.

    For a people to do that to itself, is a collosal self-defeat.

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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@VERT/REALITY to Bf2k+ on Mon Jun 9 08:03:19 2025
    Bf2k+ wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-

    Re: Re: Most memorable modern
    By: poindexter FORTRAN to Arelor on Fri Jun 06 2025 07:19 am

    Our current administration is actively removing tributes to
    famous and successful African-Americans.

    You mean like... George Floyd?

    The Tuskeegee Airmen.
    Medgar Evers.
    Colin Powell.
    Jackie Robinson.
    Charles Calvin Rogers.
    and more...





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  • From Arelor@VERT/PALANTIR to poindexter FORTRAN on Mon Jun 9 12:58:15 2025
    Re: Re: Most memorable modern
    By: poindexter FORTRAN to Arelor on Fri Jun 06 2025 07:19 am


    Well, for starters, any political program that talks about "reparations" consisting in you having to pay a protected group for something somebody else did to a third party 250 years ago. It is virtually blaming you for things done by other person just because you happen to be an evil white motherfucker who has to pay.

    That's a very reductive argument.

    That is because some arguments are very simple. That does not mean they are bad.

    Translation in simple terms:

    - "Somebody who does extreme things is an extremist"

    - Your answer is that is a reductionist argument, then you justify extremist stances.

    Case is settled.





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  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to poindexter FORTRAN on Mon Jun 9 18:43:44 2025
    Re: Re: Most memorable modern
    By: poindexter FORTRAN to Bf2k+ on Mon Jun 09 2025 08:03 am

    Bf2k+ wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-

    Re: Re: Most memorable modern
    By: poindexter FORTRAN to Arelor on Fri Jun 06 2025 07:19 am

    Our current administration is actively removing tributes to
    famous and successful African-Americans.

    You mean like... George Floyd?

    The Tuskeegee Airmen.
    Medgar Evers.
    Colin Powell.
    Jackie Robinson.
    Charles Calvin Rogers.
    and more...

    that damn trump is so racist!
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  • From Bob Worm@VERT/BEEBS2 to Boraxman on Mon Jun 9 21:44:29 2025
    Re: Re: Free Speech
    By: Boraxman to Bob Worm on Mon Jun 09 2025 17:16:10

    Britain will be minority White within a few decades.

    OK, I'm out.

    BobW

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  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to Bob Worm on Mon Jun 9 19:59:39 2025
    Re: Re: Free Speech
    By: Bob Worm to Boraxman on Mon Jun 09 2025 09:44 pm

    Re: Re: Free Speech
    By: Boraxman to Bob Worm on Mon Jun 09 2025 17:16:10

    Britain will be minority White within a few decades.

    OK, I'm out.

    BobW

    you're leaving the uk?
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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@VERT/REALITY to Arelor on Tue Jun 10 08:14:39 2025
    Arelor wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-

    That is because some arguments are very simple. That does not mean they are bad.

    Never said bad. Just incorrect.


    Translation in simple terms:

    - "Somebody who does extreme things is an extremist"

    - Your answer is that is a reductionist argument, then you justify extremist stances.

    Case is settled.

    Poor analogy, but I'll go with it.







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  • From Mrsteve@VERT to Jcurtis on Thu Jun 19 10:00:28 2025
    Re: Re: Most memorable modern
    By: Jcurtis to MRO on Wed May 14 2025 02:42 pm

    That is the same set-up I learned Novell on and took their certifications with. And back thenm I was anazed that it worked at all.

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  • From Mrsteve@VERT to Boraxman on Thu Jun 19 10:06:24 2025
    Re: Re: Most memorable modern
    By: Boraxman to Arelor on Thu May 15 2025 08:03 am

    Arelor wrote to Cougar428 <=-

    _ Go Cloud And either get a cheap domain or DDNS Then Firewall your PC.

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  • From Softwing@VERT/X4D2ORG to Boraxman on Thu Jun 26 16:15:49 2025
    Re: Re: Most memorable modern
    By: Boraxman to poindexter FORTRAN on Tue May 06 2025 08:09:00

    @MSGID: <68183A62.1171.dove.dove-gen@realitycheckbbs.org>
    @REPLY: <68157B82.64965.dove-gen@bbs.mozysswamp.org>
    Boraxman wrote to phigan <=-

    Just for direct friends and family, you'll have to get them to install it and use it. Thats hard enough. They'll have other friends who
    want to use Signal, others that use Snapchat, others that use
    Messenger or WhatsApp or whatever. Its a PITA. Best compromise is to use services where there can at least be a common client, ie, one client that supports mulitiple protocols. Weechat does IRC and
    Matrix, so despite the fact I use IRC, if I went on Matrix, at least I can still use the same client. Same with Pidgin, where I (briefly) used it, or its predecessor to use both a MSN messenger and I think Yahoo! Chat account.

    I was going to mention Pidgin/GAIM - back in the AOL/MSN/Gtalk days, people were on all platforms - then, we used XMPP at work on a
    dedicated server, I ran my own XMPP server - and could read/write messages on all the networks with Pidgin.

    Signal has actually become my defacto "messenger" program. Not by choice, but simply by virtue of chance and others I know using it. However, it is not a replacement. Signal requires a
    phone, and it advertises to all that you use it.
    Iliked MSN because I didn't feel to concerned about giving people by MSN handle,
    strangers I could talk to that I wouldn't necessarily want to add in my phone book.

    I was hoping with IPv6 that each person could somehow obtain a static IP or IP range that was static within a country/region. That way it acted like a psuedo internet phone number, and
    chat
    clients could work without a central controller.

    Hey;
    just an FYI, neither Signal, FB messenger, nor Telegram make people use phone numbers to share contacts. Instead you share contacts via username because phone numbers are outdated for that kinda thing.

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  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to Softwing on Thu Jun 26 22:17:57 2025
    Re: Re: Most memorable modern
    By: Softwing to Boraxman on Thu Jun 26 2025 04:15 pm

    Hey;
    just an FYI, neither Signal, FB messenger, nor Telegram make people use phone numbers to share contacts. Instead you share contacts via username because phone numbers are outdated for that kinda thing.

    dont know what you mean. i have phone contacts and i see them as their contact names on telegram, not their telegram user name.
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  • From Mrsteve@VERT to Boraxman on Sat Jun 28 19:17:47 2025
    Re: Re: Most memorable modern
    By: Boraxman to MRO on Thu May 15 2025 07:05 pm

    Re: Re: Most memorable modern
    By: MRO to Boraxman on Thu May 15 2025 01:27 am

    Re: Re: Most memorable modern
    By: Boraxman to MRO on Thu May 15 2025 08:24 am

    now i'm not a criminal nor do i think any of us are criminals, but still, if you think you're secure on a
    world wide network of computers,
    you're fooling yourself. ---

    I previously had to deal with IT securty. What you are missing is where threats
    the
    NSA or what-have-you could potentially at some
    point get information, there is no point.


    i'm just saying the world govts and some private individuals probably have much more advanced methods than you
    might
    think.

    I'm sure a pirate of some sort could make good money breaking into a bank, hospital, govt agency and get whatever
    info they can people and sell it.

    it's probably happening all the time.

    Yes, I know that argument, and I know all to well the kind of person who makes that argument.

    You made your point. I get it.

    The fact that the government could find where I live, but you would NOT, that point is lost on you.

    By not plastering your info everywhere, you make it difficult for miscreants. I've been able to protect myself many
    times by being prudent, and I know that for a *FACT*.

    I'm not arguing this anymore

    So tell me, where do I live?

    * I Had to lookup the ELECTRONIC Communications ACT, and I have a File about this matter. But, The Electronic Frontier Foundation website (EFF) has lawyers !

    MrSteve@TheAlienZoneBBS.org

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  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to Mrsteve on Sun Jun 29 22:13:33 2025
    Re: Re: Most memorable modern
    By: Mrsteve to Boraxman on Sat Jun 28 2025 07:17 pm

    By: Boraxman to MRO on Thu May 15 2025 07:05 pm
    * I Had to lookup the ELECTRONIC Communications ACT, and I have a File about this matter. But, The Electronic Frontier Foundation website (EFF) has lawyers !


    what's that got to do with this discussion?

    MrSteve@TheAlienZoneBBS.org

    you really shouldn't do this. spambots will harvest your email address.
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  • From Jerry Woody@VERT/RICKSBBS to Boraxman on Mon Jul 21 09:04:05 2025
    Re: Facebook & online stuff
    By: Boraxman to MRO on Tue May 20 2025 10:13 pm

    Re: Facebook & online stuff
    By: MRO to Boraxman on Mon May 19 2025 11:16 pm

    Re: Facebook & online stuff
    By: Boraxman to Arelor on Tue May 20 2025 08:29 am

    When I was on Social Media (during Covid), it just led to disagreement arguments. Yes, I did message some people I had found that I hadn't g into
    contact with since school, but that never really got anywhere.

    It seems to me, that the younger generation do go out less. Socialise Have less real world interaction. I think this is evidence that Socia Media probably doesn't bring people together.


    ... BoraxMan


    one thing i've noticed about myself is i no longer enjoy going out to restaurants or just to places. if it's a restaurant, i do take out. i a longer in a relationship nor looking. i prefer to be alone. Since covid i been in this type of pattern and it hasn't changed. not sure if i'm abno or if i've just decided that i dont have time for the other shit in life. have had 2 common law wives that add up to over 20 years, so there's that maybe i'm done with people.

    I both feel like I am over people, AND want to be around people more. My is is more that I don't enjoy the people I find myself around, moreso than just wanting to be alone. I'm alone enough...

    Joy is being around good company, good food, good surrounds, but having all three at the same time is nigh on impossible now. I was at a housewarming a while ago, and the people there, who I didn't know well, turned out to be annoying Liberals. No, I don't want your politics! Can you not just be... normal?

    I agree with you. I wish people could just be people without the politics. I have friends on both sides and we all seem to get along until that one mouthy Liberal mind wants to stir the stink pot. I was brought up to keep religion in church and politics in the voting booth. If we can keep that ideal things seem to work out better. I hope you are doing well these days Borax.
    Jerry
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  • From Nightfox@VERT/DIGDIST to Jerry Woody on Mon Jul 21 09:22:22 2025
    Re: Facebook & online stuff
    By: Jerry Woody to Boraxman on Mon Jul 21 2025 09:04 am

    I have friends on both sides and we all seem to get along until that one mouthy Liberal mind wants to stir the stink pot.

    People on both sides like to stir the pot.. It's not just liberals.

    Nightfox

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  • From Jerry Woody@VERT/RICKSBBS to Nightfox on Tue Jul 22 18:00:16 2025
    Re: Facebook & online stuff
    By: Nightfox to Jerry Woody on Mon Jul 21 2025 09:22 am

    Re: Facebook & online stuff
    By: Jerry Woody to Boraxman on Mon Jul 21 2025 09:04 am

    I have friends on both sides and we all seem to get along until that on mouthy Liberal mind wants to stir the stink pot.

    People on both sides like to stir the pot.. It's not just liberals.

    Nightfox

    Everyone these days loves a little drama. :)
    Jerry
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  • From Rixter@VERT/RICKSBBS to Jerry Woody on Wed Jul 23 07:06:01 2025
    Re: Facebook & online stuff
    By: Jerry Woody to Nightfox on Tue Jul 22 2025 06:00 pm

    Re: Facebook & online stuff
    By: Nightfox to Jerry Woody on Mon Jul 21 2025 09:22 am

    Re: Facebook & online stuff
    By: Jerry Woody to Boraxman on Mon Jul 21 2025 09:04 am

    I have friends on both sides and we all seem to get along until that mouthy Liberal mind wants to stir the stink pot.

    People on both sides like to stir the pot.. It's not just liberals.

    Nightfox

    Everyone these days loves a little drama. :)
    Jerry
    telnet://ricksbbs.synchro.net:23
    http://ricksbbs.synchro.net:8080
    I am not sure I ever like drama. I like calm and peaceful myself. telnet://ricksbbs.synchro.net:23
    http://ricksbbs.synchro.net:8080
    Madison,NC

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