our comdev did this just recently when our poster there kept falling down

SOPA has as much to do with piracy as The Patriot Act does to patriotism.

 

www.americancensorship.org

Hell yes.

I seem to be in this alone

You never answering ur phone

You never talk to me to fix

our problems you are such a bitch

but i can't stop lovin you today

if i let go ill float away

and my heart is in a slow decay

but baby all i wanna say is

i wanna feel your warm embrace

but that's hardly the case

I wanna taste your sweet kiss

our relationship i miss

But you never chase after me

when i leave in anger

wondering if you care

puts my heart in danger

so instead i just pretend

and i put my heart on mend

listen to this shit my heart has to say 

cuz i have to listen everyday

to the pain, it's screamin

over the man I'm leanin on

time n time again you fail me

and my heart just wants to be free

but my head keeps sayin ill miss you

that without you what would i do?

Still be sitting in that room

just crying and awaiting my doom

wishing for a demise that wouldnt come

because I had you, so i wasn't done

I chose you over what i thought

was what I wanted but what i got

was so much better, i think

though right now i'm on the brink

of fallin so hard i can't pick myself up

and i'm starin at that cup

wishin for a drink that's clear

that will put me as near

to happiness as that first time we kissed

but now i'm just sittin here with my fist

in my mouth stifling my sobs

as these wretched thoughts mob

my mind, my very soul

tearing me apart thier only goal

So I'm here again angry but in love

praying to that God above

that you'll save me once more

from this onslaught and gore

from this heart ragin a war

right here in me...my very core

holy shit!! i missed your log in.

where have you been?

you've got facial hair!

what have you been up to??

In the late afternoon today I found out Sweden sentenced me to 5 months in jail.

 

... for growing fungus/herbs and expanding my mind - harming no one, effecting no one, no one even knowing about what I'm doing (except for the gestapo that enters without probable cause, without reasonable suspicion and without a warrant).

 

So all you Lev-haters rejoice - we live in a system setup to take folks like me down one way or another. If it wasn't funny fungus it would have been my whacky hair color, my jew-nose or what have you. It was just a matter of time.

 

It's interesting to note that the social inquiry I had resulted in an encouragement to the court *not* to give me jail, but community service. It also clearly specified that in their opinion that there was *not* sufficient evidence to suggest I have a drug problem.

 

As far as I am concerned, the verdict was reached the second a purple-haired, tattooed, pierced man stepped foot in *their* court. Justice is far from blind.

 

Here's the full article:

 

 

Rejoice prohibitionists - you've destroyed the life of yet one more person who doesn't choose to live like you.

 

http://www.skanskan.se/article/20101202/ESLOV/712029936/1005/NYHETER/*/fangelse-for-svampodlare

For nearly a decade now, I have accepted (with pride) any labels such as "anarchist" or "libertarian" - just about anything that would dissociate myself from the mainstream left, the mainstream right, the mainstream socialists and the mainstream capitalists.

Most people will tell you, "every young rebel has a 'phase' they go through in which they reject authority". However, I think it's safe to say that, as my feelings, passion and heart have not changed in 10 whole years, and as I am now approaching 30 - this is more than a "phase". If anything, my passion for libertarianism only burns brighter and stronger as I age.

Now while some people may insist that with the state of our world today, it's more difficult than ever to be a truly devote libertarian, but I beg to differ. Because of the state of our world today (ethnic, political and religious turmoil), because of the contrasting differences between the left and the right (black and white politics), and because of the know-it-all-ism and political-correctness that saturates the minds of virtually every "open-mind" out there - now is possibly one of the easiest times to be libertarian.

Sometimes just defining that term (libertarian) can seem like a daunting task, but it really couldn't be any simpler. Unlike the left and the right, libertarianism is all about liberty (freedom) - whereas left and right politics is all about talking about freedom, saying you believe in freedom, but really just taking two polar opposites on most issues and rarely (if ever) basing political decision making on the simple question "does this violate liberty?"

For the earlier part of my rebellious youth, I found myself more closely relating to the sentiments of the leftish parties, and while that may still be in many ways, over the past few years I've started to finally make sense of why they are different than what I believe in. In short and sweet, the left really is no different than the right. While the left is usually looking out for what's best for everyone, and the right typically finding solace in man's selfish desires and wants, I really can't say the left is any better because both political ideas suffer from the same drastic flaw: they want to force what they think onto everyone else.

Here's an excellent example of what I mean; and actually the sole inspiration for what motivated me to sit down here and scribble out some of my thoughts on this whole topic of "political correctness":

Today I received a newsletter from change.org discussing some issues people have been discussing and voting on lately. One of the issues immediately caught my eye: "Racist Facebook App". In its petition text, it says:



So here we are now with a petition on change.org - rallying for support to censor Facebook (for whatever the reason may be). First of all, let me make this perfectly clear: I am not a white-supremest, a racist, or in anyway think white skin is better than any other pigmant. While I may not necessarily agree with or even condone what Unilever has done here, I am behind them 100% with their right to do it. It may be a shame that apps like this may convey the ideas that they do, but what is even more of a shame is that 10,000 people out there actually think censorship is the solution. *NO* viewpoint, no matter how obscene, "offensive" or harmful to society should be eligible for censorship: PERIOD. I thought more of us believed in that sort of stuff, but apparently, it's just something we all love to talk about. Let us also not forget that ANY idea, opinion or belief runs the risk of offending someone: PERIOD. It is a frightening day when we've all collaborated on the belief that as long as it offends most of us, or even a lot of us, it's worth censoring.

And that is what separates people like my from those in the mainstream left. The politically correct way of thinking today is: "if you don't like what someone else is doing, saying or thinking - let's rally to take their right to do that away". That is exactly what is going on here, and exactly what I feel is wrong with leftish thinking. These people somehow believe a system of practicing intolerance (by censorship) will someone yield a society in which we are more tolerant - yes, that still baffles me.

As a libertarian I believe we should stop using our voices and numbers to censor and prevent everyone else from doing what we disagree with, but instead use our voices to intellectually debate WHY what others may be doing is intolerant. But of course, it's a whole lot easier just to bully people, companies and groups into submission than actually using our brains to rationalize with them and onlookers of why their ways are wrong.

That really is why I can't say I fit in anymore with folks on the left - because when you get down to it, they are no different than the right. They think they have all the answers, they think they know what's best for everyone, and they will use their numbers and whatever means necessary to ensure they get it (whether that means the law or what have you). Now while they may very well see issues from completely different angles, the bottom line is they both use the same fundamental practices. Worse of all, they both love to talk a lot about freedom while stealing it away from you in the name of "tolerance".

The right loves to legislate selfishness, the left loves to legislate political correctness, and the libertarians say "enough with the fucking legislation already!".

 

http://www.change.org/petitions/view/dear_facebook_please_stop_running_racist_apps

This is probably the biggest thing I have left that I had to do before the stable release of Theia (July 12th, 2010): profile enhancements.

 

So I'll just start like this; what do you have in mind?

 

Please no "like facebook" or "myspace" - I don't use either of them, and I don't want to just clone something. However, if there is something you like about either of these sites, or anywhere else, you're welcome to specifically describe a feature or aspect you are fond of.

 

And how much control would you like to have? Would you like to be able to have full control over the page's CSS? Do you want just a generic menu of some basic colors you can change?

 

Do you think you should be able to position where the various fields/blocks appear on your profile?

 

List anything and everything you think about when I talk about this - I can guarantee you that I will not be including everything, but I will try and get to some of the ideas at least!

 

Much obliged!

First off the obvious: TT has a new theme (Azura).

 

There are also lots of new features, many of the notable ones include:

 

- IM (a button will now appear on everyone's profile - if they are online - allowing you to instantly chat with them) support

- Attachments with private messages

- Vastly improved control panel of buttons

- Additional support for sorting items to choose between ascending or descending mode

- Improved avatar manager (in case you missed the previous update on this)

 

There are also lots and lots of bug fixes, but please do keep reporting them if you think you've stumbled on one!