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Islam is not one monolithic thing, the way religion is not one monolithic thing. It's like talking about human nature or music...all that video demonstrates is that Bill Maher was wrong about a couple things. Do you have any specific thoughts on drawing pictures of Muhammed?

it was brilliant only in the ridley scott meaning of the word. autopilot what the hell man, are you serious? it was 'brilliant' ? im going to walk into the ghetto with a shirt that says 'nigger' on it and get killed. That was fucking brilliant wasn't it? before i do this i'm also hosting a cartoon contest about who can draw the biggest nose on a cartoon caricature of a jewish man, catch you on the flipside dewd and pls continue to bask in my belligerent brilliance Are you really taking that side? And are you really equating simply drawing Muhammed with spewing racist hatred? "Wrong side of history" and all that...

Well damn, congrats on the nice collection Did you grab the Jupiter-4 before, during or after the synth boom wher all the prices went through the roof? Well shit, now I wanna work my ass off and buy some more synths...the '4' is my fave jupe and I always wanted one, although I prolly don't need it per se...

it was brilliant only in the ridley scott meaning of the word. If people were getting killed for drawing Mickey Mouse, it would be plain as day that, of course, people should be able to draw Mickey Mouse at will and not consequently fear for their safety. But for some reason this idea gets muddled when it pertains to offending the members of a bronze age cult. It seems to me a sort-of liberal PC-ness run amok (and I say this as a fellow far-lefty). As far as I'm concerned, the first amendment isn't up for debate. And the only way to be immune to blackmail (as I think this essentially is) is to pre-commit to ignoring threats of blackmail so that there is no incentive to blackmail you in the first place. Silly religious dogmas have had a grip on humanity's throat for long enough: some politician's faith tells them that marriage is between a man and a woman, or that life begins at conception, or that the earth is only 6,000 years old or that climate change isn't happening because only God can destroy humanity...and then we're left holding the check. It seems like a kind of masochistic insanity, how we let these deluded half-wits dictate how we live. To the extant that we denounce cartoonists for not folding to the implicit blackmail of a thuggish cult, we have truly lost our way. i hardly think the issue is muddled. it's one thing to unconditionally support free speech (i agree with you completely that it isn't up for debate) and quite another to characterize knuckleheads like pam geller as "brilliant." beyond that your characterization of islam as a "thuggish" "bronze age cult" engaged in the blackmail of our rights is not particularly compelling. 1) I don't know who Pam Geller is. (Admittedly, I didn't read the details of the incident in Texas beyond the first paragraph or so...) 2) I'm not calling the entirety of Islam a 'thuggish cult' but rather whatever subset of Islam that wants to suppress cartoon-drawing and anything else deemed blasphemous. (Generally speaking, I regard Muslims as just normal people who happen to be mistaken about the holy origins of the Qur'an. I do think Islam is a 'bronze age cult' almost by definition, as with the other Abrahamic religions. But really that's not a terribly harsh indictment in itself: my mother belongs to the Spiritualist Church--which I consider a cult--and she and I get along quite well, however much we disagree about spirit guides and contacting the dead...)

PS that sux, JE Stay safe you guys

Nice toys, my friend! Would you mind listing what all those sexy synths are? (And which ones do you use the most?) How often you record to tape? Oh, and why so many Ibanez Artists (or whatever model that is)? Cheers

it was brilliant only in the ridley scott meaning of the word. If people were getting killed for drawing Mickey Mouse, it would be plain as day that, of course, people should be able to draw Mickey Mouse at will and not consequently fear for their safety. But for some reason this idea gets muddled when it pertains to offending the members of a bronze age cult. It seems to me a sort-of liberal PC-ness run amok (and I say this as a fellow far-lefty). As far as I'm concerned, the first amendment isn't up for debate. And the only way to be immune to blackmail (as I think this essentially is) is to pre-commit to ignoring threats of blackmail so that there is no incentive to blackmail you in the first place. Silly religious dogmas have had a grip on humanity's throat for long enough: some politician's faith tells them that marriage is between a man and a woman, or that life begins at conception, or that the earth is only 6,000 years old or that climate change isn't happening because only God can destroy humanity...and then we're left holding the check. It seems like a kind of masochistic insanity, how we let these deluded half-wits dictate how we live. To the extant that we denounce cartoonists for not folding to the implicit blackmail of a thuggish cult, we have truly lost our way.

At least she died doing what loved

Murder lol ...anyway...she was a kind, thoughtful person and she will be dearly missed lol

A girl I went to school with (in Maine) was murdered in FLOLida. Apparently she fell in with some bad people...

Carrying on from the discussion in the cops murder unarmed civilian thread: In a flat tax percentage rate doesn't matter - it inherently favours higher earners. He also will make investment earnings tax free - guess where the rich make most of their money. Estate tax, gonzo. How many mansions do you have kicking around? Corporations also feature heavily in Paul's budget - I guess you could incorporate yourself, corporations certainly come out better in his budget. Cut the department of education completely - blerg who needs education anyways. You can just look up everything on the internet amirite? Assuming you have a place to live, where you can put your desk, with your laptop on it. In other words, hope you're not poor and are thinking of trying to get a house - cause bye bye department of housing and urban development. Yeah, fuck you poor people, you don't deserve a house. Maybe you meant cuts to the defense program - yeah I could get behind those - you guys in the US spend an awful lot on the military (and frankly, don't get a great return). Too bad Paul is already pandering to the GOP faithful and pledging to increase spending. http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/rand-paul-abandons-his-pentagon-plan http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/rand-pauls-delicate-balancing-act/2015/04/05/6e38af6c-d946-11e4-8103-fa84725dbf9d_story.html So you'll still pay income tax under Paul, the divide between rich and poor will grow, you'll get fewer services for the income tax you do pay, and your health care will cost more. Great deal all around I'd say. Just out of curiosity - three questions. What's wrong with a central government, who do you fund that considers themselves royalty, and why shouldn't you pay income taxes? Libertarianism to me is like the Three Laws of Robotics: on the first level its tenets might seem reasonable enough, but what you eventually get is nightmarish. (See Chomsky for details)

and the cliche i abhor most goes to: Person A: "Vanilla." Person B: "What's that?" Person A: "Earlier you asked me what my favorite ice cream was. The answer is vanilla."

Na i wish, its its less competent and proffesionally dissapointing little brother who has never been in a serious relationship and has a poorly disguised drink problem . its a 840gx that I added sd card support to and record my tracks to it bcos its too much faf getting out my laptop to record to. it also has come cheesy built in effectss oh yeah come to think of it alot of those Roland boxes look very similar

is that an SP-808 up there? that's a strange and beautiful sampler I sold mine couple years ago, but I def wish I still had it sometimes (despite all the hate the D-beams gets, it's actually really genuinely fucking awesome)

lol

I have some difficulties with the "modular acid" stuff, but mostly because I don't really like that type of music I guess. Also, bicycle wheel is one of the very few tracks I skip when playing the Dump. This has my vote And mine. Possibly the most significant event in Aphex's career? Don't know about that. I'm not sure people will talk about RDJ pre-Dump and post-Dump (like they did with the albums the man released)... Yet...who knows what the future is made of ? He's released 12-ish hours of career-spanning choons on a lark...for free. What other event in AFX's career--or anyone else's career, for that matter--even comes close to that? I meant "event" as a key-step in his career. Like the release of Drukqs for example. For sure, the Soundcloud dump is his more lengthy release probably, but I guess it won't strike the electronic music world like Windowlicker, Drukqs, or RDJ album did for example - hence my statement. yeah fair enough this definitely isn't getting the attention it deserves i mean, if stereogum or pitchfork framed it as "afx is releasing an album every few days" then it would look different to the world i think this says something about the perceived value of internet music if he released a ~15-disc box set then it would give some perspective as to the actual significance but for whatever reason uploading single tracks to soundcloud doesn't seem to mean the same thing

This has my vote And mine. Possibly the most significant event in Aphex's career? Don't know about that. I'm not sure people will talk about RDJ pre-Dump and post-Dump (like they did with the albums the man released)... Yet...who knows what the future is made of ? He's released 12-ish hours of career-spanning choons on a lark...for free. What other event in AFX's career--or anyone else's career, for that matter--even comes close to that?

Richard is awesome imo greatest event ever in music imo

that's the actual (general) plot? wow, that is so hackneyed

Fifty Shades of Graylien - A ratlike representative of Weyland-Yutani Corporation (Josh Hutcherson) convinces Ripley (Jennifer Lawrence) to apply for a job in outer space as the secretary of that weird-ass xenomorph from Alien 4 (Bradley Cooper), whereupon they have some PG-13 BDSM sex and play mind games for 90 minutes. [sorry, I don't actually know the plot of Fifty Shades]

what, last night? bah, I am determined to hate-watch this show 'til the bitter end.

oh man, i was with you until that last line...

Blech...My dad's girlfriend is dying of cancer and he's not taking it very well (obviously).

yeah totally as much as I love the afx jams that sound like 'the catalog' i'd love to hear all his completely outre experiments (that, if released anonymously, nobody would ever in a million years think they were afx) I'd have doubts sekonda was an aphex track if released anonymously. Doesn't really sound like any released stuff, lovely :) Remember when he talked about how he didn't wanna release certain tunes because they were so different, and he didn't want everyone to bite them and spoil their different-ness..? I wonder which tunes he was referring to.

yeah totally as much as I love the afx jams that sound like 'the catalog' i'd love to hear all his completely outre experiments (that, if released anonymously, nobody would ever in a million years think they were afx)