drntdrtydg
06-07-2007, 01:30 AM
In recent posts I beat up on South Americans a lot. Here, however, is a lively protest against nany-stateism. This may seem like a trivial thing but so was the tea tax...
Beautiful!! (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6726293.stm)
Biker
06-07-2007, 08:06 AM
I fail to see how a ruling by the governing body for football falls under the guise of "nany-stateism".
drntdrtydg
06-08-2007, 05:53 PM
I fail to see how a ruling by the governing body for football falls under the guise of "nany-stateism".
Right...mere nanyism then, for heavens sake if they want to play football in the mountains. I still think it's a good sign that they aren't cowed by governing bodies as Americans often are. And it's a credit to their manliness. Ever read "The Humanoids." (http://www.amazon.com/Humanoids-Novel-Jack-Williamson/dp/0312852533).
The Humanoids' purpose is "To Serve and Obey, And Guard Men from Harm", which is really just a rewording of the first two laws of robotics that Asimov and Campbell create for Asimov's robot stories that first started to appear in 1940. However, this does not make these stories redundant, as Williamson's Humanoids take their purpose to the extreme, and go so far as to prevent men from doing anything that could potentially cause harm, which includes such activities as driving, or even reading in some cases. -Amazon.com