Path: csiph.com!news.swapon.de!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Jolly Roger Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps,comp.sys.mac.graphics,comp.sys.mac.system Subject: Re: A good free EXIF removal software for Mac OS X? Date: 30 Aug 2015 18:58:09 GMT Organization: People for the Ethical Treatment of Pirates Lines: 53 Message-ID: References: <0uKdnUKKj4iRCX3InZ2dnUU7-YmdnZ2d@earthlink.com> <2015082811294174414-savageduck1@REMOVESPAMmecom> <2015082812055559608-savageduck1@REMOVESPAMmecom> <2015082816522715023-savageduck1@REMOVESPAMmecom> <2015082821043955830-savageduck1@REMOVESPAMmecom> <201508291035417987-savageduck1@REMOVESPAMmecom> <55e246af$0$46880$c3e8da3$aae71a0a@news.astraweb.com> <2015082919531724115-savageduck1@REMOVESPAMmecom> <2015082922341823720-savageduck1@REMOVESPAMmecom> <2015083010151883320-savageduck1@REMOVESPAMmecom> <300820151043338545%michelle@michelle.org> <2015083010500143127-savageduck1@REMOVESPAMmecom> <300820151942499120%timstreater@greenbee.net> X-Trace: individual.net 7sxZfQN7U2BtE2ZRpv/j8AmRkIysi3CcF3sCg8qGWvr5P4iPW7 Cancel-Lock: sha1:i4lcOQCZRpYEx2CRaVrYHodBVr0= X-Face: _.g>n!a$f3/H3jA]>9pN55*5<`}Tud57>1Y%b|b-Y~()~\t,LZ3e up1/bO{=-) User-Agent: slrn/1.0.1 (Darwin) Xref: csiph.com comp.sys.mac.apps:31520 comp.sys.mac.graphics:160 comp.sys.mac.system:79225 On 2015-08-30, Tim Streater wrote: > > Next is to start merging forces. Why should Palo Alto, Menlo Park, > Atherton, Stanford, Mountain View and the other 50 or so fragments of > the Bay Area each have its own police force? Merge the lot. That way > you decouple the command structure from the local politicians. The Bay > Area Chief of Police will be appointed by the state governor, not > elected. You can also get rid of Grand Juries. We scrapped those more > than 50 years ago. Both sound like good ideas to me. > My guess is there's not much wrong with a cop starting his career, he > just gets corrupted by the system. Well, change it then. I think it varies. For instance positions of authority naturally attract a lot of people who are power-hungry assholes. Some probably start out that way. Police departments also hire veterans who are trained to combat enemies and often come back with PTSD and other problems that might not be best for someone in such a position. They also receive tons of cheap/free weapons of war from the government, which they use against civilians. The "war on drugs" is used by cops across the nation every single day to steal money and possessions from innocent civilians. Of course citizens have wanted to change these things for a long time; but politicians paid by corporate and special interests don't care what the public wants, and serve their financial masters instead. It's not just the cops on the beat. There are huge system issues involved. And this hasn't been a government by the people for the people in a long, long time. > If you want to improve the quality of your politicians, first step is > to ban TV political advertising. Good luck with that one. > And since it's unlikely that we can get guns banned (some of you will > go all stern and noble like a Victorian papa and start bleating about > constitutional rights), how about requiring a psychiatric test in order > to legally own one. Won't stop the crooks, I know, but it might rein in > the nutters. Absolutely agreed. But then how do you catch someone who has owned a gun for many years and slowly loses mental capacity? Also I would go a step further and make it illegal to use one without hefty liability insurance covering medical bills and so on in case of accidents. -- E-mail sent to this address may be devoured by my ravenous SPAM filter. I often ignore posts from Google. Use a real news client instead. JR