April 11, 201214 yr I don't even like the sentiment. As with any sort of censorship, the premise behind this law is that people are incapable of dealing with certain speech. Let people say what they want. And if people can't deal with being insulted, are they not responsible for their own unhappiness? Matt: You want that eh? You want everything good for you. You want everything that's--falls off garbage can Camera guy: Whoa, haha, are you okay dude? Matt: You want anything funny that happens, don't you? Camera guy: still laughing Matt: You want the funny shit that happens here and there, you think it comes out of your [bleep]ing [wagon] pushes garbage can down, don't you? You think it's funny? It comes out of here! running towards Camera guy Camera guy: runs away still laughing Matt: You think the funny comes out of your mother[bleep]ing creativity? Comes out of Satan, mother[bleep]er! nn--ngh! pushes Camera guy down Camera guy: Hoooholy [bleep]! Matt: FUNNY ISN'T REAL! FUNNY ISN'T REAL!
April 12, 201214 yr Sentiment: Protect the vulnerableThe proposed method: Enact and attempt to enforce an unenforceable, vague and arbitrary law that inhibits free speech
April 12, 201214 yr Yes, and it's a good idea to help people when their happiness is threatened. But in some cases (as with this one), you can't do anything about it, even if you managed to pass a bill that would remove trolling once and for all. People are ultimately responsible for their own happiness; you can't be happy for them. You can show them how to be happy (how to deal with insults), but that's about it.I may or may not finish translating this text later today. You can give Google translate a shot, I haven't. There's a good explanation of it (in French ofc) here.[hide=Rough translation: Alain on happiness]It is not difficult to be unhappy or dissatisfied; all one needs to do is sit down, like a prince waiting to be amused; this gaze which [...] weighs happiness as though it were a commodity colors all things with boredom; which is not to say it is without majesty, because there is a kind of power in refusing [...]; but within it I also see impatience and anger towards those ingenious workers who make happiness with little as children do with gardens. I flee. Experience has taught me we can't entertain those who bore their own selves.On the other hand, happiness is beautiful to witness; it is the most beautiful spectacle. Is there anything more beautiful than a child? then again he gives his all to play; he does not wait for someone to play in his stead. It is true that a sulking child shows us another face of himself, which refuses joy; but fortunately children forget quickly; but we have all known big kids who never stopped sulking. That their reasons are great, I know it; it is always difficult to be happy; it is a fight against many men and many events; one may be defeated; undoubtedly there are insuperable events and woes stronger than the stoic's apprentice; but it is perhaps the most clear duty not to give up without having fought with all one's might. Et surtout, ce qui me paraît évident, c'est qu'il est impossible que l'on soit heureux si l'on ne veut pas l'être ; il faut donc vouloir son bonheur et le faire. Ce que l'on n'a point assez dit, c'est que c'est un devoir aussi envers les autres que d'être heureux. On dit bien qu'il n'y a d'aimé que celui qui est heureux ; mais on oublie que cette récompense est juste et méritée ; car le malheur, l'ennui et le désespoir sont dans l'air que nous respirons tous ; aussi nous devons reconnaissance et couronne d'athlète à ceux qui digèrent les miasmes, et purifient en quelque sorte la commune vie par leur énergique exemple. Aussi n'y a-t-il rien de plus profond dans l'amour que le serment d'être heureux. Quoi de plus difficile à surmonter que l'ennui, la tristesse ou le malheur de ceux que l'on aime ? Tout homme et toute femme devraient penser continuellement à ceci que le bonheur, j'entends celui que l'on conquiert pour soi, est l'offrande la plus belle et la plus généreuse. J'irais même jusqu'à proposer quelque couronne civique pour récompenser les hommes qui auraient pris le parti d'être heureux. Car, selon mon opinion, tous ces cadavres, et toutes ces ruines, et ces folles dépenses, et ces offensives de précaution, sont l'uvre d'hommes qui n'ont jamais su être heureux et qui ne peuvent supporter ceux qui essaient de l'être. Quand j'étais enfant, j'appartenais à l'espèce des poids lourds, difficiles à vaincre, difficiles à remuer, lents à s'émouvoir. Aussi il arrivait souvent que quelque poids léger, maigre de tristesse et d'ennui, s'amusait à me tirer les cheveux, à me pincer, et avec cela se moquant, jusqu'à un coup de poing sans mesure qu'il recevait et qui terminait tout. Maintenant, quand je reconnais quelque gnome qui annonce les guerres et les prépare, je n'examine jamais ses raisons, étant assez instruit sur ces malfaisants génies qui ne peuvent supporter que l'on soit tranquille. Ainsi la tranquille France, comme la tranquille Allemagne, sont à mes yeux des enfants robustes, tourmentés et mis enfin hors d'eux-mêmes par une poignée de méchants gamins.[/hide] Matt: You want that eh? You want everything good for you. You want everything that's--falls off garbage can Camera guy: Whoa, haha, are you okay dude? Matt: You want anything funny that happens, don't you? Camera guy: still laughing Matt: You want the funny shit that happens here and there, you think it comes out of your [bleep]ing [wagon] pushes garbage can down, don't you? You think it's funny? It comes out of here! running towards Camera guy Camera guy: runs away still laughing Matt: You think the funny comes out of your mother[bleep]ing creativity? Comes out of Satan, mother[bleep]er! nn--ngh! pushes Camera guy down Camera guy: Hoooholy [bleep]! Matt: FUNNY ISN'T REAL! FUNNY ISN'T REAL!
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