I now hate Florida. I'm also now a criminal for posting this...
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that's actually so inept it's almost funny. It would also crash the state in under 24 hours if enforced uniformly (and piss off a vast number of federal employees) so expect it to be revised or die a horrible death soon.life itself was a lightsaber in his hands; even in the face of treachery and death and hopes gone cold, he burned like a candle in the darkness. Like a star shining in the black eternity of space.
Yoda: Dark Rendezvous
"But those men who know anything at all about the Light also know that there is a fierceness to its power, like the bare sword of the law, or the white burning of the sun." Suddenly his voice sounded to Will very strong, and very Welsh. "At the very heart, that is. Other things, like humanity, and mercy, and charity, that most good men hold more precious than all else, they do not come first for the Light. Oh, sometimes they are there; often, indeed. But in the very long run the concern of you people is with the absolute good, ahead of all else..."
John Rowlands, The Grey King by Susan Cooper
"You come from the Lord Adam and the Lady Eve", said Aslan. "And that is both honour enough to erect the head of the poorest beggar, and shame enough to bow the shoulders of the greatest emperor on earth; be content."
Aslan, Prince Caspian by CS Lewis
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Valid point, it's utterly and completely hilarious.
Florida was attempting to crack down on internet casinoes and accidentally wrote a law that could crash the entire state. They never wanted to enforce a ban as comprehensive as this is made out to be, can't afford to try and will cause the spontaneous combustion of their state if they're dumb enough to try anyway. The level of abject stupid required to get this through the legislature without someone looking at them and asking, "So, has anyone worked out how we'll be handling payroll after we shut down the computers?" might possibly make my evening.
Florida isn't going to be shutting off the net in the near future, it's going to be doing everything possible to convince the rest of the country and its own voting population that the law's provisions are very selective and that the state legislature is only half as braindead as it looks.
Devices that are technically capable of internet gambling are everywhere and thousands of them are used to keep the State of Florida functioning. The appropriate answer to this level of stupid is to grab a nice meal, laugh you a** off and then start planning jokes to make at the expense of your elected officials.life itself was a lightsaber in his hands; even in the face of treachery and death and hopes gone cold, he burned like a candle in the darkness. Like a star shining in the black eternity of space.
Yoda: Dark Rendezvous
"But those men who know anything at all about the Light also know that there is a fierceness to its power, like the bare sword of the law, or the white burning of the sun." Suddenly his voice sounded to Will very strong, and very Welsh. "At the very heart, that is. Other things, like humanity, and mercy, and charity, that most good men hold more precious than all else, they do not come first for the Light. Oh, sometimes they are there; often, indeed. But in the very long run the concern of you people is with the absolute good, ahead of all else..."
John Rowlands, The Grey King by Susan Cooper
"You come from the Lord Adam and the Lady Eve", said Aslan. "And that is both honour enough to erect the head of the poorest beggar, and shame enough to bow the shoulders of the greatest emperor on earth; be content."
Aslan, Prince Caspian by CS Lewis
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I so hate living here.Good men don't need rules. Today is not the day to find out why I have so many. -The Doctor
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I'm most amused at the fact this law, even if they'd thought to word it so it only applies to gambling, renders the Florida Lottery an illegal gambling operation.
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Either way, I doubt it will go through. I'm a FL resident too and I think that once they look at it, really look at it, they are going to laugh so hard they will all pee themselves, and then go have a beer. Because it would be stupid to pass it unless they wanted the entire state to come after them with fiery pitchforks and other pointy implements of doom. Just saying.It's a really, really cool thing, to be able to show people that you can be yourself, and you should be proud of yourself, and you should own who you are and what you're about, and never make apologies for it.
-Adam Lambert
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This is a bill up for debate, this is the ey passed a few months back to shut down the casinos. We're all criminals for being on the internet right now.Originally posted by kijani View PostComment
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I'm speaking as a European so I may misremember but wasn't it the state of Florida who, a couple of years ago, passed a law against having sex with animals? Only they worded it in such a way that they made sex between two, or more, humans illegal as well because they had forgotten that humans are an animal species too?Warning: The above post may contain traces of sarcasm.
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Florida, looking good only because Texas exists.Originally posted by MoonRaven View Post
On a more serious note, my state's idiocy is the perfect example of why rigging elections (and making it legal) is a bad idea. We did amend our Constitution to outlaw it but our gov't has looked for ways to slip around it so It didn't really fix anything.Comment
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I still say it's not going to pass and their not going to completely cripple the system that badly in the name of such stupidity. I think considering myself a criminal would be saying I am overreacting at the moment, honestly.It's a really, really cool thing, to be able to show people that you can be yourself, and you should be proud of yourself, and you should own who you are and what you're about, and never make apologies for it.
-Adam Lambert
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What are you talking about pass? This is already the law.Originally posted by kijani View PostComment
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To be technical, this is one interpretation of existing law that someone sueing the state of Florida is pointing out. Back to, Florida doesn't want and can't afford to take such a policy to its final stages of idiocy. Plus, a judge may yet find an excuse to kill the thing which would make it former law.life itself was a lightsaber in his hands; even in the face of treachery and death and hopes gone cold, he burned like a candle in the darkness. Like a star shining in the black eternity of space.
Yoda: Dark Rendezvous
"But those men who know anything at all about the Light also know that there is a fierceness to its power, like the bare sword of the law, or the white burning of the sun." Suddenly his voice sounded to Will very strong, and very Welsh. "At the very heart, that is. Other things, like humanity, and mercy, and charity, that most good men hold more precious than all else, they do not come first for the Light. Oh, sometimes they are there; often, indeed. But in the very long run the concern of you people is with the absolute good, ahead of all else..."
John Rowlands, The Grey King by Susan Cooper
"You come from the Lord Adam and the Lady Eve", said Aslan. "And that is both honour enough to erect the head of the poorest beggar, and shame enough to bow the shoulders of the greatest emperor on earth; be content."
Aslan, Prince Caspian by CS Lewis
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This is what I'm talking about, OP. I think you are overreacting. MaskedOne is right. FL can't afford to take the law to the final stages. That's just the simple truth of the matter. And it can still be shot down, so there's no point in freaking out about it. I live in Florida as well, and it is so asinine that I haven't even really seen coverage of it in my area other than to basically go "Haha, really?" Because people know that it won't work, it will cripple the economy, and all it will take is a lightbulb to come on and someone to bring the right hammer down and put the whole thing out of its misery. Just saying.Originally posted by MaskedOne View PostIt's a really, really cool thing, to be able to show people that you can be yourself, and you should be proud of yourself, and you should own who you are and what you're about, and never make apologies for it.
-Adam Lambert
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