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YouTube Bans Gun and Knife Videos In the UK
PatPending writes with a depressing excerpt from the UK's Metro: "The Google-owned video-sharing site YouTube has decided to introduce the ban [on weapons-related videos] for the UK only amid widespread unease about the increase in knife crime in the country. 'We recognise that there has been particular concern over videos in the UK that involve showing weapons with the aim of intimidation, and this is one of the areas we are addressing,' a YouTube spokesperson said. 'I would like to see other internet service providers follow suit to reinforce our message that violence will not be tolerated either on the internet or in the real world,' she said."
Vidoes dont kill people, Youtube kills people
Youtube doesn't kill people. Google kills you, except in Soviet Russia.
93rd rule of Slashdot: No matter how obvious my sarcasm is, my comment will be taken seriously by someone.
"I would like to see other internet service providers follow suit to reinforce our message that violence will not be tolerated either on the internet or in the real world"
I don't think that "Internet service provider" means what she thinks it means.
They thought it was unfair how the few people who actually read the articles have a huge advantage in discussing them, so they decided to level the playing field.
When someone says, "Any fool can see
personally know several people who have been robbed using Arnold Schwarzenegger as a deadly weapon. They call the victim's "California Taxpayers" :)
(jk - I think he has been lowering taxes)
That's the actual article, it's protecting society through ignorance.
Om, nomnomnom...
I'm Uvajed Ekil, and I feel compelled for no good reason to point out that I approved this message, even though it consisted solely of me stating what I think.
This is a hacked account, for which the owner can not be held responsible.
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They can just replace them with walkie-talkies.
Right?
RIGHT?!?
Why do I M2 everything negatively?
With a name like "Foobar of Borg"? Please. At worst you assimilate people. More likely, though, you just run around at Star Trek conventions, pretending that you matter.
Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles.
Justice is the sheep getting arrested while an impartial judge declares the vote void.
You mean for offtopic karma-whoring posts that aren't related to the FP at all?
Yes.
I disagree. It's a culture problem. It seems that violence is becoming more "cool" in the UK of late, and Youtube does not want to be a part of that.
A cat can't teach a dog to bark.
There have already been calls in this country to ban kitchen knives with a point, I shit you not. Some chefs have said that you can use knives without points for most things anyway, and that pointless knives are the norm in China and they do OK.
Others point out that gang violence in China simply involves fatal hackings instead of fatal stabbings.
If we can put a man on the moon, why can't we shoot people for Apollo-related non-sequiturs?
In line with your suggestion, I propose all people who wish to use a knife possess a Boy Scout merit badge. This will solve any and all conceivable problems and issues once and for all, just like how licensed cars and guns have removed any possible dangers from these items.
Ain't that just like an american, to bring guns to a knife discussion.
Aide-toi, le Ciel t'aidera - Jeanne D'Arc.
It's been in common usage in American English for at least as long as I've been alive as well.
Maybe the meaning is slightly different, we would vet people for corporate positions, but we sometimes vet software for suitability in a process. Either way it's a try before you buy idea, rather than a definitive selection.
Vet is a perfectly cromulent word. A word I loathe more, is "tap", which is increasingly a slang for sex, and also choosing someone to a position. One could say "McCain tapped Palin for VP position", and not be sure if we need to reread the Kama Sutra, if he was merely physically getting her attention or if she was being chosen for a job.
I'm looking forward to the upcoming Brick Epidemic, the following Cobblestone Conundrum, and finally the Pointy-stick Problem.
He's got a board with a nail in it!