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Phoenix Police Seize PCs of a Blogger Critical of the Department
logicassasin sends in a story about a blogger in Phoenix, AZ, who runs a site that is critical of the local police department. The police recently raided his home and seized his computer hardware. "Jeff Pataky, who runs Bad Phoenix Cops, said the officers confiscated three computers, routers, modems, hard drives, memory cards and everything necessary to continue blogging. The 41-year-old software engineer said they also confiscated numerous personal files and documents relating to a pending lawsuit he has against the department alleging harassment — which he says makes it obvious the raid was an act of retaliation." A local publication quotes Pataky saying, "We have heard internally from our police sources that they purposefully did this to stop me... They took my cable modem and wireless router. Anyone worth their salt knows nothing is stored in the cable modem."
Who the hell modded this "off topic"?
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Dude, you're using commas for two different purposes which is confusing as hell. Learn to use a colon when you mean "consequence".
One of the problems with the new moderation system. In the old days, your moderation wasn't done until you hit the submit button at the end. With the on-select "feature", it's easy to mismod a post. Really wish they'd do something about that. Maybe add a button next to the moderation to actually do the job.
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May I suggest "The Ballad of Pretty Boy Floyd"? Awfully relevant these days: "Now as through this world I ramble / I see lots of funny men / Some will rob you with a Six gun / And some with a fountain pen."
I get amused when I hear folks complain about how rap music glorifies crime. Songs have celebrated criminals for hundreds of years: "I Shot the Sheriff", "The Ballad of Pretty Boy Floyd", going back to "Whiskey in the Jar" from the 17th century, and of course earlier to ballads of Robin Hood. When the system is corrupt -- which it always is to some degree, but sometimes worse than others -- when every cop is a criminal, than people will glorify the outlaws, and take the sinners to be saints.
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