if there are half to 3/4s of a million terrorists in the US... why is any country allowing all these US travelers in? I say all countries should impose a 1 week waiting list for any american citizen to enter their country unless they provide A/S/L, DNA, and a retina scan.
which putts it totally at odds with why overtime was first introduced. During the great depression, overtime was introduced to pressure employers to hire extra staff rather then simply working the ones they had into the ground.
haven't wireless devices ("that send or receive signals") been banned in North American airspace for years now? I would have thought that DS-like devices would have fallen under that category.
well.... IIRC there are some genetic intersex conditions that allow for fertility. Basically the only way someone can be sure of their genetic makeup is with a kerotype test, and even those are not 100% accurate.
biologically, "male" and "female" are not nearly as cut and dried as most people think they are. Add in a persons gender (gender is your mental state, sex is what is between your legs) and things become even more muddy.
actually, given the myriad of medical causes, genital examination is not a reliable method for determining someones sex.
Intersex conditions (where a persons chromosomes are not XX or XY) will often cause ambiguous genitals, at what point does a very small penis become a very large clitoris? at what point does a shallow vagina become a divided scrotum? If the medical community has problems reaching a consensus on this, what hope does a computer admin?
Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome (AIS) can cause a genetically healthy male (XY) to develop as a perfectly healthy female. The bodily changes that occur in vitro require the androgens (male hormones) from the mother to find the proper receptors in the fetus' cells... if those receptors are either missing or nonfunctional then the body will continue along its default path (female). Often, those with total AIS do not even find out about it until they discover they are infertile. Partital AIS can result in anything from the appearance of a masculine female to that of a effeminate male with genitals ranging from one to the other.
Add in the huge number of pre-operative or non-operative transgender folk and the number of people that have genitals that match their genetic sex or their mental gender is far less then most people realize.
the fact that they wont allow you to play a woman unless you look "women enough", that they think that a simple low-res video will suffice in determining a persons gender, or that they seem to think that every male player playing a female avatar is just a guy trying to scam others out of items or trying to *GASP* trick the poor straights into catching "Teh GAY"!
of course there is no ban on women players playing as male avatars... cause everyone knows that if a male avatar is pining after a female avatar then chances are good it's male behind the keyboard, if it is a female player then lesbianism is hot! *rolls eyes*
well, I know one gaming company that won't be getting any of my money any time soon....
well, not many schoolchildren can call a national press conference:)
politicians can, and do, use public addresses to combat what is said about them, they have that power and thus have the ability to defend themselves from these attacks. A bullied child does not have access to the court of public opinion, they can't simply call together a large portion of the student body and get them to listen, let alone care.
there is also a limit on what a satirist can do to a politician as if they offend the supporters of said politician then they may lose viewers/readers. Bullied children rarely have a large support base, so a bully need not worry about losing their popularity by going to far.
I think the difference between bulling and satire is the ability of the target to defend themselves. I have yet to see a politician who was unable to defend themselves against the jibes of a witty cartoonist. This changes from one to the other when the target is defenseless / made defenseless. They are denied the ability to defend and express themselves and therefor the anger, hatred (both with themselves and the bully) and depression will only grow stronger until the bulling is forced to stop... either by the authorities or by taking into ones own hands.
I was bullied almost from my first day of kindergarten clean through until my last day of high school. It ranged from simple verbal abuse, to threats, violence, theft and on more then one occasion I was at risk of sexual assault. The teachers were told of course (even the near sexual assault) but, nothing was done. Despite naming the offenders the teachers told me their "hands were tied" as they had not personally witnessed anything wrong. I can tell you there is precious little in this world as heartbreaking and infuriating as finding out just what someone can get away with simply because there was no documentation.
I welcome ANY measure that will allow victims to document their attacks and get worms like those what they deserve. Cyber-bullying is simply a new evolution to an old problem, maybe, just MAYBE if this facet of bullying is addressed then it may help draw light to how horribly badly "old fashioned" bullying has been handled.
for me to never cross the boarder. As a Canadian citizen I would be without the rights of habeas corpus, while I don't plan on doing anything illegal, that wouldn't stop them from arresting me anyway.
no thanks, would rather just stay up here where I have a reasonable expectation of human rights.
"What rolls down stairs alone or in pairs Rolls over your neighbor's dog? What's great for a snack and fits on your back? It's Log, Log, Log!
It's Log, Log, it's big, it's heavy, it's wood. It's Log, Log, it's better than bad, it's good! Everyone wants a log! You're gonna love it, Log! Come on and get your log! Everyone needs a Log!"
I too had to bring in a photo copy of my diploma, as well as a copy of my course transcript, the company I work for isn't small either and I graduated in the same city as their primary R&D facility where the majority of their employees work.
we have controlls are other addictive behaviour... most regions have a restriction on bartenders that they can not sell to anyone who is already drunk, some areas have restictions on how long one can gamble in a day and we have age requirements on tobaco and alcohol. Is a similiar requirement too far out of line for games?
It's no more rape in second life than if I said, "I just cybered you. I'm finished. I had sex with you on slashdot. LOL".
no, but if you go into graphic detail about the act of rape, providing every litte facet about how you held me down, how you ignored my calls for help, smashed my face against the pavement, tore my clothes while i cried.... im sure you get the idea. There is a level of detail where it goes beyond "i just cypered you LOL" and becomes a triggering event.
Slashdot Mirror
cause we all know, if people on the internet say it, then it MUST be true :)
what will happen the first time a truck going the other way tosses a pebble up to about crotch height.
list terrorizes YOU!
damn I so wish I had a mod point left over!
if there are half to 3/4s of a million terrorists in the US... why is any country allowing all these US travelers in? I say all countries should impose a 1 week waiting list for any american citizen to enter their country unless they provide A/S/L, DNA, and a retina scan.
agreed, the first and only Wii I have ever seen in store was the last one in stock at a Toys 'R Us in someones cart.
if this is what a burst bubble looks like... damn.
which putts it totally at odds with why overtime was first introduced. During the great depression, overtime was introduced to pressure employers to hire extra staff rather then simply working the ones they had into the ground.
haven't wireless devices ("that send or receive signals") been banned in North American airspace for years now? I would have thought that DS-like devices would have fallen under that category.
yet it never seems to stop professors from asking questions that make about the same amount of sense.
well.... IIRC there are some genetic intersex conditions that allow for fertility. Basically the only way someone can be sure of their genetic makeup is with a kerotype test, and even those are not 100% accurate.
biologically, "male" and "female" are not nearly as cut and dried as most people think they are. Add in a persons gender (gender is your mental state, sex is what is between your legs) and things become even more muddy.
there's an "In Soviet Russia..." joke in here somewhere....
actually, given the myriad of medical causes, genital examination is not a reliable method for determining someones sex.
Intersex conditions (where a persons chromosomes are not XX or XY) will often cause ambiguous genitals, at what point does a very small penis become a very large clitoris? at what point does a shallow vagina become a divided scrotum? If the medical community has problems reaching a consensus on this, what hope does a computer admin?
Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome (AIS) can cause a genetically healthy male (XY) to develop as a perfectly healthy female. The bodily changes that occur in vitro require the androgens (male hormones) from the mother to find the proper receptors in the fetus' cells... if those receptors are either missing or nonfunctional then the body will continue along its default path (female). Often, those with total AIS do not even find out about it until they discover they are infertile. Partital AIS can result in anything from the appearance of a masculine female to that of a effeminate male with genitals ranging from one to the other.
Add in the huge number of pre-operative or non-operative transgender folk and the number of people that have genitals that match their genetic sex or their mental gender is far less then most people realize.
the fact that they wont allow you to play a woman unless you look "women enough", that they think that a simple low-res video will suffice in determining a persons gender, or that they seem to think that every male player playing a female avatar is just a guy trying to scam others out of items or trying to *GASP* trick the poor straights into catching "Teh GAY"!
of course there is no ban on women players playing as male avatars... cause everyone knows that if a male avatar is pining after a female avatar then chances are good it's male behind the keyboard, if it is a female player then lesbianism is hot! *rolls eyes*
well, I know one gaming company that won't be getting any of my money any time soon....
with what evidence? there was no video in the washrooms, and it was just my word against 5 others.
well, not many schoolchildren can call a national press conference :)
politicians can, and do, use public addresses to combat what is said about them, they have that power and thus have the ability to defend themselves from these attacks. A bullied child does not have access to the court of public opinion, they can't simply call together a large portion of the student body and get them to listen, let alone care.
there is also a limit on what a satirist can do to a politician as if they offend the supporters of said politician then they may lose viewers/readers. Bullied children rarely have a large support base, so a bully need not worry about losing their popularity by going to far.
I think the difference between bulling and satire is the ability of the target to defend themselves. I have yet to see a politician who was unable to defend themselves against the jibes of a witty cartoonist. This changes from one to the other when the target is defenseless / made defenseless. They are denied the ability to defend and express themselves and therefor the anger, hatred (both with themselves and the bully) and depression will only grow stronger until the bulling is forced to stop... either by the authorities or by taking into ones own hands.
I was bullied almost from my first day of kindergarten clean through until my last day of high school. It ranged from simple verbal abuse, to threats, violence, theft and on more then one occasion I was at risk of sexual assault. The teachers were told of course (even the near sexual assault) but, nothing was done. Despite naming the offenders the teachers told me their "hands were tied" as they had not personally witnessed anything wrong. I can tell you there is precious little in this world as heartbreaking and infuriating as finding out just what someone can get away with simply because there was no documentation.
I welcome ANY measure that will allow victims to document their attacks and get worms like those what they deserve. Cyber-bullying is simply a new evolution to an old problem, maybe, just MAYBE if this facet of bullying is addressed then it may help draw light to how horribly badly "old fashioned" bullying has been handled.
for me to never cross the boarder. As a Canadian citizen I would be without the rights of habeas corpus, while I don't plan on doing anything illegal, that wouldn't stop them from arresting me anyway.
no thanks, would rather just stay up here where I have a reasonable expectation of human rights.
and watch the number of beta applications using gmail accounts go through the roof
"What rolls down stairs alone or in pairs
Rolls over your neighbor's dog?
What's great for a snack and fits on your back?
It's Log, Log, Log!
It's Log, Log, it's big, it's heavy, it's wood.
It's Log, Log, it's better than bad, it's good!
Everyone wants a log! You're gonna love it, Log!
Come on and get your log! Everyone needs a Log!"
I too had to bring in a photo copy of my diploma, as well as a copy of my course transcript, the company I work for isn't small either and I graduated in the same city as their primary R&D facility where the majority of their employees work.
we have controlls are other addictive behaviour... most regions have a restriction on bartenders that they can not sell to anyone who is already drunk, some areas have restictions on how long one can gamble in a day and we have age requirements on tobaco and alcohol. Is a similiar requirement too far out of line for games?
briliant idea :)
It's no more rape in second life than if I said, "I just cybered you. I'm finished. I had sex with you on slashdot. LOL".
no, but if you go into graphic detail about the act of rape, providing every litte facet about how you held me down, how you ignored my calls for help, smashed my face against the pavement, tore my clothes while i cried.... im sure you get the idea. There is a level of detail where it goes beyond "i just cypered you LOL" and becomes a triggering event.
physically, no, emotionally they do and that is what a lot of people do not understand about rape