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  1. Re:You are clueless if you claim such a thing on Extremists Warn South Park Creators Over Muhammad In a Bear Suit · · Score: 1

    How does being a Marxists stop them from being Christians?

  2. Re:And So Al Amrikee Invokes The Streisand Effect? on Extremists Warn South Park Creators Over Muhammad In a Bear Suit · · Score: 2, Informative

    Catholicism != Christianity

    Except for roughly 700 years (300a.d. - 1000a.d.)

    But more to the point:

    Not every rectangle is a square, but every square is a rectangle.

    So, not every Christian is a Catholic, but every Catholic is a Christian.

  3. Re:And So Al Amrikee Invokes The Streisand Effect? on Extremists Warn South Park Creators Over Muhammad In a Bear Suit · · Score: 1

    They don't know the true Islam.

    Why is thier version of Islam and more or less valid than any other sect of Islam? If there is a "True Islam", which sect is it? Is it Sunnis or Shites or any other of the smaller sects? Is their also a "True Christianity"? If so, which sect is it? Are Mormons not "True Christians"? Are Catholics not "True Christians"?

    Radical Muslims are just a "True" as Moderate and Liberal Muslims.

  4. Re:Who gets to decide what the iPad is? on History Repeats Itself — Mac & the iPad · · Score: 1

    Glad to hear that, but I think you're not getting it either. You purchased hardware and software. The software is designed to work in a fashion that the developer (Apple) designed. If you are not happy with the way they have designed thier software than don't purchase it. But they do not have to make the software as open as you would like it to be. There are countless products out there who's software only allows the product to work in a limited fashion in relation to what the hardware is capable of doing.

  5. Re:Who gets to decide what the iPad is? on History Repeats Itself — Mac & the iPad · · Score: 1

    If a wide range of peope lfind it offensive then there will be a market to sell more open products to those people. A market that Windows will most likely sell to.

    I get a small chuckle out of thinking of Microsoft as the "open" company when compared to Apple.

  6. Re:Who gets to decide what the iPad is? on History Repeats Itself — Mac & the iPad · · Score: 1

    It is your product. However, the software you purchased only runs Aps they approve; thats what you purchased.

  7. Re:Who gets to decide what the iPad is? on History Repeats Itself — Mac & the iPad · · Score: 2, Insightful

    How so? is there a law restricting you from wiping out the software (including the OS) that Apple has installed on the Harware you purchased and then replacing it with your own software?

    Apple is restricting the software that you can run with thier software that you purchased.

  8. Re:Who gets to decide what the iPad is? on History Repeats Itself — Mac & the iPad · · Score: 1

    Why should Apple dictate how iPads are used?

    Because it's their product. If you don't like their product, say so by purchasing a more open product; like one that runs windows.

  9. Re:Who gets to decide what the iPad is? on History Repeats Itself — Mac & the iPad · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Sounds like you want a windows machine.

  10. Re:Freedom? on South Korea Announces Daily MMO Blackouts For Youths · · Score: 2, Insightful

    While I do not refute that there might be some evidence to support starting school at 11. I am not sure that a later start time for school would mean that kids would just stay up later than they already do.

  11. Re:Freedom? on South Korea Announces Daily MMO Blackouts For Youths · · Score: 1

    Other games now get an influx of players.

    Hmm.. wonder if the people passing the law have any connection to games that are not on the list.

  12. Re:Freedom? on South Korea Announces Daily MMO Blackouts For Youths · · Score: 4, Insightful

    it's about trying to make sure that the kids have nothing better to do than go to sleep and get ready for school the next day.

    However, this is the wrong way to go about fixing the problem. Perhaps they should make more things for young people to do at night, other than play MMOs?

    If the goal is to get the kids to go to sleep, how would providing more things to do besides MMOs help?

  13. Re:Potential censorship? on US-Australia Tensions Rise Over Net Filter · · Score: 1

    I do agree there are massive differences between proactive and reactive censorship. However, "To avoid indecency fines, the broadcasters self censor", is still government enforced censorship.

  14. Re:Potential censorship? on US-Australia Tensions Rise Over Net Filter · · Score: 1

    Broadcast T.V. can face fines from the FCC. That is government enforced censorship.

  15. Re:Your rights OFFLINE! on 9 MA Cyberbullies Indicted For Causing Suicide · · Score: 1

    Just because they are "kids" does not mean they are incapable of inflicting damage. Plus, not all teachers are men who men to "Man up?. Many are women and/or elderly and can overpowered by students.

  16. Re:Your rights OFFLINE! on 9 MA Cyberbullies Indicted For Causing Suicide · · Score: 1

    Tasers?

    Why would a teacher want to put themselves in harms way by breaking up a fight?

  17. Re:Netflix streaming on Netflix Streaming Arrives For the Wii · · Score: 2, Informative

    I believe Legend of the Seeker updates to Netflix weekly. I'm sure there are others too.

  18. Re:What "empire" on Former Astronauts Call Obama NASA Plans "Catastrophic" · · Score: 1

    You have to care what he said, because my comment was in response to that. Looking at my comment alone is to take it out of context.

    While Al Qaeda does not have a country in the standard sense of the world, they do have a region of the world they exist in. One of their main goals is the removal of the US from the Middle East (and all Islamic countries). If the US was militarily and politically removed from the Middle East, do you think they would have attacked? If so, what would be their reason?

  19. Re:What "empire" on Former Astronauts Call Obama NASA Plans "Catastrophic" · · Score: 1

    How does that relate to my response to this: "As for the lack of military threats, I suggest to tell that to the people attacking our military and citizens"

  20. Re:What "empire" on Former Astronauts Call Obama NASA Plans "Catastrophic" · · Score: 1

    Picked them up and read them too!

  21. Re:What "empire" on Former Astronauts Call Obama NASA Plans "Catastrophic" · · Score: 1

    Maybe if we weren't in their country they wouldn't be attacking?

  22. Re:Casual gamers on Why Are There No Popular Ultima Online-Like MMOs? · · Score: 1

    My most depressing moment in UO was when I was killed and after making the run back to my corpse, all of my gear was still there. Nothing says your character blows like having his gear not be worth looting.

  23. Re:It's all stupid, and for stupid reasons on Fingerprint Requirement For a Work-Study Job? · · Score: 1

    You mean it's the people that we vote into office to make these choices for us?

  24. Re:How bad could it be? on Texas Textbooks Battle Is Actually an American War · · Score: 1

    His failure with Vietnam says that he made a poor commander in chief. Being a poor commander in chief does not make one uneducated. It wasn't just LBJ that mishandled the situation in Vietnam, but also the Military (Gen. Westmoreland) that was in charge in Vietnam.

    Vietnam wasn't Johnson main goal as President. His main goals wer ethe Great Society.

  25. Re:So Iran's standards then? on Appeals Court Rules On Internet Obscenity Standards · · Score: 1

    Congress is both the Senate & House of Representatives

    The people always had the right to vote for their representative in the House of Representatives. The House of Representatives is there to represent the people. The States, in which ever way they individually had chosen to do so, used to be able to send their own Senators. This is because the Senate represents a States interest in Congress; an interest that might not always reflect the peoples interest.

    A simple Breakdown

    House of Representatives = Represents People's Interests

    Senate = Represents State's Interests

    This is of course before it was change so that they are both elected by the people, as you mention.