Seriously? After Obama is just elected President of the US, you're still going to try to tell me that there's some deep, malignant racism here? How many times has Michael Jordan been on the cover of Sports Illustrated? How about Denzel Washington being voted sexiest man alive?
How many times have I been pulled over for bullshit reasons?
In the minds of many of his supporters, Obama isn't "black" he's "biracial" As far as Jordan and Denzel, since days of Jim Crowe it was perfectly acceptable for black people to be entertainers and athletes. Jack Johnson was heavyweight champion nearly 100 years ago. Does that mean that there was no racism then either? Duke Ellington used to make piles of money playing before segregated audiences.
Wait, are you complaining that the main character was black, and stealing cars and shit?
No. Nearly everyone in every GTA game has been a rotten criminal. I don't think that it was racism to set the game in a fictionalized version of 1990s South Central LA.
That the developers were being racist when they were just trying to change something up a bit?
No. The opposite in fact. It was nice to not be invisible anymore.
There's active racism. It's the virulent kind. The asshole with shaved heads attacking people on the street.
There's passive racism. It's just as evil, but not as out in the open. It's the asshole in a suit and tie who prefers to hire certain kinds of people for certain kinds of jobs.
There's latent racism. It's in no way malignant. It's when someone honestly doesn't think about races or and differences between them, but they can accidentally say something stupid or offensive. Like when Tony Snow made his "tar baby" comment.
In video game development, I see latent racism. In many games all of the central characters are white. The game developers probably never even though about racial issues. They just made a game. Being rendered invisible is almost as hurtful as being actively discriminated against. In the first several GTA games the central character is white. In San Andreas, the central characters are almost all black and THAT'S when people notice. I salute Rockstar for making an effort.
She should have been sued for wrongful death. She would have spent the rest of her life paying whatever she makes to the family of that little girl and the rest of us wouldn't have had our rights trampled in the process.
Would it really be better? The world is already over populated and resources will only become rarer as time goes on. Humanity needs a new natural predator or plague.
If you really believed this, you could help save the planet today. Jump off of a building.
You, sir, clearly have no fucking idea of what you're talking about. The 5th amendment means that you don't have to testify against yourself. This right is also extended to the spouse. Other relatives are fair game. Your mother, your father, your siblings and your children CAN be compelled to testify against you.
Not having to testify against yourself doesn't mean that even if there is probable cause, they can't get a warrant for genetic material and test your DNA. DNA is not testimony.
Yes I know the laymans answer - because it is already half way retained.
Nothing half way about it. It's stored on a disk drive on a server. That server is backed up, nightly? Weekly?
Your emails are retained. If you were involved in a successful plot to assassinate the President and the authorities thought that you might have communicated it via email six months ago, you bet your ass that every email you sent would be available to them. This kind of thing is about making it easy to search them.
Won't this simply encourage people to use alternate means for any sort of confidential communications?
YES.
Two weeks ago, where I work, there was a new training module that we had to complete. One of the topics was email and discovery. We are specifically prohibited from speculating about anything in email because it can be a part of discovery. If we have concerns, we are to walk to the person's office and discuss it with them in person.
jihad is an arabic word and i definetly am sure you dont know the meaning of the word nor how to use it.
And you are definately wrong. In the context of Islam, Jihad has a specific meaning. In the context of politics, it has another. I'm using the word in the pop-culture context.
You don't know me, or what I know, I'll thank you not to presume such in the future.
Problem is that a good number of prostitutes are drug addicts and diseased. They'd never be able to work by the rules of a legalized brothel system. They'll still be selling their asses in the streets.
Your alarm system calls you at work. You check your gmail account for the newest auto-sent webcam pics. If you see something, call the police. If not, keep an eye out just in case.
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Jesse Jackson is a racist AND an asshole.
He does get a pass for using the "N word" though.
LK
Yes. In "The 13th Warrior".
LK
Positive discrimination is still discrimination.
LK
Seriously? After Obama is just elected President of the US, you're still going to try to tell me that there's some deep, malignant racism here? How many times has Michael Jordan been on the cover of Sports Illustrated? How about Denzel Washington being voted sexiest man alive?
How many times have I been pulled over for bullshit reasons?
In the minds of many of his supporters, Obama isn't "black" he's "biracial"
As far as Jordan and Denzel, since days of Jim Crowe it was perfectly acceptable for black people to be entertainers and athletes. Jack Johnson was heavyweight champion nearly 100 years ago. Does that mean that there was no racism then either? Duke Ellington used to make piles of money playing before segregated audiences.
LK
Wait, are you complaining that the main character was black, and stealing cars and shit?
No. Nearly everyone in every GTA game has been a rotten criminal. I don't think that it was racism to set the game in a fictionalized version of 1990s South Central LA.
That the developers were being racist when they were just trying to change something up a bit?
No. The opposite in fact. It was nice to not be invisible anymore.
LK
There's active racism. It's the virulent kind. The asshole with shaved heads attacking people on the street.
There's passive racism. It's just as evil, but not as out in the open. It's the asshole in a suit and tie who prefers to hire certain kinds of people for certain kinds of jobs.
There's latent racism. It's in no way malignant. It's when someone honestly doesn't think about races or and differences between them, but they can accidentally say something stupid or offensive. Like when Tony Snow made his "tar baby" comment.
In video game development, I see latent racism. In many games all of the central characters are white. The game developers probably never even though about racial issues. They just made a game. Being rendered invisible is almost as hurtful as being actively discriminated against. In the first several GTA games the central character is white. In San Andreas, the central characters are almost all black and THAT'S when people notice. I salute Rockstar for making an effort.
LK
Call me lame and perhaps not a true enthusiast to the cause, but the DRM I've encountered hasn't really bothered me.
You've apparently not played any game that used StarForce.
LK
OJ had no chance of declaring bankruptcy. He still owned a home worth millions and he has a fat pension.
LK
I agree, but there was no need for this.
She should have been sued for wrongful death. She would have spent the rest of her life paying whatever she makes to the family of that little girl and the rest of us wouldn't have had our rights trampled in the process.
LK
Sickle cell is also known to occur in people of south american descent.
Something about areas with high levels of malaria.
LK
Would it really be better? The world is already over populated and resources will only become rarer as time goes on. Humanity needs a new natural predator or plague.
If you really believed this, you could help save the planet today. Jump off of a building.
LK
Wouldn't you prefer never to have existed if you knew you would be subjected to mental retardation, health complications, and a short lifespan?
Shitty attitude aside, you seem to be doing just fine.
LK
So, religious order it is...
LK
It's illegal to destroy evidence. It's not illegal to avoid creating it in the first place.
LK
You, sir, clearly have no fucking idea of what you're talking about. The 5th amendment means that you don't have to testify against yourself. This right is also extended to the spouse. Other relatives are fair game. Your mother, your father, your siblings and your children CAN be compelled to testify against you.
Not having to testify against yourself doesn't mean that even if there is probable cause, they can't get a warrant for genetic material and test your DNA. DNA is not testimony.
LK
Yes I know the laymans answer - because it is already half way retained.
Nothing half way about it. It's stored on a disk drive on a server. That server is backed up, nightly? Weekly?
Your emails are retained. If you were involved in a successful plot to assassinate the President and the authorities thought that you might have communicated it via email six months ago, you bet your ass that every email you sent would be available to them. This kind of thing is about making it easy to search them.
LK
Won't this simply encourage people to use alternate means for any sort of confidential communications?
YES.
Two weeks ago, where I work, there was a new training module that we had to complete. One of the topics was email and discovery. We are specifically prohibited from speculating about anything in email because it can be a part of discovery. If we have concerns, we are to walk to the person's office and discuss it with them in person.
LK
Family history of cancer or were you a member of Heaven's Gate?
LK
jihad is an arabic word and i definetly am sure you dont know the meaning of the word nor how to use it.
And you are definately wrong. In the context of Islam, Jihad has a specific meaning. In the context of politics, it has another.
I'm using the word in the pop-culture context.
You don't know me, or what I know, I'll thank you not to presume such in the future.
LK
Even without natural immunity, exposure doesn't mean guaranteed infection.
For a single sexual encounter, the odds of transmission are less than 1%.
LK
They should put this unnamed prisoner in a cell with OJ.
LK
I'm not going to name names, because I do not wish to enter the distro jihad, but the distro that I use comes with MP3 codecs.
LK
Problem is that a good number of prostitutes are drug addicts and diseased. They'd never be able to work by the rules of a legalized brothel system. They'll still be selling their asses in the streets.
LK
Web cams.
It's not an ideal situation but think of this.
Your alarm system calls you at work. You check your gmail account for the newest auto-sent webcam pics. If you see something, call the police. If not, keep an eye out just in case.
LK
I fully support a multiple multimegaton nuclear apocalypse targeting the city.
Well, after next tuesday...
LK