It's politicians pounding their chests and showing their people that "see, I'm trying to do something"...yet they KNOW this will never fly past the Supreme Court. I mean, come on.
It's like when everyone was trying to pass a law making it illegal to burn the American flag. Of COURSE this would get shot down by the Courts, yet it looks great when re-election comes back around and they get to say "see, I was all for a ban on blah blah blah".
Say what you will on how the Supreme Court will change and then it will start passing these laws, but so far, even the conservative judges can see how un-constitutional these idiot laws are.
Cause it comes down to this...who decides what's "harmful"?
It's BS and yes, it will get shot down. No one will stand for this....and please, don't give me "oh yeah, just wait" crap. That's all speculation.
Yep...it's as if they all got together and said "hey, we're not raping people out of their cash for crap that only costs us pennies to produce!!!! Our 3000 percent markup on CD's is being pissed away on these.99 cent a song outlets?!?!?! What up wit dat?"
Greedy greedy greedy suits. And heaven forbid if the artists see a FRACTION of all that cash.
Oh well, who am I kidding...I'm just jealous I didn't get in on the money machine myself. If I was making the kind of dough these guys were making I'd be pissed too. Yeah, I'm a hypocrit
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True, if I were going with a Linux system I would go nvidia all the way.
But in general the rule of thumb was, and still is at the particular moment in time, that ATI makes the best boards, but nvidia makes the best drivers.
And I've seen the X800 and X850 cream the 6800 Ultra SLI's in 1600x1200 in a certain game...namly Halflife and CS:Source, yet are very close in Doom3 benchmarks...all at 1600x1200.
So still, at the point in time, the ATI card still has the lead. But who knows what will happen as SLI matures...that is if it is allowed to mature.
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not knowing how much an x850 costs, how much bang do you get for your buck though? surely dual 6800 are cheaper?
Check your prices...I can get a X850 for around 525...two 6800's will run you up to like 800.
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Well, considering right now, at this point in time, the SLI benchmarks that I've seen do not even come close the the speed of a X800xl or X850xl. I've seen them, they come close, but two 6800 Ultras in SLI mode still can't match the X850. Why is this?
Now, having said that...I can see the potential in the future for better performance, but since SLI is still very much in it's infancy, we'll have to wait.
The thing is, what public wants this? Public opinion? The FCC has already stated that 90%, yes 90% of ALL it's complaints are from one, single source...the Parents Television Council.
Since the FCC goes by complaints, it follows what this small group pretty much decides what does and doesn't get put on TV. No one calls the FCC and says "I really enjoyed Janet Jackson's boob". No, they only get the complaints. AND they won't even rule on what is indecent and what isn't. You may remember when some TV stations were going to run, unedited, "Saving Private Ryan". The stations asked the FCC if it was ok to run it, or would they be fined....The FCC said they couldn't tell them either way, but if they got a complaint, then they would be fined. WTF?
But anyway, your arguments are null when you realize that you DO have a choice in turning off the TV or radio...you do NOT have to let your kids watch or listen to it and how DARE you or the government say what is moral or not.
Also, you seem to lump every "teenager" into one place where they will automatically go to and do "salacious and violent" material because it's over the airwaves. And if they do, so? How are you going to regulate what they say to other people or what their friends say to them? Let's put all the rules and regulations in force...the tv is clean now and the airwaves are clean...then what? What about them just talking? You know, talking with one another and they talk about "salacious and violent" things...or they talk about sex. Hey, they talk about sex no matter what. Wither they have sex magazines, or videos, or books or NOTHING they will still talk about it. What then? Put muzzles on all our kids so they don't say or hear anything from anyone else that may sound indecent?
Ok, going off the tracks here. Bottom line, you can NOT regulate morality. What is with people that think that if a kid sees a boob or hears the word "fuck" they're going to turn into some sort of degenerate. Do you REALLY believe that?
Also, do you REALLY want the government taking a role in what is moral and what isn't? What if, for instance, they deemed that what you say isn't good for "the children"? They get around it by saying "oh no, the constitution says you have the right to free speech, we're not taking that away, we're not censoring you...but you just can't say this and that or write this and that and you certainly shouldn't READ this and that...but we're not censoring anyone at all, it's for the children!" You really want someone else telling you and regulating what you can and can't say or see? Not regulating driving or guns or airplane licences or what-not..but what you fricken SAY? You really want this?
Obviously the person that modded this didn't follow the "dupe" modding protocol. I commented on this story the last time and was modded a troll, here I'm modded as flamebait.
WTF, don't the modders even read the fricken stories and their dupes? You're almost as bad as the editors.
BTW, to get this one modded as a troll or flamebait(since this post is new, the modders are on their own to make that call) I have to point out that the Battlestar Galatica show is NOT for free on the Sci-Fi sight, you pay for it by having to use Realplayer.
Could have sworn that this was posted here at Slashdot a few days ago.
Nah, couldn't have been. Must have read that somewhere else. The crack squad of editors here at Slashdot wouldn't let something slip through the cracks and be posted twice...right?
Because over the past few decades the religious nuts have highjacked the republican party, which used to be a great party...on the same token the tree-huggers and hollywood morons have highjacked the democratic party.
And since you asked, when is being religious a bad thing? I guess by itself it isn't a bad thing...but considering that more people have been killed in the name of God then anything else (go back and look at history...a few examples there), it can spiral out of control to where it IS a bad thing.
But if there is someone out there that is religious and they keep it to themselves and practice it without harming or condemning or judging others, hey, you're my kind of people. Haven't met that person yet though.
This isn't where the fine is levied...it's aimed at the guy that says the dreaded words over the airwaves. The broadcast corporation get's fined, sure, but the DJ or "on air talent" or whatever you want to call them is also hit with a $500,000 fine. These people, unless your Stern or Limbaugh, don't have that kind of dough. And the fine is per incident. AND the corporations aren't going to let the guy back on the air until he pays the fine...so he's screwed and the FCC and the religious right are all happy because they've "cleaned up the airwaves".
Well, I mean, come on. Goverment agencies. Both of them, same government.
OK, apples and oranges you may say, but since these are just words...simple words over the airwaves. Words in and of themselves are harmless. No word has ever physically harmed anyone in the history of mankind. Actions taken by people against or because of words, that's a different matter. But simply seeing a naked boob or refering to that boob as a "tit" on the airwaves means nothing.
But yet, this goverment (granted, two different offices that have nothing to do with each other, but still, under the umbrella of "the goverment") wants to put a fine up to (and when they say "up to" they really are going to use the max for the first couple of slobs that try to challenge this) 500,000 bucks. 500,000 bucks for saying words. That's all they're doing, talking and speaking certain words or certain subjects and getting whacked for half a million PER INCIDENT.
On the flip side, the fines handed out by this same government (see above about both agencies under same government blah blah) to nuclear mishaps, which CAN be deadly, which CAN harm others, is relatively low.
So in essence...you know, I'm not going to sum it up, I mean utlemming, you KNOW all this. You can't seriously not understand this. It's not a red herring (which by the way, is a term that's misused here).
It boils down to this, there shouldn't be ANY fines from the FCC. The FCC should just be there to hand out broadcast license and SHUT THE FUCK UP! If you don't like Howard Stearn or Rush Limbaugh, DON'T LISTEN TO THEM! Case closed. Go change the channel. But no, we have to fine everyone...how DARE they say tit on the radio!
Ok, yes, as I said I'm sure there are those here that say this...but again, never met anyone in the real world that does. Just doesn't get done, least not 'round these parts.
What about customers who lost their CD/CD Case but have a legit copy?
In my experience, when you've lost the CD case you've also lost the CD that comes inside it. Of course, unless you're actually one of those VERY rare...and I mean VERY rare person that makes a copy CD of all your software. (yeah, I know there are a ton of people that fight for the right to keep/burn a copy of their software disks, but come on, who really does this? No one I've ever met or worked with or known has ever done this...ever. Yes, I'm sure there will be some on here that will say that they do, but do you really belive them? Still, I'll fight to the end our right to do this, even if no one really does.)
But getting back to your statement, if you've lost the case, you've lost the CD. Or, if you DO backup the CD to another CD, wouldn't you write the code ON the CD...I mean, you're going through all that trouble to back up the media, so why not back up the code?
But regardless of all this, MS is shooting themselves in the foot. The only one's they're hurting are the legit owners of their products...as always when it comes to piracy issues. It's like no one really get's it.
Yes, kudos for the creators...yet, it's a double edged sword as the "download" is actually a Realplayer broadcast. I mean, come on...realplayer? WTF uses that anymore? It's so so SO crappy in terms of quality. Just pisses me off.
Well, enlighten us all then. Set me straight. Someone that comes and just says "you don't know anything about what your(you're) trying to argue"...then tell us all about what we're saying wrong instead of just saying nothing.
You're not helping, you're not doing anything. What's wrong with my arguments? Shouldn't a person be held responsible for their actions? These people are "sane" are they not? They have had an ugly ugly trama in their past for sure, but does this automatically alliviate their responsibility as adults? Yes? No?
Do you even know what we're debating here or did you just want to jump in with a post that really says nothing?
The McMartin preschool case was the one you're thinking off. This is a clear example of the press going off the handle.
But again, I'll repeat it here. I didn't mean to put accused into that sentence. But see how things as little as putting "accused" into a sentence can be totally blown out of whack?
being falsely accused has to be one of the worse things in the world, because in the eyes of the community, you ARE guilty. I certainly didn't mean to suggest if you're accused of child molesting I would demonize you. Convicted in a fair trial, yes, just accused, no.
And no, I'm not backpedaling. My original feelings about people taking responsibility for their actions stands....which is what I was writing about anyway. See how fast these things get run off the road?
I'm 21, male, and was molested by two different people from 2-12 years old. Don't you dare tell me that we are NOT locked into a behavior because of what happened to us as children. It is very, very difficult to overcome your sexual erges.
If this is legit, then I'm sorry for what happened to you...but you are NOT locked into your behavior. You do NOT have to go out and molest a child. You DO have control over yourself. You're coping out and are a complete coward if you really think like this.
The FACT is that you are in complete control of what you do. If you molest a child, then YOU did it. You made a conscience decision to molest that child...and for that you should be punished. NO EXCUSES! I'm so sick of this bullshit of "oh, don't blame me, blame the guy that blah blah blah blah"...sorry pal, rationalize this all you want, but the fact is it's on your shoulders.
It's a tough road I'm sure. I'm sure you have really bad feelings and yes, it will haunt you the rest of your life...but think about the kid that you may molest. Do you want to condem him or her to a lifetime of horror?
Sexual urges are one thing...ACTING on those urges is another. Seek help and GET help...it's ok to get help you know. We all need a little help in our lives. And do not act on your urges. I wish you well.
you really are an idiot, you don't think that such abuse could have serious effects on someones mental state? being beaten with a belt while not exactly something which should be ignored is not sexual abuse.
I agree, being beaten with a belt is no way NEAR as bad as being sexually abused as a child. That being said, being sexually abused as a child doesn't automatically make you unresponsible for your actions as an adult. If anything, you would think that you would go out of your way to protect children from harm so that what happened to you doesn't happen to them.
Mental state be damned...are you saying these people are insane? They are not responsible for their actions? So perhaps, to protect the public, we should lock up the children that are abused today because they can't be responsible for their actions later on. Makes sense doesn't it? If it's a "serious effect on someones mental state" shouldn't that be a cause of alarm? Maybe label them not as sex offenders in a community, but "possible future sex offenders".
Proposing a law isn't the same as MAKING a law. This proposed law was struck down almost instantly...there is currently no law stating that a grown woman can't dress as a teen...or vice-versa even.
In several cases, the molester (not always male!) was assaulted as a child. They've been fucked up in the head and now, to prove they are grown up, they do what grown ups did to them.
For these reasons and more, I will not demonise people accused of child abuse
Having it done to you as a child does not mean anything. ANYTHING. You grow up, you're making decisions now that YOU are going to abuse/rape a child...then that's totally on you. You cannot blame your past. For instance, my parents used to beat me with a belt...but I've never once hit or spanked my child and he's almost 12 now. Was I suppose to spank him and if I did I could just use "well, it happened to me as a child so it's ok for me to do it to my child". No...I have a brain...I can think for myself. I made a conscience decision to NOT do something.
So yes, I WILL demonize people accused of child abuse. They are making a decision, they are doing it. They could have broken the cycle...but no, they have to blame it on what happened to them, and it seems with enablers like you, they have an easy out. We are NOT locked into a behavior just because it happened to us as a child.
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It's politicians pounding their chests and showing their people that "see, I'm trying to do something"...yet they KNOW this will never fly past the Supreme Court. I mean, come on.
It's like when everyone was trying to pass a law making it illegal to burn the American flag. Of COURSE this would get shot down by the Courts, yet it looks great when re-election comes back around and they get to say "see, I was all for a ban on blah blah blah".
Say what you will on how the Supreme Court will change and then it will start passing these laws, but so far, even the conservative judges can see how un-constitutional these idiot laws are.
Cause it comes down to this...who decides what's "harmful"?
It's BS and yes, it will get shot down. No one will stand for this....and please, don't give me "oh yeah, just wait" crap. That's all speculation.
Yep...it's as if they all got together and said "hey, we're not raping people out of their cash for crap that only costs us pennies to produce!!!! Our 3000 percent markup on CD's is being pissed away on these .99 cent a song outlets?!?!?! What up wit dat?"
Greedy greedy greedy suits. And heaven forbid if the artists see a FRACTION of all that cash.
Oh well, who am I kidding...I'm just jealous I didn't get in on the money machine myself. If I was making the kind of dough these guys were making I'd be pissed too. Yeah, I'm a hypocrit
True, if I were going with a Linux system I would go nvidia all the way.
But in general the rule of thumb was, and still is at the particular moment in time, that ATI makes the best boards, but nvidia makes the best drivers.
And I've seen the X800 and X850 cream the 6800 Ultra SLI's in 1600x1200 in a certain game...namly Halflife and CS:Source, yet are very close in Doom3 benchmarks...all at 1600x1200.
So still, at the point in time, the ATI card still has the lead. But who knows what will happen as SLI matures...that is if it is allowed to mature.
not knowing how much an x850 costs, how much bang do you get for your buck though? surely dual 6800 are cheaper?
Check your prices...I can get a X850 for around 525...two 6800's will run you up to like 800.
Well, considering right now, at this point in time, the SLI benchmarks that I've seen do not even come close the the speed of a X800xl or X850xl. I've seen them, they come close, but two 6800 Ultras in SLI mode still can't match the X850. Why is this?
Now, having said that...I can see the potential in the future for better performance, but since SLI is still very much in it's infancy, we'll have to wait.
Yes, we realize this...and no, the FireGL wouldn't make a kick-ass gaming card either. Gaming cards and workstation cards address two different areas.
But I have to ask, why this story in the gaming section of Slashdot?
To put this into real-world perspective, if you had 1 dollar for every digit in the number, you would have 7,816,230 dollars!
Wow...
The thing is, what public wants this? Public opinion? The FCC has already stated that 90%, yes 90% of ALL it's complaints are from one, single source...the Parents Television Council.
Since the FCC goes by complaints, it follows what this small group pretty much decides what does and doesn't get put on TV. No one calls the FCC and says "I really enjoyed Janet Jackson's boob". No, they only get the complaints. AND they won't even rule on what is indecent and what isn't. You may remember when some TV stations were going to run, unedited, "Saving Private Ryan". The stations asked the FCC if it was ok to run it, or would they be fined....The FCC said they couldn't tell them either way, but if they got a complaint, then they would be fined. WTF?
But anyway, your arguments are null when you realize that you DO have a choice in turning off the TV or radio...you do NOT have to let your kids watch or listen to it and how DARE you or the government say what is moral or not.
Also, you seem to lump every "teenager" into one place where they will automatically go to and do "salacious and violent" material because it's over the airwaves. And if they do, so? How are you going to regulate what they say to other people or what their friends say to them? Let's put all the rules and regulations in force...the tv is clean now and the airwaves are clean...then what? What about them just talking? You know, talking with one another and they talk about "salacious and violent" things...or they talk about sex. Hey, they talk about sex no matter what. Wither they have sex magazines, or videos, or books or NOTHING they will still talk about it. What then? Put muzzles on all our kids so they don't say or hear anything from anyone else that may sound indecent?
Ok, going off the tracks here. Bottom line, you can NOT regulate morality. What is with people that think that if a kid sees a boob or hears the word "fuck" they're going to turn into some sort of degenerate. Do you REALLY believe that?
Also, do you REALLY want the government taking a role in what is moral and what isn't? What if, for instance, they deemed that what you say isn't good for "the children"? They get around it by saying "oh no, the constitution says you have the right to free speech, we're not taking that away, we're not censoring you...but you just can't say this and that or write this and that and you certainly shouldn't READ this and that...but we're not censoring anyone at all, it's for the children!" You really want someone else telling you and regulating what you can and can't say or see? Not regulating driving or guns or airplane licences or what-not..but what you fricken SAY? You really want this?
Obviously the person that modded this didn't follow the "dupe" modding protocol. I commented on this story the last time and was modded a troll, here I'm modded as flamebait.
WTF, don't the modders even read the fricken stories and their dupes? You're almost as bad as the editors.
BTW, to get this one modded as a troll or flamebait(since this post is new, the modders are on their own to make that call) I have to point out that the Battlestar Galatica show is NOT for free on the Sci-Fi sight, you pay for it by having to use Realplayer.
Could have sworn that this was posted here at Slashdot a few days ago.
Nah, couldn't have been. Must have read that somewhere else. The crack squad of editors here at Slashdot wouldn't let something slip through the cracks and be posted twice...right?
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Because over the past few decades the religious nuts have highjacked the republican party, which used to be a great party...on the same token the tree-huggers and hollywood morons have highjacked the democratic party.
And since you asked, when is being religious a bad thing? I guess by itself it isn't a bad thing...but considering that more people have been killed in the name of God then anything else (go back and look at history...a few examples there), it can spiral out of control to where it IS a bad thing.
But if there is someone out there that is religious and they keep it to themselves and practice it without harming or condemning or judging others, hey, you're my kind of people. Haven't met that person yet though.
This isn't where the fine is levied...it's aimed at the guy that says the dreaded words over the airwaves. The broadcast corporation get's fined, sure, but the DJ or "on air talent" or whatever you want to call them is also hit with a $500,000 fine. These people, unless your Stern or Limbaugh, don't have that kind of dough. And the fine is per incident. AND the corporations aren't going to let the guy back on the air until he pays the fine...so he's screwed and the FCC and the religious right are all happy because they've "cleaned up the airwaves".
Well, I mean, come on. Goverment agencies. Both of them, same government.
OK, apples and oranges you may say, but since these are just words...simple words over the airwaves. Words in and of themselves are harmless. No word has ever physically harmed anyone in the history of mankind. Actions taken by people against or because of words, that's a different matter. But simply seeing a naked boob or refering to that boob as a "tit" on the airwaves means nothing.
But yet, this goverment (granted, two different offices that have nothing to do with each other, but still, under the umbrella of "the goverment") wants to put a fine up to (and when they say "up to" they really are going to use the max for the first couple of slobs that try to challenge this) 500,000 bucks. 500,000 bucks for saying words. That's all they're doing, talking and speaking certain words or certain subjects and getting whacked for half a million PER INCIDENT.
On the flip side, the fines handed out by this same government (see above about both agencies under same government blah blah) to nuclear mishaps, which CAN be deadly, which CAN harm others, is relatively low.
So in essence...you know, I'm not going to sum it up, I mean utlemming, you KNOW all this. You can't seriously not understand this. It's not a red herring (which by the way, is a term that's misused here).
It boils down to this, there shouldn't be ANY fines from the FCC. The FCC should just be there to hand out broadcast license and SHUT THE FUCK UP! If you don't like Howard Stearn or Rush Limbaugh, DON'T LISTEN TO THEM! Case closed. Go change the channel. But no, we have to fine everyone...how DARE they say tit on the radio!
1. Buy XP and install.
2. Start building up data on your computer.
3. Have it all damaged by XP.
4. ????
5. Profit!
Great business model, gonna write this up and submit it to my bank for a business loan!
Me rich...me REALLY rich!!!
LIAR!!!
Ok, yes, as I said I'm sure there are those here that say this...but again, never met anyone in the real world that does. Just doesn't get done, least not 'round these parts.
But it certainly sounds great on paper!
What about customers who lost their CD/CD Case but have a legit copy?
In my experience, when you've lost the CD case you've also lost the CD that comes inside it. Of course, unless you're actually one of those VERY rare...and I mean VERY rare person that makes a copy CD of all your software. (yeah, I know there are a ton of people that fight for the right to keep/burn a copy of their software disks, but come on, who really does this? No one I've ever met or worked with or known has ever done this...ever. Yes, I'm sure there will be some on here that will say that they do, but do you really belive them? Still, I'll fight to the end our right to do this, even if no one really does.)
But getting back to your statement, if you've lost the case, you've lost the CD. Or, if you DO backup the CD to another CD, wouldn't you write the code ON the CD...I mean, you're going through all that trouble to back up the media, so why not back up the code?
But regardless of all this, MS is shooting themselves in the foot. The only one's they're hurting are the legit owners of their products...as always when it comes to piracy issues. It's like no one really get's it.
Yes, kudos for the creators...yet, it's a double edged sword as the "download" is actually a Realplayer broadcast. I mean, come on...realplayer? WTF uses that anymore? It's so so SO crappy in terms of quality. Just pisses me off.
But still, kudos to the creators.
Waiting for someone to come along now and quote some article about how RAM doesn't noticeably speed things up in a desktop environment.
Pretty soon we'll talk ourselves into a corner where nothing speeds anything up and we were better off with a C-64.
(btw, I'm joking)
Well, enlighten us all then. Set me straight. Someone that comes and just says "you don't know anything about what your(you're) trying to argue"...then tell us all about what we're saying wrong instead of just saying nothing.
You're not helping, you're not doing anything. What's wrong with my arguments? Shouldn't a person be held responsible for their actions? These people are "sane" are they not? They have had an ugly ugly trama in their past for sure, but does this automatically alliviate their responsibility as adults? Yes? No?
Do you even know what we're debating here or did you just want to jump in with a post that really says nothing?
The McMartin preschool case was the one you're thinking off. This is a clear example of the press going off the handle.
But again, I'll repeat it here. I didn't mean to put accused into that sentence. But see how things as little as putting "accused" into a sentence can be totally blown out of whack?
being falsely accused has to be one of the worse things in the world, because in the eyes of the community, you ARE guilty. I certainly didn't mean to suggest if you're accused of child molesting I would demonize you. Convicted in a fair trial, yes, just accused, no.
And no, I'm not backpedaling. My original feelings about people taking responsibility for their actions stands....which is what I was writing about anyway. See how fast these things get run off the road?
you're right...but I tend to demonize everyone anyway, regardless of guilt. But I'm an asshole, your milage may vary.
I'm 21, male, and was molested by two different people from 2-12 years old.
Don't you dare tell me that we are NOT locked into a behavior because of what happened to us as children. It is very, very difficult to overcome your sexual erges.
If this is legit, then I'm sorry for what happened to you...but you are NOT locked into your behavior. You do NOT have to go out and molest a child. You DO have control over yourself. You're coping out and are a complete coward if you really think like this.
The FACT is that you are in complete control of what you do. If you molest a child, then YOU did it. You made a conscience decision to molest that child...and for that you should be punished. NO EXCUSES! I'm so sick of this bullshit of "oh, don't blame me, blame the guy that blah blah blah blah"...sorry pal, rationalize this all you want, but the fact is it's on your shoulders.
It's a tough road I'm sure. I'm sure you have really bad feelings and yes, it will haunt you the rest of your life...but think about the kid that you may molest. Do you want to condem him or her to a lifetime of horror?
Sexual urges are one thing...ACTING on those urges is another. Seek help and GET help...it's ok to get help you know. We all need a little help in our lives. And do not act on your urges. I wish you well.
you really are an idiot, you don't think that such abuse could have serious effects on someones mental state? being beaten with a belt while not exactly something which should be ignored is not sexual abuse.
I agree, being beaten with a belt is no way NEAR as bad as being sexually abused as a child. That being said, being sexually abused as a child doesn't automatically make you unresponsible for your actions as an adult. If anything, you would think that you would go out of your way to protect children from harm so that what happened to you doesn't happen to them.
Mental state be damned...are you saying these people are insane? They are not responsible for their actions? So perhaps, to protect the public, we should lock up the children that are abused today because they can't be responsible for their actions later on. Makes sense doesn't it? If it's a "serious effect on someones mental state" shouldn't that be a cause of alarm? Maybe label them not as sex offenders in a community, but "possible future sex offenders".
Give me a break.
Also, the US proposed a law saying
Proposing a law isn't the same as MAKING a law. This proposed law was struck down almost instantly...there is currently no law stating that a grown woman can't dress as a teen...or vice-versa even.
In several cases, the molester (not always male!) was assaulted as a child. They've been fucked up in the head and now, to prove they are grown up, they do what grown ups did to them.
For these reasons and more, I will not demonise people accused of child abuse
Having it done to you as a child does not mean anything. ANYTHING. You grow up, you're making decisions now that YOU are going to abuse/rape a child...then that's totally on you. You cannot blame your past. For instance, my parents used to beat me with a belt...but I've never once hit or spanked my child and he's almost 12 now. Was I suppose to spank him and if I did I could just use "well, it happened to me as a child so it's ok for me to do it to my child". No...I have a brain...I can think for myself. I made a conscience decision to NOT do something.
So yes, I WILL demonize people accused of child abuse. They are making a decision, they are doing it. They could have broken the cycle...but no, they have to blame it on what happened to them, and it seems with enablers like you, they have an easy out. We are NOT locked into a behavior just because it happened to us as a child.
My top gadgets? Yeah yeah, it's a cliche now, but I still can't live without these:
1. Duct Tape - nuff said
2. WD-40
3. A Sharpie, black
4. slot-head and phillips head screwdriver
Drop me on an island and I'll build an empire!