So, as long as there is an asshole victim, it is OK for a male to post sex tapes of an 18-year-old girl. That's what's so remarkable - remove this one factor and the frame instantly changes to 'creepy perv should be shot'.
Interesting angle on this one! This guy is actually the hero. Amazing! I don't think I could have imagined a scenario by which a man secretly tapes an 18-year-old girl being raped, posts it on the internet without her consent, and is viewed positively by Western society...but here it is! I was thinking the man would be a hate object like when this scenario usually happens, but change the role of the man in the video and he becomes the good guy.
Yup. Only let the Council of Alphas have a voice. It's been tried. It didn't work out quite as well as you might have imagined. Funny how it's the well-spoken people who think that only well-spoken people's opinions should be heard?
"In my heart, I think a woman has two choices: Either she's a feminist or a masochist."
-- Gloria Steinem
Which one does your post describe? How do attitudes like your hurt the choices of other women, and betray the women who got you these choices in the first place?
Just stop for a moment and think about the different conclusions you would reach were Bush president rather than Obama. A lot of people can't bring themselves to criticize Obama because of the race angle.
You're overthinking it. There have been many cases of "whoa, why does my pop-up ducky programme need to make phone calls that cost me money?" only to be answered by "honestly, we never thought of that. We were so focused on getting our app out the door that permissions never entered into it. Mea culpa."
Wow, what a dickish comment. As if CHILDREN have any influence over the irresponsible spending practices of the US government. (Score: 5, Knee-jerk anti-American)
Nah, that doesn't fly. When West Point had its cheating scandal, that was proof positive that the entire military structure was corrupt from top to bottom, baby murderers, etc. They got zero credit for totally expelling the offenders. Likewise, this scandal is also proof positive that Harvard is corrupt from top to bottom, and Harvard hasn't even taken the firmest action against the offenders.
You know, that "drivers here are idiots" goes for anywhere on the planet. Just change the locale and it works. It's like "don't like the weather in XXX? Just wait 5 minutes, it'll change."
China, due to the Great Firewall, is slow as shit, lossy, and the worst place on the planet to route your traffic through. Not when there are Botswana, Russia, Belarus, etc. However if you're with the Chinese government, you get an unblocked clean line that is just as good as 1000mbps DSL in Korea.
"While Dan Rather attempts to rationalize the network's heartless decision to air this despicable 'terrorist propaganda video,' it is beyond our comprehension that any mother, wife, father or sister should have to relive this horrific tragedy and watch their loved one being repeatedly terrorized," the family said.
"Us" is being used in the collective sense, as in a nation or the entire human race. I can't believe people graduate from college not knowing these things.
The No True Scotsman fallacy to the rescue, again! Where would communism be without it? "Our system resulted in millions of deaths and misery for everyone else? Obviously that wasn't true communism!" It works every time.
The power plants are not the reason for the smog. It is the millions of people burning coal in stoves for home heating. Why do you think this problem is occurring IN THE WINTER?
Hey, I used this app way before it was cool! Now, it's mainstream, and it's just lame now. Sucks! Nah, just kidding. I was surprised and delighted that there was a China air quality app, and installed it straightaway. There is even a handy widget that shows the current conditions. The guy really did a good job on the program.
I just wonder where the data comes from, and how accurate it is. There are perverse incentives for officials to lie about such things. One of my favorite stories is how some clever chap at the US embassy in Beijing stuck and air quality device on the roof and tied it to a web page. Predictably, it was much higher than the official readings, and Chinese people loved it. The government was outraged (telling the truth can be a major crime in China). They tried to get it shut down, saying that it was illegal to report on the environment unless you are a qualified scientist. This very reasonable (by scientific standards) argument was laughed out of court by the Americans, who pointed out that the embassy was sovereign US soil and the mandarins could go suck it. The government obviously couldn't block the US embassy web page with the Great Firewall. Laughs all around.
In no way does the pollution in Beijing excuse the environmental extremists in the EPA. So, there are only two options, with no in between? Only the Sith deal in absolutes.
LOL. If your thing is "you better shape up or you're going to get a reputation as a sort of global Bond villain", you're really going to need some fresher material. That is a dead horse trope. Europeans have been despising and looking down on Americans for centuries. Back in the 80s, which is as far as my memory goes, Europeans had continent-wide demonstrations against the American warmongers who insisted on keeping the Red Army out. Even then, this was nothing new. So, drop the false pretense that America is "becoming" bad, according to the Euroview that's been the case for a long, long time.
"The French couldn't hate us any more unless we helped 'em out in another war."
-- Will Rogers, 1932
After WWII ended, German POWs in the gulags of the Soviet Union adopted a particular method of movement known as the "plenny-step". This was designed by the prisoners to conserve energy when the Communists provided a starvation diet. Not much is known of the exact method used, other than it "turned the camp inhabitants into a mass of bent, crawling figures". You have to realize that the human body (and all animals) do a really good job with optimizing energy output for work achieved.
Are you sure you actually think that, or you just wanted to spew anti-Christian bigotry everywhere? You have SYMPATHY for the male creep who committed violence against women? I wonder what your local feminist groups would have to say about your neanderthal attitudes towards women.
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So, as long as there is an asshole victim, it is OK for a male to post sex tapes of an 18-year-old girl. That's what's so remarkable - remove this one factor and the frame instantly changes to 'creepy perv should be shot'.
Interesting angle on this one! This guy is actually the hero. Amazing! I don't think I could have imagined a scenario by which a man secretly tapes an 18-year-old girl being raped, posts it on the internet without her consent, and is viewed positively by Western society...but here it is! I was thinking the man would be a hate object like when this scenario usually happens, but change the role of the man in the video and he becomes the good guy.
This will result in the disenfranchisement of African-Americans and is racist on its face.
Yup. Only let the Council of Alphas have a voice. It's been tried. It didn't work out quite as well as you might have imagined. Funny how it's the well-spoken people who think that only well-spoken people's opinions should be heard?
-- Gloria Steinem
Which one does your post describe? How do attitudes like your hurt the choices of other women, and betray the women who got you these choices in the first place?
Communists are not nutbags. Plenty of them hold respected positions in economics and academia, and nobody says anything about their political views.
Just stop for a moment and think about the different conclusions you would reach were Bush president rather than Obama. A lot of people can't bring themselves to criticize Obama because of the race angle.
Wow that is frighteningly racist.
You're overthinking it. There have been many cases of "whoa, why does my pop-up ducky programme need to make phone calls that cost me money?" only to be answered by "honestly, we never thought of that. We were so focused on getting our app out the door that permissions never entered into it. Mea culpa."
Wow, what a dickish comment. As if CHILDREN have any influence over the irresponsible spending practices of the US government. (Score: 5, Knee-jerk anti-American)
Nah, that doesn't fly. When West Point had its cheating scandal, that was proof positive that the entire military structure was corrupt from top to bottom, baby murderers, etc. They got zero credit for totally expelling the offenders. Likewise, this scandal is also proof positive that Harvard is corrupt from top to bottom, and Harvard hasn't even taken the firmest action against the offenders.
Thinking people don't set up strawman arguments where they get to make the other side look like idiots.
Awkward...
You know, that "drivers here are idiots" goes for anywhere on the planet. Just change the locale and it works. It's like "don't like the weather in XXX? Just wait 5 minutes, it'll change."
China, due to the Great Firewall, is slow as shit, lossy, and the worst place on the planet to route your traffic through. Not when there are Botswana, Russia, Belarus, etc. However if you're with the Chinese government, you get an unblocked clean line that is just as good as 1000mbps DSL in Korea.
"While Dan Rather attempts to rationalize the network's heartless decision to air this despicable 'terrorist propaganda video,' it is beyond our comprehension that any mother, wife, father or sister should have to relive this horrific tragedy and watch their loved one being repeatedly terrorized," the family said.
"Terrorists have made this video confident that the American media would broadcast it and thereby serve their exact purpose. By showing this video, CBS or any other broadcaster willing to show it proves that they fall without shame into the terrorists' plan."
-- Mariane Pearl, May 15, 2002
"Us" is being used in the collective sense, as in a nation or the entire human race. I can't believe people graduate from college not knowing these things.
The No True Scotsman fallacy to the rescue, again! Where would communism be without it? "Our system resulted in millions of deaths and misery for everyone else? Obviously that wasn't true communism!" It works every time.
The power plants are not the reason for the smog. It is the millions of people burning coal in stoves for home heating. Why do you think this problem is occurring IN THE WINTER?
In the west, Communism is decried? Really? Why are there so many Marxists in our universities, then? Where is this decrying occurring?
I just wonder where the data comes from, and how accurate it is. There are perverse incentives for officials to lie about such things. One of my favorite stories is how some clever chap at the US embassy in Beijing stuck and air quality device on the roof and tied it to a web page. Predictably, it was much higher than the official readings, and Chinese people loved it. The government was outraged (telling the truth can be a major crime in China). They tried to get it shut down, saying that it was illegal to report on the environment unless you are a qualified scientist. This very reasonable (by scientific standards) argument was laughed out of court by the Americans, who pointed out that the embassy was sovereign US soil and the mandarins could go suck it. The government obviously couldn't block the US embassy web page with the Great Firewall. Laughs all around.
Yes, touchpads and clumsy typing make a good point look ridiculous because Slashdot still lacks an "edit" function.
It's spelled "xmerica".
In no way does the pollution in Beijing excuse the environmental extremists in the EPA. So, there are only two options, with no in between? Only the Sith deal in absolutes.
LOL. If your thing is "you better shape up or you're going to get a reputation as a sort of global Bond villain", you're really going to need some fresher material. That is a dead horse trope. Europeans have been despising and looking down on Americans for centuries. Back in the 80s, which is as far as my memory goes, Europeans had continent-wide demonstrations against the American warmongers who insisted on keeping the Red Army out. Even then, this was nothing new. So, drop the false pretense that America is "becoming" bad, according to the Euroview that's been the case for a long, long time.
"The French couldn't hate us any more unless we helped 'em out in another war."
-- Will Rogers, 1932
After WWII ended, German POWs in the gulags of the Soviet Union adopted a particular method of movement known as the "plenny-step". This was designed by the prisoners to conserve energy when the Communists provided a starvation diet. Not much is known of the exact method used, other than it "turned the camp inhabitants into a mass of bent, crawling figures". You have to realize that the human body (and all animals) do a really good job with optimizing energy output for work achieved.
Are you sure you actually think that, or you just wanted to spew anti-Christian bigotry everywhere? You have SYMPATHY for the male creep who committed violence against women? I wonder what your local feminist groups would have to say about your neanderthal attitudes towards women.