I've never been on a plane before. In 24 years of existance, the only time I've ever been inside any aircraft was when they were on the ground at air shows or something similar. So what does the new lie detector thing mean to me?
Since I've never been on a plane, I'm going to be hella nervous. I mean, with all the airline disasters I've seen on TV, compounded by the events of September 11th 2K1 and subsequent threats by radical Muslims, I'm goinig to be shaking in my boots. Literally.
Yeah, they might let me slide since (a)I'm an American, (b)I'm whiter than the whitest white man, and (c)I'm agnostic, so I don't have any religious ties. But will the initial hassle be there? Will it cause an incident? And if it does, can I sue the hell out of the security firm that operates these things?
I'm willing to bet that around 60% of people who fly post-9/11 are nervous anyway, whether they've flown before or not. Granted, the fear of a hijacking or worse shouldn't slow us down, but the fear is still there, even in small doses. And those eye scanning cameras are going to detect that. 1 in 10 innocents? I say more like 6 in 10.
You'ld think that with all the millions they're going to spend on airport security they could come up with something that would weed out the bad sheep from the flock of passangers without risking the hassle and wasted time they'll end up with by pinpointing the wrong people...
Yeah, I don't like Microsoft. Just look at my Karma rating. Over the last 3 years, I've had ME eat a hard drive and start munching on a second one, had to rewrite the registry several times, and a boatload of other problems. This is why I switched permanently to Mandrake.
I wasn't at all shocked when I read that XP has a serious hole. Heck, the whole "Upgrade/Shutoff" issue made me walk away from the idea of ever owning it. And now, there's a hole big enough that the FBI is on their case. Granted, it's because of the current state of the world. But really, are you surprised at all?
I know nothing about coding an operating system, but in all reality, I just don't get Microsoft's logic. Linus, Alan and a slew of other keystroke kings/queens work diligently to produce a solid OS (all OSs will have holes, noone's perfect), and they don't even get paid for it! Microsoft makes billions and they can't even get over their e-mail virus hurdle (short answer, stop making e-mail clients open everything with scripts). Now there's a serious hole in XP? Could someone explain that logic to me?
I know it'll never happen. We all know it. But until MS gets its act together, I'll be running Mandrake nearly full time and trying other distros. Anyone care to place bets as to when the next big problem with XP will be discovered? My money is on sometime in the next 10 days...
Video Games ARE art, and it doesn't stop there.
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I was never really much into programming. Did some BASIC when I was a kid, but then I lost myself in Digital Design and Production. I've always looked at programmers as artists in their own right, and they deserve that recognition.
When you take away the flashy graphics, killer soundtrack and story (depending on the genre of game), left alone at the heart of a game is the code. Programmers spend countless hours tweaking, re-tweaking, debugging, doing end-runs around functionality problems, more tweaking, etc. That in itself is an artform. One that I'll probably never learn, that's for sure.
That's not to take away from the writers, designers and producers of the game. Their job is equally important, taking that code and putting a face to the gameplay. How many games have we fallen in love with (FF, Chrono, Ultima, the list is huge) because of the look and feel of a game? The story you become immersed in? The sheer challange of it all?
Video Games ARE art. From Pong to Final Fantasy 10, it's evolved like any other art form and should be considered as such.
If there's anything the Clinton era taught us, it's that peace negotiations in recent years don't do squat. They hit us hard, and as the old saying goes, an eye for an eye.
The one thing we have to remember is that we're not attacking Afghanistan as a whole. Only the Al-Queda group and their hosts, the Taliban Militia (who, by the way, are made up of alot of non-Afghani Arabs). So before any of you start flinging "towel head" comments, use your own head. We're not Anti-Arab, we're not anit-Islam. We're anti-people-who-think-they-have-a-reason-to-kill-t housands-of-innocents.
If you want to help out, I suggest donating food and/or money to the humanitarian effort aimed at helping the innocent Afghani people. They're the ones being forced into this kind of crap by the Taliban. It will show them that we're not after them, only those who wish to control them and cause havoc around the globe.
Why doesn't the RIAA let the FTC know about TopText while they're at it. I'm sure that the FTC would be interested in taking that waste of code down, since it overlays links without user knowledge, not to mention is installed when KaZaA is.
Good thing I didn't download KaZaA when I heard about it. Noticing that it REQUIRED Windows Media Player killed any chance of that happening. I like my WinAMP in Winblows, and love my XMMS.
Makes you wonder if they'll ever notice where 90% of music trading happens. I know where it is, do you? Here's a hint: it's been around for a long while...
At last. I've found an AC who said something I can agree with 100%. We should all get on with our lives, and soon. I'm gagging on coverage, too, and need a release.
Since I'm glued to the news coverage while I am at home, and unable to watch TV at work, I really haven't given much thought to catching the Adult Swim. But this is a travesty. By taking one of the best series to come out of Japan in recent times and replacing it with what are obviously the most violent cartoons in history is preposterous.
Living in the area I do, I don't get to see much of my beloved Anime except what comes down the pipe at CN. I was really looking forward to seeing Bebop and see what the hype was about. I was deffinately liking it, too. What next, no Die Hard Trilogy flicks on TBS? We know this is real, and must deal with it as best we can. Watching scenes we are familiar with (as far as cinema goes) will not hurt us at all.
Fuck you. I don't support any of that shit. Why don't you just get off your horse there, chico. I'm an Irish American, but most of all, I'm an AMERICAN. I just don't believe that ALL Arabs, etc., are terrorist like your narrow-minded ass. Piss off. My friend lost his cousin in that attack in NYC, so I feel as much pain as any other American...
Get your marbles back in the bag or get the hell out of my sight...
What the hell is wrong with you? It's not ALL Arabs, Islamic Practitioners, or other "towel heads" as you so lovingly put it. You're a damned biggot fool if you think that's the way to go.
Yes, the dead, dying and injured DO deserve justice. But not that kind of justice. True Justice will find the responsible parties and bring them in. Once we have them, I agree that their human rights should be thrown out the window. But not on the genocidal scale that you're talking about.
Note to Taco: This AC thing is getting out of hand. I suggest removing the anonymous option so these fools will either put a name to the idiocy or shut up alltogether. As for my comments on this topic, I think Mafiaboy got his. I know alot of "script kiddies" who think they are hackers. Morons. They deserve what Mafiaboy got. They never sat for hours with a WAR Dialer and a 2400bps modem doing the grunt work...
Bush is a simpleton. I share some of his views, being a moderate independant. But other views, I disagree with. As far a simpleton is concerned, here's my opinion (which I'm entitled to, in case you've forgotton):
He's clueless on foreign policy. While his tax cut is good, he hasn't done jack for the economy. He's gone and destroyed a budget surpluss by jacking up military spending, among other useless spending initiatives. He can't make up his mind on the environment (being a big oil pawn). His presidency amounts to Comic Releif, not Forward Progress.
He makes Clinton (who I don't like, either) look like a saint. And what kind of family does he come from? His father was the head of the CIA and knew all sorts of dirt on all sorts of people, but didn't know his own son was snorting coke? Come on...
I do have to give you credit though, mimbleton. At least you had the grapefruits to confront me head on, not like the ACs that see fit to be self-righteous from the cloud of anonymity. You've got my respect, unlike them...
And where are your facts to back up me being a "yes man?" Hmmm? I'm not a "yes" person at all. It's how I feel on the subject. Posting as AC isn't really all that credible. Wanna make a point and have it stick? Try posting with your user name. Then I might actually give a shit as to what you say. thenerd had enough sense to do that, and for that, he gets my respect...
These companies are getting too big for their own good, and especially for OUR own good. They have way to much power. And the sad part is, there's not much we can do about it. The Government cares too much about the income that Lobbying generates and will not move to act. Case in point, the Microsoft Anti-Trust case. A year ago, Microsoft was on the verge of a breakup. Now, they'll just get a slap on the wrist.
Granted, DUI is a serious problem and needs to be dealt with. But I honestly don't want to have to deal with the fuzz every time I go to the watering hole for a cold one. If this isn't one step closer to Big Brother in your car (already one of the few places you can still smoke a ciggy without getting bitched and whined at), then I don't know what is...
... with everyone else here. $10 billion? You've got to be kidding. I'm willing to believe that those loss estimates were more or less made up to account for the losses suffered in our happy little sluggish economy. Nothing more than something to tell the stockholders to divert their attention from the economic downturn the tech sector is experiencing.
On a personal note, it was nice to see that SirCam got some press. Since it came out, the only thing I've read about it aside from/. was in my local hicktown paper. It's about time they cover a virus that affects us, the blue collar folk. If I had stock in these companies, then I'd care about Code Red. But I don't, so forgive me if I'm a mark for "common man" journalism.
Damnit. Mars, Mars, Mars. All I hear is Mars. Mars is a sensationalized fantasy at the moment, people. Sure, we'd be doing our part as players in the grand play of History and help future generations get to Mars. But Mars shouldn't be the goal. Not just yet, anyway...
I want everyone to look out their windows tonight and tell me what they see in the sky. Gee, isn't that our Moon? Now, I remember in Star Trek: First Contact, Commander Riker talking about there being 50 million people living on the Moon. Now, doesn't that sound like a more realistic goal?
10 years, folks. In 10 years we can have a permanent base on the Moon. If technology in 1969 put us there, technology today can keep us there. Forget that red ball of nothingness for right now and focus on that little grey rock we have right in our own celestial backyard...
It's too bad that Kevin Smith is retiring the characters (he doesn't want his daughter to think he's a "walking, non-talking cartoon"), but what a way to go. Having the only two recurring characters hit the road for a picture of their own!
I met Smith and Mewes while they were filming Dogma in Pittsburgh. Both are fun guys to chill with, and are alot like their on-screen counterparts in many repsects (though Smith talks alot more than "Bob"), but more down to Earth in alot of other ways. I'm gonna miss seeing these two nuts tear it up on the screen. Snoochie Boochies!
It seems like this whole thing is turning out to be like the OJ case: Neverending, boring, redundant and without any sort of real interest. All it needs is a white bronco chase and some way too expensive lawyers. "If it's not a megabit, you must acquit." That sort of thing.
Why are we so worried about Mars when we have a moon here we could be colonizing. That might help a wee bit in both Mars missions and general space observations. Kind of a jumping off point. We more or less have the technology (if 1969 put us there for a visit). NASA should take the tagline from another four letter company and "Just Do It"
Yeah, that's just one guy, though. We need more. And I'd deffinately run as an indy candidate. Green Party? I know of them, but it sounds more like the last gathering I had at my apartment. Lotsa Green, Huge Party. Heh.
I say we all put down our keyboards and run for public office. We have the smarts to write sensible laws. Hell, most of it is common sense, really. But the old farts in Washington seem hellbent on keeping things "old world" nowadays, a fact which sucks.
First thing that needs to happen: Strom Thurmond needs to either retire or just expire. He's what, 90something? I'm sure he was a good man back in days when that mattered, but now it's differant. He's obsolete.
We, the young (and not-that-young-but-still-not-old), should weasel our ways into the system slowly and quietly. Then, when enough of us hold important offices, we change the system. It can happen, we just have to get off of our a$$es and try to make a differance...
My uncle, a State Rep here in PA, is getting me started. I plan on making whatever dent I can...
Violence exists in us all, whether we like it or not. How that violence is expressed is a product of Environment or Circumstances, not because of a video game or cartoon that has excess violence. We're quick to place blame for our instinctive actions (which, yes, include violence) on something else to make ourselves feel better. Am I the only one who saw the underlying meaning to the story of Gundam Wing?
Common sense says that a child raised with an abusive parent stands more chance of reciprocating that action that a child with decent, loving parents that plays Ultimate MK3 for hours a day. One is a potential life and death scenario, the other is entertainment. We have to teach our children (as parents, that's our number one priority, isn't it?) the differance between reality and fantasy. And we also have to let them know that the world we live in IS violent, and it almost assuredly always will be. Violence is human nature.
Sheilding your children from violence is another bad move. Taking away that UMK3 game isn't going to garuntee that your child isn't going to see violent images. He may walk into the living room while the news is on and hear about the 13 people killed in an arson attack. Instead of protecting them from it, we should explain to them why it happens and what can be done to avoid it.
The point is, the world isn't a Walt Disney feature (god help us if it were), and we have to deal with that fact. Taking away violent things doesn't make violence go away. Dealing with it head on has the potential to, though...
I just got back from Karaoke myself. Beer, Music, Blondes and Banjo! Great combination! Caps off a killer night. Kudos to Taco and Crew for a job well done and worth a beer ^.^
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I've never been on a plane before. In 24 years of existance, the only time I've ever been inside any aircraft was when they were on the ground at air shows or something similar. So what does the new lie detector thing mean to me?
Since I've never been on a plane, I'm going to be hella nervous. I mean, with all the airline disasters I've seen on TV, compounded by the events of September 11th 2K1 and subsequent threats by radical Muslims, I'm goinig to be shaking in my boots. Literally.
Yeah, they might let me slide since (a)I'm an American, (b)I'm whiter than the whitest white man, and (c)I'm agnostic, so I don't have any religious ties. But will the initial hassle be there? Will it cause an incident? And if it does, can I sue the hell out of the security firm that operates these things?
I'm willing to bet that around 60% of people who fly post-9/11 are nervous anyway, whether they've flown before or not. Granted, the fear of a hijacking or worse shouldn't slow us down, but the fear is still there, even in small doses. And those eye scanning cameras are going to detect that. 1 in 10 innocents? I say more like 6 in 10.You'ld think that with all the millions they're going to spend on airport security they could come up with something that would weed out the bad sheep from the flock of passangers without risking the hassle and wasted time they'll end up with by pinpointing the wrong people...
Yeah, I don't like Microsoft. Just look at my Karma rating. Over the last 3 years, I've had ME eat a hard drive and start munching on a second one, had to rewrite the registry several times, and a boatload of other problems. This is why I switched permanently to Mandrake.
I wasn't at all shocked when I read that XP has a serious hole. Heck, the whole "Upgrade/Shutoff" issue made me walk away from the idea of ever owning it. And now, there's a hole big enough that the FBI is on their case. Granted, it's because of the current state of the world. But really, are you surprised at all?
I know nothing about coding an operating system, but in all reality, I just don't get Microsoft's logic. Linus, Alan and a slew of other keystroke kings/queens work diligently to produce a solid OS (all OSs will have holes, noone's perfect), and they don't even get paid for it! Microsoft makes billions and they can't even get over their e-mail virus hurdle (short answer, stop making e-mail clients open everything with scripts). Now there's a serious hole in XP? Could someone explain that logic to me?
I know it'll never happen. We all know it. But until MS gets its act together, I'll be running Mandrake nearly full time and trying other distros. Anyone care to place bets as to when the next big problem with XP will be discovered? My money is on sometime in the next 10 days...
I was never really much into programming. Did some BASIC when I was a kid, but then I lost myself in Digital Design and Production. I've always looked at programmers as artists in their own right, and they deserve that recognition.
When you take away the flashy graphics, killer soundtrack and story (depending on the genre of game), left alone at the heart of a game is the code. Programmers spend countless hours tweaking, re-tweaking, debugging, doing end-runs around functionality problems, more tweaking, etc. That in itself is an artform. One that I'll probably never learn, that's for sure.
That's not to take away from the writers, designers and producers of the game. Their job is equally important, taking that code and putting a face to the gameplay. How many games have we fallen in love with (FF, Chrono, Ultima, the list is huge) because of the look and feel of a game? The story you become immersed in? The sheer challange of it all?
Video Games ARE art. From Pong to Final Fantasy 10, it's evolved like any other art form and should be considered as such.
If there's anything the Clinton era taught us, it's that peace negotiations in recent years don't do squat. They hit us hard, and as the old saying goes, an eye for an eye.
t housands-of-innocents.
The one thing we have to remember is that we're not attacking Afghanistan as a whole. Only the Al-Queda group and their hosts, the Taliban Militia (who, by the way, are made up of alot of non-Afghani Arabs). So before any of you start flinging "towel head" comments, use your own head. We're not Anti-Arab, we're not anit-Islam. We're anti-people-who-think-they-have-a-reason-to-kill-
If you want to help out, I suggest donating food and/or money to the humanitarian effort aimed at helping the innocent Afghani people. They're the ones being forced into this kind of crap by the Taliban. It will show them that we're not after them, only those who wish to control them and cause havoc around the globe.
Why doesn't the RIAA let the FTC know about TopText while they're at it. I'm sure that the FTC would be interested in taking that waste of code down, since it overlays links without user knowledge, not to mention is installed when KaZaA is.
Good thing I didn't download KaZaA when I heard about it. Noticing that it REQUIRED Windows Media Player killed any chance of that happening. I like my WinAMP in Winblows, and love my XMMS.
Makes you wonder if they'll ever notice where 90% of music trading happens. I know where it is, do you? Here's a hint: it's been around for a long while...
At last. I've found an AC who said something I can agree with 100%. We should all get on with our lives, and soon. I'm gagging on coverage, too, and need a release.
Since I'm glued to the news coverage while I am at home, and unable to watch TV at work, I really haven't given much thought to catching the Adult Swim. But this is a travesty. By taking one of the best series to come out of Japan in recent times and replacing it with what are obviously the most violent cartoons in history is preposterous.
Living in the area I do, I don't get to see much of my beloved Anime except what comes down the pipe at CN. I was really looking forward to seeing Bebop and see what the hype was about. I was deffinately liking it, too. What next, no Die Hard Trilogy flicks on TBS? We know this is real, and must deal with it as best we can. Watching scenes we are familiar with (as far as cinema goes) will not hurt us at all.
Fuck you. I don't support any of that shit. Why don't you just get off your horse there, chico. I'm an Irish American, but most of all, I'm an AMERICAN. I just don't believe that ALL Arabs, etc., are terrorist like your narrow-minded ass. Piss off. My friend lost his cousin in that attack in NYC, so I feel as much pain as any other American...
Get your marbles back in the bag or get the hell out of my sight...
What the hell is wrong with you? It's not ALL Arabs, Islamic Practitioners, or other "towel heads" as you so lovingly put it. You're a damned biggot fool if you think that's the way to go.
Yes, the dead, dying and injured DO deserve justice. But not that kind of justice. True Justice will find the responsible parties and bring them in. Once we have them, I agree that their human rights should be thrown out the window. But not on the genocidal scale that you're talking about.
Note to Taco: This AC thing is getting out of hand. I suggest removing the anonymous option so these fools will either put a name to the idiocy or shut up alltogether. As for my comments on this topic, I think Mafiaboy got his. I know alot of "script kiddies" who think they are hackers. Morons. They deserve what Mafiaboy got. They never sat for hours with a WAR Dialer and a 2400bps modem doing the grunt work...
Bush is a simpleton. I share some of his views, being a moderate independant. But other views, I disagree with. As far a simpleton is concerned, here's my opinion (which I'm entitled to, in case you've forgotton):
He's clueless on foreign policy. While his tax cut is good, he hasn't done jack for the economy. He's gone and destroyed a budget surpluss by jacking up military spending, among other useless spending initiatives. He can't make up his mind on the environment (being a big oil pawn). His presidency amounts to Comic Releif, not Forward Progress.
He makes Clinton (who I don't like, either) look like a saint. And what kind of family does he come from? His father was the head of the CIA and knew all sorts of dirt on all sorts of people, but didn't know his own son was snorting coke? Come on...
I do have to give you credit though, mimbleton. At least you had the grapefruits to confront me head on, not like the ACs that see fit to be self-righteous from the cloud of anonymity. You've got my respect, unlike them...
And where are your facts to back up me being a "yes man?" Hmmm? I'm not a "yes" person at all. It's how I feel on the subject. Posting as AC isn't really all that credible. Wanna make a point and have it stick? Try posting with your user name. Then I might actually give a shit as to what you say. thenerd had enough sense to do that, and for that, he gets my respect...
Leave Rob out of this. He's not whining, he's concerned, as alot of us are. These consolidations and mergers are getting out of hand.
These companies are getting too big for their own good, and especially for OUR own good. They have way to much power. And the sad part is, there's not much we can do about it. The Government cares too much about the income that Lobbying generates and will not move to act. Case in point, the Microsoft Anti-Trust case. A year ago, Microsoft was on the verge of a breakup. Now, they'll just get a slap on the wrist.
And all because we had to elect a simpleton...
Antarctica is looking rather inviting now...
Granted, DUI is a serious problem and needs to be dealt with. But I honestly don't want to have to deal with the fuzz every time I go to the watering hole for a cold one. If this isn't one step closer to Big Brother in your car (already one of the few places you can still smoke a ciggy without getting bitched and whined at), then I don't know what is...
... with everyone else here. $10 billion? You've got to be kidding. I'm willing to believe that those loss estimates were more or less made up to account for the losses suffered in our happy little sluggish economy. Nothing more than something to tell the stockholders to divert their attention from the economic downturn the tech sector is experiencing.
/. was in my local hicktown paper. It's about time they cover a virus that affects us, the blue collar folk. If I had stock in these companies, then I'd care about Code Red. But I don't, so forgive me if I'm a mark for "common man" journalism.
On a personal note, it was nice to see that SirCam got some press. Since it came out, the only thing I've read about it aside from
Damnit. Mars, Mars, Mars. All I hear is Mars. Mars is a sensationalized fantasy at the moment, people. Sure, we'd be doing our part as players in the grand play of History and help future generations get to Mars. But Mars shouldn't be the goal. Not just yet, anyway...
I want everyone to look out their windows tonight and tell me what they see in the sky. Gee, isn't that our Moon? Now, I remember in Star Trek: First Contact, Commander Riker talking about there being 50 million people living on the Moon. Now, doesn't that sound like a more realistic goal?
10 years, folks. In 10 years we can have a permanent base on the Moon. If technology in 1969 put us there, technology today can keep us there. Forget that red ball of nothingness for right now and focus on that little grey rock we have right in our own celestial backyard...
[Insert Your Favorite Redundant Anti-MS Propaganda Here]
It's too bad that Kevin Smith is retiring the characters (he doesn't want his daughter to think he's a "walking, non-talking cartoon"), but what a way to go. Having the only two recurring characters hit the road for a picture of their own!
I met Smith and Mewes while they were filming Dogma in Pittsburgh. Both are fun guys to chill with, and are alot like their on-screen counterparts in many repsects (though Smith talks alot more than "Bob"), but more down to Earth in alot of other ways. I'm gonna miss seeing these two nuts tear it up on the screen. Snoochie Boochies!
It seems like this whole thing is turning out to be like the OJ case: Neverending, boring, redundant and without any sort of real interest. All it needs is a white bronco chase and some way too expensive lawyers. "If it's not a megabit, you must acquit." That sort of thing.
Why are we so worried about Mars when we have a moon here we could be colonizing. That might help a wee bit in both Mars missions and general space observations. Kind of a jumping off point. We more or less have the technology (if 1969 put us there for a visit). NASA should take the tagline from another four letter company and "Just Do It"
Now I see why you post like this... And you think you can do much better?
Yeah, that's just one guy, though. We need more. And I'd deffinately run as an indy candidate. Green Party? I know of them, but it sounds more like the last gathering I had at my apartment. Lotsa Green, Huge Party. Heh.
I say we all put down our keyboards and run for public office. We have the smarts to write sensible laws. Hell, most of it is common sense, really. But the old farts in Washington seem hellbent on keeping things "old world" nowadays, a fact which sucks.
First thing that needs to happen: Strom Thurmond needs to either retire or just expire. He's what, 90something? I'm sure he was a good man back in days when that mattered, but now it's differant. He's obsolete.
We, the young (and not-that-young-but-still-not-old), should weasel our ways into the system slowly and quietly. Then, when enough of us hold important offices, we change the system. It can happen, we just have to get off of our a$$es and try to make a differance...
My uncle, a State Rep here in PA, is getting me started. I plan on making whatever dent I can...
Violence exists in us all, whether we like it or not. How that violence is expressed is a product of Environment or Circumstances, not because of a video game or cartoon that has excess violence. We're quick to place blame for our instinctive actions (which, yes, include violence) on something else to make ourselves feel better. Am I the only one who saw the underlying meaning to the story of Gundam Wing?
Common sense says that a child raised with an abusive parent stands more chance of reciprocating that action that a child with decent, loving parents that plays Ultimate MK3 for hours a day. One is a potential life and death scenario, the other is entertainment. We have to teach our children (as parents, that's our number one priority, isn't it?) the differance between reality and fantasy. And we also have to let them know that the world we live in IS violent, and it almost assuredly always will be. Violence is human nature.
Sheilding your children from violence is another bad move. Taking away that UMK3 game isn't going to garuntee that your child isn't going to see violent images. He may walk into the living room while the news is on and hear about the 13 people killed in an arson attack. Instead of protecting them from it, we should explain to them why it happens and what can be done to avoid it.
The point is, the world isn't a Walt Disney feature (god help us if it were), and we have to deal with that fact. Taking away violent things doesn't make violence go away. Dealing with it head on has the potential to, though...
I just got back from Karaoke myself. Beer, Music, Blondes and Banjo! Great combination! Caps off a killer night. Kudos to Taco and Crew for a job well done and worth a beer ^.^