>>lots of things are legal but aren't ethical and this is one of them.
Are you a priest? You're obviously not a lawyer...
>>I'm an accountant and crap like this just infuriates me
Ah. Gotcha. Then you're in the wrong profession for someone with your temperament and outlook. Whether you are right or wrong, you will always be miserable.
Exactly right, Netflix does not reveal it, and why should they? And HBO knows exactly how many people are watching their shows through HBO Go. The content owners of the so-called Over-The-Top distribution of video programming have a granular and Nielsen-free handle on those numbers.
The fact of the matter is that they have been struggling for years to keep pace with the barrage of new video consumption
choices Americans have. They still don't have a handle on it. And there are many in the broadcast/cable industry who
uphold they never really had a good grasp (Those diaries! seriously...?) of who was watching what. Their customers
are the broadcasters, not, say YouTube channels or Twitch feeds, so they will always have that bias...
Oh, please! Get a better boogeyman, would you, huh? If you "wouldn't be surprised" then you really don't know much about Westboro's theology, and if you would equate the "threat" from Westboro with the very real existential threat of radical Islam, then you don't know much about Islamic theology, either.
But it's the internet, so please, express your opinion. Everyone is a Winner, after all...
Yeah it does. Christians aren't actively searching for an atomic weapon or dirty bomb to devastate a Western city, so Screw Off with your false equivalencies.
>>We absolutely do. We're frequently out of hot coffee, and the meeting rooms are a mess.
Not to mention the office parties, which are dull without some booby shakin' goodness.
Fuck you, you sexist asswipe.
It is out of fear for the dickless wonders like you that more women aren't in STEM.
So you're ten years old AND your mother won't let you use any search engines?
I am sure it is rough for you now, kid, but believe me when I say "It gets better." When you are a little older and your mom let's you use Google you won't believe how easy things will become! In the meantime, here, have a peppermint...
OK, I'm a hypocrite and a terrible person, because none of my activism against the death penalty here has resulted in any actionable new laws and I haven't moved to Canada.
Now answer the question: Are you really comparing the US Justice system unfavorably to Sharia??
But at least when the US Justice System does kill someone, it is after a long due process, for a capital crime, and not because of the type of sex he has engaged in.
Seriously? You're really comparing the US Justice system unfavorably to Sharia??
As you can see, the writer had to throw in Canadian violence just to pad out his article.
But here's the thing: There is no Christian sect in America with the exception of the Westboro Baptist Church that sanctions violence. My knowledge is not exhaustive so please correct me if I am wrong. And every time that violence "in Christ's name" is committed, official spokesmen from every denomination you can name make a point of condemning it.
You have to see that it is different when violence is committed "in Allah's name," or you are simply not paying attention/only willing to see what you want to see. Sure, the Book of Ezekiel says some crazy violent things, but, again, every Christian denomination acknowledges those passages have been superseded by Christ's gospel of love in the New Testament. Try and get the Imans of any Muslim sect to likewise formally renounce the calls to egregious violence in the Q'ran; try to get the Sharia courts to renounce the penalties for the huddud offences, as stipulated in the Q'ran. Lemme know how that works out for you.
If you really want to do some good, if you really want to save some lives, work towards a Muslim Reformation. Christianity has progressed since the Middle Ages, Islam has not, and it is killing us.
You're presenting me with a list of tweets from cowardly little sociopaths making brave noises to impress their friends sitting across from them at their high school lunch table. Looks like Slashdot on any given Wednesday.
This discussion is not about Internet Tough Guys and Online Bullies making fun of the unicorns in your Safe Space, it's about Institutionalized Violence! Entire nations whose court systems still believe that cutting off the hands of thieves and stoning adulterers is valid justice!
We're talking about bullets, you're showing us tweets. Try to keep up...
Your citation of isolated anti-gay incidents over the course of the past century (from... where? Wikipedia, Mother Jones, and The Nation? Good job, there, Mr. Murrow...) just proves my point.
Meanwhile, the number of (Muslim) districts and (Muslim) nations which are *EXPANDING* their adoption of the strictest code of Sharia is GROWING. Yeah, you know, the strict kind: where gays and women with children out of wedlock are executed... Kind of what Christian nations did... IN THE MIDDLE AGES. Pray that Islam has a Reformation in the 21st century at least half as comprehensive as Christianity did in the 16th century.
>>pinning all violence carried out by people who might be Muslim on Islam
I'm not pinning it on Islam, you fool, the shooter called 911 before his crime and did that himself!
No, it's not. Common sense dictates otherwise. But since it is "Factually and demonstrably true," g'head, prove it. Ball's in your court.
BTW, Patrick's tweet was scheduled days in advance, as most professional accounts are. He apparently posts a random Bible quote on Sundays normally, and this one was an unlucky one.
>>It is important to also remember that there are a lot of Christians in this country with not too dissimilar views towards homosexuality than what radical Islam does.
Sorry, you don't get a pass on this, I'm calling bullshit. There are not "a lot" of Christians with views on homosexuality similar to radical Islam.
Radical Islam *stones* gays, executes them. There may be large sects of Christians who are not in favor of gay marriage, and vastly smaller numbers who believe gays will "burn in hell," but to equate the number of individuals in either of those non-representative Christian groups as "a lot" and equivalent to the number of Sharia-embracing Muslims who would happily and dutifully murder someone because of his sexual orientation is either woefully ignorant or dangerously disingenuous.
Slashdot Mirror
You're a hipster classist who really does not know as much about nutrition as he thinks he does.
"Whoooosh" dude. Whooooosh...
[relax. i'm on your side...]
Exactly right! You have a right to abortion, but that doesn't mean the government will pay for it!
oh, wait...
>> but it needs to be done.
No, it doesn't. It really doesn't.
>>lots of things are legal but aren't ethical and this is one of them.
Are you a priest? You're obviously not a lawyer...
>>I'm an accountant and crap like this just infuriates me
Ah. Gotcha. Then you're in the wrong profession for someone with your temperament and outlook. Whether you are right or wrong, you will always be miserable.
Constantinople got the WHOOOOSH!!
Constantinople got the Works!
It's obviously a paid "slashvertisement." Pinterest is clearly not the only website struggling to monetize itself better...
Exactly right, Netflix does not reveal it, and why should they? And HBO knows exactly how many people are watching their shows through HBO Go. The content owners of the so-called Over-The-Top distribution of video programming have a granular and Nielsen-free handle on those numbers.
The fact of the matter is that they have been struggling for years to keep pace with the barrage of new video consumption choices Americans have. They still don't have a handle on it. And there are many in the broadcast/cable industry who uphold they never really had a good grasp (Those diaries! seriously...?) of who was watching what. Their customers are the broadcasters, not, say YouTube channels or Twitch feeds, so they will always have that bias...
>>Westboro Baptist Church
Oh, please! Get a better boogeyman, would you, huh? If you "wouldn't be surprised" then you really don't know much about Westboro's theology, and if you would equate the "threat" from Westboro with the very real existential threat of radical Islam, then you don't know much about Islamic theology, either.
But it's the internet, so please, express your opinion. Everyone is a Winner, after all...
>>It really doesn't matter.
Yeah it does. Christians aren't actively searching for an atomic weapon or dirty bomb to devastate a Western city, so Screw Off with your false equivalencies.
>>NOPE your wrong - On-Device Storage 4 GB; holds thousands of books
His wrong what??
>>Maybe you can learn to read technical details.
Heh. You make this too easy...
Christ Almighty, but these slashvertisements are getting tedious...
>>We absolutely do. We're frequently out of hot coffee, and the meeting rooms are a mess. Not to mention the office parties, which are dull without some booby shakin' goodness.
Fuck you, you sexist asswipe.
It is out of fear for the dickless wonders like you that more women aren't in STEM.
>>American copyright law does not mean zip in Sweden.
And Swedish music doesn't mean zip in America. Or Sweden, even.
Hey, maybe that's the problem...
So you're ten years old AND your mother won't let you use any search engines?
I am sure it is rough for you now, kid, but believe me when I say "It gets better." When you are a little older and your mom let's you use Google you won't believe how easy things will become! In the meantime, here, have a peppermint...
The *Reformation* you fool, NOT the *Inquisition*
Put down the blunt and pick up a book.
I can see why you post anonymously. You must be an embarrassment to your parents.
OK, I'm a hypocrite and a terrible person, because none of my activism against the death penalty here has resulted in any actionable new laws and I haven't moved to Canada.
Now answer the question: Are you really comparing the US Justice system unfavorably to Sharia??
I'm against the death penalty, moron.
But at least when the US Justice System does kill someone, it is after a long due process, for a capital crime, and not because of the type of sex he has engaged in.
Seriously? You're really comparing the US Justice system unfavorably to Sharia??
>>How many abortion clinics/doctors have been bombed and yes, shot up, in the past decade?
Yeah, how about that? Here's a tidy summary from the Times.
As you can see, the writer had to throw in Canadian violence just to pad out his article.
But here's the thing: There is no Christian sect in America with the exception of the Westboro Baptist Church that sanctions violence. My knowledge is not exhaustive so please correct me if I am wrong. And every time that violence "in Christ's name" is committed, official spokesmen from every denomination you can name make a point of condemning it.
You have to see that it is different when violence is committed "in Allah's name," or you are simply not paying attention/only willing to see what you want to see. Sure, the Book of Ezekiel says some crazy violent things, but, again, every Christian denomination acknowledges those passages have been superseded by Christ's gospel of love in the New Testament. Try and get the Imans of any Muslim sect to likewise formally renounce the calls to egregious violence in the Q'ran; try to get the Sharia courts to renounce the penalties for the huddud offences, as stipulated in the Q'ran. Lemme know how that works out for you.
If you really want to do some good, if you really want to save some lives, work towards a Muslim Reformation. Christianity has progressed since the Middle Ages, Islam has not, and it is killing us.
I'm wide awake, son, thanks for asking.
You're presenting me with a list of tweets from cowardly little sociopaths making brave noises to impress their friends sitting across from them at their high school lunch table. Looks like Slashdot on any given Wednesday.
This discussion is not about Internet Tough Guys and Online Bullies making fun of the unicorns in your Safe Space, it's about Institutionalized Violence! Entire nations whose court systems still believe that cutting off the hands of thieves and stoning adulterers is valid justice!
We're talking about bullets, you're showing us tweets. Try to keep up...
Your citation of isolated anti-gay incidents over the course of the past century (from... where? Wikipedia, Mother Jones, and The Nation? Good job, there, Mr. Murrow...) just proves my point.
Meanwhile, the number of (Muslim) districts and (Muslim) nations which are *EXPANDING* their adoption of the strictest code of Sharia is GROWING. Yeah, you know, the strict kind: where gays and women with children out of wedlock are executed... Kind of what Christian nations did... IN THE MIDDLE AGES. Pray that Islam has a Reformation in the 21st century at least half as comprehensive as Christianity did in the 16th century.
>>pinning all violence carried out by people who might be Muslim on Islam
I'm not pinning it on Islam, you fool, the shooter called 911 before his crime and did that himself!
Russia? The conversation is about Christians in this country, WTF are you talking about?
Factually and demonstrably true
No, it's not. Common sense dictates otherwise. But since it is "Factually and demonstrably true," g'head, prove it. Ball's in your court.
BTW, Patrick's tweet was scheduled days in advance, as most professional accounts are. He apparently posts a random Bible quote on Sundays normally, and this one was an unlucky one.
>>It is important to also remember that there are a lot of Christians in this country with not too dissimilar views towards homosexuality than what radical Islam does.
Sorry, you don't get a pass on this, I'm calling bullshit. There are not "a lot" of Christians with views on homosexuality similar to radical Islam.
Radical Islam *stones* gays, executes them. There may be large sects of Christians who are not in favor of gay marriage, and vastly smaller numbers who believe gays will "burn in hell," but to equate the number of individuals in either of those non-representative Christian groups as "a lot" and equivalent to the number of Sharia-embracing Muslims who would happily and dutifully murder someone because of his sexual orientation is either woefully ignorant or dangerously disingenuous.
Wake up.