They weren't. A few women were criticized for their low quality argumentation and/or poor ethics and behavior, however.
There's a big difference to a general attack on women because of their sex and criticisms towards specific women for their actions, which the anti-gamergate side refuses to acknowledge. The former may or may not be misogyny (depends on the motive for the generalization), the latter certainly is not. The rest of it boils down to long term corruption in the media, from supposedly game focused, gawker-owned rags spending too much time on 'social justice' and attacking their readerbase, to the obvious bias in the mainstream media coverage (not that the mainstream media has ever really gotten gaming). Whenever a group becomes this large and amorphous, there are bound to be a few crackpots in the mix (and the feminists are quick to trot this excuse out when one of their group gets a little too blatantly misandric for the good of the their image) who say stupid shit. These comments really shouldn't be taken seriously, but today's media loves to drum up the fear angle by implying that those crackpots make up the majority position and people fall for it. Law enforcement loves it because it gives them justification to demand larger budgets and more unchecked power.
I'm sure you were referring to the boatloads of white knights defending said groups, dogmatically, out of desire to feel like the heroes they are not, regardless of the evidence presented.
We used to have a good health insurance system, good public transport and an excellent mail service, all state financed. Until some of our right wing bastards decided to leave all that to 'the market'. Services would improve and tariffs would decrease under the pressure of all the competitors in The Great Free Market, is what they told us.
So you say. I find it interesting that most from europe think that americans shouldn't have opinions about places they've never been to or lived in while they drone on about an america they learned about from the leftist propaganda in their own countries. Here in the states, washington DC has managed to concentrate a majority of the wealth. The top 10 richest areas in the country reside there. Since it doesn't have to answer to the market, it can be as lazy, inept, greedy, and bureaucratic as it wants since there's nothing for it to compete with. Obamacare has already made a mockery of itself and foreshadows the future failure of healthcare in the country.
The result? As to be expected with companies trying to deliver the least possible service for the highest amount of money (which IS the thing 'Free Market" is all about), health insurance prices are rising through the ceiling while coverage goes through the floor, public transport is more crappy than ever with higher prices and mail delivery goes the same way.
That doesn't sound like a free market to me. Are you sure? Are you including the subsidies in your calculations? Can you opt out of paying for services you don't need? When I am talking about cost, I am not just talking about currency. I am also talking quality and timeliness of service. If the free market results in higher prices then that's because the government was holding them low, which was probably hurting quality of service. The NHS in the UK is a good example. Human nature is universal, so you can't tell me that your own politicians are all honorable upstanding people who never use the state monopoly to their advantage at taxpayer expense.
So, i will take a bit higher taxes in exchange for better services anytime. Here we see what your Holy Free Market does, and very, very few people like it. (Why they keep believing the shit the right wingers here spout and keep voting for them against their own interest keeps baffling me,)
In the states, health insurance skyrocketed after obamacare forced insurance companies to carry high risk people as well as the 'rights' demanded by special interest 'social justice' groups that the rest of us must now pay for. My own doubled, and that's with lower quality coverage.. For me to get the equivalent coverage it would cost at least 2.5x the price it was last year. This is what happens when a bunch of government bureaucrats insert themselves for a cut in a system that already suffers from too much bureaucracy.
I agree, the right is full of lying bastards too, but what I don't get is why you're willing to overlook all the same shit from the left. Your appeal to popularity is not an argument either. As a general rule, I note the direction the hoards of lemmings the left creates are running and walk quietly and thoughtfully in the opposite direction. It has served me quite well.
You forget that socialist countries subsidize part of the cost on the back of the tax payer. That's fine if you want the service and it is actually a good value, but if not, you pay anyway. If the service sucks? You're SOL. You still pay. Not paying your taxes lands you in jail. Unlike shitty companies, the state never has to answer to the market, so inevitably, any services it renders landslide quickly into mediocrity, bureaucracy, and expense. It's amazing how quickly people forget the horrors of the state sponsored monopolies like ma bell.
The comcast monopoly could only exist in a state controlled market. Starting up an isp is expensive enough as it is, but the regs that do exist favor those who are already established (just like other law regulating business).
Excuse me, sonic the hedgehog does not like being referred to as 'twit'. I am heretoforthwitheth offended by thy satanist viewpoint. I will post on my tumblr accordingly.
Well, no matter how strongly humans may disagree with it, reality is what it is. In the end, it's adapt or die. Blaming the humans who at least try to understand it as the source of the problem will not make the problem go away.
Essentially, yes. Except that here, the government and corporations do each others' dirty work to get around the law and get what they want at public expense.
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Your argumentation would work better if it wasn't based on ad hominems.
They weren't. A few women were criticized for their low quality argumentation and/or poor ethics and behavior, however.
There's a big difference to a general attack on women because of their sex and criticisms towards specific women for their actions, which the anti-gamergate side refuses to acknowledge. The former may or may not be misogyny (depends on the motive for the generalization), the latter certainly is not. The rest of it boils down to long term corruption in the media, from supposedly game focused, gawker-owned rags spending too much time on 'social justice' and attacking their readerbase, to the obvious bias in the mainstream media coverage (not that the mainstream media has ever really gotten gaming). Whenever a group becomes this large and amorphous, there are bound to be a few crackpots in the mix (and the feminists are quick to trot this excuse out when one of their group gets a little too blatantly misandric for the good of the their image) who say stupid shit. These comments really shouldn't be taken seriously, but today's media loves to drum up the fear angle by implying that those crackpots make up the majority position and people fall for it. Law enforcement loves it because it gives them justification to demand larger budgets and more unchecked power.
stumblr! = dancing + social(ist) justice!
I'm sure you were referring to the boatloads of white knights defending said groups, dogmatically, out of desire to feel like the heroes they are not, regardless of the evidence presented.
Nope. It's all about the popularity contest such personalities never grow out of.
It couldn't possibly be because they were dissatisfied with the existing situation.
We used to have a good health insurance system, good public transport and an excellent mail service, all state financed. Until some of our right wing bastards decided to leave all that to 'the market'. Services would improve and tariffs would decrease under the pressure of all the competitors in The Great Free Market, is what they told us.
So you say. I find it interesting that most from europe think that americans shouldn't have opinions about places they've never been to or lived in while they drone on about an america they learned about from the leftist propaganda in their own countries. Here in the states, washington DC has managed to concentrate a majority of the wealth. The top 10 richest areas in the country reside there. Since it doesn't have to answer to the market, it can be as lazy, inept, greedy, and bureaucratic as it wants since there's nothing for it to compete with. Obamacare has already made a mockery of itself and foreshadows the future failure of healthcare in the country.
The result? As to be expected with companies trying to deliver the least possible service for the highest amount of money (which IS the thing 'Free Market" is all about), health insurance prices are rising through the ceiling while coverage goes through the floor, public transport is more crappy than ever with higher prices and mail delivery goes the same way.
That doesn't sound like a free market to me. Are you sure? Are you including the subsidies in your calculations? Can you opt out of paying for services you don't need? When I am talking about cost, I am not just talking about currency. I am also talking quality and timeliness of service. If the free market results in higher prices then that's because the government was holding them low, which was probably hurting quality of service. The NHS in the UK is a good example. Human nature is universal, so you can't tell me that your own politicians are all honorable upstanding people who never use the state monopoly to their advantage at taxpayer expense.
So, i will take a bit higher taxes in exchange for better services anytime. Here we see what your Holy Free Market does, and very, very few people like it. (Why they keep believing the shit the right wingers here spout and keep voting for them against their own interest keeps baffling me,)
In the states, health insurance skyrocketed after obamacare forced insurance companies to carry high risk people as well as the 'rights' demanded by special interest 'social justice' groups that the rest of us must now pay for. My own doubled, and that's with lower quality coverage.. For me to get the equivalent coverage it would cost at least 2.5x the price it was last year. This is what happens when a bunch of government bureaucrats insert themselves for a cut in a system that already suffers from too much bureaucracy.
I agree, the right is full of lying bastards too, but what I don't get is why you're willing to overlook all the same shit from the left. Your appeal to popularity is not an argument either. As a general rule, I note the direction the hoards of lemmings the left creates are running and walk quietly and thoughtfully in the opposite direction. It has served me quite well.
Gamification usually results in 'edutainment' type titles that are poor at entertainment and education.
Welcome to the party, comrade! In soviet amerika you care for obama!
You forget that socialist countries subsidize part of the cost on the back of the tax payer. That's fine if you want the service and it is actually a good value, but if not, you pay anyway. If the service sucks? You're SOL. You still pay. Not paying your taxes lands you in jail. Unlike shitty companies, the state never has to answer to the market, so inevitably, any services it renders landslide quickly into mediocrity, bureaucracy, and expense. It's amazing how quickly people forget the horrors of the state sponsored monopolies like ma bell.
The comcast monopoly could only exist in a state controlled market. Starting up an isp is expensive enough as it is, but the regs that do exist favor those who are already established (just like other law regulating business).
Excuse me, sonic the hedgehog does not like being referred to as 'twit'. I am heretoforthwitheth offended by thy satanist viewpoint. I will post on my tumblr accordingly.
Accuracy from the mainstream media? Surely you jest.
It is actually.
picasa and iphoto suffer from planned obsolescence.
The software isn't meant to entertain you. It's meant to help organize photos. If you want to be entertained, check out the games section.
I am sure they'll find a way to butcher it. They've managed to butcher everything else from my childhood.
or they could've spent two seconds typing 'bgp' into a search engine. I bet the wiki link would be on top.
if you don't know what some acronym means, look it up or go whine about it on your tumblr.
He probably does have them. The question is whether he can see through that to the truth, and is willing to.
Well, no matter how strongly humans may disagree with it, reality is what it is. In the end, it's adapt or die. Blaming the humans who at least try to understand it as the source of the problem will not make the problem go away.
They kill everyone. It just doesn't make the news if the person's white.
Essentially, yes. Except that here, the government and corporations do each others' dirty work to get around the law and get what they want at public expense.
The law is whatever the tyrant wants it to be. That doesn't make it right.
I never expected my statement on slashdot to have those effects. For what little it's worth these days, I do vote that way when and where I can.
well duh.. if you're complaining about your old phone, it's natural for someone to suggest upgrading it.