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  1. Re:Which actions to blame on The Correct Response To Photo Hack Victim-Blamers · · Score: 2, Interesting

    If I have sex with a woman who lies to me and tells me she is on birth control and becomes pregnant, carrying the fetus to term, I am on the hook for birth control. She is allowed to do with the sperm what she wishes.

    If I receive nude photos from a woman and I lie to her, telling her I will not upload these to the Internet and then I do, I am likely to get sued to even face jail time.

    The law here is inconsistent. Nude photos sent to someone should constitute a gift and be treated accordingly. There should not be special laws. A person's potential embarrassment should not preempt personal freedoms.

  2. Re:It does fit? on The Correct Response To Photo Hack Victim-Blamers · · Score: 5, Funny

    I, for one, welcome our new "Does it Fit" meme.

  3. Couples where one partner says, "Well yeah but" on Statisticians Uncover What Makes For a Stable Marriage · · Score: 5, Funny

    Couples where one partner says, "Well yeah, but correlation doesn't equal causation" at least three times a day are almost 100% guaranteed to end up with the death of one spouse at the hands of the other.

  4. Re:OMFG, stupid on Microsoft Announces Windows 10 · · Score: 2

    Well no wonder your Tesla blew up....

  5. Re:all in all on Secret Service Critics Pounce After White House Breach · · Score: 2

    It already is a fortress. In time of war, nations protect their leaders. And the US has been at war for twenty years.

    Open the doors of the Temple of Janus, acknowledge the truth. Every day that the US drops a bomb somewhere in the world is a day that the President of the United States should not sleep easy in his bed. One cannot be angry when one nation attacks another, and that other nation responds in any manner it can.

  6. Re:Interesting what he chose not to answer on Interviews: David Saltzberg Answers Your Questions About The Big Bang Theory · · Score: 1

    I find this show difficult to watch, because it seems to mock the people and groups I grew up with. I have since married and become a bit more "normal", giving up my D&D and video game habits. I do not like seeing my friends (and my self) mocked. I do not believe I have ever met people as lovely, self-effacing and generous as those called geeks.

    Those would have been valuable questions to ask.

  7. Re:Perspective on Say Goodbye To That Unwanted U2 Album · · Score: 4, Insightful

    If you were not an Apple user, your argument, indeed your wants, might matter. But you have chosen your "walled garden" and you must enjoy it. The theme music for your "walled garden" is the latest U2 Album. Enjoy your Bono.

  8. Re:Good luck. Nice knowing you. on Chinese Man Sues State-Owned Cell Phone Company For Blocking Google · · Score: 2

    I'm not so sure about this. I could see an argument being made where the cell phone carrier blocked the service, and not the PRC government. Yes, the carrier was told to do so by the government (or CCP, which are not necessarily exactly the same thing). But, according to the PRC constitution, they are not allowed to censor needlessly. Rather than have the government lose face, the carrier is found to have needlessly censored.

    I do not believe that this would cause any changes down the road, but this case in particular could be interesting.

  9. Re:Hopefully good news on California Blue Whales Rebound From Whaling · · Score: 1

    hmmm. You're making me hungry, boy. I want to eat me some whale.

  10. Re:PL = Honorable Institution. on Posting Soccer Goals On Vine Is Illegal, Say England's Premier League · · Score: 1

    A response that might be expected from an Alabama asshole with eye holes cut out of his sheets.

    So much for the most metropolitan league on the planet. Provincial idiots like yourself are only one step removed from the buffoons tossing bananas at players.

  11. Re:PL = Honorable Institution. on Posting Soccer Goals On Vine Is Illegal, Say England's Premier League · · Score: 1, Informative

    So because Suarez is in the UK, when speaking in his native tongue, he uses a word that sounds like nigger, he is automatically a racist? This word negrito, btw, a word Suarez's grandmother still calls him.

    So much for the most cosmopolitan league in the world. It's no wonder that all the best players are leaving for Spain. I never thought the country of Wilberforce would be so racist in the 21st century as to make the USA look tolerant in comparison.

  12. Re:PL = Honorable Institution. on Posting Soccer Goals On Vine Is Illegal, Say England's Premier League · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    The Premier League / FA is a bunch of racists. The hitjob they did on Luis Suarez for the use of his non-offensive word negrito (ie blackie, a South American equivalent of calling someone Red) smacks of the worst of Jim Crow. England should and eventually will be ashamed of this.

    The Premier League / FA should also be ashamed that they allow so much corrupt Russian money to go flowing into Chelsea. That football club was bought and paid for by the blood of the Russian people. They have allowed Abramovich, the good buddy of dictator Putin, to run riot with stolen money.

  13. Re:Interesting on With Chinese Investment, Nicaraguan Passage Could Dwarf Panama Canal · · Score: 1

    And yes, Authoritarianism does make the trains run on time.

    For a little while.

  14. Re:Money pit on With Chinese Investment, Nicaraguan Passage Could Dwarf Panama Canal · · Score: 4, Informative

    I think you might want to review your history. The first French attempt under La Société internationale du Canal interocéanique almost brought France to its knees. It also was in large part responsible for a disturbing wave of antisemitism that swept France, as Jews were blamed for so much of the corruption.

    A Nicaragua canal would in many ways be better than a Panama canal. Although the distance is quite a bit longer, there would be less of a need for locks than are used on the Panama canal.

  15. Re:Good on Hotel Charges Guests $500 For Bad Online Reviews · · Score: 1

    Well, yeah. Didn't you know that women are always right and men are always wrong? Heck, all men are rapists anyways. We'd be better off without that entire gender. But until then, we'll tolerate men at best.

    And if you do not believe this, you are a neanderthal savage.

  16. Re:Legitimate concerns on UK Government Report Recommends Ending Online Anonymity · · Score: 1

    It has not occurred to you that the hate directed towards Israel is a natural result of the actions the Israeli government has taken over the years? The wholesale slaughter, indeed genocide, of the Palestinian people? The high seas piracy they commit frequently with without consequence? The assassinations, the hit jobs, theft of land, war crimes, etc etc.

    Don't create your anti-free speech stance entirely on your pro-Israel anti-Islam bigoted belief.

  17. Re:Legitimate concerns on UK Government Report Recommends Ending Online Anonymity · · Score: 1

    Words have an impact.

    In the case of bullying it has led to multiple deaths. In the case of terrorist advocacy, it has led to repeated violent/racist protests that has led to countless people getting hurt and in some cases dying. No one should have the right to advocate violence against all members of an ethnic group. Just look at what's happening in France.

    What you are proposing abridges freedom of speech. If a person decides to jump off a bridge because someone called them fat, too bad. We should have learned as a society that restrictions on actions do not make us safer unless those particular necessarily lead directly to harm of others. Advocating violence against an ethnic group, while reprehensible, should be protected speech. Shouting "Fire" in a crowded theater necessarily leads directly to the harm of others, so restrictions are acceptable.

    What invariably ends up happening is government takes too much control. Just look at what's happening in England (to Tottenham's Yid Army or the ridiculously racist hit job the FA did on Luis Suarez for using the perfectly acceptable by South American standards word negrito). If you give government power, they will abuse it. Every time. The question should be: is the abuse worth it? In this case, definitely not.

  18. And... on Switching From Microsoft Office To LibreOffice Saves Toulouse 1 Million Euros · · Score: 2, Insightful

    And how much time was lost from (1) employees needing to learn a new system, (2) reintegrating email onto a new client platform, and (3) finding a new way to conduct patching. (Microsoft, for all their deficiencies, is better than its competitors at keeping patches up-to-date. I'm looking at you, Apple.)

    I'm not saying that the move may not be correct in terms of dollars and sense, but please answer these questions before blowing sunshine up my ass.

  19. Re:Biden is talking coding?? on VP Biden Briefs US Governors On H-1B Visas, IT, and Coding · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Joe Biden is a bit of a buffoon, but that thing about firing a shotgun through a front door is taken out of context. He was referring to someone's question about hypothetical end of days where target ID rules likely aren't such a big deal.

    Biden did actually advocated firing a warning shot through a window, which is illegal and presumably not during the end of days. Not very clever, Uncle Joe.

    It's kind of like the Al Gore Internet stuff. I am not Al's biggest fan, but the guy never said anything about inventing the Internet. Al Gore was instrumental in getting the Federal Government to begin using the networks, particularly for check processing. He saved the taxpayers quite a bit of money by doing this. Gore was one of the first elected officials to really get what the Internet was going to do for society.

  20. Re:Silly season much on Chinese Couple Sells Children To Support Online Game Addiction · · Score: 1

    No, we're all just shocked that they sold their boys. If it was girls being sold, it would not have made the papers or attracted the attention of the Chinese cops.

  21. Baikal? on Chinese State Media Declares iPhone a Threat To National Security · · Score: 1

    Didn't Remington import for a number of years shotguns from a Russian company called Baikal? They were terrible guns for any use other than a club, poorly balanced and an action that made an I beam look flexible. But if you wanted a gun to club someone with, a Baikal was an awesome choice. It made a hellagood club - stout and durable. Thing was built like a tank.

  22. Re:Um.... on A Box of Forgotten Smallpox Vials Was Just Found In an FDA Closet · · Score: 2

    Considering how many doctors used to inoculate for smallpox, a lot. There's probably envelopes containing spores in old collections. Hope they're dead.

  23. Re: Land of the fee on TSA Prohibits Taking Discharged Electronic Devices Onto Planes · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Yeah. That flag pretty much no longer flies over the land of the free and the home of the brave.

    Last time I went into a court house, I was required to remove my belt. Somehow, the US made it through a foreign invasion, a Civil War, WWI, WWII, the Cold War, and absolutely massive social upheaval without requiring people to remove clothing to enter into courts of law. But a few jackasses drive airplanes into some buildings and it's goodbye liberty, hello 'safety'. This 100% safe nonsense is destroying the Republic. We are less safe than ever and we have done it to ourselves. Government is the problem with our security, not to the solution to it

  24. Re:Lower cost for H1B ? In your dreams .... on If Immigration Reform Is Dead, So Is Raising the H-1B Cap · · Score: 0

    Yeah, that's not really true. H-1B workers routinely get paid less than their American counterparts, and once hired, seldom get raises and never talk back.

    At a big corporation with dozens of lawyers on staff or retainer, the costs of bringing on an H-1B are minimal.

  25. Re:Serously? on Why China Is Worried About Japan's Plutonium Stocks · · Score: 2

    Japanese pop culture

    Yeah, I liked that manga too.