Considering that several prominent female vets of the gaming industry have came forward and dispelled the myth of the "boy's only club" (Creator of "legacy of kain" for starters) , the entire narrative is hogwash.
Finding a few examples of women doing well in the gaming industry does not prove it is not sexist, any more than Barack Obama being president proves there is no racism in the US.
Theology, when taught from a neutral viewpoint, is a real science.
No, that's called "religious studies" and it's a social science. Theology is the art of drinking Kool-aid and calling it fine wine. Religious studies is the cataloging of all the flavors of Kool-aid that theologians drink.
No, you can (at least in the UK) do a theology degree that involves studying comparative religions, not just training to be a priest. Otherwise mainstream universities wouldn't do theology courses, they would just be left to church colleges (if such exist).
Although you probably wouldn't want to, you can be an atheist and study theology, just like any other intellectual pursuit. Theology is not limited to believers, otherwise (say) a Christian wouldn't be interested in Buddhism or Hinduism at all.
What sort of degree course is this being taught on?
If it's something like sociology or philosophy, looking at the (il)logic behind some popular beliefs, that's OK as encouraging critical thinking If it's part of a medical degree, it's absurd.
The "community police officer" is in the same business as the religious police in Saudi Arabia or Iran, or authorities in North Korea or Putin's Russia.
Congrats on not actually using the word "Gestapo", although it could hardly have been more hyperbolic otherwise.
Anyone who can equate asking someone not to use an outlet marked as not for public use and shipping people off to be flogged or interned in a labour camp is so far out of touch with reality it's not even amusing.
Insane. Here in sweden we have a socket or two by every seat on the bigger trains, like the one going between Copenhagen and Stockholm. And even on the smaller ones you're totally free to use any sockets found in the public area of the train.
On the debit side, your idea of a sandwich only has one slice of bread. So I'd say that culturally it's a tie.
But to the PCSO's defense: apparently the socket was marked "do not use". Still a mystery why it was even turned on, if it was only for the cleaners' use while the train was stopped...
Would it make you happier if they put a lock on it that only cleaners had the key to?
Some things in a civilised society work on a co-operative basis. There are unspoken rules (e.g. I won't come round to your house and take a dump on your front doorstep). There are written rules (e.g. please do not walk on the grass signs). Finally, there are actual laws for those who refuse to behave sociably.
The guy in this article sounds like an entitled dickhead, although I suppose it's possible he's legally blind or dyslexic or something. But I think that would have been mentioned.
Technically it's theft. You've cost the rail company money (pittance though it may be) and potentially risked a fire by plugging an unknown device into an electrical socket.
I stopped reading here and I'm seriously hoping you're kidding. "risked a fire"? Seriously?
Why do you think firms have to do PAT testing?
And in your universe is there no such thing as an electrically-based fire?
I'm all for being civil, but when some jobsworth with no power of arrest is trying to get you nicked for stealing electricity worth less than the paper he would need to write up the citation it is a citizens public duty to tell him politely but firmly to go fuck himself.
And then the jobsworth with no power of arrest calls in his/her colleagues who are told that you have been acting threateningly in public, and who do arrest you on suspicion of threatening behaviour, and you spend a few hours staring at the walls of a police station before they let you go.
What gets me is that the idea of being arrested not for violating a law but for being a malcontent seems to have a lot of supporters in the UK. Doesn't seem like a place I'd want to live in. Not trying to be a jackass myself most of the times, but.. wow. Strange idea of freedom, really.
Abusing police officers is violating a law, genius. I doubt that there are many countries in the world where you are allowed to abuse law enforcement officers to their faces with impunity.
Hobby Bobby asked him to unplug his phone, instead of unplugging his phone he decided to give the PCSO some lip and it became a battle of egos after that.
He'd probably been taking expert legal advice on UK law (from American teenagers on the internet) and thought he could get away scot free with dissing the PCSO.
If he'd just unplugged his iPhone nothing would have happened and he wouldn't even have been fined.
Instead, he acted like a knob towards the PCSO who pointed out that there was in effect a gigantic sign saying "PLUGGING INTO THIS IS PROHIBITED" and subsequently to the actual police officers who turned up, so they arrested him for "being a total arse bucket in public" (or whatever the technical term is).
Obviously no one was ever going to be prosecuted for stealing GBP 0.02 of electricity.
Best thing to do if they confront you is simply refuse to talk to them, and if possible walk away. They can't detain you. If they touch you it's assault and you can have them arrested
Yeah, right. The cops you call to "arrest" the PCSO are somewhat unlikely to take your side against theirs, it's tantamount to calling the cops to arrest another cop. Unless there is a massive indication in your favour (e.g. the PCSO has tied you to a lamppost and whipped you with barbed wire) , you're not going to be believed.
Anyway, in reality the PCSO would call the real cops to arrest you first, and the story would be that you were asked to do something and reacted violently/abusively.
As with the iphone bloke in this case, is it really worth losing your temper and spending several hours in a police cell over? If a PCSO asks you to do something reasonable, just do it, rather than turning into Captain Civil Rights.
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Considering that several prominent female vets of the gaming industry have came forward and dispelled the myth of the "boy's only club" (Creator of "legacy of kain" for starters) , the entire narrative is hogwash.
Finding a few examples of women doing well in the gaming industry does not prove it is not sexist, any more than Barack Obama being president proves there is no racism in the US.
Theology, when taught from a neutral viewpoint, is a real science.
No, that's called "religious studies" and it's a social science. Theology is the art of drinking Kool-aid and calling it fine wine. Religious studies is the cataloging of all the flavors of Kool-aid that theologians drink.
No, you can (at least in the UK) do a theology degree that involves studying comparative religions, not just training to be a priest. Otherwise mainstream universities wouldn't do theology courses, they would just be left to church colleges (if such exist).
Although you probably wouldn't want to, you can be an atheist and study theology, just like any other intellectual pursuit. Theology is not limited to believers, otherwise (say) a Christian wouldn't be interested in Buddhism or Hinduism at all.
Theology is really a component of the study of cultures.
Right, so what about that isn't science?
That makes theology similar to sociology, anthropology or history, so somewhere between soft science and the humanities.
Theology, when taught from a neutral viewpoint, is a real science.
Only if you define literary criticism or history or economics as real sciences.
Yep, sounds legit.
Sounds like a gay porno - bollocks all the way down.
do separate the medicinal benefits of certain substances from the concept of one poison fights another.
The former is not homeopathy.
If it's something like sociology or philosophy, looking at the (il)logic behind some popular beliefs, that's OK as encouraging critical thinking If it's part of a medical degree, it's absurd.
Is there an internet law which states that anyone using the term "SJW" automatically fails at everything?
The "community police officer" is in the same business as the religious police in Saudi Arabia or Iran, or authorities in North Korea or Putin's Russia.
Congrats on not actually using the word "Gestapo", although it could hardly have been more hyperbolic otherwise.
Anyone who can equate asking someone not to use an outlet marked as not for public use and shipping people off to be flogged or interned in a labour camp is so far out of touch with reality it's not even amusing.
Insane. Here in sweden we have a socket or two by every seat on the bigger trains, like the one going between Copenhagen and Stockholm. And even on the smaller ones you're totally free to use any sockets found in the public area of the train.
On the debit side, your idea of a sandwich only has one slice of bread. So I'd say that culturally it's a tie.
But to the PCSO's defense: apparently the socket was marked "do not use". Still a mystery why it was even turned on, if it was only for the cleaners' use while the train was stopped...
Would it make you happier if they put a lock on it that only cleaners had the key to?
Some things in a civilised society work on a co-operative basis. There are unspoken rules (e.g. I won't come round to your house and take a dump on your front doorstep). There are written rules (e.g. please do not walk on the grass signs). Finally, there are actual laws for those who refuse to behave sociably.
The guy in this article sounds like an entitled dickhead, although I suppose it's possible he's legally blind or dyslexic or something. But I think that would have been mentioned.
The dickwad in question here was only temporarily arrested, they let him go later without any charges.
You mean when a match fell on grease under an escalator? Pro tip : they don't put grease on power sockets.
And, of course, there has never been a fire caused by a faulty electrical appliance or overloaded electrical socket.
Technically it's theft. You've cost the rail company money (pittance though it may be) and potentially risked a fire by plugging an unknown device into an electrical socket.
I stopped reading here and I'm seriously hoping you're kidding. "risked a fire"? Seriously?
Why do you think firms have to do PAT testing?
And in your universe is there no such thing as an electrically-based fire?
You're forgetting the now legendary "it can't be stealing because I can't even see it" electricity-stealing defence.
I'm all for being civil, but when some jobsworth with no power of arrest is trying to get you nicked for stealing electricity worth less than the paper he would need to write up the citation it is a citizens public duty to tell him politely but firmly to go fuck himself.
And then the jobsworth with no power of arrest calls in his/her colleagues who are told that you have been acting threateningly in public, and who do arrest you on suspicion of threatening behaviour, and you spend a few hours staring at the walls of a police station before they let you go.
You must have a lot of free time to waste..
You don't generally don't count things like speeding for declaring to employers, but they are still criminal offences.
What gets me is that the idea of being arrested not for violating a law but for being a malcontent seems to have a lot of supporters in the UK. Doesn't seem like a place I'd want to live in. Not trying to be a jackass myself most of the times, but.. wow. Strange idea of freedom, really.
Abusing police officers is violating a law, genius. I doubt that there are many countries in the world where you are allowed to abuse law enforcement officers to their faces with impunity.
Yeah, fuck freedom of speech. Sheesh, what was he thinking, that malcontent! Praise be to our betters! War is peace! Freedom is slavery!
Yeah, I'm sure in the US if you start shouting and swearing at a cop they just quietly applaud you for upholding the Constitution.
In Barcelona you'll find free-to-use sockets on FGC trains, some bus stops and metro stations.Usually 5v USB sockets.
And what precisely does that have to do with sockets on London trains?
Even if the guy came from Barcelona himself, you don't get to import your own laws into a foreign country.
Hobby Bobby asked him to unplug his phone, instead of unplugging his phone he decided to give the PCSO some lip and it became a battle of egos after that.
He'd probably been taking expert legal advice on UK law (from American teenagers on the internet) and thought he could get away scot free with dissing the PCSO.
Instead, he acted like a knob towards the PCSO who pointed out that there was in effect a gigantic sign saying "PLUGGING INTO THIS IS PROHIBITED" and subsequently to the actual police officers who turned up, so they arrested him for "being a total arse bucket in public" (or whatever the technical term is).
Obviously no one was ever going to be prosecuted for stealing GBP 0.02 of electricity.
Best thing to do if they confront you is simply refuse to talk to them, and if possible walk away. They can't detain you. If they touch you it's assault and you can have them arrested
Yeah, right. The cops you call to "arrest" the PCSO are somewhat unlikely to take your side against theirs, it's tantamount to calling the cops to arrest another cop. Unless there is a massive indication in your favour (e.g. the PCSO has tied you to a lamppost and whipped you with barbed wire) , you're not going to be believed.
Anyway, in reality the PCSO would call the real cops to arrest you first, and the story would be that you were asked to do something and reacted violently/abusively.
As with the iphone bloke in this case, is it really worth losing your temper and spending several hours in a police cell over? If a PCSO asks you to do something reasonable, just do it, rather than turning into Captain Civil Rights.