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  1. Difference in insults on Pope Francis: There Are Limits To Freedom of Expression · · Score: 2

    Does the pope not get that there is a difference between criticizing/insulting a system versus criticizing/insulting a person?

    When someone criticizing/insults the prophet of Islam, he/she is doing so to the creator of a system/idea that claims they have ALL the answers for ALL of life's problems including how to govern a society. (Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence, and, IMO, Islam have provided none.). A critique/insult of the prophet is a critique/insult of the system/idea, as the guy is long dead.

    When someone is criticizing/insulting someones mother they are doing so on an individual level where the mother in question usually have no such pompous claims. The 2 things are NOT the same and should not be treated the same.

    However you should NEVER meet words with violence (Excluding constructed situations like someone is pointing a gun at you and says 'I'm going to kill you in 5 seconds').

    If you feel insulted/offended by someones words/drawings/whatever, then you are always free to choose to ignore them OR reply to them using a non-violent medium.

    Being offended/insulted gives you NO free pass to use violence as a response!

  2. Interview with the District Attorney in the case on Fighting Porn Vs. Ruining Innocent Lives · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Here http://abcnews.go.com/2020/story?id=2791529&page=1 is an interview with the DA of this case.
    Very interesting read.

    Quote:

    "JIM AVILA: So there was a huge amount of evidence that in fact, this kid was not involved in a sex crime. And yet, your office and
    you yourself continue to believe and put him through two years of hell, because you continue to believe despite lie detector
    tests, court psychiatrist reports, a report from the computer expert who said it could have come from anywhere...you
    continue to say..."

    NDREW THOMAS: (Overlap) Well...

    JIM AVILA: ...that he did it.

    ANDREW THOMAS: Well, I...again, I...I'm not sure that that's totally right. But you gotta...

    JIM AVILA: (Overlap) Halfway right?
    "

  3. Video of Key Bumping on 11-year-old Proves Locks Not So Secure · · Score: 5, Informative

    Here is a video of Key Bumping: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Uv45y6vkcQ&search= bump%20key
    Quite fascinating how easy it is, and in the end of the video they even show a 17-pin lock being bumped!

    If you are interested in the guys in the video, here is their URL http://www.toool.nl/index-eng.php