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  • On the post: Congressman Introduces Legislation To Criminalize Protesting In A Mask

    Spaceboy ( profile ), 13 Jul, 2018 @ 12:53pm

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    The best thing that can happen to any white-supremacist, Neo-Nazi or any racial rally is for no one to show up to counter protest. Nothing more pathetic than being ignored while trying to make what they think is an important point. They have a right to say it, but it would be funny if no one showed up to hear or oppose it.

  • On the post: Congressman Introduces Legislation To Criminalize Protesting In A Mask

    Spaceboy ( profile ), 13 Jul, 2018 @ 12:46pm

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    I agree with you on the mask part. As for the 2A part, how many 2A people have shot anyone at a protest?

  • On the post: Congressman Introduces Legislation To Criminalize Protesting In A Mask

    Spaceboy ( profile ), 13 Jul, 2018 @ 12:44pm

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    Let me restate.

    "Get what's coming to them = jail, not physical harm.

    No one should be attacked, on either side.

  • On the post: Congressman Introduces Legislation To Criminalize Protesting In A Mask

    Spaceboy ( profile ), 13 Jul, 2018 @ 11:53am

    Well, we wouldn't have this bill in the first place if Eric Clanton hadn't started attacking people with a bike lock, while wearing a mask.

    Antifa has done a fine job of making asses out of themselves and they deserve no less. They deserve all the ridicule and mockery they get.

    If you want to protest something wearing a mask or a bandana, go right ahead. But if you show up to that same protest with a mask AND a shield, baton or whatever, you get what's coming to you, regardless of which side you are on.

    People used to protest with flowers, signs and loud speakers. Now they also show up with masks and weapons. Don't blame the cops or the lawmakers, blame the idiots showing up armed.

  • On the post: FBI Hoovered Up Two Years Of A Journalist's Phone And Email Records To Hunt Down A Leaker

    Spaceboy ( profile ), 09 Jun, 2018 @ 08:26am

    Is this the beginning of the end for Drumpf?

    Oh wait, no, it isn't. Obama clearly was better at going after reporters than Trump.

    https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140918/16364028566/journalists-attack-obama-administration-being-ridiculously-secretive-vindictive.shtml

  • On the post: Newegg Inserts Itself Into The Global Archery, LARPing.org Patent Tiff

    Spaceboy ( profile ), 24 Mar, 2016 @ 04:49am

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    Trolls have to start somewhere.

    Going after a guy that sells foam arrows for patent infringement is trollish behavior when you didn't invent foam-tipped arrows. I was shooting home-made foam-tipped arrows 30 years ago. These guys do not own the idea of foam-tipped arrows.

    If anyone should be trolling it's Nerf with all the foam product they sell.

  • On the post: Social Media 'Terrorist' Taken Down By FBI After Reblogging A Pro-ISIS GIF

    Spaceboy ( profile ), 17 Nov, 2015 @ 05:37am

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    The world is full of hypocrites. This is not new. My Anti-American comment was directed at you because of your use of 'Your government', which I take to mean that you are not a US citizen.

    Under that assumption, it's a bit odd to call out the US Government for merely arresting a guy for posting pro-ISIS material when ISIS itself would have killed the guy outright if he had posted US-propaganda. This guy will get his day in court, and if it turns out he is pro-ISIS then he gets what's coming to him. We don't need people like that. It's okay to hold a different point of view unless that point of view means you killing me. That changes things.

  • On the post: Social Media 'Terrorist' Taken Down By FBI After Reblogging A Pro-ISIS GIF

    Spaceboy ( profile ), 16 Nov, 2015 @ 10:09am

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    I do disagree with them. They are murderers and rapists and all-around shitty guys to hang around, what with the beheadings and all. I have lots of people I don't agree with on many things, and not once have I tried to kill any of them.

    I don't want their destruction. I want them to stop. There is a difference. If it turns out the only way to prevent them from killing innocents is to destroy them, then by all means let's destroy them. The world will be a better place without theme and they can all enjoy their 72 virgins in paradise. Win-win.

    Anyone is entitled to their political/religious/personal belief system until it comes to the point that it is impacting others in a negative way, like raping children.

    So, come out and say it. Are you Pro- or Anti-ISIS? Do you disagree with me because I pointed out the flaw in your anti-American post or do you really support ISIS?

  • On the post: Social Media 'Terrorist' Taken Down By FBI After Reblogging A Pro-ISIS GIF

    Spaceboy ( profile ), 16 Nov, 2015 @ 09:58am

    Re: Re: Re: Did he hurt anyone?

    Yes, anyone that is pro-ISIS I do in fact hate. Doesn't mean I'm going to kill him, but yes, I do hate him. See, the difference between me and him is I don't want him dead, just gone where he can't hurt anyone. ISIS wants non believers dead.

  • On the post: Social Media 'Terrorist' Taken Down By FBI After Reblogging A Pro-ISIS GIF

    Spaceboy ( profile ), 15 Nov, 2015 @ 07:42am

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    You mean like how ISIS kills anyone that doesn't agree with them? Are you really trying to say that The US government is silencing dissent when ISIS is out there killing people that don't agree with Islam?

    This isn't dissent. This person has aligned themselves with an openly hostile terrorist organization that is responsible for the killing of tens of thousands of innocent people, including children. They want nothing less than the destruction of anyone that does not agree with them.

  • On the post: Social Media 'Terrorist' Taken Down By FBI After Reblogging A Pro-ISIS GIF

    Spaceboy ( profile ), 15 Nov, 2015 @ 07:36am

    Re: Did he hurt anyone?

    It doesn't matter if his speech hurt anyone. He posted names, pictures and locations of private individuals who are in the military and advocated killing them. This isn't free speech, this is hate speech and should be addressed as such.

    If he made a general statement or retweeted a general statement like, "the military should die lollll1l1l", then no harm done. Posting private information like this is wrong. Assuming he knows right from wrong (not mentally impaired), this makes him an ISIS sympathizer. He gets what he deserves.

  • On the post: Pokemon Company Shuts Down Pokemon PAX Party Because Fun Is A Tool Of Team Rocket

    Spaceboy ( profile ), 30 Aug, 2015 @ 05:24pm

    Re: Re: "What are you going to do, stop buying? Don't make us laugh."

    They broke no law. Just look at all the porn parodies out there....Schindler's Fist, Men in Blacks, Star Wars XXX: A porn parody, Bone in 60 seconds and so on.

    Not that I've watched any of these...

  • On the post: IRS Drops Its Asset Forfeiture Case Against Owner Of Small, Cash-Only Restaurant

    Spaceboy ( profile ), 16 Dec, 2014 @ 01:24pm

    Re: Re: Re: Let me see if I got this right:

    I thought this was a link to the restaurants website.

  • On the post: UK Teacher Shows Student's Swimsuit Photo From Facebook To Class Assembly To Teach Her A Lesson

    Spaceboy ( profile ), 10 Oct, 2014 @ 07:44am

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    Maybe the student was comfortable with the image and herself until a teacher decided that she didn't fit in and there was something wrong with her. When the teacher selected her picture she passed judgement on the girl.

  • On the post: It Appears Mickey Mouse May Have Picked An Intellectual Property Fight With The Wrong Mau5

    Spaceboy ( profile ), 05 Sep, 2014 @ 09:12pm

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    Or maybe they don't give a shit.

  • On the post: As Silk Road 2.0 Pops Up, The Government Needs To Avoid The Temptation Of Moral Panic

    Spaceboy ( profile ), 07 Nov, 2013 @ 08:41pm

    Re: Wrong, MIke! Bitcoin is just another Ponzi scheme that'll be taken over.

    That article has it wrong. It conveniently left out the fact that the majority of miners have to confirm any blocks found. So if a pool actually attempts this they run the risk of forming their own blockchain fork, which will become utterly useless if the majority finds a block at the same time the minority pool does. Also, with the hashrate and difficulty so high, this method is way too risky to even consider. Miners won't knowingly join a pool if their shares are at risk from being lost or orphaned. The longer the pool 'hides' results, the more they stand to lose.

  • On the post: Mark Harrill's Favorite Techdirt Posts Of The Week

    Spaceboy ( profile ), 26 Oct, 2013 @ 01:56pm

    Why did you never do a sequel to Corvette Summer?

  • On the post: Microsoft Capitulates, Removes Online DRM From Xbox One

    Spaceboy ( profile ), 19 Jun, 2013 @ 07:43pm

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    That is true, however, this was not a lack of market interest. This was extreme market interest (gaming) and when MS saw their financial future they changed course. They ignored every single point brought up by their fanbase and tried to 'position' it away as some kind of benefit.

    Remember 'Sweet Billy'? That should have clued them in then, but they didn't listen.

  • On the post: Microsoft Capitulates, Removes Online DRM From Xbox One

    Spaceboy ( profile ), 19 Jun, 2013 @ 03:22pm

    They didn't listen to their customers at all. The feedback provided by the retailers and the dismal preorders is what they listened too. These changes would not have been made if the preorders were anywhere near what Microsoft projected.

  • On the post: Reports Of Xbox One's Handling Of Used Games Mobilizes Playstation Fans

    Spaceboy ( profile ), 29 May, 2013 @ 01:39pm

    Gamestop exists for a reason.

    And that reason is used games. Used game sales contributed to the success of Xbox and other consoles. It is a fixture on the landscape and EA and MS have hatched up plan to kill used game sales off. EA recently announced no more Online Passes because they weren't working. Well, the other shoe has dropped and it stinks too.

    Even though there are plenty of people that hate Gamestop they are thriving. In fact there are over 6600 locations. That's a lot of consumer-level support for used games.

    If I get an XBOX One, I will not be using it for any video functionality. I will be using this to motivate me to build my HTPC.

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