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• On the post: Je Suis Disappoint: French Court Convicts Idiots For Homophobic Stupidity

  

  Tony ( profile ), 28 Jan, 2015 @ 01:43pm

  Sad

  There was a recent post right here about how one person's calls to limit "hate speech" had to be parody, because people can't actually believe that way.
  
  Then we see the same thing being espoused right here in the comments.

• On the post: France Celebrates Its New Reverence For Free Speech By Arresting Comedian For His Speech

  

  Tony ( profile ), 15 Jan, 2015 @ 08:59am

  Re:

  I seem to remember a movie that went about like that...

• On the post: France Celebrates Its New Reverence For Free Speech By Arresting Comedian For His Speech

  

  Tony ( profile ), 15 Jan, 2015 @ 08:57am

  Doesn't this pretty much align with what that column writer from last week was saying? You know, the one you said was satire?
  
  Free speech is dead. People actually DO think like that. See posts above, see Europe, see our own government for evidence.

• On the post: Apple's Insistence On DRM And Other Restrictions Means EFF's New App Is Android-Only

  

  Tony ( profile ), 12 Jan, 2015 @ 03:28pm

  Not to mention how arbitrary their approval process is. I once worked for a company that produced highly-localized apps, all from the same code, just with each locality being its own app. We submitted about 30 and Apple rejected 10, despite them being identical except for the local info...

• On the post: Maryland Politician Says Local Paper Can't Use His Name Without Permission

  

  Tony ( profile ), 07 Jan, 2015 @ 08:33am

  Re: Re: Kirby Delauter

  Not anymore. He is being skewered all over the place - from HuffPost to Blaze - and those articles take up the top ten results. Rightly so.
  
  I'd love to see the election coverage next time around :)

• On the post: Developers Of Chrome Extension That Finds Cheaper Textbook Prices Receive Legal Threats From Major Textbook Supplier

  

  Tony ( profile ), 07 Jan, 2015 @ 07:38am

  Re: Re:

  You no longer need to worry about it being misused. It has been redefined
  
  http://www.buzzfeed.com/jessicamisener/the-wrong-definition-of-literally-is-literally-going-in-the

• On the post: That Crazy Story About Making 'Hate Speech' A Crime? Yeah, That's Satire

  

  Tony ( profile ), 07 Jan, 2015 @ 01:06pm

  must not know a lot of people

  "At this point, if you haven't been keeping track, the drip-drip-dripping of satire is just so thick that I find it impossible to ignore, but others still aren't convinced. Still, I can't see how anyone could directly claim that a bunch of political parties, including mainstream ones, shouldn't be allowed to exist and that allowing such political parties is somehow an affront to democracy. There's no way a person could think that legitimately."
  
  Sadly, far too many people DO think exactly that. I have encountered them personally. I have known quite a few people who would get behind every one of these proposals all while touting their own tolerance. It's quite frightening.

• On the post: Help Create Some Neil deGrasse Tysonisms: Tautologically Meaningless Solutions To All The World's Problems

  

  Tony ( profile ), 05 Jan, 2015 @ 06:43am

  Re: Re:

  From some of the comments, it seems some people are saying that you aren't understanding what Tyson intended to say. Even if that is the case, I maintain that he has failed to be clear and precise in his communication. If what he intended to communicate was not what he said, the failure is in his phrasing.
  
  If you want people correctly understand what you say, create statements that cannot be misunderstood...

• On the post: CBS Blames Netflix For Its Own Secrecy Over Streaming Video Numbers

  

  Tony ( profile ), 19 Dec, 2014 @ 10:40am

  Re: Re: Speaking of the LCD...

  Hell - that would likely produce better politicians than we have now!

• On the post: Here Are The Companies That Want To Charge You $2,500-$100,000 For Negative Reviews

  

  Tony ( profile ), 18 Dec, 2014 @ 06:43am

  Re: Thanks for the blacklist fodder

  Just what I was thinking.
  
  It would be hilarious to see hundreds of bad reviews of these companies by people who are complaining about their non-disparagement clauses, without having agreed to any such terms!

• On the post: Proposed Spanish Law Would Make Online Calls For Street Demonstrations, And Circulating Riot Images, Illegal

  

  Tony ( profile ), 17 Dec, 2014 @ 06:18am

  Re: Dear Citizens...

  "If you want a vision of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face - forever."
  
  Seems he had it right

• On the post: St. Louis Post Dispatch Declares That Banning Editorial Comments Will 'Elevate The Ferguson Conversation'

  

  Tony ( profile ), 12 Dec, 2014 @ 11:41am

  Manipulation

  "...news story readers could have their opinions manipulated through completely unmoderated comments..."
  
  As opposed being manipulated only by the news writers. Can't have competition now.

• On the post: EA Admits That Gobbling Up Talented Studios Then Ruining Them Isn't Working Out So Well

  

  Tony ( profile ), 12 Dec, 2014 @ 11:09am

  why?

  I'm not a gamer at all, so I don't really know much about it - but if EA produces such poor quality products, why do people keep buying them? It sees to me that if people really didn't like EA as much as I'm hearing, they wouldn't have the revenue to keep buying out other companies.
  
  What am I missing?

• On the post: After A Temporary Show Of Enthusiasm, Government Lapses Back Into Not Caring About The Militarization Of The Nation's Police

  

  Tony ( profile ), 01 Dec, 2014 @ 08:42am

  Might be one

  As far as I can tell, Rand Paul seems to still be on this subject. It may not be much but at least that's one.

• On the post: Employee Fired After Posting Pictures Of DHS Vehicles Parked In Hotel Parking Lot

  

  Tony ( profile ), 24 Nov, 2014 @ 04:53pm

  Re: Re: Termination was ordered

  I probably should have been more clear - that information was an update added to one of the many news articles I was reading about this earlier today. Can't remember exactly where but it should be independently verifiable.

• On the post: Employee Fired After Posting Pictures Of DHS Vehicles Parked In Hotel Parking Lot

  

  Tony ( profile ), 24 Nov, 2014 @ 01:57pm

  Termination was ordered

  DHS informed the hotel that they would lose the contract unless they terminated his employment.

• On the post: Middle School Principal Suspended Over Unannounced School Shooter Drill

  

  Tony ( profile ), 20 Nov, 2014 @ 01:21pm

  nothing will happen

  All 'accountability' has been had. Nothing further will happen.

• On the post: Comcast CEO Still Pretending His Company's Horrible Satisfaction Ratings Are Just A Normal Part Of Being So Huge

  

  Tony ( profile ), 19 Nov, 2014 @ 01:11pm

  Re:

  No, The Dread Pirate Roberts was cool. And competent.

• On the post: Comcast CEO Still Pretending His Company's Horrible Satisfaction Ratings Are Just A Normal Part Of Being So Huge

  

  Tony ( profile ), 19 Nov, 2014 @ 01:14pm

  TOO
  BIG
  TO
  CARE

• On the post: Cops Decide Running Surprise School Shooter Drill During Class At A Middle School Is A Great Idea

  

  Tony ( profile ), 19 Nov, 2014 @ 10:45am

  .

  I dread where this 'evolotion' of policing is going to end.

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