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• On the post: Congressman's Office Gets High School Student Suspended For Expressing His Displeasure With Congress

  

  Tim Cushing ( profile ), 31 Mar, 2018 @ 03:25pm

  Re: The quality of the reporting on this one

  I'm not going to argue about the "frightening" qualities of the word "fuck." Whatever. Some people are offended, some aren't, and a great majority of offended people don't run to the nearest authority figure to report it being said to them.
  
  That being said, there's nothing dishonest about this framing. If the rep's office hadn't called the school, the student would not have been suspended for "disrespectful language." Without this catalyst, the suspension simply does not happen. So, it did cause the suspension, even if it maintained some weird form of plausible deniability because the staffer didn't instruct the school to beat the student up as well.
  
  The foul mouth cannot be separated from the stating of opinion. "Congress should get off their fucking asses" is the opinion stated, with swear words contained. He did not tell the staffer to go fuck himself or anything that might fit your weird "foul mouth in an inappropriate setting." He made the call from his own phone outside of the school, so there's nothing "inappropriate" about the setting in which he used the offending phrase.

• On the post: Iowa Town Threatens Critical Resident With A Lawsuit, Gets Sued By The ACLU Instead

  

  Tim Cushing ( profile ), 13 Mar, 2018 @ 04:20pm

  Re: wonder what out_of_the_aclu thinks of this

  Thank you for your understated correction request. But waste too much time here. There's a whole internet crying out for comments from people whose lips move when they type.

• On the post: Home Security Company Says No One Linking To Its Website Is Allowed To Disparage It

  

  Tim Cushing ( profile ), 04 Dec, 2017 @ 02:13pm

  Re: Small correction

  Well, the language appears in both places. And has yet to be taken down (from either URL sharing the Terms of Use language) despite ADT's promises.
  
  https://www.adt.com/about-adt/legal/terms-of-use

• On the post: Former Revenge Porn Site Operator Readies For Senate Run By Issuing Bogus Takedown Requests To YouTube

  

  Tim Cushing ( profile ), 04 Oct, 2017 @ 10:56am

  Re: curious

  1. Craig Brittain
     2. David Blade
     3. Craig Brittain

• On the post: Deputy Who Rear-Ended Driver At 104 MPH Had Horrendous Service Record, Received Almost Zero Discipline

  

  Tim Cushing ( profile ), 22 Aug, 2017 @ 10:37pm

  Re: Do you publish any pro-police articles

  Short answer is: Yes, we do.
  
  https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110725/17451715249/how-should-law-enforcement-handle-being-filmed-officer-lyons-provides-perfect-example.shtml
  
  https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20131212/15041325552/canadian-cop-puts-impromptu-clinic-how-to-deal-with-critics-cameras.shtml
  
  https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20161024/08421935871/leaked-recording-austin-police-chief-tears-into-commanders-fatal-shootings-use-excessive-force.shtml
  
  https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150526/10575331115/body-cam-footage-clears-police-officer-bogus-sexual-assault-allegations.shtml
  
  https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20151123/09292832888/body-cameras-save-another-law-enforcement-officer-bogus-sexual-misconduct-complaint.shtml
  
  https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20170528/11063337468/this-machine-kills-accountability-ongoing-persecution-good-cops.shtml
  
  The longer answer is this:
  
  Police misconduct in the US is epidemic. While the number of officers making headlines for misdeeds is indeed a small percentage of the overall whole, the fact is there is little accountability in most law enforcement agencies.
  
  It's very rare we see law enforcement officers engaged in exemplary behavior. Asking why we don't publish celebrations of competence and basic human decency is a question that answers itself. We expect law enforcement officers to hold themselves to a higher standard. Far too often, it appears they're uninterested in doing so. There's really no reason to lower standards on our end -- especially when our collective signature is on their paychecks -- just to appear more "fair" in our coverage.
  
  I have no objection to publishing more positive stories about law enforcement. The problem is much that's suggested would reduce us to patting officers on the back for not being complete assholes when dealing with their fellow humans.
  
  There are amazing men and women out there in the world of law enforcement. Unfortunately, they're a minority. And, for the most part, they're an extremely un-vocal minority. Accountability begins at the top, but that's no excuse for officers refusing to hold each other accountable when management fails to do so.
  
  This isn't meant as a criticism of you or your concern. I would prefer a nation where stories like these -- ones that often include long histories of unaddressed misconduct -- weren't daily occurrences.
  
  As for your suggestion: do you have some recent instances that come to mind re: police doing amazing things? I am sincere when I say I'd love to see them.

• On the post: Former University Official Files Libel Lawsuit Against His Replacement For Things A Journalist Said

  

  Tim Cushing ( profile ), 22 Jun, 2017 @ 07:10pm

  Re:

  The reference is in there. Check out the links in the first few sentences.

• On the post: NY Judge Says Prior Restraint Is America's Best Defense Against Internet 'Chaos'

  

  Tim Cushing ( profile ), 21 Apr, 2017 @ 06:48pm

  Re: Re: this read as if his name was Tikun Olam

  Dammit. Well... happy belated 4/20 day, everyone.

• On the post: Oklahoma Cops Debut Tool That Allows Them To Drain Pre-Paid Cards During Traffic Stops

  

  Tim Cushing ( profile ), 09 Jun, 2016 @ 08:26pm

  Re:

  It's closed loop, which means just pre-paid cards. For now. It won't take much to expand it to include others.

• On the post: UC Davis 'Apologizes' For The Reputation Management Industry's Hyperbole And Your Misunderstanding

  

  Tim Cushing ( profile ), 21 Apr, 2016 @ 03:14pm

  Ah. I see. The officer's canister was filled with reputation management hyperbole -- not pepper spray as was originally thought. Thanks for clearing this up, UC Davis!

• On the post: San Bernardino DA Tells Judge To Side With FBI Over Apple Because iPhone May Have Mythical Cyber Weapon

  

  Tim Cushing ( profile ), 04 Mar, 2016 @ 09:39am

  Re:

  Well, we do know this: Verizon is a known carrier.

• On the post: FTC Dings ASUS For Selling 'Secure' Routers That Shipped With Default Admin/Admin Login (And Other Flaws)

  

  Tim Cushing ( profile ), 23 Feb, 2016 @ 02:32pm

  Re: Personal Responsibility

  I agree it's a user problem. But I think companies who claim to care about security should at least push users towards changing the default login before the device can be put to use, if not prevent its operation until the default has been changed.
  
  I understand why they might not want to implement this, as future breaches would be almost solely their responsibility, rather than the end user's.

• On the post: Our Further Response To Australian Lawyer Stuart Gibson, Who Continues To Threaten Us

  

  Tim Cushing ( profile ), 16 Feb, 2016 @ 03:47pm

  Re: Single Publication Rule

  Well, that only makes sense. Otherwise, F5 would be known as the "Reset Statute of Limitations" key.

• On the post: Guitar Hero YouTuber Sings Acapella Version To Get Around ContentID Takedowns… Probably Is Still Violating Copyright Law

  

  Tim Cushing ( profile ), 26 Jan, 2016 @ 10:51am

  Just wanted to point out that if you watch the first video without subtitles, you're really missing out.

• On the post: Patrick Zarrelli Claims He's Filing Criminal Charges Against Us Because He Doesn't Like Our Post About Him

  

  Tim Cushing ( profile ), 10 Nov, 2015 @ 07:18pm

  Re: Wha??

  He could file in forma pauperis, claiming he's too poor to cover the filing fees. But that would conflict with the claims he made in his phone calls, where on top of running a successful [lol] reputation management company, he has several websites getting "millions" of hits every day.

• On the post: Patrick Zarrelli Claims He's Filing Criminal Charges Against Us Because He Doesn't Like Our Post About Him

  

  Tim Cushing ( profile ), 10 Nov, 2015 @ 12:52pm

  Re: Re: Re: What is it with certain lawyer types?

  Zarrelli's actual words were "riddled with high-end lawyers," which seems to suggest it's not actually a positive thing.

• On the post: Egyptian TV News Uses Video Game Footage As Proof Of Russian Precision Strikes Against ISIL

  

  Tim Cushing ( profile ), 20 Oct, 2015 @ 05:52am

  Re:

  Fair use. Unwitting self-parody.

• On the post: Indiana Police Refuse To Hand Over Stingray Docs Because Someone Might Attack The Annual Mule Day Parade

  

  Tim Cushing ( profile ), 08 Sep, 2015 @ 02:26pm

  Re:

  Good point. Fixed.

• On the post: Rightscorp Claims Its Harassing Phone Calls Safeguarded By Multiple Constitutional Amendments

  

  Tim Cushing ( profile ), 14 Jul, 2015 @ 08:23pm

  Re: Re:

  wat
  
  
  
  I love commenters like this that think police should be allowed to break laws in order to enforce the law, not to mention can't be bothered to read the article for context before dropping off their stupid comments.

• On the post: Judge Orders Lying, Cheating Government To Return $167,000 To The Man They Stole It From

  

  Tim Cushing ( profile ), 30 Jun, 2015 @ 10:41pm

  Re:

  I'm about 100% sure that wasn't the link I meant to use. I had a LOT of tabs open.

• On the post: European Taxi Drivers Lose Their Collective Mind Over Uber

  

  Tim Cushing ( profile ), 25 Jun, 2015 @ 12:05pm

  Re: How EXACTLY does the comment by " JustShutUpAndObey" get the "First Word" linkage above when that person has no visible profile?

  It appears we need a new option: "make worst word[s]."

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