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• On the post: Energy Group Labels Creators Of Video Game As 'Eco-Terrorists'

  

  Groaker ( profile ), 31 Oct, 2017 @ 11:11am

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  Before R&R there were Ice-cream sodas actually being sold to minors on the Sabbath. This led to the mocking of the law through the sale of the villainous Ice-cream sundae which continued the corruption of youth as well as the misspelling of Sunday.

• On the post: Man Gets $37,500 Payout After Field Drug Test Says Donut Crumbs Are Methamphetamines

  

  Groaker ( profile ), 31 Oct, 2017 @ 11:01am

  False arrest and imprisonment

  Knowingly making or using a screening test that has a false positive rating of 5% or above should be a criminal offense.

• On the post: New York Considers Barring Agreements Barring Victims From Speaking

  

  Groaker ( profile ), 16 Oct, 2017 @ 10:15am

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  Unfortunate but true. For example, police are using NDAs with Stingray manufacturers to avoid disclosing that they are committing felonies via wiretap.

• On the post: New York Considers Barring Agreements Barring Victims From Speaking

  

  Groaker ( profile ), 16 Oct, 2017 @ 10:13am

  Re: The presumption falls in the other direction.

  The accusation is already out there. Repeating it by disclosure of an NDA is simply redundant.

• On the post: Utah Senator Wants To Revive The State's 'Porn Czar' Office To Combat The Threat Of Women's Magazines

  

  Groaker ( profile ), 16 Oct, 2017 @ 06:41am

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  Why is porn bad? At one time porn was a ladies ankle encased in a boot. Bloomers were considered outre when they were first introduced.
  
  The nations that have the most vile porn also have the fewest sex offenders. That makes porn good.

• On the post: New York Considers Barring Agreements Barring Victims From Speaking

  

  Groaker ( profile ), 16 Oct, 2017 @ 09:55am

  Most contracts have a clause that holds that if one part of the contract is ruled invalid or illegal, it has no effect on the rest of the contract.
  
  But I would agree that if the matter is criminal, no such NDA would have any holding in or outside of a court of law.
  
  NDAs should not be legally more powerful than a judge's order. It is no different than buying the absolution of sins.

• On the post: DOJ Continues Its Push For Encryption Backdoors With Even Worse Arguments

  

  Groaker ( profile ), 16 Oct, 2017 @ 09:40am

  Robert Heinlein once bespoke an apocryphal tale about the development of a flying horse. Line up all the horses, and push them over a cliff. Perhaps one will eventually fly.
  
  Our government is on a similar track with backdoors. Give a mathematician, computer scientist or other tech a week to come up with a backdoor, and should the individual fail, execute him. Perhaps one will eventually find a backdoor that only lets nice people in.

• On the post: Australian Police Ran A Dark Web Child Porn Site For Eleven Months

  

  Groaker ( profile ), 14 Oct, 2017 @ 04:09am

  Re: Re:

  A criminal is a criminal whether or not they are caught and tried.
  
  There are so many laws on the books that it is impossible to go through a day without breaking at least one.
  
  No one deserves rights.

• On the post: Australian Police Ran A Dark Web Child Porn Site For Eleven Months

  

  Groaker ( profile ), 14 Oct, 2017 @ 04:02am

  Re: Re: Will there be pictures of naked police people in humiliating poses soon?

  Depends on the nation that you live in. In the US, a picture may be taken in a public place under almost all circumstances.

• On the post: Trump May Not Be Serious About His NBC Threats… But He May Have Violated The First Amendment

  

  Groaker ( profile ), 13 Oct, 2017 @ 03:17pm

  Re: Re: NBC is not a "private person",

  Going full fool is clinging to incorrect statements no matter what evidence is presented. If you want to change minds, then show us where it ruled on yelling fire in a theater.
  
  Otherwise do yourself a favor and, and give your narcissism a rest.Your imagination can not change what comes out of SCOTUS.

• On the post: Trump May Not Be Serious About His NBC Threats… But He May Have Violated The First Amendment

  

  Groaker ( profile ), 13 Oct, 2017 @ 11:39am

  Re: NBC is not a "private person",

  Even your falsehood about protected speech is protected speech.
  
  Your disingenuous use of the "Not Yelling Fire in a Theater" * is true, though it appears to be meant to imply that it is a violation of law, which it is not. Yes, it may lead to repercussions, but it is not illegal.
  
  
  
  *
  https://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2012/11/its-time-to-stop-using-the-fire-in-a-crowded-theater-quote/264449/

• On the post: Australian Police Ran A Dark Web Child Porn Site For Eleven Months

  

  Groaker ( profile ), 13 Oct, 2017 @ 04:45am

  The arguments given by the Australian police are the equivalent of:
  
  A crime was committed against a person. It is therefore moral for the police to commit that same crime against that person ad infinitum.

• On the post: Emails Show ICE Couldn't Find Enough Dangerous Immigrants To Fulfill The Adminstration's Fantasies

  

  Groaker ( profile ), 12 Oct, 2017 @ 01:25pm

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: 1) " during its February sweeps " -- is a limited data set

  But it is moral to steal the land of the Palestinians, and slaughter them in far greater numbers than Israelis killed.
  
  "If you fail to condemn those attacks, you fail to have any moral grounds to condemn any actions by" Palestine.

• On the post: Police Chief Takes To Facebook To Complain About A Journalist Committing Journalism

  

  Groaker ( profile ), 28 Sep, 2017 @ 11:50am

  Re: Re: Re:

  Why do we need more police on the streets riding around in cars?

• On the post: FBI Misconstrued Content Of Doc Leaker Reality Winner's Jailhouse Calls

  

  Groaker ( profile ), 26 Sep, 2017 @ 03:50pm

  What surprises me is that people still grant interviews to the FBI or any other LEO without their own attorney and tape recorder.
  
  Rumor has it that if you tell an FBI duo, "Sure we can do an interview, just let met get my voice recorder," that they will disappear like the morning mist.

• On the post: British News Channel Touts Amazon Bomb Materials Moral Panic That Ends Up Being About Hobbyists And School Labs

  

  Groaker ( profile ), 25 Sep, 2017 @ 11:07am

  Claymores use bearing balls. Ball bearings are bearing balls in a raceway. That is what makes them much more expensive.

• On the post: British News Channel Touts Amazon Bomb Materials Moral Panic That Ends Up Being About Hobbyists And School Labs

  

  Groaker ( profile ), 25 Sep, 2017 @ 06:57am

  Ball bearings would make incredibly expensive shrapnel. Just the thing for the upscale terrorist who wants to be the envy of his peers.

• On the post: CCleaner Hack May Have Been A State-Sponsored Attack On 18 Major Tech Companies

  

  Groaker ( profile ), 22 Sep, 2017 @ 08:55am

  Re: Re:

  Counter example: Stuxnet

• On the post: The Senate Is Close To Undermining The Internet By Pretending To 'Protect' The Children

  

  Groaker ( profile ), 19 Sep, 2017 @ 04:46am

  Re: There is a lot of family trafficking...

  I was referring to family being the direct abusers. There is an especial violation when molestation occurs by those who are supposed to protect a child.

• On the post: Yes, You Can Believe In Internet Freedom Without Being A Shill

  

  Groaker ( profile ), 18 Sep, 2017 @ 02:18pm

  Re: Re:

  More likely the desire is to turn the Internet into the TV of 1917.
  
  There is, and has been, a hatred of the net by governments and many businesses. The net provides for the dissemination of much truth, and not truth. But those who whine the loudest believe that they should have a monopoly on tell "that which is not so" to the citizenry.

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