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• On the post: ACLU Challenges Law That Says Convicts Lose Free Speech Rights If Their Speech Upsets Crime Victims

  

  David Howland ( profile ), 13 Jan, 2015 @ 02:35pm

  Ahh, politics

  This law is so blatantly unconstitutional that it should have been obvious to every senator and representative in PA that it wouldn't hold up in court and they were just wasting everyone's time. Of course, they couldn't dare vote against it because the political attack ads would misconstrue the action as supporting cop-killers. The public would eat it up, I'm sure.
  
  Politics is a dirty, dirty game.

• On the post: Hollywood Privately Acknowledges Six Strikes Program Isn't Doing Much, Guaranteeing It Will Get Much Worse

  

  David Howland ( profile ), 13 Jan, 2015 @ 12:53pm

  Didn't work? Let's try more!

  In my line of work we have a saying: "XML is like violence. If it isn't working, the solution is always to use more."
  
  I'll bet the MPAA loves XML, if you know what I mean.

• On the post: Developer Issues Bogus Takedowns Against Cup Of Linux YouTube Channel In Retaliation For Being Banned For Abusive Behavior

  

  David Howland ( profile ), 06 Jan, 2015 @ 09:40am

  Re: I'm surprised this doesn't happen a lot more often

  Because some people care about their reputation.

• On the post: Developer Issues Bogus Takedowns Against Cup Of Linux YouTube Channel In Retaliation For Being Banned For Abusive Behavior

  

  David Howland ( profile ), 06 Jan, 2015 @ 09:39am

  Antoni Norman

  Here's a better title: Antoni 'pinguy' Norman is an alcoholic asshole.
  
  Maybe it's a bit caustic and rude, but hey, it's really what should come up on a search engine when someone searches for "Antoni Norman" or "pinguy". That's really the only positive result we can take away from this whole affair. It is now public knowledge that Antoni Norman, AKA pinguy, author of PinguyOS, is an alcoholic asshole. People can be warned to steer clear of his toxic bullshit in the future. I'm talking about the greater good here.