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  • On the post: Perhaps Avoiding Links Is Really A Way To Get People Not To Read The Details Of The Studies You're Misrepresenting

    Rose M. Welch ( profile ), 01 Sep, 2010 @ 03:26am

    Man, I'll barely even read an unsourced article nowadays... And those sources had better be underlined and in blue, and interspersed throughput the text (Salon-style) beats the bottom summary (HuffPo-style).

  • On the post: California Pre-Schoolers Getting Tracking Devices

    Rose M. Welch ( profile ), 30 Aug, 2010 @ 11:09am

    Re: Re: School

    Yes, you can.

  • On the post: California Pre-Schoolers Getting Tracking Devices

    Rose M. Welch ( profile ), 27 Aug, 2010 @ 01:51pm

    How are they going to force this on children? I mean, it seems like parents would object, and the plan would go out the window.

  • On the post: California Pre-Schoolers Getting Tracking Devices

    Rose M. Welch ( profile ), 27 Aug, 2010 @ 01:50pm

    Re: Here's a thought ..

    That was my thought when I read the original article a few days ago...

  • On the post: Is There A Better Way To Text While Driving?

    Rose M. Welch ( profile ), 27 Aug, 2010 @ 01:20pm

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    Yes, because answering a question about what most people did means that I personally do that.

    Actually, I'm too young for unfolded maps. Online mapping services have always been my bitch.

  • On the post: Is There A Better Way To Text While Driving?

    Rose M. Welch ( profile ), 26 Aug, 2010 @ 01:22pm

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    Apparently, we also unfolded large, unlit maps while driving, which is much safer than using Google Maps on a cell phone.

    Oh, wait...

  • On the post: Is There A Better Way To Text While Driving?

    Rose M. Welch ( profile ), 26 Aug, 2010 @ 01:22pm

    Re: Re: Why not, just let em do it !!!.

    ^^ Win.

  • On the post: Is There A Better Way To Text While Driving?

    Rose M. Welch ( profile ), 26 Aug, 2010 @ 01:21pm

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    They had alot more pain and suffering. Also, death.

  • On the post: Is There A Better Way To Text While Driving?

    Rose M. Welch ( profile ), 25 Aug, 2010 @ 09:23am

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    Yes, that will be wonderful for cell phone use to call 911 after accidents on lonely roads, and when people are being harassed and stalked by other drivers.

    It will be especially great for all of the unsecured children that I, a passenger, call the cops about while my husband is driving.

  • On the post: Is There A Better Way To Text While Driving?

    Rose M. Welch ( profile ), 25 Aug, 2010 @ 09:22am

    Re: Why not, just let em do it !!!.

    We should also outlaw talking to passengers and thinking about anything but driving while driving. That will make us safer.

  • On the post: TV, Cable Companies Convincing Themselves People Don't Want To Cut The Cable

    Rose M. Welch ( profile ), 24 Aug, 2010 @ 09:35am

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    Last year for us. One AWESOME, WONDERFUL, TERRIFIC side effect is that my kids aren't be bombarded with commercials anymore.

  • On the post: Anonymous Mexican Blog Becomes Go To Source For Drug War Info, 'Pro' Journalists Upset

    Rose M. Welch ( profile ), 20 Aug, 2010 @ 04:19am

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    Also, news stations practically do that already. In fact, they're worse because our media pretends to be unbiased and gives crap claims more credence just by airing them.

  • On the post: Anonymous Mexican Blog Becomes Go To Source For Drug War Info, 'Pro' Journalists Upset

    Rose M. Welch ( profile ), 19 Aug, 2010 @ 07:20pm

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    No, according to our standards, you shouldn't be able to decide what his standards are. I'm not saying that I agree with his choices, but I agree with his right to make those choices, and make them differently than I would.

  • On the post: Anonymous Mexican Blog Becomes Go To Source For Drug War Info, 'Pro' Journalists Upset

    Rose M. Welch ( profile ), 19 Aug, 2010 @ 09:27am

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    So, you're saying the blogger has the same morals as a corrupt cop?

    No. You can't tell I didn't make that statement by the fact that I didn't make that statement.

    I'm saying that it doesn't make sense to put people at risk (the regular citizens who need information to stay safe) in order to safeguard information (the hypothetical witness) that's going to get out, anyway.

  • On the post: Anonymous Mexican Blog Becomes Go To Source For Drug War Info, 'Pro' Journalists Upset

    Rose M. Welch ( profile ), 19 Aug, 2010 @ 09:24am

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    Nice way to not reply to what I said.

    The article itself calls it "undifferentiated content." Is it ethical to air a video by a cartel that serves to intimidate local residents?

    So the article expresses that this guy has chosen to show everything. It does not say that he didn't think about the ethical considerations first.

    I get that you disagree with this, but your position (obviously) isn't the only positions that people can take on the ethics of this. You keep assuming that he just hasn't though about it, when the truth is probably that he just disagrees with you.

    Personally, I feel like the help that these citizens are getting outweighs the benefits to the cartels, so it's worth it, ethically.

    ...how did the blogger know it was true when he posted the video? That's the kind of thing that Lauria was talking about.

    That's hilarious. Really, truly hilarious. The only difference between this guy and America's mainstream media is that this guy isn't commenting on it. Our MSM would report it as well, you know. The MSM would just say that they were reporting what people are saying about the video, which is even more irresponsible.

  • On the post: Court Tells Mall That It Cannot Ban Customers From Talking To Strangers

    Rose M. Welch ( profile ), 18 Aug, 2010 @ 11:18pm

    Re: Re: The mall is *not* private property; it's a place of business.

    A rule that puts patrons off will NOT be adopted by all other businesses, as you conjecture, because avoiding such policies creates a competitive advantage.

    Unless you're black, gay, or some other group that has clearly experienced blanket discrimination in a community.

    In this case, I do believe that the policy would be self-limiting (Especially with an arrest; who the hell is going to shop there now?), but your statement is not true overall.

  • On the post: Anonymous Mexican Blog Becomes Go To Source For Drug War Info, 'Pro' Journalists Upset

    Rose M. Welch ( profile ), 18 Aug, 2010 @ 11:15pm

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    No, they aren't because they can't.

    First, find a dictionary. Second, reread that sentence. Third, take your new understand of the word 'can't', and note that they are choosing not to. It's a reasonable choice, but it is a choice.


    I just question his throwing everything he gets up there without any without any ethical considerations...

    What makes you think that he hasn't thought through the ethical considerations? The fact that someone attorney in New York thinks it's unethical? The most you could get from that is that they disagree, not that his continued site operation somehow signals a complete lack of thought about what he's doing. Sheesh.

  • On the post: Anonymous Mexican Blog Becomes Go To Source For Drug War Info, 'Pro' Journalists Upset

    Rose M. Welch ( profile ), 18 Aug, 2010 @ 09:39pm

    Re: Re: ethics

    It seems like everyone is using this site. The drug gangs are using it 'to project their power, law enforcement to show that it too can play rough, and the public to learn about incidents that the mainstream media are forced to ignore or play down.

    In at least one case Blog del Narco may have led to a major arrest — of a prison warden after a video posting detailed her alleged system of setting inmates free at night to carry out killings for a drug cartel.'

    So... What's the problem? One part might be bad so let's scrap all of it?

  • On the post: Anonymous Mexican Blog Becomes Go To Source For Drug War Info, 'Pro' Journalists Upset

    Rose M. Welch ( profile ), 18 Aug, 2010 @ 09:37pm

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    'Real' journalists don't. Why should citizen journalists?

  • On the post: Anonymous Mexican Blog Becomes Go To Source For Drug War Info, 'Pro' Journalists Upset

    Rose M. Welch ( profile ), 18 Aug, 2010 @ 09:36pm

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    How is the public release of your image any more damaging than the public release of your image that would happen when a bad cop gave it out?

    This is the reality of the situation:

    The reporters, for whatever reason, weren't reporting. People were not getting the information that they needed, like what areas to avoid during time of violence. This guy has stepped up and filled that gap.

    "The gangs are using it to project their power, law enforcement to show that it too can play rough, and the public to learn about incidents that the mainstream media are forced to ignore or play down.

    In at least one case Blog del Narco may have led to a major arrest — of a prison warden after a video posting detailed her alleged system of setting inmates free at night to carry out killings for a drug cartel."

    This is the reality. Your bullshit is just conjecture typed out to try and hide the fact that your position is defenseless.

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