The fact that Hawley knows he needs to do stupid shit for his voters shows that he truly believes his supporters are a bunch of ignorant fools, and he's catering to that audience.
In other words, Hawley is a demagogue by definition.
So do I, but to be perfectly honest, I love new-games-from-works-that-just-entered-the-public-domain day even more! As I said before, the best thing about copyright and patents is when they expire.
Look, it's just that we have a lot of trolls arguing in bad faith coming here. While I cannot speak on That One Guy or Stephen T. Stone, if we are rude to people, it's because said trolls come here and ask questions like yours (which you did in good faith), but in a cynical manner to get a rise out of people.
Please don't hold it against us, it's just that a lot of trolling can indeed train one's behavior.
I have relatives whose last name is Weiner, and they could've been affected by this ban. It just shows you: never outsource naughty-word moderation to machines when people can actually have them as their real names.
When I was a small child, I would ask my mom something to the extent of "Are we better off than in the past?" and she would reply that while we now have medicines that would cure us of diseases that would have ravaged us, we also have atom bombs that would destroy us.
The nuanced point of this blog post, and many of Mike Masnick's points is the same: Tech is a yin/yang; good and evil at the same time.
The senators are entitled to their opinions. However, the first amendment explicitly says "Congress shall make no law…abridging the freedom of speech…". The MLB moving their game from Atlanta to Denver was a decision for political reasons, and Cruz, Hawley, and Lee are making it clear they are making a law to punish political speech.
Oh, and don't you argue that moving a game from one location to another isn't speech, because the same arguments were made about flag burning and the Supreme Court struck down an anti-flag-burning law on first amendment grounds (with Scalia concurring in the majority).
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I see you've corrected. Thank you.
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The very definition
In other words, Hawley is a demagogue by definition.
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Typo…
Please correct, Mr. Masnick.
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So do I, but to be perfectly honest, I love new-games-from-works-that-just-entered-the-public-domain day even more! As I said before, the best thing about copyright and patents is when they expire.
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Sorry, should be "barely distinguishable". Derp. I should really preview before submitting.
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Which is why I find Judge Dredd as depicted in cinematic adaptations to be barely indistinguishable from IRL American cops.
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But only if you play Buttbuttin's Creed first.
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oops, should have been
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Look, it's just that we have a lot of trolls arguing in bad faith coming here. While I cannot speak on That One Guy or Stephen T. Stone, if we are rude to people, it's because said trolls come here and ask questions like yours (which you did in good faith), but in a cynical manner to get a rise out of people.
Please don't hold it against us, it's just that a lot of trolling can indeed train one's behavior.
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I see. That is indeed a better way of putting it.
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Re: Don't forget the snake from Redmond
Also, there's another Snake in Redmond: Nintendo of America's Headquarters.
Twin Snakes, perhaps?
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People who could have been affected.
I have relatives whose last name is Weiner, and they could've been affected by this ban. It just shows you: never outsource naughty-word moderation to machines when people can actually have them as their real names.
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Re: Don't forget the snake from Redmond
I think Oracle is far more to blame than Microsoft, to be frank. At least Microsoft creates stuff.
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Re: Re: good! more! too much corporatism.
He has no grasp of reality. You trying to talk sense into him is like teaching a dog geometry. It's a fool's errand.
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Could you not be a spamming shitgibbon, just for 5 seconds? Please? K thx bai.
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So you're saying what? That people saying "indecent" things on the internet should be censored à la curse words on broadcast TV?
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Clearly you ask too much of him.
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Words from my mother…
When I was a small child, I would ask my mom something to the extent of "Are we better off than in the past?" and she would reply that while we now have medicines that would cure us of diseases that would have ravaged us, we also have atom bombs that would destroy us.
The nuanced point of this blog post, and many of Mike Masnick's points is the same: Tech is a yin/yang; good and evil at the same time.
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It's basically legislate via spite.
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Re: Works Both Ways
The senators are entitled to their opinions. However, the first amendment explicitly says "Congress shall make no law…abridging the freedom of speech…". The MLB moving their game from Atlanta to Denver was a decision for political reasons, and Cruz, Hawley, and Lee are making it clear they are making a law to punish political speech.
Oh, and don't you argue that moving a game from one location to another isn't speech, because the same arguments were made about flag burning and the Supreme Court struck down an anti-flag-burning law on first amendment grounds (with Scalia concurring in the majority).
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