"And as far as a home rig I will always take the time to design and build my own Machine.Not only will it run faster than an Apple but it will also Cost less then half the money.
Did you also build your own car because it'd be faster and cheaper than a Ford? Did you build your own house too? Did you build the furniture in it? Did you knock up a big LCD TV from parts bought the local electronics shop? No?! You mean you can't do all things things?
Congrats on being one of a very small percentage of people who can (or even want to) build your own computer. I'm happy for you that you can take advantage of that knowledge to your benefit. However your criticism of Apple is fairly meaningless because you represent such a tiny piece of the home computer market. Most people want something that works straight out of the box and keeps working for a long time. Years of customer satisfaction surveys show Apple (usually) does that better than any other computer manufacturer. Whatever you think of their business practices (and some are pretty crap), the 'I can build a better one' argument is simply irrelevant to most.
"Guns like automobiles are only as dangerous as the user behind the trigger/wheel. It would be interesting to compare the actual figures of both in relation to injuries and deaths to find out which is more dangerous and which is perceived to be more dangerous."
Ugh, I hate it when the relative harm caused by cars is compared to that of guns. Cars are orders of magnitude more useful to society than guns, so society will always be far more tolerant of the downsides of cars. Bringing up the harm caused by cars in a debate about guns is just a weak attempt at deflection.
If you want to start a list of such people, you can put me on it.
" Has it now become immoral to charge an individual with violating US law when there exist facts that are believed to meet all of the requirements associated with such a violation?"
Your question is ridiculously simplistic. The aggressive tactics, abuse of a position of power, and massive overstating of the "harm" supposedly caused were indeed immoral.
"The way this was done�the helicopters; the rappelling down the buildings [of Dotcom mansion]; the over-reaction�all of these are signs of a classic political prosecution."
I strongly agree with the sentiment, but overstating things won't help. The helicopter landed and the officers got out. No rappelling occurred. I think he took the Mega launch party footage a little too seriously.
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Techdirt doesn't write pro 2nd Amendment articles for the same reason they don't write any anti 2nd Amendment articles, or any articles specifically about the 2nd Amendment. You're searching the wrong blog.
It's hilarious how any criticism of the 2nd Amendment is suddenly claimed to be about "disarming the public", quickly followed by dystopian fantasies of Facist governments. Way to perpetuate the paranoid gun nut stereotype.
"...there are studies that show the effects of realistic simulated violence (not just video games) affects violent behavior."
There have been a few studies that claimed that, and those claims quickly fell apart under considered review. There are many more well-respected studies that show only very weak links or no links at all between violent games and actual violence.
Games are an easy target for 'think of the children' types, but in cases where games have been blamed for a person's behavior (e.g. every damn school shooting), there are usually many other factors that have had more significant effects on that person.
"This blog has a long history of crying from the rooftop about the 1st and 4th amendments and appears to have a very pro-constitutional stance. Except for when it comes to the 2nd amendment. What gives, the constitution either is or is not a great document and maybe the best government foundation this world has seen to date."
The idea of writing a document that will serve the country for all time without any changes is absurd. The fact that there are amendments prove that. The 1st and 4th Amendments still make just as much sense today as they did when they were written, despite the massive changes to society since then. However those same changes have made the 2nd Amendment an anachronism. Not to mention the ridiculousness of using the 2nd Amendment to vociferously defend things that weren't even invented when the Amendment was written, like assault rifles and large capacity magazines.
"Yes, the NRA has poor timing here, but come on, this blog has defended video games for a long time and this is a target shooting game aimed at teaching, not killing."
Teaching my ass. It's one of the most pathetic pieces of software I've seen in ages. It did not teach anything.
"Also, sniping the NRA as being a "lobby" is not intellectually honest (a term that this blog loves to use). The NRA is backed by hundreds of thousands of PEOPLE. It may have some corporate backers as well, but the NRA is not the normal lobby and you know it."
You yourself are being intellectually dishonest by ignoring the truly staggering amounts of money, much of it from members, the NRA spends on directly lobbying government. They're regularly described as one of the most powerful lobbying forces in Washington. They may not be a "normal" lobby, but they absolutely are in large part a lobby group.
"Please, if you want to be taken seriously, you have to treat everything evenly or you undermine your reputation and show your bias."
Since when does an OPINION BLOG have to treat everything evenly and not show bias?
Some cowardly anons seem hell-bent on shaming people into not discussing this whole terrible story. Just bored trolls? Or people with a strong interest in shutting down discussions that may directly or indirectly affect them in ways they would not like?
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Did you also build your own car because it'd be faster and cheaper than a Ford? Did you build your own house too? Did you build the furniture in it? Did you knock up a big LCD TV from parts bought the local electronics shop? No?! You mean you can't do all things things?
Congrats on being one of a very small percentage of people who can (or even want to) build your own computer. I'm happy for you that you can take advantage of that knowledge to your benefit. However your criticism of Apple is fairly meaningless because you represent such a tiny piece of the home computer market. Most people want something that works straight out of the box and keeps working for a long time. Years of customer satisfaction surveys show Apple (usually) does that better than any other computer manufacturer. Whatever you think of their business practices (and some are pretty crap), the 'I can build a better one' argument is simply irrelevant to most.
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Ugh, I hate it when the relative harm caused by cars is compared to that of guns. Cars are orders of magnitude more useful to society than guns, so society will always be far more tolerant of the downsides of cars. Bringing up the harm caused by cars in a debate about guns is just a weak attempt at deflection.
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If you want to start a list of such people, you can put me on it.
" Has it now become immoral to charge an individual with violating US law when there exist facts that are believed to meet all of the requirements associated with such a violation?"
Your question is ridiculously simplistic. The aggressive tactics, abuse of a position of power, and massive overstating of the "harm" supposedly caused were indeed immoral.
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I strongly agree with the sentiment, but overstating things won't help. The helicopter landed and the officers got out. No rappelling occurred. I think he took the Mega launch party footage a little too seriously.
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I know I'm asking far too much of a cowardly troll, but do you think you could actually explain this silly accusation to keep repeating?
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Hmmm. It appears you were indeed full of shit with your piracy fear-mongering.
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There have been a few studies that claimed that, and those claims quickly fell apart under considered review. There are many more well-respected studies that show only very weak links or no links at all between violent games and actual violence.
Games are an easy target for 'think of the children' types, but in cases where games have been blamed for a person's behavior (e.g. every damn school shooting), there are usually many other factors that have had more significant effects on that person.
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The idea of writing a document that will serve the country for all time without any changes is absurd. The fact that there are amendments prove that. The 1st and 4th Amendments still make just as much sense today as they did when they were written, despite the massive changes to society since then. However those same changes have made the 2nd Amendment an anachronism. Not to mention the ridiculousness of using the 2nd Amendment to vociferously defend things that weren't even invented when the Amendment was written, like assault rifles and large capacity magazines.
"Yes, the NRA has poor timing here, but come on, this blog has defended video games for a long time and this is a target shooting game aimed at teaching, not killing."
Teaching my ass. It's one of the most pathetic pieces of software I've seen in ages. It did not teach anything.
"Also, sniping the NRA as being a "lobby" is not intellectually honest (a term that this blog loves to use). The NRA is backed by hundreds of thousands of PEOPLE. It may have some corporate backers as well, but the NRA is not the normal lobby and you know it."
You yourself are being intellectually dishonest by ignoring the truly staggering amounts of money, much of it from members, the NRA spends on directly lobbying government. They're regularly described as one of the most powerful lobbying forces in Washington. They may not be a "normal" lobby, but they absolutely are in large part a lobby group.
"Please, if you want to be taken seriously, you have to treat everything evenly or you undermine your reputation and show your bias."
Since when does an OPINION BLOG have to treat everything evenly and not show bias?
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Was the fact that this point was made in the article get lost on you?
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