Claymoor’s Comments

• Oct 5th, 2011 @ 2:52pm

  Re: First-grade rules

  on NY State Senators Say We've Got Too Much Free Speech; Introduce Bill To Fix That
  This is the method used in dealing with elementary school kids: Instead of disciplining unruly and/or disruptive kids, they implement overly-strict rules that punish everyone preemptively.
  
  It's easier than having to identify and punish the actual offenders.
  
  As for the media's role, the public shares the blame on that score. What we now call TV news -- where most people get their 'news' -- was once set apart from entertainment and could pursue actual reportage. Now it is lumped into the same cost center and must meet ratings targets or people lose jobs.
  
  So, local news' long-time mantra of "if it bleeds, it leads" is joined to "give the people what they want" and these tandem mindsets feed the public perception of an ever-more dangerous world even as crime rates fall.
• Oct 5th, 2011 @ 12:06pm

  Re: No Early Warning

  on Capcom's Resident Evil DRM Is Evil: You Get To Play The Game Once And That's It
  Don't you usually have to, like, buy and open it (rendering it unreturnable) to get to the manual?