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Commented on Dr Peter Watts, Canadian science fiction writer, beaten and arrested at US border
I sold a story to On Spec (which Peter used to co-edit) earlier this year. I just donated most (currency exchanges are a pain) of my payment towards his defense. It only seems fair....
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My (almost) 12 year old kiddo (who was sitting behind me while I saw this) says: "Kewl."...
Commented on Parent of gamer asks his son to honor the Geneva Conventions
@cicada - Remember the Virtual Milgram experiment from a few years ago? Researchers repeated Stanley Milgram's experiment and found that people had an emotional, visceral reaction to pixels and even text on a screen (like IM). Sure, it was less,...
Commented on Parent of gamer asks his son to honor the Geneva Conventions
@pshaffer - perhaps you should revisit some of the literature. The predictive value of BMI or body fat for coronary artery disease has begun to be seriously questioned. You also just contributed to the reluctance of obese people (regardless of...

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gringa commented on Dr Peter Watts, Canadian science fiction writer, beaten and arrested at US border
Don't believe everything you've read. America is still here. But we can't stop what you're talking about -- a Hitleresgue future -- on our own. So that means everybody has to drop the hatred. People think it's wimpy emo crap to talk about intentionally being kind, dropping provocative language like "You're insane" or "Listen, asshole," like it's too PC and therefore anti-free speech to say hey guys, things are getting pretty fricking ultra-violent around us, maybe we should mellow the freak out and refrain from provocative, pre-emptive, shocking and awful actions and reactions intended to make the other guy understand...
ArghMonkey commented on Dr Peter Watts, Canadian science fiction writer, beaten and arrested at US border
Does anyone doubt how sick and fascist the u.s. has become? No matter how sad and pathetic the u.s. has become we still have to remember that Canadian border guards hassled Amy Goodman, that's pretty low and Canadians know better. If the yank sickness spread to Canada I am heading for Europe, the last sane place in our modern world....
minou commented on Dr Peter Watts, Canadian science fiction writer, beaten and arrested at US border
There are border patrol assholes on both sides of the border. Most border patrol officers are nice people though. A few years ago I was going for a job interview in Vermont but would visit my family in Québec on the way. I took the road thru Ontario at a main entry not far from Kingston Ontario to take the 401. I am hearing impaired and can read someone lips. As the border patrol would get closer I saw him say "Another f***ing frog". My New York plates stated "Tabarnac". When he got by I said with a smile "What...
joeposts commented on Dr Peter Watts, Canadian science fiction writer, beaten and arrested at US border
"is anyone else weirded out by the authoritarian fanboys? wtf" Is it the decade of pro-fascist propaganda passing as news and entertainment causing it? I guess there were always people who defend absolute state power, though. Just seems to be 'cool' now....
janchup commented on Dr Peter Watts, Canadian science fiction writer, beaten and arrested at US border
It's not news in America that the cops and others authorized to "protect" us are frequently brutalizing citizens, breaking the law and are out of control. Who holds these jobs anyway? Those attracted to violence and power and authoritarianism. Retired guards from Abu Ghraib Prison and their ilk....

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