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Commented on G20 police uses arrested student as trophy in group photo
#57--agreed! Surprising how quickly everyone jumped to F the Popo....
Commented on @BBVBOX: recent guest-tweeted web video picks (boingboingvideo.com)
While I agree with those that think this legislation is ridiculous, I suspect that those talking about the continuing "loss of rights" under Obama have forgotten/forgiven/did give-a-shit when the Bushies raped our Constitutional rights in the name of safety. I...
Commented on Lily Allen's copyright problem
Allen is a celebutard twit who's used Daddy's career to capitalize on her own minor talents. Meh....
Commented on The Boing Boing / Insane Clown Posse / Juggalo Singularity
I adore BoingBoing's willingness to post WEVERTF they want. Non-apoligistieness is something I fail to nail much in my life and at 48, its one of my biggest regrets. Bring it on, BB, I like a challenge...
Commented on Paul Revere & the Raiders - "Him or Me"
They totally rock! Vintage rockers must be viewed in Eyes of the Times rather than Today or one can completely miss the cultural significance/impact/stance. How genuine their joy seems. Dig it....
Commented on Iqbal Hussain's Women
I just logged on to BB after being away maybe 36 hours, and I am digging Tariq's posts: visual and visceral, and a welcome change. Nice stimulation with an edge…thank you!...
Commented on Happy 5770!
To all my Jewish friends I wish a hearty L'Shanah Tovah!...
Commented on Police Line: Do not cross.
The quality of that sketch is outstanding!...
Commented on Child-safety software sells your kids' IM conversations to market-research companies
#9 Takuan, you read my mind. I speak plainly to my boys about all sorts of topics that seem challenging to some parents: sex, drugs, when its OK to curse and not get in trouble, how to avoid letting your...
Commented on Entertainment Weekly ad with a video-screen glued to the pages
So where are the posts by hacker/makers? I wanna know if its possible to repurpose pieces like this: has no one taken one apart? Can it not be reused/rerecorded? I can imagine some potentially compelling multimedia art using scads of...
Commented on Life During Wartime video from Stop Making Sense
David's music and performances make me sad: sad that I have not done such things as he to please so many people from all over this planet. My life's accomplishments are wane and dull by comparison. Thank you all, TH,...
Commented on Eliot Spitzer explains himself
Candidates become politicians, not by holding fast to ideals but by compromising them. The very political process in this country is one of Compromise. Couple that concept with the feeling of power: power over people's live, the nation's and state's...
Commented on Man, 84, fends off attackers
I love that this guy took a shot to the kisser and went after the asshats. At 84. In the dark. booyah!...
Commented on Untitled 2
Aw come on, folks, last year's made it over 1k posts!! We uns gotsa ways ta go!! w00t...
Commented on John Cleese on Sarah Palin: "Monty Python Could Have Written This."
Ahem. This is my theory, which I developed, which is to say that it is mine. The theory which I shall share which is mine is that ahem John McCain is a maverick. And so on and so forth. And...
Commented on US Constitution in graphic novel form
Jeff Thomas, are you taking the stance that it is a PROBLEM that our country was designed with more tolerance than say Catholocism, Lutheramism or any of the other Christian movements? Do you not understand that millions of people have...
Commented on Kids who photograph themselves naked are child pornographers and sex offenders in Ohio
You know, I like probably a goodly number of others now adult in age, spent many thrilling moments as a child doing 'stuff' which some would classify as deviant or perverted. I am a very healthy mid-life adult with a...
Commented on Entertainment industry made up $250 billion/750,000 jobs losses due to piracy
Hmmm. Reminds me of Big Oil reaping the biggest profits ever while gas is more expensive than ever and ditto crude. The comparison? Thin at best but… FIRSTIES!...
Commented on If It Walks Like A Duck and Talks Like a Duck Dept: The McCain-Palin Mob
The only thing that made this thread worthing scrolling through were Theresa NH's comments, and I always have to scan Takuan and Antinous. That said, this is the ugliest presidential campaign I can recall in my 30 years as an...
Commented on Why can't America call its torture *torture*?
Then it seems reasonable to take issue with John McCain's personal history during the war of enduring harsh interrogation techniques. He didn't survive torture, just some bad-ass questioning, so I guess we won't be hearing any more campaign positioning on...
Commented on Credit-card companies killed Mythbusters segment on RFID vulnerabilities
"Ow daMMIT!" >...
Commented on Photoblog devoted to century-old piccies
#8, #10: Malt, they have always attributed the source, as you later noted. I really like Shorpy because it allows for interesting comments by buffs and wise-asses alike, and I find it MUCH easier to navigate than the LoC. I...
Commented on Controlling copies isn't necessarily part of an artist's livelihood, but getting them accurately attributed is
I have followed a Visual Whistle Blower site for a while: http://youthoughtwewouldntnotice.com/blog3/ And I doubt it has had much impact on the problem of attribution theft....
Commented on George Lucas and JJ Abrams, gloriously photoshopped.
Wasser: I would hazard a guess that No, permission would not be needed as the image is an obvious parody...
Commented on What it's like to fly with no ID under TSA's new rules
I only fly once every year or so, but in the past 3.5 yrs, I have TWICE lost my ID. Both times I was in mid-trip, so that may have had an impact, but I have always been treated with...
Commented on Bush administration: Fourth Amendment doesn't apply to domestic military operations
Oh and as it relates to protesting in this country, I'm surprised no one has mentioned the repression and persecution of ordinary citizens of the US that tried protesting the WTO meetings held here. Remember? Governors and mayors conspired to...
Commented on Bush administration: Fourth Amendment doesn't apply to domestic military operations
Three weeks ago, I watched "V for Vendetta" for the first time. The parallels were absolutely chilling. I believe this country was founded on freedom as its guiding principle, not safety. And yet, as our standard of living has grown,...
Commented on Three Seasons in One Google Map
I googled our house a while back, where we have lived for 4 years now, and on the sat pic, I can see my 1966 Imperial parked curbside and hiding under a car cover. That only sat that way for...
Commented on TSA apologizes to "blogesphere" for arbitrary gadget screenings
Ooh, and I call "LASTIES!!"...
Commented on TSA apologizes to "blogesphere" for arbitrary gadget screenings
Ok, as a not-to-frequent traveller, I too have TSA stories!! While visiting the Easter Shore of VA three years ago, I lost my wallet and my photo ID. I was kinda freaked, tried calling all sorts of folks until I...

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danlalan commented on G20 police uses arrested student as trophy in group photo
Just tell me what you want to prove already. That a structured society is needed to allow us to struggle through the thousands of generations we need to decide what the ultimate best form of society is. That because human beings differ from individual to individual, there will never be a society that has 100% agreement among its members about virtually anything. That if a person disagrees with any aspect of the structure, there are institutionalized ways of changing it. That to prevent a structured society from coming unraveled there must be some method of enforcing the current set of...
failix commented on G20 police uses arrested student as trophy in group photo
"The point is that there is broad scientific consensus about biological influence on behavior, and that consensus is based on evidence, not opinion." Why do you think that this ever was a point we disagreed on? You said "we aren't biological automatons" which is subject to a philosophical question and not fact. You also said that "This point is important to the rest of the argument because you seem to have the idea that humans are tabula rasa" What?! You're the one who suggested we weren't all kind by nature. I don't think we need a society to control us,...
danlalan commented on G20 police uses arrested student as trophy in group photo
Also, if you really want to go there, I'm pretty sure that if cops quit their jobs today, it wouldn't mean total chaos and anarchy. We'd find alternative ways of enforcing certain ideals. Maybe at some point we won't even need "enforcing", since we aren't tabula rasa folks. A good dose of education and equality, a society that covers basic human needs for everyone, and still allows them to emancipate, would probably do the trick. But I don't think it's relevant to the discussion at all. The irony contained in this paragraph is overwhelming. I apologize. I was demonstrably not...
failix commented on G20 police uses arrested student as trophy in group photo
Hmkay, see you at the next police brutality thread. ;)...
dhalgren commented on @BBVBOX: recent guest-tweeted web video picks (boingboingvideo.com)
@73 Okay so this is a little bit late to respond but what the heck. Um no I've never smoked to fit in. I'm 42 not 12. I think your 'they feel like having a cigarette in their hands makes them cool, and all their friends are doing it, so...' comment is asinine....

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