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• Commented on Homophobic murder in Puerto Rico. Cop: "he deserved it" for his lifestyle
  "It is entirely possible for a group of people to be hateful and ignorant independent of religion." Entirely possible, but immensely improbable. Put 100 bigots in a room, and 99 of them will justify their ignorance and hate by pointing...
• Commented on Richard Metzger on Ayn Rand
  If you don't like being "looted" by the government, take a stand. Stop paying your taxes, and stand up to the IRS. And don't use anything that was gained through "looting." Things like highways, police, fire departments, libraries, the Internet...
• Commented on Crucixion and beheading for child rapist in Saudi Arabia
  What is the point of punishment if it does nothing to prevent future crime? To satisfy some reptile-brain desire for blood? "...fewer people in this world who would do such a thing is a greater good." When the state (of...
• Commented on Crucixion and beheading for child rapist in Saudi Arabia
  "Just because it didn't deter HIM, does in no way mean that it didn't deter HUNDREDS of others." By that reasoning, my haircut has prevented hundreds of tiger attacks. "I have been sucessfully robbed at gunpoint before, but I don't...
• Commented on Crucixion and beheading for child rapist in Saudi Arabia
  1. Clearly the threat of punishment did not deter the rapist from committing his crimes. Therefore, it stands to reason that this punishment will in no way prevent similar crimes in the future. 2. Humans are fallible, and as a...
• Commented on Six-year-old girl chauffeured stoned mom
  Coatesville: Making Kennett Square look classy since 1853....
• Commented on Lancaster, PA: the most spied-upon town in America
  @35: The law doesn't have a "unless you don't think you'll get caught" clause. If you're speeding, you're not obeying the law, regardless of who's watching. A good society is one where the populace is encouraged to act correctly regardless...
• Commented on Lancaster, PA: the most spied-upon town in America
  I live, work, and make art in Lancaster, and this is horribly disturbing. Public surveillance is bullshit enough, but to have a private "coalition" hiring private individuals to do the monitoring is even worse. Despite the presence of a camera...
• Commented on Video: <em>Destroy Build Destroy</em> teaches kids to, well, you know
  Well this seems like a match made in heaven. I am absolutely in love with the fact that Andrew WK appears to be the only adult supervision while kids are dropping trucks out of cranes. This is like his show...
• Commented on Google: artists' work is not worth paying for
  When did "CASH ONLY" become a boingboing value?...
• Commented on Illustrators upset over Google's invitation to contribute free art
  @12: If artists die of exposure, then why don't we shut down every public exhibition, free concert, and charity auction? THEY'RE KILLING ARTISTS! @11: Your Microsoft example is WAY off base. Google's not asking them to design an entire graphic...
• Commented on Illustrators upset over Google's invitation to contribute free art
  I don't know, I think it's kind of whiney of the artists. I'm an artist, too (although not a "real" artist like an illustrator or designer- I just play guitar), and I'd be THRILLED to have my work featured at...
• Commented on Rushkoff on "The Great Facebook Land Grab of Aught-Nine"
  Facebook wants to be your online identity hub, like chi.mp is also trying. In order to effectively do that, however, they need to give easily memorable, business-card ready URL's to users. This seems reasonably useful to me, as I'd really...
• Commented on SF Samurai exhibit showcases vintage swords and armor
  Musashi's Niten Ichi did teach a two-sword style, but it was meant for live blades. Most sword students trained (and still do) with bokken (like those shown in the OP) for safety when sparring. According to Musashi himself, he had...
• Commented on U.S. Air Force Vapor Cars
  Who paid for this. Oh that's right. I did. Bummer....
• Commented on Media Matters: O'Reilly falsely claimed he only "reported what groups" were calling Tiller
  @#4 futbol- O'Reilly's not being accused of inciting the murder of Tiller, he's being accused of lying. And, as boxbrown points out, there is a SIGNIFICANT difference between a crank on a message board and a crank with a $10MM...
• Commented on Media Matters: O'Reilly falsely claimed he only "reported what groups" were calling Tiller
  Bill O'Reilly. Oblivious to the existence of recording technology since 1996....
• Commented on Town bans hoods, hats, shades in banks
  It's not really clear from the OP if this is actually a law. It seems to me that this is just the police asking the banks to do this to make the police's job easier in identifying a perp if...
• Commented on Suggested improvements for TiVo Series 4
  Playlists, playlists, playlists. Why can't I say "I want to watch The Daily Show, then Colbert, then two episodes of Tim & Eric, then just press play?...
• Commented on On Being Gizmodoed, Boing Boinged and Hydrogenated
  I think that most of the ire against audiophiles is ire against the "golden ears" concept. Immerse yourself in something long enough, and you can pick out details that the average person never would. Dedicated "car guys" can feel differences...
• Commented on The Aporkalypse: Researchers Want Your Help
  I couldn't click "Not at all concerned" hard enough. I wish this was a paper survey, so I could draw gigantic, glowing arrows pointing to that response....
• Commented on Photo: Stylish Robot
  Q? Is that you, buddy? One of the worst Street Fighter characters in recorded history. Some arcade footage: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLJI9yKrXGs...
• Commented on Colgate Wisp disposable toothbrush
  ehhhh.... with the copious amounts of travel-ready toothbrush/toothpaste combos already on the market, this seems like a solution in search of a problem. I could see this being handy for short hops where you forgot your toothbrush, but regular travelers...
• Commented on United Airlines wants to charge large people for two seats
  @78: "I'd personally rather have someone's belly press on my arm than have to listen to a screaming baby. Or have some fucker try to explain to me about the good news." I agree, but sadly the airlines don't sell...
• Commented on United Airlines wants to charge large people for two seats
  @65- "We as a society choose to make certain amounts of sacrifices for one another." But where does it end? If I have to give up the space I paid for to someone else to save them money, do I...
• Commented on United Airlines wants to charge large people for two seats
  @44: 1. You don't pay for sightlines on an airplane. You pay for a seat. If someone else takes up all or part of that seat, they're taking a finite commodity that you paid for- without your consent, and without...
• Commented on United Airlines wants to charge large people for two seats
  When you buy an airline ticket, you are paying for space. The smallest unit of space that an airline sells is 1 coach seat. If a passenger pays for 1 seat of space, they should be guaranteed every cubic inch...
• Favorited Vatican comes up with a new list of Seven Sins on Boing Boing
• Favorited Vatican comes up with a new list of Seven Sins on Boing Boing
• Commented on NBC Stars Whimper About Jon Stewart's Skewering of CNBC
  Stewart's criticism is dead on, and Scarborough's is way off base. Stewart is calling out CNBC (not just Jim Cramer) for calling themselves "financial experts" when they were completely and demonstrably wrong about the Wall Street collapse. Cramer wants Stewart...