Oh I see. You're a conservative, name-calling, shit-for-brains, bible-thumping ass wipe.

we're done here.

That's not my argument.

I was responding to your assertion that a five year old has the capacity to ignore scary, nightmare-inducing stimuli simply because it is "bad". You see, when something is disturbing, it is difficult for even an adult to ignore it.

A child does not have the defenses that an adult may possess. The world is already a scary place when you're less than four feet tall and there could very well be monsters under the bed. Some of the shit that is on broadcast TV would give him nightmares for the rest of his childhood. And I'm talking about stuff that is on before bedtime.

Now, as for you, DarkKnightRadick, you've demonstrated that you're just flamebaiting. Is this how you would talk to somebody in person? Grow up.

did you ignore the 9/11 attacks because you knew they were bad? I didn't think so.

He knows it is bad. He's not stupid.

Hey great idea. I'll just limit myself to always going to the same place. Guess what? That was just an example. My point is that there are television screens blaring everywhere and I can't help but be exposed to them unless I go hide under a rock.

The only problem with that is that there are now television screens blaring at you in almost every establishment you go to. You can't always control what the dipshits out in the world choose to put on the screens in public places.

Personally, I'd rather not have to worry about my little boy being traumatized by graphic violence when we drop in to pick up a pizza.

I'll take that bet.

You are oh, so very wrong.

Perhaps Verizon has different policies in different service areas, but for our service it is very clear that Verizon owns our Actiontec router. I had a good conversation with the tech when he installed our service. It's their router, but the customer gets administrative access to it. They also have the ability to get into it to update firmware, etc. At the time it scared me a little bit since Verizon could theoretically get in through their back door and start accessing stuff on my home network. I suppose they still could with a warrant. I almost added a second-level firewall because of it.

Anyway, the first router they gave me burned out last year. I called their support line and they overnighted a new router to me. The new router came, I installed it, followed their activation procedure, and sent the old one back to them in their pre-paid package. That's how a service provider acts when they own the equipment.

IXNAY on the EATHDAY AYRAY!

My son was born in 2005 and doesn't believe me when I say we can't watch TV shows on the GPS, or when I say we can't pause a show on the living room TV where we don't have a DVR.

Oh, that's easy. You just turn the light on!

You already have a technical degree. Get a business, marketing, sales, or management degree. If you're fresh out of school, you'll be happy in 5-10 years that you did. If you have experience, it will open doors for you now.

Actually, not true. My understanding of Christianity is that your soul belongs to you. In fact it is the only thing that belongs to you. Your purpose on Earth is to use your Free Will to determine whether you will give your soul to Jehovah or Satan (and hence go to Heaven or Hell) when you die.

And since Jehovah Created you, you'd be a total dick to go to the Other Guy. Ingrate.

Wow, I had seen that "unlabeled" checkbox before and had assumed that the text was bogusly hidden by some css screwup. Indeed it is white letters on a white background. Nice going, guys!

Jeez.