And there are no other options??? Problem is that tasers are used where no force should be used at all, except for perhaps grabbing the suspect, maybe putting on handcuffs, and transferring the suspect off the premises or into a police car. As the GP said, we've all seen the videos of police and security officers torturing people with tasers as a punishment for disobedience. Apparently, torture is OK when performed with tasers.

If it's true, that tasers are so goddamn safe, yet 70 people died of tasers last year, then doesn't it imply that police officers with tasers are just a bit too trigger-happy? Perhaps the problem IS procedural. But Taser International is certainly responsible for marketing these perhaps less lethal, but still lethal torture devices as a "safe" alternative to grabbing the suspect/disobedient citizen.

Your idea of a perfect world is a world without sex???

All I see is an article about a man who uses a software program to compose music. (And I really don't find that very newsworthy, btw.) I see no mention of any cybernetic organism in the article at all!

Since when is debunking straw men insightful? You seem to think that the only reason for using FOSS is the opinion that "writing unfree software is immoral". Well, that sure isn't my opinion. Yet, GNU/Linux is the platform that suits me better than any of the competition. How on earth is that possible if I'm not concerned about software freedom? (Not to the degree you suggest, at least.)

Some of my points (IMHO, my 2 cents, works for me, etc.):

Mr Web Man: "Safari is way faster than Firefox on OS X and uses less resources."
Me: "Safari doesn't run at all on GNU/Linux or Solaris or FreeBSD. Besides, Firefox has a LOT of features that I like"

Mr Netbook Man: "The Gnome desktop is still kinda clunky, even after all these years."
Me: "I don't know what you mean by Clunky, but I prefer the functionality of Gnome over Windows or OSX any day of the week. Anyway, I like KDE and XFCE more than I like Gnome."

Mr Graphic Designer Man: "Linux still doesn't do proper color management."
Me: "I don't know what that means. You may be right."

Mr Gamer Man: "There aren't any decent games for Linux."
Me: "There are actually some decent games for GNU/Linux, but I agree that the selection could be greater. I hope the situation improves, but gaming is far from my primary concern"

You'll notice that I don't have to mention software freedom.

It appears to me that you do not have a multilingual background, since your post was rather misinformed. Learning another language in addition to your native tongue only serves to improve your understanding of your native tongue. This has been researched and I speak from experience, as I'm the parent of two bilingual children. Languages do not compete over space in the brain, they support each other.

While Skepticism/Critical thinking is laudable indeed, it is IMHO a natural consequence of logic. In other words, learn logic! Critical thinking will follow, as will a basic understanding of both match and science.
To illustrate my point, consider the creationists. They certainly apply critical thinking to evolution, but they completely fail to apply logic.

Actually, I forgot what my complaint was, but since this is a Slashot poll, I'm just going to complain anyway...

You may not like it, but it's probably the most common solution: in a text file! Where's that option, for crying out loud?!

Cash or bank transfer. Bearing in mind that a cheque is simply a bank transfer relying on piece of paper being shuffled around, I fail to understand how somebody modded your question insightful.

Combined with Bomb Detecting Dowser Rods, what could possibly go wrong?