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Comment Re:I think there might be a reason for it (Score 1) 602

You are absolutely and 100% wrong.
1. Empirical evidence shows that women want sex just as much as men want sex.
2. A sex robot would not be a replacement for what men want. Men want food to be cooked and ready when they get home.
3. No real man "puts up" with women just for sex. Real men are chased — and sought after — by women.

Comment Disconnect from society (Score 3, Informative) 138

They really are disconnected from society. Same with the police. If you've ever ready about or spoken to someone in a police academy, you will know that they encourage recruits to only hang out with other law enforcement officers, to only play in their sports leagues, et cetera; it indoctrinates a "us" vs "the public" mentality that follows the officer for the rest of their life. I don't know if that translates to the situation of the judges, but one can presume that an individual given such immense power, a sizeable paycheque, and so little accountability as a judge soon enough develops little connection to "everyone else."

Comment Re:Behold, a free market evangelists dream takes f (Score 1) 666

Simple, really. Because property rights allow individuals to move up in the world. Take Africa, for example. They are VERY RICH in natural resources; but there's no property rights. So the farmer who could setup irrigation on his field and feed his/her family won't do it, beacuse as soon as he spends all the time and effort to do that, someone will come and take that away from him/her by force.

There is poverty in Africa because it lacks good property rights.

"Rights" to basic food, shelter, job, and health care create AN ONEROUS RESPONSIBILITY ON PRODUCTIVE MEMBERS OF SOCIETY AND ALLOW UNPRODUCTIVE PEOPLE TO LEACH OFF SOCIETY.
Property is sacred because it's the fruit of human labor. It must be protected in order to encourage productive people to produce. I guess they don't cover that in communist-sponsored leftist schools.

Food, shelter, jobs and health care are noble goals indeed, but are best left to CHARITY, to which you are free to contribute. But do NOT use FORCE to force people to GIVE UP the fruits of their labor to others any more than is necessary to protect property rights. Strong property rights enable everyone to succeed, and allow you the CHOICE to contribute to charity.

Comment Re:Okay, so I suck at math, but... (Score 1) 315

This is very disturbing. Is there any way to opt-out of this? Is the only solution to trade phones with someone else so that they don't know where you are?

By the way, you cited Billshrink, and i went there, and the math doesn't add up. I would really like to understand this:
Carrier stats T-Mobile AT&T Wireless Sprint Verizon Wireless
Subscribers 30.8M 71.3M 51.9M 67.2M
Market share 17.8% 25.9% 17.3% 21.5%

How are the subscriber numbers and market-share figures so out-of-whack?

Comment Re:Periods and commas. (Score 1) 420

In most european languages, it's easier to say "x decimal places after the comma" than "x decimal places after the period." I'm reasonably certain that's part of the reason. And i recognize that Americans wanted to distance themselves from the British after their revolt, resulting in somewhat different grammar conventions and spellings, so perhaps the Americans wanted to change this as well?
I greatly prefer the decimal point as a decimal point, as opposed to the comma.

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