Comment Re:PC? (Score 1) 608
Yes it's an aberrant mind set. Yes it is delusional. No, I don't think that any instance is going to have a marked impact on someone's decision to commit violence but cumulatively and culturally
This sort of ignorance and paranoia does the work for Microsoft. They don't have to be assholes, they can be nice to you
One of the 'tricks' of abusers in abusive relationships is to 'play nice' when people are watching. The abused either comes across looking like an "ignorant paranoid asshole" or is forced to 'play along'.
Microsoft's behaviour in a number of arenas has been abusive. When there has been substantial evidence of a change in culture and direction away from these methods, then you can start accusing people of being "whiny bitches". Until then, an animated happy birthday hardly cuts it.
If you want to solve the global food crisis, adopt socialistic policies
Don't get me wrong, I tend towards the socialist end of the spectrum politically and philosophically, but if you _really_ want to solve the food crises, activate for increased levels of education (this has a high correlation with lowered birth rates) and against social and cultural mores that put a premium on multiple children and/or reject contraception.
Just because it makes some fundies out there a tad more mad than they already are, is not a valid reason not to celebrate.
No, but a respect for human life and an awareness of the enormity of taking it is. It helps people recognise that it wasn't petty revenge; that it was the sober deliberation of reasonable and civilised people who had explored and exhausted other possibilities.
I'm not saying your usage is erroneous. In some contexts it does make sense. This just isn't one of them. When you use language, you need to be sensitive to context, you can't just blinding plug in whatever definition suits you.
Unless you're in politics, of course...
Never ask any question here that essentially asks: "Am I shit because I use Windows?". You will always get plenty of "yes"'s here.
Fortunately, being a geek has nothing to do with what Slashdotters think of you.
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