I'm not Christian, but that's complete BS. Jesus is influential to Christians and Muslims, and given that Muslims make up the single largest religious majority on Earth, their list is bound to have a good deal of impact.

It's pretty hard for a kid in Saudi Arabia to spray paint signs all over North America.

Decisions have consequences, and sometimes those are difficult to live with. They're not someone else's problem though.

So, the entire argument boils down to choices you've made.

Governments are made up of people. People are always the problem.

Ballmer is the quintessential A-type jock personality. He's CEO of a tech company because of that. He's not in any sense a nerd, geek, or otherwise intellectual character.

Which in turn can be boiled down to: It's profitable to be extremely wealthy.

That's actually not in most people's best interest. It is interesting that you seem to believe that a person's best interest is at the expense of everyone else.

A bit? We had to make do with either a one or a zero! A bit would have been a luxury!

It's specifically because it's not a threat, which you would understand if you actually read the article for the purpose of comprehending it. The reasoning is clearly stated in the first section.

Only if you ignore the fact that most of those are self-inflicted deaths, and most of the rest are criminal-on-criminal.

He certainly was responsible for his actions. That in no way invalidates the point made in the comment to which you replied. They're not mutually exclusive. The War on Drugs absolutely creates scenarios where addicts are unable to feed their addictions without resorting to hurting others. Addicts are very frequently not rational, so the systems in place should be designed with that in mind. Those who perpetuate the War on Drugs are certainly complicit to a degree, much like someone walking into a Hell's Angels club and spitting on the first person he sees is complicit in his own beat-down. Doesn't excuse the bikers from nearly (or actually) killing him, but their behavior doesn't absolve him from his part in his victimization.

If they can rip four 3" lag screws out of the stud to which they're attached, they're welcome to the monitors. :)

People in my city are so sick of property crime that the guy most recently charged with manslaughter for killing a thief was exonerated. He shot the guy in the head as the thief drove off with his vehicle. It was a pretty damn good shot, too. One round through the back window, at night.

Whether his story is true or not really is irrelevant, which was that the guy turned to look back and appeared to be aiming a weapon at him. If the excuse is good enough for the cops, it's good enough for anyone else.

Definitely agree. All of my major electronics are bolted into a rack, which itself probably weighs 500-600 pounds loaded. My monitors are attached to wall arms, which are bolted to the wall. Nothing worth taking can be easily picked up and carried out.