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Comment Re:Before people fly off the hook here.. (Score 1) 449

Sure, if by "loophole" you meant actual dictionary definition and by "scouring" you meant taking 2 seconds to type the word into the Merriam-Webster search engine.

I guess the real question is "Why am I even bothering to respond to someone who thinks dictionary definitions are"loopholes" if they don't agree with them, and someone who thinks the only context to a statement is their own?"

Comment Re:One Little Problem with "Increasing" Crime Idea (Score 1) 449

And anyone using "video-game induced crime" figures are just manipulating data to cherry pick the results they desire. It's not bashing video games I have a problem with, it is manipulating data to achieve the pre-determined results they had decided long before they even considered any of the actual data. Junk science and non-scientific studies are the problem here. There is no such thing as "video game related crime" - there has never been any actual scientific studies by a non-biased research group that prove any link that I have seen. If you know of one, please provide a citation.

Comment Re:Before people fly off the hook here.. (Score 1) 449

Not quite. That is ONE definition of coercion. Merriam-Webster defines coercion as-
1 : to restrain or dominate by force
2 : to compel to an act or choice
3 : to achieve by force or threat

So #2 does not require force or threats, and one can be coerced without threats or physical force.

As a wise man on the internet once said "You don't get to change the meaning to suit your world view."

Comment Re:Haw (Score 5, Interesting) 449

No, the jocks don't do they actual shooting themselves. But they are likely the ones who bullied the nerd into the rage that triggered the nerd's violent actions, so they are also responsible to some degree.
I played hockey since I was 5, and also played for my high school for a year. But I had to quit - because of all the idiot jocks and their homophobia, misogyny, and general distaste for anything they couldn't understand or was slightly different from them. You should have heard the shit that was talked about in the locker room. Yeah, those dumb louts sure had a firm grip on their emotions all right.

Comment Re:With Regard to Microsoft? I Have One Bit of Adv (Score 1) 724

I could ask you the same question. All you are doing is misidentifying people, how is that adding anything to the discussion ? If I were you I would assume you were someone else, misidentify you, and call you an obvious Apple shill. Thank god I am not you and will use logical discourse instead.

If all you have are false accusations and strawman arguments, I think we are done here.

Comment Re:With Regard to Microsoft? I Have One Bit of Adv (Score 2) 724

Apple Corp. is worth way more than Microsoft, so logic would dictate that they have the money to pay shills.

However, anyone thinking that either company would waste money trying to influence anyone by paying people to post on Slashdot is the true ignoramus. As if the world in general, outside of a few geeks that don't really matter, even KNOWS what Slashdot is, let alone care enough to have it influence them in any way, shape, or form.

Now off to cash this big fat Microsoft check...

Comment Re:It's Clearly Microsoft's Fault... (Score 1) 308

What you said didn't make me uncomfortable, it made me laugh. Yeah, I certainly will remember a prediction by an AC on Slashdot that *insert Microsoft product here* is a total and complete failure, and could possibly be the end for MS. Because those posts are so rare that it is very easy to remember them all.

Comment Re:It's Clearly Microsoft's Fault... (Score 1) 308

I said it a year ago, months ago, a few weeks ago, and I say it today.

So basically you just keep repeating something until it may or may not come true. Brilliant predictions there Nostradamus. How long have you been predicting the Year of Linux on Desktops now, 10 years? Keep repeating it, someday it may come true...

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