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Comment Re:I can only assume (Score 5, Insightful) 547

Cop 1 to Cop 2: "So, uh, do you think this should be prosecuted?"
Cop 1, thinking: "Damn, I hope Joe doesn't think I'm a pedo for suggesting this might not be worthy of prosecution."
Cop 2, thinking: "Damn, Pete will think I'm a pedo if I don't say yes."
Cop 1 and Cop 2 in nervous unison, "Uh, yeah."

CPS agent being passed the case from Pete and Joe, thinking: "Well, this must be an honest mistake, right? But I'll lose my job if it's not."

Prosecutor to jury, "You're a pedophile lover if you don't think that sending gross text messages to children is wrong."

Juror 1 to others, "Uh, yeah, I'm not a pedo, so I can't condone this behavior."
Juror 4, thinking: "If I say no they'll all think I'm a pedo. Gotta vote guilty. Maybe someone else will stand up for him."

Judge, thinking: "If I don't throw the book at a convicted pedo I'll look like an asshole..."

Appeals judge, thinking: "Well, Judge Green and a jury found him guilty. I'll look like a pedo asshole if I don't uphold. At least I can give him a break and suspend the sentence, right?"

Slashdot: "How the hell could this possibly happen? Obviously an honest mistake, right?"

Comment Re:Drive it home (Score 3, Interesting) 179

Hold on, one second.

First, I'm assuming that "LESS crime" means less crime once you account for the fact that you're not prosecuting drug crimes. It would take a willfully ignorant misreading to screw that up.

However, how do you measure "LESS injustice" and "LESS corruption" as a result of decriminalizing drug laws? Not that I don't believe you, just that I think those would be hard to measure as effects.

Comment Re:Sounds like defeat (Score 5, Informative) 169

Flying is a privilege, not a right.

Wrong.

Current US Code addresses air travel specifically. In 49 U.S.C. 40103, "Sovereignty and use of airspace", the Code specifies that "A citizen of the United States has a public right of transit through the navigable airspace."

This comes out of the common law right to freedom of movement which includes the use of conveyances appropriate to the time. Our modern society operates on the assumption of a right to air travel.

Comment Ford cars bad choice for teaching auto tech... (Score 4, Interesting) 133

They're closed source, built in factories that don't allow public tours. The CAD drawings for parts aren't even available to registered Ford mechanics, never mind the consumer or student. Most auto tech classes only teach installation and repair of OEM parts.

There's no way a student can learn adequately about the repair and maintenance of cars while working on Ford products. This is unacceptable.

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