Comment Re:It's logical (Score 1) 467
Wow. That's actually hilarious.
Wow. That's actually hilarious.
There's a number of reasons I can imagine this evolving. I would imagine a thought process like this could cause it: "I worked so hard to get where I am, proved beyond all my male peers how skillful I am. If she's not going to prove herself she's not going to get anywhere in this field."
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?"
What is the "simple explanation" for having the children as contacts in his phone?
He was their instructor. It's possible they were running late one day and their mom had them call him to tell him. "Oh, that's Suzy's number. I should put it in my phone so that I know not to screen it if this happens again."
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FTFY.
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.
Wait, are the coins unique? Doesn't that defeat anonymity if you can track individual coins?
"I'm going to be using the back of my hand and will feel between the knee and your groin until I meet resistance."
"DO I LOOK LIKE I MIND" *Cue crazy eyes*
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.
Whole-wheat? Those monsters!
Right. Then when that's done we get silverback gorillas to come take out the wolves.
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.
Stupid Germany, always causing trouble.
How many Germans does it take to screw in an incandescent lightbulb?
Incandescent? NEIN!
I hear Greece and Italy had problems with that strategy.
They'll be exposed to something. Tornado, earthquake, hurricane. All of the US is threatened by at least one of those. All of those can cut the plant off from the grid and cut the backup generators from the main plant structure.
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