Yes, there are such stories in the Bible. What level of detail do they rise to? I haven't read the stories referred to in TFA (and don't want to), but my guess is they are a little more detailed than the instances referred to in the Bible ... and yes, that does make a difference for many people. Also, what light those acts are painted in is relevant.

Keep in mind that the Bible *recounts what happened* and what happened to those people subsequently... with the intent that we learn correct behavior for ourselves as a result. It is a history and not fiction. For someone to write fiction about such acts, they have to dwell on them a bit in their mind and dream it all up to be able to write it down ... is that a pleasant/ good thing? Not IMHO.

Granted, some will posit that the Bible is fictional ... not my conviction.

Censorship seems to have become a bad word. Censorship can be good or bad. We use Netflix parental controls to 'censor' what our children might be exposed to ... intentionally or inadvertently. I (amongst others), see that as sound parenting practice, others may not. You could argue whether or not amazon removing a product is even 'censorship'. To some it is good, to some it is bad. If your tax money were running Amazon, then you might have a real complaint. As it is, vote with your feet and/or your money.

If you really have the need for books about incest and pedophilia, go buy them from whomever sells them. If you want Amazon ( or Borders or your library or whomever) to carry them, request it from them. I don't, so I'm fine with this [apparently evil] form of censorship.

Maybe their method for review/censor is over-simplistic or just plain inconsistent. But their choice of what they sell is just that ... their choice. As is your choice yours on where and what to buy.

• Kicking in Doors in * Province
• Taking [mortar | small arms | heavy artillery] fire
• In a sandstorm
• In a foxhole

... and you know if provided the opportunity, many would actually be updating their FB status from wherever

Hire Cowboy Neal as a body guard

It Leared from the internet folks ... of course it *leared*.

... in a split decision, vi wins. Oh wait ... wrong holy war!

>> Doesn't sound any more privacy invading than what On-star advertises that they will do with your Cadillac if you report it stolen.
Good point. And while it could be argued either way I'm sure ... it's also good indicator of prior art, no?

... Or you could just anonymously hand it over to wikileaks ... They'll be sure to redact the names of your variables so they don't get hurt. ;-)

Good point. The teacher and support tech may still have no clue how to support them when something goes awry, but it's school ... so it's a learning opportunity then, right? Which could also be said for using a new OS, right? But nobody's complaining about about learning opportunities here, they're complaining about that fact that Mac's prices are a little higher.

Right ... there should be a choice. The parent post said *Windows* (OS), not x86 or x86_64 (which Apple is anyway). The point is that when choice was taken away with Windows as OS (has been done both ways plenty of times), nobody's making a stink. Same argument ... different product. Reality is that it's either the folks supporting or making the deal/controlling the money that are making the call and it happens both ways (but a stink usually gets raised when it's Apple ... fact, not rant).

And .. "using a cross-platform system (opensource, web-based, etc)" also induces support costs, learning curve, complication factors in/out of the classroom. Do you want to support or be the teacher where you have 30 students...
- 15 with malware-infected Windows using a mix of MSWorks, Open Office and MS Office
- 8 with relatively clean Windows systems. same mix of apps
- 4 with Macs running another variety of Apps
- 3 with Ubuntu (or other linux variant) using an even more potentially obscure (to you as teacher) variety of apps

One could argue that that's how this 'real world' of which people seem to speak is. In the 'real world' people also make decisions such as which kind of computer you are going to use at your [school]work. Personally, I always thought school was part of this 'real world' thing.

Here's your "choice" ...
Pay me now | Pay me later

(And no, there is no sarcasm being used at all.)

Shows great restraint or highlights just how settled we are with mediocrity .... could have been quite a bit of it loaded in there.

Save your vitriol, but put it in the fridge, not freezer. Remember, that suits like this are encouraged by the fact that others have won or at least settled on other absurd claims.

Correction on the department categorization: *america-amazes-me-sometimes* dept should be *because-americans-have-become-a-bunch-of-litigious-ninnies* dept

But yet a malformed article (title and content), one which inappropriately attributes a windows backdoor (targeting iPad owners) attack as being aimed at the iPad itself, *did* get approved/promoted as if it were an Apple iPad Security Vulnerability. The said Apple-Fanboy-Slashdotters must be asleep or have also been back-doored or abducted, eh?