But the original topic was bigotry against gay people, which in any case is pretty far removed from beliefs about the universe and divinity, so fuck that asshole and whatever god he believes in too.
Amen! Preach on, my brother!
they are cartoons. For kids.
Please tell me you've never rented Ninja Scrolls or Afro Samurai for your kids to watch...
Making it difficult for people to have access to information, any information, is a bad thing. It's not about whether you can get around it, and it's not about who is behind the censorship. It's about whether it's acceptable to take any steps at all to make it harder for you to get your hands on a book. It's not.
Dead wrong. I don't want my kids reading, "How to build a bomb using common household chemicals" until they are mature enough to do it safely! It's my responsibility to a) keep them from information that will cause serious emotional, physicial, or mental damage and b) help them grow to the point that they *can* read those same texts safely.
You do realize that Assange, responding to criticism that he was not redacting confidential information, made a deal with five venerable papers of record in various countries
If your credit card company contracts an irresponsible security consultant for maintaining their network security, and then your credit card information leaks all over the internet, are you going to defend the credit card company on these same lines that you are defending Wikileaks?
So 'venerable papers of record' are now 'irresponsible security consultant[s]'? If the credit card company had hired a big-name security firm? Yeah, I'd be looking for blood at the security firm instead of the credit card company.
Lanterns need fuel, available only after several hours of traveling and paying up several middlemen and they burn toddlers and risk burning the whole house or village down.
Wait, wait... They burn toddlers in Kenya for fuel? Man that's harsh
Anyone can make an omelet with eggs. The trick is to make one with none.
