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Comment Re:Is it not obvious? They have dirt on him! (Score 4, Insightful) 312

"Doing stuff for a friend" is friendly and altruistic when I *choose* to do it. When something's forcibly confiscated from me to be given to a stranger, it's not me "doing stuff", it's not for a "friend" and it's certainly not altruistic. It's also not altruistic to vote for a bill that does that, or to vote for the guy who votes for that bill.

Comment Re:Is it not obvious? They have dirt on him! (Score 3, Informative) 312

Actually, the *are* recording a lot of phone calls. That's just a different program Snowden released info about - and there have been dozens of them.

And "just metadata" allows them to track your location, see who you speak to, and much more:

http://www.washingtonsblog.com...

Comment For money, you mean? (Score 0) 167

With no such restriction, random choices on both sides lead to 33% win, 33% draw, 33% loss, right? With the opponent throwing Rock 50% of the time, assuming the other 50% is evenly divided between Paper and Scissors, if I always throw paper I'll win 50% of the time, lose 25% of the time, and draw 25% of the time.

So depending how the betting works, I'd be pretty willing.

Comment Re:Irony (Score 1) 824

Hey crazy person,

By "private" I didn't mean "secret" or "non-public"; I meant as part of his private life, unrelated to work.

I do not agree with his positions *at all*; I am as pro same-sex marriage as a person can be. BUT It's not illegal to have a dumb position that just about half of the country has - and that doesn't make it "right", but it means it's not outrageous or extreme in today's context. Any employee is of course entitled to say "I don't want to work with you" to their employer - and then if they don't, they should quit.

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