would it not be simpler to say "that one got vetoed so it was never an active law" than just saying "there was never such a law" and inviting argument?

Not necessarily. Eliminating prohibition crimes would reduce both plea bargains and trials, which would allow some of the other crimes that get plea bargained to be actually tried. How much the total case load would change depends on the amounts of time currently spent on plea trials and real trials of both types. It could conceivably even reduce (though I wouldn't put money on it).

that's pretty much the "prosecutorial discretion" that the person you're replying to postulated didn't exist anymore, isn't it?

mmm... not sure. Signatures use cursive, if not much else does. How important it is that signatures be in cursive, I couldn't say for sure, but it _seems_ like it would be a little harder to forge.

Have you never lost your temper and regretted it later?

As far as I can tell, all he really said was "if you say something insulting you cannot expect there to be zero consequence", which is pretty much true. If I insult you, I cannot reasonably expect you to be happy about it, and you being unhappy is going to have consequences (your opinion of me will drop, you may choose to avoid associating with me, you may express your dislike of me to others and affect their opinions of me, etc). He also said that murder was over the top as consequences go, which is also (in my opinion) true.

I don't see how acknowledging reality makes him less hip/with-it, given that (in my opinion) much of his hipness came from the fact that he was willing to acknowledge reality on other topics.

ah, you are correct. I was looking inside the quote.

I still wonder which part of Mexico AC lives in that has 4 providers.

Since TFS does not contain that word, I assume you mean TFA, which uses it in only one place. So which part of Mexico do you live in?

I also use TaxAct. They charge for other stuff too, like State taxes, but I have no problem with that.

which security issue is addressed by "the first rule of Dev Club is you cannot talk about the rules of Dev Club"?

That's why he suggested the stuff doesn't actually get removed until it's been determined to infringe.

It's a little bit different than that. A DMCA takedown request is a statement that the submitter of the request is (a) an agent of someone who owns some IP, and (b) the material targeted by the request is believed to infringe on that IP. Not quite the same thing. If I have a copyrighted song and you use it in a video, everyone knows I don't have copyright on your video but your video can be infringing on my song copyright, and I could file a DMCA request on that basis.

The weak spot is "believed to infringe", since it's pretty durn hard to prove that I didn't actually believe something, even if that belief is proven later to be incorrect.

woo, free title insurance :) Wait... I bet that's _lender_ title insurance, isn't it? well, at least it's free.

You're being a bit more literal than the general populace on this one.

From Merriam-Webster:
Full Definition of WITCH HUNT
1
: a searching out for persecution of persons accused of witchcraft
2
: the searching out and deliberate harassment of those (as political opponents) with unpopular views

depends on the definition of "express authorization". Is "It's not against FAA regs if you avoid these situations" an express authorization, or does it take a piece of paper signed by the FAA saying "you are allowed to fly drones"?