skinfaxi - Slashdot User

Comment One in six... (Score 1) 58

by skinfaxi on Wednesday December 17, 2008 @12:50PM (#26147081) Attached to: Trolls and Flamebait... for being a girl upset at rape.

One in six women are not allowed to talk about rape on slashdot because that would mean they are ALLOWING IT TO DEFINE THEIR LIVES and PLAYING THE VICTIM and JUST UNABLE TO SUPPRESS THEIR HATRED FOR ALL MEN.

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Does it make sense to tell women that have been raped that they should STFU about rape? No. But that is one of the reasons that most rapes are never reported. Here are some more:

* Men won't believe you.
* Men will accuse you of making it up even though the actual numbers of false rape accusations are the same as false accusations of other crimes like muggings.
* Men will ask you bullshit questions like "what were you wearing" and "didn't you give him the wrong impression" as if your clothes give a man the right to rape you. (For those men that are confused about this, please check http://thisisnotaninvitationtorapeme.co.uk/ for a detailed look at the excuses rapists and their apologists hide behind.)
* If you report it, or just talk about it, some men will for the rest of your life treat you like a victim and disregard your thoughts and feelings, since you obviously now are only a rape victim and no longer capable of logical thought.

Journal Journal: Ron Paul's Racist Past 1

Journal by Infonaut on Friday January 11, 2008 @02:35PM

It's been touched on before in various Slashdot discussions, but the mainstream media is starting to pay more attention to Ron Paul, darling of the Internet libertarian set, and the attention isn't very flattering. An article in The New Republic, "Angry White Man" lays out in detail how Paul's newsletters have over the years published a wide variety of paranoid and racist material.

Submission + - Huge online pedophile ring broken, kids rescued (signonsandiego.com)

Submitted by skinfaxi on Tuesday June 19, 2007 @08:33AM

skinfaxi writes: British police, aided by U.S. authorities, have broken a global Internet pedophile ring that broadcast live-streamed videos of children being sexually tortured for the entertainment of subscribers. They netted more than 700 suspects worldwide and rescued 31 children.

Submission + - How free Web hosters profit from phishing

Submitted by

netbuzz

on Monday April 02, 2007 @09:31AM

netbuzz writes: "Free Web hosters profit handsomely from phishing sites, even those they shut down, says one such hoster who contends that he has all but weaned himself off the juice. Scott Smith of Ripway.com says he gave up $10,000 a month in ad revenue — "significant for a family-owned business" — when Ripway really started cracking down on phishers and spammers last year. Aside from the obvious — that no good deed goes unpunished — Smith's account raises this question: Is his diligence an exception or the rule?

http://www.networkworld.com/community/?q=node/1326 4"

Submission + - Literary agent sues Wikimedia Foundation & SFW

Submitted by

julesh

on Monday April 02, 2007 @09:21AM

julesh writes: "Literary agent Barbara Bauer, listed as one of the 20 worst literary agents by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America and well known for making legal threats has initiated a law suit against a long list of individuals who have reported on her inclusion in the list, including the SFWA, the Wikimedia Foundation, and a number of prominent publishing industry personalities who maintain web sites that discussed her actions. One defendant is named only as "Miss Snark, Literary Agent", a well-known psuedonym of an anonymous blogger. See her Wikipedia article for more details. This action prompted the deletion and then restoration of her Wikipedia article, which is now being considered for deletion again. This raises the question: can you effectively silence criticism of you via litigation, even when the criticism is based on widely published (and almost-certainly true) information?"

Submission + - British e-Voting Watch 2007

Submitted by

rimberg

on Thursday March 15, 2007 @09:32AM

rimberg writes: "Despite the well known problems with e-voting and e-counting the British government is pressing ahead with pilots at the May 2007 local elections. To make sure we all get a true picture of how these pilots are run, the Open Rights Group (Think British EFF) is calling for people to help with their fully accredited election observer programme. The Open Rights Group will provide full instructions on the activities expected of you on the day and will also supply a factsheet of what to look out for in each of the different pilots."

Submission + - How far would you all go with geek body art?

Submitted by

Kranfer

on Thursday March 15, 2007 @09:25AM

Kranfer writes: "Recently I got myself a nice tattoo of the logo to the United Federation of the Planets pic here and I was thinking to myself... I wonder how many other programmers/admins/tech folks out there went as far as to put symbols of geek culture permanently onto their bodies. Personally, I love Star Trek, so this tattoo was quite natural, however I have been thinking of getting Tux The Penguin on my other arm. So here I am asking all you slashdotters to share your inking experiences of geek culture. What do you have? Have you had any good/experiences from having them?"

Submission + - Charges Dropped in HP Scandal

Submitted by

eldavojohn

on Thursday March 15, 2007 @09:14AM

eldavojohn writes: "Charges were dropped against HP's Patricia Dunn who faced four felony counts and jail time for spying. Most interesting is that, before the judge dropped the charges, an e-mail press release was sent out by her lawyers saying that she would plead guilty to the four counts of felony.

"It was just a mistake by me," said Nathan Barankin. "Our lawyers told me that the defendants were going to court and mak[ing] a plea. I mistakenly assumed that they'd be making a plea of guilty."
There's nothing like admitting to committing a crime only to have the charges dropped by the judge."

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