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Comment Re:I don't get it. (Score 1) 541

A pretty accurate summary, my friend, but I believe the real issue is more subtle still. It is fair (as in not-at-all-racist) to say that, as a group, this or that race will display this or that trait with greater frequency and/or degree than some other group. Where such statements are supported by the science, this is simply a statement of fact, objective and incontrovertible. It most definitely is racist to say that this or that individual is or has (insert trait here) because he is a member of this or that race.

It is absolutely racist to argue that this or that trait gives this or that group an "unfair" in advantage in this or that pursuit.

Comment Re:Let's see if I get this right... (Score -1, Troll) 133

The police, who wants to fight piracy which is claimed to be happening by the corporations, go bust servers with neither warrants nor court orders. What exactly are making these claims legit enough to skip due process? Or is due process some sort of privilege that we shouldn't expect them in the first place?

Due process? Who do you think you are? Some citizen with some kind of rights? You are our customers, and you will take what we give you, and like it.

Warmest Regards,

Your Corporate Overlords

Comment Re: Well at least they saved the children! (Score 1) 790

So, by your reasoning, if I private entity does it on the government's behalf, sifting through your private stuff is OK. Have I got that right? And you think that's a good idea? What with the government's recent history of "incentivizing" the cooperation of such companies, and all?
Christ on a crutch...

Comment Re:Get used to this... (Score 1) 250

These sort of things are legal now. Corporations are people, and people have free speech, and spending money is speech.

More fundamental than that, this is an example of the free market at work. The natural monopolies are "free" to do anything they fucking want to make sure that their monopoly is protected. So shut up all you whining communists. This is a great day for American capitalism. U-S-A! U-S-A! U-S-A!

Comment Re:let me correct that for you. (Score 1) 619

Oh dear. So many startling assertions. Where to start? This is probably an exercise in futility, but...

East Germany and the Soviet Union really bought into the idea of Socialism: the state owned everything. Private property was outlawed. You could go to jail for making a profit.

The East Germans were so committed to the idea that the state owned everything that they believed they had a right to build an enormous wall to keep the governments property (people) from escaping to the West.

[citation needed]

Comment Re:The flip side: (Score 1) 127

On the flip side, how many hours were wasted the could have been put to better use?

Assuming that one does not count creativity and the cultivation of it's associated skills as "wasted", I am going to say that zero hours were wasted. You don't really understand what's involved in a real RPG, do you.

Comment Re:Probable cause (Score 4, Informative) 223

Yes, it does include a freedom "from" religion clause. If you take the time to learn anything about the framers of the Constitution, you'll know that they were dead-set against allowing anything invoking divine authority to creep into the system of law and government which they were creating. Not all of them, but most, and that wisdom, thankfully, carried the day.

Comment Re:19,000 (Score 1) 401

If you are going to do business in America, then you need to hire Americans. Otherwise don't expect the benefit of doing business in our economy. Don't reap the rewards of safety and US government sponsorship if you aren't going to contribute to our economy by hiring local. Stop being leeches.

Stopping talking like freakin' liberal, ya crybaby.
You see, hiring Americans is un-American because this is 'murican free enterprise at it's finest, making glorious profits for anyone "willing to work hard to get ahead" (TM).

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