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Comment Re:NO. (Score 1) 493

You don't get to choose whether you are infected with HIV. You are not at risk of being killed by a woman who has had an abortion (or if you want to make the case that you are, let's see some data, Science Boy). If you don't get vaccinations, the science is really clear on what the consequences are.

Comment Re:But that's not all Snowden did... (Score 5, Insightful) 348

You presume that U.S. citizens are the only ones whose rights matter. Don't feel bad—many of us U.S. citizens think the same way. But you will find if you talk to citizens of other countries, like Germany and Canada and France, that they also care about these issues, and care that the NSA, GCHQ and others have spied on them. And, more importantly, the techniques that the NSA has used to pwn the net are so damaging that even when they are used for legitimate foreign policy reasons, the harm they do to our domestic interests is massive. And the bugs they planted in Cisco router firmware are even worse: they have motivated people to use Chinese tech instead of American tech, and in the process likely created an opportunity for the Chinese government to collect intelligence in our stead. Is that better than nobody being able to collect the intelligence?

Comment Re:I'll get flak for this (Score 1) 552

We know nothing about this alleged creator of the universe, including whether such a being exists. To make assertions about what such a being is likely to want or unlikely to want is completely arrogant. I personally find the existence of such a being pretty unlikely, but I don't see any reason to think that someone who believes in such a being and believes that that being cares about them is being particularly arrogant. The assumption that our existence is insignificant and meaningless is a special kind of pride, and no more valid than any other.

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