Call me an exceptionally dull weirdo all you like, as long as I'm a well-paid exceptionally dull weirdo.

Man, how bored do you have to be to start stepping through somebody else's bash history file? Yikes.

I for one, find it very comforting to know that my freedom depends on whether some arbitrary judge thinks that what I said was funny or not.

He saw it in a movie once. What more do you need?

And with that, the debate shuts down... this is the problem with any decentralized networking solution. If it's possible to get rid of the (insert objectionable content here), it's possible to use the exact same mechanism to get rid of the (insert government-disapproved content here). This is why a decentralized internet will never happen.

Blocking IP addresses wholesale? Use a proxy server.

Hmm... that depends on finding one that's willing to route your requests, and I doubt that those are cheap. Of course, if I was an LEA, I'd set up a "low cost proxy server for requesting illegal content" and start logging requests right now.

Dude, you just made the cardinal mistake of dealing with bosses - you told him what you were doing! Just do it already. When you're done, show him what you did. He'll think it was cool.

Oh, for God's sake. Mention "censorship" and bring out the etymology nazis...

If what Amazon is doing - refusing to sell something because they object to it on a moral basis - what is it? What word defines that act? "Amazon Private-company-selling-whatever-legal-products-they-wish Expands" isn't a very snappy title, after all. Neither is "Amazon Doing-something-that-is-unworthy-of-discussion-because-amazon-is-not-the-government-and-their-actions-are-not-covered-by-the-first-amendment Expands". "Censorship" is the best word we've got to describe that act, so until we can agree on a better word, we'll continue using it. Now can you please stop jamming up the entire fscking comments section with 500 repeats of "They're a private company!" every time we talk try to bring corporate censorship to the attention of people who do care?

Sigh... for the millionth time, yes, it is censorship, it's just not government censorship and therefore not illegal censorship (in the US). It's still censorship. That's what the fucking word means, for Christ's sake.

I'm a little shocked at all the negativity. Have you people used X? If Ubuntu can drive a replacement, let them drive a replacement!

X is a part of any proper Unix.

Proper Unix doesn't have any graphical display capabilities at all.

Now get off my lawn.

Wait wait wait... are you trying to say that food, shelter, clothes & utilities stimulate the economy better than cars, houses and jets (or even drugs)? Either way somebody's paying somebody else to do something. Cars, houses, jets and even drugs are actually better economy stimulators because the profit margin is higher.

Well, I think that you're ugly, and I don't want to see your face. Put a bandana or a burqua over it or stay inside all the time or something. Have some respect for the rights of other people not to have to look at your face.

we all agree to respect the feelings of others even if we disagree with them

Oh, my God... the irony of you insisting that he should be more tolerant is going to create a rip in the space-time continuum...

Which is particularly ironic since the only reason they're considered sexually charged in the first place is the obsession with keeping them hidden.