Right, because importing hard drugs is morally equivalent to circumventing censorship.

Persecution? I only pointed out the same thing you did - that the Genesis story was written by people who didn't know anything more about the creation of the universe than anyone else at the time, so there's no reason to try to reconcile it with science. Islamic creationists are just as stupid as Christian creationists.

Well, there are all the other texts that also claim to be knowledge of God conferred to a human to write down. But I would think a claim as extraordinary as "This book was written by a man who was in direct communication with God" would need some evidence supporting it before we would be expected to take it seriously.

Wouldn't it make more sense to believe that Genesis was written by people who had no more idea about how the earth, sun, moon, and stars formed than anyone else who was alive at the time? Why perpetuate the idea that some guy got knowledge directly from God and then wrote it down?

What you're proposing would not be considered "common ground" by the proponents of creationism.

I'm sure Scripps News Service will be assessed the lawful penalty for issuing a false DMCA takedown notice. Also, I believe in the Tooth Fairy.

Sadly, there are many politicians and regular people in this country who would say that with a straight face, and mean it.

And the feeling is mutual.

Or they'd start indiscriminately pepper-spraying people, knowing they wouldn't get charged for assault.

I thought everyone knew by now that if you send a nude photo of yourself to someone else in electronic form, it will inevitably end up on the internet.

"This sort of thing is exactly what diplomats do. They lobby other countries to take actions perceived as favorable for their own country" Oracle and Sun aren't the United States. Diplomats are supposed to lobby for our country's interest, not the interests of whatever companies made the biggest campaign contributions to politicians. If there's nothing to see here, why was this kept secret instead of done in the open?

What has changed was that some people started to insist on accountability for police officers. Before the early 1970s, they could pretty much do whatever they wanted and not be held accountable. That's changing, and some cops don't like it.

If you've finally realized that data in the cloud isn't secure if you don't handle the encryption yourself, then Anonymous has been successful. You should thank them for bringing it to your attention.

I'm more pissed that I have to removed everything, even my chapstick, cash, and boarding pass, from my pockets and remove my belt before going through the thing. Apparently it can see through clothing, but not a cloth belt. And no, I don't trust the people manning the x-ray machine not to steal whatever cash I had in my pocket. I'm not sure if this is a TSA rule or just the private contractors at ROC not knowing the procedure.

The people with the power to stop it are all profiting from it.