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Comment Re:Bullshit (Score 0) 1020

No one has a problem with threats against a person or chemical coercion. "Psychological coercion" is dangerously vague.

This isn't about morning regrets. If you find you were coerced, then it was rape. We're not talking about "he wasn't very good in bed therefore RAPE!!!!" That basically never happens.

What does happen occasionally is that a girl sleeps with somebody with whom she deeply regrets sleeping with, and so she says it was rape. Admitting as vague a concept as psychological coercion makes it easy to find grounds for a false rape accusation. I deeply empathise with the desire to broaden the ability to prosecute rape. It is by nature often very difficult to prove. But that has to be balanced with a desire to protect the innocent even at the cost of letting a guilty person go free every now and then.

Comment Re:I think there's a lesson in here somewhere... (Score 0) 422

The entire issue at hand is whether he could be said to have threatened to kill people or request others to do it. Your statement assumes your side's argument is correct from the start, and there's a specific term for that kind of silliness, known as "begging the question". From whatever side of the debate you look at it, you've just written a really dumb opinion.
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Directed Energy Weapon Downs Mosquitos 428

wisebabo writes "Nathan Myhrvol demonstrated at TED a laser, built from parts scrounged from eBay, capable of shooting down not one but 50 to 100 mosquitos a second. The system is 'so precise that it can specify the species, and even the gender, of the mosquito being targeted.' Currently, for the sake of efficiency, it leaves the males alone because only females are bloodsuckers. Best of all the system could cost as little as $50. Maybe that's too expensive for use in preventing malaria in Africa but I'd buy one in a second!" We ran a story about this last year. It looks like the company has added a bit more polish, and burning mosquito footage to their marketing.

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