Theoretically possible I suppose, but politically completely impossible. Even talk about allowing "temporary" tax cuts expire was politically impossible. The entire debate wasn't on letting them expire, but on who would get them permanently. Actually raising taxes in the US isn't a subject that can even be broached.

You are arguing that there is no need for some laws because no-one discriminates on those grounds. That's a bad way to make laws. They should be as broad as possible so that they don't have to figure out every single possible situation. Laws should set out the principals that should apply in all cases.

The principal is that discrimination of things that a person cannot control, such as their sexuality, is not allowed. Rather than coming up with a list of exceptions of inclusions to that rule, it should just be a general rule. Aside from simplifying the situation, it's also the best possible option for society in general, since society generally does not tolerate discrimination of that kind even if there are religious reasons for it. Religion is a choice, it offers no protection.

If you post so well that you get +5s, go create an account. I am sure you will be in positive Karma for at least an hour.

They're equally as egregious. If you have a license to do business with the public, you serve all the public. The only limits are those customers who are causing a disturbance to other customers. You can't single out swathes of the population because you don't understand the difference between making a cake for something and condoning that thing. "Participating in a gay wedding ceremony" by being miles away from it and unaware it is going on, save for a cake you cooked and were paid handsomely for? Give me a fucking break. Just because you can crowbar in some weasel words doesn't mean the two things are in any way different.

You are blaming people for espousing science because it makes some weak-minded fucktards abuse kids by filling their heads with nonsense. Why not blame the weak-minded fucktards?

Easy, APK. Ever notice how no one else engages in such behaviour?

Sorry, I looked for a non-paywalled copy but couldn't find one. I thought the story would be a good opportunity to mean about stuff we like that was cancelled/discontinued, and how if online advertisers could identify these people they could spam them with adverts for competitor's products.

I'm trying to keep Slashdot alive here with a light story and a chance for some good old geek nostalgia/venting.

My expectation is that it will be quickly overrun by trolls. Some of them non-Christians, but many of them Christian trolls pushing an extreme view and harassing others with it. The Bible is so contradictory that you can find a way to interpret some bit of it to support pretty much any point of view, and then batter your opponent over the head with it and scream about them burning forever in the fires of hell etc. The best part is that your opponent is full of self doubt and loathing so won't just dismiss you as a troll in most cases.

For evidence, see current Christian groups on Facebook.

You're equivocating about the term "racism", using the term on the one hand to refer to the existence of small extremist groups

When you say, "small extremist groups" are you referring to the police, state governments and the Republican party?

Making decisions like that on a case-by-case basis is impractical. More over, even if it is only a minor issue for the person buying the cake at that particular moment, it becomes a bigger issue if they find that they can't have their wedding in their home town because no-one will rent them a suit/dress, the local hotels won't rent twin beds to same sex couples, the local caterers won't cater their reception party etc.

That's why anti-discrimination laws are universal. Individual incidents might not be so bad for those affected, but they add up.

but you can certainly have pro music & audio sw on linux.

You can have music and audio, but not professional. The quality of the programs is just not there yet, sorry.

I thought that the meme was that Hipsters buy Apple products. Yet they are usually outstanding successes.

If you're looking for harbingers of failure in the tech world, I imagine it's probably neckbeards who call you people "hipsters" and keep on believing that this will be the year of Linux on the desktop.

No. Because the "good reason" usually is "most people aren't doing that anymore." The article is about things that *never* become cool, not things that were cool in grandpa's day.

The real problem with being a hipster is that the ideal of non-conformity is inconsistent with the idea of fashion.

Slovenia was not the center of a province called "Rome" for hundreds of years. Northern Mexico was not part of a province called "America" for hundreds of years. The appropriate analogy would be if the US later collapsed, and the southewestern border states were overrun by Mexicans (and then later other peoples), and then much later said people insisted on being called Americans, even though they had interbred with their conquerors.

Note that the people in Greek Macedonia are no more "direct descendants" of the ancient Macedonians than the people of modern Macedonia. Probably less, due to the huge refugee influx that was settled there.