Otherwise known as the Pinocchio ratio.

If you make the statement, "religion has caused so much more suffering in the world than it has ever managed to prevent, for example how wars may be started by people, but wartime atrocities almost always require religion to be involved", then it's bullshit to include governments that specifically denied religion.

What is being argued against is supernatural belief in a deity. If you move the goalposts to include any strong belief system, the original argument is meaningless.

Those that didn't follow his orders would be tortured and killed. He was a tyrannical dictator. But you don't need Stalin to find war atrocities. Name a war and you can find them, such as the My Lai Massacre.

He's both.

I'm an atheist, but I still see this as a bullshit argument. It's just redefining religion as any strong belief system. The communists explicitly said religion is bullshit and committed atrocities aplenty.

And as an atheist, I'm surprised when rational adults appeal to primitive mythological stories.

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So you admit you wouldn't stand by while he was gang raped, tortured, and murdered. What would you think of a parent who did?

This is entirely the problem. On one hand you say you were just doing a friend a favor, on the other hand you enabled advertisements for the video. Now it isn't just a pro bono favor anymore. You say you were just trying to recoup expenses, but what happens if the video goes viral? Who gets the money then?

Since your friend is in business and so are you, it's best to get these things worked out in advance, especially when it comes to ownership and money.

That should read "If it jumped that high.

Tiobe is notoriously inaccurate. If it just that high, it was probably due to a change in their dodgy methodology.

No, your point doesn't stand. They can't lock you out of the entire computer industry. At best they are against direct competition. They aren't even valid in California. You also have the freedom not to sign one. And even if you did sign one, you can still quit.

Even if I accepted that, it still isn't the case here. But even that is a stretch because the "Hollywood" version of slavery did exist. The agricultural industry of the Southern United States was based on it, and the issue resulted in a civil war.

The slavery angle is a stupid analogy by privileged and highly paid tech workers.

Yes, there's a huge difference. In one scenario, if you try to leave your owner you are a fugitive of the law. In this scenario, you can always get another job. Just because a few big name companies prevented poaching doesn't mean you couldn't find work at the countless number of startups or established companies. The comparison is ridiculous and insulting to the people who experienced the atrocities of slavery.

Wait, it says "RESOLVED FIXED", does that mean Red Hat fired him and revoked his commit access?

Come on, mods. This is either Insightful or Funny, not Interesting.

You're making up your own definitions. A dictionary reference:

"1: government of a state by immediate divine guidance or by officials who are regarded as divinely guided"

You're just redefining terms in contradictory fashion. There was no appeal to a divine being, hence no theocracy. Putting the leader on a pedestal is not the same as saying the supernatural ruler in the sky has blessed your rule. It may share similar dogmatic values, but it is still different.

Or he's a lazy slackass that thinks "everybody uses Facebook".