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Comment Re:easy non-controversial fix (Score 2) 132

One thing that worries me is that this choice seems to be on the rise, especially with Downs Syndrome (possibly due to the trend of more births late in life, where that lateness reduces the chances of another successful pregnancy). I see it everywhere now in the progressive community in which I live. I would go so far as to speculate that in centuries past, child sacrifice may have been nature's way of dealing with such defects. Humans that would not have survived in the natural world are kept alive in our increasingly artificial world. Nice talking to you.

Comment Re:I've a suggestion to keep you all occupied... (Score 1) 79

I actually have more trouble getting into Canada for some reason (I am a US citizen). One time customs or immigration or whatever asked me to search my hard latop for "media" files. I think they were looking for child porn or maybe copyright violations? It definitely felt like a violation to me. What would have happened if I had refused? What would they have done if they found something? I hate what has happened to this country in such a short time, not that it was perfect when I was a kid (I just wasn't aware of the issues).

Comment Re:Zero (Score 1) 80

I do the same thing, but more like company@mypersonaldomain.com. I don't think that most companies sell or give away my email addresses, but they give lists to their MARKETING PARTNERS, which certainly do pass them on, or get hacked. I found this out by checking the to lines in spam and seeing united (airlines) and a CMS vendor. I also saw something from a company mailed to the email address associated with one of its competitors; from talking to people I found that a marketing person left the second and apparently took a contact list to the their new job at the first. It is a very worthwhile thing to do.

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