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Comment A win for democracy (Score 3, Insightful) 372

Resolving ambiguities in the law is what judges are for. The existing system is all about writing vague laws and then appointing "agency experts" to fill in the blanks without having to bother with that whole annoying democracy thing to change the law. Some people like it that way though, the submitter seems pretty upset at the idea of lawmaking involving things like voting or separation of powers.

Comment Terrible analogy (Score 4, Informative) 271

If he wants to go with a car analogy, an iPhone is like a car where opening the hood requires a key that's only available to the dealership mechanics. It keeps clueless users from messing around in there, and protects the manufacturer's income stream. Android, on the other hand, is like a car that lets end users and third party mechanics open the hood and install potentially non-OEM parts in there.

Comment Online hate speech like... (Score 2, Insightful) 236

...Hunter Biden is a crackhead in the pay of foreign interests?

That was a story American media companies suppressed because it was true and hurt the candidate they wanted to win.

We all know that the only "hate speech" that will be suppressed is speech that the ruling powers hate.

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