That's the exact opposite of what "free market" means. Since Wealth of Nations at least.

Don't be ridiculous. Hayden worked for the last administration. He's long gone already.

Look, on the freakin' Acela train you've got zero expectation of privacy. Come on.

Exactly. The requirement to create an account just to get a quote? Really poor design.

I don't think there was any evil intent on that, just amatuerish planning.

Even on "Law and Order," have you noticed that the suspects who exercise their right to remain silent tend to do much better? Even if they are guilty?

The lesson I'd draw from that show would absolutely reinforce Professor Duane's point.

Of course, bloking someone is a great option...

That's a great new verb. Thank you.

Specialness noted.

Of course you do. The difference is that you change the radio station perhaps a few times in an hour, it takes less than a second, you can do it fairly well without even focusing your eyes that much, and it's in a place that doesn't pull your attention too far away from the road. In other words, hardly like using your phone at all.

No, if you were affording the car the attention it deserves, you wouldn't be dividing it. That's the point.

It's unauthorized access to my computing device.

I got some weird attention from other parents when I pointed out that the only real use for fingerprints is to identify your kid if they turn up dead somewhere.

Well? On what planet does the fingerprint deter a kidnapper or molester or whatever?

Agreed. If we're talking specifically about appropriation, that was all about race and not about gender. (And a lot of feminists really lost their way on that part, IMO.)

"Being loved by everybody across the political spectrum" is not a cause.

Word.

You've heard of Hugo, haven't you? sigh

Also, I'm going to pick a little at your relating to women "exactly" the same as men. I don't think it should be the same. It depends on circumstances, but... you know what I mean? Not everyone has the same background and experiences and challenges, but yeah I'm going to make some basic adjustments--like maybe paying attention a bit more to whether I'm talking too much or taking up an aggressive physical posture, that sort of thing. It's just a matter of paying attention and using your head.

On the whole though, I agree with what you're saying here. Feminism isn't something you play along with to get what you want. It's something you incorporate because it's part of being a decent person.

Some guys may use that as an excuse to rape someone, and it's also possible that a woman gives off incorrect signals and invites someone to rape her.

What. The. Fuck.

Rape by definition is unwanted sexual contact. If a woman is seriously, actually inviting someone to have sex with her, it literally can't be rape.

There is no such thing therefore as "invit[ing] someone to rape" you. That rhetoric is just a dickhead justification for rape. Either she's inviting, such as by saying, "Hey, let's have sex!" and it's not rape; or she's not inviting, and then it is rape.

Seriously. It's way less complicated than you're making it. And it's got nothing to do with "incorrect signals." Unless, again, you're in the business of justifying rape as just a big misunderstanding that everyone should get over.