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Comment Re:yet another one of these stories? (Score 1) 1198

There simple is no "rape culture" in Western civilization by the "physical assault" definition of rape - marrying off girls against their will has been passe for some time now, as has blaming a rape victim for the crime. But there's an entire cultural leadership based on convincing people that they are victims, and so a new definition of "rape' and "rape culture" was needed.

Really now. You've never known a woman who has reported any kind of sexual harassment or violence and in turn been asked what she was wearing, if she'd been drinking/smoking/doing other drugs, or in any way encouraged the victim? A horrifying number of women I know have had that exact problem.

Look at the case of Marissa Alexander in Florida. She fired a warning shot at her violent husband, and because she hit the wall and not him can't use Florida's awful "stand your ground" law as a shield, and is facing decades in prison.

Comment Re:hypocracy (Score 1) 1448

It seems that there are number of groups on both sides of the isle that plead for equal rights for their believes, opinions and convictions when their cause is under attack, however they are just as eager to deny the rights, prosecute their political opponents whenever opportunity arises.

What rights of conservatives do liberals generally attack? The only one that comes to mind is gun ownership, and there's still a lot of legitimate controversy over exactly what the 2nd Amendment means. And very few liberals want to outright ban gun ownership, they just want varying degrees of restrictions.

Comment Re:Really?!? (Score 1) 1448

Besides, OSC's SF books have nothing to do with his views on a totally orthogonal societal issue.

Depends on the book. In the Homeward series, for example, a gay character has a nickname that is the same as a word for "sphincter" in the conlang in the series, because of course gay people are about nothing but teh buttsex. And that gay character eventually swallows his desires and has sex with a woman for the "good of the species", or something like that.

Comment ER... Why? (Score 5, Insightful) 766

I realize Slashdot is probably the wrong place to ask this question, but why bother transitioning them? If Windows works for them, and they're happy, you're just asking for a LOT of headaches with tech support, questions, and problems. Let them continue to use Windows in peace, unless there's some kind of real pressing issue that leads you to recommend them switching.

Feed Banking on Babies' Cord Blood (wired.com)

Pediatricians push the ultimate biological insurance policy -- a stash of umbilical cord blood to battle future illness -- as the government sets up a national blood-banking system. By the Associated Press.


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Submission + - Should sites like Wikipedia be blocked at schools?

Londovir writes: Recently our school board made the decision to block Wikipedia from our school district's WAN system. This was a complete block — there aren't even provisions in place for teachers or administrators to input a password to bypass the restriction. The reason given was that Wikipedia (being user created and edited) did not represent a credible or reliable source of reference for schools. My question is: should we block sites such as Wikipedia because students may be exposed to misinformation, or should we encourage sites such as Wikipedia as an outlet for students to investigate and determine validity of information? What's your opinion?

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