Another thing about the SX70 film was that you could squish the goo in the picture before it had set to get an interesting impressionistic effect: SX70 Polaroid Manipulation Images.

It's nothing you couldn't do today with software, but for the time it was pretty cool.

Oh, and the government recently RESCINDED an apology for forcing Korean women to be sex slaves for Japanese soldiers during WWII. Why did they do this? BECAUSE "THE KOREANS VOLUNTEERED."

Hmmm... I was curious about this, so I did some digging. It looks like an official apology was issued in 1993, but that in 2007 Japan's PM Shinzo Abe made some comments indicating that the services of the "comfort women" were voluntary. Abe refused to re-issue a new apology, but did ultimately say that he stands by the 1993 statement.

Still... pretty shocking.

That's true, but it's often the case that the subject is already obvious, especially in the middle of a thread (not the case here). I think starting a sentence in the subject line can be an effective rhetorical technique. It can definitely be overused though.

That's pretty interesting, considering that it's already against the law in Canada to incite hatred on the basis of religion (as well as race, sexual orientation, etc). Here's a link, and some info from a page on Wikipedia. What part of the UN proposal does Ottawa object to?

I'm not arguing that omission is always bias. It is, as you say, necessary for proper reporting. We rely on journalists to write articles of reasonable length, and make choices about what belongs in them. My point is just that it's possible to report "just the facts" and still end up with a biased article. You might disagree with my example, but surely you agree there is such a thing as biased omission?

I think that bias creeps in most often in the form of omission. To continue with the Democratic convention, for example, someone who supports the Democratic party may choose not to report so much on the protesters outside the venue, or place this coverage closer to the end of the article. Newspaper articles are limited in length, so only the "most significant" information makes it in. Often the selection of what is important (by the reporter or his editor) allows for bias to creep in, however unintentionally.

It is Pitch Black, video by MC Frontalot.

They use the Miller Test, which takes into account "community standards" to determine what is obscene. So stick figure drawings wouldn't make the cut.

This has already happened, article here. Basically the dude ordered some manga from Japan, and the postal inspector had a look at it when it arrived in the US. When the guy went to pick up his delivery, police followed him home, seized his comics and charged him with possession of child porn.

I'm inclined to take a cynical view of government too, but how do you explain King Jigme Singye Wangchuck of Bhutan who oversaw reforms to transform his country from an absolute monarchy to a democracy?