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Comment Re:Apple viral marketing campaign (Score 1) 501

I would suggest you read about defectors and refugees from North Korea that actually make it out of the country. When interviewed, these people state beliefs in the most outlandish and bizarre pieces of propaganda. Situations like women absolutely convinced that if they touch dropped pamphlets from the South (through air campaigns to spread information to the people) that their hands will rot off . When asked, if they really felt it was true, they state that they really believed it. That's just one example.

Why should I take the time to read it when you just watched it on the Daily Show?

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Comment Re:Dangerous and Stupid (like the rest of life) (Score 1) 424

It's statistics. Point #1: Even in those those areas you're wary of, the vast majority of the people are normal decent folks. Are there scumbags there? Yes, just like there are in your neighborhood. Irrational fear of the unknown doesn't help you with the issue at hand. Point #2: Most thieves are cowards, just like most of everyone else. The logic in "he picked up a phone that had been left on a table when no one was looking, thus he could be a recently paroled dangerous thug" just doesn't ring true for me. Possible, yes. Likely, no. Is there a chance you'd get the beat down (or brutally killed) for trying to retrieve your phone? Sure! Is there a chance you'll get t-boned on your way home from work tonight and have your guts splashed across an intersection? Of course. Why don't you crawl under your desk and go to sleep at the office tonight instead of driving home-- I mean, come on...is it really worth the risk?? Sounds dangerous and stupid to me. It's clearly more safe to be a perpetual victim of what might happen, likely or not.

Comment Re:There is a bigger problem (Score 1) 620

I guess you're assuming they don't get to choose which ones to scan...and that they aren't actually the deeply and utterly disturbed shells of humanity they appear to be from my side of the line.

I would expect their mental health claims to go down right along with their porn bills.

(Side note, I'll bet the 1mm scan smooths those wrinkles right out, and that most TSA agents spend their whole careers waiting to get their fat sweaty hands on a tranny.)

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