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• On the post: …And FISA Is Renewed, With All Its Problems Still Intact

  

  Arthur ( profile ), 28 Dec, 2012 @ 08:12am

  Re: Vote for the good ones

  The names that show up on the ballot are the evil ones.

• On the post: NRA's Plan: If We Blame Video Games & Movies For Sandy Hook Massacre, Perhaps People Will Stop Blaming Guns

  

  Arthur ( profile ), 19 Dec, 2012 @ 11:36am

  More laws

  It would be really, really good if, whatever "solution" our government comes up with, that it doesn't criminalize the innocent or criminalize innocent behaviors. Yeah, not likely.

• On the post: Why Do Both Major Parties Suck So Badly On Civil Liberties?

  

  Arthur ( profile ), 05 Nov, 2012 @ 01:37pm

  Re: Libertarian

  I don't equate Libertarians with civil liberties. I equate them with right-leaning anarchists.

  
  LOL! Seriously? That only proves that you haven't actually looked at an unbiased reference about Libertarians as it exists today.
  
  I'm not a Libertarian, but even I know better than that.
  
  No wonder you decided to post anonymously.

• On the post: UN: The Problem With The Internet Today Is It's Just Too Open & Terrorists Might Use It

  

  Arthur ( profile ), 24 Oct, 2012 @ 01:42pm

  Think of the children of terrorists!!

  It used to be, when you wanted to slip some dodgy bit of legislation through, you'd always say "It's for the children!".
  
  Now it's "Terrorists!"
  
  Same ol' dodgy legislation, new the-sky-is-falling excuse.
  
  Let's give them the ultimate excuse to ram through bad legislation, "It's for the children of terrorists!!"
  
  Arty

• On the post: UN: The Problem With The Internet Today Is It's Just Too Open & Terrorists Might Use It

  

  Arthur ( profile ), 24 Oct, 2012 @ 01:36pm

  Re: Danger! Danger!

  I hear terrorists use politicians to further their activities! Let's get rid of all politicians!
  
  Wait, that actually works!

• On the post: GOP Platform May Include Internet Freedom Language… But Also Wants Crackdown On Internet Porn

  

  Arthur ( profile ), 28 Aug, 2012 @ 12:04pm

  Porn!

  I hereby declare that all comments on this article are "porn". Erase them all!

• On the post: US, UK Betray Basic Values To Get Assange At Any Cost

  

  Arthur ( profile ), 16 Aug, 2012 @ 10:04am

  Re: "Rape"

  Not too bright, are you?
  The "Internet" is concerned with Assange being extradited to the US and facing a possible death sentence for publishing (not stealing) information.
  The alleged rape is not the point. Would it be proven in court? Probably not, Assange would likely be extradited to the US immediately and never go to court in Sweden.
  For you to claim that the only reason people defend Assange is because he is accused of rape shows that you are incredibly stupid, a troll or your purpose is to shift the discussion away from the real, very important factors of all this.

• On the post: More Anti-Youtube Whining: 'YouTube Complies With Our Takedown Requests Just To Make Us Look Bad'

  

  Arthur ( profile ), 06 Aug, 2012 @ 10:28am

  Who did what?

  That statement contains unproven or immaterial information.
  
  It has not been proven that user XXXXXX was the one who uploaded anything and, obviously, it isn't proven that they did anything wrong, so posting their name is just a bad idea.
  
  Also, unless they were the author of the takedown request, the copyright holder hasn't done anything. Why include their name at all?
  
  I don't see anything wrong with exactly what YouTube is doing, stating specifically what happened -- and not including anything unproven.

• On the post: More Anti-Youtube Whining: 'YouTube Complies With Our Takedown Requests Just To Make Us Look Bad'

  

  Arthur ( profile ), 06 Aug, 2012 @ 09:51am

  How do you know it was "uploaded without permission or license"? Huh? Was it proven in court? Was any proof provided? No, it was just a takedown request, period.
  But you think accusing people of illegal activities without any proof at all is a good thing???
  The statement that the video was removed because of a request by XXXXX is fully factual. Why do you think that's a bad thing? Why would XXXXX be ashamed of "protecting his or her precious IP???
  I think you have the whole concept here backwards.

• On the post: More Anti-Youtube Whining: 'YouTube Complies With Our Takedown Requests Just To Make Us Look Bad'

  

  Arthur ( profile ), 06 Aug, 2012 @ 09:45am

  Re: WTF?

  "Youtube has phrased it in a manner that ..."
  You can read whatever intention you want into a few words on a screen. That doesn't mean that was the actual intention behind those words.
  
  You can believe in your amazing "mind reading" abilities but those words don't "mean" what you pretend they mean.
  
  The message, "Sorry, the content you asked for isn't available because..." is not some secret, coded message to pirates.

• On the post: More Anti-Youtube Whining: 'YouTube Complies With Our Takedown Requests Just To Make Us Look Bad'

  

  Arthur ( profile ), 06 Aug, 2012 @ 09:34am

  What they want

  What they want is for Google to just stop. No more searches (for illegal material!), no more hosting of (illegal!) content. Just shut down. And apologize for existing. Give the Internet back to those who know how to use it. Is that so hard?

• On the post: Would US Education Be Better If We Replaced Algebra Requirements With Stats & Logic?

  

  Arthur ( profile ), 31 Jul, 2012 @ 08:32am

  Horrible teaching

  As a parent, I discovered that the teachers no longer understand basic mathematics. Because they were not properly taught mathematics. What they are taught was "New Math".
  What is "New Math"? While I was helping my daughter with her math homework I was horrified to find out that "New Math" meant they'd removed multiplication and division from the basics. Multiplication was "just adding together that many times" and division had become "just guess and see how close you can get"!
  How can anyone handle Algebra when they don't understand basic mathematics?
  So, instead of actually teaching mathematics let's do away with Algebra?
  This is sick!

• On the post: When Every Practical Economic Idea Is Political Suicide, Something's Wrong With Politics

  

  Arthur ( profile ), 25 Jul, 2012 @ 02:23pm

  Re: Re: Re: Ok - I'm confused.

  Not necessarily. If consumption is less but savings are more there is still, basically, the same benefit to the economy.
  I, for one, think this society could do with a lot less consumption. You don't need a new car every year or the latest and greatest gadget every month.

• On the post: When Every Practical Economic Idea Is Political Suicide, Something's Wrong With Politics

  

  Arthur ( profile ), 25 Jul, 2012 @ 02:19pm

  Re: Re: Re: Ok - I'm confused.

  Huh? I don't get your logic. The officers of the corporation are individuals who, if you will, get the liability protection and who pay taxes. The corporation itself is still liable - not protected.
  Your "logic" is that the corporation (which is NOT getting the benefit you mentioned) should pay taxes because of the benefit -- that it doesn't get.
  I think YOU are confused.

• On the post: When Every Practical Economic Idea Is Political Suicide, Something's Wrong With Politics

  

  Arthur ( profile ), 25 Jul, 2012 @ 11:39am

  Re: Ok - I'm confused.

  1. Corporate income tax does serious harm to small businesses.
  
  2. Large corporations, as a rule, do not pay any income tax anyway.
  
  
  So corporate income tax is only harmful.

• On the post: Olympic Level Ridiculousness: You Can't Link To The Olympics Website If You Say Something Mean About Them

  

  Arthur ( profile ), 13 Jul, 2012 @ 03:22pm

  Exactly!

  I can't understand how a presumably sane person would think some words on some website could possibly be legally binding on anyone without their express agreement.What a strange life they must lead, complying with all the commands on all the websites.

• On the post: NYPD Put Couple On 'Wanted' Poster For Videotaping Police

  

  Arthur ( profile ), 09 Jul, 2012 @ 03:01pm

  Hypocracy

  How about extreme hypocracy: This "Anonymous Coward" accusing people (who are not anonymous) of being "cowards".

• On the post: Speech-Via-Algorithm Is Still Speech, And Censoring It Is Still Censorship

  

  Arthur ( profile ), 22 Jun, 2012 @ 09:41am

  As I understand his argument...

  As I understand his argument, if I have an opinion, that's protected speech, but if I type it into a computer and the computer "decides" to display my comment, that isn't protected speech at all!
  
  
  Sure, that makes perfect sense.

• On the post: Hollywood Super Agent Ari Emanuel Mystified That Google Doesn't Just Invent A Magic Stop Piracy Button

  

  Arthur ( profile ), 31 May, 2012 @ 09:36am

  Logic?

  You talk about logic as if you were being logical, and you aren't.
  
  When you stop equating physical things with digital things, then you can make a claim to "logic". Those things are not equal and never will be. Your reliance on this absurd comparison invalidates your arguments.
  
  No, it is your "logic" that fails utterly.

• On the post: UK Publisher's Association Accuses British Library Of 'Tawdry Theft' For Supporting More Reasonable Copyright

  

  Arthur ( profile ), 25 May, 2012 @ 08:41am

  Re: Stealing someone's work is not a right...

  Bob,
  
  You're making a sarcastic joke, right? The article is about copyright and fair use and you immediately conflate that with stolen statues and mummies to "make your point".
  
  You do know this means you have no point, don't you? If you can't discuss the actual topic using related facts, then you invalidate your whole point.
  
  Nah, you must be making a parody comment, you really can't think that way.

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