I think the real danger here is the strong possibility that these materials will reveal the identities of - still living! - confidential sources, who might then be in real jeopardy.
Since the protection of these sources is one of the main reasons that these shield laws exist, it really shouldn't matter if the reporter dies or is murdered. How willing would a potential source be if he knew that his protection expired when the journalist did? How much more danger would journalists face if the people they were reporting on knew they could get to his sources if they killed him?
This is usually the part where some Libertarian-leaning free market devotee steps in to say something like “what do you expect, for them to deploy broadband where they make less money?”
Ah yes, and enjoy the deafening silence you'll encounter when you ask those same libertarians what role
A fairly egregious error here that needs pointing out:
The call was made on behalf of a Call of Duty player who was angry about an online in-game altercation with Andrew Finch.
As the linked nbcnews.com article makes clear, the altercation was with a person -- Shane Gaskill -- who used to live at the address where the Finches now live, and supplied that address to Barriss. Andrew Finch was never involved an any altercation; I don't believe he was even a gamer.
Yeah. Maybe don't pick up dollar bills off the ground at a McDonalds...
If you're the kind of person who WOULD pick up said dollar bill, I'd say your credibility is already in the toilet.
I would be perfectly happy with them requiring free gas pumps alongside EV chargers, as long as those pumps delivered fuel at a maximum rate of a gallon per hour.
To paraphrase Upton Sinclair, “It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his campaign contributions depends on his not understanding it.”
We need a (preferably obscene) name, for Apple and John Deere and who knows how many other corporations, salivating over making you pay over and over again for things that by all rights belong to you.
These sorts of articles make it pretty clear that the humans needing replacement are the media executives.
My next bumpersticker:
I think the real danger here is the strong possibility that these materials will reveal the identities of - still living! - confidential sources, who might then be in real jeopardy. Since the protection of these sources is one of the main reasons that these shield laws exist, it really shouldn't matter if the reporter dies or is murdered. How willing would a potential source be if he knew that his protection expired when the journalist did? How much more danger would journalists face if the people they were reporting on knew they could get to his sources if they killed him?
Hmmmm...
Ah yes, and enjoy the deafening silence you'll encounter when you ask those same libertarians what role should play in their vaunted "free market".Sorry, this was supposed to be a reply to Cat_Daddy.
And each kid will be thinking, "Well, yes, the toy is broken, bit the IMPORTANT thing is that the other kid doesn't have it."
If only Mike had copyrighted "Streisand Effect".......
You misunderstand me. The error is Tim Cushing's, for writing something that is incorrect (and a little insulting to the victim's memory).
A fairly egregious error here that needs pointing out:
As the linked nbcnews.com article makes clear, the altercation was with a person -- Shane Gaskill -- who used to live at the address where the Finches now live, and supplied that address to Barriss. Andrew Finch was never involved an any altercation; I don't believe he was even a gamer.Yeah. Maybe don't pick up dollar bills off the ground at a McDonalds... If you're the kind of person who WOULD pick up said dollar bill, I'd say your credibility is already in the toilet.
Maybe I lack imagination, but I'm struggling to come up with a scenario in which access to stored camera footage would constitute an "EMERGENCY".
I would be perfectly happy with them requiring free gas pumps alongside EV chargers, as long as those pumps delivered fuel at a maximum rate of a gallon per hour.
Completing the quote
Not in any way trying to detract from That One Guy's awesome post, but for those who were wondering: In Rev Barnhart's quote where it says
it should say
Of course, a little judicious self-disemvoweling can go a long way toward increasing impact. I can guarantee you that the people who find
written on their windshield with yelllow grease pencil know exactly what the message is.
I have never done this myself... as far as you know.
To paraphrase Upton Sinclair, “It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his campaign contributions depends on his not understanding it.”
Time for a new acronym
We need a (preferably obscene) name, for Apple and John Deere and who knows how many other corporations, salivating over making you pay over and over again for things that by all rights belong to you.
My proposal: RSMFs
Rent-Seeking MotherFuckers
Not irony, just good old garden-variety hypocrisy
Re: Re: No thanks! -- SEZ the ZOMBIE!
If only there could be a 55 month gap between YOUR comments.
Re: You'd think they'd be a little more careful...
...before they pissed off a bunch of people who already have pitchforks close to hand
You'd think they'd be a little more careful...