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by clucas 8y ago
Per the article, the fungus was in her bloodstream - I think mainlining fried coconut oil is probably contraindicated.
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by clucas 8y ago
One of the most terrifying parts of 1984 (the Orwell novel, not the year) for me was the memory hole - a physical hole in every office where paper containing illegal ideas or "wrong" information was dumped to be immediately incine
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by clucas 8y ago
I think it's important to acclaim arguments against bad behavior, even when made by people who are doing that same bad behavior. (1) Having good arguments out in the world is a good thing. (2) Positive feedback tends to reinforce behav
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by clucas 8y ago
> then you might be correct The comment I was replying to seemed to indicate that the Buzzfeed author's stance was incorrect . This is a fine point, but really important, and I think it gets lost in public discourse a lot these day
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by clucas 8y ago
No it doesn't. The argument speaks for itself. If I murder someone in cold blood, then get up the next morning and call a press conference saying "Murder is wrong! We need to put a stop to murder!" no one would chime in and s
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by clucas 8y ago
Are you seriously arguing that because he buried the lede and changed voices, you doubt his ability to think clearly enough to opine on fiduciary duties? I appreciate fine writing as much as the next person, but the standard you seem to be
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by clucas 8y ago
You're right that some of these terms have ambiguity, but your example is silly - it's well-accepted that the term "white nationalist" stands on its own and means something different from "white and a nationalist.&q
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by clucas 8y ago
So what are you advocating? That we force private entities to publish speech, and allow no recourse to enforce social norms through private action, only through government? That seems far more dystopian than the past that you are speaking o
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by clucas 8y ago
Here's an alternative slippery slope: I run a site that makes it really easy to connect people who want to give money and people who have some reason they think they should have money. I decide that I don't want people who are rai
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by clucas 8y ago
Here is what the grandparent comment said: > Should Amazon, or other intermediaries, be allowed such interferences? It's not a strawman to read that, then ask: > Shouldn't a merchant be able to decide for themselves which pr
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by clucas 8y ago
I know this feeling - you're climbing up that hill at the very beginning, trying to figure out the mechanics and what the game is about. Then when you finally crest it, you see the whole game set out before you like a beautiful valley.
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by clucas 8y ago
There are logical stopping points on the way from "all comments should be allowed" to "no comments should be allowed." One such stopping point could be "no comments should be allowed on media with certain features t
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by clucas 8y ago
That's roughly what they did, though they also said "hey, we're the Supreme Court of this state, and we're not just going to give it to them." Here is the money shot from the Indiana Supreme Court opinion: > A se
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by clucas 8y ago
David Letterman laid out the details of a blackmail attempt on air a several years ago. If memory serves, he had been having sex with a young staffer on his show. These sorts of blackmail blowbacks happen from time to time, and it's al
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by clucas 8y ago
Interesting, I did not know that. I see by your other comment that you've done more research into this than I have - I'll take a look at r/askhistorians. Thanks for the heads up and the suggestions. I picked up A People'
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by clucas 8y ago
A People's Tragedy: The Russian Revolution: 1891-1924, by Orlando Figes Unfortunately not available in electronic form, but well worth the trouble of paper.
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by clucas 8y ago
In response to your argument, the U.S. courts would provably respond like the judge in My Cousin Vinny: "That is a lucid, intelligent, well thought-out objection. Overruled." Silly as it is, that's just not how antitrust law
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by clucas 8y ago
Forest Park (my home for less than a year now) voted to prohibit video gambling in November, two years after it had been voted in. I'm not sure what the impact has been, but perhaps it could serve as a model for other municipalities lo
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by clucas 8y ago
I suggest taking the same sorts of steps recommended in the article, when responding to the article. Instead of having a judging/shaming/punishing reaction toward the author, read the article generously, and try to understand what
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by clucas 8y ago
I'm not sure how you get that from the article - could you cite where it argues that people who want to live in less-dense neighborhoods don't actually want what they think they want? The point I got from it is that some people wa