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901.
by toofy 8y ago
> Who defines the terms "Nazis" and "terrorists" On their platform, YouTube does. I apologize if I'm accidentally misunderstanding what your expectations are regarding decisions in society, but if you're ask
902.
by toofy 8y ago
The surface level free-speech argument is beaten to death. Yes, we know free-speech is important. We fight hard for it because it is important. Speech is incredibly powerful. We know speech causes material changes to the world, that is w
903.
by toofy 8y ago
I suppose if an artistic person broadcast the news in an artistic manner, sure, why not?
904.
by toofy 8y ago
Absolutely. Music, acting, and story telling, etc have almost always fallen under the category of art. Is it always high art? Of course not, but I think most would still consider these things art.
905.
by toofy 8y ago
By banning 2-cycle leafblowers and encouraging people to switch to electric powered they're knocking out two problems at once--the awful noise and the ridiculous amount of nasty stuff 2-cycle motors spew all over into our environments.
906.
by toofy 8y ago
> Some people are a whole lot more fragile than others. A slightly more charitable way to phrase this might be “Some people prefer to be treated as professionals, with dignity and respect.” I think what the poster above you was trying to
907.
by toofy 8y ago
> Junkies shooting up in public, homeless people shitting on the sidewalk, etc, etc is a problem confined to a handful of cities on the west coast. This just isn't true. At all. This is a problem in cities all over the country. Some
908.
by toofy 8y ago
Oh, thank you! I figured there had to be a name for this, I just had never heard it before, thanks!
909.
by toofy 8y ago
> And even when we do manage to measure that positive ripple effect, do you want to? > The reality is, numbers are used for accounting. If we start keeping an accounting of small actions such as that... This is a really good point
910.
by toofy 8y ago
I've been thinking a lot lately about this little old lady who lived in my neighborhood in Chicago. It was on this street lined with interesting old brownstones with cool little apartments. She lived in a garden level apartment (for t
911.
by toofy 8y ago
If we’re going to continue to allow these companies to enjoy as much power, money, and influence as entire nations, why wouldn’t we expect them to be moral leaders? From my perspective it would seem they are precisely the kind of people we
912.
by toofy 8y ago
While I personally prefer irc and definitely agree that an open protocol along the lines of irc should be the direction we head towards, I think it may be a bit shortsighted to imply users don’t prefer things such as in app searching and it
913.
by toofy 8y ago
> I’ve “dropped” at least 10x that number on EdX and Udacity. I think many online learning places are making a large mistake by not letting people sample the first 3 or 4 lessons. I too have signed up for and left a rather large number
914.
by toofy 8y ago
> ...the vast majority of people moved to their noise-affected houses knowing the airport was there already... Do these people deserve our sympathy? I totally understand where you’re coming from, but as the article discusses, the fligh
915.
by toofy 8y ago
Wow you’re very passionate in your dislike of Musk and have clearly put far more thought into him than I have. I really don’t study the guy, I was just trying to give him the benefit of the doubt. I’ll let ya carry on with your anti-Musk
916.
by toofy 8y ago
( Edit to add : I’m certain this is a case of looking at the past with rose colored glasses but when I hear stories or look at movies, books, shows, etc... from the 50s, 60s, and 70s there seemed to be an optimism, a feeling present in the
917.
by toofy 8y ago
> ...they've lost execs left and right, they've had just one profitable quarter... Im really not a Musk fanboy and I really don’t want to come across as anti-market as I recognize the market’s incredible ability to drive so
918.
by toofy 8y ago
> The poster never said they were meaningless, simply that they aren't violence. Indeed, and the top post in this thread didn’t use the word “violence.” The point is that words do have profound impacts on society. Words can and do l
919.
by toofy 8y ago
If you believe words are so inconsequential, why do you fight so hard for them? You fight hard for speech because words have an incredible impact on society. No matter where you fall in regards to Facebook’s right to set standards on their
920.
by toofy 8y ago
> What am I missing? I hesitate to make too many assumptions as to what you’re missing, but perhaps you aren’t distinguishing between government actors and private matters? For example, we generally believe those who wield power over the
921.
by toofy 8y ago
> If you are only allowed to speak freely when no one can hear you - are you then allowed freedom of speech? Yes. Of course you are being allowed freedom of speech.
922.
by toofy 8y ago
Again, this seems to have been the norm. There have always been venue operators or publishers who have a significantly larger audience than their tiny similars. If Emma the Anarchist wanted to be published in the early 20th century, she wa
923.
by toofy 8y ago
> If these norms continue to getting eroded, god help us all — it may set humanity and the western civilization back by hundreds of years. Haven’t these norms already been well established? I mean, almost every business which deals in
924.
by toofy 8y ago
Do we have any studies done yet which show whether or not this is a growing trend or just random isolated incidents in countries with millions and millions of families containing children? In my region and places I travel I see children wal
925.
by toofy 8y ago
Yikes, this is very unfortunate timing for the regions who have holidays this time of year. This reinforces my constant reluctance to update anything around holidays or other chaotic travel periods. I wonder if Apple shouldn’t have waited u
926.
by toofy 8y ago
I understand where you’re coming from, but I’m not sure I agree that we can’t have it both ways. A book club can play just as much of a role in public life as the next club. We absolutely should be able to have it both ways, to choose whet
927.
by toofy 8y ago
Well, if we insist on being pedantic rather than charitable, from your link: > Those who were convicted were freed by higher courts and had their convictions overturned or pleaded guilty on lesser charges It would seem they plead guilt
928.
by toofy 8y ago
Unfortunately the source link on that wiki is dead, but a different source: ”Many witnesses and defendants later said they were pressured into making false confessions and accusations by caseworkers from the Washington State Department of
929.
by toofy 8y ago
From my perspective, this sounds far too much like “Why do you need privacy or cryptography if you have nothing to hide?” Everyone here should be well aware by now that wanting privacy != nefarious behavior.
930.
by toofy 8y ago
From your link: “Those who were convicted were freed by higher courts and had their convictions overturned or pleaded guilty on lesser charges. Five served their full sentences before their cases were overturned. Some lost parental rights.

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