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[Devling]

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/macabre-manslaughter-case-stokes-debate-welfare-reform-170836906.html#G0N4zUs

A UK man kills 6 kids in a fire... So the conservatives in his country decide its time to shut down the welfare system?

The more conservative aspects of our media are trying to label the fact he was on multiple benefits and in social housing as a cause of the horrific events, when in realitiy they are more a symptom of the sort of person the man in question was.

It's vaguely similar to the whole "Violent media causes violent people argument". Or atleast a flaw in it.

[Putnam]

Republican outreach to those under 30 years old.

Oh my. I took it; not sure if they understand the word "communication", since they don't include face-to-face or... internet forums.

[Nadaka]

I created a petition. I don't think its perfect, but I figured it would make me feel better.

https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/revoke-egregious-violation-american-civil-liberties-known-patriot-act-and-disband-dhs/9s4Y2y0M

[Scelly9]

Republican outreach to those under 30 years old.

Oh my. I took it; not sure if they understand the word "communication", since they don't include face-to-face or... internet forums.

Gay
Straight
In the closet
Bisexual
Don't know

Apparently the closet is now it's own orientation.

[penguinofhonor]

Relevant Colbert.

[Nadaka]

Republican outreach to those under 30 years old.

Oh my. I took it; not sure if they understand the word "communication", since they don't include face-to-face or... internet forums.

Oh... I took this survey. And believe me, I wrote in some answers. Of course, that just means it will get tossed out, but oh well. It was fun.

[scriver]

Aw. It's already closed.

[SalmonGod]

Really debated between posting this here or in the rage thread...

Police pepper spray an entire family, including three children aged 4 years to 5 months old, because they noticed the mother pushing a stroller through a service entrance instead of a turnstile.

It may be wrong and I'm sure I'll catch flak for saying it, but you have no idea how much I'd like to see a trend develop where any crowd that witnesses police behaving like this simply descends on them in united anger.  The law obviously isn't going to defend us from itself.  It drives me insane how they're able to terrorize people with impunity, without any fear of consequence.

[Dutchling]

Oh, don't worry. They'll be forced to go on a paid holiday soon.

[Nadaka]

http://games.slashdot.org/story/13/04/05/2034253/senator-feinstein-we-need-video-game-control

yea.

[MetalSlimeHunt]

Don't care, Supreme Court already put video games under the First Amendment in the same category as books and movies. They can't do anything that wouldn't be struck down.

[Toady One]

I removed an entire line of discussion that went reasonably foul.  Please exercise sense.

[MetalSlimeHunt]

The Nazca Lines have been destroyed by a quarry company.

[lorb]

When equipped with a camera that records everything they do police officers use force 60% less. Sounds to me like most of they time when they are not under surveillance they use force although they know it's questionable.

[Owlbread]

I do wonder about CCTV. I've got a feeling if I had the chance I'd scrap it altogether for the same of personal privacy - the right for people not to be recorded constantly.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-22058455

Up to 12 civilians have been killed in a NATO air strike in eastern Afghanistan.