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[Leafsnail]

It is pretty shocking how recently miscegenation was regarded as unacceptable by the majority of people in the US (1990s, I think).  That said I don't think the fact that there are dumb racists on youtube (probably linked to that video by their dumb racist websites) is news.

[10ebbor10]

EA was having some scandal (there have been so many I don't actually remember what it was), and they tried to deflect it by saying that the critics were all homophobes who hated EA for their LGBT friendliness.

Wasn't it the Mass effect thingy, where they set up a poll to support EA for their brave descisions, and then used bots because nobody was voting.

[MetalSlimeHunt]

It is pretty shocking how recently miscegenation was regarded as unacceptable by the majority of people in the US (1990s, I think).

Not exactly. I'm guessing the study you're thinking of is this one (though it is technically only counting miscegenation between black and white people). Approval only became a majority in 1997, but it exceeded disapproval in 1983.

The trend is not very surprising. This was the period of time where the majority of the Greatest Generation died off. Baby Boomers and later spent most of their lives in a more racially friendly environment, causing the massive spike in approval.

EA was having some scandal (there have been so many I don't actually remember what it was), and they tried to deflect it by saying that the critics were all homophobes who hated EA for their LGBT friendliness.

Wasn't it the Mass effect thingy, where they set up a poll to support EA for their brave descisions, and then used bots because nobody was voting.

I think it was The Old Republic, where they had a super brave Gay Romance Planet DLC (you wish I was making that up).

[Sheb]

I was looking up that DLC, and "Pay-to-gay" is now my favorite game-related expression.

[Leafsnail]

Not exactly. I'm guessing the study you're thinking of is this one (though it is technically only counting miscegenation between black and white people). Approval only became a majority in 1997, but it exceeded disapproval in 1983.

Yeah, I had it backwards in my head, oops.

I think it was The Old Republic, where they had a super brave Gay Romance Planet DLC (you wish I was making that up).

I totally want to live on Gay Romance Planet.

[Pnx]

EA was having some scandal (there have been so many I don't actually remember what it was), and they tried to deflect it by saying that the critics were all homophobes who hated EA for their LGBT friendliness.

Wasn't it the Mass effect thingy, where they set up a poll to support EA for their brave descisions, and then used bots because nobody was voting.

I think it was The Old Republic, where they had a super brave Gay Romance Planet DLC (you wish I was making that up).

No, it was Mass Effect 3, specifically people were very critical of the game for the ending, then basically out of nowhere they started a petition to themselves, "to keep protecting LGBT rights", which was apparently in response to religious organisations hassling the company...
It got signed thousands of times... by bots that posted the same comments over and over. I honestly don't know how many real people signed the petition.

[Scoops Novel]

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/cheerios-stands-tv-ad-showing-151048704.html

Cherio's had an ad with a little mixed race girl, a black dad and a white mom eating and talking about cereal. THE HORROR! This makes it controversial somehow. The yahoo articles comment section is disabled.

On the flip side, the existence of this trope http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/AmbiguouslyBrown has been something I've noted all my life, as i well might, and I've grown sufficiently tired of it that it serves as a mental note of doing the bare minimum. I am mixed, by the way.

[Nadaka]

http://au.news.yahoo.com/sunday-night/features/article/-/17094076/abandoned/

Yea. A woman was thrown in prison for being raped in Dubai.

[Loud Whispers]

http://au.news.yahoo.com/sunday-night/features/article/-/17094076/abandoned/

Yea. A woman was thrown in prison for being raped in Dubai.

Why would you post this in the calm or cool thread? I demand rage for this injustice!

[SalmonGod]

Hacker Who Exposed Steubenville Rape Case Could Spend More Time Behind Bars Than The Rapists

[XXSockXX]

Hacker Who Exposed Steubenville Rape Case Could Spend More Time Behind Bars Than The Rapists

Wow. One would think a government that listens to my skype conversations and reads my google searches would give that guy a medal for invading others privacy and actually solving a crime that way.

[SalmonGod]

Hacker Who Exposed Steubenville Rape Case Could Spend More Time Behind Bars Than The Rapists

Wow. One would think a government that listens to my skype conversations and reads my google searches would give that guy a medal for invading others privacy and actually solving a crime that way.

Hadn't even thought of that.  Really de-legitimizes the whole pretense that they're just an organization that believes in going to extreme measures for the sake of security and justice.  The only way they can hold that up is if they're like "Kids like this are taking our jobs!!!"

[penguinofhonor]

The police bust down criminals' doors and point guns at them, so they should be glad when I do the same thing.

It's quite possible (probable, even) their only argument is "Citizens don't have the right to do anything the government can."

[Devling]

Should he be punished?

Yes.

Is invading someones privacy worse then rape?

No.

[GlyphGryph]

SHOULD he be punished? Did he actually do anything wrong?