cforrester

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by cforrester 5y ago
Can you explain exactly what you were trying to accomplish with this comment? Government noninterference in access to abortion services provided by licensed medical practitioners meets my definition of social progress. If you feel the need
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by cforrester 5y ago
This shot across the bow certainly is a good reminder for advocates of abortion access rights not to become complacent, as progress can be undone. I'm hopeful that it can act as a catalyst for advocates in the region. Extremist actions
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by cforrester 5y ago
> The real problem those on the left have with this law is that it is a major advance against abortion, pure and simple. I haven't seen anyone deny that the main issue is unreasonable restrictions on access to abortion. It's ce
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by cforrester 5y ago
I don't understand business as well as I would like to, but I wonder if these companies are sensing how much trouble they'll have keeping drivers if they can become collateral damage in social oppression. I'm not used to seei
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by cforrester 5y ago
It's not the burning that directly leads to something better. It's more like a natural consequence caused by failing to adequately address people's need for something better; people who feel powerless in their quest for justi
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by cforrester 5y ago
In most of the cases I've seen of police misconduct, a brief clip of the actual offending act is all that is necessary to establish that misconduct, making them valuable documentation for any court case. Edited footage between the begi
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by cforrester 5y ago
I can't speak to the actual legality, but I strongly feel that a less-dysfunctional system would account for the intent of the officer. It is undeniably an attempt to suppress widespread dissemination of video documentation of their ac
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by cforrester 5y ago
Here's hoping this backfires on a lot of them. Environmental integrity is not theirs to sell out from under the rest of us.
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by cforrester 5y ago
Personally, I think it's important to encourage corporations to take human rights into greater consideration. Complex as the issue is, it still results in Apple enriching itself and a nation which could reasonably be considered an apar
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by cforrester 5y ago
> And when you observe that mask mandating states don’t do significantly better than mask-free states, then a curious mind rightfully starts pondering. If this is true, which I haven't confirmed, wouldn't that say more about
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by cforrester 5y ago
You said it yourself, switching would be a complication, and manufacturers are happy to maximize that complication as much as possible. I consider it unethical to impose artificial hurdles to switching upon consumers, especially when they m
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by cforrester 5y ago
> It’s tough because Google and others are huge, they buy out competitors, it’s not anything like the restaurant market. Not just that, they go to great effort to lock you into their ecosystem so that the difficulty of changing becomes a
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by cforrester 5y ago
Thank you for taking the time, I understand the concept you're explaining, it just sounds implausible. At the end of the day, they're still fantasizing about children, they've just found a way to believe that they're doi
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by cforrester 5y ago
I'm saying that violent media is fine for general consumption because the typical consumer is not prone to acts of violence, and the fantasy they are engaging in is temporary. The same is not true of child sexual abuse, where the typic
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by cforrester 5y ago
I'll do some more reading, but I find the concept extremely implausible. If the fictional child did not represent a child in their mind, there would be no need to seek out media featuring children. The 2D/3D attraction hypothesis
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by cforrester 5y ago
These are dissimilar due to the pathological nature of child pornography consumption. Consider instead if you had a true compulsion to commit acts of violence. I'm not so sure a psychologist would give you the all-clear to consume medi
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by cforrester 5y ago
What is it that you think interests people in seeing sexualized depictions of children when it's not the children themselves? Perhaps someone who lacks empathy may simply not care that they're fantasizing about children being abus
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by cforrester 5y ago
I'll look up the names and articles you've mentioned, thanks for that. I've seen some information about the effects of porn consumption, but it's difficult to relate the results of a study on typical porn consumers with
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by cforrester 5y ago
Seems that way, but I'm glad I could offer a dissenting opinion; ending child sexual abuse is a topic of particular importance to me.
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by cforrester 5y ago
I'm not trying to convince you or win imaginary victories. If they're interested in sharing information, I'm willing to read it. Otherwise, I will stick with the opinion I've formed based on what I've already read f
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by cforrester 5y ago
Having read dispassionate descriptions of some of the scenes and plot lines in that series, i.e. what occurred rather than someone's opinion about it, the controversy makes total sense to me. The fact that other series are worse is pre
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by cforrester 5y ago
I would welcome some links to what you've read on this topic if you're willing. I briefly Googled Patrick Galbraith, and he does not appear to have the relevant education in psychology necessary to conduct such research, so I woul
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by cforrester 5y ago
My mistake. I think I confused it for that anime that's been causing some controversy lately, where the grown man has the body of a child. As far as drawn media not victimizing anyone goes: based on what I've read about the issue
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by cforrester 5y ago
I don't blame them for refusing to sell child pornography regardless of the legality or the format. Media meant to trigger the pathologies of the mentally ill, such as content encouraging paedophiles to continue sexualizing children, i
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by cforrester 5y ago
I think the problem with that concept is that it's not possible so long as he's actively sharing his opinions and having those opinions amplified by supporters. Ignoring that problem won't make it go away, and I don't su
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by cforrester 5y ago
I'm more concerned about his influence on the free software community: Stallman thankfully lacks direct influence over legal matters, but he has a direct influence over the community's form and function. Essentially, I believe tha
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by cforrester 5y ago
I would be more inclined to agree if not for the fact that the board invited him back. Standing by him through this would have been bad enough, let alone inviting him back after his resignation. I don't have confidence in a board which
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by cforrester 5y ago
The signatories are largely people who work on free and open source software projects, and their stated goal in keeping people like Stallman out of positions of influence within the community is to increase participation in general by disco
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by cforrester 5y ago
They described what is presently the case, so that couldn't reasonably be considered prescriptivism.
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by cforrester 5y ago
> These people are attacking Stallman to reinforce their self-image of being "good" and "progressive". This is a poor assessment, as it doesn't account for the fact that people cultivate the environment they want

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