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So, the Anonymous thing was apparently a hoax.
*Blush* Guess I can stop defending the free speech rights of scoundrels. Well, at least these scoundrels. For now.
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It’s…nice to have a diagnosis?
Some of these people are really annoyed at you Apparently I might have Pedestrian Aggressiveness Syndrome. According to the Wall Street Journal, Researchers say the concept of “sidewalk rage” is real. One scientist has even developed a Pedestrian Aggressiveness Syndrome Scale to map out how people express their fury. At its most extreme, sidewalk rage…
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Some links for Sunday
Westboro Baptist’s reply to Anonymous is predictably childish. (That link goes to the PDF, but you can see a jpeg version here.) Short version: “Bring it!” Speaking of shutting down web sites, the Department of Homeland Security shuttered nearly 84,000 of them last weekend on suspicion of child porn. People attempting to access those sites…
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Anonymous threatens Westboro Baptist
“Aggressive proponents of free speech,” my arse. I would wonder how it’s possible for them to claim that label while simultaneously threatening to shut down a group’s website due to ideological differences with a straight face, but they’re Anonymous– there’s no face to see. Note: this response is not because of any love lost…
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The saddest tattoo
Oh, I know there are sadder ones– Ugliest Tattoos is on my blogroll. But this one must be way up there: PZ Myers writes: I have a recommendation for his left arm, though—something from Leviticus 19. Lev 19:26 Eat not on the mountains, nor shall ye employ auguries, nor divine by inspection of birds.…
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It’s not (just) the word; it’s how you use it
Somebody pointed out in the Pharyngula thread that while “female” can be used as a noun, so can “black,” and it doesn’t sound very good to refer to a black person as simply “a black.” Comedian Lisa Lampanelli refers to “the blacks” on purpose because being offensive is her shtick. I think that using those…