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Date: January 03, 2019
“George Lucas sold Star Wars to Disney in 2012, the franchise has changed a lot since then and some say not for the better. Why have Star Wars Fans turned against Disney? Were they ever on board in the first place?” I did not realize there was this many Star Wars projects. |
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Date: January 03, 2019
“Abstract Recent years have seen a significant increase in the criminal penalties associated with possession of child pornography. The new severity appears to be premised on arguments that blur the distinction between those who possess images of child pornography and those who sexually abuse children. In particular, sentences have been increased based on arguments that possession of pornography is equivalent to or worse than child sex abuse, arguments that viewing child pornography increases the risk that an individual will sexually abuse a child, and arguments that those who possess child pornography are abusing children undetected. This Article identifies instances where possession of child pornography and child sex abuse have been conflated, critically evaluates the arguments that promote such conflation, and identifies independent concerns with conflation. Specifically, it argues that blurring the distinction between the two crimes allows us to continue to misperceive child sex abuse as a stranger-danger issue, and that when law enforcement statistics aggregate possession and child sex abuse, then the public may be misled into believing that law enforcement is successfully battling child sex abuse, when that is not the case. The Article concludes that the modern trend of increasing sentences for possession of child pornography ought to be reviewed, and it suggests several possible areas of reform.” You need an account to download…It’s free. |
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Date: January 03, 2019
“The legal definition of child pornography is, at best, unclear. In part because of this ambiguity and in part because of the nature of the crime itself, the prosecution and sentencing of perpetrators, the protection of and restitution for victims, and the means for preventing repeat offenses are deeply controversial. In Refining Child Pornography Law, experts in law, sociology, and social work examine child pornography law and its consequences in an effort to clarify the questions and begin to formulate answers. Focusing on the roles of language and crime definition, the contributors discuss the increasing visibility child pornography plays in the national conversation about child safety, and present a range of views regarding the punishment of those who produce, distribute, and possess materials that may be considered child pornography. “Our modern digital world has increased exponentially the constitutional, social, and practical issues implicated by criminal laws and policies surrounding child pornography. This book provides a timely, balanced, and astute array of perspectives on a topic that all criminal law theorists and practitioners should be following closely.” Carissa Byrne Hessick is the Anne Shea Ransdell and William Garland “Buck” Ransdell, Jr. Distinguished Professor at the University of North Carolina School of Law.” I’ve not read this yet…but I understand it has some insights, into misleading claims made by the government… |
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Date: January 02, 2019
01) Activists Say CURING DISEASE Is Now Offensive Ableism
Date: January 02, 2019
01) Culture War To Civil War, Are We Following Rome’s Footsteps?
Date: January 02, 2019
01) A conservative solution to climate change – part 2
Date: January 02, 2019
01) That Time the World Almost Ended
“In this New Year’s episode, we take a look at the Y2K bug, a programming mistake that threatened to crash all the world’s computers as they ticked over from 1999 to the year 2000.”
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Date: January 02, 2019
“The Nintendo GameCube was released in 2001 and was considered a failure with only 20 million units sold. We revisit the Nintendo GameCube, look at some of its innovations, perform some mods to the device to open up some cool new features, and show you what makes the Nintendo GameCube still awesome in 2019.” |
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Date: January 01, 2019
“The quickest way to create a captive society is to educate children to hate their own freedom. |
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Date: January 01, 2019
01) Defending the “Pedo Guy” Lawsuit
“We knew that Elon Musk will get sued for calling a diver on Twitter the Pedo Guy. Musk is just too famous, too rich and frankly irresponsible to avoid being the target. But the defense to this lawsuit is rather interested. Its based on the idea that no one believes, or should believe, anything on twitter. What do you think?”
Well…
…I am on the level, when I use Twitter…
I mean…sure…sometimes when things get to a certain level of abuse and absurdity towards myself [or MAPs in general], I might play with an aggressor or two…throw in something entirely unexpected by them [though it still makes fully logical sense], turning the situation on it’s head…to see how they react…I might have a lot of fun doing it, too…But it’s never done out of malice…It’s done more to underscore the absurdity, of how these people are behaving.
One time…I spent a couple of days calmly explaining to one guy, how he had made untrue heinous claims against me…how any decent person with morals and integrity should care enough, to retract those heinous claims and apologize [even if only for their own integrity]…and proceeded to spend the rest of those exchanges repeatedly expecting an apology, reminding him it is what a decent person of conscience would do, and expressing disappointment he still had not offered one…
…Everything I said was dead on accurate…And it all completely flew over this guys head, because he imagines decent social behavior “does not apply”, because the exchange was with me.
…Poking at pure prejudice…And I was laughing my ass off, all the way…
I got encouraged to turn to Christianity…accused of various terrible things [which, for the record, I’ve never done]…and ultimately called a “dumb ass”…
No apology came out of that exchange…
…Guess he wasn’t such a decent guy…So sad.
There will be no lawsuit over this, of course…
…But the question of “realness” in these types of exchanges?…It probably straddles the line…Because I have so little expectation, that such a person even has the mental capacity to take such an exchange at face value…despite the glaring truth in it, right there in front of them.
Do people take Twitter speech seriously?…
…Many, no…
…But there’s a lot of others who do.
