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Post by
Skreeran
This is why
.
Someone faked an image from the scanners, making it look like they were really detailed, and then Conservative aggragate website The Drudge Report posted it, not realizing it was fake.
Post by
Magician22773
Seriously, if you look at the quality of the outputs, you'd never find someone fapping in a room over them.
Never underestimate what people can be turned on by. Two Girls, One Cup.....I rest my case....
As for the article.
About 1.7 million people per day fly in the US. That would be about 11.9 million passengers in a week. Of those, 65 had a gun. And the article doesn't say how many of those 65 people were carrying it both intentionally and illegally. (I am sure at least some of them may have been ignorant enough to not realize you can't pack a gun in your luggage without going through proper procedures). But, even if none of them were just ignorant of the rules, 65 out of a potential 11.9 million is still a percentage so small, I don't even think it qualifies as "news", so to speak.
Post by
Squishalot
By your argument though, you'd almost expect more, yet this appears to be a record, breaking the previous weekly record by 30%.
I don't think it's that newsworthy - fair enough that people can 'forget' or be 'ignorant' of procedures. I think it's a bit more telling in a 'sign-of-the-times' sort of way that people are more protective of their weapons or feel more at risk that they'd try to bring their guns onto a plane.
To be honest, I'm actually just happy that the scanners are proving to actually catch people, as per Skreeran's comment re: the body scanners.
Post by
Hyperspacerebel
Out of all the reasons one could have for carrying a gun onto a plane, I would seriously imagine that at least 2% of the people who do it are doing it for nefarious reasons. And if that's the case, then there's a good chance that at least one of those 65 people had something planned. So I do in fact think that number is noteworthy. We're obviously still in the realm of possibility and conjecture, as so long as people with guns keep getting caught, it will thankfully stay that way. But I do think it's something people need to be aware of. I mean, hell, that fact that 65 people in a week don't have the wherewithal to think to not bring bring a gun on a plane means that any bit of news on the issue is probably good.
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109094
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Post by
Rystrave
Best thing on the internet today.
Post by
Adamsm
/shake head
; but dear goddess the bigotry....I mean, that's expected from Apple, but I thought Google was a little better then that.
Post by
Skreeran
/shake head
; but dear goddess the bigotry....I mean, that's expected from Apple, but I thought Google was a little better then that.I wouldn't fault them for leaving it up, though. It's freedom of speech. I wouldn't ask the government to remove anything from the internet, either.
Post by
Adamsm
/shake head
; but dear goddess the bigotry....I mean, that's expected from Apple, but I thought Google was a little better then that.I wouldn't fault them for leaving it up, though. It's freedom of speech. I wouldn't ask the government to remove anything from the internet, either.
Eh I find that more of a hate speech type of thing myself.
Post by
240140
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Post by
Skreeran
Meh. I'm just not sure I'd like them to set that precedent.
One of the reasons I prefer Android over iOS is because Android apps are given a lot more freedom than App Store apps.
That and the fact that the only people who are going to buy a hate app are already hateful people lead me to think that this is mainly a political thing, and it's not as big of a deal as people are making it.
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240140
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Post by
Hyperspacerebel
I have to agree with Skreean. It's not a good road to go down.
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Post by
Magician22773
/shake head
; but dear goddess the bigotry....I mean, that's expected from Apple, but I thought Google was a little better then that.I wouldn't fault them for leaving it up, though. It's freedom of speech. I wouldn't ask the government to remove anything from the internet, either.
Eh I find that more of a hate speech type of thing myself.
I would have to see the app (but I really don't want to see the app) before I would make this call.
People
are
free to believe things that others may not, even if those beliefs may be upsetting to some. If the app is not done in a hateful manner, does not promote anything violent, or dangerous, or otherwise harmful, then it would be a pretty slippery slope to go down by removing it.
Just remember, just about anything you say or do probably offends
someone
. If they start removing apps because <group a> is offended by it, then <group b> must get the same. Next thing you know, Angry Birds is getting pulled because PETA finds it to promote violence to animals. (You are shooting birds out of slingshots, and killing pigs with them...)
Post by
Squishalot
Or Bible / Quran / God Delusion apps getting pulled because it's offensive to <X>. It's a bad precedent.
Post by
Patty
Well I'd prefer to support a company who is strongly against hate speech. It doesn't actually impact any freedom of speech for them to control their own store.
Yeah, it's the same kind of thing as has been happening with facebook rape, if you guys heard about that campaign. By hosting apps like that and providing them as company services, it's sending a message that they agree with and/or condone (arguably also outright
endorsing
) that line of thought, to an extent.
Being called out on that isn't harmful to free speech.
Post by
Adamsm
People
are
free to believe things that others may not, even if those beliefs may be upsetting to some. If the app is not done in a hateful manner, does not promote anything violent, or dangerous, or otherwise harmful, then it would be a pretty slippery slope to go down by removing it. When a app talks about trying to cure homosexuality in a 60 day course, and it's called 'Setting captives free', that to me seems like hate speech. I'm also not certain what is in the app itself, but considering the other so-called gay cures out there, it's probably not the best thing.
Next thing you know, Angry Birds is getting pulled because PETA finds it to promote violence to animals. (You are shooting birds out of slingshots, and killing pigs with them...)
PETA is full of %^&* though; they created
this
in regards to Mario.
Post by
Skreeran
When a app talks about trying to cure homosexuality in a 60 day course, and it's called 'Setting captives free', that to me seems like hate speech. I'm also not certain what is in the app itself, but considering the other so-called gay cures out there, it's probably not the best thing.Doesn't sound like hate speech to me. I mean, I don't agree with it, and I don't think it's right, but that doesn't sound hateful.
Whether you want it taken down for ethical reasons (they believe homosexuality is wrong) or scientific reasons (you can't cure homosexuality), it establishes a dangerous precedent, I think. If it were a Westboro Baptist Church app I might be more inclined to agree with you, but this doesn't really seem harmful to anyone but confused gay Christians, and if they can't find a "cure" in app form, they could find a hundred books about it. Or do you want those banned too?
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240140
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