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One Woman's Dangerous War Against the Most Hated Man on the Internet

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Re: One Woman's Dangerous War Against the Most Hated Man on the Internet

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Post by PeterisP »

stephen wrote: post #71
Glyptodon wrote: post #14

I have one weird reservation - her daughter is/was 24, but doesn't seem to have been involved a whole lot? Or maybe it's just written that way on purpose? Maybe it's just me, but leaving someone to mope seems a little like you're treating them as more a child than an adult.

Do you have kids? Perhaps you don't understand the righteous anger that a parent would feel in this scenario. If this happened to my kid, I would also completely take over, and want them involved as little as possible. Yes, even if they were 24.

Well, no, if the "kid" is 24-years old then assistance and support is required, but 'taking over' seems reasonable only if they're in a coma after an accident.

After all, it's their life, and any decisions on how/wether to proceed and what to avoid are completely theirs to make - they may take advice from parents, or they also may not want their parents to have any say whatsover in how to handle it.

Re: One Woman's Dangerous War Against the Most Hated Man on the Internet

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Post by tommorris »

wisty wrote: post #154
tommorris wrote: post #146

Earlier quoted context omitted.

And what moved the culture? Legislation. The very same legislation that the Internet libertarian crew who tell us to "change the culture rather than using the men with guns" generally oppose. So, yeah, that kind of proves the point.

And what moved the legislation? Culture.

No, plenty of times the legislation is pushed through in spite of culture. Look at the banning of smoking in pubs and restaurants. When that was passed in Britain, it was considered hugely out of step with people's attitudes. Now it seems perfectly normal, but that kind of change came long before the cultural change.

I'd say the same about the first legal change to allow gay sexual relationships. If you'd conducted a poll back in 1967 and asked people whether they think homosexuality should be legal, they would have told you absolutely not. The fact that the law changed and it didn't start raining frogs from the sky convinced people afterwards that it was okay.

Much as it pains me to praise politicians, they are sometimes ahead of the public on issues and take seriously some kind of moral commitment to make society fairer even when it is unpopular.

Re: One Woman's Dangerous War Against the Most Hated Man on the Internet

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Post by yummyfajitas »

DanBC wrote: post #155
yummyfajitas wrote: post #152

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Why can employers fire me for having a naked picture taken? Perhaps we need to roll back no-fault firing as well. Why can people choose not to purchase from Chick-a-Fil because they dislike the anti-gay opinions of the owner? Perhaps we need to roll back no-fault failure to purchase chicken as well. Meanwhile, back in a free society, people are allowed to freely associate with whoever they choose even if we disagree…

> Meanwhile, back in a free society, people are allowed to freely associate with whoever they choose even if we disagree with their opinions. Except employers are not free to hire and fire, even in weird societies where that's seen as a good idea. They're not allowed to discriminate against people with protected characteristics. In this situation it's possible the employers are vulnerable to sexual discrimination law…

I'm well aware that the US is not a free society once you choose to engage in commerce. And as of next year, you won't even be free not to engage in commerce.

Re: One Woman's Dangerous War Against the Most Hated Man on the Internet

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Post by lotsofcows »

gngeal wrote: post #16

"My computer had been bombarded with viruses, and a technician had advised me to buy all new equipment because the malware was tough to remove." I assume the technician was coincidentally also a salesman. ;-) "Tough to remove"? What a load of crap.

I haven't had to deal with a virus for some time but the number of times I've formatted a hard drive and started again far outweigh the number of times I've removed viruses. These days, when machines don't come with the OS on a disk - often don't even come with the drivers on a disk - buying new tech could well be the cheaper option.

Re: One Woman's Dangerous War Against the Most Hated Man on the Internet

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Post by hrkristian »

dinkumthinkum wrote: post #124
gw wrote: post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Absolutely spot on. I have no sympathy for the villain, but this story sums up modern America: 1. A prudish culture in which women are fired for the slightest revealing photo. 2. A litigious culture in which courts and police are heavily relied on to solve disputes. 3. An infantilized youth remaining under the wings of their parents long after reaching adulthood. 4. A burgeoning labyrinth of overly-specific laws bein…

Eh this is anti-American jibber jabber. Where is this fantastic enlightened country of which you speak? So you mean to say in the UK, Norway, or whatever mythical country you are implying about, no women there would be upset to have people surreptitiously posting nude pictures of them? I call shenanigans on this and all the other nonsense anti-American rants.

You are apparently not aware of the fact that for the better part of 15 years, Norwegian girls and boys have been using various websites to post nude pictures of themselves to the public. En masse. We literally have a nude library of most of my own generation and many following mine.

There are shame sites causing pains for girls here, too, but we have no such culture of which your speak where nude pictures is some big deal (once out of high school.)

Re: One Woman's Dangerous War Against the Most Hated Man on the Internet

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Post by caf »

yummyfajitas wrote: post #137

The case against Hunter Moore makes me uncomfortable. Consider a very similar hypothetical site, is-anyone-up-for-busting-corruption.com. Much like isanyoneup.com, this site also posts media of people engaging in actions they do not wish to be seen engaged in. When media is posted, it is accompanied by contact information for the employers of the people involved, and the desire is expressed for those people to be fir…

Any country that claims to operate based on the rule of law would recognise that a site like the one you describe would be seeking to deny natural justice to those depicted.

Re: One Woman's Dangerous War Against the Most Hated Man on the Internet

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Post by Casseres »

lotsofcows wrote: post #164
gngeal wrote: post #16

"My computer had been bombarded with viruses, and a technician had advised me to buy all new equipment because the malware was tough to remove." I assume the technician was coincidentally also a salesman. ;-) "Tough to remove"? What a load of crap.

I haven't had to deal with a virus for some time but the number of times I've formatted a hard drive and started again far outweigh the number of times I've removed viruses. These days, when machines don't come with the OS on a disk - often don't even come with the drivers on a disk - buying new tech could well be the cheaper option.

If you're buying a computer with Windows installed, then it ought to come with a product key. Just download the appropriate ISO from Microsoft directly, burn it to disc or extract to a flash drive. For the drivers, just go to the manufacturer's website and download the appropriate drivers and burn that to another disc or copy to another flash drive.

Cost $1 for two discs, or $10 for two flash drives Even better, since you seem to be reformatting quite often, once you have the computer configured how you want, create a clone of the hard drive. That way you don't have to manually do everything over again.

Re: One Woman's Dangerous War Against the Most Hated Man on the Internet

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Post by caf »

spindritf wrote: post #9

How was Gary Jones hacking those e-mail accounts? How was Black Lotus blocking assets (pages, images) on Moore's website? And why was a security company he hired(?) working against him?

Does anyone not think that Gary Jones is just a Hunter Moore alias?

Re: One Woman's Dangerous War Against the Most Hated Man on the Internet

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Post by Iku-Nuku-117G »

yarou wrote: post #119
Iku-Nuku-117G wrote: post #101

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This would be the same Europe where millions of people were murdered by their own governments within living memory, that had a functioning Fascist state (a real one) until 1975 and Communist slave states up until 1989, and that has has active "ethnic cleansing" going on right now ? That Europe? Just checking.

Clearly this is a troll account since it was created one hour ago. But I'll take the bait and respond anyway. Yes, the same Europe where millions of people were murdered by their own governments. What about the ethnic cleansing that the US did in Latin America during the 80s? Those who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

Really? 80 million people were killed in ethnic cleansing by the US in Latin America in the 80s? Link to that?
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