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  • Re: Headline News Thread II: Meanwhile...

    Originally posted by leswp1 View Post
    I get the sentiment of that but pragmatically what does that get us?
    If they trump up charges so someone has the punishment for the crime you get some people who are happy that vengeance has happened. You also you get a lot of people in the community who feel this is unjust making building trust in the community go down the shi1tter.
    You get a lot of people who are 'inside'. We pay to warehouse them. We indirectly end up paying for the consequences to their families having to do things to adjust to them being inside.

    They come out with a record that makes them unemployable unless there is a miracle, making it close to impossible to get employment and if they do it rarely is at a livable wage. Having a record with that type of conviction most likely sets them up to chronically fail even if they are motivated to help themselves. They come out detached from their families and community so it is easier for them to offend again.

    How does this help?

    I am NOT saying everyone should get away with things without consequences but when you chose consequences it is a good idea to chose ones that don't shoot you in the foot too
    This is probably a bad analogy, so I hope you get what I'm saying:

    Group of people: Let's TP this house!
    One person of the group: F THAT! BURN IT DOWN! FIRE!
    Rest of group: Uh, wait, what? SH* TOO LATE! RUN!

    Group gets charged.
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    • Re: Headline News Thread II: Meanwhile...

      Originally posted by The Rube View Post
      This is probably a bad analogy, so I hope you get what I'm saying:

      Group of people: Let's TP this house!
      One person of the group: F THAT! BURN IT DOWN! FIRE!
      Rest of group: Uh, wait, what? SH* TOO LATE! RUN!

      Group gets charged.
      yup. And then society has to deal with them being unmarketable, not productive and a burden because society thought it was a great idea to make them unmarketable. Once they have the stain it doesn't wash out and we pay for it too.

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      • Re: Headline News Thread II: Meanwhile...

        Explosion sparks fire at Russian lab that stored smallpox


        An explosion took place on Monday night at a Russian biological research facility which is reportedly one of two centers in the world that keeps samples of the smallpox virus.

        The explosion at the Russian State Centre for Research on Virology and Biotechnology occurred when a gas cylinder exploded on the fifth floor of the laboratory during repairs to a sanitary inspection room, the facility wrote in a statement.

        One worker was injured in the explosion and was transported to a burn center, where he is in intensive care, a Russian news agency reported.

        The city’s mayor said the blast does not pose any threat to the population, the news agency reported, and that no biohazard material was being stored in the inspection room.
        Government telling citizens there's no threat to the population...where have we heard that before...

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        • Originally posted by ticapnews View Post
          Government telling citizens there's no threat to the population...where have we heard that before...
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          • Re: Headline News Thread II: Meanwhile...

            Dead men tell no tales

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            • Re: Headline News Thread II: Meanwhile...

              Add this to the list why I don't trust/have no respect for the criminal justice system.

              https://www.insideedition.com/south-...ind-bars-56080
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              • Re: Headline News Thread II: Meanwhile...

                Deep Fake videos are on the rise. The vast majority of them are porn.

                The number of deepfake videos is 84% higher than it was last December when Amsterdam-based Deeptrace found 7,964 deepfake videos during its first online count. The company conducted this more recent count in June and July, and the number has certainly grown since then, too.

                While much of the coverage about deepfakes has focused on its potential to be a tool for information warfare in politics, the Deeptrace findings show the more immediate issue is porn. In the report, released Monday, Deeptrace said 96% of the deepfakes spotted consisted of pornographic content, and all of that pornographic content featured women.

                Deeptrace CEO and chief scientist Giorgio Patrini told CNN Business that the growth the company charted over just seven months shows the potential for false content to be created and quickly circulated. Even if one of these deepfake videos isn't very realistic looking — at this point, plenty of them aren't — it could still be good enough to influence many people's opinions.
                "That is a fairly worrying threat for social media," Patrini said.
                And as with all new tech since VHS, it always starts with porn.
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                • Re: Headline News Thread II: Meanwhile...

                  Originally posted by St. Clown View Post
                  Deep Fake videos are on the rise. The vast majority of them are porn.



                  And as with all new tech since VHS, it always starts with porn.
                  As with all new tech since the printing press...

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                  • Re: Headline News Thread II: Meanwhile...

                    From the NY Times.

                    “South Park" was erased from major platforms in China after an episode taunted Chinese censors. The show's creators posted a mocking apology: “Like the NBA, we welcome the Chinese censors into our homes and into our hearts. We too love money more than freedom and democracy.”
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                      Parker and Stone still got it
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                      • Re: Headline News Thread II: Meanwhile...

                        I'm actually rather surprised that South Park was ever allowed on Chinese streaming platforms in the first place. Of course, I suppose it does make fun of America's rubes a lot...

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                        • Re: Headline News Thread II: Meanwhile...

                          The NBA is looking really bad in this cycle.

                          The NBA said they respect their employees right to speech and then basically gargled Xi’s balls.

                          The Chinese replied, “**** your free speech. We’re canceling all NBA broadcasts.” I wish I were exaggerating.
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                            • Re: Headline News Thread II: Meanwhile...

                              smh

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                              • Re: Headline News Thread II: Meanwhile...

                                Kipchoge ran 26.2 miles in under 2 hours yesterday. First human to run the distance in under 2 hours.

                                However, it's my understanding it doesn't count as a marathon world record. While yesterday was awesome to be sure, I'd like to see him make it an official world record.
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