You're incapable of discussion, you're insulting, you have no demonstrated empathy or compassion, and apparently no ability to think abstractly or beyond your narrow worldview.

Not if you put, oh, an ounce of compassion and empathy into your thinking.

Do you disagree that lying about contraceptives and sexual health undermines the ability to give consent?

First of all, you have no idea what race I am, so that's quite enough of that.

Wait a minute, wait a minute. In Anywho's post, the straight white guy "couldn't wrap his head around" the issues, which tells me he didn't understand why it was problematic.

Thank you! It's good to hear about Staples - I kind of hate buying craft supplies online. Your advice is not silly! I've bought the "cool" stuff and hated it many a time.

I'm looking for help/advice in two completely unrelated areas tonight, Jezzies. Any help would be appreciated!

If you wanna go full-on April Ludgate (which I sometimes do, for fun):

I've been thinking about this, because I've realized what I really love about smoking is simply the act of smoking. Not the smoke, not so much the nicotine, but putting something to my lips and inhaling.

Yup. So the best thing you can do, honestly (having been in both your position and your friend's) is keep encouraging her to do things that will expand her life in other ways. To take classes, go out with friends, things that help her meet people but also generally enrich her life. Once her attitude changes, so will…

Ignore him, I tried it the other day, it went nowhere. You've lasted longer than most.

Yeah I understand the logic. And I do agree that he should be prosecuted, he broke the law. I just think the law needs to catch up to the technology.

Honestly, you've been doing the exact right thing. She expressed that she wanted help; you helped.

I have a real problem with example-making. Look at Aaron Schwartz.

Oh yeah that makes sense. I think if we decentralize cyber crimes we'll have to reconsider what crossing state lines actually means, or we'll have to have a different metric for when to involve the FBI.

If they're prioritizing cases and this was their priority, I find that to be a problem. Or cyberspace is a much less dangerous place than I thought.

This is the most important thing to come out of this entire post and this question deserves an answer!

Word. There was a justification for their juvenile sentences which made sense to me at the time, but I don't remember what it was now. If anyone can else can point it out that'd be great?

Yeah I understand that, I do. But what I'm saying is that I see no reason for this to be a federal crime. If he'd done this physically it wouldn't be. There's a reason we decentralize other crimes - even murder. I don't see why hacking shouldn't be the same way.

I didn't say you were. You're really having trouble reading my posts, huh? I said that the original post about the white man in Japan and the post about being white in Kenya were derailing and not analogous.