True, that text does not mention it, but the petition page on Change.org mentions the "rights being violated" in the second sentence. So while it may not be a part of the formal petition, it is a part of the everall Change.org petition.

Hey, look! A perfect example of me being told to shut up and my freedom of speech not being infringed upon! Thanks, PILLBINGE!

No, it's not. That's the entire point of my original post. Freedom of religion applies to the federal government, i.e. the government can't tell you that you can't worship Satan. Anyone other private individual can, including Riot Games. Same thing with freedom of speech. I can tell somebody to shut up about their…

Sure. But their claim this this is infringing on their right of freedom of religion is ridiculous.

Umm, yes. It does. It's literally the second sentence of the petition. :/

Re-read the article. It's kind of the second paragraph.

True, but I'm mainly responding to the petitioner's claim that their freedom of religion is somehow being denied by Riot blocking the word Satan, which is utterly ridiculous. Should Riot block Satanists' freedom of religion is not the question, because they aren't actually even capable of blocking their freedom of…

Oh gosh, here we go again. "They are blocking Satanists' right to freedom of religion by preventing them from using the name Satan." No, Riot Games is under no obligation to provide "freedom of religion" to anyone. Much like freedom of speech, freedom of religion applies to the federal government attempting to deny…

We payed 20%, then closing costs were added. It was around $36,000.

Wow, yeah, that is ridiculous. Where you are located makes a big difference. Good luck if you are in SoCal or NYC....

Oh sure, there are other costs, but to the tune of $1,000 a month? My wife and I recently bought our first home. We were living in a 2 bed, 2 bath apartment, paying $950 a month in rent. The house we bought is a large, fairly new 4 bedroom 2 bath home, and our monthly payment, including taxes, principal and interest,…

Yeah, the numbers certainly change depending on your location. For my wife and I, our taxes only amount to about $1,100 a year, so it's not nearly as big of a deterrent to buying a house.

....but you would have been paying rent, so your best case scenario of $216,000 would be less than $100,000 after 10 years of paying rent. I suppose reasonable minds can disagree on whether investing in the stock market or purchasing a home is better, though. I will say this: if you already own a home, buying a second…

Right, but wouldn't you still be paying rent? If you buy a $100,000 dollar home and live there for 10 years vs. paying $1,000 a month in rent for 10 years ($120,000), you've saved $20,000 over ten years (not a good return). However, if you sell that house at the end of 10 years for $100,000, you've saved $120,000 that…

It will make you money, in the sense that you aren't throwing away rent money each month. If you decide to sell your house in the future, you will have built up equity that you otherwise wouldn't have had. Unless you are living somewhere rent-free, a home saves (makes) you a lot of money.

I guess what I'm trying to say is that there is a happy medium. You can find a home that meets both criteria: a home that you love and enjoy and want to stay in, and one that also will be able to sell should you and your family have to move in the future. (This is even more likely with a young family.) Buying a home…

Why is enjoying your home/being happy with it and putting some thought into its future marketability/planning for your financial future mutually exclusive to you? My wife and I just bought our first house. We looked at a lot of homes, and of course "do we like it" was one of the main considerations in our decision…

That's true, and I'm sure that will happen for some games. To me, this seems to be connected to the "crowdsourcing" of games that Kickstarter really brought to the fore. Getting gamers to personally finance the games they want, and now getting gamers to QA test/give feedback on a game while it is in active…

Well, kind of. If the game is free to play, it's free to early access. Also, when you pay for the early access, you get the game in full when it is released. So it's not nearly as bad as something like "paid open beta", which implies that you pay to be in the beta and then pay again to buy the game when it comes out.

Amazing response. +1