Musty old Bibles that accidentally got wet during a basement flood and were left to either rot in humidity or dry out and wrinkle. That's how I imagine his smell.

Maybe she won't fade, maybe she'll just transition into a more grown up version of herself. Look at Tavi; granted, Tavi was a bit older when she started but she transitioned into young girlhood beautifully and she went on to do great things. Let's hope Sophia gets a similar outcome.

I would pay good money for a video of Henri in "dialogue" with Grumpy cat. It'd be a match made in misanthropic heaven.

Here. This should help distract you from the photo...

Sorry to reply twice but I think you will find this White Paper, released by the Electronic Frontier Foundation on the topic of Western companies that assist repressive regimes quite interesting:

If Apple is blocking "stuff" on the "Chinese internet" (meaning, the internet as it is available within China) at the request of the Chinese government (if I recall correctly, Google does this), then yes, they are censoring content. There has been quite an outcry from digital rights activists over the fact that…

Exactly! and that's how lawmakers and the constitution view freedom of speech. Say a site removes a comment and then there is no other venue for you (hypothetical you) to express your disagreement or if the cost to have access to a platform was so onerous that it means you effectively have no way to express your…

"Like others have said, someone who is censored here has no legal recourse."

Actually the Fairness Doctrine was revoked in 2007 because it was deemed that it was against broadcasters right to their own editorial policies. Which is to say: they are not obliged to give space to any opinions they do not want to if those opinions conflict with their editorial policies.

I am not going to respond to each comment saying that privately owned entities that delete comments are exercising censorship. When a blog or website deletes comments it's called "Editorial control" and it is related to keeping up with content guidelines set up by the editors or site owners. In the days of old media,…

I think you forgot another important one: no site is obliged to publish your comments. That is, deleting offensive comments from blogs/ websites is not censorship. Blogs are privately owned and the owners are allowed to dictate the rules on the kind of comments they allow.