Yes, as long as you make it absolutely clear that porn is a form of entertainment, a fantasy and very much not how it goes in real life. Being able to distinguish fantasy from reality is key to the safe consumption of almost all forms of modern media.

No. A marketeer that outright lies about the product he is selling is a really bad marketeer that will be without a job very soon. Because lying to your customers is stupid and in some cases illegal. False advertisement can get you sued/fined in the worst case, and in all other cases you are just shitting in your own…

I suspect someone somewhere in Hollywood has a big file cabinet filled with blackmail material on big stars that they can use as leverage.

‘Normal’ SM chapters? Only Space Marine was about the Ultramarines. Dawn of War was always the Blood Ravens and they were a chapter specifically designed for DoW.

Seems to me the best cases for self citation are when you are either building on your previous research, so you cite that so people know you actually did more work on the topic than just the stuff they are reading, or you do it when you want to repeat a certain argument that you made before without having to write…

I’ve always learned that when you’re citing stuff to underpin your theoretical model, its best to cite more than one study? I mean, I guess you could cite yourself, but still it would be better to cite more people. Of course, that is assuming other people actually used the model as well.

Unless she was yelling ‘SIEG HEIL’ at the top of her lungs while standing rigid at attention when doing the salute, it was not a Nazi salute.

Where exactly did I make up an excuse for what she did?

Im worried about this game. I think it will bore me rather quickly. People say it looks like Endless Legend, and I think thats exactly the problem. Endless Legend was good, but it had one rather massive flaw, namely that aside from moving your army and queuing production in your city, you couldn’t do anything. In Civ…

What fucking moron tells someone who has been to North Korea and actually lived there that ‘its not that bad’? I seriously have trouble getting my head around the level of idiocy that makes a person say that.

Well of course. Murders such as these are a tragedy for both the victim as well as the murderer. People feel sad for the victim because of what his life could have been had he not died. People think of all the potential ‘could have beens’ that got squandered as a result of this crime. But the same is true for the…

Oh, and are you saying that you were, at 16 years old, such a productive member of society? You reached total financial independence from your parents at that point already? Got a really useful job that really made a difference in your local community? Yeah, didn’t think so.

I’m not asking you to feel sympathy for her, I’m asking you to feel empathy. And before you go ‘she killed someone, she doesn’t deserve my empathy’ do consider that it was her lack of empathy at the time of her crime that led to the death of her victim. Ask yourself what good it does to perpetuate that kind of state…

Do you have a daughter? Do you have a daughter that killed someone? If not, how can you say that with any kind of certainty?

Lets be realistic here. If you walk out at 58, what chance of starting a life do you have? Especially if you have no money, no savings, no useful work experience and a prison education and a prison record? Can you start a nice career at 58? No. Start a family? Unlikely. Retire with some degree of comfort? Definitely…

Evidently I do.

Why? She has no chance on a full life anymore, no more than her victim had. Why is that lenient? What part exactly about her future suggests any kind of leniency?

Do you believe all criminals are inherently unloved by everyone? That they don’t have families and friends that care for them? If not, then why are you suggesting to turn 1 grieving family into 3 grieving families? How is that justice?

No, he does not. Dead people do not envy, they are dead.

Well that is assuming she makes it. Prison isn’t exactly this nice and cozy place with good mental and physical healthcare and adequate protection against other inmates.