It could be a public relations move, but it could also be the first step in a long-term plan to radically alter the church. We won't know until later. I'm hoping it's the first move in a truly audacious plan that could go something like this:

Yes, this is all about projection (as is most politics): Republicans fear that others might be just like them; Democrats hope the same thing.

So the petitioner believes these actors perfectly capture the essence of the leads in 50 Shades? What could they possibly have done to deserve such an insult? Torture puppies?

I think it's easier to argue that ONLY homo sapiens can be monsters. Monstrous behavior requires malice and forethought and we seem to have the market more or less cornered on those things (give or take some jackass dolphins) — at least as far as we know.

My wife and I frequent a life-style (i.e., swinger) resort and this idea is brought up on the associated message boards on a regular/annual basis. We've always thought it was a dumb idea because it locks you into a particular category before you get to know people (i.e., we don't swing, but there's a lot of wiggle…

I'm not sure how your comment applies to mine — unless you think there is some moral ambiguity about the totalitarian state in "Papers, Please" that would allow a player to feel good about following that state's rules. The game I described only works if there is some conflict between the player's belief that a woman…

A better game would be something akin to "Papers, Please" (see http://dukope.com/). Instead of a border security agent, though, the player would be a doctor tasked with following increasing byzantine rules to limit abortion and contraceptive access. Patients would appear with all kinds of traumatizing stories (perhaps…

Question: I don't see any information on overall number of visitors per state. That seems rather important since we could be dealing with a small(-ish) segment of any one state's internet-porn-consuming population. Perhaps Pornhub's popularity is regionally differentiated as well?

... WorldOfCEOs.com, which just sounds like a forgotten ride at Epcot.

Or you could compile a list based on real measurements, like infant mortality, healthcare coverage, number of children on food-stamps, high-school graduation/college attendance rates, population below poverty line, regional unemployment averages, etc.

Alternate interpretation:

Everything in this comment seems fine until this:

My first responsibility is my children's health and happiness (until it becomes their own); my first love is my wife (and that is constant).

While the astronaut left behind on Earth might be proud of his "copy," I imagine the astronaut in space with no body might feel less than honored when comparing his situation to his copy's back on Earth who can still physically interact with the world.

One pound of high explosives?

Sometimes I like to imagine that a super-powerful AI has already emerged within the baroque trading algorithms of the big financial institutions and is simply moving people around in what it perceives to be a funny game - slightly altering the return on investment on certain activities to make humans behave in…

Having 500K in total assets is not problematic, but being able to liquidate those assets for the cash value is not always so easy - I question the assertion that millions own that much in assets without offsetting debts/obligations. That really was the heart of our latest financial crisis in a nutshell, after all.

Problem 1 (of millions): Almost nobody can afford that $500K house without a mortgage. I'm guessing - just a hunch really - but I don't see banks lining up to loan people the $500K to take a rocket to a planet that in its natural state isn't very hospitable to human life. There's just no way that's getting past the…

So you missed all the solid reasoning and evidence that backed up the author's claim because you "tuned out" and then feel justified in saying that she's making a "BS argument"? Seems legit to me.

This is an easy one - we geeks are all citizen scientists doing our part in the never-ending quest for (carnal) knowledge.