Wow. No kidding. If you don’t have the ability to focus for that long, that’s cool. Watch TV at home.

I hope you don’t really have a HeartCondition cause you seem to be wound pretty tight. Ha! Just kidding. I 100 percent completely agree with everything you said.

What kills me is people who use cell phones to check facebook or text during films. I’m not sure they understand that the light from their phones, even when turned somewhat dim, is like a gigantic flashlight to everyone behind them.

Yeah, I figured that’s what you were going for. I’ve experienced that level of bashing, and it’s often just illogical, anti-intellectual and devoid of facts based in reality.

I get what you’re saying, and I do think it’s okay to be critical of a political leader and not be considered “bashing” because of that disagreement. I’m not suggesting that’s not what you’re suggesting, so I guess I’m attempting to add to your original point. You don’t have to like everything a political leader does…

We knew what you meant.

Interesting point. I have wondered if the Trump supporters are actually registered to vote. Two of his children, including Ivanka, missed out on the NY primary after all because they didn’t change party affiliation in time. Not saying all or most Trump supporters aren’t registered, but for some reason, I get the…

Yes.

Okay, I think I’m done with trying to convince you that the law is the law. Sure, YouTube can bump your content regardless of what it is, but that’s neither what Nathan said nor what you were arguing. He said it wasn’t a copyright violation. You said it was.

There are many forms of speech that are protected. The courts don’t rule on whether the message is effective, just the intent of the creator to conduct protected speech, and that’s pretty clear here. A phone that can be used as a bomb because of what’s going on in the news, is easily parody. You could argue it’s not…

Nope, not even close.

We used to have a joke in more than one of the newsrooms I’ve worked in.

Parody and satire are protected under fair use ... to a degree. If the creator was selling it, perhaps. But creating a mod to make fun of a product and creating a video is totally protected speech.

I think that’s true, and I think they’re also just looking at a sheet and quoting the number that’s on the sheet since they have a ton of things to do.

Well said.

Technically, Game of Thrones was published in 1996 (book 1), but I’m guessing that he probably didn’t read it, so let’s give you that one.

It just perplexes me, though. This is a teacher, likely college educated. In liberal arts history class (not even a science class), I recall very clearly the emphasis and importance placed on “authority” and “authoritative sources” for information, regardless of discipline.

Nailed it!

Yup, me too. I also return ATM cards to banks when people leave them sticking out of the slot.

All that happened in one game?!