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« Reply #45 on: <11-21-12/2206:17> »
So...this in from BBC.  Still haven't seen anything from CNN or MSNBC about it.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-20429625

Weeks after FoxNews pointed it out.  They aren't the only ones biased, just the most obvious about it.

I'm betting the poll showing FN followers being "less informed" was funded (or promoted, produced, whatever it's called) by one of their competitors.
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« Reply #46 on: <11-21-12/2319:06> »
You can actually check the attribution of the several polls showing that data. No such funding relationship exists. Pew Research found pretty much the same results.

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« Reply #47 on: <11-23-12/1819:16> »
All right, I'm beginning to get some messages that this may be getting political again. So, to give you all an education, why don't you go check out what exactly the ITU is for:

About ITU

No matter what Google (ITU's answer to their claims), nor what Robert Pepper says (who apparently disagrees with his co-worker Monique Jeanne Morrow); the ITU was set up to make sure everyone has equal access to the communications in the world, NOT to censor the internet or make sure certain people can't get it (that's the job of governments - like China and the US).

C'mon people, you're all hanging out in a forum about a game that tells you to question everything you hear and seek out your own truth. Instead of posting the latest article bought and paid for those with their own agendas, go out, use a search engine and educate yourself.

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« Reply #48 on: <11-23-12/1925:41> »
 :o  Censoring the Internet all over again...

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« Reply #49 on: <11-23-12/2112:22> »
C'mon people, you're all hanging out in a forum about a game that tells you to question everything you hear and seek out your own truth. Instead of posting the latest article bought and paid for those with their own agendas, go out, use a search engine and educate yourself.
Too many people consider it a game, not a teaching tool for learning how to think for oneself.
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« Reply #50 on: <11-23-12/2257:19> »
C'mon people, you're all hanging out in a forum about a game that tells you to question everything you hear and seek out your own truth. Instead of posting the latest article bought and paid for those with their own agendas, go out, use a search engine and educate yourself.
Too many people consider it a game, not a teaching tool for learning how to think for oneself.

I tried that once (thinking for myself) but the public educational system beat me till I started just regurgitating the answers it wanted...

So now I let others do my thinking for me, and accepting responsibility for when my actions f**k up their plans.
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« Reply #51 on: <11-26-12/1136:29> »
I tried thinking for myself, but then the pizza came, and I got distracted.
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« Reply #52 on: <11-26-12/1357:27> »
I thought it was just a tool to distribute porn more quickly... all other content a mere byproduct for some niche fetish groups I don't understand.

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« Reply #53 on: <11-26-12/1452:09> »
I thought it was just a tool to distribute porn more quickly... all other content a mere byproduct for some niche fetish groups I don't understand.

I love it when I don't need to think too hard on what to say in response to a post. ;D

Also, link is NSFW. Should have put this warning down earlier. My bad.
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« Reply #54 on: <11-26-12/1950:08> »
I thought it was just a tool to distribute porn more quickly... all other content a mere byproduct for some niche fetish groups I don't understand.

I love it when I don't need to think too hard on what to say in response to a post. ;D

First... might want to include a NSFW warning on that thing.

Secondly... I got to go see Avenue Q live when they took the show through Chicago. All I can say for those that haven't seen is that this song in no way misrepresents the whole experience. ;D
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« Reply #55 on: <11-26-12/2100:54> »
I thought it was just a tool to distribute porn more quickly... all other content a mere byproduct for some niche fetish groups I don't understand.

I love it when I don't need to think too hard on what to say in response to a post. ;D

First... might want to include a NSFW warning on that thing.

Secondly... I got to go see Avenue Q live when they took the show through Chicago. All I can say for those that haven't seen is that this song in no way misrepresents the whole experience. ;D

Oh, god, I was lucky enough to see it while it was still in New York. Frigging hilarious.

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« Reply #56 on: <11-26-12/2217:38> »
You both suck ;)

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« Reply #57 on: <11-26-12/2229:43> »
You both suck ;)

And mine was totally by accident, too. I was up visiting family for Christmas when I saw a poster on the subway advertising it and remembered hearing a couple songs from it, so I suggested it and we got some last-minute tickets for a good price.

My mother's a professor of social work, and she loved it. Even wanted to use one of the songs in one of her classes.

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Saw Wicked up there, too, but we actually planned that one more than 24 hours in advance.
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« Reply #58 on: <11-27-12/0957:29> »
You both suck ;)

I know. It takes talent to suck as much as I do. :D