karmachameleon2

And Democrats are powerless to prevent the GOP from "criminalizing science"?

How about having the mainstream media news talk about it, and then some kind of general vote on whether "ag-gag" laws should be repealed immediately?

You think the public might support the idea?

Of course. It would be simple to get it repealed with massive public support and outrage. So why don't they do it?

Might it be that shafting the general population is a bi-partisan effort after all, just like with SOPA / PIPA / CISPA / NDAA / TPP / TTIP and so on ad infinitum?

Cheating on people is harmful too. It often results in broken homes and marriages, which is harmful to children's development and well-being.

So by that logic, cheating should be illegal too.

By the way, society hasn't decided anything because it's not a sentient being.

The politicians running our governments have decided that punishing people for "tax fraud" is a great idea, mostly because they don't want people to stop paying taxes.. which everyone would do right away if there was no punishment for disobedience.

How do you know I didn't interpret his message correctly?

A track record of doing bad things behind the scenes, perhaps?

You know, in the real world, the dreaded F-Word is used by just about anyone who's not deeply religious.. and even they might sometimes fail to censor themselves before saying it.

So you're a respected member of this community, a highly intelligent and rational programmer dude with 16k karma.

And you want us to believe you sincerely think calling someone a fag constitutes a "hate crime", even though the term is nebulous enough to be meaningless?

The point was the double-standard (that shouldn't exist)

Indeed, and it's ridiculous that you need to tell people that.