My take is, I would like the freedom to use marijuana for recreational purposes. Forget the medical workaround. I can buy alcohol, nicotine, caffeine... all sorts of drugs that alter my mental state. Honestly I probably could get medical marijuana if it were available in my state; and I gladly would if it meant I could ease off the Depakote, Lamotrigine, and Paxil that keep me from disintegrating into a bi-polar mess of anxiety every single day.

But that's not even the issue for me. Just legalize it. I challenge anyone to name a reason why marijuana should be illegal while alcohol is legal.

The idea is not to alter the morality regarding looting. The idea is to provide a more attractive alternative. Piracy has three big pitfalls that the commercial market could easily surpass if it wanted to:

1. Not everyone knows how to pirate music. You have to learn how to do this, and learn how not to get caught.

2. You have to figure out where to find stuff, and then hope you can find what you're looking for at all. There are literally hundreds of albums I would love to have in my collection that are not available through either legal nor illicit means as far as I can tell.

3. When you do find what you're looking for, the quality is often lacking. 128kbps mp3s are a sacrifice at best.

The music industry can make itself more appealing than piracy based on these three simple points. Make it easier than piracy, deepen the catalogs, and offer high-quality files, including lossless formats. I would pay for that, and so would a lot of people. Not to mention, bandwidth and server space are a heck of a lot cheaper than thousands of plastic discs in plastic boxes sitting in warehouses taking up shelf space.

But... you can't buy as much cocaine with that model, so the music industry is unlikely to follow.

Put me down for "Cancelled HBO months ago to protest their continued employment of rampant misogynist Bill Maher." And therefore have never heard of it.

"...real disco was not The Village People, K.C. and the Sunshine Band, and Gloria Gaynor: 'For every chart hit pounded into the public’s consciousness, 50 far superior tracks from all over the world were being played at some hard-to-find basement club.'"

I wouldn't mind knowing what some of those far superior tracks were. I'm always open to giving something a chance.

I am a grammar nazi, and I really need to get a life!

Even LL Cool J knows you don't add milk to a proper omelet.

Broken link is broken. I believe the URL you want is http://flixel.com/

Is there a more useless, frivolous pursuit in the world than the fashion industry? Pardon the cliche, but imagine if everyone involved in this crap invested that time and energy feeding the homeless. At least their existence would have some value to humanity.

Hmmm... I don't believe that's canon. ;)

A woman plus a bra equals Wonder Woman?

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You chose to go to a Catholic university... what exactly did you expect?!?

And maybe I'm being racist/intolerant/whatever here, but if a Catholic student enrolled in a Muslim university and insisted they stop calling the Adhaan because hearing it offended his religious sensibilities, I doubt he'd be indulged to quite this degree.

The lesson here is: When you launch an entire ad campaign devoted to whining about how butthurt you are over silly Halloween costumes, you turn yourself into more of a joke than the costumes could ever make you out to be.

And this, among many other reasons, is why you should keep your children away from the prequels.

Sign me up!