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Yeah, I mean I knew it wasn’t serious. Doctor Who was already canceled and replaced with Kelvin-Doctor Who, where TimeLords can change gender.

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yhwx said:

Speaking of the FCC…

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2017/11/rip-net-neutrality-fcc-chair-releases-plan-to-deregulate-isps/

The Federal Communications Commission today announced its plan to deregulate the broadband industry and eliminate net neutrality rules, setting up a December 14 vote to finalize the repeal.

As expected, FCC Chairman Ajit Pai is proposing to reverse the commission’s classification of home and mobile ISPs as common carriers, eliminating the legal justification for the net neutrality rules and numerous other consumer protections. The Republican-controlled FCC is likely to vote 3-2 along party lines in favor of Pai’s plan at its regular monthly meeting in December, ignoring Internet users who voiced widespread support for net neutrality rules.

Pai’s decision is a big win for cable companies, telcos, and mobile carriers that will no longer face regulation of their broadband businesses under Title II of the Communications Act. Pai ignored numerous calls from consumer advocates, website operators, and Internet users who urged the FCC to preserve the rules that force Internet providers to treat all Web content fairly.

Pai was on the losing end of a 3-2 vote in 2015 that imposed Title II regulations, including net neutrality rules that outlaw blocking, throttling, and paid prioritization. He started the repeal process shortly after President Trump appointed him chairman this year.

Today, Pai said that he intends to eliminate the core net neutrality rules while preserving some requirements that ISPs inform consumers about their network management practices.

“Under my proposal, the federal government will stop micromanaging the Internet,” Pai said in a statement today. “Instead, the FCC would simply require Internet service providers to be transparent about their practices so that consumers can buy the service plan that’s best for them and entrepreneurs and other small businesses can have the technical information they need to innovate.”

This is just stupid. There is no good argument for repealing these rules, and Ajit Pai is just wrong.

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I don’t get where the inequality is, and find it frankly perverted we have a bunch of men here telling women to go topless. This argument is dumb. That’s the last I’ll have of it.

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Handman said:

I don’t get where the inequality is,

The inequality is the messed-up views that we have towards sex and nudity in our culture. The inequality is that there’s an arbitrary distinction between the definitions of nudity of both sexes.

and find it frankly perverted we have a bunch of men here telling women to go topless.

Who ever told women to go topless here? I assure you, there is absolutely no example of that.

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I don’t see where the problem is.

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Handman said:

I don’t get where the inequality is, and find it frankly perverted we have a bunch of men here telling women to go topless. This argument is dumb. That’s the last I’ll have of it.

I never told anyone to go topless. In fact, I said everybody should keep their clothes on because nobody wants to see any of these people topless. I just complained about the double standard. I wasn’t even really complaining about the double standard I was just complaining about the puritanical aspect of it.

The Person in Question

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Nobody is telling women to go topless. All we are saying is a woman’s body shouldn’t be treated as obscene.

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Handman said:

I don’t get where the inequality is, and find it frankly perverted we have a bunch of men here telling women to go topless. This argument is dumb. That’s the last I’ll have of it.

Haha okay. I never even considered it an issue until I became aware of the “free the nipple” movement that was lead by women, fucking obviously. I’m sorry you can’t put yourself in their shoes and you’re too prude to give them that freedom.

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So, you don’t want to see my moobs then? 😛

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Where were you in '77?

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ray_afraid said:

^ Well said.
And I’m with MFM. Everybody keep yer shirt on in public.

What about the beach or pool?

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moviefreakedmind said:

because nobody wants to see any of these people topless.

Nobody? Pretty sure some men want to see women topless.

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DominicCobb said:

Handman said:

I don’t get where the inequality is, and find it frankly perverted we have a bunch of men here telling women to go topless. This argument is dumb. That’s the last I’ll have of it.

Haha okay. I never even considered it an issue until I became aware of the “free the nipple” movement that was lead by women, fucking obviously. I’m sorry you can’t put yourself in their shoes and you’re too prude to give them that freedom.

There is a movement called “free the nipple”? Why/how does covering up the nipple oppress women?

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Warbler said:

DominicCobb said:

Handman said:

I don’t get where the inequality is, and find it frankly perverted we have a bunch of men here telling women to go topless. This argument is dumb. That’s the last I’ll have of it.

Haha okay. I never even considered it an issue until I became aware of the “free the nipple” movement that was lead by women, fucking obviously. I’m sorry you can’t put yourself in their shoes and you’re too prude to give them that freedom.

There is a movement called “free the nipple”? Why/how does covering up the nipple oppress women?

You need to free your nipple so you can unlearn what you have learned.

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Possessed said:

Nobody is telling women to go topless. All we are saying is a woman’s body shouldn’t be treated as obscene.

A woman’s body isn’t treated as anymore obscene than a man’s.

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TV’s Frink said:

Warbler said:

DominicCobb said:

Handman said:

I don’t get where the inequality is, and find it frankly perverted we have a bunch of men here telling women to go topless. This argument is dumb. That’s the last I’ll have of it.

Haha okay. I never even considered it an issue until I became aware of the “free the nipple” movement that was lead by women, fucking obviously. I’m sorry you can’t put yourself in their shoes and you’re too prude to give them that freedom.

There is a movement called “free the nipple”? Why/how does covering up the nipple oppress women?

You need to free your nipple so you can unlearn what you have learned.

???

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Warbler said:

Possessed said:

Nobody is telling women to go topless. All we are saying is a woman’s body shouldn’t be treated as obscene.

A woman’s body isn’t treated as anymore obscene than a man’s.

Tell that to the top half of a woman’s body.

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Warbler said:

TV’s Frink said:

Warbler said:

DominicCobb said:

Handman said:

I don’t get where the inequality is, and find it frankly perverted we have a bunch of men here telling women to go topless. This argument is dumb. That’s the last I’ll have of it.

Haha okay. I never even considered it an issue until I became aware of the “free the nipple” movement that was lead by women, fucking obviously. I’m sorry you can’t put yourself in their shoes and you’re too prude to give them that freedom.

There is a movement called “free the nipple”? Why/how does covering up the nipple oppress women?

You need to free your nipple so you can unlearn what you have learned.

???

Did you free your nipple yet? If not, I can’t answer your question.

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TV’s Frink said:

Warbler said:

TV’s Frink said:

Warbler said:

DominicCobb said:

Handman said:

I don’t get where the inequality is, and find it frankly perverted we have a bunch of men here telling women to go topless. This argument is dumb. That’s the last I’ll have of it.

Haha okay. I never even considered it an issue until I became aware of the “free the nipple” movement that was lead by women, fucking obviously. I’m sorry you can’t put yourself in their shoes and you’re too prude to give them that freedom.

There is a movement called “free the nipple”? Why/how does covering up the nipple oppress women?

You need to free your nipple so you can unlearn what you have learned.

???

Did you free your nipple yet? If not, I can’t answer your question.

*sigh*

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TV’s Frink said:

Warbler said:

Possessed said:

Nobody is telling women to go topless. All we are saying is a woman’s body shouldn’t be treated as obscene.

A woman’s body isn’t treated as anymore obscene than a man’s.

Tell that to the top half of a woman’s body.

Really?

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Warbler said:

TV’s Frink said:

Warbler said:

Possessed said:

Nobody is telling women to go topless. All we are saying is a woman’s body shouldn’t be treated as obscene.

A woman’s body isn’t treated as anymore obscene than a man’s.

Tell that to the top half of a woman’s body.

Really?

Warbler.