Performers in Scotland could be punished for playing ‘offensive’ roles under a new hate-crime law. by Skuly in politics

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The professional bodies of lawyers, police, the Secular Society and 2 of the major churches in Scotland have come out in opposition to this. SNP will still push it through because they are mental.

Joe Rogan says that playing video games is a 'waste of time' and worthless by [deleted] in Gaming

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He's like, a 50 year old man. He holds some opinions that are pretty typical of Millenials' parents. And that's OK.

Linux team approves new terminology, bans terms like 'blacklist' and 'slave' by TruthTeller in NotTheOnion

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But "master" and "slave" don't have racial connotations. They are just neutral English words. If this is what Linus spends his day pissing about with it speaks very ill of the quality of the project. FreeBSD looks interesting again.