Questions
–Is the standardization of widescreen laptops merely an attempt by computer manufacturers to cheat consumers? (“[T]hey can still advertise that they offer 14.1 or 15.4 screens, but the screen area is smaller, and thus they save more money. … How can laptop manufacturers still claim that they look after their customers when the move to widescreens is clearly a selfish one?”)
–Should laws that red-line sex offenders by forbidding them to be within a certain radius of a school apply to Election Day, when the school is the offender’s polling place? (Via Sex Crimes Blawg.)
–Why are “suspected sorcerers” in the D.R. Congo being arrested and in some cases almost lynched by angry mobs?
–A Special Guest Question: “Why have the genetic traits predisposing to homosexuality not been eliminated long ago?”
–Who should get to keep the pot?
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Re: sex offenders. Are they felons? If so they likely cannot vote in any event.
Re: genetic traits of homosexuality. If it were not advantageous or neutral to be gay then the genes would not have propagated over the generations. (Assuming there is a genetic disposition to same.)
Around here they have started giving elementary school students the day off on election day if the school is a polling pace.
The assumption that felons can't vote is an erroneous one, depending upon the state. IIRC, only three states still have blanket, lifetime voting bans. Most states permit most felons to vote once all sentencing obligations are completed.
The implication that most, if not all, sex offenders are felons is also erroneous. I'd have to double-check today's numbers, but when last I looked, there were more misdemeanor than felony convictions that resulted in inclusion on the registry.