China has rebuked the US for human rights violations, racial discrimination and callously strewing poverty.

A few of the points are exaggerated. For instance, shootings in schools are shocking but don't add up to a significant danger compared with other dangers such as car crashes. By contrast, violence against women by their spouses or lovers is a major social problem, but the government is not directly responsible for it; indeed, people are only exploring what sort of measures can put an end to it.

Nonetheless, the report amounts to a valid rebuke to the US. The fact that a similar report about China is even worse in many dimensions is not excuse for it.

Businesses evade blame for their practices by putting the blame on the technology they take advantage of.

Ivy League Pun.

Ivy League Pun.

Craigs List sued a company, claiming that screen scraping was illegal unauthorized access, and won — and now is trying to buy public forgiveness for this attack on our rights by donating the money it got from this to the EFF.