Taking someone in against their will like that is kidnapping, irregardless of situation. Calling it an arrest doesn't change that.

Whether it was right of them to kidnap him or not is a different thing, as are the whys behind it.

He loves his thieves. And few are willing not to submit when Trump comes with an offer.

Yeah. What this lawsuit in effect did is say "Games can fall under art and education. Publishers shouldn't think just including a swastika in a game is illegal, because it isn't. Just as a movie can include it, a game can as well."

Of course, it still needs to not glorify nacism deliberately or inadvertantly. But it's sad that it took this long for this non-question "legal question" to have been finally asked in court, and answered with the most expected answer - and dare I say it - one more expected of past decades than this one.

Their interpretation did. Games now classify as art and fall under the art-related exception from censorship.

What did I misread?

If they use it for cover art, then it's clearly good enough for it.

The one who ordered the work?

Or does the RIAA have a $10 a pop deal with the artists' guild?

So they're actually not anti-AI art. They're anti AI-art in their field, because they (rightly) percieve it as direct competition.

But if a visual artist uses it for music, how can he sleep soundly and claim a musician using it for visual arts is inethical?

That's just slandering competition tooth and nail, all the while proving it's good enough by using it yourself. Not an ethical stance.

It's also an opportunity to reconcile. Not that OP seems to want that, nor would the aunts most likely want that, but sometimes such events just make things... Click.

Having okay relations with relatives is important, and afuneral is an opportunity for things to improve. That's just pure sociology. You aunts will spin it into "God works in mysterious ways", but it's the same core thing with a culty religious spin.

So my take is: bite your teeth and attend the funeral. It's a one-time investment of a few hours. Odds are the aunts won't want to make issues. Maybe it fixes things. Your fathed did ask nicely, after all. And it'd be nice to honour his request. Any semi-okay relatives would respect that, religious or otherwise.

YMMW if they're as fake as you say they are (religion is a hell of a drug), but if it doesn't go the ideal way, you did your part and they failed theirs. If you don't go, it'll be the other way around because Christians unfortunately eork like that. And they like holding grudges. A funeral is (unfortunately) one of the few "chances" to reconcile. Shame someone needs to quite literally die for them to be this open to reconcoliation.

Speaking like an ex-christian raised in the tradition: this could be your opportunity to get things to smooth over. They're bound be as open to reconciliation as possible. Just don't force it. Keep your distance and honour your dad's wishes. Forcing things will have the opposite effect of seeming disingenuous. No action other than showing up necessary.

The amount of families reconciled at christian funerals I've witnessed is in the low 20's.

To be honest, this seems like a stupid fix to a non-issue.

There's already Latex, and the purists calling it Lateh only make it seem like they know and are ashamed.

Or Uranus being pronounced not as your-anus but urine-us. The "alternate/kid-friendly" option is just plain worse. It also teaches kids certain words are bad, which is a bad idea for a multitude of resons I won't get into.

I say keep GIMP GIMP, loud and clear. No need to be ashamed, because it isn't shameful.

Attempting to avoid this absolute non-issue by ingenious pronounciation or rebranding just exacerbates the issue.

It's called "GIMP" and not "Fuck Me then Go Out The Door". Wether or not GIMP was a moment of "funny humor" or not is beside the point. The "official" explanation is perfectly belieavable, and therefore suitable enough. Just run with it.

If an idiot asks "Why's it called like [insert-here]", just say it's a fucking coincidence and you don't care. Call them dirty-minded for bonus points.

I hope Italian dockworkers are determined enough to dock imports for a while. Hopefully without armed intervention from the state.

Threats of physical violence are the only tool they have in their toolbox. THE ONLY tool.

And actual gun violence. They're the sniwflakiest and wimpiest of the all, bringing an AK-47 to a civilised discussion and feeling "threatened".

It's not even the highest bidder that gets the data, it's all 1278 data partners. Talk about data prostitution!