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orng_blud

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Luigi Mangione merchandise raises controversy, claims of glorifying violence​

USA TODAY
Jessica Guynn, USA TODAY
December 10, 2024 at 8:01 PM

From T-shirts and hoodies to coffee mugs and shot glasses, merchandise referring to the suspected gunman in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson on a Manhattan sidewalk is popping up on the internet.
Online sellers, looking to cash in on the sympathies that some have expressed for suspect Luigi Mangione, have drawn criticism.
"Some attention in this case, especially online, has been deeply disturbing, as some have looked to celebrate instead of condemning this killer," Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro said during a recent news conference.
Among the merchandise is a Christmas ornament with “Deny” “Defend” and “Depose” – the words found on bullet shell casings at the crime scene in New York – and “Free Luigi” stickers. Some platforms are taking down the merchandise, saying it violates their rules.
Etsy, an online platform where where the Deny, Defend Depose ornament is listed for sale, did not respond to a request for comment.
Suspected shooter Luigi Mangione is led from the Blair County Courthouse after an extradition hearing December 10, 2024 in Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania.

Suspected shooter Luigi Mangione is led from the Blair County Courthouse after an extradition hearing December 10, 2024 in Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania.

Online marketplaces generally prohibit the sale of items that glorify violence, but that prohibition does not extend to all Mangione-related merchandise.
“eBay policies do not prohibit the sale of items with the phrase ‘Deny. Defend. Depose,’” the company said in a statement. “However, items that glorify or incite violence, including those that celebrate the recent murder of UHC CEO Brian Thompson, are prohibited.”
 

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80% of the cost of a nuclear power plant is just regulation.
 

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December 8, 2022 ·
You go talk to kindergartners or first-grade kids, you find a class full of science enthusiasts. They ask deep questions. They ask, "What is a dream, why do we have toes, why is the moon round, what is the birthday of the world, why is grass green?"
These are profound, important questions. They just bubble right out of them.
You go talk to 12th graders and there's none of that. They've become incurious. Something terrible has happened between kindergarten and 12th grade. ~Carl Sagan
(Book: Conversations with Carl Sagan https://amzn.to/3BkYVLA)
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80% of the cost of a nuclear power plant is just regulation.
Onerous, redundant and idiotic regulations increase the costs of every product to the consumer. Most in the bureaucracy only have a rudimentary understanding of the industries they regulate.

Many years ago, California enacted regulations on how to treat termites which pest controllers in California had to follow. They were unworkable. The industry had the regulators attempt to do termite treatments following those regulations. The regulators could not complete the treatment. They eventually altered their regulations for termite treatments to be performed properly---not based on how the regulators thought the work should be done.
 

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