April 10th: The bill has been vetoed!
April 2nd: The politicians in Arizona are about to sign into law a bill that would mandate sites like e621 to either impose age verification on all users or be at a risk of lawsuits. Such system would be required to go through third party vendors, who in turn must go through a government database to verify every user's age. This is not only a major violation of privacy, but it also opens up a very real danger of identity theft through phishing schemes and other methods, not to mention that we would not be able to control any of that information to make sure it is permanently deleted after age verification is complete.
Unfortunately, Arizona is the state out of which e621 operates, which means that this law will almost certainly affect us if it is to pass. If want to help us ensure that this site can continue to serve you without being required to know who you are, please ask the Arizona governor to veto this bill.
Please, help us get the word out by letting others know about this issue.
For some further information on what the bill does have a look at https://action.freespeechcoalition.com/bill/arizona-hb-2586/
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EveHawthorne
MemberWow, these are really neat
Bongani
MemberI'm more used to seeing this as VIII, and Strength here.
Bongani
MemberJustice. This card often changes places with Strength (VIII/XI; this is in the Rider-Waite order) and for the concept it embodies, it's surprisingly straightforward in depiction. It shows a young man or woman in a justice's robes, often sitting in a throne and carrying a balance. The entity may carry a sword (representing execution of the law) and may be blindfolded.
Justice is all about fairness and, obviously, justice. Upright, it indicates that justice will be done in your favour - maybe you have won a court case, or some unfairness has been corrected. Reversed, you're either on the wrong side of a court case, or there's been a miscarriage of justice.
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