Ha! Moved to the States from Pakistan at a young age because parents were too liberal for Pakistan (still fairly conservative here) and I couldn't agree more.
I am surprised that the article didn't once mention the lack of advertisements on Netflix. The are inherently selling a different product than television by not having ads
> [tobacco's] virtues rarely get a hearing, and yet the latter are many and great. To quiet nervous rest; to soothe a ruffled temper; to favour calm and partial thought; to steady and clear (not to cloud) a confused, overworked brain; to counteract the effects of physical exhaustion
Read that and my immediate thought was "Huh, I've heard this argument before."
I didn't find this article to be well researched. There is a minority of athiests living in Pakistan quite openly and no specific law in Pakistan carries the death penalty for athiesm.
As far as I am aware he has never been diagnosed by a licensed psychologist. Indications of sociopathic tendencies are not evidence enough that he is a sociopath, diagnosis is.
"Guarente has a third child ... but is unable even to find him, because he is a computer programmer specializing in encryption who has managed to scrub the internet of clues to his whereabouts" This made me chuckle