What was the behind the scenes deal on this? I remember it happening but not the details
What was the behind the scenes deal on this? I remember it happening but not the details
Good points. I agree with the paradox of tolerance and your other points.
Thank you for taking the time to reply. This type of discussion is why in use social.media but it is rare to get past the partisan brigading.
Civil disobedience is an interesting point in this case. Personally, I probably would have acted as this Canadian woman did.
What I am struggling with is understanding what counts as a disinformation campaign. I read in your post that you’d answer this as a society and with research however, if you were put in charge of this research tomorrow, do you have a draft definition of a disinformation campaign?
I ask as I try to see the world in black and white and steer clear of the grey however, this is rarely possible.
Free speech being a good example. It’s either a 1 or 0.
Bordeaux did something similar. They had parking garages on the riverside in the 1950s.
One of their Mayor’s had them demolished and turned into pedestrian space. He also limited the parking and built a tramway to incentivze the use of public transport.
Its a very nice place to go in the summer.
Hypothetically (because I’m interested and not trying to start an argument) would you ban the delivery of leaflets for a pro Trans party that was authoritarian?
P.S. I agree with you points :)
A different analogy would be a right wing person refusing to deliver left wing mail. Example might be something for a ‘Woke’ support group.
Another could be, Atheists refusing to deliver religious letters of Christmas cards.
My point is , we can’t leave it to individuals to decide these things in isolation.
Who decides what is hurtful though?
If it is the person delivering the leaflets then a Nazi postal worker can decide not to deliver postal votes as they see democracy as hurtful to their cause.
My 100% rebuttal is also explained elsewhere.
Communism created food shortages that resulted in people dying.
Sources for 3x communist countries;
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_famine_of_1930–1933
You can criticize Communism for killing millions of people. It’s a shame you felt the need to put that qualifier in there.
Spore was alright for the time. It looks like they cut a lot to get it over the line but it was a good concept and ok-ish.
I thought these wete inflammatory and over the top comments.
NOPE
Its legit antivax stuff
People you dont want to piss off:
Remember that perfect is the enemy of good.
I know there is a lot of “the collapse of China lol” takes but the middle income trap is a real danger.
If your country doesn’t move to a consumption based economy you’re gonna have a bad time.
I thought I’d see this and was surprised not to.
Please proselytize your EU brethren. Signing this Citizen’s Initiative is the best chance to fix the dead games issue globally.
https://www.stopkillinggames.com/
The guy behind it has a lot of videos explaining the logic. Here is the short version (1 min vid):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHGfqef-IqQ
Call to arms!
It was like corporate said “You’ve gone 6 episodes and we haven’t seen the antagonists tits. Spin the wheel… Add a hot tub to their space ship and have a bath scene for no reason.”
“a troubled, oil-rich former British colony with a history of political violence”
:D
I used to get Cartoon Network as a kid. I watched Outlaw Star and really enjoyed it. However, in one of the later episodes they crowbarred in a topless jacuzzi scene for no reason.
That sums up my anime experience.
I watched Dragon Ball Z and a bit of Gundam Wing but never really enjoyed them.
I bump into Dragon Ball Z fans occasionally and they’re pushing 35 and have themed pillows etc. I think that is mad but I’ve met more than one person like that.
I have no themed things in my house nor would in buy any.
P.S. I enjoyed Samurai Jack and often say “Long ago in a different land” randomly to my partner.
Any recommendations based on the above?
The British Empire gets blamed for a lot of things but at some point, it has to be on the population of a country to move things forward.
Sure, Empires introduce laws but if the successor governments keep them in for nearly 100 years…
Guess who also legalized homosexuality… Britain.
Very basic and low quality argument.
Fun fact, Britain also invented concentration camps. So there use by the Nazis is also the British Empire’s fault?
Good post op (not sarcasm)
Good points, well put.
Thank you for this detailed reply.
I think we’ve found the crux of our 2x points of view:
Without a definition of a disinformation campaign it is difficult to set rules that can be enforced. Example: do religious leaflets count as disinformation as they aren’t based on scientific fact? If not then why is there an exemption for that case and not others?
I preface this with: I am not in the field but am biased to the views of the British NHS. The scientific sources you’ve listed, though through, are contradicted by other scientific sources (note, I’m not talking about “these are my facts” but actual institutional research).
Source: https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/gender-dysphoria/treatment/
Puberty blockers and gender-affirming hormones
Puberty blockers (gonadotrophin-releasing hormone analogues) are not available to children and young people for gender incongruence or gender dysphoria because there is not enough evidence of safety and clinical effectiveness.
So in summary there are 2x challenges I see:
Reputable scientific sources do not agree on this issue.
Applying a purely scientific principle will break existing norms and allowances. Principles agrees for this area and applied to other areas will cause an impact.
I’m keen to get your views on this as this is where my own thought processes usually get stuck.
Sorry for long text replies but this is helping with forming a more concrete view for myself :)