Ben No.3

Where does that picture even come from?

Some pothead watched too much V for Vendetta and felt triggered by the rise of nationalism?

Before I answer, question: I suppose you mean the debate over wether the Turkish government should be able to propagate their reform here?Well that and those marches of pro Erdogan and Kurds. Also I read that Volker Bouffier actually grown some balls and told Turkey that its enough - it took ages tho My stance is first of all to let them speak. I do not support Erdogan, however, I do see this as an issue of free speech. Governments of other countries need to be able to express their opinions and yes, also members of forgein governments. However, I also expect our politicians to take a clear stance against it. But I don't want to see a limit am free speech or political campaigns merely because it doesn't fit EXACTLY our own opinion

Before I answer, question: I suppose you mean the debate over wether the Turkish government should be able to propagate their reform here?

How to Healthcare: Cuba "Total health expenditure as % of GDP: 7.3 In 1976, Cuba's healthcare program was enshrined in Article 50 of the revised Cuban constitution which states "Everyone has the right to health protection and care. The state guarantees this right by providing free medical and hospital care by means of the installations of the rural medical service network, polyclinics, hospitals, preventative and specialized treatment centers; by providing free dental care; by promoting the health publicity campaigns, health education, regular medical examinations, general vaccinations and other measures to prevent the outbreak of disease. All the population cooperates in these activities and plans through the social and mass organizations." Cuba's doctor to patient ratio grew significantly in the latter half of the 20th century, from 9.2 doctors per 10,000 inhabitants in 1958, to 58.2 per 10,000 in 1999. In 2005, Cuba had 627 physicians and 94 dentists per 100,000 population. That year the United States had 225 physicians and 54 dentists per 100,000 population; there was no data for Latin America as a region, but the Central American isthmus had 123 physicians and 30 dentists per 100,000. In the 1960s the government implemented a program of almost universal vaccinations. This helped eradicate many contagious diseases including polio and rubella, though some diseases increased during the period of economic hardship of the 1990s, such as tuberculosis, hepatitis and chicken pox. Other campaigns included a program to reduce the infant mortality rate in 1970 directed at maternal and prenatal care. As of 2012, infant mortality in Cuba had fallen to 4.83 deaths per 1,000 live births compared with 6.0 for the United States and just behind Canada with 4.8. While preventive medical care, diagnostic tests and medication for hospitalized patients are free, some aspects of healthcare are paid for by the patient. Items which are paid by patients who can afford it are: drugs prescribed on an outpatient basis, hearing, dental, and orthopedic processes, wheelchairs and crutches. When a patient can obtain these items at state stores, prices tend to be low as these items are subsidized by the state. For patients on a low-income, these items are free of charge." AND MOST EMBARRASSINGLY FOR THE WEST: "Cuba provides more medical personnel to the developing world than all the G8 countries combined" Now I just took that of Wikipedia. But still... very interesting

https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/03/17/upshot/what-if-sociologists-had-as-much-influence-as-economists.html?partner=qz&_r=0&utm_content=zeitde_redpost_zon_link_sf&utm_campaign=ref&utm_source=facebook_zonaudev_int&utm_term=facebook_zonaudev_int&utm_medium=sm&wt_zmc=sm.int.zonaudev.facebook.ref.zeitde.redpost_zon.link.sf&referer=http://m.facebook.com I thought this was interesting, especially since I'm into sociology; but you may like it as well. It does an excellent job at outlining why sociology is important (and somewhat interesting).

So Obama managed to go against every second sentence in the constitution AND completely ruin America while only working three hours a day? I give him the German seal of efficiency

Just a number to put out there: Trump tells on average four lies a day, publicly that is (source German news network ZDF)

Tax is collected on income, not actual worth. Which is a pity... there should be a progressive tax both on total wealth and income

When it comes to musicians killing Trump, Manson did a fine job

Trust me, I believe the same... just asking ^^ Of course, we can still offer humanitarian and economic help for the whole region. And perhaps diplomatic.

Would you want to help them?

I wonder what this means for Rojava. No, but seriously... I'm very sceptical. US intervention in the ME has not archieved the greatest results. I hope they prove me wrong, but I'm afraid that Assad's regime will be strengthened by US forces and thus allow Assad to further oppress his people; in the name of anti Islamic terrorism (again, similarly to how te US funded dictatorships to fight communism).

This shows once and for all: Trump definitely isn't like Hitler. Hitler was better at Propaganda

I think we can all agree that this is spot on

Besides, would you rather have no one know about everything wikileaks releases? Even if they truly are anti-west, they have a very good point, and we need to look at the issues they point out. They are not anti west, if anything they are anti western government. And I can see why, and for the most part get behind the points they are making.

Except Wikileaks doesn't make " governments " transparent They typically only target the USA, where are all the leaks around Russia or China and these are much more intolerant and dictatorial governments than the USA So its not about keeping governments in check, Wikileaks is a personal campaign to undermine the USA and the West It makes a government transparent, which happens to be the most powerful in the world. What importance does the personal motivation of the guys have? WikiLeaks does an excellent job, and we can only hope people in other countries will follow their example. And you have to admit, unlike the US, Russia and China don't portrait themselves as the shining beacon of humanity and saviours of the world. I don't want to justify their focus on the US, but I can understand it.

Nonono.... there's a difference between having strong opinions about how society should work and forcing society to work in a certain way. I don't wish to manipulate anyone. I'm just having a discussion And of course, the bigger the government the more dangerous it becomes; so really, my ideas are quite dependent on something like wikileaks if I don't want to take away people's freedoms.

Wikileaks is one of the best projects out there. Government needs to be kept in check by the people; and wikileaks is the single most important tool for that. They are doing the right thing. To fight Wikileaks is to support government control over the people. And of course, having a platform like Wikileaks poses a risk. But that risk is the price of making government transparent. And I'd rather have a transparent government.

So, what do we think of Russia? The Trump/Putin relationship? The fact that all US secret services say Russia definitely ordered some hacking during the election? That LePen is funded by Russian banks? That German secret services suspect Russia behind the hacks against German Parliament? Just sounded like an interesting topic

Privatise the military? What's next; Privatise the courts?

I think the key here is with whom the Nazis will side first... the left extremists or the fundamentalists. And let's not forget Hitler and Stalin had a pact at first...

I say we put all left extremists, all violent Nazis and all violent religious fundamentalists just together on one field in the middle of no where and let them do their thing Or we could do the smart thing and line them up and cut their throats in sequence. Nonono... much more costly. We just let them kill each other, for free.

I say we put all left extremists, all violent Nazis and all violent religious fundamentalists just together on one field in the middle of no where and let them do their thing