BruceVC

Sarex you seem to be pushing the Sinofarm vaccines ....can we trust this information from China? Its always something that has to be considered. But for me I believe that no vaccine would be publicly distributed to any country without correct testing and accurate data about test subjects However I will only take Sputnik and Sinofarm when the CDC or WHO officially endorses them ....I am not happy with the general Russian vaccine feedback for example

One of the issues with expecting teenagers to guide global policy is they dont have lived experience and their views need to be balanced and not considered more important than adults For example in the article it says This is a point that many schoolchildren have raised, Greta Thunberg perhaps most prominently. The world is heading for an urgent climate disaster, so why should they study for a future they won’t have? School children shouldnt be making points about things they dont understand ....I like Greta and she is very well meaning but come on. She never said anything we dont already know and their solutions were always the same which was basically making demands at the UN that governments immediately address the problems.......not really helpful as it ignored reasons why governments dont always address the problems of climate disaster

Its interesting that you have raised the point that BLM activism is easier and more politically correct than admitting that more African American die in gang violence than any other type of crime but is that true ? We can accept the high numbers of gang related killings but is BLM more popular because of what we saying or is because BLM is also about racism and people that are racist despite no reason to be. So maybe all the attention on BLM killings is about societal realities in the USA and the police profiling just becomes something that many minorities have had bad experiences with Because if you right and this is about an easy way to express outrage I would be very surprised because when I follow journalists on CNN who support BLM they reasonable people and genuinely seem to be concerned with racism But where I have found comments that are difficult to believe is where people say things like " their is targeted killing of black people " .....because then the gang killings should be more important ?

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/at-least-50-people-were-shot-in-chicago-over-memorial-day-weekend-the-next-day-another-23-were-shot-including-a-5-year-old-girl-standing-with-her-family/ar-BB14FxJS Guys I am looking for opinions of members on this link and what it means but more relevant to this post is something about the local global response to BLM that I dont understand or rather seems inconsistent to me based on certain objectives of BLM But I want to be clear, this post is not a way to dismiss the legitimate concerns around BLM. I support certain BLM objectives and I can easily separate what BLM stands for and the large number of African Americans that get killed in gang violence....both have separate causes and different solutions but they overlap in the sense they both lead to black people being killed But this is what I am uncertain about, I always assumed BLM was about the deaths of black people in unnecessary ways but specifically through police unlawful action. However its about black lives meaning we dont want any black people being killed ? But we dont seem to get even remotely the same reaction around the killing of black people in gang violence. That link I posted talks about 50 people getting shot and some killed in one weekend in Chicago !!! Of course their are people in these communities that care and know about the violence but outside of that type of support it seems not to be really news worthy So what I am asking is does this mean BLM is more about examples of racism generally and not so much about the killings of black people? And the reality of the support of BLM is its different types of people from different backgrounds but I have seen people on CNN talk about how deeply racist and dysfunctional the USA is and how US citizens dont want to accept the reality of what the USA is ....I am not an American citizen but those types of comments always annoy me because they suggest a simple target for a complicated debate about what we think about the general state of the USA? So I reject the premise of the view that the USA is deeply racist and dysfunctional and also I wouldn't need to refresh the history of the Slave trade and how this finally ended during the American Civil War Another misunderstanding people have is that the economic success of countries like USA and the EU was it wasnt just about the contribution black slaves made in southern states or the impact colonialism had on the trajectory of the various EU countries. Yes these things would not have contributed but they are not the main reason. Anyway in closing why does their seem to be a greater global support for BLM but its framed as " killings of African American by police " but you can have 20 civilians killed in gang violence and that's not seen as something that civil societies rally around ? I have read several opinions on this but I dont have an answer that explains the response we see ....am I missing something?

I dont consider the US to be very ignorant but I agree with you that it is unintentionally offensive to think other cultures and countries should automatically " bend the knee " because of SJ issues in the USA unless they exactly the same issue like rejection of discrimination against LGBT which is a global issue

Its amazing how doing some research can help when you use large numbers of Mods and you experience issues in the game I started having issues once I used MGE EX to set my resolution, I couldnt view aspects of the HUD properly like the Journal. Anyway their is this Mod called Code Patch and I hadnt installed it properly because I just assume Vortex will do that for me. Once I started following this excellent Morrowind Mod troubleshooting guide, link below, I installed Code Patch and all my problems have gone away ...yay for me https://forums.nexusmods.com/index.php?/topic/8481563-guide-for-installing-mods/

If I was American this is how I would see it, I would " bend the knee" as a sign of solidarity for teammates if it mattered to them that I joined them But based on my lived experience I would only "bend the knee " if it was about a South African issue that I believed in or if I was trying to make a good impression with a lady ...then I dont mind doing things outside of my normal view on these things

So Elerond what is your view on " bending the knee " at the Olympics.....should it be allowed based on the official Olympic charter?

Gromnir I know you are retired but if you were doing some legal consultancy or involved in NGO\NPO work and you were asked to " bend the knee " in a meeting by clients or customers would you? And if not what would your reason be ?

Comrade you dont need to go to university, remember socialists reject these types of things because all universities do is reinforce the status-quo of white male privlidege, Capitalism, neo-colonialism and structural inequality Dont become a sheep like everyone else ...create your own socialist universities

Banana bread is delicious, we grew up eating it. But its more a desert type of food and not considered savory like zucchini bread which can be served with any meals

That does look good, interesting to see the main objective is about reuniting with a lost love I just hope the characters are not English. I am use to playing games like this with people speaking English with a Russian\East European accent like Metro so that has become normal to me and what I am use to with these types of post-apocalyptic games

Thats an interesting read and most of the athletes support it. Personally I dont mind if people " bend the knee ", I just know if I was SA athlete I wouldnt do it

Nothing wrong with getting pointers and help from forums, I do it after about 25-40 minutes of battling with something on any game ...life is to short my fine feathered friend and their are just too many games out their to spend hours battling with some specific puzzle or vexation

I have decided to play Morrowind, I played it once in 2008 so hopefully I have forgotten most of the narrative as it unfolds I have 254 Mods loaded with the Nexus Vortex Mod Manager and already I have used a graphic Mod to set resolution at 3440 x 1440 so I predict its going to be fun filled gaming ride

Serves you right for teasing people who are office bound

But Gromnir to be honest far too much attention was placed on Trumps studious and blatant lack of understanding of the virus and things like vaccines Almost every time we had to watch Trump bumble along with his own interpretation of science their were always informed scientists like Fauci and Birx who would dispute what he said albeit diplomatically. Yet much of the media seemed fixated on what Trump understood about the virus and I never understood why that seemed more important than the informed people who followed the global understanding

I didnt know that, I wonder how different things would be if Russia had joined NATO at the end of the Cold War...I dont think it would have been sustainable but you never know ? But Gorthfuscious do you not think Putins jingoism has also contributed towards the current distrust many countries have towards Russia? Just the numerous examples of Russia's involvement in Cyber-warfare would be enough to concern most countries and I am going to ignore Putins attempts to create a new " USSR border " to address perceived NATO encroachment Look at the numerous examples of Russian Cyber-warfare in cases like the 2016 US elections, targeting Georgia ( the country not the state ), Ukraine and the SolarWinds hacking attack https://jsis.washington.edu/news/cyberattack-critical-infrastructure-russia-ukrainian-power-grid-attacks/ So its not NATO that is primarily responsible for the sanctions and mistrust around Russia...its self-inflicted

I am sorry your Russian economic alliance is dissolving Zora, I know you had high hopes it would replace the EU as a option that countries like Serbia should join....but I assumed by now you would have realized that rhetoric and grandstanding dont translate to viable and sustainable economic polices and that includes the Union State and EEU ( to be honest I hadnt even heard of the Union State so thanks for that ) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurasian_Economic_Union I tell you what why dont you petition NZ to join either of these unions? Their is no reason NZ cant especially when they offer such advantageous trade and economic benefits, its not like you dont have time on your hands....you can protest everyday outside the NZ parliament, this could be like BLM but a NZ protest with a different objective ? Sometimes its better to act in RL and not just be an armchair, Internet activist

But Keyrock dont Polish people like soup and dont you have one or 2 famous broths ? I am not sure if you remember but I was friends with several Polish people when I lived in JHB, we even went to that Polish\Afrikaans wedding. My friend who got married, Alicja, use to have dinner parties at her house where she cooked traditional Polish food....its was great big portions and very meaty, some of my favorite things about gastronomy

I am joking because it has been raised before and I remember how volo and Malc responded

Sorry I added something afterwards, the USA is one of the worlds top immigration destinations. People dont immigrate to countries where the quality of life is terrible...so it cant be so bad

No ? Millions of people are desperate to immigrate to the USA....more than Canada so it cant be so bad ?

I still dont understand why Canada hasnt become part of the USA....you guys are almost part of the USA and the USA has a proud history, outside some bad things like slavery, that I am sure Canadians would embrace anyway ? You lose nothing and gain so much and things like gun violence will be addressed so dont see that as a negative

Gromnir have you ever been pulled over while driving by the Police and if so how were you treated ?