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It's been going on too long IMO. Far too long....its been an amazing experience but Im glad its over

You cant be serious? Arent you tired of all the invective and grandstanding ?

In the entire of Europe, weapons are illegal. Yet, I do not see any severe need for a violent revolution. And no, not having a higher deity to believe in does not disable you from having morals. In fact, I'd go as far as to say BETTER morals come out of not believing in for example Christianity. For example the bible heavily punishes homosexuality. Is that a reason for us to do that? No. Yet we all are set on being Christian. We are not. We are cherrypicking the parts that we like, yet we forget the other. Can we please just accept that we moved on from that moral standard? And in a Christian worldview, any form of crime is not severly punished anyway, because in the end, we all die and those who believe will come to God. Thus, assuming everyone believes, a crime is inconsequential. It is such an unimportant event in comparison to the eternity with God. On the other hand, for someone who does not believe in God or an afterlife, the current life is all he gets, which makes any crime highly impactful, and any punishment highly consequential. And an ideal on its own is a very dangerous thing. And the same goes for religion. Many religious people committed terrible crimes, many atheist people committed terrible crimes. But I know of no group of atheist which committed a crime because of atheism, while there are hundreds of examples of theists who committed crimes because of religion. But that is a problem that exists with every ideal. The human rights deal with that problem very nicely btw. Look at article 30 I disagree. Without any core sets or absolutes to work as a foundation you can rationalize anything, as in anything goes. When trying to use reason alone to build an utopia on earth one will likely end up shooting those that do not want to take part of it, which has already happened the last 100 years or so. Since the state has taken the role of reverence in the place of the sacred and you have the monopoly as the state to use violence, it is possible to wage war at a large scale than local skirmishes. To understand what i am getting at, look at Faust, Dostoyevsky and Nietzsche. I am speaking from a western perspective of course, different rules apply for other cultures. Meshugger you are mistaken, the truth has always been right in front of you Start following my views and perspectives around Western ideology and you can indeed live in utopia But if you keep following people like that Serbian " intellectual " that has certain real anti-Western views then you will never be happy

Having access or not having access to firearms makes no real difference to crime that is based on an historical precedent or vast economic inequality In SA many people have guns yet we have some of the highest crimes statistics in the world, 350-500 rapes a day and 50 murders a day

That women is a disgrace to gender equality, I have heard her view several times I can understand any women in this election blindly following Trump because they focus on other issues but a women actually justifying his contempt for them is something I will never understanding

If Clinton wins, Republicans control both houses and Johnson gets 5%, I'd take that. So if that happens what would that mean? Does that mean the Republicans can block any rule or law Clinton tries to pass?

They had great cancer research and made great discoveries in the field of rocketry. But i heard that they had underwhelming results with the social sciences as their very leader bullied into suicide by foreigners. What kind of lies are they teaching you in Germany? Bennie, just ignore the sarcasm Share with us what you want to say about Germany in the 1930's

Im am not sure I agree with that, I am an agnostic but have some nebulous spiritual beliefs yet I am fine with my lack of belief in faith or a divine power The world makes perfect sense to me

So you are suggesting that because the black people within that town of mine do not have to hear the N-word, they're infinitely better off? I'm suggesting that while racial profiling and provoking people into fights are pretty disgusting, at least they're not getting lynched. Progress! So apparently the forum software at my post and I'm too lazy to type that wall of text up again. TLDR: people aren't purposefully censoring racist speech as an end unto itself, they're censoring racist sentiment, of which racist speech is a symptom. Creating an atmosphere where bigotry is frowned upon and yet does not censor itself is only possible if you're unwilling to sanction bigotry in all but its most egregious forms, otherwise bigots will wisen up to the fact that open bigotry gets them punished and learn to hide it. LK to be fair to alum his one liners do often make sense, he uses brevity but it contains wisdom Yes maybe his point at times is unclear but I do believe a person can make a valid point without a long post

Its true, that word is almost inclusively used on the Internet

You couldn't have said that volo, that would have made you right and we both agreed that is highly unlikely ? http://www.reuters.com/video/2016/02/09/polls-open-in-dixville-notch-new-hampshi?videoId=367336819 This video is old but I just watched this voting at Dixville Notch, 8 people voted 4 for Hilary and 2 for Trump and 2 for other candidates

Malc is correct, he didnt technically call the entire Latino community criminals but he made several disparaging comments about them and the general perception is that he insulted the entire Latino community

I'm feeling more confidant around a Democrat victory but of course its early days, Trump is getting nailed hard by the Latino vote This could be the primary reason he loses and this is directly related to his initial diatribe against the entire Latino community when he called them criminals and rapists

Meh, interview is rubbish. Basically just wank saying what people want to be true, plenty of the usual self contradictory stuff as well- Russia's economy is crap, but simultaneously upper-high; they have nothing to fear from the west, except the west is ruining their economy; Putin needs constant confrontation (examples from his first two terms? No?) while the west presumably doesn't despite having far more wars over the past 20 years than Russia. It's that sort of crap that gives Russia ammunition and is part of the problem. [late edit: the thing I disliked most was using 'isolationism' to describe Russia not liking the west, which is overt occidentcentrism and pure narrative pandering. Isolationism is something like DPRK where nobody likes them and few tolerate them or Eritrea where the country is locked down as entirely as they can make it; Russia's relations with most of the world are absolutely fine. There are even still discussion of a FTA with us, as we're not part of the sanctions regime. There's no fundamental desire to disengage with the west that isolationism implies, just a deep- imo justified- scepticism about their motives] Plus of course it doesn't mention that even if there were Russian hacking it wouldn't matter if there wasn't bad stuff to hide. If the worst was Huma and John's Spirit Cooking there simply wouldn't be a story. Obviously you will reject this article, it raises valid and real criticism of Putin and his objective of Russian hegemony

volo...volo ....volo This post is a false dichotomy, it doesn't even make sense but because I have taken on the responsibility of mentoring you i will answer I use to believe in gun control as far as the USA was concerned but I have subsequently changed my mind as the issue is far too divisive. Having access to a variety of guns matters to many Americans for a variety of reasons and it seems counterproductive to try to force a more liberal view on this matter So this is an issue I dont agree with the Democrats on as it will alienate many Americans when it is enforced

These are just observations and don't represent any personal views. I've known of some examples of people divorcing as in the first source cited - where it all seems fair - but have also heard that some communities are closed off to British laws. "...the Bow Group has published an authoritative report that casts new light on the suffering of Muslim women in the UK and addresses the emergence of a rapidly developing alternative quasi-legal system, which not only promotes systematic gender discrimination, but also undermines the fundamental principle of one law for all." "In a brief email exchange, the feminist led-political movement admitted their they did not take a position on Sharia inspired laws or the many Sharia courts which continue to grow in number in Britain. The email came after activist, and PEGIDA UK campaigner, Anne Marie Waters questioned the group after receiving a promotional email from them." http://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/sex/divorce/9434099/English-law-is-fair-to-women-not-unfair-to-Muslims.html http://www.bowgroup.org/policy/bow-group-report-parallel-world-confronting-abuse-muslim-women-britain http://www.breitbart.com/london/2016/05/05/womens-equality-party-admits-it-has-no-position-on-sharia/ Edit: https://www.rt.com/uk/355969-london-police-online-crime/ Its simple to me, if you want to live in a Western country you need to have shared values and that means Sharia law is not ever going to be accepted

I truly mean this when I say I can empathize...I have seen some of the political adverts and I think " imagine seeing these all the time " Sometimes its like this insane circus....well 2 more days and we can all start to return to our normal lifestyles

God made men, Colt made men equal.

And just think, you're not even being bombarded with campaign ads like we are! Thats a good point.....that would definitely exacerbate my tiredness

Guys this election has been the most unprecedented, tumultuous and exciting election I have ever seen....but I am really tired now and I just want it to end Im fatigued by all the grandstanding, vitriol, populism , bigotry and general antics....no more please

http://edition.cnn.com/videos/world/2016/11/04/clare-sebastian-russia-media-covering-united-states-presidential-election.cnn This is how the Russian media is mostly covering the US election, very irritating

I thought the words " total freedom " didnt seem practical

Hoon do you realize the future of most of what you enjoy is aligned to the sustainability of the USA? In other words lets say some almost impossible occurs and the USA becomes 100 % isolationist and the EU is on its own....how do you think that would personally impact you?

No? We can have freedom within the confines of the laws of a country but addressing historical discrimination is not about the erosion of freedom, these are 2 different issues So in other words gender equality has nothing to do with the freedom citizens of country have ...unless you can give me an example?

Chippy I'm not saying you wrong but I have family and numerous work and historical ties to the UK as I mentioned in the past and I havent heard this before? What do you mean by the London mayor and hate speech? Can you elaborate ? Its not possible to have Sharia law in the Uk as there are numerous laws in Sharia that are in complete contradiction to any Western constitution? And also Im confused by how third wave feminists are involved