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Patagonian toothfish -> Chilean sea bass
by mv4 6y ago
Patagonian toothfish -> Chilean sea bass
- arcticbull 6y agoSlimehead -> Orange Roughy
- loveJesus 6y agopornography -> art
- m463 6y agopervasive surveillance and tracking -> Advertising
- frongpik 6y agoOppression -> safety measures.
- refurb 6y agoUndesirable political views -> disinformation
- KirillPanov 6y agodisagreement -> downvote
- gridder 6y agoAdam Back -> Satoshi Nakamoto
- KirillPanov 6y agoOh please. Read some of the stuff Satoshi wrote, it's obviously not the same person. Satoshi actively encouraged other blockchains, even encouraging namecoin to run their own chain separate from bitcoin back when the proposal was called "bitdns": https://satoshi.nakamotoinstitute.org/posts/bitcointalk/535/ https://satoshi.nakamotoinstitute.org/posts/bitcointalk/535/ Back has been nothing but a frothing-at-the-mouth altcoin hater. Comments like @gridder's do an injustice to Hal Finney.
- gridder 6y agoI agree with you on Back and Finney and I apologize to whoever was offended, it was not my intention...
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- legerdemain 6y agoTyranny -> "representative" government. Extortion -> taxation. Invasion into the minute detail of my attire -> public "decency" laws.
- arcticbull 6y agoYeah, taxation isn't extortion and tyranny isn't representative government tho but otherwise agreed! I would argue the conversion is the one you're utilizing, from "taxation" to "extortion." Extortion is a specifically defined crime, and of course, it is the role of the government to define criminal behavior. In the same way that getting arrested by the police isn't kidnapping, paying taxes isn't extortion. The consent of the governed and all that.
- alentist 6y ago> The consent of the governed and all that. Can you explain what you mean by this?
- treeman79 6y agoTurns out if you don’t pay taxes or fines, at the extreme you can be shot to death. This is legal. Lot of laws and rules are arbitrary, so a government official get a “fine”, sometimes massive fines, placed against you. You pay it or lose everything, go to jail, or get shot for refusing. Lots of struggling business owners are finding themselves in this situation lately.
- arcticbull 6y agoLots of small business owners are getting shot for not paying taxes? Generally you have to make profit to pay taxes. Otherwise they've been substantial beneficiaries of programs like the PPP.
- treeman79 6y agoGyms and restaurants are opening despite orders. Many have already been given major fines, had utilities shutdown, etc. Friends our shutdown there restaurant last week.
- objektif 6y agoBe evil -> Don't be evil.
- mv4 6y agosurvival -> stimulus