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by Volpe 14y ago
Does that pre-date the (ancient) greeks? Plato and Aristotle had a lot to say about 'freedom'. When I say 'Western' I mean them, given our whole way of thinking (philosophy) and problem solving (scientific method) was defined by them. From
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by Volpe 14y ago
A number of buddhist sects/schools hold no belief in any god... It is a religion, they are not irrational. It is a major religion. > And as for educated. Perhaps there isn't a conclusive study on the subject, but it is safe to say that
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by Volpe 14y ago
Agree! Admittedly if you don't understand the physical limitations of wireless, it's the obvious conclusion one makes (everything seems to be going wireless, and LTE is FAST!). There is a chance we innovate in this area and work out how to
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by Volpe 14y ago
> "Freedom of Expression" is not an American/French/Western concept. Shouldn't it be a natural human right? It is a distinctly "western" thought[1] (as is "Human Rights"[2]). I actually didn't know whether it had been imported into Ind
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by Volpe 14y ago
That's right because all religious people are poorly educated war loving and irrational. Seriously... Do you forget what was responsible for spreading education so rapidly around the world (give you a hint, it wasn't atheists). There are a
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by Volpe 14y ago
As fun as it is to think everyone thinks like americans... Does India have and promote the ideal of "Freedom of Expression"? Or is this just the US peanut gallery giving their 2 cents on other peoples' culture?
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by Volpe 14y ago
Countries that have a copyright collection agency (Like Australia). Needn't worry about these things, and can include full transcripts of copyrighted material in education material. America's "Fair Use" (defence) is not the only model in w
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by Volpe 14y ago
> In China far more people die from eating food laced with toxins than do in countries with food inspectors. Citation please...
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by Volpe 14y ago
Collective Rights: - http://library.thinkquest.org/C0126065/isscollective.html - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socialism You'll see the the above is not incompatible with Human Rights[1] As per my original comment, democracy and the spre
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by Volpe 14y ago
> They are more interested in conveying the truth than being factual. That is an interesting statement, I don't think I understand what you mean? Isn't conveying the truth being factual? Or is this an expression I am not familiar with?
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by Volpe 14y ago
Hmm, a dishonest response, that ignores what I said. There is little point in this discussion continuing. Collective Rights is a popular concept that a quick google would reveal to you. It is not about Clans, Communism or Relgion. Democrac
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by Volpe 14y ago
I didn't say MBP, I said Mac Pro (as in their Tower product). I didn't mean, what will apple think of fan boys or haters. I was questioning the consistency of view of the fan boys, of course its rather moot, as fan boys are of course not c
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by Volpe 14y ago
> Democracy is, more or less, the only way to get human rights for citizens (a little simplified, but not by much). I'll just correct your line a little, it is one of the most efficient ways to get individual rights. > So you're say
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by Volpe 14y ago
That ignore's a whole lot of culture. Democracy is part of western culture. It is a biproduct of individualism, and individual rights... These are not universally agreed concepts and a lot of people don't agree with them. Essentially the
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by Volpe 14y ago
Apple still make Mac Pros... a very niche product... there are probably more people into projector phones than mac pros. I'll be curious if all the Apple fan boy's retract what they say when the iPhone gets a projector added to it. I suspe
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by Volpe 14y ago
Well you raise Tiananmen, which is impossible to prove either way. But it is well known that people died amoung chinese (hence the massive emigration during and right after). And now you've raised messing with Hukou, I hadn't heard of that
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by Volpe 14y ago
There is a conservative wing and a progressive wing to the CCP... much like there is a Republican party and a democratic party. one party state is techniquely true, but in reality it plays out much like a 2 party system. Government is oliga
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by Volpe 14y ago
Great little rant, but provide some citation please. Which reporters are currently in re-education camps, and It's unheard of that an entire family is sent for re-education (unless the entire family committed a crime together), which makes
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by Volpe 14y ago
Government doesn't want X to be said about it, and thus pressures/censors company Y to stop it. (X = "Anti-Communist sentiment" or "War crimes") (Y = "Google" or "Visa, Mastercard, Amazon, Wikileaks... etc") Not a huge noticeable difference
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by Volpe 14y ago
... So they knew, because they already knew. So really they just confirmed. Ask that person to go and find my details, and they will surely fail. Because they know nothing about me, and the transaction history doesn't tell them anything..
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by Volpe 14y ago
A glimpse of what? That money buys power, and the "shining light" of democracy is just a plutocracy much like their own system... That IS brutal, but not in the way you think.
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by Volpe 14y ago
If that is your qualification for a dictatorship, then the U.S falls in that category as well. See WikiLeaks, and Assange.
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by Volpe 14y ago
That still isn't your identity. You can identify yourself by it, but no one else can. Unless they already know that information about you... it which case, they already knew...
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by Volpe 14y ago
Not really, because it could just set a metric on how cheap debt is before it purchases (i.e the 30:1 return they mentioned). In the end creditors want to get rid of risk, so if someone isn't paying the loan, getting 1/30th of that money is
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by Volpe 14y ago
If your identity isn't attached... it isn't your history. It's just 'a' history.
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by Volpe 14y ago
There isn't any mention of taxes in that article... What am I missing?
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by Volpe 14y ago
While I agree with your points, I also think there are problems that should be resolved. - Historically, the majority of presidents have been rich and white. How do you fix that? - Candidates make heavy use of propaganda, there is no accou
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by Volpe 14y ago
No, you provided a qualification of why they weren't... I gave you an example of a mathematician who broke your qualification, and logically should fall into your definition of a 'quack'. The idea being, that you'd have to back pedal, and c
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by Volpe 14y ago
Better let Andrew Wiles know his 8 years spent on Fermat's Last Theorem was just a bullshit waste of time, because he couldn't use it to run a hedge fund, or software company... It can only be 'proved' in the 'contrived' world of pure mathe
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by Volpe 14y ago
It's pretty rude to post religious gumph as though it's fact too... I'd argue the response was reasonable.

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