constantius

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by constantius 3mo ago
My friend. If you ctrl f my username on this page, you'll find I'm arguing against racism and Islamophobia in another thread. Let me make an assumption: you're an American liberal. Like many American liberals, you talk withou
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by constantius 3mo ago
> Why do apologia for racism anyways? Weird stuff dude. Don't put words in my mouth. > No, a Somali who immigrated to Sweden is nationality wise Swedish and ethnicity wise Somali You seem to misunderstand the concepts of national
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by constantius 3mo ago
Your observation about multi-ethnic societies is rather interesting (though I would add slme caveats), but then you unfortunately are blinded by your preconceptions. The parent comment is right about 99.9...% of Muslims not being in any way
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by constantius 3mo ago
I don't have a horse in this race, but all the quotes here were based on nationality, not on the characteristics listed in your quote: the party wants to deport illegal immigrants and immigrants who are not "economically integrate
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by constantius 3mo ago
Haha I was only thinking on the level of "the people who ended the empire", but agree that the analogy is not perfect.
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by constantius 4mo ago
Teutoburg wasn't a battle but an ambush, and Rome killed almost everyone involved in the next years. This didn't represent a retreat: Germans weren't conquered because they had nothing to conquer. Rather, hopefully, Iran will
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by constantius 4mo ago
I agree with this. What was certain and predictable was that Harris was a war candidate (the Democrats presided over the first year of genocide and were intending to continue). MAGA was going to be bad in some way, but the Democrats were ve
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by constantius 4mo ago
Life expectancy didn't change that much, what changed is infant mortality. And for cognitive ability: plenty of firsthand accounts from Enlightenment thinkers about thesuperior reasoning abilities of average members of hunter-gatherer&
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by constantius 4mo ago
The only reason you see differences of motivation and intention is because you're in one of the groups. My take is leftist (and I don't mean American liberal), anti-authoritarian, anti-imperialist, anti-genocide, and I don't
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by constantius 4mo ago
I can describe myself in the same way as you, and yet, if I lived in a country where ownership is allowed, I'd always vote to keep it so, even without having the intention of owning a weapon myself, because otherwise the balance of pow
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by constantius 4mo ago
I was surprised by the level of replies here and didn't have the energy to answer: thanks for the support, comforting to see after a long day.
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by constantius 4mo ago
In a discussion about increasing fish population "after decades of effort", it's surreal to see a suggestion to kill them, or at the very least rip a hole in their mouths. I'm always surprised at how people can be so una
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by constantius 4mo ago
So your post got flagged, and I wonder what was controversial about it. Wouldn't you agree that this zero-sum quality ultimately stems from increasing wealth inequality? While scarcity is a reality indeed, more egalitarian societies, w
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by constantius 4mo ago
Insightful. I wonder if there will come a time where being conservative is seen as being on the side of the working class, the poor, and the disadvantaged, because inequality is so far gone that any change to the system is too likely to be
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by constantius 4mo ago
If you mean that the Church has incorporated ethical systems into its teachings, then I'd agree, but it would also be true of any other religion. But if you mean that ethics came from orthodox Christianity, or is predicated on the exis
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by constantius 5mo ago
The world would be better long-term if we chise tonfund open models instead however. If you think short-term and only about yourself, paying for SOTA regardless of how many military contracts the lab has is the best thing, but paying for op
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by constantius 5mo ago
Your understanding of history, here and downthread, is fascinatingly selective, and, as far as the historical consensus goes, very mistaken. The Dark Ages refer specifically to Western/Central Europe, so without Byzantium. Byzantium an
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by constantius 5mo ago
Indeed, interesting idea, but better seen as a far fetched thought experiment. It seems to capture the attention of hackers however, gets posted here every so often.
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by constantius 5mo ago
It's quite sad that you're feeling pride largely for your ability to write a prompt, and it's sadder that you're being snarky with someone who expects more from HN users. Your behaviour is not affecting the HN community
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by constantius 5mo ago
Didn't know I enjoyed this kind of metal, but itls great. You got some more, friend?
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by constantius 5mo ago
The path to moral corruption is paved with politically feasible decisions.
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by constantius 5mo ago
I had to re-read your comment, even thought it was a joke I didn't get! So for others who are as tired as me: the people holding the rope kept leaning against the tree for support, but not too much, as long as it existed, so that'
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by constantius 5mo ago
Look around you mate. There are protests against the war/against the US/against Israel in major capitals, the Lego videos go viral, news regularly mention EU heads of state talking to Iranian ministers. After weeks of the strait b
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by constantius 5mo ago
You're strawmanning I think. My interpretation of the parent comment is: Americans should stop aggressing other countries, slaughtering the population, and then publishing scientific breakthroughs on treating ptsd among the killers. I&
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by constantius 5mo ago
Interesting subject. TLDR: only minor/unsubstantial changes to the New Testament across the first ~1-1.5k years of copying. TFA would have benefitted from including sources for its many claims, as otherwise the conclusion, made by a vo
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by constantius 5mo ago
> acted as terrorists, attacking national defence infrastructure, attacking police with hammers, and called for genocide of Israelis No, you got it wrong. They acted like people should act during a genocide.
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by constantius 5mo ago
Holocaust survivors did have art/dance/theatre events, and soccer/boxing competitions. In ghettos and in concentration camps. This was viewed as a triumph of the human spirit over the horrors of Nazism. These events are celeb
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by constantius 5mo ago
Same way as the UK attacked Germany first during WWII, no? There were many reasons for the Arab League, which Lebanon was part of, to attack a country taking over Palestine.
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by constantius 5mo ago
> international waters It's not international waters. > if Iran is allowed to do this They have sovereignty and they only ever mentioned doing this to pay for reparations after being attacked by two countries that have been all
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by constantius 5mo ago
Your mental hoops being on full display doesn't make them true. Nothing new or profound in these arguments and analogies, and stating them with this pretend wise tone just sounds childish.

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