dharmach

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by dharmach 11y ago
May be solitary confinement should replace capital punishment.
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Humanities academics in US urge Silicon Valley to be against Modi government(academeblog.org)
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by dharmach 11y ago
In general, freedom of expression, communication should not be curbed but that freedom also brings in misinformation, rumour, and anti-social activities. When panic can cause unnecessary destruction, government should be able to control com
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by dharmach 11y ago
There was a time when tolerating second-hand smoke, if not smoking itself, was considered necessary evil for socializing.
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by dharmach 11y ago
>>go explain that to people every time you are drinking water in a pub Don't go to pub. Pub: A public house where beverages, primarily alcoholic, may be bought and consumed.
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by dharmach 11y ago
A company will hire and keep only those who are able and willing to worry about company's issues. For such employees it makes sense to pay them decent wage so they are free to worry about company. How should government fire citizen who
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by dharmach 11y ago
Some languages are more explicit and formal compared to others for historical reasons. That's why so many things get lost in translation.
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by dharmach 11y ago
This phenomenon is not limited to Asia, Africa or South America. In Europe, especially in southern countries, girls with blonde hair and blue eyes are admired explicitly. In US/Canada as well, how many women color their hair blond&#x2F
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by dharmach 11y ago
Logic of a rich pirate: my stomach is full so now onwards piracy is banned.
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by dharmach 12y ago
The basic US premise is that we are the good side so the same rule for all does not apply to us. Only police can have weapons not everyone.
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by dharmach 12y ago
>To say that in other words, to Muslims, a graphical satire is acceptable on anyone except the prophets, which includes Moses, Jesus, Abraham, etc. Disregarding the past, even today Muslims (most) respect only their religious figures. Th
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by dharmach 12y ago
>women were harder on women than men Seen similar behaviour in many minorities (gender, race, religion, nationality)
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by dharmach 12y ago
Depends on the level of intolerance. If some are intolerant of my existence itself, do I have option to tolerate them?
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by dharmach 12y ago
>Land has been changing hands more or less continuously, forever. Before North America was "seized" by the people who came to be called Americans, parts of it were being seized and re-seized and re-re-seized by various groups o
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by dharmach 12y ago
No one likes surveillance but can anyone provide a better/cheaper option to prevent large scale crime like terrorist attack?
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by dharmach 12y ago
It is about the resource consumption, not just population number. If a species X has population 10 times than species Y but if Y consumes 100 times more then they will cause larger impact to the earth.
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by dharmach 12y ago
> because we have to in order to ensure the continued survival of (known) life in the universe Why not send bacteria which may evolve or may create environment for other form of life? If by known life you mean human, why is it so importa
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by dharmach 12y ago
>Should we not assume he was happy with discovering the unimaginable? He had nervous breakdowns, one of the causes: chronic psychological depression
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by dharmach 12y ago
intelligence in one domain does not necessarily help in other one.
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by dharmach 12y ago
My bad, should have checked. All hate mongers may not be fundamentalist.
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by dharmach 12y ago
being christian fundamentalist, her stance is obvious.
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by dharmach 12y ago
The article reads so convoluted being in English, like reading an article about latest computer technology in pure Hindi.
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by dharmach 12y ago
roughly comes down to GDP per capita.
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by dharmach 12y ago
> The saddest thing about this post to me is the fact that he could only write it because his startup is apparently doing great. Because if his startup was doing bad and he says what he said, he will be ridiculed and/or pitied for b
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by dharmach 12y ago
"little less" and "difference of scale" are not same thing.
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by dharmach 12y ago
Blaming only leaders for the intolerance of Islam is far fetched. And Hindu's killing minorities cannot be equated to what happens in Pakistan, if not only what happens but at what scale happens mattered.
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by dharmach 12y ago
Pretty smart generalization!
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by dharmach 12y ago
Muslims in Pakistan regularly kill minorities and is that due to butterfly effect? And still you are more worried about fascism in India!
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by dharmach 12y ago
Why unreliable, incompetent and introvert faces in the article look northern and the other ones southern?
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by dharmach 12y ago
- Government's support to freedom of expression depends considerably on availability of resources. If enough resources are unavailable, government has to give priority to law and order instead of freedom of speech. - Surveillance is ba

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