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by hartpuff 10y ago
> Not sure why you're being downvoted. Is it really about "mind control"? (I wouldn't downvote it (and can't anyway), but that might be why others did.)
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by hartpuff 10y ago
AFAIK, BBC Radio is not blocked outside the UK, perhaps because a TV Licence is not required for radio, and/or possibly because the BBC may control more distribution rights for the content of its radio productions than its TV output. T
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by hartpuff 10y ago
It's kind of an in-joke/meme for some people to write it like that.
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by hartpuff 10y ago
> the word 'fasces' does not exist in Italian. The word "fascism" does not exist in Italian either. We're using English and anglicised words. The "Fasces" is a group of rods tied together with an axe, d
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by hartpuff 10y ago
Heathrow and maybe other UK airports, but not all, whether you're entering or exiting, will take (two) photos, AIUI, in order to verify the correct person is boarding the aircraft. Don't worry, they only keep your data for "a
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by hartpuff 10y ago
Which is why it shouldn't say "its (Mankind's) flag". The USA (to its credit) dedicated the Apollo mission to Mankind (which Soviet cosmonauts were pleasantly surprised by) but the flag was planted as a symbol of the USA
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by hartpuff 10y ago
> mankind did even get to the Moon with its flag The US flag is the flag of Mankind ? Interesting.
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by hartpuff 10y ago
> If you're going to call me a Nazi, I think all I can do is stick out my tongue, call you a commie, and close the tab. Call me a commie if you like, I'm not ashamed to admit I sympathise with Communist principles (class and ra
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by hartpuff 10y ago
> It just gives an out for idiots to call as soon as the word Nazi comes out Something even worse happens on Reddit. Whenever anyone mentions Nazis or Hitler, someone is absolutely, certifiably guaranteed to fall over themselves trying
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by hartpuff 10y ago
> "Fascism" etimology is from "Fasci di combattimento" the political party founded by Mussolini. No it's not. It derives from the word "fasces".
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by hartpuff 10y ago
>>>I find it strange that people proudly identify as "communists" without much stigma Do you also find it strange that white people proudly identify as "Americans" without much stigma, even after centuries of ra
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by hartpuff 10y ago
It would not surprise me if the latter is a primarily American interpretation. (The US being the spiritual home of "NWO"/anti-Government sentiment.)
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by hartpuff 10y ago
What makes you think this is about economic betterment?
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by hartpuff 10y ago
I'm surprised by the remarks (in both posts) about China. People in China cannot be unaware of the country's shortcomings (as a repressive totalitarian state) while also having a strong awareness of, and often direct family or bus
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by hartpuff 10y ago
It isn't about money or tying finances together, it's about how people self-identify.
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by hartpuff 10y ago
Or correlate it with the level or sophistication of nationalistic/xenophobic propaganda in each country. Or with the level of real-life experience and awareness a population has with other countries.
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by hartpuff 10y ago
> Not at all. Then, as I said, the most distinguishing fact about these two is obviously not that their parents pretended to be Canadian. There really is no point in arguing this since you believe the circumstances of someone born in C
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by hartpuff 10y ago
Interesting that I've suddenly, just now, received no less than two downvotes on the above (otherwise popular) post and my post above it (4 simultaneous downvotes on just two posts), despite this currently sliding down Page 5 o
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by hartpuff 10y ago
^ (Not looking for an argument though, just saying.)
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by hartpuff 10y ago
Who is saying anything remotely like "if parents lie to their kids for long enough then we have a duty to make those lies come true"? Unless you're claiming 7 billion people in the world were born in Canada, the most distingu
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by hartpuff 10y ago
The law is not necessarily stupid, but an exception, if possible, probably should be made in this case, on moral grounds, since the kids seem to be victims of a situation they played no part in creating.
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by hartpuff 10y ago
I agree. The only way such a casual reaction is plausible is if they are also KGB agents. The problem I'm having is that it doesn't really invoke any Cold War aspect any more. They basically just are Americans, meeting with othe
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by hartpuff 10y ago
Thanks. I had vaguely heard of Voat before, but for some reason thought it was a script for self-hosted Reddit style sites. dang, I assume you meant stop bickering, but if you absolutely mean no more posts, sorry for this. It will probably
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by hartpuff 10y ago
Someone/people really proving the points being made about downvoting and the seriousness of this forum. FWIW, I upvoted because I think the downvotes are abusive (particularly the one you object to here). Did not seem to make any diffe
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by hartpuff 10y ago
> I've re-read it several times and I have no idea why you thought it was relevant or what point you were trying to make. So people downvoted because you personally can't understand the following two laughably easy to understan
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by hartpuff 10y ago
Where's my so-called "attack" or "insult" in this entirely reasonable post then (aside from the edit, which was obviously made after I was downvoted), with a lower score than the one you cited? https:/&#x2
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by hartpuff 10y ago
It should also be fucking obvious that downvotes are not being made for something as yet unknown that I do in the future and only in response to the downvoting (ie: criticising it as childish). And downvoting someone because they call spe
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by hartpuff 10y ago
Every post I made has been downvoted, and the edits that mention downvoting obviously came after I was downvoted. Some downvoted posts don't mention downvoting at all. Two are downvoted for asking someone to clarify their argument and
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by hartpuff 10y ago
I agree; I hate the concept of downvoting. It's purely negative, which this site claims to discourage, it's completely mindless - why bother forming a cogent rebuttal to something you disagree with when you can lazily (and cowardl
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by hartpuff 10y ago
I just checked the first page of your comments and there seems to be some strange examples of inane/non-constructive downvoting. (I've seen threads where some of the wackiest, most inexplicable downvoting is going on, I almost won

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