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by rmxt 11y ago
Your tone suggests that police officers have less agency/responsibility in such a scenario than the people with mental illnesses themselves. Is that actually what you are suggesting?
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by rmxt 11y ago
Where are your numbers for Brooklyn coming from? The population was greater in the 1940s and 1950s, but it is still well over 2 million, and still the most populous borough in NYC. (As it seems to have been since 1930s.) https:/&#x2
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by rmxt 11y ago
Surely an area does not need to completely "run out of water" for consequences to occur. Wikipedia has lots of examples of developed areas having less than typical rainfall and encountering problems. https://en.wikipedi
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by rmxt 11y ago
You've actually posted "sources" that disagree with your original claim. In case you've forgotten: "More than 50% of these refugees believe that whoever leaves the faith of Islam should suffer the death penalty and
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by rmxt 11y ago
It takes but a minimal grasp of nuance to see that someone forced to have no human contact for 10 years can be both a victim and a convicted criminal at the same time.
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by rmxt 11y ago
I've never said anything about anyone being racist , so forget the playing the victim card a la "bunch of racist pigs." Being afraid of outsiders is pretty much the definition of "xenophobia," so yes, you are seemi
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by rmxt 11y ago
Take off the hate goggles and maybe you'll see that your sarcasm is actually true: "these are that Muslims that in their great majority are supposed to be already westernised" == "86.4% of Muslims feel they belong in Bri
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by rmxt 11y ago
Fair enough, they have strong religious beliefs. So do lots of people. Why does that mean Muslims shouldn't be allowed into a given country? Why should Islam be singled out? Also, apparently from the same survey: "Furthermore, the
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by rmxt 11y ago
You have no interest in pursuing a genuine argument. I am not "bypassing those obstacles". This isn't nitpicking, this is logic over xenophobia. 1. They are not westernized when they arrive, but they can and do become western
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by rmxt 11y ago
Ah, so no source. Great! Let me simplify it for you: 1. Above, you are lamenting the fact that Western countries allow Muslims in. (I shed a single tear for your cause.) 2. You suggest that "we" (presumably Western Christians) sho
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by rmxt 11y ago
Is it that hard to fathom that there's multiple variables at play in deciding when one decides to leave their homeland for greener pastures? Cultural factors, economic factors, social factors, the presence of war/peace are all thi
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by rmxt 11y ago
Seems like you have no interest in providing a source that proves what you're saying? What do Muslims in Western countries actually believe? The concept of cultural assimilation is not a new one, but maybe it is to you.
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by rmxt 11y ago
Perhaps you're being downvoted because your source does not once refer to immigrants, refugees or migrants. You've presented no evidence which suggests that migrants (a particularly self-selecting group) are a uniform sampling of
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by rmxt 11y ago
It would help your comparison if half of those countries existed as independent entities before World War I. The Baltic States and Ukraine were part of Russia when it went through its imperialistic/colonization phase, reaching into Ala
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by rmxt 11y ago
Yes, it is intellectually dishonest. The submission/posted website does suggest inviting refugees into one's own home, but you are the one who suggested that we should compare "fear of refugees on a national level" (ashl
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by rmxt 11y ago
Which recent waves? Negative effects to which populations of which countries? Where are these supposed recent immigrants that want the doors shut? Evidence please.
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by rmxt 11y ago
It's intellectually dishonest to presuppose that the only way to support destitute people is to personally let them into your home.
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by rmxt 11y ago
In addition to all the plugins that everyone has listed, I'm also interested in hearing about the default settings that should/need to be disabled in Chrome or Firefox so as to prevent most/all of the "dial-home" fe
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by rmxt 11y ago
I wrote the above in response to the GP position that they have "heard no extreme positions [from Trump]." I swear I didn't edit the page to include this: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/extreme#Antonyms
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by rmxt 11y ago
Being "out of touch" with "the white majority" (or anyone for that matter) is fine by me, if it means being able to have nuanced and rational opinions. (Unlike Trump's broad brush statements.) Furthermore, your arg
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by rmxt 11y ago
Right, because calling Mexican immigrants to the United States "criminals, drug dealers, rapists" is a completely reasonable position. I'm sure that many of the 100+ million people in the United States that are non-white wo
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by rmxt 11y ago
The "same price" caveat of your example is a pretty darn big exception. Quality of life would dramatically improve if we could get there, but for now, the fact that you can get across 20 miles of NYC sprawl for $2.50 is an unbea
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by rmxt 11y ago
Correction: There is a small chance that the celebrity/politician's publicity agent will tweet back at you. There is an even smaller chance the celebrity will tweet back at you. I think that this is part of the reason why it'
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by rmxt 11y ago
Welcome to toll roads. We've been doing this for 2,500 years. Take route A and get your employer to reimburse you. Or, find a new job that isn't going to fire you for taking route B. Or, pay someone else (the government) to get th
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by rmxt 11y ago
I find the arguments made on this page to be skeevy and dehumanizing to those that fall outside gender norms, but I'm posting it so to save you from wasting anymore electrons back and forth: http://discussingmarriage.org&#x2
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by rmxt 11y ago
It's not even remotely germane to this discussion, but the entire point of living in a (democratic?) society is that it's a consensual affair. It's not theft if it's consensual. Judging by your username and posting histo
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by rmxt 11y ago
Claiming that rent control alone "produced" the "Bronx is burning" is a bit like saying that "pouring water on the ground will cause a plant to grow" -- you've ignored the steps needed to get there. Just l
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by rmxt 11y ago
Ah, the favorite of all favorites: the "taxes (or, any government regulations involving income) are theft" argument! Following this line of thinking... is it "stealing" when schools are built, police stations are funded,
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by rmxt 11y ago
Where are these all-knowing economists and why aren't they running NYC already? We'd have all our problems solved if only we removed the market controls! EDIT: I've replied to a post that is undergoing on-going editing.
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by rmxt 11y ago
When was the last time you went to the Bronx? 1977? The Bronx is no Williamsburg, but it's changing. Your snark is well-taken, but at least pick a city that's actually doing shitty... like Camden, NJ, or a decaying Rust Belt city.

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