JubilantJaguar

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[–] JubilantJaguar@lemmy.world 1 points 56 minutes ago (1 children)

Exactly my point. The virtual equivalent of taping someone's mouth shut because you happen not to agree with what they say.

[–] JubilantJaguar@lemmy.world 2 points 2 hours ago

Their original staff was a bunch of pretty serious journalists sourced from the BBC.

[–] JubilantJaguar@lemmy.world 2 points 2 hours ago

Si on juge comme ça, il n'y a pas un seul journal français crédible. Ils appartiennent tous aux milliardaires. Sauf que, de fait, on y trouve toujours du bon journalisme car la structure de propriété n'est pas la seule critère pour juger la crédibilité.

En l'occurrence le WaPo reste très sérieux comme source.

[–] JubilantJaguar@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago

Similar to: chough

It's a type of bird but good luck knowing how to pronounce it. Ahh, English.

[–] JubilantJaguar@lemmy.world 5 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

A few years ago I considered learning Greek. Abandoned the plan because Greek has the triple whammy:

  • quite a hard language, with tricky grammar and different alphabet (phonetics easy tho)
  • only spoken in one small country - not very useful (tho good for general culture - 6% of English lexicon comes from Greek)
  • the locals all speak English (coz tourism) so you'll have trouble getting a chance to progress

So: good luck.

[–] JubilantJaguar@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago (3 children)

Rigth - and downvotes fixes it? This is lunacy and detrimental to discussion/sharing.

Thank you. But anecdotally, it seems there are few of us who think this. I still don't understand why.

Really sad. Realistically, though, environmental protection will always come second to human development. To stop human-wildllife conflict, the only solution is poverty alleviation, healthcare, education. India's progress here is too slow but it's definitely happening.

 

Geo-glossary for non-Indians:

  • Gurgaon: an upmarket satellite city near Delhi
  • Malibu Towne: a district of Gurgaon
  • NCR: National Capital Region, i.e. Delhi

Ça avance, ça avance.

Everyone who cares about privacy needs to have a response to this fallacy practiced and ready to go. The aim should be to convince skeptics that they too already have "things to hide", or at least that they might show a bit of solidarity with the good guys who do.

Rhetorical questions can that be effective:

  • Money: How much did you make last month? Oh! That's private, right.
  • Health: Would you be happy if your medical insurer could somehow get access to your browsing history? Hmm?
  • Politics: So you really are an open book with nothing to hide! Fine. What about whistleblowers, investigative journalists, dissidents, etc? If we're all shouting "I have nothing to hide - be my guest, spy on me!", how effective do you think they're going to be at holding the powerful to account - on our behalf?

The last argument is the really powerful one, but unfortunately it's pretty hard to pull off.

[–] JubilantJaguar@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Ce que tu es en train d'avancer, je suppose, derrière ce discours sur la statistique, c'est la théorie comme quoi la pollution parisienne vient non pas des bagnoles mais des autres sources diverses et variées. OK. Est-ce que tu es conducteur par hasard ?

[–] JubilantJaguar@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Un lien peut être corrélation comme causation, tu vas bien le savoir.

 

This rule is weirdly incongruous with the others, given the anodyne dictionary definition of "Zionism". Does it serve rather as a kind of ideological litmus test to exclude certain viewpoints - and indeed certain people - from this community? How is that defensible?

I'm a European who believes in tolerance. Having just noticed this egregiously discriminatory statement of values, I'm now thinking that I will not feel at home in this community.

PS: I see without surprise that this is not going to generate worthwhile debate. As a liberal (not Jewish and I generally vote green), I did see the health warning about "left-anarchism" (whatever, there's overlap). I was pretty pleased to discover this community. But I don't think I can continue contributing when there's literally a rule condoning ethnic discrimination. That's something that fascists do. It's certainly not the European spirit. Bye.

 

Seems this highly relevant piece was not yet posted here.

An excellent and thorough summary. Mostly bad news but not all.

 

PS: Why would people downvote this? What is wrong with you people? It's from a highly reputable source, it's super interesting and well-written, and it concerns the subject of this community.

Do you want this community to succeed, or do you just want to talk to each other - all 6 of you - in an echo chamber?? I don't get it. You're stopping this community from succeeding and wasting your own time.

 

Those who cheered on the latter murder should now be examining their consciences.

The historical record is very clear: in politics, violence begets violence. This story is only beginning and it may not end well for America.

See details about the recent shootings.

 

Excellent concise reporting. Well worth a read.

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