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  Why the NFL Protest Is a Massive and Insulting Failure

  by freemindfade in

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  i think everyone has the freedom to protest, they also have freedom of speech, these are two fundamental things that make america amazing.

  but thinking rationally about what is going on with the nfl, therefore, i have an unfavorable opinion of the league, and the players, not their right to free speech, but their motive and execution of it.

  constitutional freedom to protest ends at the workplace door too.

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  cofty

  Nothing but virtue signalling by some of the most privileged black men in the USA.
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  A Korean Tragedy

  by fulltimestudent in

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  the modern history is full of deep, dark tragedies.

  and, my intention, as i sat down to write of those tragedies for a fb page i look after for a macquarie university student society, was to tell the story of these very dark contemporary events.

  but east asia history is complex and i think its helpful to try to have an overview of that history to understand what has happened in the recent past.

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  cofty

  Thank you.
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  DPRK Asserts that USA has Declared War

  by cofty in

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  north korea has taken president trump's recent statements as a declaration of war.

  pyongyang reserves the right to shoot down american planes even if they are not inside their airspace.. i listened to trump's speech to the un with dismay.

  it demonstrated a total lack of understanding of his enemy and the inevitable consequences of inflicting personal insults on kim jong-un.

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  Hothead well done in hijacking a serious discussion on a potential world crisis into your personal platform to act out.
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  DPRK Asserts that USA has Declared War

  by cofty in

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  north korea has taken president trump's recent statements as a declaration of war.

  pyongyang reserves the right to shoot down american planes even if they are not inside their airspace.. i listened to trump's speech to the un with dismay.

  it demonstrated a total lack of understanding of his enemy and the inevitable consequences of inflicting personal insults on kim jong-un.

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  You believe the thing to do is to ask china to fix this problem and I don't think so. - Hothead

  I never said that. Do you actually read what other people say?

  I DO find it funny you bring up how much you read in nearly every post.

  I never do that. Very occasionally I will mention a book I am reading if it is relevant to the topic. I prefer facts to opinions. I really appreciate others who bring facts to a discussion.

  You can carry on getting your opinions handed to you by loud-mouthed talk radio hosts and living in a thought bubble. In ten years time you won't be ten years more experienced - you will have had the same experience ten times.
  
  
  
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  North Korean Propaganda Is Almost Identical To That Of The Governing Body

  by pale.emperor in

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  if you get the chance, watch this documentary:.

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v42r54irjbg.

  substitute the name kim jong un for the governing body and it's exactly the same!

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  cofty

  Thanks for the link Pale-Emperor.

  NK is a cult of personality. Kim Il-sung and, Kim Jong-il are still objects of veneration long after their deaths.

  Notice how uncomfortable the youths were when they met an American, it was like a JW realising they had been having a nice chat to an apostate that they are supposed to hate.
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  DPRK Asserts that USA has Declared War

  by cofty in

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  north korea has taken president trump's recent statements as a declaration of war.

  pyongyang reserves the right to shoot down american planes even if they are not inside their airspace.. i listened to trump's speech to the un with dismay.

  it demonstrated a total lack of understanding of his enemy and the inevitable consequences of inflicting personal insults on kim jong-un.

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  cofty

  Hothead you epitomise everything that is wrong with modern politics. You identify with a tribe and lose all ability to think objectively. Your age won't be an excuse forever.

  You live in a bubble where the same ideas are recycled endlessly. You cannot tolerate criticism of your ideology or of its leaders and spokespersons. You show little interest in understanding the nuances of difficult issues or grasping how there are strengths and weaknesses on both sides of a debate.

  I despise Kim Jong-un but not primarily because he hates the USA. I have a lot of respect for the USA but I am convinced Trump is a dangerous idiot. You need to put me in a box with a label so you can criticise me for opinions that I don't hold.

  Yes I do read a great deal of books. Odd that you should use that fact as a reason to ridicule. If you want to understand NK and how we got where we are today and how we might avoid a catastrophe you need to value information more than you value your colloquial political affiliations.

  If you actually want to learn more about the history and political philosophy of NK I suggest "North Korea - State of Paranoia" by Paul French
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  DPRK Asserts that USA has Declared War

  by cofty in

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  north korea has taken president trump's recent statements as a declaration of war.

  pyongyang reserves the right to shoot down american planes even if they are not inside their airspace.. i listened to trump's speech to the un with dismay.

  it demonstrated a total lack of understanding of his enemy and the inevitable consequences of inflicting personal insults on kim jong-un.

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  You are on team call china, good!

  I have no idea what you mean. Is this something you heard on Talk Radio?
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  DPRK Asserts that USA has Declared War

  by cofty in

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  north korea has taken president trump's recent statements as a declaration of war.

  pyongyang reserves the right to shoot down american planes even if they are not inside their airspace.. i listened to trump's speech to the un with dismay.

  it demonstrated a total lack of understanding of his enemy and the inevitable consequences of inflicting personal insults on kim jong-un.

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  Man you are way too serious. - Hothead

  Provoking a nuclear war that would result in tens of thousands of civilian deaths is as serious as life gets.

  you are falling under the progressive myth that Obamas NK policy was all that great.

  You know absolutely nothing about my view of Obama's foreign policy.

  I support Trump doing something else even if that something else is a war that can still be fought without nuclear arms.

  The human cost of a war even without nuclear weapons will be counted in tens of thousands of civilian deaths. Anybody who supports Trump making personal, childish insults under these circumstances is naive or a teenager or both.

  Don't you? or are you on the "call china"-team?

  China has started to respond. It has banned companies doing business with NK and conducting financial transactions. NK desperately needs fuel and food subsidies from China. Foreign aid is part of the DPRK economy. There is a difficult balance to be found. Can Kim Jong-un be tamed without triggering the collapse of the regime? Who can blame China for not wanting a failed state on its border. Of course China has itself to blame. NK was totally defeated in the Korean war before Mao committed hundreds of thousands of troops. He sent Nationalists who had opposed him in the Communist Revolution so he didn't care how many died in Korea as long as Americans were dying. Russia also prolonged the war in order to damage the USA.

  am I only allowed to feel patriotic about things that happened during my lifetime

  Trump's incompetence is nothing to feel patriotic about. I am broadly-speaking a big supporter of the USA in international affairs but your current commander-in-chief is an embarrassment to you.
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  DPRK Asserts that USA has Declared War

  by cofty in

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  north korea has taken president trump's recent statements as a declaration of war.

  pyongyang reserves the right to shoot down american planes even if they are not inside their airspace.. i listened to trump's speech to the un with dismay.

  it demonstrated a total lack of understanding of his enemy and the inevitable consequences of inflicting personal insults on kim jong-un.

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  if you think that was all Trump did you didn't listen to his speech very well lol! - Hot

  I didn't say that's all he did. I did listen to his speech very carefully. I also read books by real experts on world affairs, modern history and politics. I explained why Trump's childish insults against Kim Jong-un is counterproductive in my OP. Did you read it?

  Please don't finish sentences with "lol!" We are discussing whether the world can avert nuclear war.

  I find it hilarious Trump talk to North Korea like North Korea talk to Trump and I bet it has an ENORMEOUS moral effect on the North Koreans when they can listen to his speeches!

  Provoking nuclear war is not hilarious it is dangerous and irresponsible. It may lead to massive loss of civilian life.

  If you think North Koreans listen to speeches at the UN you don't know anything about NK. North Koreans get all their information from state-owned news. The thing North Koreans will know about Trump is that according to their Supreme Leader he has declared war on them without cause and that it is time to defend their land from American aggression. Trump is being manipulated by Kim Jong-un and he can't see it.

  I see no reason to respect religion and I see no reason to respect a third-world dictator lol!

  My contempt for Kim Jong-un is total. If you bothered to read my OP you would see that I am not arguing that Kim 3 does not deserve ridicule. I am arguing that Trump has not got the skills, personality, knowledge or intelligence to deal with this situation effectively. (There is that 'lol' thing again. Please don't)

  The speech to the UN was IMO a "tear down the wall" moment. It gave me goosebumps!

  You are not old enough to remember the "tear down this wall" speech 30 years ago. There is no comparison between Kim Jong-un and Mikhail Gorbachev.
  
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  Human Origins

  by cofty in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  fantastic graphic produced by the smithsonian institute illustrating human origins.

  click on any of the group or species labels for more detailed information.. meet your ancestors here....

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  Radiometric dating is solid science.

  Fishy - What books or articles that present the scientific evidence for radiometric dating have you studied?

  I predict ...

  1 - The honest answer is none.

  2 - You will lie, obfuscate or ignore the question.