if anyone voices an opinion with which i disagree or even detest, i can either debate it or walk away.. the last thing i want is for someone to be silenced by threats.
however, it appears that some opinions on social media etc.
which contradict the official narrative are being muted.
IMO the cult should be legally free to teach that God hates blood.
However young people should be forced to have transfusions if there is a medical emergency, and the cult should not enjoy financial benefits.
We should all be free speech fundamentalists. The best defence against bad ideas and lies is exposure to better ideas and truth.
am i missing something here ?
how is it that where this covid 19 started , in wuhan china, china has only ,reportedly 83,000 for the whole country ?
whereas in the united states of america the figure is just under 400,000 ?.
The Pope is a Catholic.
Bears shit in the woods.
The CCP lies.
if anyone voices an opinion with which i disagree or even detest, i can either debate it or walk away.. the last thing i want is for someone to be silenced by threats.
however, it appears that some opinions on social media etc.
which contradict the official narrative are being muted.
Totally agree with comments by TD and AA above however this situation is slightly different.
It isn't the radio station that is refusing to allow idiotic and dangerous conspiracy theories to be be aired, it's the regulator OFCOM who are threatening to sanction the station for permitting the woman to spread lies on their station.
It does raise an interesting example of the limits of free speech.
I think you could argue there is a direct and immediate danger of physical harm to others which is perhaps the only legitimate reason to disallow speech.
i'm in the uk, and most days over the last 2 weeks i've watched the 5pm uk government update on the corona virus situation which includes questions from the media.
generally speaking i've found the whole update, including the questions and answers, to be respectful, informative and non combative, with, to the best of my recollection, very little mention of politics and blame.
certainly no political point scoring.
you are wishing others to die so you don’t have to
SBF - You epitomise everything that is wrong with online conversations.
You know you are misrepresenting my words but not for the first time be a smart arse is more important to you than dialogue. Maybe you need to get out more.
i'm in the uk, and most days over the last 2 weeks i've watched the 5pm uk government update on the corona virus situation which includes questions from the media.
generally speaking i've found the whole update, including the questions and answers, to be respectful, informative and non combative, with, to the best of my recollection, very little mention of politics and blame.
certainly no political point scoring.
A vaccine is probably 12-18 months away so like it or not herd immunity is part of the solution.
Keep the most vulnerable isolated, partial lockdown to keep hospital cases manageable and once the spread is under control gradually relax the rules.
The UK are just being more honest about it and treating us like adults.
IMO Boris and co - including Nicola Sturgeon - have been excellent.
why do round pizzas come in square boxes?.
why is donald trump the most amazing man ever?.
do you like putting salt on things?.
Aclue that was priceless
to quote the national institue of allergy and infectious diseases: "there are hundreds of coronaviruses, most of which circulate among such animals as pigs, camels, bats and cats.
sometimes those viruses jump to humans—called a spillover event—and can cause disease.
" https://www.niaid.nih.gov/diseases-conditions/coronaviruses.
What mistake?
Phizzy - Boris is fighting for his life and his pregnant girlfriend is symptomatic. Is now the time for ridicule?
cardinal george pell the australian catholic who was the 3rd most senior person in the vatican was acquitted by the high court of australia of all sex charges against him this morning.. after serving about 400 days behind bars he is now free to walk out of jail, to the shock of many.. this should make news headlines all around the world judging by past experience..
I read an article on Quillette a few months ago that opened my eyes to how questionable the Pell trial has been. It has a hint of show-trial about it.
I was aggressively anti-Pell and still am but you can't convict somebody without proper evidence if you care about rule of law.
on my profile, under "update avatar", i click on "upload avatar image" and choose the picture i want, but it doesn't work.
i know it says there may be a slight delay but i've been waiting for more than 12 hours so i'm wondering if there's something wrong with the site, or if i'm missing something..
Maybe for the moment you can try the Refresh Gravatar button which should swap your pic for one of the generic monsters.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-52171712.
the bbc isn't even covering this story - it's merely publishing the front page of a newspaper which is!
why not bbc?.
According to The Scotsman she visited her holiday home in Fife two weekends in a row. Once with her whole family and the second time with her husband.
