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  Covid / India

  by stan livedeath in

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  its been strangely quiet on here lately about covid..or isnt it news any more.

  the " not a pandemic" brigade have been noticably absent about the situation in india..

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  This post references PistolPete's first post on this thread, (That's post 4 from the start) with a al jazeera video examining the lack of toilets (both private and public) in India.

  That video was posted on YT in 2010. I did back there sometime post quite a lot of information about that situation. It was (and still is) a huge problem. Neither the British Colonial government, nor subsequent Indian government's had ever tried to do anything about.

  It was and is a huge health problem, to what extent open defecation plays in the spread of the coid19 has not been analysed (as far as I know) but it likely does. But it is also a safety problem for women in particular, has having to both piss and shit in public, often leads to rape.

  So when I saw the al jazeera video that PP posted my curiousity was aroused, because i knew that the Modi government had started a program in 2014 to build toilets for everyone in India ( the Swachh Bharat - Clean India Program) and in 2019 had declared victory - so was it still true that lots of people still had no access to working toilets?

  Sadly, it appears that the Modi goverments claims are another kind of SHIT- (i.e. bullshit). The situation is better, but it is still a big problem.

  I found this article, published by a media groups named C/net, with the Headline:

  India spent $30 billion to fix its broken sanitation. It ended up with more problems

  The Swachh Bharat mission, launched in 2014, was an ambitious effort to stop open defecation. It's far from reaching that goal.

  Link: https://www.cnet.com/news/india-spent-30-billion-to-fix-its-broken-sanitation-it-ended-up-with-more-problems/

  and this video, made by a community action group called Video Volunteers* that posts videos on public problems in India>

  Link: (the video was posted in 2020) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=elEkUFtTrII

  * Video Volunteers (VV) is working to create an alternative media landscape in which thousands of people around the world, living in slums and villages, are producing high quality video content that brings awareness to communities and empowers them to take action. - We create models of sustainable, locally owned media, and devise training programs that give communities the journalism, critical thinking and creative skills to run them.
  
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  Covid / India

  by stan livedeath in

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  its been strangely quiet on here lately about covid..or isnt it news any more.

  the " not a pandemic" brigade have been noticably absent about the situation in india..

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  iXav: i doubt that the situation is as cold-blooded as that. If we need to know that India is class ridden by the caste system.

  Quote: (from a BBC article) "The caste system divides Hindus into four main categories - Brahmins, Kshatriyas, Vaishyas and the Shudras. Many believe that the groups originated from Brahma, the Hindu God of creation" - https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-35650616#:~:text=The%20caste%20system%20divides%20Hindus,the%20Hindu%20God%20of%20creation.

  and, "The main castes were further divided into about 3,000 castes and 25,000 sub-castes, each based on their specific occupation. - Outside of this Hindu caste system were the achhoots - the Dalits or the untouchables."

  So the upper castes think they become unclean if they touch the untouchable and generally are not paticularly interested in any group below their status.
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  Covid / India

  by stan livedeath in

  1. social
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  its been strangely quiet on here lately about covid..or isnt it news any more.

  the " not a pandemic" brigade have been noticably absent about the situation in india..

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  The Hongkong based Asia Times, now owned by a former New York based financier (who claims to have voted for Trump in 2016) provides fairly unbiased views of contemporary Asia recently published two articles on the Indian Covid debacle:

  https://asiatimes.com/2021/04/indias-covid-catastrophe-could-have-been-avoided/?fbclid=IwAR1mMPQIzMpgzLvzT3Tij17IbJoNt6cg_A_YtkoMn6Fy96v1UOMEeghQh_0

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  https://asiatimes.com/2021/04/indias-super-rich-flee-unimaginable-horror-in-private-jets/
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  Covid / India

  by stan livedeath in

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  its been strangely quiet on here lately about covid..or isnt it news any more.

  the " not a pandemic" brigade have been noticably absent about the situation in india..

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  For the people affected, India must have the worst Corona-Sars-2 epidemic on the globe. The Modi government has badly mishandled the epidemic.

  In a country where millions are day labourers, Modi's first lockdown was announced with less than 24 hours notice.

  People at work, suddenly found themselves without money, food etc. Hundred's of thousands then had to try and get home (without transport) to their home villages.

  This latest plague shows even more clearly the way India is faar behind the rest of Asia,

  The latest shortage > Wood to cremate the dead.

  

  

  Also see this report in Singapore's Straits Times;

  https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/south-asia/families-allowed-to-bury-dead-in-their-backyard-with-crematoriums-overwhelmed-by?utm_campaign=stfb&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&fbclid=IwAR37z56F98wdcdHe8DR3prgKuXCVnxIs8wdX4iVtsMJC0aSYu7uLqC-c2DM
  
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  The absolute insanity that religion breeds

  by LoveUniHateExams in

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  however good certain religious principles may or may not be, there seems to be complete insanity that only religion breeds.. a buddhist monk in thailand has apparently chopped off his own head to give himself 'good luck' in the afterlife.. .

  https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9488127/buddhist-monk-chops-head-guillotine-buddha.html.

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  How will dyed-in-the-wool christians get their heads around quantum physics???

  
  
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  The absolute insanity that religion breeds

  by LoveUniHateExams in

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  however good certain religious principles may or may not be, there seems to be complete insanity that only religion breeds.. a buddhist monk in thailand has apparently chopped off his own head to give himself 'good luck' in the afterlife.. .

  https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9488127/buddhist-monk-chops-head-guillotine-buddha.html.

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  From this morning's web grab bag of information (grin).

  

  A strange thing about this illustration is that the woman is portrayed as having 1 lost hand already. Is that meant to imply that this is the second time she's had to grab a man's dik in order to save her husband's life? If so, if I was an elder back then I believe I would have to consider counselling her to find a new husband
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  The absolute insanity that religion breeds

  by LoveUniHateExams in

  1. social
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  however good certain religious principles may or may not be, there seems to be complete insanity that only religion breeds.. a buddhist monk in thailand has apparently chopped off his own head to give himself 'good luck' in the afterlife.. .

  https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9488127/buddhist-monk-chops-head-guillotine-buddha.html.

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  Hmm! Since we are (in this thread) discussing divinities, may I add:

  
  
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  Social Trends - Male underwear as hot fashion

  by fulltimestudent in

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  during australia's lockdowns and other reactions to the batty virus.

  i've been spending more time studying my history interests via the internet and its many possibilities.

  one area is quite interesting.

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  DesirousOfChange: "Are straight guys really all that concerned about underwear fashions these days? Or is this just something trending in the gay community"

  Well. DOC. if you want change, then these videos seem to be evidence of change. I have little doubt that they attract Same Sex Attracted Guys, but some of the videos seem to marketing exercises (by the manufacturers) aimed at so called 'str8' guys and their women folk.

  It may be evidence of cultural changes in attitudes toward sexuality. Perhaps the attitudes that can be perceived in some Asian areas is filtering through into western nations.
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  Social Trends - Male underwear as hot fashion

  by fulltimestudent in

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  2. friends

  during australia's lockdowns and other reactions to the batty virus.

  i've been spending more time studying my history interests via the internet and its many possibilities.

  one area is quite interesting.

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  fulltimestudent

  During Australia's lockdowns and other reactions to the batty virus. I've been spending more time studying my history interests via the internet and its many possibilities. One area is quite interesting. Youtube, not only has tons of rubbish, but also many academic level video lectures and other quite good historical information.

  Amid all that 'good' stuff and the 'rubbish', there's a thin middle layer, and I'd class social trends as one of the areas of that 'thin' layer.

  Recently, I became aware of a number of very short videos, by makers of male underwear, They all seem to have one thing in common well-built young men (No old daggy duffers like me- and I assume most other male xjws posting here) in a myriad of poses exhibiting underwear designed in a previously unimaginable differences, but all seemingly designed to enhance an essential part of manliness, as they contort their bodies into different poses, all designed to draw attention to their maleness.

  I realise that once you look at one or two of these short videos, YT's programming likely starts pushing them at you, but it seems that are many more makers of fashion male underwear than there were when I was young. In the Australia in which I grew up there was (in memory) only one brand (Bonds) only on colour (white) but offering a choice of style (2) -briefs or trunks,

  Now, well judge for yourself ...

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUGt9FZw3lQ

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BL-hs4_7fRI

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EXqs8rGr2Xg
  
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  Does the Earth (as a planet) deserve to be colonised by humans?

  by fulltimestudent in

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  do humans have the right to live on this planet?

  we have, in much less than a century, managed to fill the earth with so much plastic waste that tiny fragments of plastic have been found on the highest mountains and the deepest ocean depths.

  not satisfied with doing that, we stupidly continue to do it.

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  Do humans have the right to live on this planet?

  We have, in much less than a century, managed to fill the earth with so much plastic waste that tiny fragments of plastic have been found on the highest mountains and the deepest ocean depths. Not satisfied with doing that, we stupidly continue to do it. That's not the only stupid thing that humans have done, however. I wont try to enumerate the silly/stupid things we do, but focus on this one: This headline describes what may possibly solve the human problem for the earth.

  TOXIC CHEMICALS THREATEN HUMANITY’S ABILITY TO REPRODUCE

  In a new book, epidemiologist Shanna Swan looks at the impact of environmental chemicals on human sexuality and reproductive systems.

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  That's a headline in The Intercept (requoted in the UK Guardian.

  Quote: "SHANNA SWAN IS the senior author of a 2017 study that documented a dramatic drop in sperm counts in Western countries over the past half-century. That meta-analysis of 185 studies involving 42,935 men found that total sperm count fell 59 percent between 1973 and 2011. Swan, a reproductive epidemiologist, pointed to the role of environmental chemicals in that trend. Now she has written “Count Down: How Our Modern World Is Threatening Sperm Counts, Altering Male and Female Reproductive Development, and Imperiling the Future of the Human Race,” a book that ties industrial chemicals in everyday products to a wide range of changes taking place in recent years, including increasing numbers of babies born with smaller penises; higher rates of erectile dysfunction; declining fertility; eroding sex differences in some animal species; and potentially even behaviors that are thought of as gender-typical."

  The link to full articleis: https://theintercept.com/2021/01/24/toxic-chemicals-human-sexuality-shanna-swan/?fbclid=IwAR0y4mp4B54pe0cMuejoEeewqr2oAVvDV1odaRShry65naNdlrowxS1zUM8

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  The UK Guardian's re-write of the article cites some details; (Link:https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/mar/18/toxic-chemicals-health-humanity-erin-brokovich?fbclid=IwAR0NFDk1TVZDqjmJY3ecBLK7hSQFh2L-y8owNsQ0VpNym3TFkdBMzsNSs08 )

  Quote: "Following the trajectory we are on, Swan’s research suggests sperm counts could reach zero by 2045. Zero. Let that sink in. That would mean no babies. No reproduction. No more humans. Forgive me for asking: why isn’t the UN calling an emergency meeting on this right now?

  

  US urged to cut 50% of emissions by 2030 to spur other countries to action

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  The chemicals to blame for this crisis are found in everything from plastic containers and food wrapping, to waterproof clothes and fragrances in cleaning products, to soaps and shampoos, to electronics and carpeting. Some of them, called PFAS, are known as “forever chemicals”, because they don’t breakdown in the environment or the human body. They just accumulate and accumulate – doing more and more damage, minute by minute, hour by hour, day by day. Now, it seems, humanity is reaching a breaking point.

  
  

  Swan’s book is staggering in its findings. “In some parts of the world, the average twentysomething woman today is less fertile than her grandmother was at 35,” Swan writes. In addition to that, Swan finds that, on average, a man today will have half of the sperm his grandfather had. “The current state of reproductive affairs can’t continue much longer without threatening human survival,” writes Swan, adding: “It’s a global existential crisis.” That’s not hyperbole. That’s just science.

  As if this wasn’t terrifying enough, Swan’s research finds that these chemicals aren’t just dramatically reducing semen quality, they are also shrinking penis size and volume of the testes. This is nothing short of a full-scale emergency for humanity.

  Swan’s book echoes previous research, which has found that PFAS harms sperm production, disrupts the male hormone and is correlated to a “reduction of semen quality, testicular volume and penile length”. These chemicals are literally confusing our bodies, making them send mix messages and go haywire."