Posts by Simon

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Vaccine Passports: THIS Is Where It Leads

by Simon in

this is a good watch.. i agree with it 100% - the people pushing for everyone having to carry id are the ones that have shown over and over again that they can't be trusted with people's information.

the tech companies want it because they would be able to link online tracking and information logging with people's real-world activities.

the government wants it because they would have control over people and movement.. both should be chilling to anyone with half a brain.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uggvgke0n8o.

Simon

Now, we had all kinds of restrictions in place during the Spanish Flu 100 years ago and they have all been lifted. Name a restriction that hasn’t been lifted and affects your life today?

Why? No one is claiming that it is solely things related to health restrictions - you are creating an absolute straw-man.

The point is that governments are quick to extend their powers but always slower to limit their powers. it's a constant one-way street of people's rights and freedoms being eroded which is why there is a risk to blindly allowing it, especially if it's for dubious value.

And especially at the behest of tech giants who have repeatedly demonstrated that they abuse people's information to make money.

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Vaccine Passports: THIS Is Where It Leads

by Simon in

this is a good watch.. i agree with it 100% - the people pushing for everyone having to carry id are the ones that have shown over and over again that they can't be trusted with people's information.

the tech companies want it because they would be able to link online tracking and information logging with people's real-world activities.

the government wants it because they would have control over people and movement.. both should be chilling to anyone with half a brain.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uggvgke0n8o.

Simon

Data that’s like saying the China virus

"UK Variant of ...": OK

"Brazil Variant of ...": OK

"South African Variant of ...": OK

"... the China Virus": RAAAAAAAACIST!!!

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Why Do People Loot and Destroy When Someone Gets Shot?

by minimus in

jw
friends

someone gets shot and or killed and hundreds of people decide to loot and destroy businesses or whatever else is in their path.

what does this do to make things better?

i really don’t get how they think it makes things better or solves anything..

Simon

Their motivations are probably more complex, which does not change the damage they do.

Their motivations are not really complex.

They have been force-fed a constant diet of victimhood and resentment and that they have been disadvantaged and have a right to "take back what they are owed".

The reality is that their lot in life is almost entirely of their parents and their own making.

Poor life choices lead to poor lives.

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Vaccine Passports: THIS Is Where It Leads

by Simon in

this is a good watch.. i agree with it 100% - the people pushing for everyone having to carry id are the ones that have shown over and over again that they can't be trusted with people's information.

the tech companies want it because they would be able to link online tracking and information logging with people's real-world activities.

the government wants it because they would have control over people and movement.. both should be chilling to anyone with half a brain.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uggvgke0n8o.

Simon

Please provide us with a single example of a right that was been permanently lost in the past that was originally done in the guise of a public health order.

I didn't say it happened due to public health orders. The fact is that governments use emergencies to grab powers, the electorate allows it to happen because "emergency", and then the powers are kept and misused.

There are many examples of the police in the UK misusing powers originally intended to prevent terrorism against people who are clearly nothing todo with terrorism. The legislation was intended to be temporary but becomes permanent and used against the citizenry.

If a government gets special powers when there is an emergency, at some point they will create an emergency to get the special powers. At the very least, they will take advantage of an emergency to extend their powers and avoid oversight.

Is the US capitol under attack? If not, why are there still troops and fences deployed? It sure would be convenient to a government not to have to deal with demonstrations and detractors wouldn't it?

https://www.voanews.com/usa/pentagon-approves-extension-reduced-national-guard-presence-around-us-capitol

People who have simply criticised politicians online have been visited by armed police. Why? Who called them? Under what authority or law?

You can chose to sleepwalk into a fascist state if you want, but some of us chose to pay attention.

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Why Do People Loot and Destroy When Someone Gets Shot?

by minimus in

jw
friends

someone gets shot and or killed and hundreds of people decide to loot and destroy businesses or whatever else is in their path.

what does this do to make things better?

i really don’t get how they think it makes things better or solves anything..

Simon

It's because they are fundamentally criminally inclined opportunists. They don't give a shit about someone being shot, hundred are shot every week by each other, what they do care about is having an excuse to take what isn't theirs and acting as a mob gives them cover.

Remove the constraints of law and order and people show who their true selves are.

They should be shot.

I wonder how many people would need to be shot to put an end to this?

It happens now because they know the police are going to stand back and do nothing and that encourages it. That's why it's become regular as clockwork and expected.

Once it was clear that there was a different response going to happen, people would change their behavior.

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Prince Philip dies aged 99

by LoveUniHateExams in

born philippos, prince of denmark and greece in 1921, prince philip has died aged 99 years old (june 1921 - april 2021).. a very long, quite remarkable life lived.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oaqxest27_e.

Simon

Seems like he cared more about the people than the government:

Prince Philip: You've got to see "the consequences of dictatorships" and "the philosophy that individuals are there for the sake of the state."

"That seems wrong to me. It seems to me the state is there for the sake of the individual."

https://twitter.com/mattwridley/status/1381629626238312452

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Vaccine Passports: THIS Is Where It Leads

by Simon in

this is a good watch.. i agree with it 100% - the people pushing for everyone having to carry id are the ones that have shown over and over again that they can't be trusted with people's information.

the tech companies want it because they would be able to link online tracking and information logging with people's real-world activities.

the government wants it because they would have control over people and movement.. both should be chilling to anyone with half a brain.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uggvgke0n8o.

Simon

Nearly all "temporary powers" end up becoming permanent, and all powers are eventually used for political control to suppress opposition and dissent.

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Vaccine Passports: THIS Is Where It Leads

by Simon in

this is a good watch.. i agree with it 100% - the people pushing for everyone having to carry id are the ones that have shown over and over again that they can't be trusted with people's information.

the tech companies want it because they would be able to link online tracking and information logging with people's real-world activities.

the government wants it because they would have control over people and movement.. both should be chilling to anyone with half a brain.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uggvgke0n8o.

Simon

This is a good watch.

I agree with it 100% - the people pushing for everyone having to carry ID are the ones that have shown over and over again that they can't be trusted with people's information. The tech companies want it because they would be able to link online tracking and information logging with people's real-world activities. The government wants it because they would have control over people and movement.

Both should be chilling to anyone with half a brain.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGgvgKE0n8o

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Prince Philip dies aged 99

by LoveUniHateExams in

born philippos, prince of denmark and greece in 1921, prince philip has died aged 99 years old (june 1921 - april 2021).. a very long, quite remarkable life lived.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oaqxest27_e.

Simon

I've seen accounts of people who were present at some of these "incidents" and they were blown up into something they weren't by the media and the marxists anti-monarchists in them that wanted opportunities to pull the royals down.

Everyone should know by now that the last thing you should expect from the media are facts and honesty.

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Do You Tip At Eateries?

by minimus in

jw
friends

if you go to a restaurant, do you tip and typically how much?

if you were given a 90 minute time frame to eat at a restaurant, would that restriction limit your tipping to the waitress or waiter?.

also if you order a coffee and donut and pick it up, do you contribute to the “tip jar” that’s on the counter?

Simon

Why do you have to tip?

It works both ways. There are undoubtedly servers who make a killing from it - if you're picking up $30+ a time from tables and have 3 - 4 or more per hour, that is a damn good rate and they would probably be willing to work for $0 regular pay to get it rather than only be paid a set rate and the gratuity go to the restaurant.

But I suspect there are plenty of cheapskates who make that less common and make the job difficult.

From a business perspective, you would want employees who want to provide great service and if adding "... so that they boost their pay with good tips" on the end of that achieves it, what do they care? It's a system that has evolved that way and the service in such places probably is measurably better than places where they don't have that.