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  Derek Chauvin - The Right to a Fair Trial

  by Simon in

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  anyone following the derek chauvin trial?.

  if you are actually following it, not just listening to the media, you will likely realize that there is a huge gap between what is going on in court and what is being reported in the media.. if the trial was fair, i think he should be acquitted.

  there is plenty of reasonable doubt about the cause of death (his dealer doesn't want to testify because he could be guilty of 3rd degree murder for selling him a fatal amount of fentanyl) and even doubt over whether the officer even had his knee on the guys neck or did anything counter to what they were meant to do as per policy.. but is it fair?

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  People seem to have forgotten that the reason we have jury trials is because it's meant to be better than mob justice.

  This was mob justice, not a fair trial, and it will be appealed because you can't imagine a more unfair trial situation than the jurors being under threat of death and senior politicians and the president commenting on that the result of the trial should be.

  If it happens again at appeal, then what? Mistrial?

  The short-sighted will miss the point that adhering to the principle of ensuring the right to a fair trial is way more important than the outcome of any individual case.

  And the result appears to have deflated the impetus for police reform, so no one will get what they wanted.

  But expect the long term effect of this to be fewer police. Who would go on duty in the current climate?
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  Over population

  by mickbobcat in

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  so i see some very counter intuitive videos on how there is no over population issue.

  that the world will grow to about 11 billion and stop.

  well that would be the first time in human history that population just stopped.

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  LMAO China has not eliminated poverty nor has or will they or India. That is one of the most stupid things I have every heard.

  Yeah, what people will do is calculate the average wage, including the new ultra-wealthy and declare it fixed. Once again, the super-rich saving the poor from actually classifying as poor through the power of wonky statistics.
  
  
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  Over population

  by mickbobcat in

  1. social
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  so i see some very counter intuitive videos on how there is no over population issue.

  that the world will grow to about 11 billion and stop.

  well that would be the first time in human history that population just stopped.

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  The best solution was on the HitchHikers Guide to the Galaxy, where they built three spaceships. They put the useless people on the 3rd, and "let them go first" ...
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  Derek Chauvin - The Right to a Fair Trial

  by Simon in

  1. social
  2. current

  anyone following the derek chauvin trial?.

  if you are actually following it, not just listening to the media, you will likely realize that there is a huge gap between what is going on in court and what is being reported in the media.. if the trial was fair, i think he should be acquitted.

  there is plenty of reasonable doubt about the cause of death (his dealer doesn't want to testify because he could be guilty of 3rd degree murder for selling him a fatal amount of fentanyl) and even doubt over whether the officer even had his knee on the guys neck or did anything counter to what they were meant to do as per policy.. but is it fair?

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  So "guilty" then, jurors chose the lives of themselves and their families ahead of the guy they never met, and I can't blame them!

  The judge already directed people to the future appeal, where the real verdict will be decided ... maybe?

  And at least there won't be any rioting, violence and looting ... right?
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  This Discussion Board

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  when you look back the last 20 years , what a transformation!

  back then witnesses were putting out poetry and most were singing the praises of the organization.

  slowly and gradually, negative thoughts were allowed to be expressed about doctrines, elders and congregation life.

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  What kept me coming back??? The humour! You lot were so damn funny!

  I’d never met such funny JWs before and I knew there was something different about the people on here....I felt enormous kinship such as I’d never really felt before.

  I think there is a lot of value in people just acting normally and being friendly and real. Especially after the fakery of the WTS environment.

  I know some people love the deep theological discussions, but I've always felt that people rarely leave because of those just as they rarely join because of them.

  It's all about personal connections and feeling a sense of belonging. So the personal stories and friendly words that help people to relate and feel like they can join in are worth so much.

  We are definitely all mental though.
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  This Discussion Board

  by minimus in

  1. jw
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  when you look back the last 20 years , what a transformation!

  back then witnesses were putting out poetry and most were singing the praises of the organization.

  slowly and gradually, negative thoughts were allowed to be expressed about doctrines, elders and congregation life.

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  That's 20 years I'm never getting back!

  LOL
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  William Shatner is 90 years old but doesn't look like it-------Why?

  by pistolpete in

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  i can't believe william shatner is 90 years old but doesn't look like other 90 year olds that i've met.

  is it genetic?

  is it lifestyle.

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  Yeah, whatever it is he's doing well on it. Looks and acts positively spritely.

  Seems like a top bloke - saw him on a travel program where there was a bunch of old actors travelling round Europe and one young guy trying to "herd" them, it was very entertaining.
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  Announcing The WatchtowerHelper Chrome extension

  by wtwrhelpclub in

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  a new free chrome extension opens up watchtower study articles on jw.org to global discussion!

  the extension lets you highlight, comment, and add footnotes.

  you can also view other's highlights and posts, all without leaving jw.org!

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  WatchtowerHelper collects the following:
  Personally identifiable information
  For example: name, address, email address, age or identification number

  Why? For what purpose?

  I'd be wary of someone showing up wanting me to install a Chrome extension that can see everything I browse ... but that's just me, suspicious.
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  Do You Think White People Are Being Discriminated Against?

  by minimus in

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  some call it reverse discrimination.

  whatever you want to refer to as, in your opinion, are white people being unfairly picked on?

  it seems acceptable that if you are white you are viewed with disdain.

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  But away from the nonsense, day-to-day racism against white people doesn't seem to have increased.

  That's not true. Anytime there is "positive" discrimination, then by definition there is someone being negatively discriminated against. If it's based on skin color then it's racist and it's unfair to the person who is the victim of it and would have otherwise won on merit and achievement.

  It doesn't matter if it's employment quotas, or different admission-marks for university or some other accreditation, if it's a different system based on race then it's racism.

  That makes anyone supporting it or not working to remove it a racist.
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  What Do You Think of Dr. Fauci?

  by minimus in

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  last year millions of people were singing his praises.

  what’s your opinion of him right now?.

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  in a field they have no competence in

  You don't need to be an expert in a field to spot when someone is bull-shitting you.

  Blind faith in "experts" is both dangerous and stupid.

  If they are right, and have the data to back it up, but can't convince people ... then they are no expert.

  If they rely on having people silenced rather than addressing criticisms ... then they are no expert.

  True expertise stands up to scrutiny and critiques. Always question anything you are not allowed to question.