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Comment Re:Unless they're a protected party. (Score 1) 202

That's not me that calls them "Asians", it's the BBC that wants to obfuscate their backgrounds. Never mind it's also the BBC that's willing to stand up for government officials caught committing similar acts of abuse.

Then again, the UK makes it a crime to actually be British, stand up for yourself, defend other culturally non-protected groups, or make any factual objections regarding Mohammedans.

Comment Re:Perhaps if they sold to the US... (Score 1) 44

I am guessing from your comment that you are based in the US. Welcome to the same experience many of us we have in the rest of the world. E.g. only a limited selection on Netflix, lots of products get released later than in the US, or you go shopping on Amazon and during checkout you are told that some of the items are not shipped to your country.

Why yes, I am. I do recall it being at least FCC certified to operate, but nothing else.

At least with the 9500 Communicator and other models, there was a willingness to ship across borders. On the other hand, Jolla goes out of its way to make sure that it is a PITA to import one, much like how Nokia's high-end Harmattan device was released to the middle-of-nowhere.

Comment Unless they're a protected party. (Score 1) 202

Rotherham: a certain set of BBC-defined "Asians" from the Middle East avoid prosecution for fear of offending their culture.
In the government: If you're high enough up in the government (individuals such as Mr. Savile), you get a pass.

In both cases, the accuser is more likely to be the target of government-protected retribution.

Comment OAPI = Harassment Group (Score 2, Insightful) 202

Given that it's been associated with people that harass under the banner of "anti-harassment", their claims are impossible to believe. The only reason that such "anti-harassment" groups exist is for the coordinated silencing of individuals that present uncomfortable, narrative-breaking facts.

The bulk of their harassment claims end up being disproven, while their harassment of individuals is well-proven (see Chelsea "ZQ" van Valkenberg, R.H., and others).

Comment Re:Wrong. Willingness is not a binary construct. (Score 1) 940

Well, if that is how you define "coercion", then the term has nothing to do with slavery, forced labor, or injustice anymore.

Except that it does. When a choice is made of the least of the worst, force exists. It means that one is only able to mitigate an undesirable situation, not remove it.

Comment Re: Demographics (Score 1) 256

In a big city like New York or Sydney there are "selective" high schools like Bronx Science or Stuyvesant or Sydney Girls High School where elementary school kids have to take a test to get in. Always the school ends up being 80% Asian, either because they're smart, or work hard, or their parents have strong test-prep culture which fits the test-based state school admission better than it fits selective college admission. Yet somehow white students don't complain that they don't have the advantage Asians do because they live in a neighborhood that's predominantly white and go to schools that are predominantly white and therefore shitty, so they lack the secondary education opportunities of Asians.

Sounds like a case for applying disparate impact to kill off the selectiveness.

Comment German/Asian education systems are flawed (Score 1) 256

They're not prizing education, but the ability to make certain tiers of education. It's a lighter, friendlier, less free system comparable to India's castes - as competence is tertiary to tiering and testing.

On the other hand, the United States allows all and does quite well. If one were to factor that in tests, that would put the US at/near the top. However, don't let a little statistics get in the way of your narrative.

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