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Comment Re:It won't help if he wins (Score 1) 114

You keep insulting me in every post, which is a sign that you don't have valid arguments to support your views.

You know that "this site is for science and tech news", so then why did you make a diatribe against a political leader whose view you happen to not agree with? Is it scientific to insult and call people names?

In conclusion, I win.

Comment Re:It won't help if he wins (Score 1) 114

You're the one who's confused. Let me remind you of the context under which we are discussing. You were talking about Vladimir Putin - whom you pejoratively referred to as Vladolf Putler - whereby you inferred that he "hate people just for being born gay". In the context of Putin, he has never said anything to imply that he hated people who are attracted to people of the same sex. What he did was enacted legislation against homosexual practices and propaganda. I re-emphasise - practices and propaganda, NOT attraction. So in this context, gay means people who commit homosexual behaviour, not those who're only attracted to people of the same sex, because there's no way you can legislate against attraction, is there?

Comment Re:It won't help if he wins (Score 1) 114

What's the point of being gay if one doesn't engage in homosexual acts? To put it another way, what's the difference between a non-gay person and a gay person who doesn't exhibit homosexual behaviour? There's no difference. When we talk about gay people, we need only consider those people who actually exhibit homosexual behaviour. A non-practising gay person is irrelevant to the discussion.

Comment Re:It won't help if he wins (Score 1) 114

If someone is born with the genetic predisposition to violence, would you call him a violent person the minute he's born? Of course not - you'd call him a violent person only if he exhibits violent behaviour once he grows up. The same with homosexuality. A person is born as an asexual. He cannot be called a homosexual until he hits puberty and exhibits homosexual behaviour.

Comment Re:Was it advertised as free? (Score 4, Informative) 192

Unlike the US and the UK, Germany has a civil law system in contrast to the common law system used in certain countries like the US and the UK. Therefore judges in Germany are not bounded by decision made in former rulings that are not clearly codified in written legislation.

Comment Re:Jackpot (Score 1) 617

That depends on the law applicable in your jurisdiction. In certain jurisdictions, it is illegal to open any package designated to another person. So if a package is accidentally delivered to your house, and it has another person's name clearly written on it, it would be illegal for you to open the package. You might not be obligated to return the package, but you also would not be able to use the contents without breaking the law. The law might also prevent you from destroying or discarding the package, in which case your options would be either to keep the package indefinitely, pass on the package to its intended recipient, return it to the sender, or break the law.

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