Those main reason 'natives' objected to the construction of the telescope not because of the sacredness of the mount Kea but the lack of a certain incentive --- namely, $$$
Money can move mountains if needed be
Instead of Viagra, rhino horn's main function in traditional Chinese medicine is much more closer to Tylenol
Rhino horn has never been used as aphrodisiacs in Chinese medicine
As there are hundreds of other ingredients, vast majority of them plant based, such as barley or chrysanthemum, which work much better as fever reducer in traditional Chinese medicine, rhino horns are actually not needed at all
The commercialization of 'health' is no difference from the commercialization of anything else
Just like there are people willing to pay top dollar for Armani suits there are people happy to part their money to purchase things that they think are 'healthy'
Saudi Arabia exploits the situation whereby most of the moslems in many islamic countries are poor
For example - in Pakistan more than 80% of the children can't go to school because their parents simply can't afford to pay their school fees
In order to get their children to study, the poor parents in Pakistan enroll their children in madrassa - Islamic Religious School - financed largely by Saudi oil money
And in the madrassas the children from the age of 5 are inculcated with extremist islamic teachings. By the time they reach their teen years they have had more than 12 years of intensive brainwash, so much so that they are more than willing to die for the 'cause'
And Pakistan is not the only place in the world in which Saudi Arabia is sponsoring the brainwashing campaign for the next generation of islamic terrorists --- countries spanning the world, from Morocco to Nigeria to Kenya to Afghanistan to India to Yemen to Somalia to South Africa to Mali to Indonesia to the Philippines to even the Western nations, the fingerprints of Saudi Arab are everywhere
and, supposedly, the russians are returning to using type-writers instead of computers, for their secret memos and spy schtuff
Talking about typewriters
That only goes to show that there always exist the possibilities of leakage no matter which route it takes
I have investments in various countries from India to Kenya to Colombia, amongst other countries
I am not saying that the West is not doing anything breathtaking - what I am saying is, if you guys are looking for fresh perspective on the tech scene, it's the places outside of the traditional Western sphere which is filled with real excitement
But of course, what I am saying is based on what I am experiencing --- YMMV
I wonder how much of a chance there is those times come back...
The ultimate step to controlling reality is to erase all evidence of a reality that contradicts the one you desire, to the point where even those harmed by the changes you promulgate will prefer your version to a conflicting one
Anyone who does that are desperados, and in the current era we live in, many entities - from humongous entity such as the government of the United States of America to that pitiful UK news rag joint are trying everything they can to erase the reality
They think they can hide the truth?
They think they can keep on repeating their bold face lies until they become truth?
What are they thinking?
While it is a great news that Assange is going to have his interview done in London we must not forget that England is also on board of the American spy gravy train as a full member
We do not need to look far and wide to understand England's role on helping America to spread its propaganda other than its claim that the British spies have been 'harmed' with Snowden's files being successfully decrypted by the Russian and Chinese government
The Intercept has a piece on it --- https://firstlook.org/theinter...
The British 'drama' conveniently plays out while its American partner hoarding news headline of data on millions of its civil servants' being stolen by "Chinese hackers', even after revelations that the whole thing is nothing more than an inside job
What we have witnessed thus far has been a false flag fest - false flags that play out one after another hitting out on the Russian bogeyman and the Chinese bogeyman
Even when Mr. Assange's interview is to be held in London, let us not forget that he is still being entrapped inside London by none other than the British government
How many years it officially took the hackers to stumble across the existence of the embedded NSA backdoor inside MS Windows??
Way before the news of that 'discovery' was told to the world, a friend of mine found it, but was told to 'shut up or else' by his then boss
Apparently they (and many other people) already knew about it for quite a while, but none of them bother to tell the world about it
After all, China and Russia are supposed to be the bad dude, and Snowden is supposed to be a traitor
Who are us to argue with the mighty Uncle Sam?
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