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If your iThing has only 8GB, you must be a poor.
It will probably come in a special color so that all your peers can tell you aren't really one of them and ostracize you.
If your iThing has only 8GB, you must be a poor.
It will probably come in a special color so that all your peers can tell you aren't really one of them and ostracize you.
America allows protests. Americans object to protestors.
Americans are such a dumb, confused bunch.
This is the thing that foreigners don't understand about American freedoms... "I may disagree with your point, but I support your right to say it."
In America, we hold the right to speak out against perceived injustice to be important. We forgive many transgressions in support of that right. Thus, we allow protests.
We object to protests which infringe on others rights. Their rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. The right to go about their day, to reach medical care unimpeded, to be secure in their private personal property, to be safe from assault, etc. When a protest crosses the line and interferes with the rights of another person, it is no longer a freedom but an assault. "Your right to swing your fist ends at my nose."
This is how our freedoms work. It works for us. Your opinions of it are irrelevant.
Everyone has the right to be stupid.
Our society goes pretty far in allowing protestors to make themselves heard -too far, in my opinion (but I am a selfish jerk...)
They may face consequences such as unemployment, fines, and jail time -but not until long after the fact. Most of the time, we let protestors off with a slap on the wrist for the harm they cause because we support the right to speak out even when it harms others. Only the most egregious cases face actual consequences.
This is the price we pay for a free society -we let others do stupid things that they think are right (or wrong-but for the right reasons?)
[T]hey're having problems with elderly being forgotten, only found mummified in their homes long later, people aren't retiring in the country until extremely late, if at all, entire towns are being abandoned, there's a real problem with keeping up with all the elderly's care needs, to the point that they're looking at using companionship robots, etc...
None of these issues are unique to Japan. These may be symptoms of a larger social issue in Japan, but they are happening everywhere.
First thought: This is coming from a US Senator. You are the one who makes the laws, dude. Write one up. Get it passed. Make it a law. Don't badger the President to use questionable executive power to do your bidding. DO YOUR JOB. MAKE A LAW.
Second thought: No. Don't ban Chinese EVs. It is the wrong way to handle this. If there is an unfair subsidy, apply tariffs to equalize the situation. Banning foreign competition removes market pressure to improve domestic products.
"Never put anything on the internet you wouldn't shout down the hallway."
It has a way of becoming public information.
...or at least until the investors checks clear the bank.
That's what my laptop says too.
I suspect that when they EOL win10, they will let it upgrade to win11 even without the magic DRM chip.
No. Of course, in America, you can sue anyone for anything... but the point of hiring off-duty police is not to "ask them not to pursue".
Thing is, when a child has no smartphone, but all, or even a lot, of their peers have one they're going to get bullied.
If a child comes home crying because of getting bullied for not having a smartphone, any parent is going to budge and give them one.
This is bad parenting.
You are teaching the child that bullying is ok, that they must "keep up with the Jones's", and that giving in to peer pressure is the way life works.
Instead you could be teaching them to be strong willed, that bullying is wrong, and that friends treat each other with respect.
If you want to deter petty crime in "high street" areas, you need community policing. Go back to foot patrols of police officers walking the beat. There needs to be enough presence that the officers know the shopkeepers and regular hang-abouts by name and face. You should be able to shout for help, and know that the officer is not going to attack YOU. Actual police presence -that doesn't inspire fear-of-death in everyone around- deters crime.
Yes, it is expensive to pay officers to wander around. But it works.
Occasionally they hire cops that moonlight, but same rules apply.
When police officers moonlight as private security, they retain their police powers (as they are legally "sworn officers of the law") even though they are off-duty. They can serve in their police uniform. They still have qualified immunity protection for their actions. Charges such as "assaulting an officer" and "resisting arrest" can be pressed instead of just petty shoplifting.
Hiring off-duty cops as security is not cheap, but the effect can be significant.
An excellent example of how platforms are fungible:
You got the boot from one platform, and here you are posting on another.
Your freedom of speech has not been limited. You can still speak out all you want -whether or not anyone listens is a separate issue and not a guaranteed right.
England could produce 13 times more renewable energy than it does now, while using less than 3% of its land
Yes, but.. which 3%?
/NIMBY
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