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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Treaties principle bill in New Zealand |
| The_Walrus |
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Posted: Yesterday, 8:17 pm
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Replies: 9
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| With respect, Walrus, the Treaty is not considered by anyone in NZ as a contract; it is viewed solely as an agreement between two countries signed between many Rangitira (chiefs) of NZ and the British Crown (Queen Victoria). Nothing in much later created NZ contract law applies to it. The Treaty (T... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Treaties principle bill in New Zealand |
| The_Walrus |
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Posted: Yesterday, 6:23 pm
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Replies: 9
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| This took me so long to write that someone else already wrote a long response, but I think some of the points I made are still worth making. New Zealand, Aotearoa, already had a government before Europeans showed up. The Treaty of Waitangi is the agreement between the Maori and the British (with its... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: US Election Blowback |
| The_Walrus |
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Posted: 21 Nov 2024, 7:35 am
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Replies: 21
Views: 659
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| I have removed several posts from this thread. Please stick to the topic at hand. The topic is people being socially ostracised due to their political beliefs, specifically following the recent US Presidential Election. The topic is not "please prove to me that Trump is bad", nor is it &q... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: US Politics & media is fake |
| The_Walrus |
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Posted: 11 Nov 2024, 6:35 pm
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Replies: 6
Views: 203
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| What, if anything, would make you think "the Deep State clearly don't run the US"? |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: US Election Prediction Thread |
| The_Walrus |
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Posted: 04 Nov 2024, 1:30 pm
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Replies: 33
Views: 1,316
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| The pollsters are so scared of being wrong that they're actively choosing to feed us garbage data by "herding". Impossible to really tell in which direction. Looks like NYT (and Selzer) might be the only ones who are actually doing a good job, which isn't a good situation for us to be in a... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: What do you think about free will? |
| The_Walrus |
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Posted: 28 Oct 2024, 12:10 pm
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Replies: 26
Views: 913
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| An excellent post (and nice to have a philosophy discussion). I instinctively say that I'm a determinist non-compatibilist, and that if the world isn't deterministic (it seems not to be on the quantum scale, but it's not clear to me that's actually relevant) then I am a sceptic who doesn't believe r... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: How are things going in the UK? |
| The_Walrus |
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Posted: 06 Oct 2024, 2:05 pm
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Replies: 12
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The rioters have thankfully been imprisoned.
The are some serious issues in this country - lethargic growth, overstretched public services, exploding housing costs, not enough immigrants, impossible to build anything. |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Maybe science isn’t the answer |
| The_Walrus |
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Posted: 05 Oct 2024, 8:14 am
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Replies: 66
Views: 1,647
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| Without science, it is likely fewer people would have died in WWII, because they'd have died of smallpox or malnutrition instead. |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Does a right to defend yourself mean invading someone else? |
| The_Walrus |
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Posted: 03 Oct 2024, 4:19 pm
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Replies: 46
Views: 966
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| - the idea that land "belongs" to people on the basis of their ethnicity is fundamentally a racist one. The Israelis have just as much right to live there as the Palestinians do. It's only Israel that claims that the land belongs to it on the basis of ethnicity. The Palestinians claim the... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: How Mass Illegal Immigration impacts citizens with autism |
| The_Walrus |
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Posted: 03 Oct 2024, 3:09 pm
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Replies: 44
Views: 2,072
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| I honestly think a large part of your open borders fanaticism is just a matter of status-signalling. Only low status people complain about immigration, right? No, and I think it's pretty classist to suggest such a thing. There are plenty of "low status" people who are liberal, tolerant, a... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Does a right to defend yourself mean invading someone else? |
| The_Walrus |
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Posted: 03 Oct 2024, 2:59 pm
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Replies: 46
Views: 966
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| There's no real justification for Israel's violence, the colonial state's presence is a primary factor in why the region is stuck in perpetual cycles of violence. It's almost like creating colonies on land that's already owned and occupied inevitably forces a reaction from those being preyed upon b... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Does a right to defend yourself mean invading someone else? |
| The_Walrus |
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Posted: 02 Oct 2024, 2:01 pm
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Replies: 46
Views: 966
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| Firstly, important to remember this is a complex topic. Both Israel and Lebanon are complex societies containing groups with conflicting desires, as well as long histories. There is a lot I do not know, and more that I don't understand fully, or even don't know that I don't know. It's important that... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: How Mass Illegal Immigration impacts citizens with autism |
| The_Walrus |
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Posted: 30 Sep 2024, 8:45 am
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Replies: 44
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| Here in the UK uncontrolled immigration (700,000 net last year) has made life more difficult for brits on low incomes. Harder to rent a flat/house. Harder to get a GP appointment or NHS healthcare. Harder to get a school place for your kids. Nonsense. Firstly, we don't have uncontrolled immigration... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: How Mass Illegal Immigration impacts citizens with autism |
| The_Walrus |
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Posted: 29 Sep 2024, 9:43 am
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| There are so many issues with the OP. 1) There are not tens of millions of illegal immigrants in the US. There is about 12 million. Most have been there for many years. There were 12 million in 2005 and 10 million in 2020. 2) There is not a "lump of labour", with jobs being "stolen&qu... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Tucker Carson guest - Holocaust unintentional |
| The_Walrus |
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Posted: 16 Sep 2024, 3:16 pm
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Replies: 22
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| I never thought that people would desire censorship and the abolishment of the United States Constitution. I suppose I am out of step for liking freedom. Do most of you understand the offensive speech is the ONLY speech that needs to be protected. Well I guess fascism is fashionable by Marxist and ... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Fall of Man |
| The_Walrus |
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Posted: 27 Aug 2024, 7:45 am
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Replies: 21
Views: 922
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| Generally doesn't seem wise to refer to people like Nietzsche and Freud for insight into "the human condition". Freud is a laughing stock and Nietzsche, with the best will in the world, working over 150 years ago. The idea that industrialisation caused a "masculinity crisis" seem... |
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