rbg246

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by rbg246 5y ago
Thank for your reply. I see we agree on most points except the final point which is ok because I was not arguing whether or not the British empire supplanted a culture that had violence - that topic of discussion would is incredibly complex
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by rbg246 5y ago
But this thread is not about other people, I haven't said that it was ok if Spanish or some indigenous people's were carrying out violence or just the British carried out violence. I have made a statement that the British Empire i
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by rbg246 5y ago
Ok, firstly I am unsure how any of the above refutes my statements about the British Empire. You have decided to get into the semantics of conquest vs land theft. My reading of your reply is that conquest is an excusable activity? My unders
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by rbg246 5y ago
Please you tell me, do you think conquest is different to land theft? To me they are the same thing
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by rbg246 5y ago
I totally agree - and just wanted to point it out as people always reach for the what about those other people when discussing these topics. I had my awakening on this subject in my 30s, I started to read academic writing on colonialism. Ha
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by rbg246 5y ago
Your argument is a rhetorical diversion away from my comment regarding the crime's of the British empire. When someone commits a murder do you say. Well what about all the other murderers? What hypothetical American indigenous tribes m
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by rbg246 5y ago
No absolutely, sorry if I sounded that way. I certainly was not saying you were excusing, just adding an addendum to your comment.
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by rbg246 5y ago
That is such a great point about universal suffrage, a point completely overlooked far too often (by people including myself).
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by rbg246 5y ago
A private corporation committing atrocities is still the country or empire that sets the rules. It's still British people carrying out / orchestrating the violence.
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by rbg246 5y ago
British equally carried out similar atrocities there is so much evidence of this. But none of it is taught in British or Australian schools, I also was brought up with the myth of "British weren't as bad as so and so" Here is
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by rbg246 5y ago
You are forgetting enslavement and genocide of indigenous populations they encountered, the Atlantic slave trade, mass land theft all in the pursuit of profit. No indigenous population was left better off - as much wealth and resources as p
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by rbg246 5y ago
The whole thread is off the rails, just conspiracy and rumour
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by rbg246 5y ago
This is precisely what I have realised is my special skill as well! I can read the manual / docs and I can cast an eye over third party packages to see how it works it astounds me that so few people take these simple steps.
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by rbg246 5y ago
When I was a smoker, my smoke breaks were the thing that was noticed, I used to have one in the morning and one in the afternoon. Was incredibly awkward (due to the addiction) and in hindsight incredibly shortsighted on behalf of the compan
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by rbg246 5y ago
I read Allen Carr's easy way to give up smoking. It was amazing, it opened my eyes to what my addiction actually was and I have never been addicted since reading that book. Been twelve years addiction free.
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by rbg246 5y ago
I totally agree but at what price point. I do think supersonic was just priced out of the market. Would you pay twice for the time saving?
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by rbg246 5y ago
Yes but this is my point is there are great reasons why concorde failed but equally it's technology was not enough of progress to overcome the fact that 747s could do things at much greater scale and more economically. The reach of aer
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by rbg246 5y ago
Scale is everything though - great technology is nothing without reach
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by rbg246 5y ago
Having a total of 20 supersonic airlines wasn't exactly common place. And spending 1.5% of your GDP to send like ten people to the moon probably isn't that great an achievement from a cost benefit analysis (I know there will be fi
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by rbg246 5y ago
They are beautiful, mischievous, highly intelligent birds. My favourite video of a cockatoo removing the pigeon spikes from a building. https://youtu.be/1FvD3NebLxE I would say please don't cage these beautiful wild bi
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by rbg246 5y ago
Best: you get the most life satisfaction from working to your best ability all the time. Worst: some workplaces allow the negative workers on the team to get away with anything.
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by rbg246 5y ago
Interesting that it is so widespread- from my perspective it's great that there people now have leverage in negotiating their wage
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by rbg246 5y ago
How do you know it's not that more people have access to cheap loans, more people are wanting construction done?
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by rbg246 5y ago
Firstly, thank you for preserving some of the natural ecosystem on your farm. That is a tricky choice to make but from what I see driving about you are in a minority. You take a drive from Melbourne to Sydney and you get to see the effect o
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by rbg246 5y ago
My thought is it's for people who are meat replacing rather than being vegetarian. I agree with you about so many foods to choose from. For me as a vegetarian it's an absurd thing wanting to eat something that tastes like animal b
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by rbg246 5y ago
But you should be mindful about it and try and minimize your impact.
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by rbg246 5y ago
Precisely - quite fascinating their multi-faceted approach
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by rbg246 5y ago
My partner had a subscription I do not remember her having any issues cancelling it. We are in Australia.
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by rbg246 5y ago
I used to use hyperterminal as a child to transfer if we didn't both have unlimited hour ISP access.
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by rbg246 5y ago
Clearly it would be prevailing attitudes of white supremacy.

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