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Nope, by a German speaker in good but imperfect English

I would argue the bomb was only part of it though--the other hazard was area bombing. All of those planners had seen (or participated in) the aerial bombardment of Europe and Japan…

Very good observation. The significance of an apology is entirely dependent on the cultural context. The fallout from BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill comes to mind. British executiv…

This shouldn't have been voted down. It is actually a sound question and one that should be examined. Edit: I looked at the previous replies. All of this talk of 'society' this and…

Ultimately I think the best solution will be universal 'deamplification', i.e. disabling all features that facilitate virality/contagion. It is unfortunate that Facebook, Twitter, …

In agrarian societies, children are economically productive. In urbanised industrial/post-industrial societies, children are expensive and thus an economic liability. Many of the c…

There is a fundamental problem with claims that the infection fatality rate (fatality rate for all infections, including undetected infections) is ridiculously low. New York City h…

I think this company is selling panic and hysteria to make a quick buck. The whole thing could well be made up, pure fiction. Their claims aren't worth a discussion. I don't doubt …

Even discussing this issue has become a serious taboo in itself. An anthropologist would say you are correct.

I'm glad at least a few people here can recognize a blatant advert using scaremongering to sell a product.

This is nothing but covert advertising. Almost everyone here seems to have missed this fact. Re-read the 'article' carefully. This text was carefully crafted to go viral by scaring…

Correct. Surveillance has historically had three chief purposes. - taxation, the expropriation of property or surplus value - manpower, conscription - maintaining order and control…

1. Not exactly, no. The opposite of a federal state is a unitary state (like France or Ireland), not an authoritarian state (like Saudi Arabia). Interestingly, what you described (…

One of the more important yet most overlooked and misunderstood features of American government and governance is the fact that a vast amount of power resides at the very bottom, a…

Maybe we need a special place where we can discuss highly unpopular and 'heretical' ideas that strongly contradict perceived wisdom or popular opinion. Any ideas?

If I wanted oysters, I could just walk down to the beach and get them. I tried it a while back. Steamed them. Not bad. But I don't really care for the taste of oysters anyway. I su…

Nice price! I wonder what shipping from Lebanon to Europe costs...

Out of curiosity, what do you pay for it? At the moment I can get rough cut Aleppo soap for about €1.10 here in Germany. I've heard it's dirt cheap in Syria.

I sometimes buy Aleppo soap. It's great stuff made according to an ancient olive/laurel oil recipe.

I know it sounds strange, as it runs contrary to perceived wisdom on the subject. That is precisely why I question it. I would place the origin of this thinking in the crusading so…

Education doesn't make the masses any more difficult to control. And it isn't an improvement over anything at all. That is just dogma. I knew my comment would get downvoted though.…

I would seriously rethink whether we need to subject young people to compulsory education at all. Mass education is a sacred cow that just doesn't want to die.

Pass the butter, please.

Currency reform in 1948 also produced winners and losers. Worth a read.