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> Maybe they weren't so consumed about fighting with each other since they had a common enemy to focus on. And who would this “common enemy” be? The Spiel that white people conside…

> People will die as a result of pretty much any peak oil scenario. Not really. South Africa was a third world country under heavy sanctions. Yet it created industries to produce p…

> but it's us stinky hippies that bang on the loudest and for the longest about sustainable transport solutions, renewable energy and sustainable population. Nope. Wasn't the "stin…

It is not google news but sites which aggregate search terms. A good example is www.eudict.com which repeatedly puts up other peoples' search terms as real words. (If you are searc…

> just blacklisting a few of the larger and more egregious content farms seems like a decent band-aid. The real band aid would be to enable users to blacklist sites that they don't…

It is not as simple as that. There are many countries in which the official work day is less than the real work day. As an example, in Japan no-one leaves before the boss leaves (s…

> I knew it was big, but a third of the British workforce? That's insane. The British East India Company is nothing against the Dutch East India company. From WP ( http://en.wikipe…

Yeah, my country has worse drivers than Greece (trust me). Here is how I cross the road in Japan: I wait at a place that I want to cross, but I turn my body away from the road. Tha…

I came year wanting to say exactly the same thing. I walk each day past a primary school and all kids arrive unassisted. There are however teachers welcoming them at the gates and …

> Greek shipbuilding was probably on its way to China anyways (just like US steel making, and uncounted other It doesn't have to be that way. Japan has some of the highest labour r…

Making drugs legal (contrary to popular internet belief) does not make them less addictive or less harmful.

How many lives do you think one drug dealer ruin before they are caught?

Firstly, a lot of studies (esp. in the USA) shows that corporal punishment have negative outcomes. This is because they do not control for other variables (such as socio-economic c…

> graffiti and vandalism on bus stops by sandblasting motifs into the glass: http://trimet.org/publicart/busshelters.htm That addresses the consequences of a problem and not the ro…

> which isn't free, and the other is that customers strongly prefer to shop where free parking is available. It is not just that. The mere act of shopping at most stores requires a…

I agree. Reddit&Digg have their own (what I can only describe as troll sites) such as DailyKos. IRL, that is generally what I like about Europeans (or at least my impression of the…

Especially the handicapped and elderly like bikes (or not). A good train system (such in Japan) is much better). That way even children and elderly can travel long distances.

> Ok so now we're being nostalgic about fucking apartheid? You are completely misrepresenting my views (again)! It seems that you are disinterested in having a coherent argument, a…

> but most of what I've read indicates that there isn't a ton of discrimination against white people, especially considering recent history. Then you read interesting material. The…

> In most countries on earth (and I believe this is true in south africa as well), it's just plain easier to be white. This is your naivety speaking. A poor white person in South A…

Really? You know that my parents were piss poor, and it is just through luck (and hard work) that I've achieved anything in life. But yeah. I was recently insulted by an American p…

> If you're a white American male, I am not a white American male. I am a young white South African. > Grow up and take responsibility for your own situation. This is a bullshit ar…

> Shuttleworth comes from South Africa, so he lived in a place where nationalism/tribalism is rampant. Especially black nationalism (such as is practiced by the next president [Mal…

> Yes, a criticism of liberals, the media, and the NAACP, that hinges on doctoring a video to make an innocent woman look like a racist. Criticism of the media hinges on the fact t…

Can't you stop crawling sites that dish up your search terms for you (without any content)? A good example is eudict.com - search for an obscure word and this is the first that pop…