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Interesting how you managed to turn "Not sure how true it is" into " they must be wrong" . From an expression of incredulity to an expression of certainty. Impressive. Impressively…

> They're not going to leave until it threatens their profit line, It does. > and even then others will grow to fill their place. Filling their place will be family operated corner…

They should be imprisoned for theft and allowed to appeal their summary sentence later. Guilty until proven innocent is the way they like to play things, so give them a taste of th…

We'll save the moral panic for when those businesses inevitably leave the neighborhood and create "food deserts". You know, after the damage is already done.

> 50% How do you even begin to quantify such a thing as intent ? Not least when the best evidence for intent is a dodgy quote published years after the death of the man who might h…

Cops ask people they pull over if they have any weapons or cash in the vehicle, and people are either intimidated or naive enough to answer truthfully. The last time I was pulled o…

No offense but that park looks like crap. Can't the city at least plant a few trees?

The quasi-fascist PAP has ruled Singapore with authoritarian force since the 1950s. They have the uncontested power to change any old British law they wish. If they haven't, it's b…

It's all part of the same deal for people living in Singapore. They don't get to pick and choose which aspects of the government they want (democracy in Singapore is a farce.)

It's obviously corruption. Corporate landlords get to offload their dodgy property to the government and run away with the cash, without the usual time and expense of selling each …

> the hidden labor of a foreigner You're technically not wrong, but from your tone and wording I think you have a misconception about the machine, or are trying to induce such a mi…

So, "No."

War is a continuation of politics by other means. But diplomacy is a continuation of war by other means. And now verbal bullying is a continuation of violence by other means. By th…

> [Influenza] might have gone extinct with the lockdowns I have a bridge in Brooklyn to sell you.

There are a myriad of reasons why people think covid isn't real. But for the segment of that population who think it isn't real when they are dying of it , the perceived severity o…

Influenza is rare? Maybe rare for you if you habitually get the flu shot twice a year, but even then the efficacy of the flu shot can be as low as 50%. Influenza is very common, mo…

> HIV at 100% eventual fatality You are simply wrong about that. Even without any treatment at all, you are wrong about that. I'm getting the sense that HIV being the worst possibl…

I find that very hard to believe. Who can honestly say they were never wrecked by a bad flu and coughed up a lung for a week or two? Certainly I have been, and everybody in my fami…

Somewhere on the order of 1-to-10% of people have an innate resistance to HIV. HIV, untreated, is very deadly, but not nearly as deadly as rabies.

"Specialized breeders" have zero sympathy from me; the only reason they have problems with their gene pool size is because of their own stupid breeding habits and objectives. Go ge…

A family member that you buy a replacement for every 10 years? I like dogs too, but please get a grip.

Rabies cases in America are rare specifically because the authorities take it seriously. If authorities stop taking rabies seriously, expect: > An estimated 31,000 human deaths due…

Vampire bats specialized in drawing blood from sleeping victims without waking them. It is rare for them to find human targets, but it happens sometimes: https://en.wikipedia.org/w…

In America [and most other countries that have done a similarly good or better job of suppressing rabies] the wildlife are the ones getting vaccinated against it. Vaccinating the w…

There are so many dogs already in America, I see absolutely no reason to ever import more.