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A joke domain purchase turned in geopolitical warfare

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Re: A joke domain purchase turned in geopolitical warfare

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They are Australian. Don't everyone is from the US just because they speak English.

The rights delineated in the American Constitution are understood to precede the government being held to account for them. Furthermore, they are held to be universal, natural rights.

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Re: A joke domain purchase turned in geopolitical warfare

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> I expected to read about legal threats against the folks collecting this data and am glad that those didn't materialize. That's because the author folded over and played nice. Imagine if he exercised his first amendment rights.

They are Australian. Don't everyone is from the US just because they speak English.

Hehe some are, in fact, English :-)

Re: A joke domain purchase turned in geopolitical warfare

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Ummmm. Any country with the knowhow to make an ICBM can source or build a gps receive without said restriction. Just saying. That's like putting a sign "no burglary permitted" and leaving the door wide open.

Just cause the rule is dumb doesn't mean it can be ignored...

It certainly can and is... just watch China do it.

Re: A joke domain purchase turned in geopolitical warfare

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Why would a road or route be blocked from OpenStreetMaps? That doesn't really provide any security if the area is public.

In what way do you mean “public”?

Not parent poster, but I'd describe a commute road as "very public".

Re: A joke domain purchase turned in geopolitical warfare

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I had this idea before of sending ballons to "the space" with a collectible object and then retrieve them, saying "I have this specific object that was in space too". Is it possible or am I dreaming too much?

Depending on your definition of space, this is what the Earth To Sky does to finance their helium balloons runs: https://www.earthtosky.store/about . I got a pendant for my partner, it was a nice gift.

Pet peeve: I really wish they would stop using fisheye lenses for things like this. The horizon does not look anywhere near that curved at that altitude.

Re: A joke domain purchase turned in geopolitical warfare

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In what way do you mean “public”?

Not parent poster, but I'd describe a commute road as "very public".

My question still stands. What does “public” mean here?

Re: A joke domain purchase turned in geopolitical warfare

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I don't really see them saying fuck the US, even though they've bombed girls schools in Iran. Or saying fuck Israel because of their super well documented ongoing genocide. "You can disapprove of ... from many, many ethical perspectives without going near absolutism."

Did they find evidence of their service being used to bomb schools in Iran, like they found for Russia tracking launch sites in Ukraine? If not, then why would they go on such a tangent? Do you expect them to list every one of their personal geopolitical stances, regardless of the relevance to the article?

> Do you expect them to list every one of their personal geopolitical stances, regardless of the relevance to the article?

The author of the article lives in Melbourne, so I can assure you, they absolutely do given half a chance.

Re: A joke domain purchase turned in geopolitical warfare

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Yeah studies show most people don't actually have morals and just rationalize whatevers convenient at the time

Ukraine is fighting a defensive war. The US isn’t.

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Re: A joke domain purchase turned in geopolitical warfare

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post #171
post #102

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The rights delineated in the American Constitution are understood to precede the government being held to account for them. Furthermore, they are held to be universal, natural rights.

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Further to your point:

Rights only exist up until the point someone is willing to trample them.

Then you’ve got to be willing to fight for them.

At which point everyone’s rights go straight out the window.

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