Doom, Gloom and Unease: London's Tech Scene Reacts to Brexit

Post by gambiting » Wed, Jun 29, 2016, 10:26 AM UTC

volatilitish wrote: post #344

gambiting wrote: post #19

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There is a good chance that Theresa May becomes the next MP, and if she does, British internet will be much worse than anything you can find inside the EU - she already tried cracking down on open internet multiple times. If anything, EU would have protected UK from such stupid ideas.

> There is a good chance that Theresa May becomes the next MP No, there isn't. Seriously, where are you getting your information from? Are you from the UK? There isn't a chance in hell Theresa May would even get shortlisted.

Post by Robin_Message » Mon, Jul 04, 2016, 3:47 PM UTC

yummyfajitas wrote: post #369

Robin_Message wrote: post #355

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Comparing a mutual union with the Nazi third Reich comes across as just racist, particularly against Germans. Is that what you intended? Also, the UK has negotiated many concessions over the years, including the rebate, various exemptions and vetos including from the ever-closer union and the euro. So a less good deal as the result of a total renegotiation we initiated is not so much a punishment as a reflection of t…

If the "we should #remain to avoid short term pain from a vindictive ex" argument is valid, then it should have been valid for Vichy France as well. Obviously it's not. You can call this sort of vindictiveness "realpolitik" and try to sound sophisticated, but this hardly invalidates my abusive ex-husband analogy.

    A is true
    A is likely to cause B
    C is also true
    C is likely to cause B
    If B occurs, it is incorrect to blame only C

Post by akoncius » Tue, Jul 05, 2016, 6:03 PM UTC

RickHull wrote: post #254

jpdus wrote: post #228

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Well, actually it is a good characterization of the leave campaign, which won the vote and thus a valid analogy.

If that's a valid characterization of the internal debate, of what concern is that to the EU? So far, I don't see the UK screaming, huffing, or smashing doors with respect to the EU.