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Re: China has added forest the size of Texas since 1990

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>Then it celebrates a law that actually curtails free speech. Yes. There are already laws that curtail free speech - i.e yelling fire in a crowded theater as the popular example. Its not hard to extend this to the act of lying about information on air. The optimal solution is that the government should have the power to enforce a ban on certain individuals on social media, which should be done through a court procedu…

Yelling fire in a crowded theatre actually isn’t illegal. And your idea of court ordered ban on speech? What is a good example? That Covid absolutely 100% didn’t originate from a lab in China? How about the fact that Covid vaccines stop transmission of the virus? Both of those were actually banned on major social media sites, then turned out to be true. So what you’re suggesting is banning speech that isn’t untrue. J…

>Yelling fire in a crowded theatre actually isn’t illegal.

The act of it is not, but you can be charged with other things like inciting panic, and so on, especially if someone gets hurt.

Same laws would apply to broadcasting.

>And your idea of court ordered ban on speech? What is a good example?

* Saying that vaccines are causing mass issues, and government is hiding it.

* Lying about what officials said in relation to vaccine. Nobody said that vaccine stop transmission or that vaccines even mean you don't get covid. The whole goal of mandates was to overall reduce the risk of the complications, which were the primary cause of death.

* Claiming that MRNA is untested, or the whole vaccine is untested or can alter the genes

E.t.c and so on

Discussion should not be banned. You can talk about available evidence. You can talk about things that are unclear. But when you straight up lie to promote a political narrative and make stuff up, that should be prosecutable. All of this is easily discoverable in courts.

Re: China has added forest the size of Texas since 1990

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Southern Italy. We’ve had burglars once actually, but that’s about it. I’ve since then also lived in Switzerland and Sweden, which are obviously much safer. Perhaps I’m too optimistic, but I don’t see the point in worrying about this. I take my precautions like anyone else and that’s about it. Anyhow, sorry to hear about your experience. That’s how statistics work I guess. For any particularly unlucky person there’s…

I think you're severely underestimating how safe China has become. Nowadays people don't even lock their motorbikes, and can leave their laptops in coffeeshops unattended for half an hour. You definitely can't do either of that in Netherlands. Maybe in some small village where everybody knows everybody else it's still possible. That is the baseline that Chinese are comparing to nowadays. That's why even many what we…

I actually forgot to mention something related to my travels. When I was in the UAE, I suddenly realized I had lost my keys. I called several hotels, but they all said they hadn’t found them. It was a difficult situation because I had to figure out a way to get a spare key from my company or have a new one made. The company has strict access control, so I couldn’t be 100% sure I’d be able to get in. In the end, after quite a bit of hassle, I managed to get the spare key from the company. When I finally got home, I found that my original keys had been hanging on my door—for eight full days. Countless delivery drivers, couriers, and possibly other people had passed through the building and seen it, but no one stole anything.

What you said is absolutely right. We’ve gotten used to this kind of society, so our expectations for safety when traveling are much higher than those of people from other countries. Credit cards are, of course, convenient, but in China we’re used to going out with just a phone—no wallet, no cards. No risk of fraud, no risk of robbery, convenient, fast, and safe.

Re: China has added forest the size of Texas since 1990

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I’m not, but I know quite a few people who are. I’ve seen too many people regret it after surgery. Sometimes I even think the evaluation requirements aren’t strict enough.

According to the NIH, the regret rates for transgender surgeries are somewhere in the region of 1%. Regret rates for knee surgery are somewhere in the region of 10%. The evaluation requirements for knee surgeries should be way higher then, surely, if even 1% is too much?

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I’m not, but I know quite a few people who are. I’ve seen too many people regret it after surgery. Sometimes I even think the evaluation requirements aren’t strict enough.

According to the NIH, the regret rates for transgender surgeries are somewhere in the region of 1%. Regret rates for knee surgery are somewhere in the region of 10%. The evaluation requirements for knee surgeries should be way higher then, surely, if even 1% is too much?

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Re: China has added forest the size of Texas since 1990

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I’m not, but I know quite a few people who are. I’ve seen too many people regret it after surgery. Sometimes I even think the evaluation requirements aren’t strict enough.

According to the NIH, the regret rates for transgender surgeries are somewhere in the region of 1%. Regret rates for knee surgery are somewhere in the region of 10%. The evaluation requirements for knee surgeries should be way higher then, surely, if even 1% is too much?

It's worth reading this critique of the paper that 1% figure comes from. Very unlikely that it is an accurate representation of regret:

https://journals.lww.com/prsgo/fulltext/2021/11000/letter_to...

Re: China has added forest the size of Texas since 1990

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According to the NIH, the regret rates for transgender surgeries are somewhere in the region of 1%. Regret rates for knee surgery are somewhere in the region of 10%. The evaluation requirements for knee surgeries should be way higher then, surely, if even 1% is too much?

It's worth reading this critique of the paper that 1% figure comes from. Very unlikely that it is an accurate representation of regret: https://journals.lww.com/prsgo/fulltext/2021/11000/letter_to...

I asked you a question before but you forgot to respond :)
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