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Don't the TSA count as government agents? I don't have a problem with these checks, but I do believe the TSA does them, no?
TSA needs some form of ID but they’ll accept non-passport ID even if you’re traveling internationally.
“ Everyone has the right to leave any country, including his own, and to return to his country.” - Universal Declaration of Human Rights https://www.ohchr.org/en/human-rights/universal-declaration/...
It's a meaningless, feel-good rule. Every country has countless carve-outs. To give you a trivial example: in the US, you can't get a passport if you owe more than $2,500 in child support.
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TSA needs some form of ID but they’ll accept non-passport ID even if you’re traveling internationally.
TSA doesn't even need an ID, if you don't have one they just take your information and check it against some databases to "confirm" your identity.
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Of course I am going to support Guy A because HE IS MY FRIEND or FAMILY. But the fact remains your strategy will only lead to your death and your family’s. Which it would be good for your family to know.
Of course you are free to support abusive behavior but especially with friends and family it would probably be useful for your own sake not to do so, and it is factually correct to view (and treat) you as enabler if you continue to do so despite knowing about the abuse.
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How does the concept of the global citizen survive? You have a group of citizens who are expected to perform military service, and another group who aren't really invested in the country and don't have to serve.
> How does the concept of the global citizen survive? Why do we need this concept? Find a country you can be proud of, become a citizen, join its culture, and defend it when it is threatened. Don't go live somewhere or get citizenship just because it's convenient.
I agree with you, and I think a lot of the west's issues with immigration stem from not demanding this of immigrants past and present.
But the left isn't engaging with this conversation, and the right are just making hay with the fact that 'immigration isn't working'.
So yes I agree, but that isn't the conversation anyone else is having.
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Military service in the west is not for defence. Irak, Iran, Syria, Vietnam...
It is for the defense of the American national interests and friend nations: - Iraq: 1) to expel Iraq from Kuwait, and 2) weapons (though this turned out to be mistaken) after the 9/11 attacks - Iran: we don’t need another nuclear nation - Syria: destroy terrorists (ISIS), enforce the red line on chemical weapons, and to protect US troops (when we attacked Iran-supported militias) - Vietnam: to stop the spread of com…
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I reject your accusation of transphobia. I point out that you seem to be fine with discriminating against some males but not others.
Trans women are not male, including biologically if you assume HRT. This is overcompensating rationality to shit on a group of people that are functionally intersex for "biological" distinction. And we're not even talking about a context where biology matters. You just wanted to vice signal. If you want to make this an SBGG criticism, I'd love to see you even get close to proving abuse beyond singular instances. Even…