"Us vs them" mentality.
EndlessNightmare
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I think it's more in the sense of: if someone demonstrates that they are OK with collective punishment (i.e. by doing it), then they forfeit the right to complain about collective punishment when they are on the receiving end of it.
I oppose collective punishment, but if someone has already agreed to it being OK then I don't have any reason to stand up in opposition when it happens to them. After all, they have already agreed to it and proven that it is acceptable to them.
If you oppose collective punishment, then that also means that you don't engage in it. No getting to have it both ways. I'm not very tolerant of double standards.
Would a roof manufacturer specifically only sell dark roofing materials? Why would they not also sell lighter / reflective materials? This seems like a fucking stupid way to run a business.
So if an MMA fighter starts kicking your ass, you aren't allowed to use a weapon to defend yourself because they are unarmed?
Where do we draw the line with what is/isn't coercion? "Wage slave" is a commonly used phrase for a reason. Most people face the threat of homelessness and starvation if they don't work.
But this gets a little philosophical. I'm going to interpret it to mean: "labor standards and practices that are considered unfair by developed western nations." Unfortunately this is pervasive and many common products fall under this.
100% agreed. Ethics won't win this war. It's all about cost and convenience. Most people are looking at their personal bottom line.
This makes an excellent argument for pursuing lab-grown meat. I do just fine on plant-based meat alternatives and traditional plant-based proteins (e.g. beans). But some people have allergies or other conditions that make this more difficult.
If you really want to gag, look up ventilation shutdown. It's a method used to mass-kill chickens, e.g. in the event of a disease outbreak. It has also been used on pigs.
The entire animal-ag industry deserves to fail.
Shooting people in the back is a bad look. Especially when the victim is a child.
This seems like the basis of Altered Carbon.
Watch: hockey
Play: eh I don't know, I'm not very good at sports
Yeah, the number on the clock is just a number. Does it matter if it says 12 or 6 or 20?
That said, if we were going to a universal time zone, I would definitely get rid of AM/PM and do 24-hour clock.