I mean the NYTimes[0] gave a glowing interview to the creator/designer of AOC's 'Tax The Rich' on September 21 but never once mentioned that the designer owes a considerable amount in taxes in multiple states[1] which had been published 3 days prior by another newspaper.
Eh,some people who work security/work in retail like to stand up for common decency in the neighbourhood and have a backbone so they confront the thief.
> Allowing your LP staff to use physical force is not going to solve retail theft.
Terms like common decency and backbone are words used in place of payment to dupe/guilt people to work for the benefit of someone else without fair compensation. You don’t need to use emotional arguments to get someone to do something they are paid fairly to do.
Theft is an economic issue. I shop in stores without armed guards everywhere because I don’t live in an area with an massive level of income disparity like San Francisco.
Terms like common decency and backbone are words used to describe how we should all be. People branding anything promoting social and personal responsibility for the public good - as negative, are typically part of the problem rather than the solution. Why didn't you go a tiny bit further and say "dog whistle"?
>Sure, because that's the extent of his corruption.
Definition: Corruption is a form of dishonesty or a criminal offense which is undertaken by a person or an organization which is entrusted with a position of authority, in order to acquire illicit benefits or abuse power for one's private gain
What position of authority has Hunter Biden been entrusted with that he has abused?
What illicit benefits has Hunter Biden gained?
Shame on you for playing this partisan game. Unlike Invanka, who was nepotistically elevated to public service, Hunter has absolutely no role in the American government and thus cannot in any fair sense be corrupt.
Quite funny you should say that as I had just written this comment on the other related thread:
> I've been leaning more and more away from a global internet and back to regional EU only internet.
EU & US & every other region in the world are different.
> As it stands, the global internet is dominated by US cultures & laws.
> I think the internet as it stands inhibits Europeans forging their own path.
So for me personally, my then youthful naivety of supporting connecting the globe and freedom etc. has now shifted over the past 10 years to leaning towards an EU only internet.
> The Internet is being torn apart by governments.
The internet shouldn't be the international waters of the world and it shouldn't be the United States internet.
I really hope such anti-free speech is not an opinion shared among the majority of Europeans. The world will be much worse off when the free flow of ideas is restricted.
Why shouldn't the internet be the international waters of the world? Surely, the entire point of the network is to be international in every sense? (Including negative ones, I guess)
Not OP, but the major websites and services are all US based. That means US copyright laws and takedowns, US data protection (or lack thereof, which the GDPR tried to solve), arbitration, mile-long EULAs, etc
Easy to say, harder to execute. Network effects keep American companies as the main way people communicate, whether it's WhatsApp, Instagram, Facebook (or Facebook Messenger), or something else.
Russia and China have nation-wide firewalls. I know that at minimum, China blocks most or all of Western social media sites. I don't want to live in a bloc of countries that blocks parts of the web "for my protection".
It's easier for politicians to write laws forbidding stuff and pat themselves in the back than radically changing the economy to foster innovation and investments for EU-based tech companies.
As a European I would highly like to switch to the Anglo internet full of barbarism in that case. I don't think something like the internet could have been developed in Europe and legislation like this hints to the reasons.
> Several of you have also asked where we draw the line on hate. We don’t allow titles on Netflix that are designed to incite hate or violence, and we don’t believe The Closer crosses that line. I recognize, however, that distinguishing between commentary and harm is hard, especially with stand-up comedy which exists to push boundaries.
Hmmm, strange I don't find that same level of boundary pushing content and critical commentary of black American culture on Netflix.
Oh right, his wife, Nicole Avant, is a black American.
Freedom of speech & wide range of opinion unless it's uncomfortable to him or his loved ones.
Vancouver may be big for China, but for Russian citizens it's too far and irrelevant. Toronto is much more attractive in that regard as a potential emigration direction.
I mean the NYTimes[0] gave a glowing interview to the creator/designer of AOC's 'Tax The Rich' on September 21 but never once mentioned that the designer owes a considerable amount in taxes in multiple states[1] which had been published 3 days prior by another newspaper.
[0] https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/16/style/aoc-designer-tax-th...
[1] https://nypost.com/2021/09/18/aocs-tax-the-rich-dress-design...