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Comment Delusion vs. Reality (Score 0) 115

Another who believes "sovereignty is the absolute authority in this world and another sovereignty doesn't have authority over another sovereignty" hasn't read American history for the past 60 years because I doubt that Guatemala 1960, Belgian Congo 1964, Guatemala 1964, the Dominican Republic 1965-66, Peru 1965, Laos 1964-73, Vietnam 1961-73, Cambodia 1969-70, Guatemala 1967-69, Lebanon 1982-84, Grenada 1983-84, Libya 1986, El Salvador 1981-92, Nicaragua 1981-90, Iran 1987-88, Libya 1989, Panama 1989-90, Iraq 1991, Kuwait 1991, Somalia 1992-94, Bosnia 1995, Iran 1998, Sudan 1998, Afghanistan 1998, Yugoslavia – Serbia 1999, Afghanistan 2001, Libya 2011, Iraq and Syria 2014 and Somalia 2011 share your delusion.

Comment Socialism is better than growing more food. (Score 1) 179

Yeah, that's our (NZ) socialist government. Leading with ideology and reducing the NZ primary product output. Choosing virtue signalling over solving problems.

The funny thing is that even if NZ eliminate our 0.7% contribution of climate-damaging gases to the world's total, China's decision to build 43 coal-fired power stations wipes out that hard work in a single day.

Comment Good news: It's Right! Bad News: its right (Score 1) 378

Possibly true. Okay, almost-certainly true (in the purest statistical sense) when you ask if we'd like an Americano or milk or syrup with that. I do however tip the guy that asks if it's "an extra shot day" 'cos some days, we need the extra shot of caffeine and he that delivers extra caffeine is a saint and safe from any harm forever!!

Comment Tax Avoidance (Score 2) 503

Truth in advertising and publishing is a different issue to tax avoidance. Certainly both are motivated by self interest however taxation is already defined in legalisation.

Your reference to "companies do so everyday by actively evading paying their fair share of taxes" isn't (illegal) tax evasion but your opinion. To resolve (legal) tax avoidance you need to (1) write simpler laws which (2) levy tax on corporate income without (3) penalising saving and investment. Finally (4) either (a) employ extra-jurdisial taxation (as the US does with their citizens living overseas) or (b) eliminate the tax havens zero tax policies (through negotiation, mutual treaties or a trade embargo).

What is your opinion.

Comment Re:Gun Enthuients (Score 1) 1374

I guess that given the choice between protecting your constitutional rights or fellow citizens desire to not be randomly killed that each side as made a choose however are there are two problems, secondly both sides are right. Firstly, both sides are also wrong.

* Pro-gun is correct to protect all citizens constitutional rights because erosion of a single right could easily cascade to removal of some or all rights. Trying to remove gun crime from society without removing a citizens right to bear arms is impossible when Anti-gun ignore the unintended consquences of their arguments. (Refer to Anti-gun is wrong).
* Pro-gun is wrong to assume the USA is a despotic hell-hole where fully automatic weapons are required for protection in a civilised society. Other similarly well armed nations control weapons, outlaw fully automatic weapons are have a level of gun crime several orders of magnitude less that the USA. (Refer to Anti-gun is correct).
* Anti-gun is correct to desire the same level of safety from gun death as other well armed countries (such as Canada, Switzerland and Australia) because protections demanded by pro-gun are unnecessary. The likihood of being killed by a stolen weapon is far, far more likely than the USA will (1) turn into a hellish, totolertarian fascist state overnight. (Refer to Pro-gun is wrong).
* Anti-gun is wrong when they fail to consider the unintended consquences of their attempts to limit the 4th amendment (for the reasons which pro-gun is right).

Two sets of interdependant logic creates two examples of circular logic (it's very difficult to break one circular logic cycle, this problem has two sets circular logic). I don't know which side will win however the outcomes for anti-gun failing are far, far more likely to be horrible than if pro-gun is wrong.

Comment Class Notes vs. Study Notes (Score 1) 217

I found that doing the pre-reading gives a rudimentary understanding of the topic so you know what to research. A summary explaining each point goes into your Study Notes with a longer explanation of points you didn't understand.

Your question related to Class Notes that are best notes on parts of topics you missed and a list of required research.

The type of information rich, linked document you want to create is more appropriate if you were lecturing on the subject matter.

Study Notes: The summary you review at the end of the year/term/semester
Class Notes: Explanation of parts of topics you don't understand and points to research on your own time.

At worst, always do the pre-reading so if you need to ask a question you can demonstrate *some* understanding of the underlying issues and briefly state either (1) the parts you *do* understand or (2) the leads you've researched that failed to resolve the question.

Comment Re:Weekly/Monthly Salary (Score 1) 1103

I started with the thought that declaring an ultimatium to the employeer to pay cash which is legal tender and compulsory for any transaction else use a direct credit was a good idea until I found your own currency isn't legal tender.

Until America accepts it's own currency in any transaction (within it's own borders) then corporations can issue their own cards, bills, or currency for which you'll continue to pay the rate set by the issuer (which is a horrible, terrible idea). Make your own currency legal tender would give you the tools to solve this problem.

Comment Don't. Just don't. (Score 1) 285

New Zealand has similar format shifting exceptions to the Copyright Act however this exemption does NOT exist in the US. If it's against US law you are vulnerable to prosecution, don't take the risk. Don't take the media through US customs (who will want your finger prints anyway).

Copy the data, encrypt the drive and get a friend/family member to courier the encrypted copy to you later.

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