Posts by BenWilson
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Regarding ethnicity, I'll always say European, although I don't actually know for sure. Since the question is probably aimed at "what do I look like" that's good enough. If I look European, I'll be treated like a European. Doesn't matter if the vast bulk of my life has been spent as far away from Europe as you can get, or if I feel any affinity for Europe, or if there is actually Maori blood in me. The question is really "Am I white?".
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I'm sure there are plenty of Americans who agree with Rick Sanchez that the Jew York media elite is in the deathly-grip of a liberal Christ-killer circle jerk.
I presume the joke has been made a thousand times to make his middle name "Dirty".
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Timely, since my main toon just looted this last night.
Hah, I bet that's not Tolkien's vision of a she-elf.
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Yeah, that kinda jumped out for me. Acting is like World of Warcraft
Lets get our guild to gank MEAA n00bs every time we see them then. Horde bastards.
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Tim, so true, I was thinking there wouldn't be any shortage of the kind of twee countryside and old ruins that Tolkien makes constant reference to. But the empty wilds?
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Any action which jeopardizes, or appears to jeopardize, people's livelihoods is something which deserves serious, calm, rational thought.
Sure, and having been taken (and it has), it deserves to hear just how much it's hurting/scaring/threatening everyone concerned.
Edit: Oh, and threatening to hurt someone is hurting them. It's not quite as bad as actually hurting them, but it's the difference between assault and battery.
Edit 2: eg is it really better to say you're going to bash someone so you can take their wallet, or to actually bash them and take their wallet? Yes, of course, but it's still robbery.
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But if you always put other people ahead of yourself when considering industrial action, you're almost never going to take it.
And I don't hear anyone suggesting that. This is a question of numbers and that explains my point that a counter petition might be illuminating. It matters how many people you hurt, and how hard you hurt them. I think the people being hurt at least have a right to hear why they're being hurt and who is doing it.
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Yes, I'll still be able to watch The Hobbit regardless of where it's made. In this case, pretty much the only people who will be hurt will be the other workers, and any other businesses that might have benefited from the money flowing around, and perhaps tourism.
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Well you called it principled first.
Actually that was Alec, and I was mocking it, comparing the principled stand to Custer at Little Bighorn.
I think it's self-interest, but as long as it's self-interest at a reasonable level, I think 'who gets impacted' is a secondary concern.
So long as you use the phrase "at a reasonable level" without qualification, I can't argue. But I don't think the impact on others is ever a secondary concern.
David
But to use it, you need to have the support of the people having the harm caused to them.
OK, fair enough, I should have said " unwanted catastrophic damage", to account for those who buy into having catastrophe visited upon them.
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OK, so Shirl doesn't look 63 in the clip either. I'd have thought 40s for her too.
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