Every German boomer posts angry comments on Facebook with their real name. Merz thinks that if he makes it mandatory these comments will stop which can't be farther from the truth.
> People Are Being Thrown In U.K. Prisons Over What They’ve Said Online.
Hmm yeah, let's see.
> The recent arrest at London’s Heathrow airport of a noted Irish comedian, Graham Linehan, for the “crime” of three politically incorrect tweets vividly illustrates how far Britain has fallen.
Oh, Graham Linehan being brought up again. Curious, what did he say that landed him in trouble?
> If a trans-identified male is in a female-only space, he is committing a violent, abusive act. Make a scene, call the cops and if all else fails, punch him in the balls.
Ah yes, poor little Graham got arrested for only inciting a little extrajudicial violence. Poor guy, he was only being 'politically incorrect'! Truly free speech is under assault and you just get jailed for posting memes in the UK.
lol no wonder, you have no other choice but to have your communications monitored for compliance regarding acceptable social norms. I bet if you posted the alternative opinion you'd be put to death.
"Solomon is hiding because he is a coward who enjoys belittling other people from behind a safe veil of invisibility. His is like many sites on the internet, who mock and insult while lacking any courage to own their own words. In public, these cowards would not dare to say the same things, because they know full well that someone just might come after them, knock their yapping blocks off, or in a worst case scenario, go to their house one night and kill them." —Jennifer Diane Reitz, author of Unicorn Jelly, on a pseudonymous critic of her comics
The world really would be a better place if we had psychotic people committing homicides over real or perceived slights on the internet. Have you seen the verbal abuse, harassment, and stalking celebrities endure? It's wise to extend this to everyone so sometimes people don't say mean words?
> ave you seen the verbal abuse, harassment, and stalking celebrities endure?
If you can know they are celebrities, they are obviously already using their real name. I personally think, that the actual issue is asynchronicity of anonymity. If no one knows the actual identity or even identity persistence, then there is no incentive to be rude, beside the actual content of the conversation.
Maybe try something new. Lift the embargo and let the regime fail by itself after 66 years of this. 66 Years.
A 2023 study by the Cuban Observatory of Human Rights estimated that 88% of the population lives in extreme poverty.[28] According to the World Food Programme of the United Nations, rationed food meets only a fraction of daily nutritional needs for many Cubans, leading to health issues.[29] Ongoing since 1960, the United States embargo against Cuba stands as one of the longest-running trade and economic measures in bilateral relations in history.[30]
The U.S. government influences extraterritorial trade with Cuba. The embargo has faced international criticism for its adverse impact on Cubans, including by the United Nations who have formally condemned it intermittently since 1992.
> and now I sit here not believing I actually did that.
Optimization comes for us all :) I also have caught myself repeatedly skimming and scanning for that one salient point, feeling like "ain't nobody got time for all that verbiage".
Too much info, too little time, so gotta optimize.
TFA's TL;DR is midway through the abstract (which is itself the old school TL;DR):
> Relative to undocumented immigrants, US-born citizens are over 2 times more likely to be arrested for violent crimes, 2.5 times more likely to be arrested for drug crimes, and over 4 times more likely to be arrested for property crimes.
Which is sort of understandable, the undocumented immigrant may feel under constant watch or even persecuted and self-police their behavior.
Anecdotally, I've encountered this in academic contexts, where foreign students were way more apprehensive and careful, while native ones quite loose with their behaviors.
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