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Ferrets, seeing that I only discussed whether the internet generally contributes to general prejudice, racism and similar stupidity, responding with what is essentially a single example of the...

No, my inevitable suggestion is not to have other people put words into my mouth.

As with most things in life, there are no clear solutions. The internet has its downsides and there is little we...

Sure, then what are you defending their position for?

Fact is, Russia considers its neighbours and surrounding countries its personal property. Since that view is clearly wrong and incompatible...

Lol, it has nothing to do with WW2.

I consider all national pride and national borders utterly ridiculous and offensive to logic and reason. Everyone should be able to have his or her own culture...

This about sums it up w/ regards to Pegida.


Then what is? The "democracy" argument falls flat on its face for 3 reasons: 1) the majority doesn't want this anyway; 2) the Grundgesetz puts clear...

As cool as it might be, I just don't see it happening in a game w/o falling flat on its face.

The problem is, RTS in general are not exactly perfect at depicting "reality". They are subject to...

Years on the internet have shown me that you cannot realistically convince someone to let go of their conspiracy theories et al.

You can't cure stupidity, you can only hope that stupidity does...

And a crowd is a lot easier to find online, particularly a crowd of conspiracy-stupidity fans who don't dare to show their faces as easily IRL...

At least for some, the internet is the America of...

That's pretty much my point, yup.

The problem is, I'd say the stupid-percentage is higher online than offline. At least the stupidity-community is a lot more vocal and "proud" of itself on the net...

This is one of the most common arguments that is used to justify discrimination and racism against others.

Unfortunately for you, it is not a convincing logical argument, but rather a poor attempt...

Yeah, this makes perfect sense: Russia wanted Poland and the Baltic countries as a buffer to prevent another catastrophe like the Nazi invasion of 1941.

That's why the USSR invaded and annexed...

You do realise that something does not become less racist or discriminatory just because the majority (supposedly) supports it, right?

"Expansion" as in sovereign democratic nations voluntarily joining a defensive military alliance without installing a single US missile that could potentially threaten Russia?

Please do share your...

This^^

There's also the problem of some areas of history being 1) less interesting and 2) harder to depict in an RTS game.

I'd much rather have several games that cover shorter periods of...

Gaidin, I don't necessarily disagree with all of your points. Obviously these developments take place in other situations as well, sure.

But the difference with the internet is just how easy and...

The irony is strong with this post -- you are the one who brought up the comparison between Germany and the UK w/ regards to Sharia in the first place. And now you are complaining about the UK being...

Look up what "conflict of laws" means. I never claimed Sharia law is necessarily applied in the UK because, as I've stated from the very beginning, I don't know the relevant conflict rules. I've made...

Feel free to keep on strawman'ing around. Look, I've generously provided you with a basic knowledge of how conflict of laws works (yeah, that's an actual area of law! How surprising!) -- feel free to...

I have no idea what the :wub: your problem with me is, but that pointless vendetta is simply tiring and a waste of my time. Nobody forces you to read my topics or reply to them and I have no interest...

I still don't understand what the :wub: you are rambling about. Jesus.

In all your self-righteous posting, did you manage to read my post before starting your rant?



It's a random case that...

I'm not sure what the passive-aggressive posting is supposed to accomplish, it is frankly tiring to try to explain a basic area of law to you.


I've already said myself multiple times that I'm...

I don't really have time to research right now nor proper access to Westlaw atm, but this case seems to indicate that Sharia law was taken into consideration:
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You are confusing two topics: arbitration (i.e. going to "private" courts) and the regular court system. This thread is about the latter.

The regular English civil courts apply foreign law -- this...

Look, I've actually studied Conflict of Laws in England. It's a thing, it exists in England (England is actually the right term here, not the UK, because the different countries within the UK all...

@Denny:

There are two ways of dealing with this, neither of which has anything to do with Sharia Law in particular:

1) change the whole system of "conflict of laws" on a general level so...

It's just an example, it always depends on the exact conflict rules of the particular legal entity. It basically goes like this:

1) Does the case at hand have any connection to a foreign...

I don't exactly feel like I have anything in common with those interviewed people who are quite uneducated and exclusively blame foreigners for their own fear and economic problems -- nor do I really...

Germany applies Sharia Law! You know, that evil, uncivilised Islamic law!

No really, Sharia Law is applied in Germany for some areas of family and inheritance law for people who are citizens of...

Look, I'm not just cherry picking these people from a large amount of sensible people who make rational points all the time.

This is from 60+ minutes of uncut (see quality) material by the ARD....

Yeah, making blanket statements about whole groups of people a la "those people are all hostile towards us, they should all be kicked out" or "those Romanians or Bulgarians only come here to steal"...

Got another gem from the video: they are talking to this woman (heavy Saxon accent, apparently lacking any sort of higher education, but not unemployed) and she goes like:

"We have so many...

Oh look, it is time for the pointless strawman. Do you have something constructive to add, too?

To spare you further embarassment, I'd suggest watching the video I kindly provided above or simply...

What legitimate concerns might those be, pray tell?

Fact is, in Dresden and Saxony there are very few foreigners, refugees or immigrants. There have been no large scale terror attacks recently....

The ard has an uncut, fairly long segment of interviews with Pegida participants. Just watch that, it's self-explanatory.
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When 40+% of the Germans voted for the NSDAP when Hitler came to power, not all of those were 100% full-blown SS-fanatics, either, I would argue. Of course Pegida or the Swedish Democrats are not...

Neo-Nazism 2014 -- 101: when in direct contact with the press or releasing manifestos, try to downplay your racist views and wishes. The skinhead-boots-hooligans are not the problem, the "we are only...

I think the internet is great. I can't imagine not having access to it -- even aside from all the fun aspects, the internet is incredibly useful for many areas of life. From free dictionaries to...

^^Exactly. It is one of the fundamental pillars of Christianity (and most other major religions as applicable, I suppose) to believe in God despite a lack of evidence. The story of the "Doubting...

The far-right in Germany is no longer a tiny minority group, easily identified by their skinhead-boots-unemployed look and their open and crude racism.

Instead, the far right is on the rise, this...

The irony is strong with this post.