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Sri Lanka Accuses Facebook of Failing To Control Hate Speech That Contributed To Deadly Riots (theguardian.com)
The Sri Lankan government is accusing Facebook of failing to control rampant hate speech that it says contributed to anti-Muslim riots last week that left three people dead and the country under a state of emergency. The accusations come after the country blocked Facebook and several other platforms last week in an effort to prevent the spread of hate speech. The Guardian reports: On Thursday Fernando, along with the Sri Lankan prime minister, Ranil Wickremesinghe, and communications officials, will meet a Facebook team that has flown to Colombo. The Sri Lankans will demand a new, faster system for taking down posts flagged as a national security risk by agencies in the country. "Facebook is not reacting as fast as we have wanted it to react," Fernando said. "In the past it has taken various number of days to review [flagged posts] or even to take down the pages." On Tuesday he highlighted a tweet from a user who claimed to have reported a Facebook post in the Sinhala language that read "Kill all Muslims, don't even let an infant of the dogs escape." The user claimed he received a reply six days later saying the post did not contravene a specific Facebook community standard. The extremist leader Amith Weerasinghe, who was arrested last week in Kandy after being accused of helping to instigate the violence, had amassed nearly 150,000 followers on his Facebook page before it was taken down last week.
Can you hear the drums Fernando
I remember long ago another starry night like this
In the firelight Fernando
You were humming to yourself and softly strumming your guitar
I could hear the distant drums
And sounds of bugle calls were coming from afar
They were closer now Fernando
Every hour every minute seemed to last eternally
I was so afraid Fernando
We were young and full of life and none of us prepared to die
And I'm not ashamed to say
The roar of guns and cannons almost made me cry
There was something in the air that night
The stars were bright, Fernando
They were shining there for you and me
For liberty, Fernando
Though I never thought that we could lose
There's no regret
If I had to do the same again
I would, my friend, Fernando
If I had to do the same again
I would, my friend, Fernando
Now we're old and grey Fernando
And since many years I haven't seen a rifle in your hand
Can you hear the drums Fernando
Do you still recall the frightful night we crossed the Rio Grande
I can see it in your eyes
How proud you were to fight for freedom in this land
There was something in the air that night
The stars were bright, Fernando
They were shining there for you and me
For liberty, Fernando
Though I never thought that we could lose
There's no regret
If I had to do the same again
I would, my friend, Fernando
There was something in the air that night
The stars were bright, Fernando
They were shining there for you and me
For liberty, Fernando
Though I never thought that we could lose
There's no regret
If I had to do the same again
I would, my friend, Fernando
Yes, if I had to do the same again
I would, my friend, Fernando
> Yes, the Germans lost miserably in two major wars
Does it occur to you that Germany was solidly winning WW1 but then some jewish bankers and tycoons proposed to Britain that they will get USA involved in the war to turn the tide? In exchange the zionists demanded that UK con the arabs out of their prior promise for a state in the Holy Land, earned by fighting the german-allied ottaman turkish empire. So Lawrence of Arabia was ousted and Rostchild rolled in.
The ship Lusitania started to smuggle munitions contravening international law and was sunk. Jewish-run media created a frenzy in the USA, leading to declaration of war by the formerly neutral power. In Britain, the Balfour declaration happened. Yet, even with american manpower and zionist money it took a long time and the spanish flu epidemic to topple the central powers of Germany and Austria-Hungary (a.k.a K.u.K.)
The true might of WW1 german military was clearly shown in the break-through of Caporetto, where the entire italian army fell apart under the strikes of "sturmtruppen" in a matter of a few days, 30% of their manpower went POW, 50% simply defected, took on civilian clothes and walked home. It took a dozen french and british expeditionary divisions to contain the german and K.u.K. advance, Venice very nearly fell.
As for WW2, the Reich was fighting on 3 fronts, without almost any access to oil and steel-alloying ores, defending against the asian barbarism of genocidal communism in the east and against the zionist lapdog anglo-saxons in the west and the south. Yet americans never managed to break through in the south, even after the italian betrayal. That's because the moral and combat value of german troops was much higher than any other combatant!
> Hitler was known to respect people of African descent.
You should watch the 1936 Berlin Summer Olympics medal ceremony and then stop making such stupid claims. (Yeah, that ceremony was televised and footage survives. Even aliens from Sirius have already seen it, according to Jodie Foster's Contact movie.)
> The Germans are losers. I challenge anyone to prove this claim to be incorrect.
Them germans certainly won the economy since the end of WW2. Angela "Bundesmutti" Merkel has no nukes, yet each and every world leader is busy kissing her hands, because Germany has the industry, the money and the influence. It is ironic that jews now see their future in teutonic-nietzchean style militarism, while Germany is all about counting money. More or less Merkel is the sow whose tits the piglets, the rest of EU suck for funds. Deutschland, Deutschland uber alles, uber die EU!
Some people (notably BMW drivers) think they have a right to zoom through the carpool lane.
Some able bodied people (BMW drivers?) think they have a right to park in the handicapped space.
Point: Entitled people feel they have a right to what they want. If you don't agree with their hate speech, then OMG Censorship! You're a bad person for not hating the same people they hate! Etc.
I'll see your senator, and I'll raise you two judges.