Normally, this would be a Straw Man argument. But in the honour of the scale you have employed, I hereby nominate this a Straw First Lord Admiral of the Ocean Sea argument.
It didn't cost a ship's weight in gold to reach America.
It didn't endanger entire ships to have one mast malfunction, nor were they being torpedoed every minute of the way (see also, micrometeorites).
Space isn't a vast, fertile land which already supports hundreds of humans, as well as acres thriving with game.
Space is disease and danger wrapped in darkness and silence, as McCoy would say.
And if your analogy must be used, building space stations isn't the equivalent of founding a colony in the Americas. It is the equivalent of lashing together planks to build an enormous island smack in the middle of the Pond.
Out of curiosity, without scurrying off to [W]ikipedia, could you differentiate a Punjabi name (130 million) from a Bengali (230 million) name?
Yes, absolutely. Clearly you aren't Indian and have no idea how very easy it is for us to geolocate people, as it were, by the sound of their mere names, unless it's a non-Hindu name.
"we could truely say they are a proper and fair monopoly who is really looking out for the people and making things work." Were you reaching for a definition of enlightened government, may be?
Nice signature, BTW. "You're", not "your"!
Taking away basic necessities will be the right punishment for the villainous common people of Iran for democratically deciding to deny themselves basic human ri-... wait, wha-?
Boomers aren't the only ones fond of the New York Times. 'Old media' refers to the medium of delivery, not the content, the editorial stance, or the use of polysyllabic words. I for one like the old overlords.
I imagine 'Indian citizen' translates to you as 'Hindu nationalist'. Yes, immigration is a problem and needs to be stopped, but I don't see what Islam has to do with it.
Also, I am an Indian and value my privacy. To assume that none of a billion-strong citizenry value their privacy is a rather far-fetched one.
The risk of misuse is substantial. In the Godhra riots, Muslim families and businesses were selected through the phone directory and targeted. A searchable database would be much worse.
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Ah yes, millions. I had this image in my head of a few Native Americans selling Manhattan. Completely forgot the Aztecs and Incas... my bad!
Normally, this would be a Straw Man argument. But in the honour of the scale you have employed, I hereby nominate this a Straw First Lord Admiral of the Ocean Sea argument. It didn't cost a ship's weight in gold to reach America. It didn't endanger entire ships to have one mast malfunction, nor were they being torpedoed every minute of the way (see also, micrometeorites). Space isn't a vast, fertile land which already supports hundreds of humans, as well as acres thriving with game. Space is disease and danger wrapped in darkness and silence, as McCoy would say. And if your analogy must be used, building space stations isn't the equivalent of founding a colony in the Americas. It is the equivalent of lashing together planks to build an enormous island smack in the middle of the Pond.
I thought that was obvious enough.
Out of curiosity, without scurrying off to [W]ikipedia, could you differentiate a Punjabi name (130 million) from a Bengali (230 million) name?
Yes, absolutely. Clearly you aren't Indian and have no idea how very easy it is for us to geolocate people, as it were, by the sound of their mere names, unless it's a non-Hindu name.
"we could truely say they are a proper and fair monopoly who is really looking out for the people and making things work." Were you reaching for a definition of enlightened government, may be? Nice signature, BTW. "You're", not "your"!
I don't think they're going to be cowed down.
Taking away basic necessities will be the right punishment for the villainous common people of Iran for democratically deciding to deny themselves basic human ri-... wait, wha-?
Yes, but who watches the watchers?
Boomers aren't the only ones fond of the New York Times. 'Old media' refers to the medium of delivery, not the content, the editorial stance, or the use of polysyllabic words. I for one like the old overlords.
No need for a database when they'd just returned from a highly publicised mission to 'settle' a score of dubious historical accuracy.
I imagine 'Indian citizen' translates to you as 'Hindu nationalist'. Yes, immigration is a problem and needs to be stopped, but I don't see what Islam has to do with it. Also, I am an Indian and value my privacy. To assume that none of a billion-strong citizenry value their privacy is a rather far-fetched one. The risk of misuse is substantial. In the Godhra riots, Muslim families and businesses were selected through the phone directory and targeted. A searchable database would be much worse.