Nigeria is the most clear example. I had to work extensively with firms from countries in Eastern Europe and some russians where voters were intimidated because of insufficient ballot secrecy during elections, and issue was big enough for them to talk about it even during business dinners.
Funnily enough, back then "niggers" didn't decide where people built houses. They built them, but it was whites that did designs, engineering and architecture.
So if that was indeed his intention, he sure shot himself in the foot.
There is something really messed up in the country when people testifying to court of law aren't trying to find out the truth but instead actively try to build up a hyperbole, even if they know it really isn't true.
I think you're forgetting that democracy around the world is usually very different from US and generally Western one for a fairly simple reason: in US and West, difference between politicians is typically minimal. They bicker about little things like abortion, homosexual relations etc. The real issues, like the division of wealth, or serious oppression of people are typically very similar to both of your major parties - they're massively pro-corporate and pro-rich, while remaining anti-suppression of opposing party by means of killing and similar oppression and pro-freedom.
A great example of opposite has been in the recent vote in Nigeria. There it's also ~50-50, but vote is essentially open because country is split along the religious lines, and whoever wins gets to actively oppress the loser. Essentially the vote is a headcount.
What happens when one side loses? It start to even the score for next election by ethnically cleansing those who voted for other side in their heartland. That is the real face of democracy in a country where voting actually MATTERS for important things, things that directly concern the way of life of majority of the country (as in will significantly change based on who wins). This is largely absent in the West, as politicians here are thoroughly in the pockets of lobbyists and important decisions will be made by same lobbyists no matter what colors are in the cabinet that signs them.
There are obviously many countries in between, such as Russia, most of Eastern Europe, and some parts of Asia as well as Latin America. But my point is that if we give up the secret poll now, we stand even less chance of ever getting the power back into the hands of the people if/when it happens here in the West, because it will add yet another convenient tool of suppressing dissent.
Personally I'm of opposite opinion, because I actually happened to work in a country where the thing I described got abused. The results are far, far worse then silent tampering for individual people, as they get directly oppressed.
Not to say that we shouldn't work on improving the aspect you're complaining about, but not at a cost of throwing one of the main voter protections out of the window.
So you're of opinion that police are being paid top dollar, and only the best of the best of population are accepted? You're also certain that they are generally respected in your community, and don't have to handle the worst aspects of humanity on daily basis, as a result adapting to see the worst in every person who they meet?
Those are some big dreams there mate. Must've been one sheltered base you grew up on.
That sounds pretty messed up, however I imagine that if this was done on a significant scale it would be noticeable, as such ballots almost all casting vote in favor of certain person would be bound to cause suspicion.
It's still against the spirit of the voting to endanger the integrity of the vote though.
I mean no offense, but you made one hell of a pedestal for police officers there. No human could ever even remotely hope to be worthy of sitting on it. Especially considering what part of humanity they have to be dealing with on regular basis.
Except that you just compared one of the more corrupt systems to one of the least corrupt ones in the world and then implied equality between them. Our ethnic minority, swedes, is treated with utmost respect down to giving one of the world's broadest autonomies to Åland and forcing entire population to learn their language in schools in addition to finnish.
Also the nice link you provided goes like this: Crime in Great Britain Crime in Great Britain Human trafficking by Swiss Drug trafficing by North Africans Helping victims of crime
etc
Not a single word that actually disputes my claims, and several that support them. It pays to actually check what you're linking BEFORE you claim it supports your claims.
But that makes for all the difference in the world. GB didn't bomb North Ireland, didn't use tanks to shell districts with direct line of sight fire and so on. As they never caused massive human life losses, and as a result the more brutal methods of direct suppression could never be justified.
Compare it to Iraq's suppression for a great example on how things may turn out when army gets in a direct shooting war with a large ethnic/religious portion of locals.
Would you mind elaborating? I'm honestly not sure how this would work, as I'm living in another country and not 100% familiar with US version of it. How does absentee ballot work at the moment in United States and how does it jeopardize voter's anonymity?
I think you're missing the point here. If a vote is shown to a voter at any time and place OUTSIDE the voting booth, it means it's showing to the coercer as well. This is unavoidable.
I'm not saying paper is flawless. I'm merely saying that's it's BETTER then alternatives because it's much harder to falsify on a meaningful scale.
Most people don't wake up for a 4. You can barely feel it as housing works as a sufficient shock absorber. It gets noticeable when it's closer to 4.5-5, as household items start to visibly (and audibly) shake.
The split is almost 50/50, and it only takes one side thinking they get more from war to start one. In that place, there are essentially 3 sides: those who want independence, those who want to stay as part of Great Britain and those who don't really care and just want to live their lives in peace.
Problem is that first two are numerous enough to restart the low-key civil war if other side gets what it wants. So we have the fragile status-quo.
The difference is that (in some/most) European countries you finish most of your general education in high school/lyseum, diploma from which is generally required to get into university/college to study for a CS degree. And there are often still a few general mandatory courses still, even though most will be about professional topic you're studying for. It's not nearly as big of a list of subjects as you're listing above, but there are still a few like physics and chemistry.
If this was something concrete, you'd be seeing it across papers everywhere. This is nothing but a working theory, and yet another hope for a solution to mobile energy problem.
To be more specific: the "attacks" most people refer to are ones that happened on eastern side of Irish sea. The death toll is from Western side. There were almost no massive scale anti-infrastructure attacks on west side, and yet almost all of casualties are from there. There were massive terrorist bombing attacks on eastern side, yet almost no casualties.
Therefore grouping "terrorist attacks" from the east and "casualties" from the west under one umbrella is severely misguiding when discussing terrorism in general, because vast majority of the victims weren't victims of said terrorist attacks - they were victims of low key civil war on the other side of the sea.
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Nigeria is the most clear example. I had to work extensively with firms from countries in Eastern Europe and some russians where voters were intimidated because of insufficient ballot secrecy during elections, and issue was big enough for them to talk about it even during business dinners.
Funnily enough, back then "niggers" didn't decide where people built houses. They built them, but it was whites that did designs, engineering and architecture.
So if that was indeed his intention, he sure shot himself in the foot.
There is something really messed up in the country when people testifying to court of law aren't trying to find out the truth but instead actively try to build up a hyperbole, even if they know it really isn't true.
I think you're forgetting that democracy around the world is usually very different from US and generally Western one for a fairly simple reason: in US and West, difference between politicians is typically minimal. They bicker about little things like abortion, homosexual relations etc. The real issues, like the division of wealth, or serious oppression of people are typically very similar to both of your major parties - they're massively pro-corporate and pro-rich, while remaining anti-suppression of opposing party by means of killing and similar oppression and pro-freedom.
A great example of opposite has been in the recent vote in Nigeria. There it's also ~50-50, but vote is essentially open because country is split along the religious lines, and whoever wins gets to actively oppress the loser. Essentially the vote is a headcount.
What happens when one side loses? It start to even the score for next election by ethnically cleansing those who voted for other side in their heartland. That is the real face of democracy in a country where voting actually MATTERS for important things, things that directly concern the way of life of majority of the country (as in will significantly change based on who wins). This is largely absent in the West, as politicians here are thoroughly in the pockets of lobbyists and important decisions will be made by same lobbyists no matter what colors are in the cabinet that signs them.
There are obviously many countries in between, such as Russia, most of Eastern Europe, and some parts of Asia as well as Latin America. But my point is that if we give up the secret poll now, we stand even less chance of ever getting the power back into the hands of the people if/when it happens here in the West, because it will add yet another convenient tool of suppressing dissent.
Personally I'm of opposite opinion, because I actually happened to work in a country where the thing I described got abused. The results are far, far worse then silent tampering for individual people, as they get directly oppressed.
Not to say that we shouldn't work on improving the aspect you're complaining about, but not at a cost of throwing one of the main voter protections out of the window.
"City's finest"?
So you're of opinion that police are being paid top dollar, and only the best of the best of population are accepted? You're also certain that they are generally respected in your community, and don't have to handle the worst aspects of humanity on daily basis, as a result adapting to see the worst in every person who they meet?
Those are some big dreams there mate. Must've been one sheltered base you grew up on.
That sounds pretty messed up, however I imagine that if this was done on a significant scale it would be noticeable, as such ballots almost all casting vote in favor of certain person would be bound to cause suspicion.
It's still against the spirit of the voting to endanger the integrity of the vote though.
I mean no offense, but you made one hell of a pedestal for police officers there. No human could ever even remotely hope to be worthy of sitting on it. Especially considering what part of humanity they have to be dealing with on regular basis.
They are protesting about the memo that states that game will change from pay to accessorize to pay to win.
These are two distinctly different gameplay models.
Except that you just compared one of the more corrupt systems to one of the least corrupt ones in the world and then implied equality between them. Our ethnic minority, swedes, is treated with utmost respect down to giving one of the world's broadest autonomies to Åland and forcing entire population to learn their language in schools in addition to finnish.
Also the nice link you provided goes like this:
Crime in Great Britain
Crime in Great Britain
Human trafficking by Swiss
Drug trafficing by North Africans
Helping victims of crime
etc
Not a single word that actually disputes my claims, and several that support them. It pays to actually check what you're linking BEFORE you claim it supports your claims.
But that makes for all the difference in the world. GB didn't bomb North Ireland, didn't use tanks to shell districts with direct line of sight fire and so on. As they never caused massive human life losses, and as a result the more brutal methods of direct suppression could never be justified.
Compare it to Iraq's suppression for a great example on how things may turn out when army gets in a direct shooting war with a large ethnic/religious portion of locals.
Would you mind elaborating? I'm honestly not sure how this would work, as I'm living in another country and not 100% familiar with US version of it. How does absentee ballot work at the moment in United States and how does it jeopardize voter's anonymity?
I think you're missing the point here. If a vote is shown to a voter at any time and place OUTSIDE the voting booth, it means it's showing to the coercer as well. This is unavoidable.
I'm not saying paper is flawless. I'm merely saying that's it's BETTER then alternatives because it's much harder to falsify on a meaningful scale.
Did you really just lump a clear assassination attempt of prime minister together with terrorist bombings of general population?
Hello kitty shark. Ugh.
UGGGGGH. Thanks for that mental image.
They can always build on eastern/southern side of the island?
Most people don't wake up for a 4. You can barely feel it as housing works as a sufficient shock absorber. It gets noticeable when it's closer to 4.5-5, as household items start to visibly (and audibly) shake.
The split is almost 50/50, and it only takes one side thinking they get more from war to start one. In that place, there are essentially 3 sides: those who want independence, those who want to stay as part of Great Britain and those who don't really care and just want to live their lives in peace.
Problem is that first two are numerous enough to restart the low-key civil war if other side gets what it wants. So we have the fragile status-quo.
I shudder when thinking of whom this "we" might encompass.
The difference is that (in some/most) European countries you finish most of your general education in high school/lyseum, diploma from which is generally required to get into university/college to study for a CS degree. And there are often still a few general mandatory courses still, even though most will be about professional topic you're studying for. It's not nearly as big of a list of subjects as you're listing above, but there are still a few like physics and chemistry.
Innovation is all the rage nowadays!
If this was something concrete, you'd be seeing it across papers everywhere. This is nothing but a working theory, and yet another hope for a solution to mobile energy problem.
I'd actually buy that, just to piss off the overbearing Greens movement of today and their insane and self-destructive attitude on power generation.
To be more specific: the "attacks" most people refer to are ones that happened on eastern side of Irish sea. The death toll is from Western side. There were almost no massive scale anti-infrastructure attacks on west side, and yet almost all of casualties are from there. There were massive terrorist bombing attacks on eastern side, yet almost no casualties.
Therefore grouping "terrorist attacks" from the east and "casualties" from the west under one umbrella is severely misguiding when discussing terrorism in general, because vast majority of the victims weren't victims of said terrorist attacks - they were victims of low key civil war on the other side of the sea.