More sane parts of the world don't have the cops acting as their own tax collectors. Any fines collected by them go to the government, not the police force. That way the cops can spend time fighting crime instead of trying to be very aggressive accountants.
Or you could think about this for a second and stop the police from getting the revenue from fines. Problem solved. You are ignoring the massive conflict of interest. Make the fines something which won't put someone out on the street, but which will make them think twice before speeding again.
Or you can just stop the cops from collecting the revenue. Once that conflict of interest has been removed, policing becomes a lot simpler. I wonder when the US will learn that.
Well, where you live, maybe. In more civilized parts of the world the healthcare costs would be paid by the same entity whether the person was in prison or not, meaning compassionate sentencing can be performed without fear. It must really suck to live where you do.
You should take a look at the quality of Germany's Autobahns compared to US roads, and the amount of training required for a German license. Inappropriate speed kills - driving as fast as on the Autobahn on a shitty US road after being handed your license after driving around a parking lot for a few minutes, surrounded by equally-educated drivers, is asking for trouble.
What happens in Germany is not easily applicable to the US without spending a shit-tonne of money on improving infrastructure & driver training.
If he's not punished by the punishment, it's not a punishment. If you were fined 0.001c for making that post, would it make you think twice about posting? That's what a "normal" ticket would be like to the guy in question. If a punishment is financial, of course wealth has to be taken in to consideration.
In Finland the cops don't get the money raised by fines or tickets, so this is a moot point. Because your local system has a massively fucked up conflict of interest, don't assume others also do. The fines go to the government, not the police.
Where you live maybe. In more sensible parts of the world, any money the police get through tickets or fines doesn't go to the police, but to the state. It must suck to live where you do.
Learning a language at school and using it on a daily basis are two completely different things. You start to realise more things about the language in question and your own mother tongue(s), making each improve the others simply through comparison and lots of "oh! *that's* why..." moments.
That's your excuse for being lazy or not understanding the benefits of learning a second language? Wonderful. You just asked what the benefits of speaking more languages are, which you assume doesn't exist, then show that Europe speaking more languages would have prevented multiple wars. You really aren't very good at this - as soon as someone makes you feel guilty for speaking only one language, you lash out and destroy your own argument in the process. Poor princess.
In more sane countries the conflict of interest between ticketing and revenue doesn't exist - the revenue doesn't go to the police.
Your "license to speed" would require the civil engineers to engineer every single road to a high enough standard to make driving at those speeds safe, which your 100-200$ a year wouldn't cover.
You also seem to be assuming you know when driving fast is safe or dangerous. Clearly that is not the case, as otherwise there would be no accidents from people driving too quickly, unless you assume everyone who crashes is an idiot. It sounds like you are one who sucks at driving, as you seem to really not understand what you're driving on, who you share it with, how it is engineered, and how much it costs. But vroom vroom fuck that brrrm brrrrrrm!
You are making a lot of assumptions about the road quality and engineering, and courteously letting those you share the road with suffer when you inevitably fuck up. And you likely will fuck up, one day.
Your arrogance is a danger to everyone else on the road.
This has nothing to do with punishing people for individual initiative, unless you call "endangering others because I like driving fast or can't tell time properly" initiative...
A fine one doesn't notice isn't a fine. Where you live might be all fucked up and using this for revenue, but Finland is a different place. Roads are designed and engineered for specific top speeds, and the speed limits are set accordingly. Exceeding those limits puts the other road users in danger, which they did not agree too.
"I, nospam007, don't know what socialism is. I've heard some people on the TV say that Obama is socialist, so I'm going to assume he is. I'm not good at learning, or I simply refuse to."
No, adding government can decrease the cost by allowing for it to bargain for better deals from private industry through scale. Delays also might not increase. That is unless you are confusing your governments (local, national, whatever) with others...
No, you park it and charge it. People aren't driving their cars around the whole time.
Solar people think solar can help massively, that's it. They're not saying it's the whole solution, as while this planet is not tidally locked with the sun, it clearly can only be part of the system.
You seem to think that because solar doesn't instantly solve every single problem that it's some sort of rubbish nonsense fad which deserves scorn. I apologise if that is incorrect, but that's definitely how your endless stream of breathless comments make it seem. If that's not the case, you might want to work on your posting style;)
Then the problem lies with people being so short-sighted and selfish that they don't realise the problem is their problem, and them sticking their heads in the sand only makes the problem worse for either them or those who follow.
He's simply asking John and Jane Q. Public to think. A lot to ask, I know.
It makes sense to tackle the immediate problem of people living in terrible conditions but who have the ability to leave by accepting them, as it doesn't cost much and properly-treated immigrants (given free language lessons, free training) can be an incredible boon to ageing European populations. At the same time, it makes just as much sense to spend money to stem the flow of those who immigrate out of sheer necessity. Tackling both helps everyone - there and in Europe.
That's not really comparable to this programme, as we're not talking about people who have not been contacted before, nor are we talking about sending over church people to lie to the natives in order to get them to change their ways with threats of hell-fire and eternal damnation, or bribe them into such changes with food, tobacco, or booze.
Education is a very powerful tool indeed - the more educated the world becomes, the lower the birthrate and the higher the quality of life. That should be something we are all behind, especially considering just how ridiculously cheap it is to get good, targeted help over there.
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It was a bit more than simply for "being conservative" - he actively sought to deny human rights, based on nothing more than superstition.
"That person just made me realise I'm a terrible person, so I'll just call them a SJW and lie to myself that I'm good"
More sane parts of the world don't have the cops acting as their own tax collectors. Any fines collected by them go to the government, not the police force. That way the cops can spend time fighting crime instead of trying to be very aggressive accountants.
Or you could think about this for a second and stop the police from getting the revenue from fines. Problem solved. You are ignoring the massive conflict of interest. Make the fines something which won't put someone out on the street, but which will make them think twice before speeding again.
Or you can just stop the cops from collecting the revenue. Once that conflict of interest has been removed, policing becomes a lot simpler. I wonder when the US will learn that.
Well, where you live, maybe. In more civilized parts of the world the healthcare costs would be paid by the same entity whether the person was in prison or not, meaning compassionate sentencing can be performed without fear. It must really suck to live where you do.
Welcome to the sane world where that exactly happens - fines go to the state's coffers, not the local PD. Conflicts of interest are never a good idea.
You should take a look at the quality of Germany's Autobahns compared to US roads, and the amount of training required for a German license. Inappropriate speed kills - driving as fast as on the Autobahn on a shitty US road after being handed your license after driving around a parking lot for a few minutes, surrounded by equally-educated drivers, is asking for trouble.
What happens in Germany is not easily applicable to the US without spending a shit-tonne of money on improving infrastructure & driver training.
If he's not punished by the punishment, it's not a punishment. If you were fined 0.001c for making that post, would it make you think twice about posting? That's what a "normal" ticket would be like to the guy in question. If a punishment is financial, of course wealth has to be taken in to consideration.
In Finland the cops don't get the money raised by fines or tickets, so this is a moot point. Because your local system has a massively fucked up conflict of interest, don't assume others also do. The fines go to the government, not the police.
Where you live maybe. In more sensible parts of the world, any money the police get through tickets or fines doesn't go to the police, but to the state. It must suck to live where you do.
Learning a language at school and using it on a daily basis are two completely different things. You start to realise more things about the language in question and your own mother tongue(s), making each improve the others simply through comparison and lots of "oh! *that's* why..." moments.
That's your excuse for being lazy or not understanding the benefits of learning a second language? Wonderful. You just asked what the benefits of speaking more languages are, which you assume doesn't exist, then show that Europe speaking more languages would have prevented multiple wars. You really aren't very good at this - as soon as someone makes you feel guilty for speaking only one language, you lash out and destroy your own argument in the process. Poor princess.
They're not trying to get the bomb if you believe their media, their government, Mossad, the CIA, MI6, or anyone else apart from Netanyahu.
In more sane countries the conflict of interest between ticketing and revenue doesn't exist - the revenue doesn't go to the police.
Your "license to speed" would require the civil engineers to engineer every single road to a high enough standard to make driving at those speeds safe, which your 100-200$ a year wouldn't cover.
You also seem to be assuming you know when driving fast is safe or dangerous. Clearly that is not the case, as otherwise there would be no accidents from people driving too quickly, unless you assume everyone who crashes is an idiot. It sounds like you are one who sucks at driving, as you seem to really not understand what you're driving on, who you share it with, how it is engineered, and how much it costs. But vroom vroom fuck that brrrm brrrrrrm!
You are making a lot of assumptions about the road quality and engineering, and courteously letting those you share the road with suffer when you inevitably fuck up. And you likely will fuck up, one day.
Your arrogance is a danger to everyone else on the road.
This has nothing to do with punishing people for individual initiative, unless you call "endangering others because I like driving fast or can't tell time properly" initiative...
A fine one doesn't notice isn't a fine. Where you live might be all fucked up and using this for revenue, but Finland is a different place. Roads are designed and engineered for specific top speeds, and the speed limits are set accordingly. Exceeding those limits puts the other road users in danger, which they did not agree too.
You should probably read what the CCV is for before telling everyone you can't be bothered to and just making up your own explanation.
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"I, nospam007, don't know what socialism is. I've heard some people on the TV say that Obama is socialist, so I'm going to assume he is. I'm not good at learning, or I simply refuse to."
No, adding government can decrease the cost by allowing for it to bargain for better deals from private industry through scale. Delays also might not increase. That is unless you are confusing your governments (local, national, whatever) with others...
No, you park it and charge it. People aren't driving their cars around the whole time.
Solar people think solar can help massively, that's it. They're not saying it's the whole solution, as while this planet is not tidally locked with the sun, it clearly can only be part of the system.
You seem to think that because solar doesn't instantly solve every single problem that it's some sort of rubbish nonsense fad which deserves scorn. I apologise if that is incorrect, but that's definitely how your endless stream of breathless comments make it seem. If that's not the case, you might want to work on your posting style ;)
Then the problem lies with people being so short-sighted and selfish that they don't realise the problem is their problem, and them sticking their heads in the sand only makes the problem worse for either them or those who follow.
He's simply asking John and Jane Q. Public to think. A lot to ask, I know.
It makes sense to tackle the immediate problem of people living in terrible conditions but who have the ability to leave by accepting them, as it doesn't cost much and properly-treated immigrants (given free language lessons, free training) can be an incredible boon to ageing European populations. At the same time, it makes just as much sense to spend money to stem the flow of those who immigrate out of sheer necessity. Tackling both helps everyone - there and in Europe.
That's not really comparable to this programme, as we're not talking about people who have not been contacted before, nor are we talking about sending over church people to lie to the natives in order to get them to change their ways with threats of hell-fire and eternal damnation, or bribe them into such changes with food, tobacco, or booze.
Education is a very powerful tool indeed - the more educated the world becomes, the lower the birthrate and the higher the quality of life. That should be something we are all behind, especially considering just how ridiculously cheap it is to get good, targeted help over there.
Or you could realise that not letting people break out of a cycle of violence only guarantees it continues and draws more people into it...