Well, that's the thing. If the government there actually sees the need for astroturfers instead of just sending some thugs to the dissidents, it cannot be as bad as you describe.
You see, there are only a handful of cities in Germany, a city with the population of 500000 is considered huge by the standards over here. Germany consists mostly of smallish towns and even in the absolute middle of nowhere on a mountain top or in a forest, the next town would be at most an hour away - by walking, that is. Half an hour is more likely, though.
I know about Baltic, I was born in Estonia, by the way. The country consists of a few towns (one third of the whole population lives in the capital you can walk from one end to another in thee hours) and the rest is mostly forests.
You cannot compare German "rural" with American "rural". Germans live in small towns and are widely distributed through the country instead of being concentrated in a few cities - and that is called "rural", but the population density is much, much higher - Germany on the whole has got a higher population density than the Greater Los Angeles Area.
Well, here's the thing: the UK, desipte their much higher violent crime rate, has got a quarter of the United States homicide rate, and even if you break the USA down to the individual states, only Iowa, Vermont and New Hampshire have got a lower murder rate than the Brits.
Looks like the victim is indeed less dead when firearms aren't involved.
British violent crime rate is skewed by the football hooligans, fisticuffs do count as violent crime, you know.
Well, you are the one ignoring history. Many German citizens were armed quite well. They (Freikorps), being ultra-conservative, as so many firearm owners are, became the vanguard of the Nazi movement.
actually it is natural selection at work there. being able to digest milk in adult age raised the survival rate (as in additional nutrition source) so european population is genetically predisposed with continuous lactase production.
And the average body temperature at the local hospital is 36.6ÂC when you include both the intensive care unit and the morgue. If you average over too different sample sets, you get crap for statistics.
Because of the "home by christmas" mentality they were sent to war without reactive armour plates applied so it is obvious T-80 didn't fare well. It is still a tank that is better in every way than T-72 except fuel consumption.
There are several different versions of both (export versions to Arab countries were the worst when it comes to the configuration - cheap armour, cheap fire control systems, cheap ammo), and T-72 was never considered quality hardware in first place, just a cheap filler for not-so-important units. The important ones (like guards or GSFG) received T-64 and later T-80.
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I think such behaviour is called "cutting the nose to spite the face".
Well, that's the thing. If the government there actually sees the need for astroturfers instead of just sending some thugs to the dissidents, it cannot be as bad as you describe.
Exactly. And most of these "I have an idea for an app" sound like "should be like facebook, but with x"
You see, there are only a handful of cities in Germany, a city with the population of 500000 is considered huge by the standards over here. Germany consists mostly of smallish towns and even in the absolute middle of nowhere on a mountain top or in a forest, the next town would be at most an hour away - by walking, that is. Half an hour is more likely, though.
I know about Baltic, I was born in Estonia, by the way. The country consists of a few towns (one third of the whole population lives in the capital you can walk from one end to another in thee hours) and the rest is mostly forests.
You cannot compare German "rural" with American "rural". Germans live in small towns and are widely distributed through the country instead of being concentrated in a few cities - and that is called "rural", but the population density is much, much higher - Germany on the whole has got a higher population density than the Greater Los Angeles Area.
Well, at least there's no "would of" in gp's post.
Always that Apple example. They sell fashion, not high end. A whole different thing altogether.
Dude, this is khallow you are replying to.
I should have remembered to never argue with the crazies.
Well, here's the thing: the UK, desipte their much higher violent crime rate, has got a quarter of the United States homicide rate, and even if you break the USA down to the individual states, only Iowa, Vermont and New Hampshire have got a lower murder rate than the Brits.
Looks like the victim is indeed less dead when firearms aren't involved.
British violent crime rate is skewed by the football hooligans, fisticuffs do count as violent crime, you know.
Well, you are the one ignoring history. Many German citizens were armed quite well. They (Freikorps), being ultra-conservative, as so many firearm owners are, became the vanguard of the Nazi movement.
So Dubya "if this were a dictatorship, it'd be a heck of a lot easier, just so long as I'm the dictator" Bush was a liberal then? You live and learn.
No, he wasn't. His party didn't even have the majority in the parliament. He was appointed as the chancellor by a senile president. A huge difference.
Well, except that he wasn't. Stalin was even a seminarist of the orthodox faith.
Estonia is a bad example. Most train tracks that were serviced in the soviet times are closed now. A sad picture, really.
actually it is natural selection at work there. being able to digest milk in adult age raised the survival rate (as in additional nutrition source) so european population is genetically predisposed with continuous lactase production.
a bit like this
I am not a native English speaker. I usually understand Brits quite well (Manc is more difficult, though).
I often don't understand Indians at all.
And the average body temperature at the local hospital is 36.6ÂC when you include both the intensive care unit and the morgue.
If you average over too different sample sets, you get crap for statistics.
I can tell you what happens: the StudiVZ CEO will let the champagne flow.
We have got freedom of speech here alright, no right to bear arms, though, because there are no bears left except in zoos.
Because of the "home by christmas" mentality they were sent to war without reactive armour plates applied so it is obvious T-80 didn't fare well. It is still a tank that is better in every way than T-72 except fuel consumption.
Yes, but USSR just took back what was theirs. And it is not like Poland wasn't happy about WW2.
There are several different versions of both (export versions to Arab countries were the worst when it comes to the configuration - cheap armour, cheap fire control systems, cheap ammo), and T-72 was never considered quality hardware in first place, just a cheap filler for not-so-important units. The important ones (like guards or GSFG) received T-64 and later T-80.
Battle hardened? They were fighting suicide waves of children and they very nearly lost the war against Iran.