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il y a 12 heuresdiscuss

You don't have the data on arrests specifically over social media posts, because they don't exist, so you chose to dismiss my reply and attempt an ad hominem.

I am not leaning one way or the other 100%, as indicated in my earlier reply. You are just reading what you want to read

I agree when there is not precise data available, inferences can be made from other data, but you must not state things like "statistically less likely to get arrested for a social media post in the US than the UK" when you don't have the actual, relevant statistics.

If you wish to argue with statistics, you must present them. And they will be cross examined, as is right and proper.

il y a 21 heuresdiscuss

Indeed

il y a 21 heuresdiscuss

Got a link for those UK stats? Last time I went looking, even a Parliamentary report expressed that the stats are difficult to find, because the crime is eg malicious communications which covers a lot of acts.

Your links in another comment do not contain nearly enough detail to support the argument you're attempting to make. The 2 laws mentioned therein are broad and could cover many acts.

It's like a newspaper looking at the statistics for murder and creating a story that murder by asphyxiation with a pillow is on the rise.

n.b. I am not disagreeing that the police are policing social media. It's obviously an easy target. But we should be careful of newspapers pushing narratives, by asking for precise data

il y a 22 heuresdiscuss

Did you forget your geography lessons?

The UK did not relocate to the South Atlantic in 2020

'Europe' and 'EU' are not synonyms

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> Also, see the case of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C3%BCseyin_Do%C4%9Fru - if you aren't liked by the EU courts, ...

This was done by the Council of Europe (an organisation made up of a mix of member state foreign ministers and member state parliament members)

https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=OJ:...

No court was involved as far as I can tell...

Did you mean it as a judgement? If so, bit crappy to make such a judgement, particularly on the day of her death to be honest.

Maybe they did try (thought about it, made enquiries but decided not to). How do you know? And starting motherhood, regardless of how, I imagine, at 40 plus has its own challenges

Indeed - blocking space for the 600th OpenAI press release

I discovered her wider music during the early days of COVID. I played her album Faster Than The Speed of Night on repeat. No world-class lyrics but she had such a beautiful unique voice, I got hooked.

I can't listen to her music now without being taken straight back to the hours and days lying alone on the sofa hoping for better days.

RIP you Welsh beaut

il y a 3 joursdiscuss

And Northerners have real, genuine grievances with the south (ie London/Westminster) and it's not for us to wag our fingers and say they ought to have open arms and love one and all. Understanding is key.

Agree with the bias. They're far less obvious about their issues with race. Eg there are people on my street who, if the local corner shop were the only shop in the country, would sooner starve than spend any money at a business run by a Pakistani family. I frequent it but not much because: most prices are not displayed, things are often out of date, offers are not honoured etc far more than any other shop in the area. (This is of course racism xenophobia etc blah blah to point this out.) When I nicely tried to raise the various issues the whole family turned against me - they take my money but that's it

il y a 3 joursdiscuss

Not every defensive post is an accusation of shilling. I did no such thing

I got accused of propaganda and FUD. And I got told by a non Brit that I'm not allowed an opinion.

I responded entirely appropriately

il y a 3 joursdiscuss

> It's even more noticeable with people who are paid to be polite: bar and waiting staff, the folks working at Tesco, pub security, the kebab man. I walk into a pub in the middle of nowhere in England, they treat me like I'm intruding or inconveniencing them. I do that in London, they just ask "What are you having love?".

It's funny I find the complete opposite. I've been in London visiting for a week and it's been an absolute chore getting anyone to respond to "good morning" in a cafe or shop. Too many who barely speak English, don't tell me what the total is, do little more than grunt. Every order even for a simple black coffee involves an annoying back and front of "warmorice?" "Sorry?" "warmorice". Oh you mean "is that hot or iced coffee?"

A lot of it is racism and xenophobia (and I do acknowledge you may have been on the receiving end too). Many shops are staffed 100% by Asians now.

Yes HN, racism against white people / xenophobia towards British people exists.

Which part of London do you usually frequent out of interest? North or South West...?

I very much can imagine if you hang around with a lot of foreigners/non Londoners in London there's a shared experience there and a support network. You have a common background and 'struggle' of surviving London. What did you have shared with the man in Bangor or the pub staff elsewhere in England? Do you understand their perspective? Their struggles? Something to ponder perhaps

il y a 3 joursdiscuss

These systems are always beta tested on real drivers for years. Sometimes the tech improves often it doesn't. It's absolute madness

il y a 3 joursdiscuss

I have experience in what you describe, as I live far from London in a place I'm not from. Yes it can be very insular and can take many years to even begin being treated like a local (it's not until you have a kid, so I'm told).

I'm treated with suspicion too. A lot of it is 'not from here [the village/town/county]' (and not sounding like you're from here) rather than 'not white' or 'not from the UK' so I can't hard agree it's strictly xenophobia/racism etc.

And your anecdote about that guy: exactly what I'm saying. Everyone out for themselves. Selfish. Unrelated to racism or xenophobia etc

But are you saying in London everyone falls over themselves to hold open doors, let you skip queues, always waits for people to get off the train first, nobody barges past anyone, every single shop worker says "hello good morning" "thank you" "have a great day"...? What acts of making you feel welcome exist in London that doesn't elsewhere in the country?

edit: And you started "I agree...but not with the unfriendliness" then ended with "London can be unfriendly" so I'm a bit confused :D

il y a 3 joursdiscuss

Present your credentials. I'm from the south of England, my family lives in London, I spend plenty of time in London. I don't need your blessing to criticise the capital of the country I was born in.

Are you even British? If not, who the hell do /you/ think you are to accuse me of propaganda? I can tell you're not a native English speaker

> in reality these things are sporadic nuisances

THIS is the real propaganda

il y a 3 joursdiscuss

They'll do anything but address the root cause of distractions: the addictive nature of mobile phones/the apps on them

il y a 3 joursdiscuss

I remember the brief period when they told us that the self service checkout weren't recording video. Then they just said oh actually they do now and nobody battered an eye lid

If the tech is put there it's just a matter of time. They can't resist

il y a 3 joursdiscuss

Have you visited London recently? Particularly east. It's got the unfriendliness but also complete total breakdown of the social contract and social decency

Music and video calls without headphones on all transport all the time. Shoes and socks off on train seats. Zombies barging into you constantly. Nobody letting people off the train.

Throwing rubbish on the ground. Leaving it on trains and buses.

Vaping on the tube

Pushing through the barriers at stations is normalised

Everyone does whatever the hell they like everywhere all the time. Constant antisocial behaviour. It's hell. An absolute epicenter of selfishness

I dream of a rule based society like Germany or UK of years ago

Edit: am a Brit but wouldn't live in London for love nor money. Obviously a lot of those issues aren't just in London. This isn't "foreigner repeating right wing talking points" people love trying here

il y a 4 joursdiscuss

I'm tired of reading job adverts for 3 people's jobs (frontend, backend, DevOps) all in one, all lead/staff/senior but not the salary to match any of that, not even close

il y a 4 joursdiscuss

UK government too