It’s always interesting seeing the assumptions people make when I disagree with them.
In your case, because I don’t like the things you like, you’ve thought of the worst music imaginable, and decided that must be what I listen to.
Fascinating.
Do you really though, or do you just think you do?
More of a classic rock person, but it’s always interesting to see what people assume about me.
Apparently everyone I disagree with also thinks I’m American.
I have, my mother used to listen to classical music all the time.
Incredibly dull and uneventful.
“Elites use different words, eat different foods, listen to different music – I was astonished when I learned that people listened to classical music for pleasure – and generally occupy different worlds from America’s poor,” he said. “Unfortunately, this can make things a little culturally awkward when you leap from one class to the other.”
To be fair, I look at classical music listeners the same way I do craft beer drinkers, namely that I suspect they’re doing it more because they like the idea than the actual reality.
Given how litigious Musk is, I think that’s as good as we’ll get.
Serious question, if the states did invade somewhere, whether it’s Greenland, Canada or Panama, what countries would actually be willing to use military force to stop them?
Would they end up going to China for aid?
You cannot possibly be this dense.
One is the rantings of a senile man, the other is formal government policy. They have absolutely made it clear they consider Taiwan to be their territory, and intend to retake it by force.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-59900139
Yep, definitely something I made up.
We have had ships sunk in our territorial waters by German mines during ww2, and we built fortifications out of concern of a Russian invasion, including one in Wellington you can visit whenever you like. It’s also likely Japanese vessels were poking around during ww2.
It’s not particularly far fetched that we would have hostile vessels or aircraft causing trouble in the event of a conflict.
Oh, it’s you again.
Come back when the US actually follows through on any of that, it takes more than just one person saying it to make that happen.
Because, if we were ever invaded, we would want and expect our allies to help us out, which means doing the same for them.
Do you have any other tankie BS to spout?
The five members of the UN security Council are the five nuclear powers, that’s what sets them apart.
The rest of your case is nothing but whataboutism.
What a load of absolute boot licking nonsense.
Russia are currently invading their neighbour, completely without justification, and committing a huge number of war crimes along the way. There is absolutely no reason to be doing business of any kind with them.
China is currently acting like a bully towards their neighbors, including making unjustified claims against territory held by the Philippines, the nine dash line claims, and is plotting to invade Taiwan by force.
It’s looking increasingly likely China will need to be repelled by force at some point in the future, and there is only one position in that conflict we can justifiably take.
Saying we should trade with anyone, regardless of other politics, is to turn a blind eye to some absolutely abhorrent behaviour by a number of nations.
Don’t want to put the ladder down.
Something that’s not on the list, and in my view should be, is either lowering the threshold for a party to enter parliament, or switching to a transferable vote for the party vote.
The current system makes it very difficult for another party to enter parliament, TOP have been trying for how long now?
It’s a strange one, I’m not entirely sure what their angle is. I do like the idea of orgasations like a university not taking a position on issues outside their area of expertise.
We recently had Tory Whanau tell central government to butt out of their business, while the council passed a resolution opposing the treaty principles Bill, for example.
It’s a waste of time, and such actions are seldom taken seriously anyway.
I’m a bit confused myself actually. I can understand pushing back against practices like deliberately working slowly, or bus drivers not collecting fares, if you’re at work and being paid.
But following the rules to the letter?
While that may be true, nobody saying “free Palestine” has a positive view of Israel, do they?