EU Blocks France's Ban on Monsanto's GMO Maize

jjeremyharrelson · 2012-05-24T14:18:32.643568+00:00

You really think pitting your voice against 500 million others to elect one 'leader' of the EU over what will probably be a single-issue vote is in any way democratic? Don't be fooled, only direct or 'liquid' democracy gives you any real voice - the EU is no more or less democratic than any of your national governments.

jjeremyharrelson · 2012-05-24T14:06:34.269923+00:00

You think most 'democratic' states are really that democratic in the first place? I'd trust the EU over almost any one of the national governments in the EU

neutralsoymilk · 2012-05-24T13:48:06.616069+00:00

We have some amazing TV shows though - Rake and Wilfred immediately spring to mind.

Hansaman · 2012-05-24T12:49:56.224164+00:00

The point was about ignoring historical context.

DescendingLogic · 2012-05-24T00:48:32.829673+00:00

Furthermore, I'd like to direct anyone interested in further (more advanced) reading to look at Mancur Olson's "stationary bandit" theory that pretty much blows the libertarian argument out of the water.

Hansaman · 2012-05-24T00:34:14.704280+00:00

As a result of dozens of generations of being treated like shit. I guess if you were in the US you'd be saying "niggers just rob shit all the time and are useless", ignoring any historical context for crime rates or the wealth disparity...

DBplatypus · 1 day

Ladies in this thread, remember that America =/= RoW

Had I only lived in Australia, I'd agree with you however I've spent the last few years in Sweden and I have not seen a single instance of this, where in Australia it was noticeable. Culture matters

aWritingThrowaway · 2 days

This happened to me a few weeks ago. Still think about it often, and still have no idea what to do, and I certainly don't want to make it worse. We've barely spoken since. Don't know if that makes me a bad person or only human.

Stare_Decisis · 3 days

Cartels.

ai565ai565 · 3 days

Well, the calls for growth promoting measures have largely had at least some sway in endearing the southern population to more of a French leadership when it comes to tackling the crisis. There's actually concrete talk about something to improve their lot under Hollande, rather than merely 'be Spartan and claw your way through this and we'll be good again".

ai565ai565 · 3 days

Ah, my point was that there is already widespread resentment about the way Germany has been handling the greeks, meaning putting a more French face on the proposal is a necessity for it to be swallowed. That's why France, in this case, is equally as important as Germany and at the moment they hold equal levels of power (or it's even tipped slightly in France's favour I'd say).

krattr · 3 days

Have you been reading some Mancur Olson? If so, then you'd know that the 'stationary bandit' also works to maximize revenues by maximizing wealth, and balancing the costs and benefits of a given public good to get the best return for themselves and the people being 'extorted' by the stationary bandit.
Pretty sure this is covered under 1 and the public good thing.

Really, you seem to be a little bit of a naive anarchist.

ai565ai565 · 3 days

A French vote is critical to any proposal the Germans make, and both parties know it.

grahvity · 3 days

Friend was saying the huge number of CCTV cameras in the uk was a good thing. Skip to half an hour later, she says she's scared of birds because "they're everywhere and..." to which I butt in "it's like they're always watching you!"

paperparty · 3 days

Weird? Yes, in that most people do want that kind of feeling. Bad? No, it's just you. By asking the question however, theres a chance you do actually feel these feelings, you just repress them.

iffe · 4 days

Sorry friend, but this is hardly depth hub material.

name34 · 7 days

I see a lot of people bitching here, but are any of you certain that it's actually her bringing the case against the school and not her parents?

opprobrium · 9 days

Although, to be fair, most serious scholars on the subject find a lot of fault with Jared Diamonds work so take it with a grain of salt.

ciel805 · 9 days

If anyone could be so kind as to provide me with an EU guest pass, I'd be very grateful.

dredd · 9 days

I don't know if I'm not amusing, if people are too PC here, or if people just don't consider Poe's law, but the downvotes are weird...

Alarchy · 10 days

I ordered the collectors edition at the .co.uk store at the start of the year. Shipping estimate was today, yet no bingo and looking at the product page it hasn't even been made available there yet.

EDIT

Aaaaand... 5 minutes after I email them, I get an 'order dispatched' email.

belghast · 10 days

Forgive my curiosity, but what was the login issue?

belghast · 10 days

Tried it. I thought the cutscenes and the story were great, and rather in humourous in places that I didn't expect it (for example the deputy on the roof with his daddy issues). Combat was a tad boring, but it's early days in the life of this MMO. It was months after WoW was released that they started getting it into a really good rhythm. Skill wheel is still confusing (and I'm not even sure if you're able to save custom decks? I didn't see that option anywhere)

Overall though, I can certainly see this being a fun and interesting game, though in truth I could only see it being a masterpiece as a single player game.

belghast · 10 days

Mate, I don't think you know how MMOs and programming work, nor what 'beta test' means...

krattr · 10 days

To those that downvoted me, I'm just curious as to why you disagree with me. I don't give a shit about karma or anything like that, I'm far more interested in your argumentation.

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