Comments by "" (@beforetheyear0323) on "CNBC International News" channel.

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  17. One of the first things I did after seeing the depressing election news this morning was check to see which of my Facebook friends ‘like’ the pages of the Conservatives or David Cameron, and unfriend them. (Thankfully, none of my friends ‘like’ the UKIP page.) Life is too short, I thought, to hang out with people who hold abhorrent political views, even if it’s just online. This marked a change of heart for me. Usually, I try to remain engaged with such people in the hope that I might be able to change their views through debate. (Admittedly, I don’t always engage constructively with them. Sometimes, late at night, when my brain is too tired to do anything fancy and I spot an offensive tweet by a UKIP supporter, the urge to murder them in 140 characters is too difficult to resist.) Did I do the wrong thing? Should I have kept my Conservative friends? I’m not so sure. I am attracted by the view that we should all keep the debate open, discuss our political views, take other people’s views into account, and revise and improve our own as we all benefit from this dialogue. I’m attracted by the view that there is such a thing as progress in politics. But—depressingly—I’m far more sceptical than I was yesterday about how much of a difference we can make with political debate. There are several reasons for this. One is that, in much of British culture, people are uncomfortable with debate about politics. It would, in some circles, be rude to raise the topic of politics over dinner, and to try to change someone’s mind about their political views—well, that’s frankly out of order. We’re much more comfortable talking about the weather, who might win the X Factor, or Kim Kardashian’s arse. The British unwillingness to discuss politics was illustrated today by the sway of the ‘shy Tories’: the people who voted Conservative, but who kept quiet about it in the run-up to the election, and certainly didn’t tell the opinion polls.
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  38. Why are so many people so easily offended by everything nowadays? Because they're arseholes with no sense of humour nor tabboo open mindedness and probably a really boring lack luster person to hang out with.There's nothing about being offended thats wrong i find some things offensive but instead of turning into a massive snowflakes throwing a tantrum and reporting and getting someone canceled or banned (because that's a childish pathetic immature way to handle a situation) i call the person out and explain and if so exchange verbal blows as I known u can dish out three times as bad as I'm given if someone annoys me. Once I've expressed myself if the person doesn't care or listen and are to toxic to see anothers point of view i just block them out my life and move on and leave it at that. Theres being offended speaking freely and resolving an issue with someone then there's being a little baby about it and crying the victim card I personally hate people like that they destroy freedom of speech and they ruin the ability to be open minded and speak as you desire without worrying when the next toys out the cot sessions from them is coming. Alot of people use this offended rubbish as a way to become some sort of special privileged person who can now exploit the offendee and this in the end does nothing for them if then person who offended doesn't care and ignored lack of reason by walking away so the offended cries even more and reports you for having opinions, being realistic or whatever really. Sad truth is we live jn a world where fake is becoming the new normal and anyone who's oldskool, blunt and direct and real is considered either offensive or wrong and judgemental by the same people who do not realise what they're doing in return is wrong and judgemental but worst. These fake people really need to just get over themselves and grow up and stop throwing tantrums over such trivial rubbish they could easily ignore or simply just unfriend or block the person because the worlds got more important things to deal with than a snowflake ego like poverty, famine, climate change, wars, world hunger, pandemics etc. The person being offended is worst than than the offending if they then choose to pursue something left in the past. I dont get offended by stupid things like swearing, having an opinion etc. I don't always agree and say when i know someone's talking crap to me but it doesn't offended me it more just bores me and kills the conversation. People who are real are way much better and much more healthy to be around they may say harsh truths and strong facts and get real without question but hey at least you know where you stand with a real person and that isn't on eggshells. The best people are the tabboo free spirited open minded so called offensive ones that are actually just honest and true.
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  39. One, two princes kneel before you That what I said now Princes, princes who adore you Just go ahead now One has diamonds in his pockets That's some bread, now This one said he wants to buy you rockets Ain't in his head, now This one he got a princely racket That's what I said now Got some big seal upon his jacket Ain't in his head now You marry him, your father will condone you How 'bout that now You marry me, your father will disown you He'll eat his hat, now Marry him, marry me I'm the one that loved you baby can't you see? Ain't got no future or family tree But I know what a prince and lover ought to be I know what a prince and lover ought be Said if you want to call me baby Just go ahead now And if you like to tell me maybe Just go ahead now And if you wanted to buy me flowers Just go ahead now And if you like to talk for hours Just go ahead now Said one, two princes kneel before you That what I said now Princes, princes who adore you Just go ahead now One has diamonds in his pockets That's some bread, now This one said he wants to buy you rockets Ain't in his head, now Marry him Marry me I'm the one that loved you baby can't you see? Ain't got no future or family tree But I know what a prince and lover ought to be I know what a prince and lover ought be Said if you want to call me baby Just go ahead now And if you like to tell me maybe Just go ahead now And if you wanted to buy me flowers Just go ahead now And if you like to talk for hours Just go ahead now And if you want to call me baby Just go ahead now And if you like to tell me maybe Just go ahead now And if you like to buy me flowers Just go ahead now And if you like to talk for hours Just go ahead now If you want to call me baby Just go ahead now And if you like to tell me maybe Just go ahead now If you want to buy me flowers Just go ahead now And if you like to talk for hours Just go ahead now Oh Baby! Just go ahead now Oooh! Just just go ahead now Oooh, your majesty! Just go ahead now Come on forget the King who... marry me! (just go ahead now) Come on, come on, come on (just go ahead now) Go ahead now Just go ahead now If you want to buy me flowers
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  46. Is it possible to kill your conscience? If yes, how? Yes — by making one bad, destructive, dishonest choice after another, and then justifying those choices. By falling down this slippery slope, you can so warp your own internal moral compass as to make any action, no matter how terrible, excusible in your own mind. At that point, you’re not behaving as a human being, but rather more like a cornered animal, or an addict — who is so desperate to survive by whatever means, that you’ll do and say anything at all to get what you want in the moment — without thinking much about the immediate effects on others, or the long term consequences for everyone, including yourself. And when I say survive here, I also mean “achieve” — because in truth, the need to “achieve” social status, material wealth, etc. are just another kind of addiction. They’re poor substitutes for a real sense of human self-worth and unconditional love — and because in our culture we’re so quick to judge one another, there’s a real scarcity of that feeling. So we have a huge number of people who think they have to “achieve” status and out-compete the person next to them in order to be valued themselves, or to have any sense of self-worth — so achievement is just another manifestation of the survival instincts of a cornered, desperate animal. Our whole civilization runs on such desperation — hence the scarcity of honesty and conscience in our society. I have an English Diploma from the Saudi British center . Education & Philosophy,
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