Comments by "ScholaroftheWorld " (@scholaroftheworldalternatehist) on "BBC News" channel.

  1. This is the classic flaw...we all think we are born in the "civilized" special time of history. People keep proclaiming the "end of history." The secret is...no, we are not the end of humanity. This time is not special, you just happen to exist in it.
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  2. Most people are followers, not leaders. It takes a special breed of man to lead
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  3. Asians don't hate Russia nearly as much as Westerners. After all, back in the Cold War it was Russia/USSR that supported many freshly decolonized regimes.
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  4. Imagine in the future...they will record war in 3D and you can experience it exactly like you were there
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  5.  @cloudymccloud6254  My friend, one only focuses on the invention of their race when they have not achieved anything themselves. Build your own legacy instead of co-opting those of others.
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  6. It shows that our natural state is destruction rather than construction. One can only wonder which tendency wins out in the end.
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  7. Tell him to go repair the shelling drywall damage
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  8. Lot of money in third world
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  9. I'm not sure what hamas is hoping to achieve other than it's own destruction
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  10. It's pretty long if you have to stare at same 4 walls
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  11. Looks like a bunch of aimless pensioners putting on a makebelieve play
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  12. It's quite clear all of them need to go to Bangladesh and India. Myanmar will never accept them
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  13. Haiti is basically one giant hood. You dont see rich folks in the hood
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  14. However the scientists were smarter back then
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  15.  @neorahmusic9245  It's not really funny, they are pressed into service and will be shot for desertion
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  16. Oh, how sad that Japan is a mere American puppet. It used to be proud and independent, now no more
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  17. Do you understand how war works? Anything goes, killing humans is not considered a crime
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  18. You have to be rich/famous to get away with serious crimes
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  19. No, 30 years is not that long. Genetic engineering especially takes a long time and is error-prone.
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  20. Don't think your government feels the same
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  21. ...Which is why Chinese scientists keep coming over to the US and boosting their economy
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  22. It is men like that who will explore the first planets
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  23. Wtf lol. She's just flesh and bones. I'm kind of pissed I was born in this primitive time but I guess some granny makes life better?
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  24. 300 Pakistanis died in the Mediterranean.
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  25. Russia is way too big and ethnically diverse to stay intact. It only survives under brutal oppression
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  26.  @kfelix2934  why would pay to visit a hood? I could drive to one if I wanted to
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  27. Men who live by the sword will die by the sword
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  28. You understand how drafts work...you are forced to fight. Show a bit of empathy for your fellow man.
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  29. It must suck to live as an eternal child, never matured
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  30. Yeah no we know you get your kicks from watching this. Schadenfreude and all that
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  31. "This day and age" --- it's been happening for years in poor countries they just don't cover it in this extreme detail.
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  32. He flunked his school multiple times. If he was not born into royalty he would live a much more depressing life
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  33.  @yasminumsambac  you said he is not an idiot. I am saying he very much was, but was born jnto a posh lifestyle
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  34. Lol then why did Mexicans get crushed in every battle in Mexican American war
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  35. The biggest worry of a rich man is losing their money. Most of his money is in stocks, he could be wiped out in a short amount of time - look what happened to Zuckerberg
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  36. Less of a nightmare than those he is sending to front lines
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  37. Yeah because dead people can't spend money
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  38. Actually it shows the opposite. He made off with billions and the people are still starving.
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  39. You are lecturing a country that lives in mud and brick buildings...maybe not the best advice.
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  40. The patriarchy would've saved all those men if it was a real thing
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  41. Abortion doctors do it
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  42. When you stop believing in God you simply put your faith in these filthy billionares instead
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  43. Basically its a province of South Africa and it has very low population. That's how its relatively well off
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  44. What loss? The people would have died anyway. Rapid deaths like these are the best way to exit the world.
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  45. Bunch of pansies today
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  46. Not necessarily. I know people who got cancer at that age and died. Or died in accidents.
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  47. People fear change. They want stability and the same conditions they are used to
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  48. Eh he's a young man. He didn't need much prodding, young males are natural risk takers
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  49. Such revolutionary insight. The world doesn't begin and end with you
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  50. I seriously wonder about the IQ of these people. They seem slightly disabled
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