Comments by "chf gbp" (@chfgbp6098) on "BBC News" channel.

  1. Name and shame and prosecute these 'employers'!!!!!! The mind bogles how one human being can treat so badly another that lives with them and takes care of them. Such people are the worst of the worst.
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  2. The government must be secretly celebrating the prospect of getting rid of more of the old and the infirm, with the added bonus of the dead being disproportionately ethnic.
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  3. Can't blame them. It s their town!
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  4. Jesus. Billions of people but no one to pick up the rubbish.
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  5. She s worryingly misininformed. And i m pro brexit, for different reasons (EU is way too corrupt to work long term).
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  6. First time? After all These Times and so much destruction? HK people are a patient lot. One can almost say they probably enjoy the daily chaos. In France, AT similar Stage, lives have been lost already.
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  7. Yep. Just Look AT the comments. Slap a label on others and justify any evil. Pathetic. Just pathetic. Humanity needs to be removed.
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  8. Why not? China= evil IS that what u mean? Well, consider the following: 1949: US population=150mil, Life Exp=mid 60s. China population=450 mil, Life Exp=mid 30s Now: China pop=1400 mil, Life Exp=mid 70s, with longer healthy life span than US (WHO report). Infant mortatliy dropped from 240/1000 to 8/1000 in the Same period.  Literacy rate also now almost 100% from 20% in 1949. Which non-western shitholes do not mass produce refugees/asylum seekers/desperate migrants that flood the West? Chicom's China. Instead they send annoying but high spending tourists (100 mil+ per year), students and investors with money.  Chicom s doing a great job compared to all these 'free' shitholes that screw the West every which way twice.
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  9. A pretty girl ist a pretty girl. No need to politicise everything. She s deluding herself as well though. Bet plenty of traditionalists would want to rape and kill her?
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  10. I know....Although the Queen must have good reasons to 'hate' her son...this IS not a passive situation. She s decided...to stand in the way.
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  11. An eye for an eye...the whole world goes blind. And we r heading there.
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  12. Sadly the story of european style melting pot....say what u like about America. Their immigration/ Integration olicy (such as it IS) IS far more sensible and successful than Europe's.
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  13. Just do it already. All smoke and no fire. America s looking more and more ridiculous.
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  14. the only thing that leaves a doubt in my mind is the poverty in Botswana. African rulers and their families are seldom innocent of the sufferings their fellow coubtrymen habe to endure.
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  15. Corbyn is clueless and has nothing to offer this country.
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  16. Today the BBC dains to tell the story of these poor people. Tomorrow some other. No one has exclusivity on past sufferings. But media selects whoes story to tell in order to further this or that hidden agenda
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  17. May is the only adult in the house.
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  18. The families and villagers left behind are not innocent themselves. They are guilty of pushing their young men and women into risking their lives abroad. How many of them used the remittance to build houses and enjoy themselves in relative comfort...and dare i say it....to donate to the church and clergy? Their outpouring, while sad, leaves a bad taste in the mouth. They indeed need to repent, but not in the way these brain washed opportunistic fools think! The same amount of money could have bought these people a very good education in Europe!
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  19. It still isnt. How many people have been infected outside of China and died? Vs. all previous viral outbreaks?
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  20. Krishanu Chatterjee : why dont you take the millions of refugees when yet another middle eastern country is destroyed by American FP? We in Europe are fed up with having to bear the cost.
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  21. riversonglovesthedr : that is a separate point. i m sure there were contemporary stories far more deserving of our admiration than this; i m told below that their son is still running (ruining) Botswana. honestly...wtf. and frankly if marrying into african royalty counts as brave, what does that say about the BBC view of ordinary Africans? there were many mixed marriages, going back AT least to the 19th century between working class englisch women and african men. didn they have more interesting stories to tell? lavish white guilt on more deserving targets at least, not some privileged so and so living it large in europe on the blood and sweat of poverty stricken fellow africans.
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  22. U r confusing migration and colonialism.
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  23. There IS no cycle. AS last weekend demonstrated, wihtout the extremist rioters, protest can be peaceful, simple as that.
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  24. Precisely. China is out of control of the US/UK. Hence it must be destoryed.
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  25. What a Farce...
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  26. Conor Mulvihill : lol. U do realise what u see/hear 'freely' about syria in europe and in America is also selective and biased? Far more insidious as the poison is hidden. Propaganda is called propaganda by the hamfisted Russians. We r far more clever. It s called communication and PR...and it s been developed into a fine art and an industry worth hundreds of billions in the spirit of Profit maximisation. If u think that finely honed knowhow is not being used to brainwash people politically, then enjoy your freedom in your cosy invisible cell.
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  27. Hopefully human population would collapse Long before that point is reached.
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  28. Raytheon jsut secured 170 mil dollar worth of replacement revenue overnight. More to come.
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  29.  @paulallen579  isnt the Rohingya movement racist also?
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  30. Truely we are in a post-fact world. Dark Ages here we come.
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  31. Not your Land. Nature's land. I hope global warming benefits nature and cuts human population right down to give other animals a chance.
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  32. Because 'everyone' IS not American and therefore has the rightt fight their own corners just Like Americans do? Or do u think the whole world should exist for the pleasure and benefit of Americans?
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  33. Congratulations. Best wishes to them. But why keep calling a mixed race person black? Still following the old racial law of "1 drop makes black"? It ignores a huge part of one's identity. E.g. Obama is as much white (jewish) as he is black. What s wrong with that?
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  34. They should spend as much energy and time on reducing violence against women and children!!!
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  35. Mmmmm...time will tell of course but i think it s a watershed moment. Ideology trumps rational economic policies from now on. Brexit, viral genocide of the old and the in infirm, and now in the same bed as the equivalent of illiterate Afghan Islamists in Washington. I hope i m wrong. But what r the chances of this White House being right on anything given their record and views on everyhting else?
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  36. Cause Iran has not been founded in slavery and genocide...
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  37. Mmmm...invading Mars now eh?
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  38. Well certainly beats the living conditions of the free and happy Muslims in Afghanistan, Syria, Iraq, Libya...
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  39. 1949: US population=150mil, Life Exp=mid 60s. China population=450 mil, Life Exp=mid 30s Now: China pop=1400 mil, Life Exp=mid 70s, with longer healthy life span than US (WHO report). Infant mortatliy dropped from 240/1000 to 8/1000 in the Same period.  Literacy rate also now almost 100% from 20% in 1949. Which non-western shitholes do not mass produce refugees/asylum seekers/desperate migrants that flood the West? Chicom's China. Instead they send annoying but high spending tourists (100 mil+ per year), students and fugitive corrupt yellow Chinaman with money.  Chicom s doing a great job compared to all these 'free' shitholes that screw the West every which way twice.
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  40. Krishanu Chatterjee : lol. Articulate argument from the guy from a country full of toliet-less rapists and child/girl rapists/murders.
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  41. Anything to save the USD120 billion arms deal.
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  42. Who doesnt? But what Type? iraqi or libyan or tunisian or egyptian? Or syrian? Or algerian (90s)? 'democracy' is but a word. It s Like saying everyone needs to be given happiness or good health.
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  43. I must say, if the government got prior warning and failed...wtf. These shameless Clowns need to be replaced!
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  44. Where s the concentration camp and torture chamber? Do none of these millions of people have phones or access to VPN/Internet to send messages and pictures and Videos out? Given the scale and severity of the claims, u d think there should be non-stop leaks and cries for help.
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  45. This looks silly. Something on the lens. No way something outside can remain exactly still relative to the jet.
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  46. What ever happened to the Tibetan genocide? Or has the pet genocide du jour crowd moved on? A supposed genocide that is 60+ years old. I guess one must invent a new one to keep going.
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  47. Poverty and tragedy porn from the BBC, to celeberate another good year of being amongst the lucky few both sheltered from and in control of all the chaos and tragedies in the world.
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  48. But not funny
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  49.  So Angry  r u angry about what s happened to Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Syria, the Kurds, the Rohingyas etc.? Why do you think it keeps happening? And would it help if China also joins the long list of free and liberated peoples?
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  50. Hahaha. I wouldnt wish that on my worst enemy.
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  51. Oh dear...still heading for civil unrest i think. :(
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  52. People Like that comforting comparison. Cause the USSR collapsed. But am afraid These days it s the US that s behaving like the USSR...
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  53. Sure. She must be right, given her wealth of knowledge and experience. Pathetic propaganda. Try harder.
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  54. rungamai tavirai : u know what to do...judge him by the company he keeps...amazing number of weirdo posts under a piece of political news
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  55. No. It s a mentally ill loner.
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  56. And if it IS true that the government got prior warning, catching half of those responsible is AT least easy. Absolute shambles.
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  57. Islam is a great Religion (spreading tolerance and peace in its golden days) but modern geopolitical/Western euroepan Born Political Islam is poison wherever it spreads. It needs to be stopped and treated with the Same harshness that it preaches.
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  58. Wow! Execellent police conduct. His quick and appropriate reaction probably saved his colleague's life and many more, given the senseless mob and the fallen pistol. HK police, truely the finest in Asia, if not in the world. 👍 In London and Paris (forget America), am not sure this would have ended with so little actual harm done on both sides. That play acting yellow Chinaman though...
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  59.  @mag-wp6yt  =Another brain wahsed sloganeer
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  60. Where did u get the 500k number?
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  61. Georgia : exactly. well said. seeing the number 500k, some losers sorely needed to restore some semblance of balance in their sense of self worth, hence the nitpicking. u seem a well adjusted, secure, individual. 👍
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  62. riversonglovesthedr : wouldnt disagree with what u said there at all. my original reservation is about the BBC (and many here) holding this up aß some kind of shining beacon. an ordinary english woman marrying into african royalty whose majority subjects lived/live in poverty while they indulged in europe does NOT deserve such unreserved send up. there were far more worthy examples from that time i am sure. esentially, if she married a working class african at the time, then fair enough. but really? Do u see the implied insult/downgrade of african royalty by the nice and progressive BBC here? how heroic is it really to marry someone with more wealth and status? lol. am playing devil's advocate here.
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  63. Thank God for that.
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  64. @Mango no more dumbass than his equivalents in the West
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  65.  Ashish yadav  : it is an human reaction. That s why humans are doomed.
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  66.  @mitanshubaranwal8878  : really? Or is it because u ignore the sufferings and attacks on muslim Populations? Seen the Middle east? Stop this mentality. Every Group of humans on earth can claim to be victims and mostly with justifications. Where does that get us? Kill kill kill Till no one s left. Good riddance if u ask me. Humans are pathetic.
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  67. Knowing when to quit is a sign of wisdom. I hope his maj would enjoy his retirement. Travel a bit maybe?
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  68. Is the content genuine or not?
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  69. "Hong Kong is the world's freest economy for the 25th consecutive year under the 2019 Index of Economic Freedom. The Index measures 12 quantitative and qualitative factors under four key aspects of the economic environment, namely Rule of Law, Government Size, Regulatory Efficiency and Market openness".  31 Jan 2019 HK gdp per capita: 1997: 23k, 2018: 49k. Pre-1997: no rights to protest (till 1990, after the agreement with Chicom and after 1989, curiously). Governor by direct appointment from the UK. Top positions must be british. All Senior judges British. Post-1997: entirely locally governed. Has rights to protest and stand for all offices. All senior judges , still all British.
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  70. She s got 30 years in her. Enough to bring back the dark ages.
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  71. Sad to say, but AT some point, Exit wihtout a deal becomes the least bad option...
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  72.  @richardalvarado-ik9br  the same logic would deny privacy and confidentiality to anyone. And being true or false has nothing to do with being a scandal or not. I dont get why some people love chanting grand but empty slogans so much.
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  73. This IS not some playground for u preteen girls. It s his job to opine in confidence about the country He s been posted to for the Master he serves.
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  74. That in itself makes u very medieval...in so many ways. U r just too dumbass medieval to be aware of them. Irony eh? That am sure is also lost on u.
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  75. Good luck. Stay away from any crowd i guess.
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  76.  @SuperAFHD  not if it becomes 'liberated' Country...
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  77.  @Cursed_Mark  : what s that got to do with it? Merely a description, directed at an individual, not a group. All involved are ethnically/racially if not politically Chinese. And if something walks like a duck and quacks like a duck...why beat about the bush...and not call a spade a spade...etc. ;)
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  78.  Linnea the Prayer  : it s far easier to enjoy selfrighteousness (and oh what joy) when one ignores reality and sticks to cliches and slogans. She s trying to teach u something. ;)
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  79. https://observers.france24.com/en/20200103-how-fake-images-uighur-persecution-are-hurting-cause
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  80. No substance as usual. Not looking and feeling daunted? Cause u r all too blinkered to realise what s facing the country. The only thing i can agree with in the speech IS that the British Conservative Party has had a great histroy and record of having the right instinct at the right time. And the only silverlining here IS that the substanless buffoon IS now fully exposed and must live and die by his blather.
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  81. No collusion. That s it. Jesus. Move on. It s not doing anyone any good. In fact it s doing everyone harm. Modern midnset really has a problem accepting facts. They think weaving a narrative can defeat anything factual.
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  82. Nope. At some crucial point in history, unity of purpose trumps all. We r heading for civil war. I jsut hope not a literal one.
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  83. Lol. Anti-chicom Yellow Chinaman have been dreaming and foaming AT the mouth for 70 years....does reality ever intrude on people of your type? If u have no brains, no balls and no vision, with what do you fight chicom? Just delusion and a begging bowl?
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  84.  @josephstalin7389  Zzzzz. Cliches repeated ad infinitum. Let s revisit in 10 years kid. Time will tell. No rush.
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  85. It seems so. But it s by no means just an arab problem bro.
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  86. By your logic, if collapse doesnt come, then they are not tyrannical. Well, 70 years and counting. Let s agree on a number for your test. 80? 90? 100? U know Chicom ist nearly 100 years old? It s only got way bigger and better in what it sets out to do: making more Chinaman live longer than the 30 odd years when they took over (they did it, whatever one thinks of their methods). So dont hold your breath.
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  87. Thank God for that!!
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  88. Cringe
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  89. Link_ 82 = classic projection
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  90. U live by the sword and die by the sword. Not sure about the fashion these days of screaming blue murder as soon as the bear u keep baiting roars a little. Stop whinging. Time to be heros and martyrs surely?
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  91.  Hoàng Nguyên  = yellow Chinaman wannebe trying too hard
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  92. Nope. What about the 17 Million who oppose? Do they not have the rights to demand a deal? No one voted for a no Deal Exit. I voted for Exit. But not Like this.
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  93. I think Chinese put up with cpc authoritarianism because they compare the national experience of 1840-1945 with that of 1949-2017 concluding that they r better off sticking to the devil they know. Continued global hostility and prejudice would push them even closer to the CPC.
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  94. https://teyit.org/en/does-the-photo-show-thousands-of-uyghur-turks-waiting-to-be-executed/
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  95. Exactly. It s her attitude that stinks. Am all for forgiveness but people like her (surely a psychopath incapable of compassion for anyone other than herself) simply do not deserve it.
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  96. https://observers.france24.com/en/20200103-how-fake-images-uighur-persecution-are-hurting-cause
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  97. Confused. A couple of days ago, it was University the fortress, students barrcade themselves and refuse to leave. What's changed? So when they were asked to leave, they refused...now they moan about not being able to leave because the police s waiting outside. What a charmed existence they must have had.
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  98. Vinod Kumar M :. Prejudice against people based on their family name....don't be such a biggot.
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  99. Very good point!
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  100. India s a miarcle in many ways. I just wish they finally get the government they deserve one day.
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  101. Very dangerous move. Half of the Country would be up in arms.
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  102. the BBC hack is an idiot (or an instrument of propaganda)...the point is one sided reporting. 'collateral damages' by opposition forces Do not get staged /filmed and broadcasted all over the West. so only civilians and little boys hurt by russian weapons are worthy? wtf?
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  103. palesa kuku et. al. : Jesus. what s wrong with you guys? fine, you are not poor. that is beside my point, which is that they dont deserve the unreserved admiration because there were many working class mixed race couples facing far more adversities back then; further, how is a secretary marrying up into a wealthier and higher status african family, royalty no less, from, so I am told, a rich and happy country, brave and praise-worthy? Do they really deserve so much fuss? or are there too many people who just enjoy prostrating on the floor bathing in patronising condescension? (apologies for spelling errors etc.)
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  104. riversonglovesthedr : thanks. i guess you r right. anyway, bread and circus...all that the people want. lol
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  105. Katlego Nsakwa : everyone is making polite conversation here about the topic. your personal attack is rather unsightly. God bless.
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  106. It s a world revolution surely. It has had a huge impact world wide. The net effect as of now is arguably positive overall (albeit it negative for Russia itself)?
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  107. Since when attacking soldiers is terrorism? The kid didnt target civilians. Goes with the job of being a soldier. It s not just about beating up defenceless civilians. Lol
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  108.  @krowzzzzz9050  zzzzzz...keep telling yourself that. Time is the worst enemy of lies.
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  109. Vicitm of geopolitics since the 70s.
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  110. rickw1100 :. Jesus Christ...open your heart to him
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  111. rickw1100 :. open your heart to Jesus; he will open your eyes too.
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  112. rickw1100 : look up the meaning of psychological projection and see a thrapiest or a friendly local vicar. all that anger and projection need proper and sympathetic treatment. all the best and God bless.
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  113. rickw1100 : best of luck. I ve tried.
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  114. rickw1100 : arguing against something that no one claims or objects to, with angry determination and over the top indignation, is part of your way of dealing with whatever it is that s making you full 'it' I guess. best of luck. U certainly need it. God less.
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  115. Why? They didnt creat the mess.
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  116. What next? Anyone got a Plan? Lol
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  117. Poor attempt at stirring things up
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  118. Re: certain posters. "3rd world shithole dwellers would be better off busy bettering themselves with hardwork and sweat like the Chinese have done, instead of busy mindlessly parroting cliché propaganda they overheard from their ex clonial masters, who frankly have the luxury and EARNED the right to indulge in a bit of snobbery and self-delusion." Lol
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  119. @Manjot Singh lol. That s your answer to world peace? War against 30% of humanity. Genius.
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  120. I think the answer everyone AT the BBC and many of certain Type of mind want to hear is this: yellow peril! Run for your life! Stop them before it s too late!
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  121.  @paulallen579  I agree u always habe a choice and it s important not to condemn groups based on the behaviour of a few individuals. My main objection to the show trial is inconsistent standards and selective prosecution. MENA countries are full of far worse human tragedies and rights abuses/abusers. Who s suing the people responsible for those i.e. America, UK, France, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Israel etc.? No way. Instead let's harp on about Russia, Syrian government, Burma, China etc. any group not following the American agenda. No proportionality, no standards, no morals, no justice. Just geopolitical expediency. Gambia? I bet they are not paying for the trial expenses. Someone s behind this charade. So this Sukyi lady was a saint when convenient and now thrown under a bus when, again, convenient.
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  122. Lennie Godber :. Do some basic reading about zimbawe first.
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  123.  @richarddavis3239  nope. A quick exit on a soft deal would have triggered more EU countries wanting to leave and a quick disintegration of the EU. But that window of opportunity has closed thanks to Hard brexiteers too stupid to see the big picture!
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  124. Fuck. We r doomed.
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  125.  @janusz-kowalski  : HK is Chinese AS the chinatowns around the world. IE. Yes Chinese. But not really.
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  126. Pathetic 'Art' from a pathetic 'Artist'.
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  127. Yes. Unauthorised leaking civil servants should lose their job and pension instantly. There s no discipline and honour in the profession any more.
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  128. @Andrew r u born yesterday? Do u not know how those countries habe ended up in those endless intractable wars involving Terrorists/nationalists/ethnofascists/reformists/loyalists/God knows what...r u old enough to remember all those pictures and Videos of supposed Israeli atrocities against Palestinians. AT least those have some links to facts. What exactly concrete do we have on the supposed genocide and concentration camps? Btw has the 60 year old genocide in the Tibetans finished or not? I thought chicom was efficient in these things...
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  129. @Andrew wasting my time. Words have no meaning to the Brian washed. Sure, genocide, concentration camps...why not. It s not as if the real victims of genocide and concentration camps can complain about the abuse of their memories and sufferings.
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  130.  @jchan9761  there r always two sides to a story. And of course each side strives for its own interests. No one should be controlled by anyone else.
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  131. It s a difficult job. And that play acting yellow Chinaman was not old.
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  132. The ingenuity! The craftsmanship!
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  133. Zzzzz Tell me when the Tibetan genocide s finally done after 60 years.
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  134.  So Angry  selective anger then...and wihtout credible evidence.all we have are some suggestive innuendos, half porven to be faked (using pictures and Videos from brazilian drama or unrelated News footages from surrounding Central Asian countries in unrelated years on unrelated Matters). On the other hand, concrete dying and suffering for the last 20 years by millions of Muslim children and Women and men,, constant and none-stop in the 'liberated countries'. Something s very sad and very odd about this world and the sheeple in it.
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  135.  So Angry  https://observers.france24.com/en/20200103-how-fake-images-uighur-persecution-are-hurting-cause Stop being so easily misdirected and manipulated so that evil can hide in plain sight.
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  136.  @paulies5407  : u sure? IS IT written anywhere?
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  137. Desperate? U need to get out more mate. Wtf.
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  138. UK parliament is the problem. MPs shoudl be forceably removed and let a General election commence
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  139. The problem with the unipolar world....
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  140. the CPC has 90 mil members and anyone can join...kept winning and surving for nearly 100 years now. Not so easliy dismissed. Rant and sneer all u like, it is a force to be reckoned with
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  141. They r still dead human beings. Reflect on that.
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  142. Educated guess? It ll vanish and sheople will find something else to pontificate and be outraged by.
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  143.  @gethcreator751  : there s wide spread modern slavery problem in every european countries. UK for sure. Admittedly crime related. Not the Same thing. But still, my point is that no group is exempt from meaness and nastiness. Sad as it is.
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  144.  @muhammednaswar7031  yes. I know some of those stories. And my reaction is the same. Am triyng to take religion out of the discussion. Arab culture has a Lot of primitive and Bad Elements. That was true before Islam. Lol.
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  145.  @crackernumber2  Joe. They ve earned their money doing rubbish work few canadians care to do. They still dont owe canada anything. It s an employer empliyee relationship not Master and slave. If they want to vent anger re canadian waste ships, they have the rights to do so. They dont owe anyone anything.
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  146. Surgery queens
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  147. What about the guy set on fire for arguing with these freedom and democracy blackshirts? He hasnt died, yet. So he doesnt deserve any attention? The callousness of it is so shocking that the BBC is afraid of its propaganda effect. But facts are facts whether they r to one's liking or not. Brain washed political animlas dont seem to udnerstand that. Protecting their precious 'beliefs' seems to trump basic human decency.
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  148. Have u even graduated from primary school? Funny how idiots always See idiots everywhere...cause the world is incomprehensible to them. ;)
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  149. Easy to say. Impossible to do. One man's extremist Terrorist IS another's useful tool or freedom fighter. It s hopeless.
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  150. Profoundly saddening. :(
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  151. With 'leaders' like these, brexit or no makes no difference. Both the UK and the EU are doomed for more violent changes in a few years, just in different ways. Had thought brexit could AT least save the UK from it.
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  152.  @martymitch8375  : yes. Deliberate peaceful transition. Not street revolution. Better alternatives? Almost Any alternative IS better than what s happening in libya Syria iraq Afghanistan. Tunisia IS worse off also and probably a slow train wreck to failedstatehood. Is Egypt better Off vs its fellow arab-springers? I dont know. Maybe it is, on balance. What i find annoying IS cheap cheer leading from outsiders to spur innocent underdeveloped people on to embrace delusion and false hope and into hell. I wish them the best. But i fear the worst. That s all.
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  153. She s a typical plain boring white middle class person trying to be 'interesting' by doing u know what.
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  154. Best wishes
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  155.  @VeganDefinition  : Save your tears for the 3 bln people starving and facing real existential struggles. These r people from one of the richest city on earth and ranked the freest economies and one of the safest in the world. Before this anyway. ;)
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  156. superguyps3: if u dont Like being a guy, become a woman. Stop moaning u whimp.
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  157. Another day another mass shooting
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  158. Lol. U r proving the point.
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  159. Q: has anything got better since bin laden was killed? Now let s ask....will this new killing make fuck all difference?
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  160. The kid was abused by indian troops a few years ago after school. Next time indian troops Beat up defenseless civilian, hopefully they ll think twice. This IS not terrorism. Attack on soldiers/police is part of warfare. Attack on civilians in any form is not.
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  161. Asking genuine questions is not the done thing these days. not taking rhetoric for an answer? R u nuts? U d be hounded out of the village in no time. Tis the state we are in. To different extents, in all developed democracies, nowadays. It wont get better before it gets worse.
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  162. And for themselves!
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  163. Despicable!
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  164.  @inutumaswabi8245  a separate and different point entirely.
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  165.  @ravenknightvincent2722  that in in itself is indicative of a problem. Where s social Mobility? So many 'dmeocroacies' are controlled by a tiny tiny number of families.
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  166.  @nonnidreams  u r the racist one. The comments were about politics and social mobility. U brought race into it.
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  167.  @hopeanozie5842  that i can agree. But Nigeria hardly sets a high standard, does it?
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  168. rallying call for genocide?
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  169. riversonglovesthedr : thanks for the Info. that s a little bit better. but still i know too well how 3rd world 'democracies' operate. my original concerns remain.
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  170. Dont sell UK's support for America too cheaply please. People only value what they ve lost.
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  171. Move over here and raise some fucked up sons that would kill innocent civilians of your host country One day.
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  172. Naive doesnt begin to describe this sorry excuse of a man.
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  173. Re: certain posters. "3rd world shithole dwellers would be better off busy bettering themselves with hardwork and sweat like the Chinese have done, instead of busy mindlessly parroting cliché propaganda they overheard from their ex clonial masters, who frankly have the luxury and EARNED the right to indulge in a bit of snobbery and self-delusion." Lol
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  174.  @YA-hm5zy  : that s literally not true. U r criminalising a race. Past Present and future. How the hell can u find that justifiable?
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  175. Londoners! No word. The tradition lives on. 👍. P.S. when u demonise/dehumanise a human being because of his/her supposed commonality with another whom u deemed evil, u r on the exact same page as the terrorists.
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  176. corrion1 :. Seems to work well though, given that it s now 20 percent of humanity. Same as pruning? Lol
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  177. Two narcissitic egomaniacs. Pure comedy.
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  178. Exactly. If everyone thinks Like u then we wouldnt be in so many different types of troubles in the first place. Blame this blame that. Blame especially faceless Johnny foreigners thousands of miles away.
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  179. Bitterness and the need for scapegoating? Hell i See China has become the biggest scaeogoat for everyone and anyone on every issue and any issue. Quite an achievement. Even Jewish people didnt manage it so comprehensively. And within that, chicom is the scapegoat of scapegoats.
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  180. The guy in my constituency is bound to win anyway no matter under which party banner. It s probably a good thing. Need to get away from party politics.
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  181. America would never cancel the 120 billion arms sale to the Saudis. All the handwringings and hollow outrage are just for show.
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  182. The woman was articulate. What about those masked yellow Chinaman? That comic accent and the illiterate ranting...lol. no wonder they cant Find a job in what was one of the richest and safest economies in the world.
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  183. The masses seem to have two modes: witch hunting and martyr worshipping. For all we know, people r lionising, without much hard facts, an incompetent commie official trying to cover his own arse by breaking compliance rules and not following infection control protocols (hence his own infection). Harsh? Maybe. One shoudlnt speak ill of the dead. May he rest in peace. My comment is directed to thevsheeple.
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  184. Want to pull out? No Way! Here u go. Another puppet being manipulated into place.
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  185. Someone leaked his confidential report to the master he serves. He did nothing wrong.
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  186.  @Galatians.3.26-29  lol. About 10 percent.
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  187. He s merely stating the obvious. Where is the controversy? The plain speaking is good. No bullshit.
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  188. Self-evidently, Chicom is stopping it. Which world do u live in? Lol
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  189. Lol. Hope u ll welcome the 100 Million Chinese refugees with open arms. Country  PrisonPopulation per 100,000 US   2,293,798.   737 CHINA   1,548,498.   118 RUSSIA   874161.   615 BRAZIL   371482.   193 1949: US population=150mil, Life Exp=mid 60s. China population=450 mil, Life Exp=mid 30s Now: China pop=1400 mil, Life Exp=mid 70s, with longer healthy life span than US (WHO report). Infant mortatliy dropped from 240/1000 to 8/1000 in the Same period.  Literacy rate also now almost 100% from 20% in 1949. Which non-western shitholes do not mass produce refugees/asylum seekers/desperate migrants that flood the West? Chicom's China. Instead they send annoying but high spending tourists (100 mil+ per year), students and investors with money.  Chicom s doing a great job compared to all these 'free' shitholes that screw the West every which way twice.
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  190. So when Christians do Slavery, it s a Slavery Problem. When Muslims do Slavery, it s a muslim problem? Slavery is not part of any serious religion folks. Although all religions seek to enslave the mind.
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  191. HK gdp per capita: 1997: 23k, 2018: 49k. Pre-1997: no rights to protest (till 1990, after the agreement with Chicom and after 1989, curiously). Governor by direct appointment from the UK. Top positions must be british. All Senior judges British. 2019: entirely locally governed. Has rights to protest and stand for all offices. All senior judges , still all British. "Hong Kong is the world's freest economy for the 25th consecutive year under the 2019 Index of Economic Freedom. The Index measures 12 quantitative and qualitative factors under four key aspects of the economic environment, namely Rule of Law, Government Size, Regulatory Efficiency and Market openness".  31 Jan 2019
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  192. No doubt new excuses would be found to continue justifying violence against public properties and civil servants, AS well AS any individual disagreeing with them. Tis easy.
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  193. Cause u chose to abandon them and become benefit leeches in another country?
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  194. F Off. Corbyn only knows how to spoil and destroy.
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  195. And it s funny that Mainstream Media accused HK police of being violent, and yet when certain protestors decided to be peaceful, peace came easily despite the huge turnout. So logically, who was gulity of violence against society?
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  196. Trump is right for calling the corruption out. But the impeachment process IS also right and necessary. What a complex world we live in!
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  197.  @visceratrocar  the Bidens re Ukraine.
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  198.  @NathansHVAC  : no bro. That way hell lies. Millions support Trump for various reasons. R u going to treat them all as evil or at least evil's troopers?
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  199.  @musiclocate9357  : what? Nationalisation, hyper inflation and devaluation?
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  200.  @harrymonk770  , genuinely no, and that takes some special effort
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  201.  @musiclocate9357  : doesnt take much, does it? Typical corbyn supporter. Lol.
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  202.  @musiclocate9357 : So now IQ makes a predictable appearance. Just stop. U r making it worse. Everyone can read and see how the thread took a dive when u jumped for the personal
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  203.  @politicalpartyagnostic268  : am making the same point. But no need for all the nastiness
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  204. This is gold for PRC. Free propaganda for Chicom. All they need to say to mainlander IS....Look...this is the level of debate and how it s done in that system.
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  205. So many ignorant comments about the all black college. Just a simple search would have informed the posters. But no...much easier to give their ugly instinct a tickle.
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  206. With what? Spits?
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  207.  @christian13342  : so i keep hearing...yet am not seeing desperate Chinaman risking death for my tax money...actually the opposite...they r buying up everyhing and more importantly going home. Meanwhile UN and worldbank data also contradict what u keep telling me. Mmmmm..i wonder what s wrong with me.
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  208. Vs. Protests in Chile, Iraq, Lebannon, hongkong, Bolivia, ethiopia, algeria? Not to mention those in London and Barcelona (both quickly and forcefully put down with very strict enforcement and thousands of arrests). How many thousands arrested and killed in the Russian protests again?
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  209. Wtf IS wrong with u?
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  210. Lol. I thought i was bad at cleaning and tidying up.
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  211. Mean for the BBC to show this. Really what s the point?
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  212. It s not fake. What do u mean? Stop blaming others for Hongkong's endless supply of bizarre and surreal behaviours.
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  213. Really? Let s See some numebrs shall we? Country  PrisonPoP.  per 100,000 US   2,193,798.   737 CHINA   1,548,498.   118 RUSSIA   874,161.   615 BRAZIL   371,482.   193 INDIA   332,112.    30 1949: US population=150mil, Life Exp=mid 60s. China population=450 mil, Life Exp=mid 30s Now: China pop=1400 mil, Life Exp=mid 70s, with longer healthy life span than US (WHO report). Infant mortatliy dropped from 240/1000 to 8/1000 in the Same period.  Literacy rate also now almost 100% from 20% in 1949. Which non-western shitholes do not mass produce refugees/asylum seekers/desperate migrants that flood the West? Chicom's China. Instead they send annoying but high spending tourists (100 mil+ per year), students and fugitive corrupt yellow Chinaman with money.  Chicom s doing a great job compared to all these 'free' shitholes that screw the West every which way twice.
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  214.  @tyraikaika  Why? They r 1/5 of humanity so r entitled just AS much as u. Am all in favour of stopping human. But singling out China? Do u know the per capita consumption data? R they more guilty than those in Europe and America? Where r u from?
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  215. LdD= typical anti-chicom yellow Chinaman, all mouth no trousers, still begging lying playing 2 sides after 70 years
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  216. Keep with the program. Those old lies have died a whimpering death. The latest IS about Hongkong. No doubt it ll be something else when this one comes to nothing. It s been like that for 70 years. Chicom must be laughing so hard.
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  217. Sage m : what r u on? What gave u the right to be the judge jury and executioner?
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  218. A cursory search dug up this Story: https://m.rediff.com/amp/news/report/why-china-is-on-a-mosque-building-spree/20101209.htm
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  219. China seems to be able to. Rest of the world? Not so sure, judging by actions to date.
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  220. Why IS this news or important?
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  221. That was BBC at its best. Today's is a pale immitation...
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  222. Corbyn s usually wrong. Not here...
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  223. AT least watch it before u rant. This Video is not about imminent collapse at all! It s about transition and its impact. Nothing controversial there.
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  224.  @ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ1248  : yes. Sorry.
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  225.  @noraa.616  : sorry. I didnt even mean anything to do with islam. A Lot of the barbaric traditions from ME and Central Asia against Women have NOTHING to do with islam.
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  226. More Red Herrings. People will continue to make clueless forcasts on China, just as they ve done since 1945. Until u learn from the enemy and be as good as they are, u have no chance beating Chicom.
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  227. Median US household wealth only went from 55k in 1962 to 78k in 2016. While GDP per capita went from 3.2k to 58k. Nuff said.
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  228. Lol. U r exposing your primitive ways for all to see.
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  229. Personality cult(s)?
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  230. Revolution...
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  231.  @catnipdave  figure of speech. The outcome fits the neoliberal philosophy: the weak must be allowed to die, except...when i m weak...in that case i must be rescued, repeatedly, with tax payor funds.
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  232.  @jamie1992ful  yes. The problem is who gets to decide where the sacrificial lambs must come from.
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  233.  @neverlandd  the elite must be protected at all costs of course..
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  234. @lightingbolt u mean the survived old people? Bigger pie for them? For now...everyone get s infirm at some point and the precedence is set..."look how well it worked last time! Budget s tight. let s get rid of these people. They seem expensive and useless."
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  235.  @koly114  one generation. The selective advantage goes. And Look at the death stats. U seem the type that laughs at the fire next door...
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  236.  @carouselcakes6237  Look at the stats. What u said is true but irrelevant to this.
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  237.  @samflintham1360  no. just a bit pissed Off. though am not at Risk and habe enjoyed the locked down in the countryside immensely. I m just astonished that our System literally allows our 'betters' to get away with murder.
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  238.  @carouselcakes6237  for ignorance is bliss...
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  239. U know why chicom has been winning for 70 years and still keeps going strong? It s because u anti-chicom yellow Chinaman are too dumb, too ready to lie and fantasize, and too clueless about human rights and justice. U r all the yellow version of mao's Red Guards, no more and no less. And that s why u keep losing.
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  240. Sweet. Lol
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  241. "Hong Kong is the world's freesteconomy for the 25th consecutive year under the 2019 Index of Economic Freedom. The Index measures 12 quantitative and qualitative factors under four key aspects of theeconomic environment, namely Rule of Law, Government Size, Regulatory Efficiency and Market openness." 31 Jan 2019
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  242. Bias means not serving one's interests
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  243. MENA on fire. Courtesy of non stop liberation and human rights wars
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  244. Mmm...in newspeak terms, that headline translates to progress, me thinks humbly. How many new cases in Europe? Americas? Australia? Number of deaths? Same for ex-China Asia? And winthin China, same for the regions outside the source?
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  245. Whose fault is this though? And what can any joe public do about this? donation? My arse. Change your freaking foreign policies and this fucked up world order. The electrorate didnt vote for this!
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  246. Protect capital at all costs.
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  247.  Cleveland Fennell  : well, the problem with your apporach in this case is that time will very soon tell.
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  248.  @jimraynor3767  dont get too excited. Time will soon tell. also, as many fools find out eventually, knowing something about the simplest of the analytic functions does not help them at all. ;)
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  249.  @jimraynor3767  no one knows. I m guessing Like everyone else. What i find amazing is the confidence displayed by evry tom dick &Harry about the disease, China, politics and how the world works and should work. Really? Is humanity so full of it?
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  250.  @Dark_SQRL  : well, maybe u r young or impresisonable. But Google pandemic 2009 h1n1. Maybe u ll calm down a bit.
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  251. shura zero : there are footages of modern weaponry/jets tracking other jets online. None looks like this. This suggests instantaneous computation and no feedback adjustments at all. U d have to say that the 'alien' ist using its superior technology to lock dead onto the jet. Dead ist the operative word. It doesn't look like any tracking ist required at all. Occam's razor would favour the bug on lens explanation.
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  252. God bless. 👍
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  253. There s a difference between the public and the confidential. The UK government surely IS entitled to its internal debate regarding the current administration of a foreign country?
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  254. The East Asian Way...
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  255. It does. Just not political ones.
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  256. Mindless Political Correctness and arrogance?
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  257. Respect
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  258. Different colour. different politics. Same Red Guard mentality. Same yellow Chinaman.
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  259. Nobody s perfect. Ghandi was a dreadful racist against Africans. Both men did great things also. Both are dead. RIP.
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  260. All facts. But all beside the point.
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  261. The incentives are all skewed. Private corporations either cannot take the risk on behalf of shareholders as it is uninsurable and unmeasurable or habe to know that it s protected from that risk (i.e. tax payors would habe to hold the baby if things go wrong). Then, why not just make the whole effort a national public health effort managed through public institutions ? Why add all these complicated for-profit private interests elements?
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  262. Cowardly and dishonest
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  263. Says a brain washed sheep
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  264. Lunar biosphere Next please. If anyone can build it, it s Chicom's China.
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  265. Anyway watch and learn no matter how bitter u r. This CPC is an incredible organisation. I dont understand how it works but it s been winning and surviving many extinction events in its near 100 year history. Now it s arguably the world's largest and strongest single entity. Quite remarkable given its precarious and 'nerdy' beginnings (started by a bunch of ivory tower academics and a couple of self-taught peasants).
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  266. To America the World Policeman, most countries are 'African American'.
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  267. Cause it s politicised and applies double standards
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  268. Ask the UN
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  269. Overfishing IS a global problem. Tragedy of the commons. The world (UN or G20 etc.) Must agree to a solution. It s as urgent and important as climate change.
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  270. Everyone has a say. So does the President. American democracy is robust enough for this.
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  271. Mmmm...really? What about in another 1000 years? History doesnt stop for anyone.
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  272.  @rsizm7687  : seems that s their secret...to have lasted that long and habe survived so many near-extinction events. They absorb stuff and smash everything to start again every few hundred years. And there s always that essence that s not quite clear what it is. The written language maybe? And an anally retentive dedication to documenting history?
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  273. Ah well. Cause they can.
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  274. Hong Kong is the world's freesteconomy for the 25th consecutive year under the 2019 Index of Economic Freedom. The Index measures 12 quantitative and qualitative factors under four key aspects of theeconomic environment, namely Rule of Law, Government Size, Regulatory Efficiency and Market openness. 31 Jan 2019
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  275. The West needs to Stop poaching indian doctors. If u have to, pay indian government education costs plus present value of life time earnings. Stop this new imperialism.
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  276. Lol. The rights to disease hunger and violence. All violated. How dare they!
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  277. As if this means anything at all. American adventures in MENA demonstrate what not to do in geopolitics.
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  278. Still fighting facts and reality? Well, Bloomberg seems fed up wiht it. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-11-11/how-fake-news-is-stoking-violence-and-anger-in-hong-kong I guess the god of financial mkt is losing patience.
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  279. China s managing this pretty well. Google H1N1 outbreak of 2009.
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  280. Does this need a vote?
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  281. Com'on. Plain untruth just doesnt fly (except when it relates to China ;)) even if it makes u feel good.
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  282. She is a good singer. 👍
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  283. Just another PR project. No probs.
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  284. Dont go there and dont have anything to do with it then. AT least it doesnt mass- produce refugees desperate migrants fake asylum seekers etc. That flood the West like the rest of the free 3rd world shitholes.
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  285. Where did it happen?
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  286. They r 50 percent of the Country. Having no less of a say than you.
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  287. U do realise that anyone disagreeing with this crowd is subhuman? Get with the program. Where have u been?
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  288. Nothing apart from that it is american. Lol. Judging by their behaviour, the first casualty of 'war for freedom&democracy' is one's basic humanity.
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  289. Dont be naive. Easy living from easy lies. It s practically a career choice for all these enterprising individuals from these various notorious countries. https://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2015/01/21/378645044/the-challenge-of-fact-checking-north-korea
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  290. It s all nonsense anyway. Words can be twisted any which way one wants. Fact IS that the country is 50:50 Split. If neither side wants to compromise, and both sides feel righteous and unjustly injured, we are talking civil war. I despair.
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  291. @read car : u need to learn to read and right first, whoever u r.
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  292. D&m= typical anti-chicom yellow Chinaman, different slogan, same Red Guard mentality
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  293.  @jchan9761  hell of a Lot better than what s been done to native americans, Black Americans, Muslims in almost every single MENA Country by their own governments and Western powers. Forced education camp...oh dear. how evil..cry me a river.
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  294.  @jchan9761  Why is it always the brainwahsed or the thick skulled who decide to expose themselves by making schooling into an issue? Subconscious insight perhaps? ;) Where do u get your numbers from? The anti-chicom yellloow Chinnamaannn all busy making a living in the West lying to well meaning gullibles? How about citing some credible sources? Also btw, what s the Cultural Revolution got to do with any of it? That s like giving Germany a hard time in the 1990s.
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  295. No she doesnt. She s responsible for 50 Million people...it s all about balancing the rights of different, often mutually hateful and murderous peoples...
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  296. U do know that China IS a developing Country under WTO rules?
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  297.  @noeyesee1  : where s the logic in your word salad? Which primitive 3rd world shithole habe u crawled out of?
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  298. Looks brutal. Jesus. So unlucky to be born a girl in shitty backward cultures.
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  299. To be replaced by? U want miore refugees and fake asylum seekers desperate illegal migrants and criminals? Wtf r u to Tell people what s what? Or r u one of those leeches already leaching Western tax payors? Fuck Off where u came from.
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  300. Re: certain posters. "3rd world shithole dwellers would be better off busy bettering themselves with hardwork and sweat like the Chinese have done, instead of busy mindlessly parroting cliché propaganda they overheard from their ex clonial masters, who frankly have the luxury and EARNED the right to indulge in a bit of snobbery and self-delusion." Lol
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  301.  @devodavis6454  : great quotes.
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  302. Puerile. Hardly the worst example of colonialism.
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  303. The country s split 50:50. Wtf r u talking about? Your right is not higher or better than others'. I voted to leave btw. The real world IS multidimensional. It doesnt all come down to 1 one thing u idiot.
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  304. Proper english please...
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  305.  @zelda2012333  lol. U r a brain washed idiot. A useful one. It wouldnt win u any favours though. Your passionate fawning is unappreciated. Lol
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  306. DUP and other Hard brexiteers are so thick they cannot See that their actions are strengthening the Hands of the EU. DUP Northern irish anti-abortion thickos.
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  307. The world is losing the memory of the horror. Plenty are ready for fresh blood letting.
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  308. Full of platitudes. Good luck to her. But i m afraid she s going to be sorely disappointed.
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  309. Self-selection. Not representative. Also most people dont have a problem with Islam. It s Political Islam that people have problem with. Political Christianity would attract the same negstivity. As is Political Judaism. No one cares what religion u practice, until u make it an political ideology. Look AT the result. Can u blame ordinary (generally ignorant) people to then 'hate' it?
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  310. Just keep making stuff people need at great prices. Over time, most lies die. America will of course keep making up new ones but that in itself already admits defeat. Think about all the lies over the years about Chicom and China. How many are actually proven? How many dont get mentioned any more. Thare are always new ones of course.
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  311. 1949: US population=150mil, Life Exp=mid 60s. China population=450 mil, Life Exp=mid 30s Now: China pop=1400 mil, Life Exp=mid 70s, with longer healthy life span than US (WHO report). Infant mortatliy dropped from 240/1000 to 8/1000 in the Same period.  Literacy rate also now almost 100% from 20% in 1949. Which non-western shitholes do not mass produce refugees/asylum seekers/desperate migrants that flood the West? Chicom's China. Instead they send annoying but high spending tourists (100 mil+ per year), students and fugitive corrupt yellow Chinaman with money.  Chicom s doing a great job compared to all these 'free' shitholes that screw the West every which way twice. But hey...Chanting empty slogans and screaming cliches seem much more fun, certainly a lot easier to do.
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  312. Revolution never ends well. Evolution. Not Revolution. Anyone promising u overnight riches IS a crook.
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  313.  @ismail1110  : Mandela has Set a great example in this respect. Sometimes moving on to the higher goal IS far more important.
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  314. Works in destroying society, not in building one.
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  315.  @dimamatat5548  not even that. People starve and die and do Hard labour in gulags.
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  316. What happened to the concentration Camps? The famine? The political assassination by chemical weapon on foreign soil? R we trying to find a Saudi Arabia II here?
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  317. Lol the Level of debate is AT best cartoonish, at worst, Mao's Red Guard-esque. Scream freemdom/ democracy/nazis. QED. Just like those yellow Red Guards waving their little fists and screaming 'communism forever' or 'death to capitalism'. Extra irony to See 'support' from 3rd world shitholes that mass produce only refugees/desperate migrants/asylum seekers/prostitutes. HK and China habe become developed without 'freedom'. How abut that? Lol
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  318. Anarchists or freedom fighters?
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  319. "Hong Kong is the world's freest economy for the 25th consecutive year under the 2019 Index of Economic Freedom. The Index measures 12 quantitative and qualitative factors under four key aspects of the economic environment, namely Rule of Law, Government Size, Regulatory Efficiency and Market openness".  31 Jan 2019
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  320.  @advisertothegods3524  : not really. U r comparing the abstract with the concrete and tangible. Further, of your list, all are am matter of degree and religious and 'internet' freedom are Red herrings. They have those freedoms. Jsut not the Type u recognise or r familiar with. Speech and Press freedom are definitely lacking. There s no Argument there.
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  321.  @advisertothegods3524  also, in Addition to the above, HK has all those freedoms, self evidently so. And with data and official measurement to back it up, 25 years running.
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  322. Disown that pedaphile idiot son of yours.
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  323. No more than Asian/japanese racism. Most racism is just fear of the other. AS Long as it doesnt advocate active harm, it s neither here nor there.
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  324. It ll be known as the lost 10 years...
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  325.  @shravan7623  Am not sure. Just a guess. Based on the lost 5 years.
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  326. Lol. Condemning nearly 40 percent of humanity to devil/fool status in one split second. The power of the tiny mind of an ideologue. 👍
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  327.  @MrFlexNC  : a little better but not much. I suggest u give Dr Moyo a google and find out about her thoeries on economic devemopment. Also while u r AT it google how many yellow chinaman there were and how long they lived for on average when Chicom took over china in 1949. And how they r doing now (their healthy life span ist longer than American now despite all the poisoning and killing and repression). Chicom did all that under constant attack, self inlficted mistakes, and Technologie embargo lasting to this day. Brain washing is easy, especially in 'free' societies.
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  328.  @MrFlexNC  : 'free' Media s certainly not preventing your brain form being washed pretty thoroughly. U might as well hang a sign near your head: "closed to inconvenient facts'. No need to argue with me. It doesnt really matter.
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  329.  @thetntsheep4075  : Like i said. Get out more. Your bleeding heart and random charity would benefit from the experience.
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  330.  @Sphere723  : slippery slope mate. The eminent judge believes otherwise. People start to freely interpret. Exactly the problem i was talking about.
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  331.  @hannahwells9930  : i know. It s the modern mentality. Am not really taking sides. I leave it to the judge. I just find this bizarre determined attitude in modern political debate to 'overcome' facts and data frustrating. And pretty much all sides are guilty of this. :/
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  332.  @Sphere723  : it s not a crime? Interesting. I guess the law needs to change. However, it IS Hard to draw the line between the 'normal' right of people and country seeking connections and influence in the corridor of power in an important foreign country and 'malign manipulation'. Maybe it s simpler to copy chinese/rusisan anti-subversion/NGO laws? It s only fair i guess. But once u habe those laws, they are great tools for 'domestic abuse'. It all depends on what the ruling class feels Like. If they want to be fair, it s harmless. They want to be tyranical, it s ready to use. Every government would Love to have that option in its tool kit.
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  333. HK: "Hong Kong is the world's freest economy for the 25th consecutive year under the 2019 Index of Economic Freedom. The Index measures 12 quantitative and qualitative factors under four key aspects of the economic environment, namely Rule of Law, Government Size, Regulatory Efficiency and Market openness".  31 Jan 2019 Pre-1997: no rights to protest (till 1990, after the agreement with Chicom and after 1989, curiously). Governor by direct appointment from the UK. Top positions must be british. All Senior judges British. Post-1997: entirely locally governed. Has rights to protest and stand for all offices. All senior judges , still all British.
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  334. too busy dying...:/
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  335. Judging by the amount of indepdent thinking and intelligence shown here, i d say an viral outbreak that kills off a large number of people is long overdue. Unfortuntely this isnt the one, given that chicom is in charge. Maybe next time. One lives in hope. ;)
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  336. Virus doesnt respond to anger or frustration. Humans are just plain stupid.
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  337. Mark Loveridge: chicken and egg.
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  338. In your Cartoon world. Meanwhile...in the real world, which non-western shitholes do not mass produce refugees/asylum seekers/desperate migrants that flood the West? Chicom's China. Instead they send annoying but high spending tourists (100 mil+ per year), students and fugitive corrupt yellow Chinaman with money around and they all go back and forth, freely... Chicom s doing a great job compared to all these 'free' shitholes that screw the West every which way twice over. Yet...chicom s evil....really?
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  339.  @AnneloesF  : u r unbelievably blinkered and complacent, impervious to reality. What r u smoking? I want some of that. 50 percent of the country dont realise that the other 50 percent who disgree with them on this single issue are not evil or fools and have rights just like they do regardless who won the Referendum,, and the system is clearly making that division worse, and u rub your hands in glee and congratulate yourself on how well the system is fuctioning? Shame that there isnt a propaganda ministry to take advantage of your talent.
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  340.  @AnneloesF  : Jesus. U r a brain washed zombie totally impervious to reality. Stay in your bubble. U r going to need a lot more of that talent to shut out reality very soon.
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  341. Lol. From what? From brain washing by main stream media and/or main stream media? ;)
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  342. Tip of the iceberg
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  343. Yes.
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  344. The little fat 3rd Generation real and murderous dictator who kills political oppoent with chemical weapons on foreign soil gets very warm embraces from the West. Oh the tangled web we weave.
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  345.  @brazilianbhoy  yellow peril?
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  346.  @josephstalin7389  i used to think so. But nowadays i think 1984 is not clever enough. Big Brother, newspeak and mind control etc. are far more crafty than all that...who s montioring and watching the whole world home and aborad 24/7?
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  347.  @josephstalin7389  that s what u r told, by the Big Brother, who actually monitors and listens to everyone in the world, especially those in the West, and who actually actively forces its ideology down everyone's throat, and sanctions/threatens/destorys anyone who doesnt comply....and the justification?they are in the right and they know what s right. Of course.
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  348.  @josephstalin7389  haha. Good for u. Enjoy!
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  349. It comes down to who s willing to shed blood for the rocks i guess.
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  350. Humanity IS pathetic. And Internet makes it worse. Where IS the flood already???
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  351. Amazing how the tail keeps wagging the dog
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  352. Hypocrcy vs murder? Your point is?
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  353. Jsut a joke. Not racist.
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  354. So? Doesnt it prove no one needs to be afraid of them? They are just lambs, only interested in trades and money.
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  355. Yeh! Well deserved. :):):). Now please get that fuck face off our screens!!!!!!
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  356. Well, their life expectancy, population and living standard habe kept increasing, outpacing other Central Asian regions. Whatever one's view on Chicom, one needs to start from such hard evidence first. Note that the native population in the americas and austraasia have been wiped out and survivors generally subsist AT the bottom of or outside main stream society.
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  357. Well done Boris! Was wrong about him.
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  358. Try to be anti Russia or anti China, then u might get some media love...
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  359. World leaders still prefer to make friends with Trump than with Obama/Hilary. Why? Because Trump believes he s the president of America not of the world, and he doesn't patronize people. He talks straight from the heart and treats other countries, even enemies, as equals. Obama/Hilary goes around the world as the World President. They are patronizing/condescending towards friends and foes alike. So while everyone humoured them (cause America got a big stick) even allies didn't CONNECT with them. Trump, paradoxically, is better for world diplomacy and peace IMHO.
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  360. Party Constitution not China's constitution. That reporting is deliberately misleading. This is not the parliament.
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  361.  @loniecross5796  what 'they' (Media, of any country) want u to see serve their agenda. And their agenda dont usually coincide with your interests. I d stick with numbers. Especially those used by scientists and numbers compiled by multiple countries. And those numebrs just dont show anyhting like a global crisis. Bad for those people stuck in that city and nearby areas. Sure. The least we the lucky ones can do is not to take advantage of their tragedy from the safety of our own home thousands of miles away. But Media cannot resist as most people cannot resist. Human beings are appalling and stupid creatures on the whole so it seems.
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  362. Iraq....sigh...:(
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  363.  @gethcreator751  : am not sure mosques/koran sanction Slavery. Can u confirm that? The old testiment is neutral on slavery. Christianity was supposed to empower the meek. But of course it didnt stop christian nations turning slavery into an industrial global engine of growth. I dont think Religion has anything to with these things. Most human beings are simply evil given half a chance, you and me excepted. Lol.
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  364.  @sergio6469  : eventually the earth gets burnt by the sun. U need to face reality
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  365. How come these hadnt been eliminated until now. 'chemical weapons' has been an issue for a while there now. Hard to believe that these important assets were somehow spared in previous strikes over the last 5 years.
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  366.  @baldieman64  well put!
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  367. What a question. And where to begin...
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  368. What do they owe you precious?
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  369.  @exactly4615  really? Ok. I ll take your Word for it. They r cute. But i also habe heard that Korea IS THE plastic surgery nation. So...
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  370. Same as everywhere else. Public debate descends into chaos, led by the lowest common denominator (from both sides).
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  371. Lol. U know what this means right? sheeple? Government is not where power resides in Finnland. Clue: Look at the top echelons of Nokia and Fortum and the revolving Doors between them and the global investment banks.
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  372. Simon Benevolence : lol. Do u know how many europeans were involved in the white slave trade in the middle ages (a good 500 years)? Your comment is so full of prejudice, ignorance, guilty conscience, and fallacies that, together with your self-conscious username, one can only hope that you have a therapist to help you resolve whatever you are struggling with internally.
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  373. Simon Benevolence : probably. I know what you are trying to say about africa. But prejudice is prejudice. Skin colour/race has nothing to do with it...and leaving aside that point that Africans today are not guilty of whatever their ancesters engaged in. The same applies to americans/europeans today. Your comment at best is just mean and nasty.
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  374. It didnt spread to Europe. It was carried to Europe. There has been no infection that has taken place in Europe. Big difference. Precision of language matters sometimes BBC. Of all the Media, u d think the BBC could excel above the rest. Apparently not.
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  375. The only right thing to do. Very professional decision. The leak makes his job impossible so...
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  376. I certainly hope it will!
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  377.  @KhoaTran-dl7sc  = seriously delusional
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  378.  @KhoaTran-dl7sc  u r casting about in the dark for an opening. Turn on the light and Look in the mirror. Reality cares for no one. U cant 'reason' and 'philosophise' your way out of reality. The sooner one accepts that, the sooner one can understand and take control of one's life. Best wishes.
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  379. Drama queen? And how does his trip contribute to anything? Surely only those who can help should make such trips?
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  380. Humanity s pathetic.
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  381.  Hoàng Nguyên  : what i said. cant u read? Yellow chicom wannebe, only not enough brains and balls so all u got is hate. Lol
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  382.  @deportee17  : So u r claiming genocide?
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  383. Or Venezuelan, come to think of it. They voted themselves into oblivion over the course of 20 years...
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  384.  @ismail1110  i hope u r right. And since u suffer the consequences of your own action, i have all the respect and best wishes for u. What i dont Like IS cheap cheer leading foreigners who can leave AS soon AS things get dicy and yet feel superior and righteous. Those, i cannot stand.
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  385.  @ismail1110  : good luck. All am saying that the precedence around the world bodes ill. I certianly hope this time it s different.
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  386. Wonderful tech. For doing mindless stuff. What s the point
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  387. Still they r better Off than anyone else in Central Asia. Stories, anyone can make up to support a preconception. Look at hard data like population growth, life expectancy and living standards.
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  388. What abut the democratic will of the 17 Million who voted remain and x millions who didnt vote Exit without a Deal?
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  389.  @DOWNUNDER.  : nope. That s called the terror of the majority. Btw, i voted to leave. But am shocked that the Nation cannot come together when it needs to. Both sides are at fault. U can Tell from the comment section. It s pathetic.
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  390.  @DOWNUNDER.  u r sure? U r interpreting an abscence rather freely there.
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  391. Open trial please. Full coverage.
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  392. Lol. The End is nigh when idea such as this is taken so seriously. Marks the Height of delusion and grandiosity. The humanist-capitalist model is hitting its limit i d say.
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  393. Zafar Julhan : hopes spring eternal. It s been what 70 years? Indians are great people but never been lead properly. They are easily cowed and mislead. I think you guys are too good natured. U never give your masters a hard time, be it Arians the Muslims the Mongols the British etc. Such a shame. As u can see from Indians outside India that the potential of well governed India is HUGE. Am afraid though on current trajectory he next 70 years wouldn't be different from the last. Let s revisit the topic in 5 years to exam your prediction.
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  394. That s all tehy ve got. Lol
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  395.  Paul Taylor  hear! Hear!
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  396. Of course they r. AS always.
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  397. Love the dance. But it has to be said that out of the sexy social dances (salsa of various forms, bachata of various forms, Tango, kizomba), kizomba is the most unequal and sexist. Although it all depends on the dancer. it seems to me that African/Afrocaribean women generally know how to be sexy and yet stay in control and project a positive assertiveness while dancing. Many european women dance kizomba or other 'tropical' dances..."like a victim" (not my words)...am afraid. Just MHO. It s interesting because in real life, the position s probably reversed. Not sure what to make of it.
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  398. That s why u r not running it
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  399. 1949: US population=150mil, Life Exp=mid 60s China population=400 mil, Life Exp=mid 30s Now: China pop=1300 mil, Life Exp=mid 70s, with longer healthy life span than US (WHO report) Yep. Crazily effective.
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  400. Accountability anyone?
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  401. Clutching at straws...
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  402. Surely this is Terrorism. Since when terrorism is an exclusive label for murder of the innocents in the name of Islam? Call it for what it is.
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  403. Why cant the government organise a Meeting to talk to the protesters? Street Revolution never ends well. For both sides. And for the Country. Just Look around.
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  404.  @SuperAFHD  lol. U sound Like a little dictator in the making already. Well done. The irony.
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  405.  @ismail1110  : u r projecting an awful lot. Keep that up. Sudan s well on its Way to hell. Just because u r in hell already doesnt mean it cannot get worse. Lol
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  406. @no bot : 👍
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  407. Arms deal done. Time to wind done. Just a little respite. Isnt it curious, that little soap opera put on in April? Vanished wihtout trace.
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  408. Where s your evidence?
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  409.  @bigdraco2994  nope. I ve seen all the documentaries, Videos and new York Times reports. Certainly those dont add up to what happened and what s happening to Rohingyas. Again, if u have evidence please show me. I want to get to the bottom of this.
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  410. Lol. U typical anti-chicom yellow chinaman. What have u achieved? Apart from lying to mislead the world on China for 70+ years? 1949: US population=150mil, Life Exp=mid 60s China population=400 mil, Life Exp=mid 30s Now: China pop=1300 mil, Life Exp=mid 70s, with longer healthy life span than US (WHO report)
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  411. So hongkongnese didnt have the right to protest under British colonial rule? IS that right? Hilarious if true.
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  412. Lol. No different from what the deluded red chinaman communists used to say. All the evils throughout history and all over the world hve been carried out under political/religious slogans. Use your brain. Your empty slogan IS the Same AS saying, take my life but cure my cancer. Go get a job and show u can function as a decent human being first.
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  413.  @flowerjay2391  poverty? They could afford to pay 40k for the trip.
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  414. It s interesting how the older lady sounded very articulate and calm. And the young thugs simply came across as illiterate and deluded...almost a Comic parody. There s definitely a gulf of education and experience between them.
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  415. It s not even about east and west. Where the fuck IS their BASIC humanity????
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  416. Hardly the same! And in any case, two wrongs dont Make a right.
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  417. Lol. AS it has done for Egypt, Tunisia, libya, Syria, Sudan, Iraq, Afghanistan, Yemen, Burma, Venezuela, etc.? Creat more lying cheating murdering raping desperate refugees/asylum seekers that flood the West please. There aint enough of those already.
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  418.  @lukejackson1575  : so true!
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  419. The truth is no one is willing to shoulder the cost of removing this arsewipe, least of all South Korea.
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  420. Shows how petty the tories are and where their priority lies. Pathetic!
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  421. Makes no fing difference to anyone. Lol
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  422. Well, by definition, the numbers say so.
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  423. U forgot the all important " innocent civilians".
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  424.  @shohamdas  : just the Definition of terrorism invovles " targeting of innocent civilians". If they only Target soldiers etc. , then it s just a war. Sorry, being anal. But i thought AT Times like this, let s be careful with language.
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  425. If only civilisation and prosperity were so easy....
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  426. Easy. Come to Europe or America and protest like u do in Hongkong, u ll get cured in no time. Not only by the police, but also by the commuting citizens (of London anyway) alike. ;)
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  427.  @zions6886  = all mouth no trousers, no Argument and no data
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  428. Hey, let's turn it into the next syria, Afghanistan, Iraq, libya! Such fun! ;) Western concern over muslim rights has produced great outcomes for the Muslims concerned.
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  429. And of course it s poor and lower castes who suffer more, again
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  430. Who r their suppliers?
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  431. 1984...Double Speak...
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  432. 17 years and counting...
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  433. Maybe it ll transform the desert?
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  434.  @Onneukbaar  : compared to christianity if the Day? People were welcoming them with open Arms. Including the local jewish communities. Learn some history. It s free. And u ve got Time it seems.
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  435.  Khadr Trudeau  lol. Sure. Library of Alexandria? U Poor brain wahsed fool.
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  436. They got the same profile. :). A real match.
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  437.  @studmalexy  no idea about the details. I d like to find out more though. These are difficult jobs. There s a fine line between lettting people have their say and letting people endanger/damage the rights and properties of others.
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  438. Cause they ve seen examples such as Syria? Iraq, libya, Afghanistan, yemen?
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  439. No one s going to buy it until it s proven in China. But the key is this: China IS big enough to make this comerically viable during the 'show me' period. That is the difference. That IS why Airbus broke American monopoly. That IS why canadians couldnt. So China has a real chance of becoming the 3rd real option for the world of aviation. It s going to be hard and will take another 10-15 years. But it s a real chance and the world should wish it luck. Having just 2 players in the market is very unhealthy.
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  440. 6 months of violent protests involving millions of people, no death, fewer arrests than any other protests, peaceful resolution to university 'siege', peaceful and successful election without delay, results in favour of protestors. And....yet...
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  441. Lol. U r a Typical anti-chicom yellow coward. All mouth no trousers. After 70 years. Still just begging lying playing 2 sides.
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  442. While true, it still means fuck all.
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  443. 70 mil still voted for DT though. That s a statement.
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  444.  @t.e.8084  there r two sides to everyhting. Many Trump voters claim, and correctly, that democrats/establishement republican are war mongers and have caused millions of deaths around world based on lies, not to say wasted trillions. U cant just brand and dismiss 71 Million people.
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  445. Amen to that.
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  446.  @nimacao9159  =typical anti-chicom yellow Chinaman, easily brain washed and constantly looking to freeload and play a 2-faced game
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  447. Lol. The favourite consolation song of the sore loser.
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  448. Ex colonies (usually american and aussie) make trouble, Europe gets punished. Wtf?
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  449.  MI6  = typical anti-chicom yellow fantasist, all mouth no trousers
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  450. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-11-11/how-fake-news-is-stoking-violence-and-anger-in-hong-kong The BBC doesnt quite do fake News. But selective reporting/editing is no better. When propaganda organs do such things, do they not realise that they r fighting reality and merely deceiving themselves?
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  451.  Rab McDonald  : Holding government officials to account seems an alien concept to u.
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  452. UK and US media seemed pissed off that Trump didn't threaten anyone on this trip.
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  453. philip013 : if it pleases u to keep saying that, feel free to do so. If u have to keep threatening those who "are not with us" to feel strong, do it yourself. Stop freeloading. But then when Bush Junior took that approach, where were the europeans? The same pointing and laughing and lampooning. Make up your own mind. Do your own shit. For once.
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  454. Oblivion : so? Russians defending russia, paid or unpaid? what s wrong with that? What s your point? They shouldnt? Why?
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  455. Oblivion : so? Russians getting paid to defend russia under an russian scare story...I don't see anything wrong with that either. Whether it is a useful thing to do, now that s a separate issue.
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  456. Oblivion : ours is informative and mere PR. Enemy's is propaganda. Sure. How convenient. Let s play the game. we are good at it. Russians r terrible at it (communication and PR). No need for the moral outrage and constant whinge when enemy fights back or responds to our actions.
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  457. Well said. Although everyone should. Most r heavy on Finger pointing but light on their own abuses. There s still no bigger polluter and consumer of earth's resources than the people in developed nations.
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  458. Where does it say that?
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  459.  @paulies5407  : lol. U r overcompensating for somehting there. We r not sure what but i d venture...your sheep would be proud. ;)
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  460.  @p.g.u.d  : i voted to leave too. But u need to bring people on board to get things done. Polarising rather than uniting IS a recipe for disaster.
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  461.  @daveferguson935  fine. Still 10s of millions of people. What r u going to do to them? Kill them all? Jail them all?
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  462.  @p.g.u.d  : lots of them would agree with u on lots of different things. No need to be so hateful. I d say the Same to the angry ones amongst them. Everoyne needs to grow up to get this thing done reasonably. If no deal IS the only choice, it s even more important that the whole country stands together. The way it s going now, it s going to be no deal and a civil war.
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  463. It s the soviet school of propaganda
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  464. He studied UAE security strategy...UAE has no reason to piss off the UK like this. So i d say, assuming everyone s been rational, he must have done something intolerable to the UAE government. UK has deniability of course. But it s unlikely that this guy is an ordinary phd student and the UAE just wants to piss off the UK for the sake of it
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  465. So do the dumbest
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