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  59. Neither case listed here used the stand you ground laws as part of their defense, it was the judge explaining the self defense laws to the jury. Not to mention both cases are quite different and really incomparable. The law itself isn't really that bad: "A person is justified in the use of deadly force and does not have a duty to retreat if: He or she reasonably believes that such force is necessary to prevent imminent death or great bodily harm to himself or herself" Sure it sounds subject to interpretation because it is and HAS TO BE. There are so many possibilities they can't be bundled into a law. Imagine if you had to retreat by law yet the pursuer is faster and has a knife at your back...what then? You have a right to self defense. It is the interpretation/application of a law in certain instances that make any law good/bad. The criminal justice system is biased, it has nothing to do with particular laws. So harping on either the law or the decision is pointless. The root is the problem, you can't cut branches off and expect a change. But part of the problem is also public perception as Dayvon points out and it really does no good ignoring the huge role media plays in it and who is actually forming it. What does the "media" say about African Americans? Gangsta thug ho bitch gat A-K bling money money money. And who is perpetuating this stereotype? African Americans. So we have the original demonization of African Americans being played out by African Americans. So yeah let's have this conversation and realize ALL parties are to blame in one way or another while most of the actual cause is rooted in the past and outside the scope of blame.
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  65. Calvin Miner  I don't think you have actually read the book as the first chapter dispels what you think his point is. The Scandinavian countries are based on the "Nordic model". It was written in 1944, long before said model and was concerning "present democracies" IE UK/USA. The USA has had a centrally planned economy for a long time via the Fed, they set policy, the market follows and those "Scandinavian countries" adhere to international free trade policies and are free market capitalists mixed with socialist policy. Norway in fact, in Hayek's day, was Keynesian so I am not sure what point the comparison is supposed to make. As far as those countries being "free/open/democratic" that is debatable. Norway still has a king who still retains ultimate power much as all commonwealth countries including "independent" Canada. Each has a major representative in parliament and a privy council that meets in secret. If you think that is coincidence, you don't understand the game very well. Canada is another supposed "social democracy" and I can tell you it is nothing of the sort at its heart. It is slowly becoming a corporate dictatorship much like the USA. He also takes into account business but separates the fact that once one is in the power structure and can influence policy, there is no ostensible difference. Funny how people blame corporations for lobbying but not the politicians that take the bribe when it is their JOB and DUTY to be "civil servants". His point is even a billionaire can't come close to the harm a central authority could cause unless he can directly influence them. Just because his critique/warning cannot be applied to every case does not make it invalid, particularly given these things take time. Economies are the same way. Sometimes they look great until they collapse unexpectedly. The USA/UK model he critiques proves him right. UK is Orwell 101 and USA is Orwell 2.0 both of which set economic policy of numerous nations via the use of their currency, loans and the markets. Sure you can "freely" invest but there is no "free market" as it is HIGHLY regulated. The thing is, people mistake this regulation as something that is put in place to help the populace but it is regulated to be the opposite. They have regulated the hell out of not only their own people but at least half of the worlds nations. Bretton woods/Marshall-Plan/Petro-dollar/IMF/BIS/etc = Centrally planned economic structure on a massive scale.
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  151. deathtokoalas  Prussian = Germanic, not sure where you are going with that lol. 1. Your vision of this "Europe" as a geological location does not take into account the artificial borders that exclude Russia/Asia etc. We are discussing pre civilized Europe during a time known as the great migration. A time when Europe did not exist as a set location and people came from all over. Sure, same rocks, but it's a whole lot bigger if you add all the stuff it is attached too without those convenient borders. 2. Germanic tribes, is there a point? And at what point are they not "Germanic" even though they hail from the same stock? You mention Goths as if they are not Germanic. 3. Yes they moved south as the Celts moved west, neither were "indigenous. And you quoted a 2000 year timeline, the Celts, what we know of them, predate that and were mainly affected by Rome. They were pushed, Germanic tribes were pushed, Slavic tribes were pushed... they all did pushing as well. 4. This is subject to a very long timeline, but it is pretty safe to say that regardless of who was ruling who, the lines have remained consistent for at least 1000 years give or take and were pretty much formed prior to that. 5. Funny we are communicating in German? No in English...why is that? Because there are other players in this you are not addressing. So the next language most likely for us to speak in would be German?...no it would be French. Although influenced by German, we consider many European languages to be "Latin" based. How could that be? You say this as if it is uniquely German. 6. Your point ignores everyone else, this makes you a bigot. In the same boat as Germany would be every tribe/culture you mention and some you have not. So is there a point? Besides being a bigot and pointing out one guilty party among many?
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