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It's not fair weather just because you invent some idea as supposedly being against human rights. You tried to bring "the rule of law" into it so...

Yeah, you'll need some proper sources for that.

There being a lot of speeding traps which make it likely to be caught speeding. Come to Germany and you'll see firsthand what a lack of speeding...

Yeah. And how effective was that actually in preventing riots? Because you just pointed out the very big problem with riots: Not every perpetrator...

Fair weather human rights defender then. Nice! Ooooh, and a Godwin to boot. Doubly nice! You win the Asshat-Argumentor-Of-The-Day-Award, good sir!...

Dirty John on Netflix is slowly pulling me in.

Or, does everyone who speeds get a ticket? What is the explanation for most people heeding the posted maximum speed?

A source for what "that", it being counter-productive and unnecessary to prosecute everyone who has participated in crime socially? When was the...

Actually his answer addressed the fact that her British nationality is not a matter of human rights to start with. Seems to me that you are the one...

I'm not going to be forced into any answer for the simple reason my ideas about human rights are not driven by guilt over what Hitler did to German...

Aha. So, a fair weather human rights believer then. Nice!

Dude. Answer the question and don't try to weasel out with a counterquestion. Again, human rights: For or against? And if for, under all...

I believe in Human Rights and Responsibilities. She has no rights here. She's a dual national, so she has not been rendered stateless, we're under...

First try to answer this one: do you believe in the social contract at the basis?

Yeah, I'll need some proper sources for that.

Just a question to you guys: Do you believe in Human Rights? Then maybe don't be so quick to "strip someone of their citizenship". Unless of...

The idea that someone going to join a death cult, be content with beheading innocent people, think that the Manchester Arena Bombing which killed...

Not really. Even if they couldn't be nailed with one charge they can almost always be nailed with others, and things like conspiracy/accessory...

And you knew all that from the get go how? This guy's asswipe behavior does not absolve the system.

Yeah really? 4 years of actively supporting IS just a teenager's folly? The woman specifically said that she has no regrets about being on the side...

Nice semantic trick you play there by implying she's more of a victim than a perpetrator. She is not the innocent victim of human trafficking. Her...

Wow. You do have a negative view of humanity... already fighting before they even get to the destination! Edit: on a side note, my thoughts on...

Well, this is a little off-brand innit https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/21/us/mark-harris-nc-voter-fraud.html

The ideas from IR wrt eg. the security dilemma seem to be based on lessons from progressively more hostile interactions between parties that are not...

Well of anywhere really, but yes not where she is.

Except that there's still no actual motive for these conflicts in the first place.

You may be right, but the premise of the article that spurred this conversation starts with humanity successfully colonizing anywhere and everywhere...

Assuming the low/ zero gravity and radiation biological issues are solved, its probably much better to live on small worlds/ world-lets than higher...

LOL, I think you might have just supported the article's point!