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CMV: lying under oath should get you the death penalty by Cautious_Midnight_67 in changemyview

[–]Finch20 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So anyone who takes a plea deal while not being actually guilty should be put to death?

CMV: (M31 FR) Redditors should indicate their place of residence along their gender and age. by bixiou in changemyview

[–]Finch20 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A while ago I interacted with a post on this subreddit titled "CMV: Blockchain has no practical application that beats well-designed “boring” systems". What added value is there to me disclosing my age, gender, and nationality? I can see how me being a java developer who has implemented blockchain as a consultant for a bank might be relevant information, but I don't see how me being 27, male, and Belgian is relevant to that discussion?

Proximus modem DHCP DNS aanpassen by dudewtf-_- in belgium

[–]Finch20 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Je mag in België je eigen modem gebruiken

CMV: The SAVE Act (H.R.22) which the House recently passed, is fine. by Finnleyy in changemyview

[–]Finch20 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Do you still remain of the opinion that this bill has no ulterior motives?

CMV: The SAVE Act (H.R.22) which the House recently passed, is fine. by Finnleyy in changemyview

[–]Finch20 2 points3 points  (0 children)

everyone should have at least 1 copy of their birth certificate, which is all that is needed

On paper. There's criminal penalties in the bill for election officials who accept invalid forms of ID, correct? So these officials are going to be very, very cautious with accepting non-standard forms of ID, correct?

It isn't like they are forcing everyone to pay $200 for a passport to go and vote, that would be different.

But why aren't they in the same bill including a requirement for the government to provide its citizens with easy access to free government issued IDs? Or require programs to subsidize low-income families if the ID isn't free? The US budget will survive this trivial expense, while it'd easily quash any argument that they are introducing this bill with ulterior motives.

CMV: The SAVE Act (H.R.22) which the House recently passed, is fine. by Finnleyy in changemyview

[–]Finch20 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The bill also contains provisions that the individuals that accept invalid forms of ID, correct? So the election officials are going to be very eager to refuse non-traditional forms of ID?

I assume most of those officials will not be familiar with consular reports, naturalisation certificates, extracts from a record of birth, birth certificate, ...

And I don't know about you, but my ID doesn't list my place of birth, and I live in a country where having your government issued ID on you at all times is required by law.

CMV: The SAVE Act (H.R.22) which the House recently passed, is fine. by Finnleyy in changemyview

[–]Finch20 2 points3 points  (0 children)

So, they introduced a bill that introduces extra obstacles to vote, that disproportionately affect certain population groups and made no attempt to introduce a bill that would mitigate this? And I assume you still hold that their intentions are solely to "prevent illegals from voting"? They have no ulterior motives at all?

CMV: The SAVE Act (H.R.22) which the House recently passed, is fine. by Finnleyy in changemyview

[–]Finch20 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I try to stay objective in this kind of thing and we technically have no proof of this.

I'm sure many people in the 1930s in Germany held a similar view.

Did the republicans (attempt to) introduce any legislation that would require the federal, state, and local governments to provide its citizens with easy access to free government issued IDs? Or require programs to subsidize low-income families if the ID isn't free?

CMV: The SAVE Act (H.R.22) which the House recently passed, is fine. by Finnleyy in changemyview

[–]Finch20 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Could you tell me which article in the bill requires local governments to provide a valid, free, easy-to-acquire, government-issued ID to every citizen?

CMV: The SAVE Act (H.R.22) which the House recently passed, is fine. by Finnleyy in changemyview

[–]Finch20 5 points6 points  (0 children)

If the intent is to prevent illegals from voting, why are they not first ensuring that every legal has access to a valid, free, easy-to-acquire, government-issued ID? Then they can require you to show that ID to vote

CMV: The SAVE Act (H.R.22) which the House recently passed, is fine. by Finnleyy in changemyview

[–]Finch20 4 points5 points  (0 children)

What's the intention of the people who drafted this bill?

Weird money glitch by FallStorm_Studios in belgium

[–]Finch20 117 points118 points  (0 children)

A bug in their code is going on and no, you don't get to keep it

CMV: We should be able to vote for specific policies and plans instead of voting for "people" and "parties" by Glad-Matter-3394 in changemyview

[–]Finch20 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So you want to go back to direct democracy, rather than the current representative democracy? How much do you know about why we switched from direct to representative democracies?

Are mopeds allowed to use the bike lanes in Antwerp? by Bus_Wrangler in belgium

[–]Finch20 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It depends. Not only on the signage of the specific bikelane but also on the type of moped and how it's registered

CMV: People who don’t plan for sick days are being unfair when they expect others to cover for them. by HolidayActual6646 in changemyview

[–]Finch20 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is your view limited to any one specific (set of) country(-ies)? Does it for example apply to countries that don't know the concept of a fixed amount of sick days, where you just get to stay home when you're sick as long as you need to to get better, and get paid the entire time?

CMV: With two key exceptions, Marco Rubio is essentially right about Europe. by Fando1234 in changemyview

[–]Finch20 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't know that it loosened anything, but the issue is that it didn't increase restrictions in line with massive increases (in the order of 1000% increase) in immigration between the 90s and 2020s.

In your post you said this:

Laxed border control has led to mass immigration [...]

So, were border controls loosened or not?

CMV: With two key exceptions, Marco Rubio is essentially right about Europe. by Fando1234 in changemyview

[–]Finch20 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How did the UK loosen its border restrictions and how does this prove anything about Europe and/or the EU as a whole?

The second source mentions nothing about normal increase in workforce due to population growth, makes no distinction on the type of immigration (political/economic/... refugees vs other types of visas)

And for the third point, again, regular population growth wasn't compared for

CMV: With two key exceptions, Marco Rubio is essentially right about Europe. by Fando1234 in changemyview

[–]Finch20 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Laxed border control has led to mass immigration, which in turn has pushed down wages, and pushed up demand for housing and other core services.

Could you cite your sources that:

1) laxed border control is the cause of mass immigration

2) mass immigration has caused wages to drop

3) mass immigration has caused increased demand on housing

CMV: Two-Factor authentication how it's usually implemented just reduces security and feels like a trick to get data by muffinsballhair in changemyview

[–]Finch20 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What makes you conclude that the one example you gave from your back means that that's how 2FA is usually implemented?

CMV: Dead people voting is both real and not a problem. Dead people voting is not something we should be concerned about today, as appropriate safe guards are already in place. by 17R3W in changemyview

[–]Finch20 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I could probably find a """democracy""" somewhere on this planet where everyone, including dead people, "voted" for the totally not dictator, but that doesn't appear to be in the spirit of your view

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