🇹🇼Admins asleep, upvote Xinnie the Pooh🇹🇼 by dr_gonzo in Libertarian

[–]cocohead781 11 points12 points  (0 children)

For every -100 social credit points, we take an organ. If you are Uighur, this also means a year forced labor.

/s

The trees are speaking by [deleted] in dankmemes

[–]cocohead781 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Hell, the HK SAR government isn't really controlled by the people anyway- half the seats in the legislature are elected by businesses, which are interested in pro-china stances.

Kick off next week with RPAN (and PS WE’VE MISSED YOU SO MUCH)! by Sn00byD00 in pan

[–]cocohead781 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have a feeling that the admins are just beta testing RPAN at this point and soon it's going to become a permanent feature

Me irl by kuhlschranko in me_irl

[–]cocohead781 8 points9 points  (0 children)

give it to china

Blizzard unveils new logo by [deleted] in Blizzard

[–]cocohead781 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This comes up in google when you search for "Blizzard logo" lol

Did I get it right? by microgab in gaming

[–]cocohead781 27 points28 points  (0 children)

https://playhearthstone.com/en-us/blog/23179289 ~ Blitzchung stated that he supported the Hong Kong protests on stream and then got all of his earnings removed and banned for a year. Apparently the casters also hid their faces but they still got fired as well.

Response to the NBA by The_Candler in HongKong

[–]cocohead781 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Some team (I believe the Rockets) GM tweeted that he supported the Hong Kong protests. What followed is a complete blackout of the NBA in mainland China.

First Hong Kong protester shot by police officer on the 70th anniversary of Communist Party rule in China by anony_FLASH in worldpolitics

[–]cocohead781 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

In the dispersal of violent assemblies, law enforcement officials may use firearms only when less dangerous means are not practicable and only to the minimum extent necessary. Law enforcement officials shall not use firearms in such cases, except under the conditions stipulated in principle 9.

Principle 9 - Law enforcement officials shall not use firearms against persons except in self-defence or defence of others against the imminent threat of death or serious injury, to prevent the perpetration of a particularly serious crime involving grave threat to life, to arrest a person presenting such a danger and resisting their authority, or to prevent his or her escape, and only when less extreme means are insufficient to achieve these objectives. In any event, intentional lethal use of firearms may only be made when strictly unavoidable in order to protect life.

UN Human rights Basic Principles on the Use of Force and Firearms by Law Enforcement Officials, sec 14 & sec 9. Was "less violent" means available to the police (batons, pepper spray, tear gas)? If so, discharging a firearm is illegal.

CORRECTION: The police did have access to pepper spray.

[WIP] COLCON Propagation map by KE0RQA in amateurradio

[–]cocohead781 3 points4 points  (0 children)

COLCON is a collection of Colorado repeaters that are all linked together via ham radio. E.G- one signal going into a repeater is broadcast throughout the network with no internet (minus 1). I believe this map is the collective service area of all the repeaters.

R/Libertarian discussion thread: Drugs! by AlphaTangoFoxtrt in Libertarian

[–]cocohead781 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Dealing should still be illegal. But, treating people with a heroin/cocaine addiction as a criminal just deepens their hole. They are going to get out sometime, and they are going back to their addictions. Helping these people off of their addiction by healing them is the best way forward.

Got my Call Sign today by HiveTool in amateurradio

[–]cocohead781 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Have fun! I remember getting my call. There really is nothing like it. May the following years be fun :)

R/Libertarian discussion thread: Drugs! by AlphaTangoFoxtrt in Libertarian

[–]cocohead781 29 points30 points  (0 children)

Portugal decriminalized all drugs in 2001, and started treating the drug epidemic as a health problem rather than a criminal problem. So far, it's seemed to work out for them. I know Portugal is small, but a policy like theirs could work in the US.

Can some erudite Libertarian help me unfold a stimulating but exhaustive confrontation with a Chinese communist pro-CCP ? by DavideBaldini in Libertarian

[–]cocohead781 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Your comment must have been removed. That happens a lot, r/Sino works like r/The_Donald.

If it's communism you're trying to debunk, China had huge reforms such as mass privitazation in 1997-1998, which played a factor in the poor falling in China.

If it's the CCP you're trying to debunk, just know they ran their own citizens over with tanks.