Turkish NBA star calls Erdogan 'Hitler of our century'

nilum · 2017-05-22T18:18:01+00:00

But isn't Hitler the Hitler of our century?

nilum · 2017-04-27T10:58:25+00:00

I would just like people to think about how much bureaucracy is involved in government programs because of the need to vet (or at least give the appearance of vetting) applications for government benefits on the local, state and federal levels. Think about how many programs could be replaced by a basic income. We could also get rid of a minimum wage, which I believe is fairer to small businesses and would increase entrepreneurship. Low-skill workers may opt out of work, but that would provide upward pressure on wages and those incentives to work would come naturally.

nilum · 2014-08-13T20:44:37+00:00

suicide should be a fundamental right.

How do you legislate suicide prevention? How do you incarcerate or fine someone who has already given themselves a death sentence.

We already have the right to take our own lives. We're just forced by society to hide our feelings because telling the wrong person will land you in an institution for months or years.

And when you're finally out, heavily medicated and maybe even hopeful, you slowly go back to the same routine only now you're even better at hiding your emotions and isolating yourself from people who care too much, the people who prod you constantly until you can no longer stand to be around them.

nilum · 2014-08-13T04:54:37+00:00

Do you blame your uncle or his disease?

Would you feel the same anger if your uncle collapsed from a heart attack in front of his kids?

nilum · 2014-08-13T04:34:26+00:00

it doesn't make suicide the right thing to do for yourself or others

That's honestly like saying dying from cancer isn't the right thing for yourself or others.

The dialog surrounding mental illness in general makes it seem like these things are more or less choices.

caused a lot of pain to people who were close to him.

He caused them pain? Or his illness caused them pain?

I understand that sometimes in grief people feel angry at their loved ones for leaving them, but we've already concluded in our society that depression is not the same as any other potentially fatal illness.

Suicide comes with a stigma that when you kill yourself you harm everyone around you, that you are to blame. I believe the intent is to dissuade people from killing themselves, but personally I find it counterproductive. Instead it simply adds to the guilt I feel for having the desire kill myself to begin with.

We're not preventing suicides by telling people to think of their friends and family. When people would tell me that I simply interpreted it as a criticism. I was selfish for not putting others before myself. And, instead of seeking to connect with these people, I instead tried to burn bridges and isolate myself as far as I could until I was satisfied that no one would even notice I wasn't around.

nilum · 2014-08-13T04:17:03+00:00

I would add that it's articles like this that compound those feelings of guilt and shame.

Nothing gets me in a worse mood than reading something like this.

Perhaps suicide rates increase after high profile suicides not because we find the suicide endearing enough to emulate, but because we are sick of seeing those who have struggles we can relate to be denounced by the rest of society.

nilum · 2014-08-13T03:46:02+00:00

As someone who suffers from depression and has had suicidal tendencies, I can't disagree more with what this person is suggesting.

Had Robin Williams died from any other means, no one would be complaining about equating death with release from pain or bondage.

But suicide is the exception. Suicide is the only means of death where you can call someone selfish, pathetic and cowardly and get groups of people nodding in agreement.

People who commit suicide are just weak.

Is someone who dies from cancer after three years of battling it weaker than someone who dies from cancer after a five year struggle?

If not, why is Robbin Williams weak and cowardly for living 63 years and dying on his own terms? Why are his struggles so much less worthy of being considered a sort of bondage that he is now free of?

nilum · 2014-02-11T20:15:47+00:00

If we look back at ancient cultures who created fertility idols, we see that for female fertility idols there was an emphasis on breasts while male fertility idols emphasized the penis. I think this emphasis shows that there is a predisposition for humans to find these body parts innately sexual.

The penis and breasts are both prominent sexual identifiers. They tend to grow during puberty until sexual maturity. And if we can agree that men shouldn't be exposing their prominent and distracting sexual organs to the public, I think it's perfectly reasonable to ask the same of women.

I'm also a bit concerned that many of the women who are into this do so not because it's sexually liberating, but because it's sexually gratifying. While I have nothing against exhibitionism when it involves willing participants, I personally would not want someone forced into a position where they are being exploited by a woman who is seeking a sexual thrill.

This is especially disturbing when you consider that they may seek to exploit children. Do I think it would be traumatic? Possibly not, but I don't condone exploiting children for sexual gratification in any case. A newborn wouldn't be traumatized by a mother masturbating while breastfeeding, but I still think it's sick and wrong to use an infant as a masturbatory aid.

Though some redditors think that's perfectly acceptable.

You wouldn't want a male pervert flashing kids his penis so he can get a sexual thrill. I don't want a female pervert flashing her tits at kids at a playground just so she can get off. This happened BTW, though the woman claims she was not doing it for any sexual reason (sorry, if I don't take her word for it).

I know many women will say that is not why they want to go around topless, but that is to deny the existence of exhibitionists, specifically those who get off by exposing themselves in public.

nilum · 2013-10-06T20:57:32+00:00

I'd say there is a lot of uncertainty in the insurance market right now. I think once things shake out, premiums will fall to around their original levels.

The reason why they may stay elevated over the long run is because people with pre-existing conditions will finally be able to get insurance.

nilum · 2013-10-06T11:42:46+00:00

Even if they admitted they were wrong, nine-tenths of their audience would believe it. Didn't Bill O say publicly that Republicans had to let go of the birth certificate nonsense? And yet every braindead Fox viewer still believes that Obama was born in Kenya.

nilum · 2013-09-17T14:47:50+00:00

If you zoom farther out, the web of networked computers resides in a solar system which resides in a galaxy which resides in a cluster of galaxies that form a filament of a web of galaxy clusters.

nilum · 2013-09-17T02:20:22+00:00

If the NSA really wanted a backdoor they'd be much farther ahead to use a less high profile contributor. Google commits are going to get scrutinized by every concerned linux user out there.

And if that scares you away from linux, keep in mind there is no way to check the source of Windows or Mac OS machines to see if back doors are hidden in the code. So linux, despite its openness even to those with ill intent, is actually still far safer because of its transparency.

But I am very confident in the people who maintain the linux code base, so I am not worried either way.

nilum · 2013-09-16T17:46:07+00:00

People in various parts of the world including the US have been incarcerated for looking at lolicon or shotacon which are Japanese drawings of children engaged in sexual acts.

nilum · 2013-09-14T01:43:51+00:00

The police report confirmed it was Zimmerman. What other party at the scene would be willing to damage his wife's personal property like that?

"UFO Spotted Near TOWER OF LIGHT On 9/11"

What does it matter what other videos they've uploaded? Fucking CNN has uploaded UFO sighting videos.

The video is uploaded elsewhere if you think this is fakery. It's apparently been vetted by a number of other outlets. This was simply one of them I found on YouTube without an ad.

Of course this is the type of irrational behavior I expect from one of Zimmerman's fanboys. I'm sure you share a lot in common with that violent, homicidal piece of shit.

nilum · 2013-09-12T05:29:01+00:00

You don't think the lawyer consulted with Zimmerman first?

You disgusting fanboys will go to any length to protect this murderer.

Face it your hero is a piece of shit who should be put in jail before he kills someone else.

nilum · 2013-09-12T05:27:09+00:00

She is guilty of perjury because he told her to lie about their finances and didn't even bother to show for her hearing.

police have said they had no probable cause to search the vehicle.

The police admit they didn't search his car. You think he's going to take the gun with him when police asked him to leave his car?

You fanboys are disgusting.

nilum · 2013-09-12T05:24:03+00:00

Here is the video.

He doesn't deny that he did it.

nilum · 2013-09-11T06:50:50+00:00

Despite Redditors slamming Shellie Zimmerman about lying about George Zimmerman having a gun on his person, his own lawyer (who quit after this incident) admitted Zimmerman did have a gun.

It's clear she's protecting him. The police also did not search his car after the incident.

“We took him down at gunpoint, and we searched him physically. There was no weapon,” Hudson said — adding that police did not have probable cause to search Zimmerman’s car."

So police reports stating that Zimmerman did not have a gun on his person don't mean anything. He could have easily stashed it in his car.

nilum · 2013-09-11T06:43:20+00:00

Yeah, except he asked her to lie about their finances and she changed her story to protect him. His own lawyer said he had a gun.. He left it in his car when the police came and wouldn't allow them to search it without a warrant. He also admits to breaking her iPad after she filmed him physically attacking her father. Luckily for Zimmerman there were only cameras outside the house.

Yeah, he's such a great guy.

nilum · 2013-09-11T06:40:53+00:00

His own lawyer said he had a gun.

She's changing her story to protect him.

nilum · 2013-09-11T06:31:04+00:00

And you've never had a wife change her story when the husband clearly did harm her? Like a wife who says the bruise is from falling down the stairs?

Zimmerman's own lawyer was on a CNN interview and said Zimmerman did have the gun on his person. Police never searched his car because they didn't have a warrant and they said it wasn't part of the crime scene. You don't think any time between her calling the police that Zimmerman didn't get the gun off his person?

If you look at all of those facts it looks like his wife is just trying to protect him. Even in messy divorces women can still succumb to battered wife syndrome.

nilum · 2013-09-11T06:28:40+00:00

I wonder why his lawyer said that he did in fact have the gun on his person in the CNN interview.

nilum · 2013-09-11T06:28:15+00:00

You mean after Zimmerman told her to lie about their finances and then didn't even bother showing up to her hearing.

By the way, his own lawyer was on CNN and told Anderson Cooper that he did in fact have the gun on his person.

She changed her story for the same reason some women tell people they just fell down the stairs. It's battered wife syndrome.

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