On Wednesday’s live stream with Sacha, RamZ asked, ‘is there any heroic straight white male ...

Statuesketch comments on Jun 26, 2020:

I thought so too, until this current season had injected pornographic scenes into it on a consistent basis. And besides, it's still this strange narrative that the only hypocrites in history are the Christians, merely because we judge them by their own standards, whereas the pagans might be dirty, ...

Hanno replies on Jun 26, 2020:

It might be tiresome to you, however it a true worldview. And today it is true more than ever. One of the good things about this series is that no one is perfect and every character is flawed. The historical fact that christians intermarried with Vikings and that Viking woman accompanied men in raids and participated in battles... of course very inconvenient. Obviously the battles are not realistic... it is entertainment.

While millions of Americans went on unemployment, billionaires got billions richer. [youtu.be]

Header comments on Jun 26, 2020:

Good report! Age old problem, rich get richer and poor get poorer when corruption takes over!

Hanno replies on Jun 26, 2020:

It is funny that you never see a “Poor people’s lives matter” or in many areas in the world “woman’s lives matter”.

While millions of Americans went on unemployment, billionaires got billions richer. [youtu.be]

JacksonNought comments on Jun 26, 2020:

Can't argue with the premise, but I wonder why they chose to focus solely on left-leaning Billionaires, and not any of the right-leaning ones who also got richer off of the pandemic?

Hanno replies on Jun 26, 2020:

Good point.. however those three (I exclude Musk) are richer than all the “right wing” billionaires combined.

Well? No.... Thought not

JacksonNought comments on Jun 25, 2020:

Now that a statue is down, tell us how your life has degraded.

Hanno replies on Jun 25, 2020:

Well, for one you are now a criminal. You have to live with the your conscience that your actions and caused many to loose their livelihoods and you have increased the amount of racial discontent in your country. Racist are now more so and many of those who were not, now look at you differently. By pulling down statues your life will be harder and you will now face new prejudices that took decades to remove in the first place.

What happened to the Intellectual Dark Web's influence?

WilyRickWiles comments on Jun 24, 2020:

The IDW has been quick to accuse its ideological opponents of being part of conspiracies of influence, but I think they would be more trusted and influential themselves if they were open about the funders, institutions, and networks that support them. I also think they would have a more ...

Hanno replies on Jun 24, 2020:

Nothing stops you from asking any of those questions or create groups to discuss that, or inviting others here. And why does there need to be either associating with ethnoreligious chauvinists of varying degrees Or identify politics (who by the way is exactly the same as the other group above)? Why can’t there be an option not to care about race or sex of religion but focus on everyone are the same and should be treated as such and given the same opportunities... and allowing each one to succeed or fail according to his own ability and willingness to accept personal responsibility? Or is that too hard!

This cultural war has been created by PR and that is the way you can fight back in a non-violent ...

WilyRickWiles comments on Jun 24, 2020:

I think we need a truth and reconciliation commission.

Hanno replies on Jun 24, 2020:

Why? Do the left extremists, Antifa and BLM want to confess that they could not care less about black lives? Do they want to own up that their actions caused now dozens of deaths and the destruction of tens of thousands of lively hoods? In that case I a fully support that. It worked really well in South Africa and healed many wounds.

Remember two weeks ago when everyone agreed the cops were out of control and the right-wing ...

govols comments on Jun 24, 2020:

What do you think of when you use the word right-wing?

Hanno replies on Jun 24, 2020:

Anyone to the right of Lenin...

AOC deleted this, but...

dd54 comments on Jun 23, 2020:

This little SJW loud mouth us running with the activist group *Sunrise* that is actively recruiting under age kids up to millenials to *escalate these actions* with violence to over throw our government. She and her marxist comrades need ti ve removed from our country period. ...

Hanno replies on Jun 24, 2020:

@dd54 He is not naive... he knows what he says is not true.

AOC deleted this, but...

dd54 comments on Jun 23, 2020:

This little SJW loud mouth us running with the activist group *Sunrise* that is actively recruiting under age kids up to millenials to *escalate these actions* with violence to over throw our government. She and her marxist comrades need ti ve removed from our country period. ...

Hanno replies on Jun 23, 2020:

@WilyRickWiles I am pretty sure he stated that they “escalate these actions with violence “ meaning that the peaceful protests are being overtaken by people with only violence on the agenda. Or did you mean the 20+ deaths now due to these protests all died “peacefully”?

So why is it that when we as humans determine the validity of something, we tend to work with a ...

Facci comments on Jun 22, 2020:

Thousands of years of fulfilled prophecy documented in a book is strong empirical evidence.

Hanno replies on Jun 23, 2020:

@Facci Thanks. I have all studied those in the past. There are about 50 sections in the Bible counted as prophesy came true that I have seen. I understand they may be good enough for your faith and I need to say I envy you to some extent and are happy for anyone to believe what they want as long as they don’t hurt anyone by dong so etc etc... Psalm 22 is ambiguous and was not meant as a prophecy originally, with that I mean he was describing his own personal anguish by describing a death scene common at the time to describe the mental anguish he is in. It does not actually describe a crucifixion etc. It is very coincidental yes. I know “my bones are out of joint” is believed to mean how Jesus was hanging, however it is more consistent with being torn to pieces by horses etc which was common at the time. same for them casting lots for my clothes... yes the gospels say that, however it was common practice with a dead prisoners belongings. We can go through the whole psalm and their are better explanations for every verse. The actual prophesy Nebuchadnessar’s dream is more interesting. I studied this in detail in early 1990’s and the consensus was ( among many scholars) that the prophecy had been completed already by Roman times, final kingdom of iron and clay being the Romans crushed by the rock, the rock being Jesus and his modern day movement. He then talks about loosing his mind and before his death which is very common and his own fears of that fate. This is the first time I read anyone linking that with Saddam Hussein which kinda proves my point about the prophesy being ambiguous... it can mean many things and you picked one that fits for you. However, I will concede that it is my standard not being met and not yours so will argue other reasons if we ever meet in person and wanted to discuss the existence of gods.

So why is it that when we as humans determine the validity of something, we tend to work with a ...

GeeMac comments on Jun 22, 2020:

Your comment immediately brings Galileo and Copernicus to mind. Can you think of any contemporary examples of the Church working backward against science?

Hanno replies on Jun 23, 2020:

Well, the Bible and Koran are both very clear that the universe is only a few thousand years old. The modern churches just deny that this is an issue.

So why is it that when we as humans determine the validity of something, we tend to work with a ...

Facci comments on Jun 22, 2020:

Thousands of years of fulfilled prophecy documented in a book is strong empirical evidence.

Hanno replies on Jun 23, 2020:

I have been looking for that. Can you show me one that is clear, not ambiguous and that could not have been clear chance. I studied many from the Bible and from other such as Nostradamus and Siener van Rensburg. I have never found one that was even remotely clear or true.

Latest writing from Dr Peterson.

WilyRickWiles comments on Jun 22, 2020:

Yes, people like Peterson might want to consider where their aggrieved defense of traditional gender roles and race science fits in the narrative of history.

Hanno replies on Jun 22, 2020:

Thanks... you just proved Jordan Peterson’s point.

[washingtonexaminer.com] Infuriating: We may have shut down the country for nothing

Edgework comments on Jun 22, 2020:

I’m not ready to put on my tin-foil hat and claim the whole thing was a conspiracy funded by George Soros and Bill Gates, though I admit I’ve researched possibilities in that direction. But the true agenda became clear when the near universal scorn and vehemence immediately greeted Trump’s ...

Hanno replies on Jun 22, 2020:

@Chizoid I was laughing at your comment that the side effects of quinine is the same as the symptoms of malaria.... a rather ignorant comment. What your own responsibility have to with that I do not know.

[washingtonexaminer.com] Infuriating: We may have shut down the country for nothing

Edgework comments on Jun 22, 2020:

I’m not ready to put on my tin-foil hat and claim the whole thing was a conspiracy funded by George Soros and Bill Gates, though I admit I’ve researched possibilities in that direction. But the true agenda became clear when the near universal scorn and vehemence immediately greeted Trump’s ...

Hanno replies on Jun 22, 2020:

@Chizoid Omg... you obviously never had malaria... the side effects are the same as the symptoms... Lol. Yeah, Side effects are 41 C fever and wishing you were rather dead... I don’t think so.

I liked the cartoons and the article is awesome. [rclutz.wordpress.com]

Rick-A comments on Jun 20, 2020:

It crazy out there and it’s going to end in self perpetuating chaos. The people are so disconnected from reality, they think food is a right. Surprise coming.

Hanno replies on Jun 20, 2020:

@Naomi More than half the world’s food is grown with fertiliser that are made directly or indirectly with fossil fuels. 80% if the world’s food uses fossil fuel based machinery to produce or transport. People believe that a full belly, clothes on your body and a roof over your head are basic human rights and everyone should have them.

Media is at it again!

WilyRickWiles comments on Jun 19, 2020:

By media, do you mean random people on Twitter? https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/kendall-jenner-black-lives-matter-photoshop-instagram-pepsi-a9552931.html

Hanno replies on Jun 19, 2020:

I think the point Fewi is trying to make is that we have had a whole discussion what it takes to be kicked of Facebook etc and here we have people faking things to create racial hatred and Facebook is all OK with that.

"The real criminal is the white liberal, the political hypocrite." - Malcom X

WilyRickWiles comments on Jun 19, 2020:

I wouldn't interpret this as a criticism of the left. Here he is blaming white liberals for offering nominal but not structural support. For keeping blacks trapped in slums and introducing vices into them. He was pessimistic that whites or successful blacks in the American system could actually ...

Hanno replies on Jun 19, 2020:

That is an “interesting “ interpretation of the words “real criminal “ and “hypocrite “.

Fox’s obsessive fearmongering over Seattle autonomous zone is a stark contrast to its praise for ...

Xtra comments on Jun 17, 2020:

Do you have anything from a reliable source?

Hanno replies on Jun 18, 2020:

@WilyRickWiles It was a tongue in the cheek comment. You did in the past post some dubious video clips etc... I can’t remember if it was from CNN or not, however CNN has been so many times caught making stuff up that I used that.

Fox’s obsessive fearmongering over Seattle autonomous zone is a stark contrast to its praise for ...

Xtra comments on Jun 17, 2020:

Do you have anything from a reliable source?

Hanno replies on Jun 17, 2020:

Yes, he quotes straight from CNN!

[tonyodarg.

Tycho comments on Jun 15, 2020:

I heard a New Zealander that called it the *Soy*viet Union. I thought that was hilarious.

Hanno replies on Jun 16, 2020:

We are funny...

Fair enough really😂

Crikey comments on Jun 15, 2020:

This is funny but potentially misleading. This can lead to believers in the whole Jesus story assuming that you are an atheist simply because you don't *understand* the Jesus story the way they do. It's similar to how a lot of theists assume that we are atheists because we are angry with god....

Hanno replies on Jun 16, 2020:

@govols I don’t understand the universal agreement you talk about? You mean the 4000 different religions who all claim everyone else is evil and wrong and will go to hell Except their specific flavour of superstition? My standards are very low... any evidence that cannot be ascribed by chance or sound scientific reasoning.

What would you do, if anything, to change the criminal justice system?

iThink comments on Jun 15, 2020:

The first thing I would do is not on your list - I would utterly decriminalize recreational use of drugs. Treat it just the way we do alcohol. This would almost immediately put an end to the illicit drug trade (gangs cartels smugglers etc) and greatly reduce all of the peripheral crime related to ...

Hanno replies on Jun 15, 2020:

@iThink The Portuguese system in other words. However the damage meth and heroin does to you is not something you want to be legal though. The Dutch seems to get it partially right by legislating prostitution and allowing ‘soft’ drugs such as LSD, Mushroom and pot.

Here are tips on how not to get harrassed or shot by a policeman:.

Hanno comments on Jun 15, 2020:

I understand what you want to say... however no 1 is not true. Neither the latest two black deaths had guns on them. A stolen taser is not a gun (or a lethal weapon). I fully support the police and appreciate the tough jobs they do, however in both cases the deaths were wrongful.

Hanno replies on Jun 15, 2020:

@DeplorableToo https://videos.whatfinger.com/2020/06/15/humor-satire-how-not-to-get-your-ass-kicked-by-the-police-its-even-more-relevant-in-2020-had-me-laughing-nicely/ Maybe that all make you feel better.

Here are tips on how not to get harrassed or shot by a policeman:.

Hanno comments on Jun 15, 2020:

I understand what you want to say... however no 1 is not true. Neither the latest two black deaths had guns on them. A stolen taser is not a gun (or a lethal weapon). I fully support the police and appreciate the tough jobs they do, however in both cases the deaths were wrongful.

Hanno replies on Jun 15, 2020:

@DeplorableToo Ok, 19 deaths in 2018 was due to police shooting people who did not at any point, aimed any weapon of any kind at them. Lookup Julia Damond for example if you dislike my references to race. I just used the latest two well published examples. Better? Obviously your chances of getting shot by a police officer goes up astronomically if you threaten a police officer with a weapon.

What do you think will be the result of last week's mass apologies and genuflecting to Black Lives ...

WilyRickWiles comments on Jun 14, 2020:

I'm curious what the result will be around here. Did you increase your efforts to cultivate a fan community around Paul Ramsey, a white supremacist, after the protests began, perhaps in an effort to capitalize on or even stir up white racist backlash? If not, have the protests and the recent growth ...

Hanno replies on Jun 15, 2020:

@WilyRickWiles I do not know Paul Ramsey and never heard of him before I he got a group here. So I cannot comment on that. The increase in posts you refer to is expected considering the attack some whites may feel they are under. It does not mean this site is racist. Else I would argue since you post here this site is communist?

What do you think will be the result of last week's mass apologies and genuflecting to Black Lives ...

WilyRickWiles comments on Jun 14, 2020:

I'm curious what the result will be around here. Did you increase your efforts to cultivate a fan community around Paul Ramsey, a white supremacist, after the protests began, perhaps in an effort to capitalize on or even stir up white racist backlash? If not, have the protests and the recent growth ...

Hanno replies on Jun 14, 2020:

@Bay0Wulf I meant we will all participate in the way we do with any other group... sometimes you have something to say and sometimes not. I never responded to HiQ and others like him. I don’t think Ricky is in that class, however his posts really degraded after Bernie lost the presidential bid to Biden. He used to be better and a lot less bitter.

What do you think will be the result of last week's mass apologies and genuflecting to Black Lives ...

WilyRickWiles comments on Jun 14, 2020:

I'm curious what the result will be around here. Did you increase your efforts to cultivate a fan community around Paul Ramsey, a white supremacist, after the protests began, perhaps in an effort to capitalize on or even stir up white racist backlash? If not, have the protests and the recent growth ...

Hanno replies on Jun 14, 2020:

Admin does not create all the groups... users do. There is even a LGBT group here. You are welcome to create a pro socialist/communist / DSA group here. We will all participate if you want. It is called freedom of speech. You may also have noticed that the vast majority of posters here are not racist and definitely not white supremacists. The few that did come here generally does not get much response. You do sound disappointed that the BLM riots did not start a counter KKK protest... maybe your fellow Americans are not as racist as you would want to believe.

Some ideas for the geniuses who desire to reimagine the boys in blue

iThink comments on Jun 14, 2020:

My idea is to NOT defund the police but to keep them (well funded) for the sectors of population who recognize the folly of the "defunding" idea. Simply pull back - withdraw Police patrols and other emergency services from the 'hood. Too bad for those who live there they should have stood up to the ...

Hanno replies on Jun 14, 2020:

This was also done in South Africa... we are still dealing with the consequences. It works the opposite way you think.

What would you suggest Donald Trump do to have a positive resolution to the BLM/Defund Police/ANTIFA...

Facci comments on Jun 12, 2020:

Crush Chaz now.

Hanno replies on Jun 14, 2020:

@Facci Yes, all the time. But that is because I was brought up to be very obedient and law abiding and for me there were always severe consequences. Something I had to adapt to when I had children not to be too strict and allow more freedoms. My children are still extremely obedient, even now as adults. Now I am trying to teach them (Especially the younger ones) not to conform and think for themselves.

What would you suggest Donald Trump do to have a positive resolution to the BLM/Defund Police/ANTIFA...

Facci comments on Jun 12, 2020:

Crush Chaz now.

Hanno replies on Jun 14, 2020:

@Facci Ok, you are and American and I am not so I will say that you know more about this than me and therefore more likely to be right. My apologies.

Occupy 2.0: Nashville trying to set up the next radical autonomous zone- [redstate.com]

Darkhorse48 comments on Jun 13, 2020:

Oh this should be fun.

Hanno replies on Jun 13, 2020:

@Darkhorse48 Spent some time in Idaho some years ago and got to know a lot of people there... not a place I will go and provoke people. Good people, yes, but don’t mess with them.

What would you suggest Donald Trump do to have a positive resolution to the BLM/Defund Police/ANTIFA...

Facci comments on Jun 12, 2020:

Crush Chaz now.

Hanno replies on Jun 13, 2020:

Chaz is Democrat controlled Seattle’s problem. It is a perfect example of how not to do things and many lessons are being learnt. Leave Chaz to run its course... it is doing the left tremendous damage.

These are our overlords? 😂

ForeverFree76 comments on Jun 12, 2020:

Wily’s tribe!

Hanno replies on Jun 13, 2020:

@ForeverFree76 Funny, little Ricky is not even denying it is his tribe...

Morality is older than religion - Frans de Waal: Morality Without Religion - YouTube

govols comments on Jun 11, 2020:

I disagree. The ancients had religion so tightly woven into cultural expectations that that we with exposure to secular ideas simply don't recognize that there used to never be religion, but only the way things were. Religion wasn't A thing; it was THE thing.

Hanno replies on Jun 13, 2020:

@govols You had me for a moment... it’s been a more than a decade since I studied the Bible in depth. Hebrews 11:1 is the one that comes first to mind, but there were other ones. The different translations here does not give me what I want. In any case it was the comeback I had from most scholars when I challenged the complete lack of hard evidence to that faith is the acceptance without needing evidence. I will need to think again and look up where it was more clear to me.

What would you suggest Donald Trump do to have a positive resolution to the BLM/Defund Police/ANTIFA...

GeeMac comments on Jun 12, 2020:

If President Trump had addressed the nation, early on, using the same calm but tough style used so effectively by Ronald Reagan or Margaret Thatcher, things may have been different. Reagan fired every air traffic controller in the country, and Thatcher busted the unions and went to war for the ...

Hanno replies on Jun 12, 2020:

I thoroughly agree that Trump and his media arm should have done a lot more to explain the underlying problem and the real issues. However, I am not sure it would have made much of a difference... I can only be critical to the extend to what I think I would have done in his place... and a couple of times he (or rather his press secretary) did better than I would have.

What would you suggest Donald Trump do to have a positive resolution to the BLM/Defund Police/ANTIFA...

Hanno comments on Jun 12, 2020:

You are a black man born somewhere in Africa... You can speak sufficient English and either French or Portuguese to fit in either any country where it is spoken. You win a lottery where you can choose for you and your direct family to go and live. Where would you go and why? Statistically they...

Hanno replies on Jun 12, 2020:

@LesMahagow Yet we see the same protests in London. You can swop US with UK, or NZ or AUS or any western country and you will be told how bad blacks are treated... yet they all want to go to these countries. How many want to go Russia, China, and a lesser extent Japan, South Korea, the Middle East... etc etc.

What would you suggest Donald Trump do to have a positive resolution to the BLM/Defund Police/ANTIFA...

FrozenSoul comments on Jun 12, 2020:

The Bible is what makes White People Prejudice (Abrahamic Law). Trump made a huge mistake with the Bible Photo Oop!! White and Black People were Earth Loving Pagans! The Semite Desert God was forced upon them (by fear of Death)!!! Trump reinforced what I’m saying with holding the Bible... ...

Hanno replies on Jun 12, 2020:

Er... you think the Koran is not racist... Unless you include all three Abrahamic religions...

Morality is older than religion - Frans de Waal: Morality Without Religion - YouTube

govols comments on Jun 11, 2020:

I disagree. The ancients had religion so tightly woven into cultural expectations that that we with exposure to secular ideas simply don't recognize that there used to never be religion, but only the way things were. Religion wasn't A thing; it was THE thing.

Hanno replies on Jun 12, 2020:

@govols Mmm... I think that I see the development of these things as a continues process, where you maybe see it as discrete steps. The development of basic understanding of doing the right thing that is good for my group (what animals do instinctively) to understanding that not doing it is “wrong” happened slowly as cognitive abilities developed. At the same time or slightly later maybe the same cognitive ability allowed human ancestors to start wondering about what happens when you die etc. To me religion is the belief of things without evidence. That anyway is the biblical definition and I have used it for all religion. You may disagree. The existence of moral thought and religion are seperate issues to me. I can understand but disagree that one can think that religion and morality is a chicken and egg thing, which come first... whereas I think it a dog and cat thing... they co evolved separately, However affected each other’s development.

If you want to beat this new wave of idiotic morons you have to use their own tactics against them, ...

Naomi comments on Jun 11, 2020:

Hello. Not sure what you are on about... And the notion that evil left-bias media are spouting propaganda is a hell of a generalisation. You're funny. Lol There are many right-bias media which also spout propaganda, not to mention conspiracy theories like #5Gcoronavirus. They're no saints. Both ...

Hanno replies on Jun 11, 2020:

@Understanding I think she means you posted this in the atheist group... this post would be more suited in the Cultural war or similar group.

Morality is older than religion - Frans de Waal: Morality Without Religion - YouTube

govols comments on Jun 11, 2020:

I disagree. The ancients had religion so tightly woven into cultural expectations that that we with exposure to secular ideas simply don't recognize that there used to never be religion, but only the way things were. Religion wasn't A thing; it was THE thing.

Hanno replies on Jun 11, 2020:

@Naomi You make the assumptions that animals don’t reason. This is patently false. Dolphins have been shown to reason very well and can solve puzzles that require significant reasoning. Same with bonobos and chimps. If you ever owned dogs and studied their behaviour you would have seen them reason things out... on though a low level, they still work stuff out. Human ancestors solved significant problems such as fire and clothes before they evolved the vocal cords to speak. We have ample examples or early hominids caring for the old and the injured. Long before there were any actual language and definitely no religion.

Morality is older than religion - Frans de Waal: Morality Without Religion - YouTube

Naomi comments on Jun 11, 2020:

This is another video - a lecture by the same person. Very interesting. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=le-74R9C6Bc *"Human morality is older than our current religion."*

Hanno replies on Jun 11, 2020:

Morality is older than any religion. Morality is a evolutionary artifact. Religion was invented much later.

Morality is older than religion - Frans de Waal: Morality Without Religion - YouTube

govols comments on Jun 11, 2020:

I disagree. The ancients had religion so tightly woven into cultural expectations that that we with exposure to secular ideas simply don't recognize that there used to never be religion, but only the way things were. Religion wasn't A thing; it was THE thing.

Hanno replies on Jun 11, 2020:

No, morality exist in animals. Our common ancestor only developed sufficiently to invent religion because they applied morals that supported their communal development. This preceded the ability to talk.

YOU LOOK HARD ENOUGH, YOU’LL FIND IT Imagine a life of social anxiety that is mild enough that ...

lukewarm comments on Jun 11, 2020:

this too will pass. i remember the bomb scare. at an airport you were felt all over as if you had a bomb in your underwear. you were scanned. my sister has metal parts in her leg and she had to almost disrobe in front of everyone to prove her point. she was a senior. you were afraid to say ...

Hanno replies on Jun 11, 2020:

@BlackoutNJ Blacks people will only be treated like useful idiots as long as they allow people treat them like useful idiots. Time for intelligent blacks etc to stand up and say no more. Let the snowflake idiot whites and blacks allow themselves to be treated as such... the rest of us will judge each other according to the depth of our characters and not the colour of our skins.

Defund ...

camerakid61 comments on Jun 11, 2020:

Yes, let's defund the politicians. They are already too busy lining their pockets with our hard earned money and not really doing anything for it. At least the police are trying to do their jobs...that is those that aren't kneeing someone's throat.

Hanno replies on Jun 11, 2020:

Rather than asking for the tax records of a billionaire who became a politician, we should ask for the tax returns if politicians who became millionaires.

Not a joke.

Ranticore comments on Jun 9, 2020:

But, Obama bin Laden was allowed to talk about race relations, even after he separated children from their parents at the border.... Hypocrites.

Hanno replies on Jun 9, 2020:

It is funny how everyone forgets that separating children and building cages was originally Obama’s idea...

Some perspective

Xtra comments on Jun 8, 2020:

Same can be said for the Big Bang.

Hanno replies on Jun 8, 2020:

@Xtra Oh, my mistake. I thought you agreed that Big Bang happened in a very small area. All good, back to the creation being 4000 yrs old then.

Some perspective

Xtra comments on Jun 8, 2020:

Same can be said for the Big Bang.

Hanno replies on Jun 8, 2020:

Ah, the Big Bang happened? You realise.that negates the all the holy books then?

Your weekly dose of political correctness (try not to barf now).

HeatherNiven comments on Jun 7, 2020:

So I’m sure we can expect that all guns will be removed from video games next? This planet is messed up.

Hanno replies on Jun 8, 2020:

The lunatics are running the asylum!

GOP Senators RUN AWAY From Reporter Asking About Trump Dominating Protestors [youtu.be]

Hanno comments on Jun 4, 2020:

13 people have died because of these protestors Ricky. 13. Because Democrat governors and mayors refuse to allow the police to stop the violence. Trump is blamed. Who from the start said nothing good will come and wanted it to stop. Yet you told me lives before property. Now 13 ...

Hanno replies on Jun 4, 2020:

@WilyRickWiles Ad hominem again. Then... me and everyone I know called for the arrest of the cop and the investigation of the three others. At NO point did I say the killing of innocents or brutality is justified. Ever. I never condoned current or past racism and is an outspoken critic of what happened in South Africa, the US and elsewhere. And I did not slink away... you lost the argument and started and hominem attacks on me. I stop talking when people do that. Here again you lost the argument and do ad hominem attacks. Everyone is seeing straight through you.

GOP Senators RUN AWAY From Reporter Asking About Trump Dominating Protestors [youtu.be]

Hanno comments on Jun 4, 2020:

13 people have died because of these protestors Ricky. 13. Because Democrat governors and mayors refuse to allow the police to stop the violence. Trump is blamed. Who from the start said nothing good will come and wanted it to stop. Yet you told me lives before property. Now 13 ...

Hanno replies on Jun 4, 2020:

@WilyRickWiles Lying about it won’t bring those people back. Wikipedia George Floyd riots. Read the names. See who they are. See who killed them. And still you callously lie about it. Do you have no compassion? Are these deaths just collateral to you in your march to socialism?

Should we be surprised?

bastion comments on Jun 3, 2020:

is the federalist the media aka fake news too?

Hanno replies on Jun 3, 2020:

Absolutely, everyone I know has peddled fake news at some time. Never just trust and believe anything. Seek evidence, analyse, reconsider both sides of the argument knowing that both could be wrong. Especially your own opinions... they are the one you should be most critical about. And don’t believe me as I too have an agenda...everyone has.

Atheists would be fine as long as they could all agree on what is morally right. Is that so hard?

CookieMonster comments on Jun 2, 2020:

Haha brilliant, one of the reasons ive been drifting in a religous direction.

Hanno replies on Jun 2, 2020:

@SupraLibrix Islam did win. You really need to read some history.

Atheists would be fine as long as they could all agree on what is morally right. Is that so hard?

Hanno comments on Jun 2, 2020:

Mmm... because Christians agree on what is moral right? You have any idea why there is different hundreds of denominations? Why all those wars were thought in the Middle Ages between Protestants and Catholics? Because your Bible is such a poor moral text book! Show me where the bible says that ...

Hanno replies on Jun 2, 2020:

@SupraLibrix What I meant was your presentation was rubbish. You cannot just dump equations like that. Rubbish was a strong word so I withdraw that and say insufficient presentation. No one is going to spend any time trying to figure out what you wrote. Do it properly and explain what you did.

Atheists would be fine as long as they could all agree on what is morally right. Is that so hard?

CookieMonster comments on Jun 2, 2020:

Haha brilliant, one of the reasons ive been drifting in a religous direction.

Hanno replies on Jun 2, 2020:

@SupraLibrix You really need to read up on the history of the Crusades. Nothing good came from them and much of the Islam/Judaism/Christian issues the world is facing today has their roots in the evil that was done during the Crusades. And if you think the crusades were only against Muslims, you are sadly mistaken. The Crusades failed and caused great harm.

Atheists would be fine as long as they could all agree on what is morally right. Is that so hard?

CookieMonster comments on Jun 2, 2020:

Haha brilliant, one of the reasons ive been drifting in a religous direction.

Hanno replies on Jun 2, 2020:

@SupraLibrix The Chinese were centuries ahead of the West for a very long time... they had the Mongols who slowed them down and by then the West took the lead. So no, not a Muslim man, but rather the Chinese would have brought it to us. Thanks to the Mongols and thanks to the Catholic Church we are centuries behind were we could have been.

Atheists would be fine as long as they could all agree on what is morally right. Is that so hard?

Hanno comments on Jun 2, 2020:

Mmm... because Christians agree on what is moral right? You have any idea why there is different hundreds of denominations? Why all those wars were thought in the Middle Ages between Protestants and Catholics? Because your Bible is such a poor moral text book! Show me where the bible says that ...

Hanno replies on Jun 2, 2020:

@SupraLibrix First of all you have defined good and evil as physical actions. That is the assumption you make at the start and how you define that will determine the value of your resulting equations. Go ahead, write it out properly and when you are done, publish it here under a new post. We will read and criticise if you want. And not the rubbish you did below. Do it properly else no one will read it.

Atheists would be fine as long as they could all agree on what is morally right. Is that so hard?

Hanno comments on Jun 2, 2020:

Mmm... because Christians agree on what is moral right? You have any idea why there is different hundreds of denominations? Why all those wars were thought in the Middle Ages between Protestants and Catholics? Because your Bible is such a poor moral text book! Show me where the bible says that ...

Hanno replies on Jun 2, 2020:

@SupraLibrix You missed the part where I said physics does not define anything. We define assumptions we make in order to write our observations of nature in mathematical form. The strength of the resulting physics depends on the validity of the original assumptions and how well we defined it. Physics itself is unable to define anything. You can use mathematics to understand human behaviour... however you can not use that to describe or define good or evil as those are subjective to how you define it. You need to make an assumption what good and evil is and then try to define it. You can then do all the physics you want... the result will only be as good as your original assumptions.

Atheists would be fine as long as they could all agree on what is morally right. Is that so hard?

Hanno comments on Jun 2, 2020:

Mmm... because Christians agree on what is moral right? You have any idea why there is different hundreds of denominations? Why all those wars were thought in the Middle Ages between Protestants and Catholics? Because your Bible is such a poor moral text book! Show me where the bible says that ...

Hanno replies on Jun 2, 2020:

@SupraLibrix No, semantics play no role here. You can use any term you want. I don’t think you understand science in general or physics specifically. Physics IS the “tool”. What other tool are you talking about? Any attempt to understand nature using observations, analyses, modeling, testing and evaluation, is by definition Physics.

Atheists would be fine as long as they could all agree on what is morally right. Is that so hard?

CookieMonster comments on Jun 2, 2020:

Haha brilliant, one of the reasons ive been drifting in a religous direction.

Hanno replies on Jun 2, 2020:

@SupraLibrix No, the dark ages and the crusades had a common cause: the Roman Catholic Church who believed that their version of man made morality was better than the Muslim version of man made morality. They stopped scientific progress for a thousand years. Thanks to the Chinese, Indians and the Arabs, we did have at least some progress.

Atheists would be fine as long as they could all agree on what is morally right. Is that so hard?

Hanno comments on Jun 2, 2020:

Mmm... because Christians agree on what is moral right? You have any idea why there is different hundreds of denominations? Why all those wars were thought in the Middle Ages between Protestants and Catholics? Because your Bible is such a poor moral text book! Show me where the bible says that ...

Hanno replies on Jun 2, 2020:

@SupraLibrix No, physics does not define anything. Physics is our attempt to understand the laws that rule nature. Our physical equations are full of flaws and assumptions and we are continually improving them. That is why we still build colliders and do all kinds of research. They are based on what we observe (which is always biased) and what we can test (which is limited). So anything you are going to derive from physics will be constrained by those two things: your own bias and your ability to test your derivations.

Atheists would be fine as long as they could all agree on what is morally right. Is that so hard?

CookieMonster comments on Jun 2, 2020:

Haha brilliant, one of the reasons ive been drifting in a religous direction.

Hanno replies on Jun 2, 2020:

@SupraLibrix Not only would the internet exist, we would have had it 800 years earlier. Dark ages rings any bells?

Atheists would be fine as long as they could all agree on what is morally right. Is that so hard?

Hanno comments on Jun 2, 2020:

Mmm... because Christians agree on what is moral right? You have any idea why there is different hundreds of denominations? Why all those wars were thought in the Middle Ages between Protestants and Catholics? Because your Bible is such a poor moral text book! Show me where the bible says that ...

Hanno replies on Jun 2, 2020:

@SupraLibrix I do not deny the value of religion and that it does contain some good teaching and morals. All religions have some good in them. You can learn a lot from the different religions. I am with Jordan Peterson on that one. The fact however remains that ALL religions have major flaws and omit serious issues. This shows you no “perfect” or divine being was involved. All religion is man made, I can prove that easily to you. Just hand me your texts and I will show you the mistakes and gross moral issues. What offended me so much is the repeated claim that your set of man made morals are better than some one else’s. Did we not have enough religious wars and conflict? The notion that my morals are somehow inferior to yours... think about that. Who do you thing you are?

Atheists would be fine as long as they could all agree on what is morally right. Is that so hard?

CookieMonster comments on Jun 2, 2020:

Haha brilliant, one of the reasons ive been drifting in a religous direction.

Hanno replies on Jun 2, 2020:

@SupraLibrix You mean go on a crusade?

Yet "black communities" have been doing this since the 60s.

BlackoutNJ comments on Jun 2, 2020:

You wonder why? Look at #OKBoomer , this is the embodiment of disregarding older and experienced people all to point blame at them for their own problems.

Hanno replies on Jun 2, 2020:

@KCSantiago not Psalms, but Proverbs.

I’m shocked—SHOCKED, DO YOU HEAR—to discover that the left is proving themselves to be ...

WilyRickWiles comments on Jun 2, 2020:

Trump violently attacked clergy among peaceful protesters to clear the way for his photo of with a Bible in front of their church last night.

Hanno replies on Jun 2, 2020:

@WilyRickWiles You know that is not what she is doing. What about the people lives who have been destroyed by this looting? What about the innocent people’s businesses destroyed by these thugs? She does not care for these people, only for her own political agenda. Imagine criticising a clergy members Christianity for valuing her political agenda more than people.

Trump posed with a Bible outside of a church after violently attacking its clergy [facebook.

Hanno comments on Jun 2, 2020:

Amazing... her church are burned down by protesters and she posts nothing of it... not a word. That is OK. Then give a rant about the actions of the police and secret service men who ensures the safety of the president showing solidarity with all the victims. Even more amazing... in the age ...

Hanno replies on Jun 2, 2020:

@WilyRickWiles The recording does not show at all the what she was claiming...

I’m shocked—SHOCKED, DO YOU HEAR—to discover that the left is proving themselves to be ...

WilyRickWiles comments on Jun 2, 2020:

Trump violently attacked clergy among peaceful protesters to clear the way for his photo of with a Bible in front of their church last night.

Hanno replies on Jun 2, 2020:

@WilyRickWiles I am an agnostic... I believe all self promotional Christians are fake, including Trump. You are barking up the wrong tree.

Trump posed with a Bible outside of a church after violently attacking its clergy [facebook.

Hanno comments on Jun 2, 2020:

Amazing... her church are burned down by protesters and she posts nothing of it... not a word. That is OK. Then give a rant about the actions of the police and secret service men who ensures the safety of the president showing solidarity with all the victims. Even more amazing... in the age ...

Hanno replies on Jun 2, 2020:

@WilyRickWiles beRnie fOr pResiDent!

I’m shocked—SHOCKED, DO YOU HEAR—to discover that the left is proving themselves to be ...

WilyRickWiles comments on Jun 2, 2020:

Trump violently attacked clergy among peaceful protesters to clear the way for his photo of with a Bible in front of their church last night.

Hanno replies on Jun 2, 2020:

@Edgework You must be a special kind of f-up to be completely quiet about the church burned, the mass violence across the country... and then try to pin it on Trump. The comments about the BLM medic teams are especially hilarious.

Yet "black communities" have been doing this since the 60s.

BlackoutNJ comments on Jun 2, 2020:

You wonder why? Look at #OKBoomer , this is the embodiment of disregarding older and experienced people all to point blame at them for their own problems.

Hanno replies on Jun 2, 2020:

That was a NZ girl who said that first... she was glorified here... she is still in parliament for the green party and now is no 3 on their list. When I said, that is the embodiment of the ignorant and arrogant youth, people frowned at me.

Has anyone else noticed that about the time one cricis slows down, another one comes up to DISTRACT ...

Hanno comments on Jun 1, 2020:

Read “ State of Fear “ by Michael Crichton.

Hanno replies on Jun 1, 2020:

@Serg97 It explains how governments have been distracting their populations for centuries and will continue to do so. In “State of Fear”, it shows how climate change was used to continue to distract and make the general population afraid after the Cold War boogey man was eliminated. This is nothing new.

JohnNolte: If you vote for leftists, decade after decade, to run your cities.

Xtra comments on Jun 1, 2020:

These observations are relevant and accurate and have been overlooked/ignored forever. Do you think it's just an inability to connect the dots?

Hanno replies on Jun 1, 2020:

@RoscoNovaro Have to agree with you on all above. I hate being called right wing or conservative, and I don’t believe anything without proof, and therefore I am again labeled an atheist when I am an agnostic, which again is just a label. However, we need to communicate with the rest of the world and to explain ourselves takes a long time , each time! So labels, even if we hate them are useful, sometimes. So I am an atheist, and I am a Christian and I am also a Buddhist ... I am also capitalist and a socialist, a totalitarian and a libertarian. I am prolife and pro choice,. etc etc you get my drift. I am also none of any of these things. For I agree and disagree with everyone and everything... since nothing is right and nothing is wrong all the time or without context... but I am being philosophical when I am not and must be getting boring to read so I will stop... for now.

JohnNolte: If you vote for leftists, decade after decade, to run your cities.

Xtra comments on Jun 1, 2020:

These observations are relevant and accurate and have been overlooked/ignored forever. Do you think it's just an inability to connect the dots?

Hanno replies on Jun 1, 2020:

@RoscoNovaro Why are conservative atheists so rare? It puzzles me that with exception of a few here such as Bikepeterhall and yourself, me and a few others... everybody are very religious. If you are not religious, you are seen as ‘left’.

Well if one good thing comes out of this it will be a proper understanding if the 2nd Amendment.

Hanno comments on May 31, 2020:

If they cheered the cop on... yeah, they are liable. Public interfering with cops is the last thing you want... ever heard if obstruction of justice?

Hanno replies on Jun 1, 2020:

@Joehlert11 Agreed... however letting Joe public decide when to interfere or not in a police arrest... I would trust the police over Joe Public any day. There are much less corrupt cops than ignorant and stupid people. Of course we can construct extreme cases where the police are clearly in the wrong and we need to act, sure enough, then you are correct. Would it not be better if we are able to keep cops accountable and let them do their jobs? I am not American so maybe I am completely in the wrong here.

Tony Heller: All Schools Open In Sweden Unlike the US (and Canada), Sweden’s approach to ...

Dmwils comments on May 31, 2020:

Sitting here reading y'alls decisions that this country made a mistake closing down. Would you mind writing that on the 100,000+ headstones.

Hanno replies on May 31, 2020:

36 000 Americans died in road accidents... you still driving your car? Would you mind writing why on 36 000 headstones? Completely preventable deaths... just reduce the speed limit to 8 mph. Would you also mind to explain the 30+ million Americans who are now without a job that their jobs and incomes are not essential? I am not saying don’t do anything... however quarantine the elderly and the at risk... don’t destroy the livelihood of people who has no risk or take no more risk than they already do just by going to work everyday. It is never that simple.

There have been a lot of questions about race & oppression on here.

Geofrank comments on May 31, 2020:

Thanks. That was a lot of data and well related. For me it leads to the question: Who -or what- destroyed the fabric of the nuclear family in America?

Hanno replies on May 31, 2020:

It is not a US problem.... it is everywhere. A culture of no personal responsibility has been developing world wide since the 1950’s. Then governments wanted to do good, but that is hard. So they took short cuts and the easy way out by “helping” single mothers... which I am all for. However they did it by removing responsibility from fathers and placing it on the state aka tax payer. Then they paid these moms per kid they had... so in the 80’s and 90’s having kids was a career option for young woman (in NZ anyway). Now we have those children becoming moms and the cycle is a disaster:

I wonder how many still remain confident that the so called main stream media, so called news, holds...

Xtra comments on May 31, 2020:

Very few people on this site believe anything the mainstream media says.

Hanno replies on May 31, 2020:

Preaching to the choir a bit.

Hmmmm... 🤔 Does this surprise anyone?

MaskedRiderChris comments on May 31, 2020:

Funny you mention this, I was thinking yesterday along the lines of "Uh-huh. A "pandemic" that has not slaughtered all of us "essential workers" who have been "on the front lines" of it...sure, anything you say, guys. If and when there is no new cases of the Election Year Flu (as I've been lovingly ...

Hanno replies on May 31, 2020:

Stupid is, stupid does. Socialist governments failed the world over all the time and yet people can only see the wrong with capitalism.

There are protests happening all over America now.

TimTuolomne comments on May 30, 2020:

I strongly suggest that you stop believing the Leftist narrative about the police without questioning, and do the research on crime, including the demographics of which groups of people tend to commit crimes (socially disadvantaged) and how police procedures already do hold justice and the innocent ...

Hanno replies on May 30, 2020:

What make her comment so frustrating it completely removes the incentive to actually understand why these things are happening. So nothing will change and this will keep on happening whenever they want to move people’s attention from something else...

BabylonBee: The Babylon Bee has decided to save time by simply quoting Biden verbatim.

Xtra comments on May 30, 2020:

Joe got babylonbee.com to quote the Bible!

Hanno replies on May 30, 2020:

Respect!

People are brainwashed since their birth they are made fear about religion and fear on unseen god!

TimTuolomne comments on May 29, 2020:

So don't be brainwashed. Read the Bible, so you know what it is, not what someone's opinion is. Same with everything else. Anyone who believes the media today is so dumb that they need someone to tell them what to think. If you are smart, find out firsthand for yourself.

Hanno replies on May 30, 2020:

Similarly, should he read the Koran, the teachings of Buddha, the Hindoe scriptures, the truths about Sikhism, the ying and the yang of Taoism, the spirit of Shinto, the principles of Dianetics.... and for that matter, Have you?

So the Mexican coronavirus death has more than quadrupled the secret prediction made in a March ...

Hanno comments on May 28, 2020:

How would they have possible thought that only 2000 people would die? Best estimates total fatality rate is currently 0.4% so that is 500 000 in Mexico maximum. Considering typically only 35% of a population gets infected you may say that minimum would be 150 000 if you have no intervention such ...

Hanno replies on May 28, 2020:

That is of course if you do nothing and the 0,4% is correct. In practice of course modern medicine will reduce deaths greatly to a much lower number... however 2000 is really optimistic.

Twitter and FB social media platforms and the lame stream media talking heads and outlets have ...

Dmwils comments on May 27, 2020:

When do we stop blaming Facebook and Twitter and start blaming the idiots who keep posting there and believing what they read. There have been so many lies told by the liberals and MSM that this country has to be at least 50% sheeple who couldn't have a realistic thought if their life depended on ...

Hanno replies on May 28, 2020:

The basic idea of democracy is beautiful. However for it to work everyone needs to have at least an IQ of 100 (which immediately excludes half the population) and needs to be properly informed... How are you going to achieve that?

People are out of patience with CV especially when the CDC lowers the fatality rate to about 0.

Hanno comments on May 27, 2020:

I missed the 0,04%. Link to where this was posted?

Hanno replies on May 27, 2020:

Ah, 0,4... not 0,04. Found the source...

FOLLOW THE DATA!!! Well, unless you use clever slights of hand to make it lie.

FEWI comments on May 26, 2020:

I just finished this article on the same subject but more of an explanation in layman’s terms. I thought it would clarify things a bit for me but .. I still don’t understand, why do they insist on fudging the numbers in the US. Do you think they are doing this to justify a mandatory ...

Hanno replies on May 26, 2020:

It is part of the narrative that Trump is incompetent and must be removed. It is exactly the opposite in NZ. Ardern “defeated” the virus and we have the “best” government in the world.

Something remembined me of this today.

Slugo comments on May 21, 2020:

Can I get points from commenting on my own stuff? Edit: Nope. Dosen't work. :(

Hanno replies on May 21, 2020:

Your level is not high enough yet... contribute a bit more and you will get there.

SoFMag: Radio New Zealand reports that gun violence had increased in the country in spite of the gun...

cRaZyTMG comments on May 19, 2020:

NZ and Canada - very similar political stupidity. You want to reduce gun crime?. Mandatory gun training - middle and high schools. Firearm ownership mandatory at age 18.

Hanno replies on May 19, 2020:

Trudeau and Ardern are best mates... And just like in Canada us Kiwis all suffer from Stockholm syndrome.

Do you see it?

KeVince comments on May 16, 2020:

immediately, but then I have a well trained eye

Hanno replies on May 16, 2020:

@Naomi I am too pure of heart to see naked woman... lol!

Think your immune? [youtu.be]

Hanno comments on May 15, 2020:

That is why you have to be critical of everything... and every one here agrees until you start talking about religion and suddenly everyone becomes stupid.

Hanno replies on May 16, 2020:

@iThink all good. I agree with what you say... and in retrospect I should have said people act stupid and not become stupid.

Think your immune? [youtu.be]

Hanno comments on May 15, 2020:

That is why you have to be critical of everything... and every one here agrees until you start talking about religion and suddenly everyone becomes stupid.

Hanno replies on May 16, 2020:

@iThink What I meant to say is that most contributors here are only critical of things they already disagree with. No one here is self-critical. Therefore they repeat the same religious comments just like the reporters... all singing from the same song sheet they have been given... never reviewing what they are saying... it is only when you look from the outside that the you see the that the reporter and religious people act exactly the same. You can say the same of any group of people who sheepishly follow what they have been taught and never critically evaluate what they believe. Most contributors here have some ability to evaluate political views and standpoints, however they are completely unable to look at religion the same way... and hence they are no better that the reporters. It may not be a nice thing to say... but it is very true.

Hydroxychloroquine!

FEWI comments on May 15, 2020:

I'm taking 50 mgs of zinc and drinking 3-4 oz of tonic water a day. Just being proactive. The democrats and MSM are pushing this vaccine..one more reason not to take it.

Hanno replies on May 15, 2020:

I put some gin in my tonic... never been healthier! How many bottles of gin and tonic can you buy with $1000? Zinc is peanut cheap... why would you NOT do it?

And always ask the awkward questions!

iThink comments on May 13, 2020:

Can you clarify for us? Are you saying Christian teachings and or all religion in general are bullshit? Is morality itself bullshit? If you have a workable suggestion for ways to imbue our children with a code of moral behavior other than religious teachings please elaborate.

Hanno replies on May 14, 2020:

@Xtra Ah, are you saying the majority in the US (who are Christian) are right? Hehe... Or that the majority who thinks gods exist are all right? Just messing with you. Of course your attempt to confuse the issue by saying right is the same as moral is easily spotted. I am just pointing out the rubbish notion that you can only be moral if you believe in some god or that humans are too dumb to figure out morals themselves. And of course, the bible is a very poor source of morals. As I pointed out above.

Without diving into true/untrue, overblown/dangerously ignored, cautious/cowardly, etc.

TimTuolomne comments on May 13, 2020:

Not the first time humans have reacted as a fearful mob, and it won't be the last. Mob rule is dangerous, because whatever intelligence might be available in the aggregate is totally unavailable in the mob. This is who we are. It is what has placed humanity in danger before, and will again....

Hanno replies on May 13, 2020:

@TimTuolomne I understand all those things and completely agree with you on all off them. What I do not understand, is if the above is all true, the hi R0 and the early dates, and that smoking and poor health are the actual indicators... why is it that in NZ no Maori died? Maori are among the worst smokers in the world and suffer greatly from poor health conditions.... the Spanish flu devastated their population. Now, no deaths. Ditto for Africans.... I cannot explain it.

Without diving into true/untrue, overblown/dangerously ignored, cautious/cowardly, etc.

TimTuolomne comments on May 13, 2020:

Not the first time humans have reacted as a fearful mob, and it won't be the last. Mob rule is dangerous, because whatever intelligence might be available in the aggregate is totally unavailable in the mob. This is who we are. It is what has placed humanity in danger before, and will again....

Hanno replies on May 13, 2020:

@TimTuolomne The problem is the flurry of deaths in Italy. If the whole world had been infected... then the mortality rate is minuscule. Also the tests are useless because no one tests positive in many places of the world when every second person should be testing positive as the disease does it’s rounds. Then what killed the Italians? So for the hi R0 to be true and the time of first infection to be true, then the disease must be extremely harmless else we would have seen many deaths all over Asia in November and December and the rest of the world in January and February... if the month latency period is true. Even if R0 is 2,5... the disease deaths are too late and specific in Italy. And completely absent in Africa? The one place you would expect carnage if the the deaths in Italy are caused by Covid and co-morbid factors such as smoking.

Without diving into true/untrue, overblown/dangerously ignored, cautious/cowardly, etc.

TimTuolomne comments on May 13, 2020:

Not the first time humans have reacted as a fearful mob, and it won't be the last. Mob rule is dangerous, because whatever intelligence might be available in the aggregate is totally unavailable in the mob. This is who we are. It is what has placed humanity in danger before, and will again....

Hanno replies on May 13, 2020:

Read my response to crazytmg above... their is something seriously wrong when you do the modelling. The hi R0 numbers and the time of first infections is simply not possible, it should have killed millions of smokers and TB sufferers by now... it has not. We are being lied to on a massive scale.

Without diving into true/untrue, overblown/dangerously ignored, cautious/cowardly, etc.

cRaZyTMG comments on May 13, 2020:

I agree, I believe the fear of COVID-19(84) will kill more people than the virus itself. Fear is a rational response to threats. It should motivate the actions needed to assess and mitigate the threat. The problem is, how do you know truth from BS in todays environment of fake news and ...

Hanno replies on May 13, 2020:

Sweden has made strong points that more will die due to delayed cancer screening and elective surgery than from the virus and they have the numbers now to prove it. Will we eventually know the full truth? I hope so. The evidence now that the virus was around in China since September and Europe since December does not add up with the claimed contagiousness and mortality of the virus. Medical researchers knows this by now and more and more common doctors are pointing it out. There is massive lying going on.

And always ask the awkward questions!

iThink comments on May 13, 2020:

Can you clarify for us? Are you saying Christian teachings and or all religion in general are bullshit? Is morality itself bullshit? If you have a workable suggestion for ways to imbue our children with a code of moral behavior other than religious teachings please elaborate.

Hanno replies on May 13, 2020:

Are the six billion people on earth who are NOT Christian all immoral? Are the more than billion agnostic/atheist people on earth all utterly immoral? I have raised my children without religious instruction and they live very moral lives... according to biblical standards, they are more moral than most of their Christian friends. Of course, where they differ is they do not support slavery like the bible does and they speak out against under age sex, things the bible chose to ignore.

So, it's true.

TimTuolomne comments on May 6, 2020:

Its far less of a threat than even the nerd thinks. Here's why. Geneticists who have analyzed the gene sequence of SARS COV2, which causes COVID-19, are confident of three facts: 1. There are no markers which are unavoidable when genes are spliced (engineered). 2. The forensic path clearly ...

Hanno replies on May 6, 2020:

@TimTuolomne Wow, that was a rather defensive attack on me. Ok, I cannot do the math... R0 of 5,7 means the it is highly infectious. Therefore if you are exposed there is a very high likelihood of getting infected... if you are not infected it conversely implies that you were likely not exposed. After thousands of tests many areas have no infections or extremely low levels. Which means these areas were not exposed, even now. This includes states in the US! So no, it is not a matter of me not being able to do the math. It is a matter of you not being able to do the basic logic. So go and insult yourself.

So, it's true.

TimTuolomne comments on May 6, 2020:

Its far less of a threat than even the nerd thinks. Here's why. Geneticists who have analyzed the gene sequence of SARS COV2, which causes COVID-19, are confident of three facts: 1. There are no markers which are unavoidable when genes are spliced (engineered). 2. The forensic path clearly ...

Hanno replies on May 6, 2020:

I agree with everything except you R0 assumption that the whole world was already infected by the time we discovered the disease: 1. Your source does not state that at all. It states the level of infections required to reach herd immunity. 2. If your statement were true we would have had positive cases In Fiji and other islands... they have none. We have zero cases in large areas of NZ ( as you have in the US) and we tested 10s of thousands everywhere. No, the disease was not everywhere early and lockdowns did reduce the spread significantly. The rest you are correct in my view. In NZ our death count of 20 includes people who tested negative for the virus, however where in proximity of infected people and shows symptoms. So we just included them because they could have been infected. This is the case world wide. The reported death rate is many times higher the actual rate. And the infection rate is also many times higher than reported so we have grossly overrated the mortality rate. The world got scared watching too many zombies movies and we destroyed our economies for no reason.