Spyke

Replies

Comment on

50-Year-Old Grandfather and His 3-Month-Old Granddaughter Dead After 'Brutal' Pitbull Attack

Reply in thread

It is clear, it's just so stupid and incorrect that it's worth checking if thats what you actually meant.

Like someone claiming they are going to eat the moon, you have to check that they said what they actually meant before replying in earnest.

Firstly "dog racism"? Really?

Secondly, race is a human social construct that in no way applies to dogs.

You could have tried "breedism" which at least would've got you somewhere in the general vicinity.

Dog eugenics would have also been acceptable.

There are other points but I'm legitimately not sure you'll make it past the first two.

If you want to make the breed vs owner argument, at least try to start somewhere that doesn't immediately self-sabotage.

Comment on

Tony Hall has lived in the UK for 50 years. Why is the Home Office trying to deport him?

Reply in thread

Can’t blame the gov for everything.

True, but in the case of a well publicised and documented failure of multiple generations of government, a case in which they have already admitted culpability and are (very slowly) working to redress, i don't need to blame them, blame is firmly established.

Feel free to look it up, it's in the article.

The logic is simple to follow, i'll lay it out in steps

  • If he was already a citizen , the issue of deportation wouldn't exist.
  • By the sounds of it, it seems he should have already been a citizen long before this happened.
  • The reason for him not already being a citizen is governmental incompetence (or malice, i suppose)

All of that is assuming, of course, that he is one of the people affected by said government fuckup, which again, it seems like he is.

Is he a nice person? no idea

Does he deserve the rules to be applied evenly to him? absolutely.

Comment on

Tony Hall has lived in the UK for 50 years. Why is the Home Office trying to deport him?

Reply in thread

I will preface this with :

  • ACAB
  • The current legal system is corrupt in it's uneven application
  • legality and ethics/morals are subjective and not always the same thing.

So know that im not defending the legal system here, just stating that weak/innacurate arguments weaken whatever position you try to build upon them.


Planning a violent crime, even with intent, isn't considered a violent crime in and of itself, as it involves no violence.

Intent and action are different things, which is why there are separate names and crimes.

The argument that they deserve the same punishment is interesting though and (I think) sometimes valid.

If deportation is a named consequence of the crime(either part of the sentence or a consequence of having a criminal record of that nature) then they should have been deported immediately.

If it is not, then they have paid for their crime and tagging consequences on after the fact is vigilante behaviour.

To be clear, im not arguing against vigilante justice here, just pointing out that it would be extra-judicial, making whoever preformed that action a criminal as well.

Comment on

Tony Hall has lived in the UK for 50 years. Why is the Home Office trying to deport him?

Reply in thread

By definition it's less dangerous.

One involves the violence, one is the planning of the violence (with no actual violence having happened).

It implies multiple parties and the intent to commit the violence in the future, but the violence hasn't happened yet.

If they were the same ting there wouldn't be a separate term and or crime.

It sounds like you want to argue that the planning (with intent) should carry the same sentence and repercussions, which is an entirely valid argument, have at it.

Pretending that planning and execution are the same exact level of danger serves only to undermine what might otherwise be a well reasoned argument.

Comment on

Alternative medicine

Reply in thread

Im all on the "listen to the medical experts" train.

There are however some medicines and treatments that legitimately started as "alternative".

A lot of it is horseshit though.

Also modern medicine isn't infallible(nor the people that practice it).

Statistically though, it's fucking high magic compared to most internet sourced diagnoses.

Comment on

Alternative medicine

Reply in thread

Medical science is just that, medicine that follows the scientific method. (Or at least it's supposed to).

The scientific method is basically testing guesses (sometimes educated ones) and seeing what happens.

There's a whole lot of structure and guidelines, but testing guesses(hypotheses) is where it's at mostly.

The current state of any science is usually "the best theory we have right now, given the data and resources available to us"

Some people hear that and think "look, they're just guessing, why should I listen to them?" and thats absolutely valid.

Where that falls down is that they then go on to assume all guesses are equal and ignore the time and resources that went in to that current scientific best guess.

Is it always correct? no, is it more likely to be beneficial than a random social media post by an influencer with no medical expertise? Generally yes.

Comment on

🪿💨💨💨

Reply in thread

Pretty sure the (arguably) oldest profession of humanity is pretty much all out of fucks to give for peoples opinions of it.

but hey, some basic-ass bad-faith drive-by statements might just be the thing we need to turn this all around, keep it up, i expect the tide to turn any day now.