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Re:U.S. Proposes Allowing Foreign Officials to Serve Warrant... by cscurmudgeon on Thursday July 21, 2016 @08:51PM (#12141063)
>The "western world" is not a person. "The western world" does not have opinions. The people who make up the western world have read about Colonialism in textbooks, and they've been taught it was terrible. Why should these people want to be victims of it?

What do you think of affirmative action?

> I think you'll find that there is no law of the universe that actually prevents it.

I meant that as a moral statement. As in "you shouldn't do something bad." There is no universal preventing it.

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Re:U.S. Proposes Allowing Foreign Officials to Serve Warrant... by Crito on Thursday July 21, 2016 @10:46PM (#12141424)
Why do you wonder what I think about affirmative action?

>"you shouldn't"

Why shouldn't Americans enact trade policy that is best for Americans?

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Re:U.S. Proposes Allowing Foreign Officials to Serve Warrant... by cscurmudgeon on Thursday July 21, 2016 @11:52PM (#12141605)
> Why do you wonder what I think about affirmative action?

Reread your own comment and think about it :)

> Why shouldn't Americans enact trade policy that is best for Americans?

Because Americans have forced others to act against their own self-interests. Read about opening of Japan.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perry_Expedition#Threat_of_for...

If everyone does that, the world will turn shitty quite soon.

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