Whale with harness could be Russian weapon, say Norwegian experts

Re:Whale with harness could be Russian weapon, say Norwegian... by skilled on Tuesday April 30, 2019 @08:10AM (#19787173)

Well, actually, it's the government with your money that does bad things.

You are subscribed to the government and won't do anything about it. So, it's actually mostly your fault (society).

Until people decide this is not the way of life, this circle will continue until extinction.

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Re:Whale with harness could be Russian weapon, say Norwegian... by dTal on Tuesday April 30, 2019 @08:48AM (#19787409)

I think it's a fine thing to take responsibility for your government. But it's a bit much to blame people for the government doing bad things with "their" money. It's not their picture on the money. There's no unsubscribe option on a tax return form. You can't opt out, and even in our Western democracies representation is... poor, to say the least. The distinction between a government and its population is not meaningless.

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Re:Whale with harness could be Russian weapon, say Norwegian... by dTal on Tuesday April 30, 2019 @09:13AM (#19787583)

I really have no idea what any of that has to do with anything said by either myself or user basestop, who you originally replied to. Or how you came to any conclusions about my mental state.

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Re:Whale with harness could be Russian weapon, say Norwegian... by azangru on Tuesday April 30, 2019 @09:55AM (#19787928)

> and won't do anything about it

We vote. The only legal democratic tool to "do anything about it", isn't it? Only our vote is a minority one that doesn't count much.

And what the hell is "society", anyway? Given that, say, 70 percent of the population votes one way and 30 percent the other way, is there any fault with the 30 percent? Are they "society"?

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