Sure. But that's the price to pay for freedom.
I don't know if that's the reason for school uniforms but if it is, it is the wrong reason.
What if others outlaw your ability to think the way you do because somehow it is offensive for them that you think that way?
In a free country, you will have that freedom to think for yourself. I will defend your freedom to express anything, even if it is offensive to me.
If some members of a society has the ability to shut down speeches they consider "offensive", that's no longer a free society.
It's one of the few countries with a list of constitutional rights, yet these are continuously being questioned and apparently may be partly revoked at any time. It's a free society until someone says otherwise, a Damocles sword I could do without.
Our studies have shown that this horrible force is so dangerous to society at large that laws are being drawn up at this very moment to stop it forever!
Cruel and inhuman punishments are being carefully described in tiny paragraphs so they won't conflict with the Constitution (which, itself, is being modified in order to accommodate THE FUTURE)
What if France pulls out as well?
So many people with
Creating a common enemy is a very easy trick for politicians who have no real solutions for any issue they bring up.
What if France pulls out as well?You have to ask yourself why the UK is on the verge of exiting the EU: it is the result of populistic politicians and not for solid economic reasons. It is very easy to blame politics for your own misery while you sit on your arse and expect to get paid every month. Creating a common enemy is a very easy trick for politicians who have no real solutions for any issue they bring up.
Time for a history lesson: The EU was preceeded by the EEC which was created in 1957 in order to streamline trade between the West European countries and the UK entered in 1973. Now think about how wise it is to throw something out which has worked for over 40 years. Due to increasing globalism it really is (more than ever) necessary for smaller countries to stick together.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Economic_Community
If you think the EU is working then look at the state of the Euro economy and what it's done to the Southern nations.
BUT if we want access to the common market we are likely to have to accept free movement of labour as wellThat's a myth.
OK, so the "Swiss model". Which took at least 10 years to set up, covers far fewer trade sectors and agreements than we would need, required considerable concessions on the part of the Swiss and provides an ongoing legislative burden on the Swiss government. Oh, and I believe the EU has said it was so complex it would not entertain setting up anything like it again.
Or the Canadian model - which has taken ages to set up, is not complete, does not provide tariff free access to the market and does not cover services (which are essential ti the UK economy).
What makes you believe that if the UK left, the EU would suddenly start charging tariffs on UK goods? If they did that, then the UK would quite likely do the same to EU goods so it wouldn't achieve anything, especially given the EU sell more goods to the UK than they buy.
I don't plan on adapting my way of life to accommodate the feelings of a retarded culture's sky pixie.
Didn't the USA recently ban the confederate flag from being displayed?
New poll today showing 55% in favor of exit.
If I were a Brit, I think I'd be voting to exit.
The EU's problem is that it was created without a democratically accountable legislature.
QuoteThe EU's problem is that it was created without a democratically accountable legislature.
What you have in Europe and most other western countries can be better described as tyranny: tyranny of the majority.
QuoteThe EU's problem is that it was created without a democratically accountable legislature.
What you have in Europe and most other western countries can be better described as tyranny: tyranny of the majority.A they say - democracy is the worst possible option, except for all the others.
So if your expression is offensive to others, would you support suppression of your offensive expression?
The US lacks hundreds of years of "enlightenment", and its people are barbaric. The europeans, on the other hand, have been thoroughly enlightened and should hold itself to a higher, preferably much higher, standard.
What makes you believe that if the UK left, the EU would suddenly start charging tariffs on UK goods? If they did that, then the UK would quite likely do the same to EU goods so it wouldn't achieve anything, especially given the EU sell more goods to the UK than they buy.Because the default position, unless an agreement has been reached is that tariffs will apply.
In practice I am sure we would try to reach an agreement but as I have said before, if we want tariff free access to the single market the cost is likely to be continued acceptance of the free movement of labour - we loose the ability to influence the EU but still get most of the baggage which is why I don't favour that type of deal.
What makes you believe that if the UK left, the EU would suddenly start charging tariffs on UK goods? If they did that, then the UK would quite likely do the same to EU goods so it wouldn't achieve anything, especially given the EU sell more goods to the UK than they buy.Because the default position, unless an agreement has been reached is that tariffs will apply.
In practice I am sure we would try to reach an agreement but as I have said before, if we want tariff free access to the single market the cost is likely to be continued acceptance of the free movement of labour - we loose the ability to influence the EU but still get most of the baggage which is why I don't favour that type of deal.But it's not certain they will make free movement a condition of a trade agreement. If the UK left the EU and just said no to free movement, then the EU may refuse a deal or they may not, but don't make out that they definitely will. That would be a lie. You can't be certain about what will happen and even if the EU makes threats, it doesn't mean they'll carry them out.
Currently the UK is running a trade deficit with the EU and is exporting less. Imposing tariffs on one of your biggest customers will only cause more harm then good.
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2016/may/10/uk-trade-deficit-hits-new-record-of-24bn-pounds-eu-referendum-brexit
...we loose the ability to influence the EU