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Morality, which stems from the 10 commandments? Which is the supposed foundation of religion?No. I’m not talking about his trial. I’m talking about the morality of his actions. Not legality.
To be honest this is starting to sound very much like another religion, based on morals you subscribe to.
Nice
straw-manred herring [figure that's more appropriate], but "I dont live my life based on whataboutalisms" Neither you nor I am a starving Somali child.
Let's reframe this: Bad Guy goes and robs a liquor store. A struggle breaks out and the proprietor gets shot and killed. At Bad Guy's first court appearance he gets up and proclaims "Morality is subjective. It's my personal choice to rob and kill. It fits within my moral framework. Who are you to judge?"
How do you respond?
a) "It's your choice. Who am I to judge your actions?"
b) "No. Personal choice does not extend to situations in which your actions cause suffering to others."
Poor example. Law and morals are very different topics. There is a law against killing people, otherwise a lot more people would do it, I can assure you. Eating animals is a moral choice (that the VAST majority of humans have no problem with).
That is still incorrect. There is no such thing as a perfect diet, but a whole foods plant-based diet affords more protection against most of the leading killers op people than traditional omnivorous diets. Claiming that the “diet is lacking basic nutritional requirements” because of B12 supplementation is simply being intellectually dishonest.
As a vegan, if you fail to take B12 supplements, you will die from B12 deficiency as your diet does not provide it. That's a fact. It's also the reason why there were no vegans around a century ago, or if there were they weren't around for very long.
You make many references comparing an exclusionary vegan diet to a "traditional omnivorous diet". It's quite obvious that the majority of the studies have used the average American diet as a basis of comparison, which gives very misleading results IMO. Anything is better than eating an average American diet, I think we all agree on that. Studies involving a properly balanced diet versus a vegan diet yield far less spectacular differences, but that doesn't make for very good campaigning material. Although I suspect you're well aware of that anyway...
I eat a balanced whole food diet, including meat. I take no supplementation at all - I don't need to because my diet provides me with everything my body requires. I know this for a fact because I have regular bloodwork done.
The one magic gadget that I use all the time but that doesn't fit in the toolbox is a magnetic bowl for holding bolts and bits. I no longer crawl around on the floor trying to find that one tiny little screw that fell and fled to a dark corner.
I have one of these. Not Parktool though, it's a pin holder i stole from the ex's sewing room. Invaluable! 
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Not really.
Anyone with a pool will tell you that you can smell the chlorine. Meaning that it leaves the water. It is not a solid.
If you heat the water the chlorine gas will leave the water faster.
There are two reasons why pools need more chlorine in summer. One is that that algae grows better in warmer water and the other is chlorine leaving the warmer water faster. (higher kinetic energy)
Partially correct, however UV (sunlight) is the main destroyer of chlorine in swimming pools, causing chlorine to breakdown into hypocholrites(sp?) and return to the atmosphere as gas. Summer results in longer sunlight exposure and thus faster chlorine breakdown. If your pool water is not stabilised, direct sunlight will destroy the majority of available chlorine (over 90%) in the water within a few hours.
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I don't normally do it that way. I normally let it sit in vinegar for about 4 hours.. Then season and let in sit in the fridge overnight.
Going forwarded I'm front going to be lighter on the vinegar. Whatever I did this time worked well
I use a spray bottle to just wet the meat with vinegar and a few dashes of hot sauce, then leave it in the fridge for 12 hours. The job of the vinegar is to extract the blood so the meat doesn't rot when it hangs. I then dunk it in warm water to rinse, pat dry, spice and hang. I find rinsing helps keeps the meaty taste, which I enjoy.
Does the prosecutor have to win the case? Can the judge not use his own brain? I don't know how it works. This part gets to me. So all the criminals running around not prosecuted are because the judge says the police did not do a good enough job.
It will be an almighty day when one of these crims gets a hold of one of these judges and their families and does a number on them.
The state prosecutor has to present a compelling case, and to do that he depends on the investigating officers to collect evidence correctly, and testify accordingly (along with expert witnesses). Neither of those things happened, so the state prosecutor has their hands tied. The judge can only make a decision based on the version presented by the state versus the version presented by the accused, both of which rely on the power of the evidence.
In South Africa all it takes is a combination of a good lawyer and a lazy police officer, and you can get away with literally anything. I personally know of people who have gotten off very serious offences by simply being able to afford good lawyers. One of the cases involved 8 police officers as witnesses, and NOT A SINGLE ONE arrived in court to testify, so the case was dropped. Last I heard less than 2% of DUI cases in SA result in prosecution due to a) incorrect procedures when collecting evidence, and b) arresting officers not arriving at court to testify. It's nothing short of a bloody shambles.
Probably hasn’t read the Bible, if he has he’d know that Jesus is the son in the holy trinity, not the father.
Is that an ancient word for a 3 way?
Or trying to process this reality.....
Which one is the vegan?
Jokes aside, 25+ years ago when I attended a private school in joburg, the same thing used to happen. I can recall more than 1 occasion when someone bought their dad's gun to school in a bid to be 'cool'. It's nothing new.
Best you aim those boots at yourself, your wife or most people on the planet...
We make them do it.
We buy cheap goods, we complain if our make up burns our eyes, we don't investigate where our food/products come from, we want tasty/quality goods at what we consider reasonable prices etc.
Capitalism is consumer based and we are the consumers. People don't go and torture anmals for fun - they do it for profit and we prodivde that profit one purchase at a time.
If everyone refused to buy products that were tested on animals the above pictures would be relegated to history.
Precisely. Any time you use suncream, soap, medication, and a whole list of products, you contribute to this indirectly.
It doesn't make the treatment of these animals alright, but from a scientific point of view, there are many, many important products us humans wouldn't have if it weren't for animal testing. They unfortunately play a vital role in research science.
What spez tyres have this sidewall problem?
Every set of ground controls that I’ve owned had this issue. Even the latest casings do it.
Details on where you ordered from pleasejust placed an order for a new board that can be converted to an off road or street setup.
Those tyres roll over anything. 7” pneumatic tyres with two tread patterns.
I’ll post picks when it arrives on Monday.
I ride most weekends. I know I’m a cyclist though, because I still get a chubby when I see my Intense parked in the garage each morning.
And it certainly helps keep the interior cool in the peak of the Brisbane summer.
Yeah the decent film blocks a huge percentage of UV and IR. Really helps.
The dealer wanted $650 to do mine, but I found a local chap who did a really good job for $300, with top end film too. Just goes to show.
Car theft in Aus is the only crime aspect that is worse than SA. In 2018, about 50 000 vehicles were stolen in each country, so when normalised to population, Aus is really shown in a bad light. The link below says about 70% are stolen short term, for joy-rides or to commit another offence and recovered. Car jacking in Aus however is so rare that it would make the news, so maybe a hundred per year, rare enough not to have its own crime category for stats.
It's a major problem here, but there's also a lot more registered vehicles (20 million in Aus vs 12 million in SA).
I’m my personal experience of Brisbane, it’s virtually non existent. But I live in a decent area and take precautions (that most ex-saffers would). The crime that I hear about is mostly wallets being stolen from unlocked cars, or tools from unlocked garages. There is very, very little contact crime.So in the land of daisies and roses, how real is the crime rate?
It’s just a different state of mind amongst people here, and far more respect for their fellow humans. As an example, I lost my ray bans on the bus 2 weeks ago, they fell off my shirt and I didn’t notice. I humoured myself the next day and called translink lost property, thinking there was a very slim chance of ever seeing them again, Lo and behold, a passenger had found them, handed them to the driver that night, and they were waiting for me to collect at the depot. Unbelievable! Not saying that would never happen in S.A., but the odds are far lower
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Regarding option 3, I believe a 3 year stay is now $5000, and a 5 year stay is $10,000. 10 year option got scrapped. And you are fully liable for any public health costs during their stay. Quite a commitment!
aaaand the backlash has started
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12274262
I had a good chuckle at the "It's discriminatory!" comment. Of course it's discriminatory! The entire visa process is discriminatory by the simple fact that you are choosing who gets to live in NZ, and excluding those who don't qualify.
IMO these changes are warranted. I personally know 2 families who have moved their (poor and retired) parents over to NZ and are now battling to support, what's now become, a family of 6 and 7 respectively. It's inevitable that they add a burden to the state once they qualify for certain pensions and benefits, and these changes help avoid that to some degree.
But if you're on one of the better medical aids, they'll ship a helicopter if it's warranted... Would likely have saved a life here.
But a very poor show on the part of NF management. Not sure any other places would have done any better though.
It actually takes quite a lot for a helicopter to be dispatched. For one, a doctor/paramedic needs to physically assess the patient first.
This is a terrible tragedy. While it's not feasible for all mtb trails to provide medical evacuation capabilities, it would certainly be reasonable to expect them to have an emergency response plan with a knowledgeable person on the other end of the phone. They should be well versed in briefing an ambulance service with gps location, directions and extraction requirements.
I suspect he meant getting it mailed to you while in the UK. If it’s delivered to a UK address you’ll be charged UK VAT. If it’s delivered to SA then no UK VAT but you’ll be charged SA VAT at customs.They don't charge you VAT if the items are mailed to you. So there is no difference really
If you collect in UK and bring to SA, you get charged UK VAT, but can claim it back.
If they mail to you, they don't charge VAT, so your cost will still be the same.
To the OP, remember SA VAT is still levied when the goods enter SA.
Best option is to collect in store in the UK, claim the VAT back on exit from the UK, and don’t declare on entry to SA (yes, I know it’s wrong, so if fraud and corruption. Put the high horse back in the stable).
Either way, great deal!Could have been 2018 models. They're all gone now.
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Who is this ‘we’ you constantly reference? And who made these rules up?