This is a weird take. Americans are free to not support military interventions planned by their country. To imply that this stance is only possible with brain washing by China is something I wasn’t expecting to see on HN. Heck, it is usually the opposite. People become avid supporters of current war/invasion/intervention due to intense propaganda by traditional and social media.
I would applaud the American youth if your post ever becomes reality.
You would expect resistance the same as any other military intervention has. However the magnitude of the that resistance given what is at stake is what would be telling.
It is similar to why we chose gold to use as “gold” as humanity. Not all elements are suitable to be used as a store of value and physical currency.
Let’s look at the primary and secondary colours.
Yellow: Bad contrast.
Red or Green: Action colours, would be bad to see them everywhere. Plus there might be accessibility concerns.
Orange: Mostly used as “Not as urgent as red”.
Purple: Not as neutral as blue, yet it is the second best option, that’s why visited hyperlinks are purple I assume. It is the logical choice.
We are left with the colour blue. Also, a plus that it is a primary colour; I would assume it is easier to display primary colours in earlier tech.
I feel the same for Futura, which apparently was created in 1927. The longevity is just crazy. “Hip” brands and designers still use it today just like Helvetica. And I can easily see these fonts still being used in the far future. I wonder if there are any other sans serif typefaces like these.
Assuming you are American. In general, for the future:
- Don’t vote for people who actively seek new enemies.
- Talk to your representative and tell them to not support foreign invasions.
- Don’t believe everything the western media says the next time USA decides to invade some country.
For now:
I don’t think any amount of money will help since the US spent trillions to achieve the opposite. Taliban is stronger than ever.
You can try and raise awareness about the situation in Afghanistan and call out western leaders for their hypocrisy and mistakes. Let them not act like this was a success. Since the US is the best democracy, use your voting power and social media influence. It is basically like cancelling somebody but this time you are cancelling politicians from decision-making positions.
I had the same experience. My profile was transformed into a 50-year-old white male wearing a trucker hat without my knowledge. By the time I was able to access my account, it had a bunch of matches and messages from 50-60 year-old American women.
I quit with Allen Carr too, but with the subscription based online portal, not with the book or the documentary.
I forgot when I quit smoking exactly. 1 year, 2 years? I was smoking around 1.5 packs a day. Allan Carr definitely helped, I found out that it is not perfect for everyone though. But still, it is the first thing I recommend to people who want to quit.
I rarely need to remind myself why I don’t smoke anymore and the mentality I gained from Allan Carr makes that justification quick and easy.
Terrorist is an ideological word, therefore it doesn’t always represent everyone’s views of a certain group.
Terrorist groups born as a reaction to heavy injustice. Hundreds of thousands of dead Iraqi civilians motivate a lot of members of the most popular terrorist groups today.
This has always been like this, we don’t live in a cartoon where the bad guy is 2 dimensional.
To try to understand these groups’ motivations is easy when you are immune to their actions. However, this behaviour is pretty off putting for the other side of the discussion, in this case Turkish people.
I think we need to draw a line somewhere. I don’t know where but this doesn’t feel right for me.
When you start the justification game, you need to do it for other groups too. Otherwise it would come off as hypocritical and dishonest. I don’t know you personally, maybe you do say this for all the “terrorist” groups. But I witness this behaviour online a lot when it comes to the groups that hurt Turkish civilians and I wanted to point it out, maybe this comment can give a bit of perspective to some people.
Also a separate note for the audience, not related with your comment, this is not an Erdogan specific issue as the people from the anglo-sphere tend to claim in this thread. It started before Erdogan, it will continue after Erdogan. If Obama could be the next Turkish president, the situation would still be the same.
> Terrorist is an ideological word, therefore it doesn’t always represent everyone’s views of a certain group.
> This has always been like this, we don’t live in a cartoon where the bad guy is 2 dimensional.
I completely agree and this was more or less the point of my comment. I'm not attempting to justify the actions of any group in particular, and I certainly don't endorse the use of indiscriminate violence against civilians for any reason.
I'm often bothered by the use of the word "terrorist" because I think it is often used as a means of putting us into this 2 dimensional world and creating a shortcut out of meaningful discussions. I will be the first to admit that my own government is guilty of terrorism under most definitions that people in my part of the world use.
I appreciate your comment, and apologize if mine came off as callous towards people who are suffering as a result of this conflict.
I would applaud the American youth if your post ever becomes reality.