foxglove

I don't get why people think Japan is bereft of political violence. It's been a steady occurrence since the early 20th century (history: https://theconversation.com/shinzo-abes-killing-the-history-of-political-violence-in-japan-186679). Here are some recent occurrences from this article:

• 1990: Motoshima Hitoshi, was also the target of an unsuccessful assassination attempt by a right-wing extremist over public comments he made regarding Emperor Hirohito’s war responsibility https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-01-18-mn-323-story.html
• 2006: Senior Liberal Democratic Party politician Katō Kōichi’s home was subject to an arson attack by a right-winger angered by comments Katō had made critical of prime minister Koizumi Junichirō’s visit to Yasukuni shrine. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2007/06/01/national/kato-home-arson-nets-rightist-eight-year-term/

This whole comment chain is about how relying on the community to audit is a type of bystander problem. At least that's how I understood it.

Also worthy of a mention: you need to be so proficient in so many languages to be able to actually audit the code yourself. It's simply infeasible.

Respond to those people telling them that you were asking in good faith and the community cannot progress with responses like theirs. It's destructive, and it's gatekeeping.

Shot through the heart with a homemade gun. The shooter got two rounds off, so I'm assuming it was a 3D printed gun of some sort?

Edit: Nope, I've now heard from the times that it looked like a double barrel shotgun held together with black tape. Interesting!

Edit: Image of the shooter and his homemade weapon.

Pure fucking profit baby.

It’s more correct to say that they go along with them, whether enthusiastically or apprehensively, because it’s actually their optimal survival strategy.

Another good note on bourgeois proletariat acceptance of Western propaganda.

As for those anti-imperialists who don’t participate in this festival of xenophobia — and here I include myself — we have our own elitist consolation: we accept the tragedy of masses of gullible sheeple falling for cunning propaganda because having overcome it flatters our own intelligence. The more we condemn society’s stupidity, the smarter we feel in comparison.

This is such an interesting manuscript to read. Enjoying it so far. Thanks for the recommendation.

Thank god someone said it. We all knew it was true, but it's nice to read such a well written article on the topic.

Why is this even a question. Of course not.

If you're taking this stance then you must also take the stance that a baby with Down Syndrome would not survive on it's own in a pre-modern, natural selectionist era. Keeping it alive, nurturing and caring for it until you die, and then having them cared for through an institution until they die is extremely unnatural. Why would you bring someone into this life if they're doomed to suffer? That seems awful to me. I'm sure we'll just have to agree to disagree, but I can't see the logic in it.

I think it's extremely good for that subset of people that need it.