Top Iranian General Killed in Airstrike

[ecco]

I am a Trump supporter and I am glad that he is the leader of the free world.

In the past, the President of America was considered the leader of the free world. That is no longer true.

Bailing out of the Iran treaty was not leadership, it was a stupid play to his supporters. Did you fail to notice that no other nations followed his lead?

Bailing out the Climate Agreement was not leadership, it was a stupid play to his supporters. Did you fail to notice that no other nations followed his lead?

If nobody follows, he is not as a leader. He is a moron. Just ask Rex Tillerson and John Bolton.

 

[ecco]

You might want to investigate the phrase "I'm no expert, either".

But yeah, I spent some serious time getting to know a batch of various people at a mosque in Bloomington, Indiana. The things I learned from them were quite eye-opening.
Tom

If I wanted to learn about a country, the last thing I would do is go to a religious institution and talk to people who are religiously indoctrinated.

Now, let's get back to the beginning of this subthread...Can someone living in Iran have easy access to a US based Religious Forum?

 

[ecco]

That's a bit tough, innit?
I'm a Brit, @Kangaroo Feathers an Oz, etc etc. Why shouldn't a Mid East Muslim come to RF as well?
@ Chinu is in the Punjab ...... The whole special thing about RF is it's international membership.

I was under the impression the international access to the internet was severely restricted in Iran, especially since the pro-democracy started up. That is why I directed my question to the person who is, ostensibly, posting a from there.

China, India, Australia and Europe are not Iran.

 

[Notanumber]

I've got family here. Many are oldsters who need me, and my partner.

That does not stop those travelling in the opposite direction.

 

[Notanumber]

In the past, the President of America was considered the leader of the free world. That is no longer true.

Bailing out of the Iran treaty was not leadership, it was a stupid play to his supporters. Did you fail to notice that no other nations followed his lead?

Bailing out the Climate Agreement was not leadership, it was a stupid play to his supporters. Did you fail to notice that no other nations followed his lead?

If nobody follows, he is not as a leader. He is a moron. Just ask Rex Tillerson and John Bolton.

Donald is not a virtue signaller he is a realist. We need more realists.

 

[columbus]

I was under the impression the international access to the internet was severely restricted in Iran,

What else are you wrong about?
Tom

 

[Revoltingest]

No it's not.
And anybody who looks at objective data from socialist places like Israel, Denmark, New Zealand, Canada, and such can see it.

If figures that someone who still believes Hillary won the
presidency would think those are slavishly devoted to socialism.
Canuckistan has been even more capitalistic than Ameristan for
many years (greater economic liberty...if you read Wall St Journal
instead of gay bodice rippers, you'd know this).

 

[Kangaroo Feathers]

Actually, you asserted:

I suggest it is you that fails to understand the amount of indoctrination you recieve.
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I asked for examples and the best you can do is respond vaguely about the myths of the Founding Fathers - without being able to provide any real examples.

Your founding. The whole storied deal.

 

[columbus]

someone who still believes Hillary won the
presidency

Can you name someone who does?
Off the top of my head, I can't.
Tom

 

[Revoltingest]

Can you name someone who does?
Off the top of my head, I can't.
Tom

That Columbus guy regularly claims she won the election.
(I think he's a leetle touched in the hed.)

 

[columbus]

That Columbus guy regularly claims she won the election.
(I think he's a leetle touched in the hed.)

What you said was "the presidency".

She did win the election, but the USA is not a democracy so Trump won the presidency.
You've explained this over and over.

Democracy is a bad thing, remember? "Tyranny of the majority", and all that?
Tom

 

[Revoltingest]

What you said was "the presidency".

She did win the election, but the USA is not a democracy so Trump won the presidency.
You've explained this over and over.

Democracy is a bad thing, remember? "Tyranny of the majority", and all that?
Tom

Bless your heart.

 

[Stevicus]

Bless your heart.

How can you bless a heart? That phrase never made any sense.

 

[Revoltingest]

How can you bless a heart? That phrase never made any sense.

It's an idiom.

 

[Stevicus]

It's an idiom.

Well, why not "bless your spleen" or "bless your appendix"?

 

[Revoltingest]

Well, why not "bless your spleen" or "bless your appendix"?

I think I could accurately speculate about the etymology &
southern US application, but googling it would be better.

 

[Stevicus]

I think I could accurately speculate about the etymology &
southern US application, but googling it would be better.

My Southern grandmother would sometimes say "bless your/his/her little pointed head."

 

[Revoltingest]

My Southern grandmother would sometimes say "bless your/his/her little pointed head."

Well, that would be unacceptable on RF.
(Rules, you know.)

 

[Aupmanyav]

The bottom line is in America we have laws against child labor. In America, children must attend school until age 16.

We also have similar laws, but the implementation is lacking.

"As per the Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act, 1986, amended in 2016 ("CLPR Act"), a "Child" is defined as any person below the age of 14, and the CLPR Act prohibits employment of a Child in any employment including as a domestic help. It is a cognizable criminal offence to employ a Child for any work. Children between age of 14 and 18 are defined as "Adolescent" and the law allows Adolescent to be employed except in the listed hazardous occupation and processes which include mining, inflammable substance and explosives related work and any other hazardous process as per the Factories Act, 1948."
Child labour in India - Wikipedia

Up to 2-year jail, fine of Rs 50,000 for child labour

 

[Aupmanyav]

NOTE: 1960 The first oral contraceptive, Enovid, was approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as contraception.
ALSO: If there are over a billion people, why do children have to work? One would think that there would be enough adults to do the work.

The population growth in India is well under control. It ws 2.33 in 2016 and inching lower (1.8 for US and 1.62 for China in the same period). Replacement rate is 2.1. But numbers in India will always seem huge because we have large base, some 1350 million, perhaps the largest in the world exceeding that of China. I read some time this week that we are adding a population of New Zealand every year, i.e., some 20 million. Female sterilization is by far the most common method (Wikiedia.

World Development Indicators - Google Public Data Explorer

The first image that you included was of a brick kiln. That is sorry part of Indian labor scene in some Indian states (not everywhere). Laborers take a loan and have to work to repay it at the kiln. These kilns belong to local strong men\politicians, and with a corrupt police and administration, they escape government scrutiny.
The second image that you have included is of four children just playing with the implements of their parents who are perhaps having their lunch at this time. They are not working.