Posted by alexandra_k on August 14, 2018, at 7:02:19
In reply to born, never asked, posted by beckett2 on August 12, 2018, at 0:46:00
> A judge ordered a flight to be turned midair and return a woman and child who were being deported before their asylum hearing was finished. Their premature deportation was illegal. The judge threatened Jeff Sessions (the attorney general) with contempt if the pair were not returned immediately.
At least there was a judge who ordered it.
We were supposed to have judges to make wise rulings, too. I don't think our laws have developed in that way, though.
> Earlier, I know I said the AU was smart to be careful of it's borders. Please forgive me. I just can't imagine where everyone, including my family, will go. The Guardian showed men in Shanghai sleeping on the streets because it's too hot in their apartments. I think about this every day, how the most people can be made as comfortable as possible.
Yeah. It turns out people can adapt pretty well to working in the cold. But not so well to heat. Athletes adapt to cold. They don't adapt to heat, though, their body proteins just cook at the temperature they cook at, and nothing much can be done about that. Global warming... Sweat shops etc...
I went to a seminar where this group was trying to help get air conditioning installed into sweat shops in vietnam or... I don't remember where, honestly. The people running the sweat shops were all about 'we can't afford it'. But turns out there was a bunch of things they could do to improve conditions for their workers at little to no cost to themselves. For example, they could paint the roof white instead of black, and so on.
But they... WOuldn't. Didn't want to. Seemed to resent being told what to do, or whatever. Even when offered free air conditioning for one of the two buildings they turned it down. Apparently that 'wouldn't have been fair to the other workers'.
People... Like to oppress others. Some of them. Get a genuine kick out of it, or whatever.
And, what are you gonna do?
MOst people just running scared, I think. Just so much awful...
I don't know that having nothing to protect or defend or whatever brings out the best in people, at all.
NZ is a destination for people to retire to... Come here and they own the town with their American Dollars etc - right? How much do you think it costs to buy a NZ election?
That's what drives the prices up, I suppose.
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