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It claimed strong winds blew it off course into the shore, blocking the canal. No other ships had problems with this wind
The same ship rammed a stationairy German tug in 2019, again citing strong winds
Flies the Panama flag, so you'd think they knew how a canal works
Only one excavator and like two men working on digging it out. Maybe this is standard procedure, but it sure sounds like a blockage like this would be a higher priority than two men and a digger
All of international shipping going around the cape because it's still blocked
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Is that the
Kamchatka?
The flag a ship sails under doesn't mean much, other than what laws apply on the vessel
Panama doesn't give shipboard workers much in the way of worker's right, which is why so many ships sail under it.
The ship was actually owned by the Japanese and all the crew were... *drum roll* Indians.
Okay, so it is the
Kamchatka. All reports stated it sank with no survivors, but that barely means much when a ship as cursed as that is involved.
>I mean, should we even give a shit if they are what the left labels as white supremacists anymore?
I personally believe we should remain ever-vigilant for those kinds of people. If they have ideas that are harmful to others, yeah, we should be concerned enough to point them out in a crowd and seek to make the general populous aware of them and what they stand for.
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They've devalued the term so much by using it for their heretic hunts that it basically means someone who's not part of the hive-mind at this point.
And people like you have fallen into the trap of adopting the same strategy, that being to call anyone who says something that follows the mainstream narrative or doesn't buy into shitty conspiracies by shitty lawyers as "lefties." The fact you don't recognize this about yourself would make it humorous if not for the fact that it's actually damaging any decent discussion about actual issues.
>Better yet, is being bigoted the ultimate sin?
I would say it's not the biggest, but it's easily a likely starting point to bigger sins. Everything starts somewhere. Bigotry just begets further bigotry, which often evolves into actions against the focus of the bigotry. We're all going to have our perceptions of something, whether it be a chocolate bar or a group of people. The effort shouldn't be to condemn those who are different or intolerant, but seek to educate the intolerant ones and help the different ones find their place. And, in the case of those intolerant who present strawmen arguments and cherrypick those situations that aren't the norm, we acknowledge them at every turn and point out their bullshit. It's not about forcing anyone to adhere to the narrative as much as it is discouraging intolerance while setting a standard for society. Maybe the new standard should be a pro-acceptance movement of all persons so long as they don't seek to harm each other? I'm sure we all can get behind that, yes?
>Personally I'm more worried about actions like murder or rape than someone thinking less of people because of their skin color or using racial slurs.
If it were limited to racial slurs and opinions of a group, then there would be little to talk about. Unfortunately, it's not just slurs and cognitive discontent. Or, do you actually believe that guy in Atlanta only had a "bad day" despite posting that he would be killing all Asian's on his facebook? And, that's not even a rarity right now. It's just the most appalling in the current political climate. It's an easy story that involves a minority population in the US, and is relevant to the current crisis going on right now. Asian's were killed by a man with a history of anti-Asian facebook posts. Anyone who is anyone can see that this story got pushed ahead of every other racially-motivated crime of the week because it was the most volatile. It would resonate with an audience, no matter who was watching.
The media being obviously manipulative aside, it doesn't dismiss the fact that the crime was motivated by bigotry and not because the guy was having a bad day. Although, if you want to insist that nobody in the US is ever racist, then we can spin this and say that people in the US are all one bad day away from going Arthur Curry, and we should nuke them to high Hell so we don't risk an international crisis. Does that help you, champ?
>Maybe prioritizing misdeeds by the amount of measurable negative impact is just old-fashioned thinking though.
You're not saying that, though. You're saying we should disregard elements in our society who might graduate from racial slurs and thinking ill of others, to full-out slaughter and persecution. I mean, sure, and we can have 200 more Columbines and whatever dumb name the Atlanta thing gets, and you'll be merry and say the issue is just not enough emphasis on the people committing these crimes. There needs to be a process of observation and risk-assessment, then intervention when necessary. As it stands, the US has such a piss-poor record of getting beyond the observation part that it's impressive that the entire country hasn't descended into anarchy at this point. Although, given the clearly sarcastic tone of most Republican politicians as of late, it wouldn't surprise me if that's a very probable situation in the
very near future.
In other news...
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Apparently, things such as "excessive force" have been broadened. It's a mixed bag, so we'll have to see if it sets a precedent or establishes a new norm for police behaviour.
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It also cuts the time people have to request an absentee ballot, as well as limiting where ballot drop boxes are placed and when they can be accessed. I do have to say, it does seem incredibly sus that this also follows what was allegedly a record turnout of black Georgian's voting in the last election. It's all hearsay at this point, but it does strike me as a bit odd that a sweeping regulation like this was somehow crucial for Georgia to pass.
