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On Elon Musk's X, animal abuse is the safe content.
Killing small animals? So like Barron Trump is alleged to have done:
how old is he now? Is it finally ok to set upon little Baron?
Was born March 20th, 2006. He'll be 19 in a couple months.
Holy shit, how was this not bigger news? I like to think I keep up with things but this is the first time I have read any of this.
Trump was nearly 60 when he had him. Barron could have genetically predisposed mental health issues.
Barron could have genetically predisposed mental health issues because he's a Trump. Look at the rest of them.
Just buy a tesla and a smartphone. Those are the spy machines described in the book. The difference is that the 1984 government had to hide that stuff in your house and now, people even pay for them.
The 1984 government did not hide that stuff in your hozse. The telescreens are the centerpiece of any appartements. The difference is that in the book, everybody knows they are supervised and fear the supervisors, while today, nobody cares.
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Honestly don't do anything you wouldn't want a fascism regime knowing about on any PC running Windows or MacOS or any smart phone.
On that note, what Linux distro are best for privacy?
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Is 1984 banned? That was mandatory reading...
As others have told you, yes. And the worst part is the justification is usually because Winston and Julia have sex. And it's not titillating. Orwell was not exactly writing erotica.
yes they are literally banned at most schools in my state. Along with books that have LGBT charicters in them
Literally 1984
Any librarian worth their salt would find a secret way to get that kid his book
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This kinda hits different when you replace cats with cows.
If you're killing the cow in the same way the people in those videos kill cats, then it doesn't hit much different at all.
There's definitely a line here, but I suspect that we disagree on where that line is.
If you think cows are killed in anything but abject horror, I'd recommend you at the very least watch Dominion, which was linked above.
I'm not trying to cause offence, but is there an ethical way to eat animals, or does it become unethical as soon as we have the means and ability to not do so?
It seams like for a lot of people, thier traditions and culture outweigh thier personal ethical benefits and thats the biggest problem that has to be overcome. Some places do not allow for growing sufficient and complete protein to feed the population, for example Egypt or Bangladesh. It seems that the cultures might be harder to overcome in these places.
I was thinking maybe insects as a protein source would be a positive step for these locations. But thats obviously hard to overcome culturally. What do vegans think of eating insects?
Veganism seeks to exclude animal exploitation and cruelty as far as is possible and practicable.
For a Western audience, where one would have access to a well stocked supermarket, that would generally mean a complete boycott, but it does ultimately come down to the individual to decide what is and isn't practicable. If you have nessary medication that contains animal products, or is tested on animals, for example, I don't think you'd find anyone expecting you to give that up.
As for insects, they're within the kingdom of Animalia, so yes, veganism applies to them too. That said, you can't go through life without ever stepping on an ant, and I don't know anyone who'd place the exact same value on an fly and a cow. One has a vastly more sophisticated brain and nervous system. That said, I generally don't try to play "utilitarian calculus".
Ultimately it's a "do your best" situation.
It's unlikely that insects (or any animals for that matter) are a better use of the land, because ultimately animals need to eat plants, too, and they use up a good chunk of the energy themselves.
Occasionally, you can grow grass where proper crops won't and animals can graze there, but to my knowledge, this isn't particularly relevant in practice, because farmers will typically feed more nutrious food to minimize the time until the animals can be slaughtered.
You talk about complete protein, by which I assume you mean the amino acid distribution, but I find it hard to believe that the inefficient land use of animals is offset by them converting some of the amino acids to be better suitable for us.
Because ultimately, if you manage to grow more lentils and whatnot, you can totally just eat more lentils to reach your 100% of each amino acid.
Wealthy cultures eat significantly more protein than is actually needed, for example.
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This is literally what YouTube is like though. The less educational content is, the more likely they are to remove or age restrict it. NileGreen made a video about this recently, it's kinda long but you can watch it if this sounds interesting.
Where is this book banned for children for being a bad influence?
Most recently in Florida. It's been banned often in the United States, it's also been banned in Vietnam
Just look for red states/cities in the US. More than likely its been banned there.
I don't know why you're getting downvoted. I also didn't know this book was banned, and was going to ask something similar.
One would assume that Kurt Vonnegut would have some awareness about books
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1984 is more appropriate for adolescents than for kids under tweens. If anyone has read the ending, the imagery in Room 101 is pretty graphic. There are also sexually suggestive imagery in the middle of the book.
The best dystopian book for kids that warns of authoritarianism would be Fahrenheit 451 and Animal Farm imo. The latter was my introduction to George Orwell by my teacher just before I entered adolescence.
You know the book is old enough to be in the public domain nowadays, and you can legally download a copy of it using the same device they use for watching those videos, right?
The proper reaction to finding out that librarians are legally barred from lending certain classic novels to children is not, "oh that's okay, they can just download it." Especially when we're literally talking about a book dealing with suppressing speech.
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I don't follow american book ban list. Is it actually ban?
I don't think it's currently on any ban lists in the US; if it is, it's just in a few odd corners. It has been on ban lists around the world in the past for various reasons.
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Fun fact: 1984 by George Orwell is legal in China
but as you can see, it doesnt matter
people don't make the connection to IRL