Dude doesn't abide?
I abide most anything but even the Dude has his limits.
Dude doesn't abide?
Top Man.I have agreed to help moderate for now.
Please avoid overtly political posts or you can expect them to be deleted.
Thanks!
You don't have to engage in political discussions if you don't want to. Yes, look in the mirror.There are thousands of politics discussion forums on the interweb.
I think most people come to an audio forum to see discussions of audio.
I'm surprised this basic premise is misunderstood. Look in the mirror and you'll see the problem.
I would agree with them.They feel allowing this means we are violating our rule of no political discussion.
I would agree with that as well. I would, however, disagree that this is the place to do it- there's LOTS of places on the Internet where such discussions are appropriate.I feel that the human aspect of this is so immense that it garners discussion. Heck, I think it demand discussion lest we look like we want to turn a blind eye to incredible suffering that we are causing for many people both in US and around the world.
... It seems the USA is becoming more and more like Europe (the French will know what I'm talking about).
... American people - please stop this madness soon!
The Wall Street Journal is hardly a left wing institution. It's owned by Rupert Murdoch.I think the mod team was excellent: thanks!
I still think, given how diverse our opinions are, that banishing any "political" subject remains a good idea.
But... this is Amir's place. He's the host, we're the guests. I believe that, as the owner of this site, Amir has the right to express his opinion. If that makes the guests unhappy, they are free to leave. As far as I am concerned, I would have no problems being subject to moderation while the owner of the place is not.
See Amir's posts as editorials. As such, they are more grounded in reality than Stereophile's editorials anyway. And, on top of that, The Wall Street Journal, Financial Times and many other "left wing"![]()
institutions agree with him.
To the best of my knowledge, that list is a null set, though there are some countries which impose very small across the board tariffs or only tariff particular goods. Some countries with low across the board tariffs, tariff some goods excessively, as in well over 200%, (protectionism) utterly discouraging importation of those goods. This allows them to disingenously claim low tariffs overall. "Lie, damn lies, and statistics."Not picking on anyone's comments in particular, but obviously, there is much for me to learn.
Is there a short list of countries that do NOT tariff imports?
That was his point, hence the quotes around "left wing."The Wall Street Journal is hardly a left wing institution. It's owned by Rupert Murdoch.
From one side I can understand why Amir did put a big importance in this topic, as the day comes where we want to stand up, fight and make our world a better living place.
On the other hand the way he did it and most important not discussing it before with his team was really problematic and it was obvious it would cause problems, although I didn't expect of this size.
You might lift a wee dram for us.Given Amir’s previous working experiences with Microsoft (collaboration & computation & conversation overcome differences & difficulties) and the current market issues with regard to his current company(s) I figure he finally reached a thermodynamic boiling point and his pressure vessel exploded after many weeks of what I can only imagine consisted of “shouting obscenities at the radio/tv”.
I feel for him, like I feel for the mods, and the many, many millions upon millions in the U.S and around the world affected by the current political landscape and the untold repercussions due to the actions of the few.
There is absolutely nothing that I, as a short, squat, hairy 50yr old Scotsman can offer to anyone involved to aid the coming years, except to say……coming from a mechanical/electronic background, it is probably the first website I view upon sitting down every day……..and with my SPMS you’d better believe I do a LOT of sitting down……….. I enjoy this forum…….. I enjoy the rational aspect……. I enjoy the education I have garnered from threads…….. i enjoy the scientific rigour posted by the forum members……....long may it survive and flourish as a beacon for knowledge…… floating well above a sea of mediocre shite.
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