Joshi
@Joshi@aussie.zone
Clean hands, Cool head, Warm heart.
GP, Gardener, Radical progressive
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- Comment on News Corp’s fossil fuel advertising dressed as news should be illegal 3 weeks ago:
I’m sincerely sorry if I sound angry. I was trying to be concise. I am genuinely interested in hearing why you think outlawing this kind of deception would not be appropriate. I am quite certain we would disagree but I am always interested in hearing opposing opinions.
Really, please expand on this, I will try to respond with kindness and understanding despite any disagreement.
- Comment on News Corp’s fossil fuel advertising dressed as news should be illegal 3 weeks ago:
This is deliberately misleading. I’m not sure why you think it can’t, numerous laws exist regarding false and misleading advertising which is exactly what this is.
It is not reasonable to expect even a majority of people to pick up on this kind of deliberate deception.
Making this kind of deliberate deception would not be limiting freedom of speech, opinion pieces and clearly labelled advertising are one thing, a front page story with no indication that it is not news is another.
- Submitted 3 weeks ago to australia@aussie.zone | 6 comments
- Comment on Commonwealth Bank to charge customers $3 'withdrawal fee' to access their own cash 4 weeks ago:
Corporate banks can go suck an egg. There are multiple good member owned banks whose directors are accountable to you and not shareholders.
- Comment on An unwritten 'country code' is putting Rob's life at risk on the road, and all he's doing is turning right 5 weeks ago:
For crying out loud, never ever ever do this, god, if there is a crest then you can’t even see once you pull out. Don’t do it.
- Comment on An unwritten 'country code' is putting Rob's life at risk on the road, and all he's doing is turning right 5 weeks ago:
I have also driven extensively through mainly country WA and elsewhere and briefly worked as a truck driver in the NT, in my experience there is no consistency in understanding of these signals, as pointed out by the article, and I’m sceptical that it is consistently applied by truckies. Even if it were applied consistently it would still be dangerous.
As a car driver I have on at least 2 occasions had a truckie indicate it is safe for me to overtake in a situation that would have caused an accident. The only time it is safe to overtake is when you as the driver can be satisfied it is safe to do so. Relying on potentially ambiguous signals that are not universally understood is a literal accident waiting to happen.
You make a good point that for the truckies safety there is a need to indicate that it is unsafe but if people are misunderstanding this then I don’t know what the solution is.
- An unwritten 'country code' is putting Rob's life at risk on the road, and all he's doing is turning rightwww.abc.net.au ↗Submitted 5 weeks ago to australia@aussie.zone | 24 comments
- Comment on Wind power: CSIRO asks Australians to chart their farts for research 1 month ago:
I just searched the app store for it.
- Comment on Is there any real physical proof that Jesus christ ever existed? 6 months ago:
I’ll give you the benefit of the doubt here but both Suetonius and Pliny are talking about Christians in the 2nd century, Tacitus speaks about Christ only in the context of Nero blaming Christians for the great fire. These are literary evidence for the existence of Christians in the second century and are not direct literary evidence of the existence of Christ which was the question I was addressing.
I’d be delighted to be shown to be wrong but I believe my original post stands.
- Comment on Is there any real physical proof that Jesus christ ever existed? 6 months ago:
I’m by no means an expert but I was briefly obsessed with comparative religion over a decade ago and I don’t think anyone has given a great answer, I believe my answer is correct but I don’t have time for research beyond checking a couple of details.
As a few people have mentioned there is little physical evidence for even the most notable individuals from that time period and it’s not reasonable to expect any for Jesus.
In terms of literary evidence there is exactly 1 historian who is roughly contemporary and mentions Jesus. Antiquities of the Jews by Josephus mentions him twice, once briefly telling the story of his crucifixion and resurrection. The second is a mention in passing when discussing the brother of Jesus delivering criminals to be stoned.
I think it is reasonable to conclude that a Jewish spiritual leader with a name something like Jesus Christ probably existed and that not long after his death miracles are being attributed to him.
It is also worth noting the historical context of the recent emergence of Rabbinical Judaism and the overabundance of other leaders who were claimed to be Messiahs, many of whom we also know about primarily(actually I think only) from Josephus.