UrbonMaximus

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[–] UrbonMaximus@feddit.uk 10 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Technically correct, but your comment makes it sound like the military is actively commissioning movies, which is not the case. When Hollywood wants to make historical or war movies, they have few options:

  • Buy the equipment - one military ship or airplane can be more than the whole movie's budget.
  • Prop/CGI - may look bad and doesn't guaranty to be cheaper.
  • Get all the gear for free, loaned out from the military (including training and specialists) - but they get to edit and approve your script.

I wish there were more options for independent and critical movie makers.

[–] UrbonMaximus@feddit.uk 2 points 3 months ago

One would think that there would be more than just one lawyer who says that.. Oh well.. :)

[–] UrbonMaximus@feddit.uk 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Actually the title was named after Caesar to mean emperor after his death. It was so influential that many languages use this word as well. Famous examples would be Tzar in Russian or Keiser in German.

[–] UrbonMaximus@feddit.uk 5 points 3 months ago

You need the IELTS UKVI (general) test which is provided by the British Council specifically. It's the same exam, but stricter facilities. The 'normal' test won't be accepted by the Home Office.

[–] UrbonMaximus@feddit.uk 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Just because you disagree with a definition, doesn't mean it's wrong.

Every country is culturally diverse, but there's still statistical common denominator. You have big differences in languages, accents, food, culture in the UK and yet 82% are white British. Same goes for Germany, Japan etc. Every country do their demographic analyses differently, but the point is that they all can have major differences within the same ethic group.

So we should either agree to use the same definition or agree that it has no meaning and not use that word at all.

[–] UrbonMaximus@feddit.uk -1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

He is opposed to a policy which has already been thoroughly consulted on.

Wrong, I'm afraid it wasn't. national grid consultation

It seems like the pressure is working, because they agreed that the initial assessment wasn't enough: "We are also consulting on the preliminary findings from our environmental studies and assessments as well as proposed mitigation for any potential impacts to the local environment, including animal habitats and the local landscape."

In any case the local campaigners want more scrutiny and consultation from a third party. Which is their right if we like it or not.

[–] UrbonMaximus@feddit.uk 1 points 3 months ago (3 children)

"Ethnostate - noun. a state that is dominated by members of a single ethnic group." That exactly makes them an Ethnostate. Mandarin and Uyghur re-education camps is authoritarianism.

[–] UrbonMaximus@feddit.uk 5 points 4 months ago (5 children)

The 91% Han Chinese sense..

[–] UrbonMaximus@feddit.uk 15 points 4 months ago (10 children)

Don't think I've seen a bigger oxymoron before... The definition of punk is being anti-authoritarian.

[–] UrbonMaximus@feddit.uk 3 points 4 months ago

It's like words don't have meaning anymore..

[–] UrbonMaximus@feddit.uk 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

He already has money. He needs power and influence for his father in-law business interests.

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