Message from @xorgy

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2018-09-15 23:25:31 UTC  

Why is a school curious about my morality? Different religions have different moral codes, different cultures have different moral codes. So what would the school be teaching that this is relevant too?

2018-09-15 23:27:33 UTC  

it definitely doesn't belong in an english class

2018-09-15 23:27:58 UTC  

but i could see it being a perfectly acceptable part of a political science class or something

2018-09-15 23:37:03 UTC  

Because you need to think like the teachers think

2018-09-15 23:37:22 UTC  

so they know which kids they need to assign extra brainwashing to

2018-09-15 23:37:56 UTC  

if it's being graded as if there are right and wrong answers or right and wrong final results, then i'm 1000% down for this teacher being unable to teach ever again

2018-09-15 23:38:05 UTC  

but the article doesn't say anything like that

2018-09-15 23:40:15 UTC  

Id just mark everything as middle and turn it in

2018-09-15 23:43:18 UTC  

i think a test like this is a good way to show that there is nuance and the world isn't black and white

2018-09-15 23:43:38 UTC  

if it's just presented as it is

2018-09-15 23:43:54 UTC  

again, if it's graded, that's a huge problem

2018-09-15 23:46:35 UTC  

unless it was graded based on shit like, refused to participate, skipped every question, etc

2018-09-15 23:46:48 UTC  

with max points just being "actually sat and thought about the questions"

2018-09-15 23:47:20 UTC  

considering that getting the students to think about the questions is the only acceptable goal that this test could have

2018-09-16 18:23:19 UTC  

The halloween 'razorblade in apples'/'poisoned candy' story is just an urban legend, but in Australia: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-09-16/contaminated-strawberries-in-punnet-bought-in-adelaide-hills/10253528

2018-09-16 18:23:54 UTC  

```This latest incident comes after several reports of strawberries contaminated by pins and needles up and down the east coast of Australia.
Before this case in South Australia, six brands of strawberries — Donnybrook Berries, Love Berry, Delightful Strawberries, Oasis brands, Berry Obsession and Berry Licious — had been affected.
```

2018-09-16 18:32:31 UTC  

heard about that from Bearing

2018-09-16 18:32:39 UTC  

's wife Suggartits

2018-09-16 18:40:16 UTC  

This is even worse than the memory hole.

2018-09-16 18:40:32 UTC  

The paper is not just _gone_, it's _stealthily replaced_.

2018-09-16 18:43:41 UTC  

If you want to see the really bad sign, imagine what happens if this becomes the norm in a decade or so.

2018-09-16 19:11:49 UTC  

yeah I just read that too

2018-09-16 19:11:56 UTC  

fucking terrible

2018-09-16 19:12:18 UTC  

she has a public statement pretty much just saying "nup"

2018-09-16 19:13:01 UTC  

hope she catches some horrible brain eating disease that will let her realize she is slowly being trapped in her body and suffers from endless pain...... if its true.

2018-09-16 19:51:18 UTC  

uh oh someone stepped in lettuce again

2018-09-16 20:09:12 UTC  

zombies

2018-09-16 20:16:25 UTC  

HOLY \*\*\*\*. You Brits are in for a fight. If this gets momentum...

"Because these closed forums [Facebook Groups] can be given a “secret” setting, they can be hidden away from everyone but their members. This locks out the police, intelligence services and charities that could otherwise engage with the groups and correct disinformation. This could be particularly crucial with groups where parents are told not to vaccinate their children against diseases."

"That’s why I am introducing a bill in parliament which will do just that. By establishing legal accountability for what’s published in large online forums, I believe we can force those who run these echo chambers to stamp out the evil that is currently so prominent. Social media can be a fantastic way of bringing people together – which is precisely why we need to prevent it being hijacked by those who instead wish to divide."

https://amp.theguardian.com/technology/commentisfree/2018/sep/10/online-echo-chambers-hate-facebook-bill

2018-09-16 20:16:29 UTC  

The poison doesn't have this long of a shelf life. If this is the connected then it's either the Russians throwing the scent off, someone working at the chemistry lab near by is fucking around (which I highly doubt coz if it had come from there in the first place then it would be on lock down while we blame the Russians.

2018-09-16 20:19:39 UTC  

@pratel This woman is mad. I'm not going to read the guardian but she also says something about making Mods of these forum legally response for what is said in them.

2018-09-16 20:21:19 UTC  

Agreed. I hear it passed first reading.

I actually found the article in a reason article. They seem to think that the real goal here might be to ban secret groups. Mark Warner (D-VA-US Senate) in the US had a similar line of thinking--and his was far scarier and far more wide-reaching

2018-09-16 20:32:50 UTC  
2018-09-16 20:33:02 UTC  

I think I remember hearing about that. This should be an easy one to beat. Victims of domestic violence need these groups. Play the woman card.

2018-09-16 20:33:20 UTC  

Cheeres I'll give that a read.

2018-09-16 20:35:29 UTC  

They'll just make an exception saying only 'hate' groups are banned.

2018-09-16 20:35:52 UTC  

'hate' being whatever policy they don't like, such as being anti-migrant

2018-09-16 20:36:00 UTC  

That's where the making mods liable comes from. There's probably an easy out she would have in mind in that case.

My guess is that it looks something like NGOs or companies can operate private forums and are subject to legal scrutiny and are required to turn over logs to the police if requested.

2018-09-16 20:37:43 UTC  

@Atkins that's too coarse and already how it works at the same time. They wouldn't just ban "hate" groups--that's too obvious. They'll just vigorously prosecute people under the laws that already exist in Britian.