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A small tax imposed on plastic bags led Orthodox Jews to lasting hostility against measures to protect the environment, a study found. They see policies against plastic as elite contempt

  • They believe that the loopholes around the rules make the lifestyle that God intended for them.

    • Bob Vylan Says 'We Are Being Targeted for Speaking Up' After Glastonbury Set Backlash

  • While at war with them?

    • Canada ‘urgently seeking more information’ on death of Canadian in ICE custody

  • We should ask Randall Munroe what would happen if we did this.

    • Cambodia: Government allows slavery and torture to flourish inside hellish scamming compounds

  • Thanks! That's really nice of you.

    • ‘Not something to celebrate': As it turns 80 and faces dwindling global clout, can the UN survive？

  • I don't think a membre of the security council csn really "abuse" veto power. What do you think would happen if they couldn't?

    Again, I'd like to say that there can be value in such an association. Just as I see value in associations like ICC and NATO. They're just not a forum to solve disputes and that's OK.

    • Cambodia: Government allows slavery and torture to flourish inside hellish scamming compounds

  • Not a dumb question and welcome to Lemmy! Not sure if this is a joke or not considering what we were just discussing just now but I'll send you a PM in case you mean it.

    • Cambodia: Government allows slavery and torture to flourish inside hellish scamming compounds

  • I've received a few texts in the past, or messages in WhatsApp, that start by a message apparently sent to the wrong person. Sometimes they had the photo of an a young attractive lady. When you reply, they continue conversing anyway, as if they were bored. By after a while, it gets pretty clear it's fake. I had one go from broken English short messages to elaborate ChatGPT messages to feign interest in fringe interests I expressed having.

    • ‘Not something to celebrate': As it turns 80 and faces dwindling global clout, can the UN survive？

  • There could be value in such an association, but it wouldn't replace the UN, far from it.

    What's your proposing is akin to the ICC, where willing states join and agree to comply with its rulings.

    The UN serves as a forum for all countries of the world. If no privileges were given to the world's most powerful countries, they might just leave it, severaly reducing its use in the process.

    • US has struck 3 Iranian nuclear sites, Trump says, joining Israeli air campaign

  • I expect China wouldn't be happy about the Straight of Hormus being closed though.

    • What do we know about Israel's own nuclear weapons?

  • I've neither watched the movies, nor read the original. I didn't know about this character before today.

    • What do we know about Israel's own nuclear weapons?

  • I'm as opposed to genocide and fascism as anyone else here, but I don't see how that's different from any other nuclear power's policy of using nuclear weapons when its existence is threatened.

    EDIT: nevermind, the article starts off by saying the nuclear weapon would be used against the invader, but then multiple authors refer to their launch to indiscriminate targets around the world, a nuclear winter, etc.

    • Israel strikes Iran, no US involvement, US officials say

  • The Soviets were about to invade the Japanese empire when the US dropped the atomic bombs. They did this just to prevent Japan from falling in USSR's sphere of influence.

    However, you might still be thankful as South Korea likely wouldn't exist otherwise, being instead merely the agrarian South of a juche unified Korea.

    • France to ban smoking outdoors in most places to protect children

  • But what about "seconhand smoke", if I may call it that?

    • Piers Morgan Asks Israeli Ambassador to the UK some questions.

  • You'd be surprised at the mental gymnastics they can pull off.