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appel@whiskers.bim.boatsto World News@lemmy.world•China is building its military on a 'scale not seen since WWII' and is on track to be able to invade Taiwan by 2027: US admiralEnglish143·1 year agoThe current Chinese state did not exist before WW2, so I think that comparison is a bit odd
appel@whiskers.bim.boatsto News@lemmy.world•'We are essentially in a new Gilded Age’: As workers get laid off, CEOs and shareholders gobble up hundreds of billions in profits3·1 year agoLemmy is developed by commies, they won’t kick you off for organizing. But it is public so not the best for opsec.
appel@whiskers.bim.boatsto World News@lemmy.world•Vietnam seeks death for tycoon in $12bn fraud caseEnglish4·1 year agoWhich nations would you not call shitholes?
appel@whiskers.bim.boatsto World News@lemmy.world•Vietnam seeks death for tycoon in $12bn fraud caseEnglish8·1 year agoFrankly man I find this very insulting and pretty racist. You don’t have a good word to say about them eh?
appel@whiskers.bim.boatsto World News@lemmy.world•Scoop: Biden privately told Bibi he's not trying to push him outEnglish18·1 year agoIf politics is not policy and strategy, what is it? A game?
appel@whiskers.bim.boatsto World News@lemmy.world•Vietnam seeks death for tycoon in $12bn fraud caseEnglish203·1 year agoWtf are you on about? I’ve been to Vietnam several times and the progress they have achieved in such a short period of time is incredible. They have built megacities on the ground where the yanks firebombed. Have you been to Da Nang? Walked around HCMC? Spoken to the people? They are evidently working against the corruption, as we can see in this article, whereas where I live everyone knows the govt sends cash to their buddies and no one can do anything about it? (The UK)
appel@whiskers.bim.boatsto News@lemmy.world•Fatal shooting of autistic teen raises concerns about police response to people with mental health issues31·1 year agoI am not interested in the nitty gritty of the legality of what the cop did. I don’t think he should have done it, and to me speaks of a lack of training (and the fact that they are reliant on their firearms)
I am aware of the principle of proportional response, and I know the line is generally; if you fear for your life then it is legally acceptable to maim the assailant. But to kill them I think is a step too far.
I do not think the hoe is “reasonably capable of causing “grievous bodily harm””. I think it is reasonably capable of causing injury, sure, such as cuts, lacerations, blunt trauma. I think GBH would be a very unlikely outcome and if confronted with that as a weapon I would not be preparing myself to kill or even maim them. It is a pretty easy weapon to disarm.
appel@whiskers.bim.boatsto News@lemmy.world•Fatal shooting of autistic teen raises concerns about police response to people with mental health issues42·1 year agoI have trained in quite a bit of self defence with various different martial arts.
The hoe could be lethal in a very unlucky scenario, as you say, if it struck an exposed neck, or major artery. However it is a very ungainly weapon. It is significantly less dangerous than a knife, for example. Police in the UK are not equipped with guns, yet they deal with knife attacks all the time with just a baton.
It seems to me like the cops in the US are far too reliant on their firearms. Dealing with a poor weapon like a hoe should be quite easy to someone who is suitably trained. With all long weapons like this hoe, baseball bat, etc, anything that needs to be swung, you have to get in close, quickly. Then the assailant cannot hit you anymore. Then it should be quite straightforward to make the situation safe in a non lethal manner. This sort of response is completely ridiculous and should not be normalized.
appel@whiskers.bim.boatsto News@lemmy.world•NAACP to Black student-athletes: Take your talents elsewhere amid Florida anti-DEI efforts8·1 year agoMight as well call it the “I’m a Massive Racist Bill” what a joke
appel@whiskers.bim.boatsto World News@lemmy.world•Dutch gov't looking for ways to continue delivering F-35 parts to Israel after court banEnglish227·1 year agoWestern liberal democracy is a facade
Sellafield is leaking nuclear sludge due to decades of neglect and apathy; an entirely British problem