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Look at my joining date. I was 14 when I joined the forum. :D

Haha! That's one of the biggest myths! Basic food was heavily subsidized, so you get basic food for very cheap prices. Petrol was subsidized too, one of the cheapest countries in the world for petrol. Education and healthcare are both fully state run and subsidized so i guess for citizens it...

Its the most free country in the world though :P

Libya was a former Italian colony. Maybe not this generation, but mine, my parents, they all loved Italian football. Used to be the case that if you ask someone who they supported, it meant which Serie A club do you support. So yes, i think so, but also his son played for Perugia

To be honest prices of renting or buying homes in Amsterdam is absolutely atrocious too. I just meant I'd rather live here than UK :D

That's fair enough. But then lets look at objective measures? On most measures of quality of life, health outcomes, education, standard of living etc we were in the bottom half of countries in the Middle East. I would ask your friend also how its like to conduct business over there? because you...

NL >>>>>>> UK

That's true. But then again, was it ever a fair battle? Gedaffi's regime against people? The second part? like it? how? really? what did they like about it? I mean our infrastructure is not even comparable to Tunisia or Morocco despite being a richer country than both, and despite those...

Did foreign countries interfere and are still interfering in Libyan affairs? of course. Are foreign countries taking advantage of the situation in Libya, especially other Arab countries such as Qatar and UAE? Of course. Has Libya become 10 times worse after the events of 2011? No doubt. Ok, now...

But i dont understand. Regardless of how it ended up, or whether or not foreign countries tried to benefit from it in some way or another. How was the actual uprising not organic? The hundreds of thousands of people protesting, or revolting against those regimes are all foreign agents? Was it...

How is the Arab Spring the West's fault. Arabs were miserable with their regimes, but then our confused populations decided to support/install different authoritarian regimes in their stead. We missed a historic opportunity to change for the better. But I think we have a toxic culture where...

I strongly strongly doubt, hard work is not part of Real Madrid culture. Actually I'd be really surprised if they weren't one of the hardest working teams, and working hard wasnt a big part of their culture. 1645004640 Their league hasn't gone to shit. Its not the best in the world, as it was...

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But this isnt really the clap :D This is the way i think of it. Theres a very low probability the virus would be serious to me personally. I accept all these restrictions because I know what the virus does to the society i live in. It increases mortality rates, its dangerous to elderly and...

Cases are quite high here as well. But its hospitalisations that matter, and that is going down.

and that's all fine! comedy is subjective. I have a German friend, he'll probably find this clip appalling. That's fine too. But then just don't watch it. We can't all go around looking for people who say something we dont like and try to silence them. There won't be anything left you can say...

that is quality tv for you :lol: Its sad that most probably going forward we aren't going to get this kind of comedy. Which is sad. I mean i understand people will always get offended by certain stuff. But then just don't watch it. RIP Sean Lock! Forza Jimmy Carr, he's coming to NL later this...

https://news.sky.com/story/im-going-down-swinging-jimmy-carr-responds-to-holocaust-joke-controversy-at-gig-12535231 Anyone else think this is ridiculous and absurd? I mean am i missing something here? Is Jimmy Carr not a comedian telling jokes? He's not getting up on the stage outlining a...

:tup: Hopefully the rest of Europe as well soon.

1) There is significant evidence that masks reduce probability of transmission per contact. Vaccines reduce the probability of severe symptoms, also significant evidence. Do we eventually have to learn to live with it? of course. But i don't understand where your views on masks and vaccines come...