ericmay

I'm just pointing out the logistics of delivering aid is difficult with one example terrorist group doing so and that was the first one to come to mind. There may not have been evidence of syste…

Seeing the same. Logging out of the desktop app and attempting to log back in just results in a reset of the authentication flow.

Distribution is hard too. It’s not as simple as “we have food and we are mean”. Look at how Hamas for example was seizing food supplies meant for starving Palestinians. Who is going to deliver food ai…

Thanks and no sweat. Most folks, most of the time including me are ready to pick a fight! :-)

> If my friend has a doorbell camera and I don't like being recorded by him every time I visit his house, I can just not visit his house. Thanks though as a nitpick this isn’t quite accurate…

> It’s seems pretty plain that there is no interconnected network of doorbell cameras that anyone can use to track someone across every possibly doorbell camera that filmed them That doesn't s…

I was trying to understand where your opposition was - the operator of the device, the number of devices, or perhaps who and how information was accessed. Maybe I should've been more direct. In y…

So my understanding was incorrect, you're against any recording including personal use, traffic cameras, security cameras on private property (for example at a jewelry store)?

> The privacy violation is that the database exists, full stop. Is that because the government has access to the database? Aside from that I'm not really sure what the difference is between Fl…

That's a bad assumption and incorrect in this case. Instead of assuming you should just ask. I also did my best to communicate that I was genuinely interested in learning more about what was the …

Please correct my understanding if this is not the case... so the issue isn't the cameras themselves it's that you believe (and I am sympathetic toward) that they are easily searchable witho…

I don't really care too much one way or the other about these cameras, and generally think it's probably bad to have more surveillance but could you help me understand what exactly is "…

There's definitely a risk/interesting development there. I've read some reports that says some gulf countries are attempting to negotiate with Iran. But I've also read that some co…

Both Kora and Vietnam involved American ground forces, which is a significant factor in public war weariness. In the case of the blockade of Iran, aside from gas prices being too high, it's all r…

It's also less clear because you aren't really getting much reporting in western media about day-to-day life in Iran (curious isn't it?). You're certainly correct that the level of…

> The problem is that USA does not have any more rights than Iran to declare a blockade. Ok so both countries are wrong for stopping maritime traffic then. > If this will continue for too long, …

> They certain don’t control the straight, because Iran can attack any ship passing through with ease and the US can’t stop them. Yes but that also means Iran doesn't control it. The US can at…

> Iranian here, please give me the names of the 30,000 dead people so we can corroborate your claims with reality. I can't since I don't have access to the information. But the BBC starte…

Well we hurt them much more. For Iran oil is by far their biggest economic activity, and it hurts the regime more. For the US it's higher prices. It actually screwed with the rest of the world qu…

Sure I should have been more specific when I said oil. Those pipelines will have to be redirected or Iran will just have to leave them be. Blowing them up would result in reciprocal action of blowing …

Definitely easier said than done but necessary nonetheless. > The straight wasn’t a problem before the President of Peace I don’t think this is true. Iran has already mined the Straight before when…

We would just blockade it then as we are now. Iran gets no money and doesn’t get to sell oil. They’ve already demonstrated that they use the Straight in the same way Trump uses tariffs. As you know, b…

For now but they can build pipelines and such. Iraq is discussing sending one through Syria. I’m not sure what other products transit the Straight from memory but the only one that matters for America…

The US controls it right now in the same way that Iran does. No ships are allowed through without permission. You’re aware we have blockaded the Straight, right?

For Iran the long term result will be a playground without any children playing in it. Gulf oil exporters will move away from utilizing the Strait over the next few years due to this continued threat …

> For the ships that are transiting are shipping companies paying Iran to allow shipments? Ships aren’t transiting without American approval and if I recall the US said ships paying Iran were not p…

I find this seeming opposition (not from you or on this thread train) to installation of backup systems to be a bit befuddling. Battery backup systems, solar roofs/panels, &c. all effectively…