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  • You are inventing divisions where non existent.

    For starters there is absolutely no law or history where war refugees are required to settle in the first safe nation. Much the opposite the Geneva convention makes it illegal to use access or distance to limit the movement of refugees. This is specifically their as forcing nations nearest a war zone to accept refugees would increase the odds of the war spreading into their borders.

    As for the difference between EU and refugees. Given the whole Brexit history that is an utterly dumb complaint. It has absolutely no marit in this debate as the flag was specifically used to argue against all type of immigration in recent times.


  • This is a good question.

    It changed because the statement people hung the flag for decades is entirely recent history. Anyone over 50 knows it is not the case,

    It is true of the union jack. Although since Victorian times not hugely so and often seen as tacky. But the St Georges flag dropped from use before the 1980s.

    The reason is pretty clear. From about the mid 1800 most major English political parties have been unionist. It is a part of the Tory party name. But all 3 major parties and most smaller parties in England have been unionist.

    We have no major England separation party. Whereas the other 3 nations all have such parties. Calls for England as an independent nation. Have never had a majority or even significant following.

    As such the flag of England dropped out of use in the mid 1800s. As the main parties were successfully pushing the Union Jack as the main flag for England. In an attempt to diminish the separation parties of other nations. And no vocal group in the nation of England was opposing the lose.

    As such when the National Front. Then BNP etc etc started to use the St Georges flag as a call to remove all non white from the UK. Opposition was very much directed at the ideals. Not the use of a flag few felt a link to.

    Even now. Few have any real link to England as a separate nation. Just no real opposition to the flag any more then a link to it. It is seen by the vaste majority. More as the harm created by multiple negative party affiliations. Then as some national symbol of the English.



  • Exactly what I said. Oppose the use of the flag as a intent to scare immigrants.

    While making reasoned and rational arguments for and against different immigration policies.

    Of course the above is as unbiased as it can be.

    But as someone with more left of centre ideals.

    It’s not complex. As a nation we have always depended on immigration. Angle Celts and Jutes immigrated to this nation before the flooding of dogger bank some 12k years ago. Much as in the rest of the world. Excluding the plains of Kenya. No human is entirely native to any one nation. Mixing of cultures and people has always advantages the human race.

    But the right wing is very much being intentional in their use of other to distract the people. It is a key goal of fasism.

    The rights use of the flag as an element of fear. Is both intentional and a long known core element of fascist ideology.( Ultra nationalism and the selectionof a enemy class. ). intended to control opposition to the elite.

    Absolutely nothing the right claim as an issue to the UK is the fault or responsibility of immigration.

    While all the issues that drive people to accept such claims. Are the result of intentional reductions in rights and equality lead by 50 plus years of right of centre governments.

    As bad as godwins law can be. Their is a reason so many of the rights actions match 1930 Germany.


  • Solid advice above. 3d printing on these things is a huge issue initially. Set up etc is very fiddly. And this is with a new set up with everything documented by the manufacturer. As soon as you start playing with the mess others have made dealing with the same issues. More so after having dismantled and moved a set up to sell.

    Really not a fun task for a first timer.

    Once you have done it once and understand the issues involved and just how minor errors can mess with plate adhesive and other issues. It would be a fine purchase. But not that cheap. 1/2 price of a newer model seems normal.

    But it is also worth remembering. While these printers are very upgradeable. The tech is changing fast. And this is the price range where an older printer is likely to have changed the most compared to newer models.










  • Sorry to grin at you. But in OS theory Linux is known as a monolith kernal. So you choice of words would have given my lecturers a freakout.

    But while your terminology is a bit crossed. The ideal you are explaining is fine.

    Better Technical way to put it. Linux is just the kernal. Much of the interface you see is actually programs or apps running above that kernal. A d can be changed amd selected.

    Windows is also started multipart. But has become less so over time. And it’s single distributer makes it way less obvious. By preventing any competition within it’s internal structure. The original monolithic kernal of Windows was the MS Dos command.com program. But I no lying those of us from the 80s and early 90 remember using it.



  • It also has had real issues finding funding. And yes many who have worked for it. Have then had real issues finding work outside that field.

    So yes by many it has spent a sizable portion of that 65 years seen as not real science. And a waste of money.

    Quackery is a term normally saved for medical non science. Not a term I tend to use unless the scientific background is actually false.

    Scientists tend to just question the effectiveness and cost of a scientific endever.


  • Agreed. No sane scientist will say it exists.

    The strongest claim would be,. That it is less likely 0 life outside earth exist then some.

    But what OP says is far more quack like, although traditionally quack is a term saved for medical lack of science. It feels right here.

    As you say. His claim that extra terrestrial life Is on earth is not only without evidence. It opposes much evidence we do have. Like the limitations of distance or any other traveling life within our solar system.


  • The fact that unidentified things exist on this planet is clear.

    Them coming from a extra terrestrial source is not in any way clear. Without any evidence of the transfer of life to or from earth. The idea of extra terrestrial origins of any form of earth bound life is still to be questioned.

    You say extraterrestrial life is only recently accepted as feasible by scientist. In this you are correct, mainly due to evidence off the number of plannets.

    But no seriose scientist has any reason to accept that life has reached earth. First due to 0 evidence of such life having the ability to travel existing within our own solar system. 2nd from the complete lack of evidence of any form of faster then light gravel from other solar systems. Along with no yet existing evidence of life.

    It is in no way scientifically feasable to believe any of your experience is extra terrestrial in origin or alive.