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Men wage war physically because they are physically stronger. Women wage psychological war. Women also prefer powerful men, forcing men to 'prove' themselves, ultimately chosing alphas.

Men are more involved, but women are at the root cause of violent acts. Most men are not violent and given time, violent men will be rooted out by brainy meeks. It is women who chose to copulate with violent men than the meek ones.

It is a very bad statement to say 'why men love war', and is only an insidious way of saying the patriarchal statement that 'loving war is manly'. To be expected in 1984, but not today.

I think the worst part of being immortal will be having to deal with so many old people who will berate you for 'not growing up'.

The problem is that drug control started with banning rather harmless drugs - marijuana, peyote, shrooms. And these are still the gateway drugs for most people. So the first thing one learns is that drugs aren't really risky (and much less than alcohol that everyone is tasting!), and that media is lying. From there it is a slippery-slope. Only some users feel confident enough to try riskier drugs.

Also, as MarkPNeyer said, a lot of drug users are rather depressed.

Hardware is real-estate in ever compacting mobile landscape.

Well, chess was invented in India :)

I would recommend Pankaj Mishra if you are interested in this topic. Specifically for China, here is an article: http://www.outlookindia.com/article/A-Poet-Unwelcome/281819

That is largely discredited theory. It was devised by British, and it is well accepted that they were rather looking for a way to explain how 'India' always had outsiders.

By system I mean the lawmakers and the law enforcers. For them law abiders are sheep - or not smart enough (criminals). Politics as an act is how system works and has always worked.

No matter how much we cry that politics has gotten worse or that criminals have gotten power, if you look historically smart criminals always had power. And power is the way they work.

So, Aaron was indeed NOT part of the system. Neither are you nor me. We, the people, have gotten somewhat into the system by getting involved into politics via democracy. But in reality there is more propaganda about its infallibility than reality. That is where Aaron got caught. He was hacker, he saw the system, and started using it logically (which is like calling APIs, so to say). The problem is that the system doesn't work for you or me or Aaron. The APIs are self-contradictory and designed to entrap you. It works for itself. People are only to be pacified to avoid mass movements. It is true for USA and it is true for China, only difference is how much people get to exert pressure. Quite fucked up! :)

Now, there is no demarcation as such, and law abiders also become law enforcers etc. But if you look at the extremes you can see it very clearly. There is a murder, I forget his name, who is serving his sentence because he killed an abusive jailer, then there is Obama who has ordered more drone strikes than anyone in human history because USA has been threatened.

I hope I was clear. I will be AFK for sometime.

Most men don't understand how vulnerable they are because we are always made to take risk, lead and trust the system. The system is intentionally designed to harass people. Powers that be have always treated people outside the system as sheep. First it was the Kings, but at least then common people knew to stay away from strongmen. The System is pretty much the same since then. Men are expected to solve their problems on their own and not whine. Aaron fought the system for a lot of us, but neither he nor a lot of us understand how difficult it is, that the fight is ages old and the system has developed a lot of resistance. The rabbit hole goes deeper than most people understand. We must keep this fight alive if Aaron's life has any value.

It is a quite complicated subject. It is partly a result of colonialism, partly of nationalism, partly of globalization and partly of the way world unfolded after WW2.

Basically, beginning of the century, when Asian countries got 'freedom', all the political leaders who got power were educated in western philosophy. They read western books, spoke western languages as a sign of education and adopted competing western ideologies as the model of society. The old, native one was discarded because it was a memorial of defeat. And people accepted it. You can see that everywhere - Gandhi was a barrister who wore coat before he become a monk (and all his lieutenants, from Nehru to Ambedkar, wore suits), Mao wore western clothes. Korean, Japan - they are the best examples of it. Rich people had become rich by following foreigners, and when foreigners left them alone, these same rich westernized people became rulers. Since then there is a fascination with everything west. There are some poor people who are still clinging to the old system, if they can. But the middle class has almost no option if they want to get rich.

As I said, it is a very complicated topic in sociology and there is no way I can explain it, as much as I understood it, here. I am eventually planning to write a book, starting from a dedicated blog. Will update here when I do.

A bigger problem, IMHO, is how do you define Altruism? Is bill gates more altruist because he gave up a million dollar? Or someone else who speds large amount of time outside job with NGOs working for poor people?

No problem. India is a shit country and if it were possible for me to give up my citizenship I would have done it without second thought. I have no issues with people pointing out problems, but problems of India are not reported in news unless they happen to be about cultural differences. [2] is not an argument, it is just to give you a direction if you want to find out real structural problems in all colonized countries and the sheer depth of it all. Read it at your own leisure. Orientalism by E. Said is phenomenal book that changed sociology studies. It is a very good read and even first 50-60 pages are enough to make you think.

Regarding dowry related death, any death of wife within 7 years of marriage is reported as dowry related death. Why? So police-lawyer-NCW nexus can make money out of it by harassing husband. A lot of times even women's family jumps in to make money. That is the level of discrimination women face. For example, the dowry harassment lawsuit (498a IPC) is non-cognizable, which means once filed, it cannot be taken back. Then it is Husband vs. The State. The moment a death occurs police and lawyers will convince family members to file 498a. Then they can simply use it to extort lakhs. My friend himself paid 10 lakhs. Is NCW interested in that data? No. It actively hides the real data, instead relying on vague statistics like 'how many dowry related deaths have been reported to police' and not 'how many dowry related deaths actually happened'. And why not? NCW is run by politicians and wives of corrupt IPS officers.

The supreme court judgement is not random, it is a judgement from SUPREME COURT which proves that even the most respected institution of India knows that there is hardly any problem of dowry. If, instead, I would have just said that, then you would have given me citations from news articles showing 'how bad the problem in dowry is', and then I would have pasted this same judgement to show you the "real data". I posted it to cut short that argument. There is obviously a difference between our perception of self-infallibility and my attempt to cut short that argument has failed. So why don't you show me some "real data" to prove that dowry is a major problem in India against which there is an 'ongoing campaign', because I have shown you already that there is a 'ongoing campaign' in India to match reality with fictional bullshit (that most probably you learned about India when you were a kid) by curbing down the abuse of the exactly same rhetorical argument you presented in your original post. Seriously man, Dowry Prohibition Act was passed in 1969. You are 50 years late to the party. Now we are passing laws to water it down.

Regarding the second paragraph, that whole argument comes from Madhu Kishwar but because I don't have the exact url I will leave it at that.

As per the effects of feminist media upon Indian villages (where, as Gandhi said, real India lives), I would ask you to go through these: 1. http://fathersforlife.org/pizzey/DV_is_not_a_gender_issue.ht... 2. http://www.odsg.org/Said_Edward%281977%29_Orientalism.pdf 3. http://www.rediff.com/news/special/ls-election-madhu-kishwar...

I am not sure what issues you are talking about. I was talking about how external type of education (western in this case), in general, and specially when conducted over generations, completely changes our moral compass and understanding, by using specific example of dowry.

I don't get it. If you think supreme court judgement is 'one source' then you cannot be argued with. And complaining about 'long paragraph'... hmm... I think you are just angry and without argument.

Regarding second paragraph, the citation is not handy right now, but this is what Indian feminists actually write. You know, the ones actually involved in drafting government policies. There was a similar article by NCW I read around 3 months ago. You can also talk to the head of http://samajsevasamithy.org/ regarding it (I volunteer there).

What source you want? You seriously don't expect me to public my identity here, do you?

I was about to give you my case number of anticipatory bail. But seriously, what source you want?

EDIT: On more thought, if you really want to know the ground reality you can call anyone in http://www.saveindianfamily.org/ . Their Bangalore chapter know my case.

I was with you until you started talking about dowry, proving once and for all (literally, for everyone who reads your comment) that you have no clue about India.

There is hardly any problem related to dowry. Come, have a look. 'Dowry' exists in media which consists of third grade students turned women-right activists.

For mathematically minded people, I will just quote recent supreme court judgment about the reality of dowry and dowry harassment lawsuit (498(a) IPC):

"The simplest way to harass is to get the husband and his relatives arrested under this provision. In a quite number of cases, bed-ridden grand-fathers and grand-mothers of the husbands, their sisters living abroad for decades are arrested. "Crime in India 2012 Statistics" published by National Crime Records Bureau, Ministry of Home Affairs shows arrest of 1,97,762 persons all over India during the year 2012 for offence under Section 498-A of the IPC, 9.4% more than the year 2011. Nearly a quarter of those arrested under this provision in 2012 were women i.e. 47,951 which depicts that mothers and sisters of the husbands were liberally included in their arrest net. Its share is 6% out of the total persons arrested under the crimes committed under Indian Penal Code. It accounts for 4.5% of total crimes committed under different sections of penal code, more than any other crimes excepting theft and hurt. The rate of charge-sheeting in cases under Section 498A, IPC is as high as 93.6%, while the conviction rate is only 15%, which is lowest across all heads. As many as 3,72,706 cases are pending trial of which on current estimate, nearly 3,17,000 are likely to result in acquittal."

I suppose 85% acquittal rate is just collateral damage, except that dowry was exactly how women used to get their parental property rights in India! But that is too Indian for Indians educated in western schools. So instead of codifying dowry as mandatory to protect women's rights from being infringed by her family, feminists would rather use misandry and enable women to vent their frustration on her husband. So we got ridiculous laws like dowry harassment lawsuit (1983) and dowry prohibition lawsuit, and then they realized that husbands demanding dowry is actually a rarity and reality is not at all as media would like to have use believe. So finally they passed equal property rights for women in 2005.

Bit by bit, you know. There is a reason why villages in India give an impression of being lawless.

My wife has left me. And my phone is getting surveilled. Don't ask me how I know it. What do you think I should do? - An Indian in Varanasi. BTW, there is no complaint against me and I am being visited by police every week.

Ground reality is a bitch.

It is all over the world. A large number of men are commuting suicide, mostly students and then married men. Yet if you look through pop media all you will see is how many women are 'attempting' suicide... :/

Well, the concept of spicy or non-spicy food is non-existent, at least that is how it was in my family. Some people like a lot of spices, others do not - it is like a family tradition. Generally the mother controls the family taste, husbands fall in line :)

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8421474 (modders, no need to mod)

France has a severe NIH syndrome.

I think knowing that at the end of the month you are going to have some money (in bank) is a revolutionary change. It converts your own perception of being a day-labor to a salaried person without actually doing much. Whether it brings positive change or negative is still to be seen but a change in perception of self is definitely a drastic step towards removing poverty.

That is very insightful. Why have you been downvoted? 'Time-orientation' as an 'evolutionary trait' is pretty much a new dress over eurocentrism.

I find it funny that we look at this information as if it is mind blowing, but if you talk to a fisherman in a 3rd world country, he (ostensibly) will talk about fishes as if they are exactly like people and will have only a 'duh' to say about experimental results mentioned in the article. The idea that _we_ are special or more intelligent or more evolved must be a new one.

*passport not password!

Thanks for saying that. I guess I should have explained further.

Hawala is originally from middle-east and has distinct Islamic flavor to it. So I can understand why someone can find my comment offensive.

Hawala has a history of being used in nefarious activities in India so I know better. Black-marketing gold, traceless transfer of money for terrorist activities etc. Gangs have spawned over it and gangs have survived over it. Since it is also used for sending remittance from Saudi to South-Asia by labor/slaves who have their password taken away from them, it is still tolerated socially though not legally.

Honor is what honorable people call it. Others call it gang.

Ugh... overzealous modders!

paulrov: You are [dead].