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  • Serious Discussion and Debate Re: UN investigates 'racist stereotype' claims for Zwarte Piet

    I found a clip from a Dutch TV show (don't worry it was in English) and it's absolutely brilliant. How an American citizen views Saint Nicholas.

    Nov 2, 2013
  • Serious Discussion and Debate Re: UN investigates 'racist stereotype' claims for Zwarte Piet

    Hmm, they polled it in our population. 91% voted to keep it as is. I can see though how people are able to take offense. In Turkey they have a ...

    Oct 26, 2013
  • Serious Discussion and Debate Re: UN investigates 'racist stereotype' claims for Zwarte Piet

    I can only wonder how that person in general experienced social interaction and people. I have black friends that beg the differ and are in fact pro-Black Pete. As this ...

    Oct 26, 2013
  • Serious Discussion and Debate Re: UN investigates 'racist stereotype' claims for Zwarte Piet

    It has been ok for over a hundred years over here, aside from that. Kids don't see racism in it, as they aren't learned just that. Also, if that's the ...

    Oct 25, 2013
  • Serious Discussion and Debate Re: UN investigates 'racist stereotype' claims for Zwarte Piet

    Ok, why is it racist to you? As said, they are in fact free. Their appearance should not matter. Not even if something in later history adopt their look and ...

    Oct 25, 2013
  • Serious Discussion and Debate Re: UN investigates 'racist stereotype' claims for Zwarte Piet

    Recent developments have by now proven that Black Pete, indeed was a slave. But not entirely as the opposition wants to make you believe. Apparently Nicolaas of Myra (our saint ...

    Oct 24, 2013
  • Serious Discussion and Debate Re: UN investigates 'racist stereotype' claims for Zwarte Piet

    It's almost that magical time of the year for Dutch residents and as always we have a set agenda to make something out of nothing (mosquito's and elephants). UN Investigation ...

    Oct 19, 2013
  • Serious Discussion and Debate Re: Syria

    Well, if it was elaborated that it the phosphorus is only used as smoke screen, c'est tout. But it does not take away napalm from the equation. How is being ...

    Sep 20, 2013
  • Serious Discussion and Debate Re: Syria

    The United States is known to have used White Phosphorous and possibly even napalm-like agents in Iraq. On what grounds to you consider these weapons to be equivalent to Sarin? ...

    Sep 18, 2013
  • Serious Discussion and Debate Re: Syria

    I really recommend reading this: Translated news page for your convenience. Nafeez Ahmed refers to documents of the now retired NATO Secretary General Wesley Clark. Clark was informed by a ...

    Sep 6, 2013
  • Serious Discussion and Debate Re: PRISM and the NSA

    Those dictatorships are basically the only countries that wouldn't extradite him when the US would just merely suggest it. Surplus, tapping into is different from blatantly copying data and storing ...

    Sep 5, 2013
  • Serious Discussion and Debate Re: Syria

    Well with the recent changes in American law (for example the reinstatement of directed propaganda.) it's all quite shaky to say to what their action would be. Let alone senators ...

    Sep 5, 2013
  • Serious Discussion and Debate Re: PRISM and the NSA

    50% of politicians make over exaggerated claims and the other half lies. Yes let's vote. How about a vote to change the entirety of the system, maybe that'll help.

    Jul 5, 2013
  • Serious Discussion and Debate Re: 9/11 and some serious questions

    @Wherethewindgoes As NIST say's column 79 and column 44 initiated the collapse. Yet, how is it possible that an office fire (which in test's never reach a temperature above 700 ...

    Jul 5, 2013
  • Serious Discussion and Debate Re: 9/11 and some serious questions

    Hello fellow YWS'er, I would like to raise attention to a video, a video made by 1500 people in various area's of expertise. Highly valued people. That have their questions ...

    Jul 4, 2013


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