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Kids need freedom to make their own decisions, without that they won't grow to be self realized adults.

For this specific issue, the solution is simple and straightforward: shaming. None confronted the pervert in the train, because no one knows what is acceptable today and what is not.

Mythical place to argue with people:

1. Your anonymous or whatever you say can't be used by another party against you.

2. There is a code of conduct that is strictly held (no interrupting, no ad hominem etc)

3. You can ask for time-outs and think before answering.

4. There is a bank of known knowledge that is considered true, very strict standards, as unbiased as possible, including confidence scales.

5. You are face to face.

As far as I can remember. There was a pro LGBT tweet that some people didn't like. And the moderator decided to blanket ban everyone who disagreed with the tweet. Some of the banned people had reasonable objections like: regardless if they agree with something or not politics and OS should be separated, and were still banned, including on GitHub. Others had objections also shared with the Godot founder and were still banned. There were some other things also but can't remember the details.

Chinese automakers are eating the low and mid-price range carmakers lunch. And it seems nothing helps:

- Local battery technology (Northvolt): Failed

- Taxes on Chinese imported cars: Failed (they are to cheep, and the EU doesn't want to be too aggressive)

There were times when there were more slaves in Athens than citizens.

The Arab led slave trade flourished for much longer, by some records it is alive even today.

The words Slav and slave have the same root.

There were times when 30-40% of the Korean population were slaves.

The Mongols killed and enslaved half of the known world.