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Calius1337 t1_j2d95mp wrote

No it’s not. If it would, there would be no crime at all. If I truly want to do something, I’ll do it, no matter what. If the only thing stopping you from doing something is the expected punishment, then there’s something inherently wrong with that system.

There’s a difference between “I would like to kill someone, but if I’m caught I’ll go to jail, therefore I won’t do it” and “I see no reason for killing someone. It’s wrong and immoral and I have no desire to do it.”

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Blautopf t1_j2d824m wrote

Also without recognition from other countries prepared to work with you declare independence to your hearts content if it remains unrecognised it is useless. You need this recognition to set up many needed institutions such as a banking structure that allows you to trade.

A good example is Somaliland in Somalia, they have declared independent elected a governament and tried to seperate from the war racked rest of the country but no nation has recognised them. In effect they are unable to operate and almost nobody even knows this peacefull enclave exists in a war torn country.

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courtimus-prime t1_j2d7ym2 wrote

Great question!

Judaism is the mother of Christianity, Islam, and Catholicism. Their 'bibles' tell almost identical stories and base their entire faith around a messiah who is the son of a single God.

Buddism, on the other hand, arose around the same time as Islam, but is extremely different to the other religions. Buddism doesn't have a central text, and is built around philosophies rather than idols.

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C_Ux2 t1_j2d7fv1 wrote

Blu-ray is an improved technology (how the disc is made) that allows for a higher resolution, which makes the picture look sharper and more detailed.

DVD is 720 × 480 pixels, BR is 1920 x 1080 pixels.

There is now UHD Blu-ray, which has a resolution of 3840 X 2160 pixels - this is known as “4K”, and is effectively 4 times to resolution of a blu-ray.

8K would notionally come next but the “winning” format is yet to emerge; different companies will try to market their own media until one is widely adopted or has market share.

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