The most curious thing in the whole mess is the revelation that Americans actually think companies should react to this kind of thing. Like the employer would “naturally” and “obviously” have a right to invade employees’ personal life and privacy.
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Basically a Sophie Scholl kind of resistance.
That was probably one reason why Hitler wasn’t assassinated by the allies. OTOH, the death of Franco (but to old age!) meant the end of fascism in Spain. When a dictator dies, there’s always a chance for better.
Which is not going to happen, and not only because he’s not born a US citizen.
“Strictly phonetic”—no. But more-or-less-strictly phonological, yes. Finnish is also one of those.
“Why would I own a car? Our public transportation works fine. Or a watch, since I can already see the time from my mobile phone.”
The humanity does. Well, maybe not “need” it but deserve it. Finding out about the world around us is what we exist for.
When I was beginning to work at the university, there was a professor who had started an affair with his student. Everybody knew about that, no one cared a s***. Later on, the student got employed at the department, and then they got married. The only thing I ever heard of it being talked about was that it wasn’t quite sure whether it was the student or her professor who actually did her “maturity exam” (a then-compulsory exam after finishing your MA thesis, the questions of which were based on the thesis).