Webdeveloper from Germany, nerd, gamer, atheist, interested in nerd-culture, biology of everything creepy, evolution, history, physics, politics and space.

Progressive. Ally. SocDem. Euro-Federalist.

Political Compass: -7.0, -6.62

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  • No, but the reason for it is one of safety, not morality:

    Every bacteria, virus, fungus or other germ that can contaminate that lab and that meat is already adapted to hurt me, there is no species barrier. Nature generally abhors cannibalism because of this.

    Now if you grow it in a lab, that might not be too much of a risk, but once you enter capitalist industrial production there are numerous incentives to cut corners and increase the risk of contamination.

    Contamination also exists in factory farming, but at least there, there’s a species barrier and the impact of that cannot be overstated.

    Alternatively, you’ll create a swamp of human meat factory farms that use huge amounts of antiviral, antifungal and antibiotic agents and just get soooooo much more effective in training multi-resistant germs, already adapted to human tissue.



  • German Law is very sane in regards to voting rights.

    § 13 of the German Federal Election Act (BWG) stipulates that only who is disenfranchised as a result of a judge’s decision is excluded from the right to vote.

    This provision does not conflict with the general principle of equality in Article 3 of the Basic Law (Grundgesetz - GG) and the principles of equality and universality of the vote, because the right to vote is not automatically revoked, but may only be revoked by a judge’s ruling if certain legal requirements are met.

    However, this exclusion as a result of a German court ruling is only possible in a few cases expressly mentioned in the Criminal Code (StGB) and the Federal Constitutional Court Act (BVerfGG) and applies for a maximum of two to five years. Exclusion from the right to vote applies if a person has been sentenced to at least six months or at least one year in prison for the following offenses, for example:

    • Preparation of a war of aggression and high treason against the Federation
    • Treason and disclosure of state secrets
    • Attack against organs and representatives of foreign states
    • Obstruction of elections and falsification of election documents
    • Bribery of members of parliament
    • acts of sabotage of means of defense or intelligence service endangering security (in this case, a prison sentence of at least one year is required).

    In these cases, the deprivation of the right to vote is at the discretion of the court in accordance with the special criminal law provisions and is not an automatic consequence of the conviction for these criminal offenses.

    Furthermore, the right to vote can be revoked by the Federal Constitutional Court due to the violation of fundamental rights.

    The disenfranchisement from voting is btw. also the foundation that makes one ineligible to be elected.

    According to the Federal Election Act, anyone who has German citizenship and is of legal age on the day of the election is electable. This does not apply to those who:

    • have lost the right to vote and therefore their eligibility to be elected as a result of a court ruling or no longer have the capacity to hold public office
    • is permanently dependent on a statutory caregiver / guardian
    • or is in a psychiatric hospital due to a conviction



  • Oh Ukraine absolutely should be allowed to join NATO asap!

    But the failure of many EU states to defend the rights of their citizens doesn’t mean we should let more people opposed to those rights join the Union. I firmly believe that the EU should be the shining beacon on the hill. That we come together to defend our rights, ensure peace and seek cooperation across the continent, but always, always in the pursuit of the lofty ideals of humanism, the enlightenment and social justice.

    I am fighting the right at home, I have no intend to supply them with reinforcements.