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eli_sennesh comments on Open thread, 30 June 2014- 6 July 2014 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: [deleted] 02 July 2014 09:37:37AM 1 point [-]

I live here. The government put out a press release.

Comment author: DanielLC 02 July 2014 09:14:51PM *  1 point [-]

I assume my government has those, but I don't generally see them. Do they show those on the news or something? Why do you watch (or read or whatever) them? Are they useful? Are they entertaining?

Comment author: [deleted] 02 July 2014 10:12:42PM 3 points [-]

Do they show those on the news or something?

Yes.

Why do you watch (or read or whatever) them? Are they useful?

I mostly ignore them, but the ones about significant outbursts of violence are the ones you don't ignore if you want to avoid being a part of a significant outburst of violence.