Buddhism is less of a religion and more of a philosophical code imo. Not everyone treats it that way though

Hell yea bro! Thats pretty good :)

I get groceries for a week in auckland at about 70. Considering auckland is the most expensive city in my country, I reckon 50 is fesible in other cities.

Just to clarify: the military will only be enabled to replace striking civilians employed by the defence force. Im still against this, but it seems like a fair few people think they will be replacing striking civilians nationwide. This is not the case.

You just linked a picture

How are we playing both sides? My government is very vocal when it has ethical concerns, even with friendly nations as shown by our stance on palestine

I dont know if this is specifically a western values thing, over here in NZ we are in the right in both instances. Same with australia, france and a fair few other western countries. Seems to just be how closely the nations align to the US

I think we banned it in NZ a few years ago. This might be outdated data, but Im not confident