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[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

The best thing is that Ye Boju criticized the emperors harsh punishment of officials:

"The emperor himself solicited criticism of his harsh treatment of the officials in the prestamped documents case. Responding to unusual and inauspicious activity by the stars and planets, in a conventional gesture, he announced on 22 October 1376 that he would accept straightforward criticism of his rule from officials. Yeh Po-chii's response was the most detailed and the most devastating. Yeh was then serving in P'ing-yao, southwest of T'ai-yiian in Shansi. When the emperor read Yeh's criticisms, he became furious and ordered him brought in chains to Nanking. Yeh died of starvation in prison not long afterward. His criticisms dealt with three major problems in Ming rule: the enfeoffment of the princes of the blood and their command of military forces; the emperor's reliance on extremely harsh punishments; and the excessive haste with which the emperor moved to establish the institutions of his rule."

The book uses an older romanization of Chinese than the Wikipedia article.

Twitchett, Denis (1998), The Cambridge History of China Volume 7 The Ming Dynasty, 1368—1644, Part I, Cambridge University Press, Page 135f.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago

Freedom of speech was given, freedom after speech was not.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago

I got 8 Points and I was born this century.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

That's honestly worse.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago

Everything but ffmpeg. ffmpeg was what made me accept (with silent contempt) the Terninal on Windows, fish made me love it on linux

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 days ago

You Libtards just don't get it. God-President Trump, praise be to God, knows that if the US cannot import goods anymoee it will become a successful autarkical economy, like Spain under Franco or North Korea.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 week ago

Well they get paid for getting attention so I'm not so sure about that. Especially with how unpopular Elon Musk is.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 week ago (2 children)

How the fuck is Ubisoft cool? They should seriously give their PR-Manager a raise.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago (3 children)

I thought it was sweet corn and tomato pieces, I was pure.

Why?

What sort of deranged person would do something like this?

Just why?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago (5 children)

THE LESSER?

WHAT CRIMES AGAINST FOOD ARE YOU COMMITTING IN THE COLONIES?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago

Person In Colour

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

It's so great! "So says the slave to the free man."

 

Original comment was: "Honestly this image shows very nicely why I will never use KDE"

 
 

cross-posted from: https://feddit.uk/post/22433346

Pope Francis seemingly put his own spin on telling women to 'smile more,' urging nuns to abandon "vinegar faces," and stop speaking with the devil.

The Pope, 88, emphasized the importance of friendliness and love in embodying the virtues of the Catholic Church as he spoke to a group of Dominican sisters visiting the Vatican Sunday, The Times reported.

"Sometimes in my life, I have met nuns with a vinegar face, and that's not friendly," the Pope remarked. "That's not something that helps to attract people. Vinegar is nasty, and nuns with a vinegar face—let's not even talk about it."

The Pope also urged the nuns to follow Jesus' example of speaking to everyone—except the Devil. "No dialogue with the Devil, understood?" he stressed, warning against allowing jealousy and other human frailties to provide entry points for evil.

Among human frailties, the Pope addressed gossip as a substantial hurdle for women.

"Please, distance yourself from gossip," he urged. "To ask this of a woman is heroic but, come on, let's move forward and no gossip." He called on the sisters to instead be "heralds of affability."

 
 
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