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Ok, fair enough Tom Send a noteboard - 17/10/2017 09:15:14 PM

I was thinking about his foreign policy stance and that serious face he tries to make whenever he talks about all the threats we face.

On Venezuela, I think it would be an incredible waste of resources because it's going to collapse on its own anyway, and you're right that there's no military threat. It would also provide the neo-marxists in Latin America with more propaganda points about "yankee imperialism". However, I can see some circumstances in which we would intervene, mostly involving increased involvement by China in Venezuela. Having said that, I also don't see that happening because China also understands that you don't throw good money after bad.

Political correctness is the pettiest form of casuistry.

ἡ δὲ κἀκ τριῶν τρυπημάτων ἐργαζομένη ἐνεκάλει τῇ φύσει, δυσφορουμένη, ὅτι δὴ μὴ καὶ τοὺς τιτθοὺς αὐτῇ εὐρύτερον ἢ νῦν εἰσι τρυπώη, ὅπως καὶ ἄλλην ἐνταῦθα μίξιν ἐπιτεχνᾶσθαι δυνατὴ εἴη. – Procopius

Ummaka qinnassa nīk!

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Why Are [SOME] Millennials Wary of Freedom? - 16/10/2017 07:16:47 PM 2478 Views
Good article. - 16/10/2017 08:05:48 PM 975 Views
Indeed it is a pathology of fear. - 17/10/2017 01:59:24 AM 892 Views
This makes me especially sad. - 17/10/2017 12:47:51 PM 837 Views
never thought of it that way but excellent points *NM* - 17/10/2017 03:31:51 AM 594 Views
Definitely a possibility. - 17/10/2017 12:46:42 PM 838 Views
I totally agree on there being fewer causes for fear. - 17/10/2017 06:39:38 PM 909 Views
Wait...you said *Rubio* was trying to push a positive, hopeful message? RUBIO? - 17/10/2017 08:22:40 PM 848 Views
Maybe I shouldn't have omitted the disclaimer about his foreign policy. - 17/10/2017 08:33:37 PM 855 Views
Ok, fair enough - 17/10/2017 09:15:14 PM 787 Views
Do we still have WSE points? I was quite the mogul in the waning days of WoTmania. *NM* - 16/10/2017 11:36:00 PM 552 Views
/me steals your WSE points. *NM* - 17/10/2017 12:48:08 PM 527 Views
Interesting - 16/10/2017 11:46:32 PM 880 Views
Old dude, you make a good point, too. - 17/10/2017 02:01:29 AM 847 Views
Authority for Authority sake is just as Mores-less as No Respect for Authority - 17/10/2017 06:07:15 AM 918 Views
All generations experienced different cultures with different views *NM* - 17/10/2017 11:41:40 AM 506 Views
Agreed but there is a difference in severity between 1997 to 2017 vs 997 to 1017 *NM* - 18/10/2017 05:52:14 AM 498 Views
but less than 1900 vs 1920 - 18/10/2017 02:27:59 PM 803 Views
I still have hope - 17/10/2017 12:50:35 PM 907 Views
I shall endeavor to combine Tom'n'Mookie's theories into one grand theory of... - 17/10/2017 02:15:48 AM 882 Views
This article agrees with your assessment - 17/10/2017 02:30:03 PM 968 Views
I appreciate your amendment. - 17/10/2017 03:14:19 AM 1144 Views
no it is just hard to see the problem from the inside - 17/10/2017 11:51:08 AM 865 Views
Re: no it is just hard to see the problem from the inside - uh, yes. - 17/10/2017 01:44:26 PM 944 Views
Most of us are very good at that - 17/10/2017 08:24:50 PM 875 Views
Thanks. - 17/10/2017 01:00:42 PM 789 Views
I disagree with relation to trigger warnings. - 17/10/2017 11:17:45 PM 849 Views
A fair point. - Still, how far will you extend them? - 18/10/2017 12:47:50 AM 823 Views
I don't know, but I'm not entirely sure it's a big deal either way. - 18/10/2017 02:56:09 AM 773 Views
Nods - 18/10/2017 03:17:17 AM 797 Views
And I would posit that no work of literature should have any trigger warnings. - 18/10/2017 01:02:44 PM 986 Views
Re: And I would posit that no work of literature should have any trigger warnings. - 18/10/2017 08:48:01 PM 857 Views
How would you propose such warnings be worded? - 18/10/2017 09:21:02 PM 840 Views
Do you know a lot of people who suffer from PTSD? - 19/10/2017 05:26:06 AM 1021 Views
Stop. Now. - 19/10/2017 06:21:13 AM 781 Views
Avoidance isn't the purpose of those warnings, though. - 19/10/2017 06:32:16 AM 819 Views
You would ruin the literature though. And discussions around the literature. - 19/10/2017 01:21:20 PM 859 Views
That's reasonable. - 19/10/2017 11:58:56 PM 827 Views
Well argument settled becuase they already exist - 23/10/2017 01:46:55 PM 758 Views
Fuck you Tom - 19/10/2017 07:06:47 AM 954 Views
Oh come on... - 19/10/2017 05:12:46 PM 837 Views
Oh please - 19/10/2017 02:10:11 PM 911 Views
Re: Oh please - 20/10/2017 12:01:02 AM 848 Views
I'm just gonna put this out there... - 20/10/2017 07:24:55 PM 821 Views
Eh, I don't think that's accurate. - 21/10/2017 07:04:58 AM 753 Views
An unnecessary tool.... - 23/10/2017 05:14:06 PM 771 Views
Why does this reasoning apply to PTSD but not to other diseases? PTSD is a physical issue. - 24/10/2017 12:33:31 AM 767 Views
I would challenge that statment.... - 24/10/2017 05:14:17 PM 968 Views
Do you actually believe those examples are valid? *NM* - 23/10/2017 07:32:59 PM 462 Views
Agreed. - 19/10/2017 06:16:33 AM 924 Views
Interesting article. - 17/10/2017 07:41:34 PM 835 Views
Why are some HUMANS wary of freedom? - 17/10/2017 05:31:04 AM 815 Views
Maybe the victimhood thing is another kind of honor - 17/10/2017 01:02:43 PM 879 Views
Because it's easier to absolve oneself of power sometimes. For those people anyway. - 17/10/2017 01:10:41 PM 815 Views
I apologize before hand - 18/10/2017 01:11:59 AM 804 Views
I haven't read all the comments, so I apologize if I'm doubling up - 17/10/2017 01:06:00 PM 1032 Views
Oh those echo chambers. - 17/10/2017 01:16:40 PM 932 Views
I hate blaming things - 17/10/2017 02:04:44 PM 995 Views
I'm not even sure "echo chamber" is the right phrase - 17/10/2017 02:17:07 PM 933 Views
I'm not sure that is the most common choice. - 17/10/2017 05:21:52 PM 1018 Views
I get irritated too. But I still keep them in my news feed as well. - 17/10/2017 08:49:45 PM 806 Views
Je ne regrette rien. My memes are both spicy and piquant. *NM* - 17/10/2017 11:20:55 PM 452 Views
I'm of Russian extraction. I like my food bland. Garlic, dill, salt, pepper. It's enough for me. - 18/10/2017 12:52:27 AM 786 Views
You know, I'd not thought about that. - 18/10/2017 03:07:05 AM 844 Views
I find him intriguing as a Captain. - 18/10/2017 01:09:07 PM 828 Views
So now we are at episode 6 - 24/10/2017 12:31:06 PM 723 Views
6 was by far the best episode of the series. *NM* - 24/10/2017 08:07:55 PM 475 Views
Yes - 25/10/2017 12:50:15 PM 781 Views
But are your Memes brothy and fully of Umami? - 18/10/2017 01:17:07 AM 745 Views
Umami is an irritating word *NM* - 18/10/2017 04:59:21 PM 425 Views
Yes, ohdaddy is a much better word. *NM* - 18/10/2017 05:15:48 PM 531 Views
*NM* - 18/10/2017 05:39:12 PM 462 Views
*NM* - 18/10/2017 06:27:31 PM 448 Views
I do think some of this is specifically American and to a lesser extent the rest of the Anglosphere. - 17/10/2017 06:26:33 PM 860 Views
Agreed with all your points. - 17/10/2017 08:53:23 PM 860 Views
The Netherlands, I'm not so sure about. - 17/10/2017 11:43:54 PM 835 Views
My apologies. I see Dutch and don't think of Belgium. - 18/10/2017 12:56:26 AM 836 Views
That's alright. This is a confusing country in many ways. - 18/10/2017 08:58:15 PM 815 Views
America and to a lesser extent the rest of the Anglosphere puts a higher valuer on liberty *NM* - 19/10/2017 01:53:50 PM 496 Views
Yes, in some ways it does. *NM* - 19/10/2017 05:38:41 PM 492 Views
Simple, true fredom is includes the freedom to fail - 20/10/2017 05:43:13 PM 871 Views
Re: Simple, true fredom is/includes the freedom to fail *NM* - 20/10/2017 05:45:51 PM 529 Views
Yes it is the freedom to fail - 20/10/2017 06:36:02 PM 885 Views
This entire thread was so awesome.... - 20/10/2017 07:12:46 PM 890 Views
Jeo I think you in particular will appreciate this - 20/10/2017 09:07:39 PM 829 Views
Interesting.....wisdom from on high.... - 20/10/2017 09:58:36 PM 734 Views
damn it *NM* - 20/10/2017 09:07:39 PM 429 Views
I think a lot of us are thinking about trigger warnings differently. - 21/10/2017 07:07:01 AM 825 Views
Maybe, maybe not... - 23/10/2017 05:18:16 PM 740 Views
Glad you enjoyed it and that it provoked thought. - 23/10/2017 02:32:57 PM 808 Views
I see this as... - 23/10/2017 05:23:54 PM 791 Views
I kind of break them down into two types - 22/10/2017 03:25:04 AM 878 Views
I wonder how much the fall of communism has to do with this? - 24/10/2017 10:20:16 PM 831 Views
Definitely more than a bit. - 25/10/2017 12:51:55 PM 752 Views

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