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Well, time to visit my dad for a few months.
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@IlDiavolo
It might be better politically for Republicans, rather than Democrats,
If Trump was assassinated.
Martyrs are valuable,
Provide rallying behind ideas,
Allows discreditation of the other side,
Allows one to use conspiracy theories, true or not.
Dead leaders cannot dishonor themselves, cannot make mistakes.
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Assassinating someone, can have it blow up in your face,
Result in outcome one did not want.
If Trump 'had forcibly seized power,
Had used the military,
Looked unlikely to be removed from office by becoming a dictator for life,
Then assassination by Democrats would be more reasonable,
Though could 'still blow up in their face in various ways.
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Trump is old, on his way out,
There's young crazy people who might fill his vacuum anyhow,
Why give them more powder, to make a mess?
Why discredit the laws and peace of the nation,
For Trump who is already old, and on his way out.
Though I suppose he 'could still live a long number of years.
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I don't like https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Know_your_customer laws,
I would buy prepaid cards in the past because I don't 'like giving out my information to people.
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I find the idea of exhuming the remains of recent 'archeologists,
Then putting them on display in a museum,
Amusing.
I would 'imagine that most of them would not be bothered,
Though 'some of their families might.
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@n8nrgim
Because they are not compelled to by Nature/Nurture.
Some people/times/places,
Will result in more compulsion,
Some people/times/places,
Will result in less compulsion.
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Some people/times/places,
Who are Atheist, have nature and nurture lined up that they do,
Some people/times/places,
Who are Atheist, don't.
Some people/times/places,
Who are Theist, have nature and nurture lined up that they do,
Some people/times/places,
Who are Theist, don't.
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@DebateArt.com
Are there financial costs to running DART?
Do you make money by owning DART?
'Could you make money owning DART?
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@ponikshiy
I'd imagine there are words worthwhile in the Quran,
Individuals and communities that have and do exist,
That use it in a way we could appreciate.
But, not really something I've researched myself.
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@Best.Korea
I have decided it is morally wrong for me to ignore Mr.BrotherD.Thomas's actions towards others,
Like seeing a bullying in public, but doing nothing,
Instead I shall try 'something.
Admittedly I pick and choose instances to follow in life,
But eh, such is my reason for reporting posts of theirs I find over the line,
And encouraging other users (once), that they ought not turn the other cheek in this case.
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@Best.Korea
I view it as better to eat less,
Than to try to pad my meal with sh*t.
Better silence, than fingers on a chalkboard.
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@Path2Paradise
Of the topic, sorry,
No debate (In either direction comes to my mind)
I would like to say of Mr.BrotherD.Thomas though,
The Moderators seem to take reports from the targets of harassment more seriously than bystander reports of harassment.
I would also like to argue that it is better for the community if individuals who break the DART Code of Conduct are held responsible,
Even if 'you have thick skin towards them,
'Not reporting certain actions by them,
Allows them to act that way towards other users.
"You may not impersonate individuals, groups, or organizations in a manner that is either intended to or likely to deceive others. Parody accounts are acceptable, so long it is clear that they are parodies and do not parody other site users."
"Targeted harassment of any member prohibited,"
"Creating threads to call-out specific users qualifies as targeted harassment, as does obsessive attempts to derail unrelated topics with impertinent grudges. However, criticizing statements within an ongoing discussion, is fair game."
"Unwarranted systemic vulgarity and invectives, which may include off topic personal attacks and/or hate speech, are subject to disciplinary actions."
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@FLRW
Salt and oil, 'can make something fairly tasty,
Though if I don't eat such for a while,
Bit 'too salty and greasy.
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I had tomato soup, bread, and carrots, today.
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@zedvictor4
There 'is comfort and necessity in warm living.
Be healthy to go up and down mountains I'd think,
Though some people say going downhill can be hard on their knees, so I'm unsure,
Hm, maybe a nice mountain with 'easy slopes.
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@zedvictor4
@FLRW
If one is purely an indoor person, cooler temperature isn't so bad I'd suppose,
But I like the outdoors a fair bit myself.
Could be interesting to move to a place near a mountain I'd think,
Travel up, gets cold,
Travel down, gets warm.
Not sure about my future,
Maybe home of residence 'always be the Oregon coast,
Maybe try traveling some,
Maybe try eastern Oregon,
Maybe consider cheapest location in the USA,
Though other countries 'do sound nice, I very much like the idea of 'home.
@FLRW
Is it 'safe though?
Some cheap places are safe,
But I'd suppose that a number of places are cheap because people don't like 'living there so much, at certain points in time.
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@FLRW
I 'have often thought about how one could retire 'comfortably, as early as possible.
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@Best.Korea
It 'is pretty.
I find more 'full head coverings like hats or a bandanna, work well for keeping hair out of my face.
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@Best.Korea
A hat works,
But a ponytail only 'mostly works, if I'm moving about a lot, strands escape from time to time.
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@Best.Korea
Adds more options and individuality I imagine, if all the spells are custom.
I often found it fun to make custom spells in Warcraft III World Editor.
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@Best.Korea
I haven't cut the hair on my head in four or five years, I think.
Though I've trimmed my beard a number of times since.
I think I'd find it more comfortable shorter,
Get it less tangled in itself, my face, eyes, and it's environment,
Be able to use less shampoo.
I don't 'plan on cutting it, until I do something I find impressive again in life,
Be a 'long while, maybe.
I liked having a shaved head, a couple of times in life.
But I sometimes worry about balding in the future,
So I'll enjoy my hair for now.
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@Math_Enthusiast
What do you mean logical principles?
@Self
I suppose AI are usually built for specific function,
Like Clippy.
Hm, I'm not sure how to define logic either,
Still,
AI and code usually have an IF X is TRUE then DO Y ACTION.
Human might say,
If FOOD is TRUE then DO EAT ACTION,
Though more complicated I suppose,
And I'm still not convinced AI and 'people are the same or doing the same thing.
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@Statichead
It often seems to me a difficult groove to keep to, unending charity.
The effort, expectation that one could hold to it I mean.
Though it 'might not be,
Some people are 'highly active in their frequent efforts for others,
But even so, I have difficulty imagining it being easy to habituate all humans to such.
Sociological outcomes, regardless of what one 'hopes a person might choose,
Regardless, a statistical outcome can result,
Implying a great difficulty.
. . . Also there's the problem of 'convincing a person they 'ought to hold to such.
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I'm charitable on occasion,
Usually out of being surprised and close to a need in my face,
It being a person or situation I am close to some,
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Or being bothered by other's helping me, 'more than I've helped others, random acts of kindness by strangers towards me I mean,
I feel a need to balance the scales some, pass it along to other random strangers.
Still, at times I regret helping others, should the action have cost me something I value.
Ah selfishness,
Some of my family, creep me out a 'little bit at times,
In the difference of degree, we hold helping others, they're rather strong for it.
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Certainly outward and inward examination, is valuable to empathy.
"When you see a worthy person, endeavor to emulate him. When you see an unworthy person, then examine your inner self." - Confucius
"New International Version
When they kept on questioning him, he straightened up and said to them, “Let any one of you who is without sin be the first to throw a stone at her.”
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Well, even a partial memory of the song your dad told you of, sounds useful, appreciable.
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Well, one never knows a stranger in public, until they're observed a bit,
Fun surprise at times,
When one makes a connection, or meaning, where one knew not before, it would be there.
You're a person I've enjoyed talking with as well,
Worth the time, the thought.
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Why 'shouldn't money grow on trees?
Fruits possess value, thus fruits are money, thus money grows on trees.
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@sadolite
I don't know,
I imagine there's 'some formula.
If more people use it, the dollar might stretch more, a bit.
"As a candidate, Milei pledged to purge the political establishment of corruption, eliminate the Central Bank he has accused of printing money and fueling inflation, and replace the rapidly depreciating peso with the U.S. dollar."
Or contract if people use it less,
- Gaddafi announces plans for a unified African gold dinar currency, to challenge the dominance of the US Dollar and Euro currencies. The African dinar would have been measured directly in terms of gold.
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1986_in_Libya
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@hey-yo
Halo 1, is a masterpiece,
Halo 1, 2, and 3, are a decent work,
Then it expands into Sturgeon Law, as expanded universes do.
Though maybe in part due to different tastes. . .
I liked some of the songs in Halo 1, bought the CD.
Halo Reach was some fun, in terms of 'gameplay,
But I didn't like the aesthetic or story that much.
I didn't really pay attention to the story in Halo Wars,
But the gameplay was somewhat fun.
I liked Halo ODST, story and gameplay.
I despised the story of Halo 4,
Gameplay was a bit interesting.
I liked The_Fall_of_Reach book,
I liked The_Flood book,
First_Strike was decent,
I didn't like Ghosts_of_Onyx that much,
Contact_Harvest was 'okay,
The_Cole_Protocol was somewhat interesting,
There was some compilation of short stories, that I forget, didn't like it that.
. . .
Maybe I liked the early Halo more because I was a kid, the further back it goes to the original,
Nostalgia.
But I also think expanded universes end up watered down a fair bit,
Too many cooks, too many genres,
It becomes something 'different than the original,
Even when there is a 'single original author, a series can often be watered down.
I think I like works best when they're, 'smaller,
Small is easy to grasp, easy to have all connect, make point, 'complete.
Course 'too small, can lack impact, but eh, some short stories impact are impressive.
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I wonder how much cloth/thread/clothing a human could make from their own hair, in 100 years.
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@zedvictor4
People 'have been there a lot for me in life,
But I've also been there some, for other people as well.
Course, it helps people carry you some, if you're carrying yourself as well some.
Easier to help someone by offering them a shoulder to lean on, than a piggyback ride.
Generally speaking.
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@Sidewalker
Do you mean the people are odd,
Or that people come and go too often from the site?
Myself I meant I like having people I've known for a time, to talk to, and expect to talk to again in the future,
As something regularly scheduled.
. . . I've never made contacts easily in life.
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Hrm, The Underground Man, springs to mind.
Ah well, one cannot 'know another's thoughts, even in person, much 'less online.
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@Best.Korea
It sounds unfulfilling,
To frequent be false,
Probably fun instances,
But, moments in life,
I want people understanding me,
Like others connection,
Caring conversation,
Believing.
More difficult to have,
When easily speaking deceit,
Even jest spoken,
Habit forms,
By frequented use.
Becoming known,
A wolf boy,
Rarer, folk trusting,
Less giving, their hearts,
Slighter, honest times..
Would one not want,
For authenticity?
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@Best.Korea
I like having a regular group of people to talk to,
I view,
Finding people who disagree with you, as 'extremely valuable.
People who 'agree with you as well,
And the neutrals.
I like having the 'option to debate,
Should I become conflicted about a topic,
Or want to examine said topic.
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@Best.Korea
Was it such a 'common diet though?
"Biblical scholar John Nolland notes that the decision by the author of Matthew to provide a description of John's clothing and diet shows that both are unusual and worth commenting on."
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Take Benjamin Lay, of America, January 26, 1682 – February 8, 1759
"He was a vegetarian; he ate only fruits, vegetables, and honey, and drank only milk and water."
Doesn't mean it was the 'common American diet of that time and place.
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@Jarrett_Ludolph
Try one of the moderators, maybe.
Out of curiosity, why leave?
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@sadolite
I would it imagine on one's social circle,
Whether one's friends, coworkers, acquaintances are willing to care?
Though I 'do think it's valuable to build inner strength and self dependence,
Situations can arise in life, when that is what one needs most.
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I just don't see VR being the 'biggest craze,
Course one can't 'see the future,
And it arguably has at 'least a niche,
And I've never used it myself so bah on this thought a bit.
'Looks uncomfortable to me though, limiting, closeted, expense.
Looking at a phone or computer screen, isolates people a fair bit,
But at least there's the ability to 'always have people in the corner of one's eyes and ears,
Easy to get up and use the bathroom, be 'connected with the rest of the the world.
Course some people 'might want to disconnect themselves in the dark complete.
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Still, not as if VR is so immersive as the matrix needle the the back of the head/neck I would think,
Sensations of the real world still in one's body movements, limitations.
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@ebuc
That 'does seem to be one of the reasons people have been giving for hating him.
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@Best.Korea
Heh, funny,
And possible depending on if there was a famine I suppose,
But same as I wouldn't say the American diet consists of the soup kitchen (Excepting in Great Depressions)
I think I remember fish, meat, some nuts, some grapes, might have been some other things,
Meat might have been dried,
I suppose I might find out again this year, and if I remember, post here.
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@Tradesecret
Merry Christmas,
My mother likes the Christmas meal being what people in that area, time, and income, or Joseph and Mary might have eaten.
Can't say I really remember what the meal 'consists of though.
My eldest brother and my mother, donate to charity during Christmas, since we don't do gifts anymore.
Except my sister, who having kids, still does gifts with them and her husband.
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Wow, a lot of people 'really hate Henry Kissinger.
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@hey-yo
Saving money, investing money, and working,
History and Law.
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I suppose one could try 'mixing subjects more,
By this I mean, dodgeball re-enactment of Bunker Hill (Though with chance of Americans losing, risk adds fun)
Or spelling bee basketball,
Use of math in history class to compare sides in conflict, or price changes in the Great Depression,
I don't know, 'something.
Also less homework.
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@ebuc
Certainly various moments whether stressful, joyful, or thoughtful,
Can have an effect,
Draw from a person, a piece of belief, perhaps even a whole of belief.
And true,
From a certain point of view,
People have high values, and sacred ideals.
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Would it make a difference to some people I wonder, who are angry about God. . . (I'm not angry about God, just musing)
What I mean is some people's view of God, is some idle bored watcher,
There next to us,
No matter our agony, pain, or situation.
Would it make a difference to them, if they viewed God 'not as dispassionate,
Rather if all our pains and sorrow, were equally shared and felt by God,
In sensation, in empathy,
Our joys and wonders. . .
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Not that I'm saying such is or is not the nature of God.
Ah well, I don't believe in God myself.
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@Sam_Flynn
Even if the jury thought he was a racist,
I don't think that was tied to politics, any more than some other stances people have,
Like marijuana.
Even if politicians take a stance though,
Chauvin wasn't a politician or pushing for some big movement.
. . I suppose you might argue some other people were, BLM,
But to my view a political prisoner needs be more involved in politics themself,
Take the Jews for example,
I don't view them as political prisoners in the Holocaust, just victims.
Very well, if you think you've explained it clearly, more needs not be said.
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@FLRW
Artificial sun, 'does sound cool.
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I view,
Finding people who disagree with you, as 'extremely valuable.
People who 'agree with you as well.
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@Sam_Flynn
I thought you were being sarcastic by saying,
"And he wasn't imprisoned for being a racist either." #96
I thought you were implying he was unfairly depicted as a racist to the jury.
Been some time since I glanced at the trial,
I don't recall if the prosecution brought up Chauvin and race at all,
I don't 'think the jury was sequestered early on, so regardless if the prosecution brought it up, they could have been influenced by various sources.
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I think that a person's 'qualities, effect how people treat them,
'regardless of it being illegal or not.
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I still don't understand the false equivalence?
I used marijuana as an example, to attempt to understand how you are defining a political prisoner,
Not to say fentanyl and marijuana cause equal harm.
You said,
"When politics are used to unjustly imprison someone." #94
'I was referring to political laws unjustly putting people in jail,
By this I was expressing my view that your definition of political prisoner sounds a bit 'wide.
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@Sam_Flynn
Well,
I'd say people viewing him as a racist, likely had an effect on the sentence they gave him,
As with people viewing an individual as black, can have an effect on the sentence they give them.
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Not that I am taking the view that there is or is not systemic racism in the USA,
But I 'do think various identifiers will have various effects in various situations.
Still, being a racist isn't a political party?
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Why are marijuana users a false equivalency fallacy to this case?
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@Sam_Flynn
Every law is political, maybe,
And 'many people consider themselves unjustly imprisoned. Probably.
Take marijuana users,
Though I wasn't for legalizing it in the past,
I considered the many prison sentences given as punishment, wrong.
Derek Chauvin wasn't imprisoned for being a Republican, Democrat, or Communist.
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@zedvictor4
True, gold seems to hold value easy enough,
Heh,
Until Mansa Musa passes through ones country.
I can imagine electronic money being used widely in the future,
Crypto and such,
Way we use cards, kind of what we do already,
Not one gold bar or one sheep held in the bank to redeem for us.
Still, seems good to have some diversity in ones wealth,
Like land, house, water, canned goods.
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I often find it strange, when reading riches to rags stories,
If one has a 'ton of money, why 'not make plans in case it be all lost?
Still, I imagine many make such plans.
Vocal small stories, of loss, perhaps.
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@zedvictor4
I 'am more familiar with it as a term used to talk about an individual running for political office,
And then being imprisoned for bogus reasons by the political group 'currently in office.
Though I've also heard it used talking about activists imprisoned by whatever political group happens to currently be in power in some country.
@NoOneInParticular
I 'suppose, one can stretch it's meaning,
After all politics is values, and everything is values, in a manner of speaking.
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But then even an individual who steals from a store, could be a political prisoner,
If they advocate for a society without property for example.
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Though I suppose some people say they just do it because they wanted the item/money/fun,
Funocracy.
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Hm, I don't view the hostages in Israel as 'political prisoners,
So much as hostages taken by a terrorist organization,
Though one could argue political group.
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@Sam_Flynn
What makes someone a political prisoner?
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