winsor
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Anyone who duplicates statements from proponents of 'diversity, equity and inclusion,' but switches black for white and vice versa, would be labeled the most abhorrent from of racist out of hand. The most racist diatribes I've ever endured have been directed against perceived racism. My point is not that racism is okay; I call foul when cherry picking is involved. BSBD, Winsor
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If I can't take it with me, I'm not going.
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Gee, and here I thought the reference was to the explosion of the population based on the assumption that natural resources, to include fossil fuels, were inexhaustible, compounded by going into debt at a level beyond that which can be repaid, and generally following policies that have spelled doom for a civilization every time they have been tried. Thank goodness it was simply a matter of mortality on an individual basis. What a relief.
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I don't believe much of anything, and I'm certainly not a supporter of any of the usual suspects. Having said that, Antifa burnt more things to the ground than I'd prefer. If Portland survived their attentions good for them. SARS-COV-2 is rather a definitive bioengineered pathogen, its release most certainly the result of blunder rather than intent. The response to the pandemic was also an exercise in incompetence (any time something actually turns out to be due to conspiracy I'm quite impressed). I've lived in both Chicago and Florida, and both have areas that are either genteel to the point of idyllic or violent, dystopian hell holes, depending on who's doing the finger pointing. The only difference between one side of the aisle and the other the population to whom they pander. Both groups are equally FUBAR. BSBD, Winsor
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Many buzzwords harken to definitions which can only be seen as favorable, but often wind up meaning something else altogether - to the point of approaching the complete opposite. Like it or not, 'woke' has become a billion dollar business, where corporations purchase indulgences in the form of 'diversity, equity and inclusion' training and 'community organizers' shake them down as a security racket. The whole system is beneath contempt.
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Many synonyms for "naive to the point of mentally challenged" are demeaning insults, so 'woke' is in good company.
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I doubt if you'll get consensus on that point, regardless of its relative veracity. CO2 is a factor, but even a superficial understanding of radiation heat transfer reveals it to be but one of many. Unfortunately, its significance is more as a measure of overpopulation than as a driving force for climate. In the long run we're fucked either way. It was fun while it lasted. BSBD, Winsor
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A disease of denial by any measure.
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Also, the $400,000 price tag for a Sidewinder pays for a lot of dumb projectiles.
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'Twas ever thus.
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She doesn't hold a candle to John Reed.
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I'll go with 'cooperation toward a common goal;' "compromise" has too many very negative definitions.
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Any casual student of logic is familiar with the different types of definition, which often makes the meaning in one context entirely independent of the meaning in another. Definitions may be Lexical, Stipulative, Precising, Legal, Medical, Nautical, Technical et al.. "Fiber' to a dietician and to a material scientist are entirely different things, only vaguely related. In addition, the same word in another language is sometimes the same, sometimes related, and other times completely different. BSBD, Winsor
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Feel free to use the killfile feature for posters whose content you find devoid of merit, it works great except for moderators. I lived in the next town from Skokie when the ACLU defended Nazis' right to march there; I'm not a big fan of that group, but I think denying them victimhood was a good call. I disagree strongly with the stance taken by one poster or another, but don't wish to find myself in an echo chamber by filtering out everything thing with which I disagree. YMMV, Winsor
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Turns out abortion is a First Amendment issue: https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/253547/the-satanic-temple-to-open-free-abortion-clinic-in-new-mexico Their approach reminds me of the SVNA, or Students for Violent Non Action, an activist in Chicago in the late '60s. The name, like that of the Samuel Alito's Mom's Satanic Abortion Clinic, was pretty much a raspberry to their detractors. This should be amusing.
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According to Sun Tzu, it's better for an opponent to think you are weak where you are strong, and strong where you are weak. At least that is more or less what the translation says - my Chinese is remarkably weak.
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Straw man. I contend no such thing.
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If the allegations against him are true, he should not have been a free man - much less an armed one. The problem I have is that accusations of misbehavior are all too often used as an instrument of malice, and there are no consequences to using false allegations to obtaining a restraining order. It's stated with assurance that he was given to shooting everything in sight at the drop of a hat; a conviction on the basis of any of these incidents would have stripped him of '2nd Amendment Rights.' Actually, if the authorities had seen fit to bring charges for his alleged crimes, they would have been completely within their legal rights to disarm him while charges were pending. They were lazy and it bit them I contend that, if you want to wear a white hat, you have to follow the rules. By all means he should be subjected to Due Process (tm) and, if convicted, incarcerated/stripped of his rights. BSBD, Winsor
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Agreed. I dislike him, as I do most politicians, but I'm comparatively indifferent to his verbal gaffes. If all one has is cheap shots, it doesn't do much to support their position.
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How much is in it for us? Those space lasers aren't cheap, you know
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That's the word I think it is. It's the other word that's something else.
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Given the level of vitriol on this forum, it is often difficult to pick out a legitimate request for clarification from knee jerk gainsaying. The only activity I recommend being proscribed is the vivisection of children, though puberty blockers are about as bad. What the hell, if rendering a portion of the population sterile limits population growth, perhaps it's a backhanded benefit. BSBD, Winsor
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When the far right fringe is so desperate for attention...
winsor replied to ryoder's topic in Speakers Corner
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I don't recall recommending sanctions for much of anything beyond child abuse. It may be all the same to you.
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Jordan Peterson got sanctioned in Canuckistan for refusing to adopt trendy pronouns. I could scare up accounts of similar cases in the U S of A as well. I don't recall claiming that there was a proposal to mandate such stupidity by law, but since you put it on the interwebz it must be true.
