14490 pts ยท January 20, 2019
Like most movements, there are always exceptions, but Nazism started as a very Christian movement. They wore crosses, required members to be Christian, and cited Christian scripture to support their actions. Scapegoating Jews was extremely Christian- they pulled from centuries of Christian anti-Semitic propaganda in order to do so. Nazi Germany was also Christian Germany, and you can't escape that at least for a time, they were tied together so closely as to be indistinguishable.
Having tiny feet isn't a super fun time either. I'm not belittling your struggles, trust me I know how much it sucks not being able to find shoes, just letting you know it's on both ends of the spectrum that they don't make shoes for. I wear a US women's size 5 (size 34 EU) and I shop 100% online for shoes because stores just never carry them. There are also a lot of really cute or well-built shoes that just don't make my size at all.
People don't seem to understand that we can hold two beliefs at the same time- it's not okay what's happening to American farmers and agriculture, but they also voted for and deserve it. I'd still stop what's going on from happening if I could, because it is really bad for the US as a whole, but I don't feel one bit bad for them losing their farms because they voted for this. It's a pragmatic policy decision to choose small farmers over Big Ag.
@OP Sometimes insurance in that area excludes Windstorm and Hail (ie, hurricanes), but Louisiana has state-sponsored wind insurance to fill that gap. So you might want to check your policy to see what it covers, especially if you saw a big decrease in premium, and see if it came with any new exclusions.
You too.
This is how it always goes. If you have ever participated in any sort of left-wing anything, you've been spied upon and there is a file about you. I worked for an environmental nonprofit in college and we all just ... knew that at least some of the people who came and went were undercover, and that we all had files on us, because caring about clean water makes you a horrible potential terrorist.
Ah, but when we talk about pro-choice or anti-choice, it's all about the legal position. Do I think some abortions can be unethical? Absolutely. But that doesn't matter; legally, all abortions at any time for any reason must be allowed. I don't get to pick other people's ethics, but I can pick which laws I support, and I support the ones that treat women as people. Also, birth control is explicit lack of consent to pregnancy, so ... zygote definitely snuck in if that's the case.
It really doesn't. People don't get to use other people for body parts. If I need blood to survive, and you're a match, you have no legal obligation to give me blood. And if I die without your blood, that is an acceptable outcome. I don't get to enslave you for body parts. Neither does a fetus. If it can't live without someone else's body, and the mother doesn't want it inside her body, the fetus can be ethically evicted. Even if it dies because of the eviction.
You too. But no, I will not let you end it there, though I expect no responses. Do you believe that women should get to control their bodies and who gets to use them, how, and when? Do you believe that women are full people entitled to full protection of the law? Hopefully the answer is yes. If it is, how could you ever justify forcing someone to remain pregnant against her will?
People don't have abortions after 20 weeks without something being very wrong. Downs abortions happen way earlier than viability, and 24 weeks is not really viable. It's a 50% chance of survival with modern care and almost always significant complications. But regardless no one gets an abortion after 20 weeks without major medical needs being involved.
When that happens it's way before viability, not at 38 weeks. And yes it does need to be allowed - the only other alternative is to treat women like things, like plastic and metal incubators. Women are people. They get to decide who uses their body, how, and when. Just like men cannot be required to donate blood to save another person's life, neither can women. It's that simple. That means you have to allow women to make choices you personally don't agree with.
Being the bigger person doesn't mean there are no consequences. It can mean a lot of things- the victim moves on but continues to keep the perpetrator away from them, the perpetrator serves jail time, the perpetrator is socially ostracized, etc. Being the bigger person just means the victim doesn't victimize the perpetrator in turn, it doesn't mean nothing happens.
Oh, we could. We could. Those of us who study history, politics, political economics, sociology, and other related fields are unfortunately all too familiar with the clusterfuck that is incompetent evil dictatorships. Reading about just about any despotism is full of WTF moments of sheer, incredible incompetence because people like Trump don't attract competent underlings.
No, I would not, but your hypothetical scenario would also never, ever happen. No one aborts a full-term healthy fetus. But to play along, I would not step between that woman and her doctor; they would decide the safest way to end the pregnancy, which might include induction as an option, but it would not be forced.
Nope. If the fetus is viable, and the pregnancy must end, usual standard of care is to try to save both, but the woman gets to decide when her pregnancy ends if she no longer wants to be pregnant. Late-term abortions with nothing wrong just don't happen. But in the theoretical case, the pregnancy person gets to choose. If induced labor could save both and is a viable option, I see no reason that wouldn't also be an option though. Let the woman and her doctor decide the best option.
Here's the thing. Even if a fetus is a person, abortion is still ethical.. No one gets to use another person's body without consent. We call that rape, or slavery, or kidnapping depending on the situation. Person can't survive without my blood and I didn't want to give it? That person gets to die. Treat a fetus like every other person and abortion is completely moral. It's only if fetuses are extra-special or women aren't people at all that it becomes an issue, because people don't use others.
Been when I was a kid, and it was fun. We went to the arcades, saw some shows, and my parents showed us the ropes on how to gamble (and how to stop gambling after you lose whatever your limit is). It's not really my scene, and I don't have any plans to go back as an adult, but it was a fun vacation.
So he did lie. I understand why - he wanted to direct PPE to hospitals and health care professionals where it was needed most - but there was a time period where masks were underplayed deliberately to avoid Americans stockpiling them.
My husband and I visited Norway for a vacation, and he wanted to go in winter. I hard vetoed that- we live in Texas. We didn't have snow boots, real winter coats, thermal undergarments, or really any of the things you need to exist in that weather. Summer was lovely, though.
The return on investment for WIC (feeding people) is something like $2.50 for every $1 invested. For public health care investments, it varies from $14 - $67 or more per dollar invested. Pre-school programs return $5 for every $1 invested. It's a fucking no-brainer to take care of people from a purely financial perspective.
As a certified member of the IBTC, I agree. Definitely already a medium.
She didn't enter illegally! She is an asylum seeker. By definition that means she is in the country legally while her claim is being processed. AAARRGH! Stop calling asylum seekers illegal, they're not.
Thank you! I was going to say that he technically has an argument, even if it is a very bad one. The 14th amendment guaranteeing equal protection has been used to incorporate most of the Bill of Rights to the states, but it wasn't originally like that.
Abortions aren't illegal under Sharia law. They're restricted, but less so than by Christians. Life of the mother is always an acceptable reason for abortion, and for most Islamic sects, any abortion prior to 19-20 weeks (religious ensoulment) is acceptable for any reason. So, uh, evangelical Christians are actually worse on that particular talking point.
I have to keep saying this, but they're not fake Christians. They're real Christians. They're terrible people with terrible policies and ideologies, but they believe that Jesus was divine and died for their sins, so they're Christians. It is totally possible to be a bad person and a Christian at the same time.
A ceasefire does not mark the end of a conflict! It's a pause. A conflict is over with a peace treaty, and maaaybe a long-standing truce (I don't think anyone thinks of the Korean War as still ongoing, even though that's technically a truce/armistice and not a peace treaty). But it absolutely does not "reset the clock" or whatever bullshit is being spewed.
It's very slightly more complicated than that. Oh, Reagan totally fucked it up by letting companies do stock buybacks whenever they wanted, but companies were allowed to do stock buybacks before. They just had to announce them way ahead of time and file a ton of paperwork showing that it really was the best use of that money/was truly needed from an internal control perspective. So it was a giant PITA and most companies didn't do it.
Lived in Japan for awhile as a kid. My sister got the flu, and my mom took her to the clinic. She was dehydrated, so the nurses at the clinic insisted that she get some IV fluids. Then they apologized profusely- because we were foreigners, and on temporary visas, we would have to pay for treatment. They were so, so sorry! It was like 2,000 yen (~$20).
My company offers us the "opportunity" to get our corporate email, Slack, and Teams on our phones. Many of my coworkers do. I said oh hello no, that's my personal device. If I need to be in contact all the time, get me a company phone. If I'm not important enough to spring for a company phone (narrator's note: she is not), then I won't be compromising my personal device. In a true emergency, my boss has my number and can text me or call me.
Yeah ... no. Islam isn't inherently more misogynistic than Christianity or Judaism, but the way it's implemented in many countries is pretty awful. In Saudi Arabia, women just got the right to drive. They still require male headship and cannot travel without a male family member's permission. Women are beaten and killed in many countries for not covering their hair or bodies. Rape is very common in those countries as well- women do not walk the streets alone. Things are not okay.
Like most movements, there are always exceptions, but Nazism started as a very Christian movement. They wore crosses, required members to be Christian, and cited Christian scripture to support their actions. Scapegoating Jews was extremely Christian- they pulled from centuries of Christian anti-Semitic propaganda in order to do so. Nazi Germany was also Christian Germany, and you can't escape that at least for a time, they were tied together so closely as to be indistinguishable.
Having tiny feet isn't a super fun time either. I'm not belittling your struggles, trust me I know how much it sucks not being able to find shoes, just letting you know it's on both ends of the spectrum that they don't make shoes for. I wear a US women's size 5 (size 34 EU) and I shop 100% online for shoes because stores just never carry them. There are also a lot of really cute or well-built shoes that just don't make my size at all.
People don't seem to understand that we can hold two beliefs at the same time- it's not okay what's happening to American farmers and agriculture, but they also voted for and deserve it. I'd still stop what's going on from happening if I could, because it is really bad for the US as a whole, but I don't feel one bit bad for them losing their farms because they voted for this. It's a pragmatic policy decision to choose small farmers over Big Ag.
@OP Sometimes insurance in that area excludes Windstorm and Hail (ie, hurricanes), but Louisiana has state-sponsored wind insurance to fill that gap. So you might want to check your policy to see what it covers, especially if you saw a big decrease in premium, and see if it came with any new exclusions.
You too.
This is how it always goes. If you have ever participated in any sort of left-wing anything, you've been spied upon and there is a file about you. I worked for an environmental nonprofit in college and we all just ... knew that at least some of the people who came and went were undercover, and that we all had files on us, because caring about clean water makes you a horrible potential terrorist.
Ah, but when we talk about pro-choice or anti-choice, it's all about the legal position. Do I think some abortions can be unethical? Absolutely. But that doesn't matter; legally, all abortions at any time for any reason must be allowed. I don't get to pick other people's ethics, but I can pick which laws I support, and I support the ones that treat women as people. Also, birth control is explicit lack of consent to pregnancy, so ... zygote definitely snuck in if that's the case.
It really doesn't. People don't get to use other people for body parts. If I need blood to survive, and you're a match, you have no legal obligation to give me blood. And if I die without your blood, that is an acceptable outcome. I don't get to enslave you for body parts. Neither does a fetus. If it can't live without someone else's body, and the mother doesn't want it inside her body, the fetus can be ethically evicted. Even if it dies because of the eviction.
You too. But no, I will not let you end it there, though I expect no responses. Do you believe that women should get to control their bodies and who gets to use them, how, and when? Do you believe that women are full people entitled to full protection of the law? Hopefully the answer is yes. If it is, how could you ever justify forcing someone to remain pregnant against her will?
People don't have abortions after 20 weeks without something being very wrong. Downs abortions happen way earlier than viability, and 24 weeks is not really viable. It's a 50% chance of survival with modern care and almost always significant complications. But regardless no one gets an abortion after 20 weeks without major medical needs being involved.
When that happens it's way before viability, not at 38 weeks. And yes it does need to be allowed - the only other alternative is to treat women like things, like plastic and metal incubators. Women are people. They get to decide who uses their body, how, and when. Just like men cannot be required to donate blood to save another person's life, neither can women. It's that simple. That means you have to allow women to make choices you personally don't agree with.
Being the bigger person doesn't mean there are no consequences. It can mean a lot of things- the victim moves on but continues to keep the perpetrator away from them, the perpetrator serves jail time, the perpetrator is socially ostracized, etc. Being the bigger person just means the victim doesn't victimize the perpetrator in turn, it doesn't mean nothing happens.
Oh, we could. We could. Those of us who study history, politics, political economics, sociology, and other related fields are unfortunately all too familiar with the clusterfuck that is incompetent evil dictatorships. Reading about just about any despotism is full of WTF moments of sheer, incredible incompetence because people like Trump don't attract competent underlings.
No, I would not, but your hypothetical scenario would also never, ever happen. No one aborts a full-term healthy fetus. But to play along, I would not step between that woman and her doctor; they would decide the safest way to end the pregnancy, which might include induction as an option, but it would not be forced.
Nope. If the fetus is viable, and the pregnancy must end, usual standard of care is to try to save both, but the woman gets to decide when her pregnancy ends if she no longer wants to be pregnant. Late-term abortions with nothing wrong just don't happen. But in the theoretical case, the pregnancy person gets to choose. If induced labor could save both and is a viable option, I see no reason that wouldn't also be an option though. Let the woman and her doctor decide the best option.
Here's the thing. Even if a fetus is a person, abortion is still ethical.. No one gets to use another person's body without consent. We call that rape, or slavery, or kidnapping depending on the situation. Person can't survive without my blood and I didn't want to give it? That person gets to die. Treat a fetus like every other person and abortion is completely moral. It's only if fetuses are extra-special or women aren't people at all that it becomes an issue, because people don't use others.
Been when I was a kid, and it was fun. We went to the arcades, saw some shows, and my parents showed us the ropes on how to gamble (and how to stop gambling after you lose whatever your limit is). It's not really my scene, and I don't have any plans to go back as an adult, but it was a fun vacation.
So he did lie. I understand why - he wanted to direct PPE to hospitals and health care professionals where it was needed most - but there was a time period where masks were underplayed deliberately to avoid Americans stockpiling them.
My husband and I visited Norway for a vacation, and he wanted to go in winter. I hard vetoed that- we live in Texas. We didn't have snow boots, real winter coats, thermal undergarments, or really any of the things you need to exist in that weather. Summer was lovely, though.
The return on investment for WIC (feeding people) is something like $2.50 for every $1 invested. For public health care investments, it varies from $14 - $67 or more per dollar invested. Pre-school programs return $5 for every $1 invested. It's a fucking no-brainer to take care of people from a purely financial perspective.
As a certified member of the IBTC, I agree. Definitely already a medium.
She didn't enter illegally! She is an asylum seeker. By definition that means she is in the country legally while her claim is being processed. AAARRGH! Stop calling asylum seekers illegal, they're not.
Thank you! I was going to say that he technically has an argument, even if it is a very bad one. The 14th amendment guaranteeing equal protection has been used to incorporate most of the Bill of Rights to the states, but it wasn't originally like that.
Abortions aren't illegal under Sharia law. They're restricted, but less so than by Christians. Life of the mother is always an acceptable reason for abortion, and for most Islamic sects, any abortion prior to 19-20 weeks (religious ensoulment) is acceptable for any reason. So, uh, evangelical Christians are actually worse on that particular talking point.
I have to keep saying this, but they're not fake Christians. They're real Christians. They're terrible people with terrible policies and ideologies, but they believe that Jesus was divine and died for their sins, so they're Christians. It is totally possible to be a bad person and a Christian at the same time.
A ceasefire does not mark the end of a conflict! It's a pause. A conflict is over with a peace treaty, and maaaybe a long-standing truce (I don't think anyone thinks of the Korean War as still ongoing, even though that's technically a truce/armistice and not a peace treaty). But it absolutely does not "reset the clock" or whatever bullshit is being spewed.
It's very slightly more complicated than that. Oh, Reagan totally fucked it up by letting companies do stock buybacks whenever they wanted, but companies were allowed to do stock buybacks before. They just had to announce them way ahead of time and file a ton of paperwork showing that it really was the best use of that money/was truly needed from an internal control perspective. So it was a giant PITA and most companies didn't do it.
Lived in Japan for awhile as a kid. My sister got the flu, and my mom took her to the clinic. She was dehydrated, so the nurses at the clinic insisted that she get some IV fluids. Then they apologized profusely- because we were foreigners, and on temporary visas, we would have to pay for treatment. They were so, so sorry! It was like 2,000 yen (~$20).
My company offers us the "opportunity" to get our corporate email, Slack, and Teams on our phones. Many of my coworkers do. I said oh hello no, that's my personal device. If I need to be in contact all the time, get me a company phone. If I'm not important enough to spring for a company phone (narrator's note: she is not), then I won't be compromising my personal device. In a true emergency, my boss has my number and can text me or call me.
Yeah ... no. Islam isn't inherently more misogynistic than Christianity or Judaism, but the way it's implemented in many countries is pretty awful. In Saudi Arabia, women just got the right to drive. They still require male headship and cannot travel without a male family member's permission. Women are beaten and killed in many countries for not covering their hair or bodies. Rape is very common in those countries as well- women do not walk the streets alone. Things are not okay.