Endymion_Mallorn

If a person willingly signs up to support killers, does that suddenly make them a better person? And don’t say that they didn’t sign up to support killers. War is A Racket was published in 1935. In our lifetimes, people have known since at least 2003 what the government uses the military for. No Blood For Oil - remember that?

I don’t have sympathy for anyone who volunteered. Conscripts, certainly. Not volunteers.

I’ll stop “screaming” when it stops being stolen and ineligible for being open source. You’re the one who looks like a child, supporting fascists, theft, and the destruction of communities.

Slopcode, not Open Source. The code was stolen.

They volunteered for this. If they don’t want it, they could demand a discharge or strike until the food is better.

No sympathy for killers.

Never underestimate the bandwidth of a Ford Taurus full of tapes screaming down the Jersey Turnpike.

Even the stalking. The fact that he allowed the court to view any part of his heroism as a criminal act instead of fighting it and forcing them to prove everything means he’s a coward, and we need people with more conviction to eliminate the bastards.

Coward. He should have fought to the bitter end. What he did wasn’t criminal, it was a service to humanity.

Then the Fediverse and FOSS have succeeded.

I’m sorry, I don’t think we’re going to end up agreeing on this. I don’t see that it’s been forced on anyone. Maybe users of that instance, or people who use the software. But the list is there.

I kinda don’t see why everyone has their knickers in a twist. This is exactly what the Fediverse is about - don’t like, don’t federate. And it’s one instance or one software.

Yes, and that’s proof of how disgusting things have gotten. Get rid of Republicans.

“… All You Zombies” is really about his connection to his dead sister.

He was a good writer and a solid philosopher. Less focused than Clarke or Asimov, less wacky than Dick, and less manipulative than Hubbard. He presented ideas in a clear way.

It means to move with all possible haste.

I don’t pretend to be reasonable. I’m an American. For 250 years, America has been a nation built on external violence for resources. There’s only been a dozen years of peace in the nation’s history, and only one or maybe two of the conflicts we were party to were outside our control. The Monroe doctrine built this country into a better place to live, where resources were always available for a price. This is just another step along that road. “War is a Racket” is absolutely correct - but like all successful rackets that maneuver the law in their favor, it’s incredibly profitable. A resource that we want exists and it is not under our control. Standard American foreign policy is to first offer to buy it, then threaten to take it, and then to take it by force.

It’s not reasonable. But it’s what defines this country.

So you’re in South Jersey but you’re on the north end of it. Which is it - Pork Roll or Taylor Ham?

No kidding. Route 3 is going to be madness. I feel a great swell of pity for the poor folks living in East Rutherford, Lyndhurst, Moonachie, and Secaucus.

Hurrah! Let’s keep pushing those numbers down for all games in the USA. Maybe even reschedule the final away from the Meadowlands.

To the USA, it is not a war. To Iran, it is a war. We’re not at war with them but they’re at war with us. If Iran was hosting the World Cup, we might send people there even though they’re a rival nation. If they say it’s a war, why should they send their people to us?

And, you’re absolutely right. We shouldn’t have all these people flooding in, slamming our underfunded infrastructure, and causing a situation where ICE is likely to pull some BS.

They shouldn’t play sports with in our nation since they’re at war with us. If they were only playing games in Canada or Mexico, that would be a different situation.