If some balding taxi driver kissed your unconcious daughter and went "My bad" would you accept his apology?He spent the entire movie making up for it.
The religion wars of Europe also werent purely about religion and a lot of them had political motives.That's the whole point. They were ALL political -- just like the Nazis.
Some reason you feel the need to defend Hitler's honor TC?Why in the fucking world would you say that?
I am completely unshocked at BBT getting numerous details of history incorrect.I was referring to the general tone and purpose behind it. They were quite very similar. And YES, before the Catholic missionaries step in, Spain was all about genociding the South American natives for the first 100 or so years.
White supremacy has been a major force in British culture for a very long time. Mixed race people were explicitly viewed as inferior and it was often illegal to have an inter-racial relationship or marriage (including until relatively recently in many states in the US). The Spanish didn't have that ideology as a core part of their culture and so they viewed their goal in colonization as more a cultural integration and Christianization rather than viewing the Natives as explicitly inferior humans that should be segregated or eliminated.After all, Spain itself is like half-Moors/Muslim, and half Celtic/Gaelic, Germanic tribes themselves.
The thing is, it's expected to apologise but why is an apology not enough for some people?Bruce Willis spent the rest of the movie helping Leelo, and saving the entire universe. That is what he needed to do to atone for his mistake.
The thing is, it's expected to apologise but why is an apology not enough for some people?Because, they can't trust that the apology is genuine, because we have seen too many abusers apologize and then go on as if nothing happened. It is understandable.
Ermmm... wtfThey made up for the scene by having Milla teach him a lesson about consent. Yes, even 'good guys' make mistakes and have the potential for non-consensual touching. What's important is that when people make mistakes, they genuinely seek reform and reconciliation.
Just found out that "to schlep" is an english verb. It sounds so un-englisch.Because Jews use that word, and they brought it over to America during the 1940s and 50s and then made it popular in pop culture.
Good. The level of abuse is crazy. If companies really can't be assed to find someone here when every other person is in tech nowadays, then go ahead, pay $100k to find someone overseas.Dude, there is indeed a shortage of tech workers. We are not talking skilled labor that only takes 6 months to 2 years to train. The Chinese and Indians have been training specialized tech skills for many many years now. You need like 4-6 years -- almost like the number of years needed when doing a plumbing or electrician apprenticeship. There literally aren't enough Americans that are skilled specifically for the work required in certain tech fields and manufacturing sectors. The labor required needs special training, and not enough Americans are in those fields right now.
Regarding the Skynet point, if computer intelligence had reached Skynet levels and had the ability to wipe out mankind, no doubt it would recognize what we are doing to ourselves and decide to take a back seat while the evils of the world cull the population down before climate change finishes us off. Then the machines can inherit the Earth without firing a shot.That's only if they want to wait, or risk that humans might get it together and fix themselves. Computers only go for 100% certainty. So if they have a better chance at taking over the world by actively wiping out mankind, they will go with the more likely option.
This isn't accurate. The Spanish encouraged intermixing and as a result most modern people on those places are mixed, not White unlike British colonies like America and Canada. Additionally you still have millions of people speaking Native languages in everyday life in Mexico.Spanish and Portuguese from 1400s to 1600s, to be precise then.
Named individual vs organizations and groups whose members are largely forgotten.Catholic Church or Nazis. They are both prominent names.
I lift a lot of weights and I do some cardiovascular exercise 1-2 times a week, but my weight is still a bit on the high side.Have you cut down on the rice? Pro-tip: reduce the rice, and add in lentils, peas, cous-cous, black rice, purple rice, brown long-grain rice, and mix it into your usual jasmine white rice. Try to find grains that you like and go well with the rest of your food.
Asian-Americans like myself are predisposed to having high blood pressure and diabetes even if we look healthy on the outside. I lift a lot of weights and I do some cardiovascular exercise 1-2 times a week, but my weight is still a bit on the high side. I'm 5'6", about 183 pounds, so I really hope to get down to 170 or so.Focus on the blood test figures and less on BMI and other measurements that ignore too many factors. You could be muscular.
However, objective evil does not exist.That's what Evil is.
imagine defending Nazis.Who is defending Nazis?
Do you think the Nazis were evil?From a humanitarian standpoint, yes, but not in the way that most people consider the term evil to be. And definitely not from an absolute standpoint. I believe Nazis, and basically 95% of 'evil' people are fueled by selfishness, laziness, or entitlement. Nazis believe that they were entitled to a great lifestyle, and felt aggrieved that Jews and minorities and etc., were stealing from them. So they copium-ed by embracing Racial Superiority ideology.
Clearly Evil/Good do exist and have always existed, though.Says who?
Yes. We tend to frame questions of faith in terms of "does God exist" but if we could definitively prove that the being worshiped as God exists, there would then be questions of what the exact nature of that being is and what our relationship to Him/it/whatever should be. It wouldn't eliminate questions of faith, just change what those questions are.Christians literally murdered each other by the millions because Kings exploited their differences on minor fucking details on how to worship Christ.
Im going to be honest here..I dont think that I have ever been less optimistic for the future.The entire foundations of both capitalism and socialism rests upon unerring hope in the human condition.
But I was under the belief Agnosticism and Atheism is distinct enough to be categorized as different. LolBecause religious people forced THEIR definition of atheism down our throats in order to create a logical syllogism.
I believe in Ghosts or a afterlife but dont believe in a God.That's still atheism. Ghosts could be discovered as a natural phenomenon for all we know.
What happened to your Superman topic in the movies board?It was deleted for trolling / political, etc.
Quit pulling conspiracy theory bullshit out of your ass.But it's fun.
Not every single awful thing they do is a distraction from EpsteinBut you have to admit that Bondi, Patel, and others are doing everything they can to distract from Epstein atm.
but have yet to show any reason why the CIA would kill Kirk to provide a distraction from Epstein when such a distraction has never been needed with the Trump admin.I admit that it is a wild conspiracy theory. But many leftists conspiracy have turned out be right in the past.
Imagine financing your burritoAlso, because takeout orders often come out to $45-$60 per order.
Good god we're so cooked
I am not an atheist. I am agnostic and always willing to accept the possibility of God but so far no one has showcased any evidence that has taken me from my fence position.Technically, you are STILL an atheist. -- Atheists simply LACK a belief in God. Just as we LACK a belief in flying pink unicorns or floating spaghetti monsters. However, if they somehow came to be, we atheists would change our minds at that point. And weak agnostics are a subset of atheism.
I'm inclined to believe no.Unless, they are trying to pin it on a convenient patsy. OR they KNEW that the shooter was a potential threat, but didn't try very hard to prevent it.
The CIA wouldn't leave behind evidence if they had done such a thing in the first place or at the very least make a assassination seem like a natural death.
Just because some previous conspiracies were proven to be correct does not mean this one is nor does it mean we should peddle every conspiracy.It doesn't.
The black left peddled that American white doctors and eugenicists were experimenting on blacks and prisoners. They were fucking right. Tuskegee Syphilis study.And now the MAGA right is piggybacking off Leftist Conspirary Theories being proven correct, to justify their own theories.
The black left peddled "FBI / CIA was trying to ruin MLK Jr..." They were right.
The left peddled "CIA was fucking over black communities..." They were right. Air America helped various fascist regimes traffic opium and heroin into black communities.
The left peddled "Bush or Cheney were lying about WMDs" They were right.
The left peddled "Trump's cronies coordinated at some point with Russian officials". They were right.
The left peddled that the CIA had something to do with JFK's assassination. They were right. The CIA was tracking Lee Harvey Oswald, and didn't step in -- either through incompetence or whatever.
Just because the right loves to peddle conspiracies about everything, doesn't mean the left has to as well.The black left peddled that American white doctors and eugenicists were experimenting on blacks and prisoners. They were fucking right. Tuskegee Syphilis study.
The entire FBI and Republican party is covering for TrumpExactly, and the MAGA base wasn't buying it at the time. Now they are currently distracted by the Kirk story.
Do you have any evidence?No, that's WHY it is a conspiracy theory.
The whole "probability of God" that you see repeated in academic circles is an appeal to the idea that, because the universe and the laws of physics are so ridiculouslycomplex, the chance of them being created by accident is incalcuably low.But right there, the fact that academics might claim that Creation was necessarily intentional, implies that the Creator MUST be a meddler.
But academics reserve this thought for a "creator", not a meddler
World ending meaning it being sterile and no more storyWhat story was there 5 billion years ago?
I feel a lot of money is wasted on short-term efforts that aim to deal with an immediate problem.This is why people assume that we are prioritizing migrants over vets. Because throwing money at the migrant issue is a lot easier to execute and succeed, vs the more difficult issue of addressing homeless vets and other Americans who refuse to be helped.
But the things that would help? They aren't free. They take expertise, long term study, dedicated professionals, and proper facilities. I feel a lot of money is wasted on short-term efforts that aim to deal with an immediate problem. A long term commitment to care is more expensive to start with, but beneficial to the individual and society in the long run.Yes, exactly. But that takes decades, and you can't blame certain Administrations for that, when it was other Administrations that specifically cut funding for mental health facilities and research.
I feel your mistake is putting it as an either or situation. Helping migrants doesn't preclude helping veterans.Also, many homeless drug addicts and mental health cases refuse to be helped. You can't force them off the streets unless they are a danger to themselves/others. That's the main reason why many vets are homeless.
I truly feel like loving your country is a net positive thing,Define 'country'.