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I have given the 7 members that raised support tickets about this your contact details so expect to hear from them soon.

you do know that i simply ignore my PMs right?

Quote by IronGent

I like Brazilian jiu jitsu and Judo and have trained for several years. It is great knowing how to defend yourself from an unarmed attacker. For self or home defense, owning a firearm is best though

if you're relaying on a gun, you have to make sure you have time to get it/get it out. with MA etc. YOU are the weapon and you're always armed.

fyi. to make it easier on the judges, we've decided to change the maximum word count from 10,000 to 10. thanks for your understanding. happy writing.

booyah.

we will experience a move to Canada.

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Was it successful in forcing North Vietnam back to the negotiations?

the means justifies the end, right? i mean, what's a few thousand lives? it really didn't change anything, despite what you might think. it was just an act of revenge.

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I don’t think there’s any explanation you’ll be willing to accept. Hanoi was the capitol of North Vietnam. I’d say the bombing was successful because the peace talks resumed once it ended.

yes, it was. doesn't change the fact that they were still civilians. men. women. children. likely they had nothing to do with the conflict. apparently, you're okay with killing innocents as long as it achieves the desired results. apparently, you have little regard for the lives of others. and yet, you were making a big stink about not being able to give the homeless money for a hamburger. the word psychopath comes to mind. morally bankrupt at best.

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Keep in mind that in America there were around 120 laws introduced last year restricting LGBTQ rights. Make no mistake, this is the direction America is swinging.

trust me, i am aware.

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So now you want the Vietnam war explained to you? As I understand it, the negotiations in Paris between the warring parties had broken down. Nixon nudged the North Vietnamese back to the negotiation table.

yes, please. explain it to me. explain how someone thought murdering over 1600 people was a nudge. then explain how those 1600 people were okay with being murdered. Hanoi was NOT a military target. it was a city. would you be okay with it if we were having peace talks with another nation and they stalled, so someone decided to drop bombs on the city you live in?

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LGBT activists are now designated as extremists and so can be imprisoned for participating in an extremist organization. That's serious repression.

good blue print for what some want to see happen in the US too, sadly enough.

what about Festivus?

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Good point, but the name, itself, illustrates that Christmas is, fully, a Christian Holiday. The term is derived from the wording "Christ Mass;" other than cribbing all the trappings from paganism, the traditional Christmas Holiday is purely a Christian invention. Non-Christians have their own names for the season—most of them pre-dating Christmas— such as Yule. While a Solstice-based story may not be Christmas-themed, the competition is about the general Holiday season:

"From steamy Thanksgiving orgies to Christmas threesomes to a tantric masturbation sesh to ring in the new year, any and all hot combos of sweaty limb gymnastics are encouraged."

That includes Hanakuh, Kwanza, Bhodi Day, The Chinese New Year, Boxing Day for those in the UK, Los Posadas, the WINTER SOLSTICE and YULE, et al. as the comp guidelines were clearly worded to be inclusive.

And, having been raised in a pagan household, I heartily agree with you. The Winter Solstice has nothing to do with Christmas, but Christmas has everything to do with the Winter Solstice.

what about Festivus?

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That Kissinger was working to advance the US’s interests. Not Vietnamese, and not Bengali.

how was it in the US's interests to carpet bomb Hanoi for 2 weeks?

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And you said he was a Bengali diplomat “no, he wasn't. Archer K. Blood was” You were wrong and I corrected you.

congratulations. you win the internet. give yourself a pat on the back.

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No he wasn’t.

he was the UN consul in E. Pakistan at the time, love.

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I’m glad we agree about Kissinger not being a Bengali diplomat.

what point are you even trying to make?

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So you think the civilians who die in a war don’t think it was worth it? Is that your opinion about the civilians on both sides of a war, or only one?

do you think the citizens of Hiroshima and Nagasaki thought it was worth it? what about those in the twin towers on 9-11? and yes, on both sides, obviously.

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Kissinger wasn’t a Bengali diplomat.

i suggest you crack open a history book or two before you completely embarrass yourself. gonna help you out here. no, he wasn't. Archer K. Blood was. he informed Kissinger that General Kahn, the Pakastani dictator (whom Nixon was supporting) was committing genocide against the Bengalis. Kissenger ignored him and then had him removed from office.

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I’ll never know for sure, but I think the civilians who die in a war think it was worth it for them. Like the civilians killed by the Viet Cong for instance.

that's got to be the most assinine thing i've heard in a long time. think about what you just said. seriously.

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By who?

the Bengalis as well.

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So it wasn’t Kissinger, as Rowan says, but Nixon?

it was orchestrated by Kissinger.

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It was effective at getting everybody to the peace talks, wasn't it?

over 1,600 civilians were killed during those bombings. not sure it was worth it to them or their families.

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That’s just something else the poor have to live with.

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That’s just something else the poor have to live with.

so go do something about it. get involved. posting your opinion on a sex site won't change the world. you care so much, do something constructive.

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Why are you so desperately trying to change the subject? You have posted your opinion. You should let others post theirs.

Or, more to the point, you should let other people post their opinions without being antagonistic.

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no one is being stopped posting their opinions simply because Felix is posting his. stop playing the victim card.

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Some people don't see 'others' as you do.

Still, as we have seen in the posts to this thread, most people agree that a cashless economy discriminates against the poor.

some people make up their minds and fit their narratives to that. some of us live in the real world. a quick history. i grew up in the hood. i know poverty. i spent a summer homeless. i know these people. i have worked with these people. i have done handouts, knowing that they probably won't be going torwards food and shelter. it made me feel good. i doubt it helped. when i was homeless i panhandled. some of it went towards food. more of it went to getting high. you need the escape.

most people in this thread agree, sure. most people in this thread don't really know what they are talking about. it's an academic argument to them. Felix and i live in the real world. it's not a exercise in thinking. might do you some good to listen to us, instead of discounting our thoughts on the subject simply because you don't like us.

curious, you're so concerned about the homeless, when was the last time you did something about the issue other than post in here? i mean, seriously, go down to the food bank and volunteer once a month or something. a friend of mine is disabled. she can still knit and crochet, tho. she makes beanies for the cold months. there's a lot of those in seattle, and gets them handed out. little things like that. i buy coats and hoodies at the local good will so i always have a few in my car. if i see someone who could benefit, i just it too them. socks are hugs. small investment, but damn, warm clean socks are like gold. buy a bag of decent socks and put them in people's hands - or on their feet.

in response to your theory that cashless society discriminates against the poor, i call bull shit. and really, the shops that have gone cashless are ones the poor wouldn't bother with. if you're poor, you're probably shopping at walmart et all. pretty sure they still accept cash.

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Not if you buy him or her a burger.

so, your gripe about not having cash to give out doesn't matter. use your debit card to buy him or her a burger. problem solved.

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I can't believe you hate charity smh

i also kick kittens.

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It's just some old dope that got mad at a trendy probably "woke" establishment asking him if he had apple pay and then using homeless people and "charity" to justify him being mad at businesses doing what they want.

most sensible people would just download Apple Pay and not have to worry about it anymore.

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You are correct on both counts.

that was a super helpful comment in furthering the discussion. golf clap

another little note. handing out cash to the homeless is really more about making you feel better. sometimes it goes for a meal. more often it goes to their next fix or their next drink. not that i have an issue with that, but let's be real here. it's not helping to solve the problem. you really want to help, use your debit card to buy them a meal or a coat, or a beanie, or socks.

Quote by MsStep

Acts of charity aren’t sick. These are people not programs.

it's more helpful if you give directly, or do volunteer work, for the programs that help the homeless, etc, than it is to give them random handouts. a little aside, some of my work expenses are out of pocket, as in my pocket, because, as Felix said, these are the first budgets to be cut. god forbid we would cut our military budget.