You’re equating reading to writing, which are distinct enough skill sets that they deserve separate conversations. I think this is less a matter of willpower and more about actual capability.
You’re equating reading to writing, which are distinct enough skill sets that they deserve separate conversations. I think this is less a matter of willpower and more about actual capability.
Making assumptions about the way other people feel or think is unproductive and unnecessary. Maybe you want them to be mad, to fight back, but you’re just some words on a screen right now, so it only comes off as being an asshole.
What’s the justification? That the numbers are coming from Gaza officials?
It’s fine, just make whatever rules you want! I’m sure we’ll still have the power to stop you when we’re tired of your tantrum!
You mean chippity choppity to their wealth, right? Right…?
Very interesting, thank you.
Didn’t they win last year? Did that not factor into it?
Is he being shamed for his sexuality or his hypocrisy? I would have thought that being in the gay porn industry would give you a different perspective on things.
If you don’t know what you want before you’re 24, should you be allowed to make any decisions?
But as you just demonstrated, the generalized term should be used when specifics aren’t available.
I have no idea where that bathroom attendant has been, which is why I always use a manservant to tuck me back in and zip me up. It’s the only way to be sure.
Hell, Fable flashback!
Sorry, I’m not sure I understand how that makes it useless. I get the feeling that you just want to feel smug, so if it makes you feel better go ahead, I guess.
Going to have to disagree with you there. I’ve gotten plenty of use out of chat GPT in multiple scenarios. I find it difficult to imagine what exactly you think is useless about it because it seems so indispensable to me at this point.
Generally speaking I agree with you. I was trying to highlight the simplified moral calculus on display that equates the immeasurable harm that strict prohibition has created to the potential harm of losing dozens of lives. Due to the inherent complications of these questions, neither is unequivocally good or bad, but they’re presented as a dichotomy that simply does not exist in reality.
There are plenty of other ways to go about it, just like we compromised on alcohol a century ago. As a society we agreed that it comes down to personal responsibility, so how is weed really any different? Pointing to the potential harm that legalization could cause while ignoring precedent and common sense is disingenuous at best and purposely misleading at worst.
48 prevented fatal accidents sounds great! Now how many accidents would we prevent if we criminalized alcohol?
Don’t most hot sauces recommend refrigeration on the bottle?