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Well, I agree you can compare the Native Americans to both the Jews and Palestinians. All three cultures were run out of their homelands and were slaughtered.  However Native Americans are not shooting rockets from tunnels at Washington DC. There are efforts to provide remedy. Land grants, subsidies, fishing and gambling rights that go beyond…[Read more]

@Enco,

“Queers for Palestine” is akin to “Chickens for KFC”. Imagine if these campus-clowns and moron-professors who are wearing desert scarfs are ever called on to defend our nation’s existence the way young Israelis are doing right now.

@Unseen,

Watch the video to see who you are rooting and tooting for. I suggest you have an empty…[Read more]

Decades of terrorism and war will create a militant wing in any culture. Israel’s Knesset (passes all laws, elects the president and prime minister) has had over 100 Arab members. How many Jews are there in any Arab government? I looked around for a while. IDK, is it even a thing?

Anyway Unseen, I bet you can even take it…allahu…[Read more]

Th degree of randomness encountered appears to be function of knowledge. Sometimes we do know enough about a process to at least assign a probability/curve. If that curve is based only on past observations, the curve is more questionable than when there is an understanding of the mechanics of the process.

Are there aspects of the universe that…[Read more]

jakelafort wrote:
Our understanding of physics just gets more and more Alice. Have you seen the new discoveries in which the macro world is acting similarly to quantum and massive structures gazillions of light years apart are entangled? I don’t think broad sweeping statements like an infinite number of fill in the blank can capture reality or t…

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Unseen wrote:

_Robert_ wrote:
Does anyone have an argument against an infinite number of possible futures, each one dependent on the present state?

Not sure what you’re getting at, so I’ll just say that the future will probably be just like the past that got us here today: cause and effect, cause and effect, with some of those causes hap…

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Does anyone have an argument against an infinite number of possible futures, each one dependent on the present state?

Unseen wrote:
Dennett redefines free will so that it no longer involves a truly free choice among alternatives and can thus be made compatible with the truths of science. So, he accepts determinism, but limits its scope so that it stops at the door of morality. He makes the reality of free will depend on our need for morality rather than the…

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I agree with a chain of causes going back a big bang, but I do wonder sometimes.  Given the current state of the universe is there is really only one path forward? Is there an element of randomness involved? Some chaos in our future experiences. You can trace causality backwards, but can you really predict it forwards? The arrow of time…[Read more]

Simon Paynton wrote:

Unseen wrote:
If free will is false or makes no sense whatsoever, how can we hold people morally responsible?

Some people are not held morally responsible for crimes because they were mentally ill: they have diminished responsibility and their rational freedom of choice was impaired. Some people have personality disorders:…

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Yeah Jake,

“Left & Right” have lost all meaning in this world of smart phone likes and dislikes. A world of memes and 280-character limits. A world of targeted AI feeds. A world of right-wing Putin advocates and left-wing Hamas supporters. A world where feminists are fighting with trans activists and presidential candidates are hawking bibles…[Read more]

TheEncogitationer wrote:
Robert, The jist of what you are saying about Israel is absolutely correct, although you did make the common mistake of assuming that Nelson Mandela was a peaceful protester against South African Apartheid. Amnesty International did not consider him a “Prisoner of Conscience” for that reason. Nelson Mandela also evi…

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Yeah, the deeper you dig, you uncover that constant “Christian” element, hatred for Jews. So much so, that they come in to support Jihadism.  It’s complicated because they believe Jews are God’s “chosen people”. Yet, they did turn over the savior to be executed. They don’t buy into the Jesus story. So, they bring major doubt and shade on the main…[Read more]

You are right Jake. A higher standard for Israel than anyone. I have heard the argument that Hamas will just get replaced by something worse. Are Palestinians that pathetic? Hamas is the best they can do. They compare Israel to SA Apartheid. Sorry. This is not Mandella calling for a peaceful solution. These are suicide bombers.

Protesters are…[Read more]

Unseen wrote:

_Robert_ wrote:
So, Hamas is not all about oppression, genocide, and racism.

It’s obvious you’re avoiding my point with a very conveniently bad memory. As a reminder: 11. The three million-plus Palestinians, who were forcefully dispersed from their homeland, since 1948, by the Israeli Occupation Forces, (IOF), would, instead, be…

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Unseen wrote:

jakelafort wrote:
Enco, not only do Jews not rate for intersectional oppression but are singled out and victimized by the racist left. And in spite of a history that is overwhelmingly as oppressed people and yet they are the oppressors under the most trying dynamic.

The left doesn’t hate Jews. It hates oppression, genocide, and r…

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jakelafort wrote:
Just read this little article that exposes a little of the blatant hypocrisy and gives a partial explanation for the stupid kids. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/at-columbia-university-hatred-of-israel-is-part-of-the-curriculum/ar-AA1nWkKr?ocid=winp2fptaskbar&cvid=4180b4920a684998baf5d474dde6aa05&ei=9

Yeah, that read like I…[Read more]

TheEncogitationer wrote:
Unseen and Fellow Unbelievers, Here’s a noteworthy story: Hamas Tortured Me for Dissent. Here’s What They Really Think of Palestinians | Opinion Story by Hamza Howidy • 3mo https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/hamas-tortured-me-for-dissent-here-s-what-they-really-think-of-palestinians-opinion/ar-AA1mn24j Under Hamas…

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