Vance Booker

Woke has become a snarl word, used by those who resist change to old structures that give an unfair advantage to certain people and keep us from giving the respect and equality to all.

Yes, some who campaign for equality go to far and use silly language. Conversely, some conservatives use vile bigoted language that paint all conservativism as…[Read more]

You are under the illusion, Unseen, that any government respects the public. With very few exceptions, governments, in fact leaders of any kind, do so to suit their own interests and to maintain the interests of those who keep them in power. Yes, ideology does shape to some degree how they word bills and what they focus on. Over all…governments,…[Read more]

I don’t care what mode of destruction is used against combatants during a war. Well, I do care, but if war is going to happen, combatants are fair game. Civilians are not. Once you allow civilians to die (or pointlessly suffer to get a country to end things sooner), then there is no point in following any rules any more. If you kill civilians (a…[Read more]

That’s why we have a democracy. To keep such matters from being settled by violence.

It seems that Enco, and the rioters who stormed Congress…have a different idea of what Democracy is.

Without giving any spoilers for the movie Serenity and it’s prologue TV show Firefly, anything can be said to “work”. It all depends on the purpose.

I see. So suddenly…you are a relativist? Yeah it was pretty clear, it works if avoiding pointless deaths is more important to you than the illusion of absolute rights. I guess I simply wasn’…[Read more]

It is hard Enco to figure out what your take is on this.

Could you explain, precisely, how anything happening in Tennessee at the time, remotely compared to what Facists and Nazis were doing? I ask because, it is utterly vile to compare the utter horror of true restrictions on freedoms, genocide, mass murder, unthinkable oppression with something…[Read more]

Gun control (limiting guns to those who are mentally stable, trained, inspected, who have safety measures in place and a good reason to have each different kind of weapon) is effective…works. It simply works. Easily avoided gun accidents and fatalities are lower. Virtually every civilised Western country has gun control to various levels, and…[Read more]

Unseen, re “family”: I mean, I was looking for your take on it, not a copy and paste from chatgpt…but if that represents what you mean, I guess that will do. I’d also ask you what a “family” is, but you’ll probably copy and paste a chatgpt and I can do it myself.

Regardless, not sure why you are referring to the why of something is “important”…[Read more]

Lol Reg. I thought it was just me. I genuinely found it extremely stressful watching American television. The breaks are so frequent…the adds so brazenly brainwashing (I mean they all are, but just so brazen in North America). And God forbid it is during an election campaign, where each side tries to convince you their opponent will turn America…[Read more]

the value of preserving the family to our society

The amount of times I have hear that phrase, then followed by vile justification for discrimination. I am genuinely curious precisely what “preserving the family to our society” means. Please elaborate on that Unseen. Be specific.

Your take on how to handle dysphoria seems to be highly technocratic and destructive to the concept of the family.

Groan.