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Jake,

Oh i did not change my mind Enco.

I think a great many lives could have been saved. I would have and i think i said at time let Putin know privately that if any further aggression comes that he will be assassinated and All of Nato countries will attack.

Didn’t see that in the thread, but all the NATO nations would have to go along. Not…[Read more]

TheEncogitationer wrote:
Unseen, I don’t go on TikTok, so I had to look up “sharking.” No I don’t support sharking or upskirting or any nonconsensual sexual act. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine did not have such esoteric terminology and thus is easy to understand.

So you stand behind your implication that if someone doesn’t condemn something…[Read more]

Unseen,

If you opposed Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, you were a poor spokesman for making that clear. Russia Today would have lapped up your posts.

Jake,

Go back to the thread War In Europe: It Has Begun.

You were ready to surrender Ukraine to Putin when the fight had barely begun. And this despite opposition of Russian Jews to Putin’s invasion and despite Zelynsky being Jewish himself. And despite Putin’s own salaam-ing to Islam. You actually thought globaloney social worker talk would…[Read more]

Unseen,

I don’t go on TikTok, so I had to look up “sharking.” No I don’t support sharking or upskirting or any nonconsensual sexual act.

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine did not have such esoteric terminology and thus is easy to understand.

TheEncogitationer wrote:
Not one post that I could find condemning Putin for the invasion of Ukraine.

You’re actually attributing pro-Russian sympathies to me based on what I did not say. OK. Have you ever expressed an explicit condemnation of sharking or upskirting?

Unseen,

This was your first post in the thread entitled War In Europe, It Has Begun:

Now, bear in mind that today’s weapons of conventional warfare are orders of magnitude more lethal than the corresponding weapons available to both sides (short of the atom bomb, of course) in WW2. Smart bombs, laser-guided missiles, tactical nukes, antitank m…

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TheEncogitationer wrote:
Still, “Lucky”??? Where’s the “luck” in getting shot and killed???

Yes, vs. his wife and/or children, if he’s at all gallant.

Feelz is not an argument.

History will deliver the final verdict.

It is not a sin, but where did you ever make that proclamation when the Russo-Ukrainian War started?

I’m not going to look, but…[Read more]

Unseen,

Sure. He’s the one who doesn’t see our astronomical gun death problem as even a problem, because it’s basically a kind of “cost of doing business” if you want virtually no control over who gets to have them.

Still, “Lucky”??? Where’s the “luck” in getting shot and killed???

I’m on the right side of history, I feel, on Gaza.

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TheEncogitationer wrote:
You’re saying Charlie Kirk was lucky to get shot and killed???

You might have just outdone all the crap you’ve said since the Ruuso-Ukraine War and the Gaza-Israeli War.

Sure. He’s the one who doesn’t see our astronomical gun death problem as even a problem, because it’s basically a kind of “cost of doing business” if you…[Read more]

Reg,

Also, Red China is still an authoritarian economy with tight controls over economic data and strong incentive to bend it to please. How much of the data they release outside The Middle Kingdom is real?

Reg,

China and India would still be the biggest Carbon belchers on the Planet just by sheer dint of their numbers and the resources needed to support them. I remember a CNN report in the late Nineties of a black cloud on the Sino-Indian border that killed hundreds of thousands in a single sweep. I seriously doubt they’ve got rid of that much…[Read more]

Unseen,

Lucky for him he was shot dead and not his wife or one of his children. I’m trying to imagine him defending his position that some deaths, like his wife or child, are okay as long as people get to have any old gun they want whenever they want one.

You’re saying Charlie Kirk was lucky to get shot and killed???

You might have just o…[Read more]

@Enco

The only explicit position of mine you quoted was “Zero gun violence is not the goal. Reducing the amount of gun violence is the goal.”

The point of that quote was only to note the irony that his tough guy, unempatheric approach brushed aside the human cost of a country swimming in guns. Lucky for him he was shot dead and not his wife or…[Read more]

Reg,

Environment: Will China save the world from climate change?

Three words: Belt And Road.

All of which involve fossil fuels. Not to mention all of the “ghost cities” China has built.

OnlySky is about as loopy as The Watchtower.

Reg and Fellow Unbelievers,

Last night, Armin Navabi of Atheist Republic had an episode after they caught Charlie Kirk’s murderer where Armin was going through Internet postings about the murder and fact-checking claims about it. Very instructive for dealing with any issue where facts are in question:

Charlie Kirk’s Killer EXPOSED As A…[Read more]

Unseen,

You quoted this about Charlie Kirk’s position on gun control:

“I think it’s worth it. I think it’s worth to have a cost of, unfortunately, some gun deaths every single year so that we can have the Second Amendment to protect our other God-given rights.” — Charlie Kirk

Well, I think we can feel a little bit more secure now, can’t we?

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TheEncogitationer wrote:
Unseen,

What do you think my position is/was?

I’m sure it’s a moving goal post, since you’re not holding yourself to the standard you held with Charlie Kirk’s position.

You’re always referring to something offscreen, Enco.

Something I said (not quoted), something I believe (no evidence). It’s kinda hard to respond…[Read more]