@NilaJones If we had a system based on trying to solve problems rather than punish [perceived] violators, I suspect laws would be more like guidelines, and people would receive help (or, in rare cases, interventions or loss of default privileges) before getting to the level of severity of "crime".
(...to oversimplify a lot.)
...sincere question, tho: how is the Jesus thing harming them? (Or does it seem like they really started splitting from him over the Iran thing?... cuz it seemed like they continued to be okay with it, 'cuz WAR ON BAD UNWHITE TERRORISTS etc.)
It implies that one of them comes first, which will inevitably make the other one feel slighted -- a serious diplomatic faux pas!
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He's Attilla
the Huuuu-uun!
Not known for telling jokes.
Ruled Ostrogoths and other folks.
Guaranteed to sack your land!
Ooh, recommend you fortify
before you hear his battle-cry:
"Occupy!"
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@riley Oh -- knowing Epstein, I thought it would have been "Bare Sterns"... [is tempted to make another crude pun but decides to be merciful]
🧠 Oh no, I am ahead of schedule! I must procrastinate quickly if I'm going to get behind again on time!
@artemis ...although now that I reread your comment (the one to which I was responding) a bit more carefully, this (the text in the screenshot, especially the last line) seems more relevant than my actual response.
The curse of standing on the middle ground*: from everyone else's perspective, you appear to be on the other side.
(...because apparently they lack depth-perception.)
(*Yes, there are often legitimate middle-grounds to stand on; it sounds like this is one of them.)
@alisynthesis If we learn who we are through our interactions with others, but we're surrounded by others who treat us as infallible... :spiral_eyes:
@artemis I'm seeing this as yet another manifestation of The Inherent Incompetence of Authoritarianism.
The authoritarian/right-wing worldview basically denies the existence of natural consequences, and therefore the focus of all decisions is on controlling perception rather than producing favorable outcomes.
...hence their disdain for the "reality-based community".
@artemis Despite knowing as little as I do about military tactics, even I know* that one of the best ways to defeat an army is through logistics.
(*mainly because of Miles Vorkosigan)
@davevolek Yeah, that's certainly the home page. I first went directly to https://tiereddemocraticgovernance.org, though, and it's just a directory listing -- which superficially resembles a Git repository, so I was looking for the README.md... 😅
@davevolek How is that project going? Is there any documentation?
(edit) Ahh! I thought I was looking at a code repository, but I see that the "files" are actually pages...
