Something Funny

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  18. Posted

    7 hours ago, Leo Gura said:

    To recognize that 9/11 was a trick, designed to provoke and trap Americans into an over-reaction. To not fall into this trap and instead focus on shoring up defenses against terrorist attacks and using very targeted drone strikes on terrorist targets in the Middle East and hunting down Bid Laden and Al Queada via undercover CIA work. Also building alliances in the Middle East by providing them with humanitarian aid and not trying to exploit them or push an American agenda on them.

    Think of how Captain Picard would have handled 9/11.

    If I was the President on 9/11, I would have made a national speech in which I told the American people that we have been set up with an ingenious trap, explained the trap, and urged everyone that it is our patriotic duty as Americans not to fall into the trap of waging a war against the Middle East or over-reacting, as that would make us fools. Instead, since we are intelligent, we will carefully allocate our resources to technological solutions which will actually make us safer at home. And that Bin Laden would be captured and brought to justice via covert means since he is a sneaky devil. We must be more sneaky and clever than him. And above all else we must maintain our moral high-ground by never abusing any Muslims. Anyone who abuses Muslims is an unAmerican traitor because America is defined by our integrity. No amount of terrorist acts will get us to abandon our integrity. Bin Laden is welcome to blow up half of New York, but we will never compromise our integrity because we will never be devils. As Americans we will respond to all acts of violence with maturity, wisdom, and intelligence, not like wild raving apes.

    A random question but do you think it's realistic for a normal person, without money / connections / crazy charisma to aspire to become a president. Or is it a waste of time?

    What about politics in general, like becoming a parliament member or a city major. Do you think it's worth it.

    I feel like there are a lot of wise, high integrity people, who potentially could become great leaders but they don't want to even bother because of how dirty politics are and because of how the whole system funtions.

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    @Shadowraix don't you think that it's kind of entitled to seriously complain about this sports issue?

    It's one thing to fight for your rights to marriage, or having children, or for being treated with decency and respect. And another to complain that someone doesn't want to play football with you. Lets say trans women won't be allowed to play in women's leagues, why is that such a big deal?

    You believe that you should be treated totally the same as ordinary women so you find that excluding you from female sports is offensive and not nice. Fine. But do you think that other people have to 100% play along with you beliefs and values? Do you think it is a realistic expectation? In you personal life, do you expect to have a 100% perfect relationship with every single person that you meet?

    How is this different from christians or muslims wanting to push their beliefs on everyone else. Do you think that as a society, where a lot of people believe in a lot of different things, some compromises should be made?

    Also, it's not even an issue of whether you are viewed as a real woman or not. You are legit physically stronger. So it's just a practical issue. If strength wise you are closer to men than to women, it's only fair that you play with men.

    It's like a 120kg boxer complaining that he can't fight 50kg boxers. It has nothing to do with society not being inclusive of heavyweight boxers. It just makes the sport unfair.