Basman

They can't help how they're drawn...

I feel really sorry for those Palestinians. It is basically over. There is no chance at a decent life for them. Either they are murdered or subject to authoritarian rule, slowly wittled down till they are no more. The only long-term solution for the Palestinians I think is to give up. Leave. Surely Israel would consider a permanent cease-fire on the condition that all Palestinians leave. If there where just places that would take them. The greatest revenge is living.

My main concern with Canada and Greenland becoming American is that America won't treat them with the same dignity as they do the original 50 states. That they'll polute and economically gridlock and siphon these countries, especially Greenland, of their value like with those islands where they tested nukes and destroyed the local fish population (and became addicted to MCdonalds as a result). Its better to cut a deal that gives them some of what they want while being able to set rules and stipulations. There is much to gain from greater partnership and militarilly, the truth is that they both need the US to defend their sovereignthy from Russia and China. The rest of the western world also benefits from an American presence on Greenland in particular in the case of detecting and stoping long range missiles. That said, IF its Trump that wants to cut a deal, add another 0 or two to the price tag.

These wars are tragic and modern weapons are so immensely destructive for better and for worse. It does make waging war hardly profitable unlike our Stage Red roots but the destruction and terror they wreak is sometimes hard to comprehend. Which is why we live in the most peaceful age of human history. Its rather paradoxal. They better we get at killing our fellow man the more peace reigns. Violence is a sovereign power that everyone understands. Europe is the most peaceful and prosperous region in the world despite the enermous diversity over a relatively small space. We got our violence out of our system after two world wars. Like it or not, violence is a part of who we are. Its a matter of weilding it justly rather than not at all.

Its an ethical imperative for sperm banks that a donee doesn't recieve sperm that could complicate their lives and add potential suffering to a family life. I just thought it be an interesting thing to try. It would be amazing if I had some kids out there that look like me. I wouldn't tell my parents though because they would probably get attached. You also get payed some pocket change. I was soundly rejected though. I have a blood clotting disorder.

You worry too much. I think its exciting to potentially meet your love. If you connected that well over a single evening think of the potential if you give each the chance to explore this further.

Is this a problem?

I looked into becoming a sperm donor in Denmark but I wasn't eligible due to a genetically inherited disorder. If you have certain genetic conditions or health issues or a family history of certain health issues such as cancer you can't become a sperm donor. I don't know if its the same for donating eggs. You have to basically be a perfect specimen besides having good sperm quality and meeting mental and physical requirements. You can't be neurodivergent of any kind either. That basically rules out most of this forum.

Are you still interested in her? Just ask her out and see if she's available. Take it from there. You are not going to find a girlfriend in the past.

A lot of these are people who know they are in contempt of the law and are escalating and being difficult in hopes of somehow escaping the police or are simply mentally unstable. The whole "sovereign citizen" shit is just addicts and people caught without the right paperwork who again, know they are breaking the law, and are just trying to jedi mindtrick their way out of the police's grasp. It never works. The sheer patience cops have to have to deal with these people is commendable in of itself.

You aren't obligated to take crap from people. If you don't like someone for whatever reasons you keep interactions down to a bare minimum (which is usually 0) I've met plenty of MENA who are decent though perhaps the sociopolitical situation in Canada is different.

Trump wants to buy Greenland as well (again). Then all of North-America will be proper American. That one I can see a little more merit to on paper, being geographically of strategic importance and rich in natural resources, but the US already has access to building bases there and establishing companies in Greenland without any of the burden that comes with managing Greenland as a country. Its not necessary from an American perspective.

Lower your standards for the things that don't matter and get clear on what does matter (there isn't much).

Jammers aren't a fool proof solution to drones. They can't hit every frequency and with advanced AI you can preprogram the path and action of an autonomous unit rendering jamming innefective. Not to mention jamming only covers a certain radius. A kamikaze drone might get jammed once it enters a jammers radius but if its already locked on a target its momentum will still carry it forward, though less precisely. The best way to beat enemy material is to undermine enemy logistics. Its why air superiority is so valuable. You fight drones by blowing up the drone factory. Also, tech is everything. Its why its an arms race. Not a bulk-out. That much is obvious. Its not like armies are rolling out unproven prototypes en masse to the degree where it would be strategically detrimental. The US spends billions testing and improving tech, much of it never getting to see the battlefield outside of prototyping.

What makes drones so succesful right now is that they are simple and cheap. Air locomotion is the simplest plane of travel to navigate and the function of a drone is to either drop munition or just crash into a target. But if you start introducing complexity like guns or ground maunevering you start undermining the core concept of why drones work. What if the gun jams or you get stuck in mud or a myriad other malfunctions born from complexity? Malfunctions that could be easily resolved by crew end up making the drone inoperable. The US has tried and failed to create unmanned tanks for this exact reason. Heavy drone use is also a result from stagnant frontlines with no air superioty. Air superiority could undermine the logistics of drones. That said, there is a lot of room to explore within the concept of cheap explosive drones, like a drone swarm.

Drones are way scarier than a plane or a tank because of how omnipresent they are due to being so spammable and hard to combat directly. The "zoom~" of a drone is going to trigger PTSD in future war veterans.

What would be the alternative to a monopoly of violence if the goal is to run a safe and just society? The advantage of a monopoly of violence is that you can then regulate violence. And the police is relatively well regulated and monitored as far as a public service goes. Of course there will be mistakes but that doesn't make the framework as a whole faulty. Police holding a monopoly over violence means you can sue them.

How is speaking French virtue signaling? He has a French name and Canada is a bilingual country between French and English. I know nothing about Canadian politics. Is French a minority language?

Its gross how blatant he is with censorship when that is why he proposed to buy Twitter in the first place. Censorship for thee but not for me.

https://edition.cnn.com/2024/12/20/europe/germany-christmas-market-car-intl-latam/index.html 50 year old doctor Taleb al-Abdulmoshen of Saudi-Arabian decent has been named as the suspect. A now deleted twitter feed shows anti-muslim sentiment and critique of islamification of Germany. Exact motive has not been released by the police yet according to the article. Why couldn't he done this during halloween instead? why does he have to ruin christmas like that 😢.

If it wasn't for the deep Stage Orange barbarity of the US, America would be one of if not the best country in the world to live in. And I'm not saying that as some kind of nationalist. I'm not even American. Its the richest and most diverse country in the world. All of the world's militaries combined couldn't hope to invade. Other countries would kill to have America's problems.

Its vice-versa I think. Dems like Joe Biden are the only ones instating regulations of big companies.

Adding to this, we live in an age of unprecedented abundance. Historical material security, political freedom, freedom to travel, freedom from violence, freedom to live your life as you see fit.

Upon reflection, it is kind of gross of me to make light of such a tragic situation.

What exactly makes it ethically imperative in the first place to connect an adoptee with their biological family? Its the first time I've ever heard of such being a concern. Its presumptious as a premise if you think about it as you assume the child even wants to meet their biological parents. How do you know? It also assumes biological kinship to have some kind of special significance. Does it? In my experience, my connections are what I made of them. Being family made it simply easier to bridge that connection but there is no guarantee that would apply to everyone equally. They already have your family in that case.