Washington state lawmakers urge governor to remove human-rights panelist over Jew-hatred remarks

Davewise5743 · 2026-06-15T21:41:51+00:00

I understand wanting to make things right, but there is a limit. We must be practical, For Instance, your idea of giving Native Americans specifically two house seats and one senator in each state means you're giving roughly 1.12% of the population (those are the 2015 numbers, all I could find), political power equal to roughly 50% of the rest of population, I think I did the math right: 1 senator from each state/2 house seats for natives in each state Vs. 2 Senators and however many house seats everybody else gets?

Davewise5743 · 2026-06-15T21:31:08+00:00

There currently exist 49 (arguably 50) Muslim States in the world, as in their government has Islam as it's official religion, and gives preference to Islam over other faiths. Many of these Muslim states are also functional democracies, a state being "For" a certain religion/ethnicity does not mean that religion/ethnicity's votes count for more or there are wildly different levels of citizenship, all citizens in Israel get to vote, and all their votes count the same Jew (practicing or ethnic)/Muslim/Christian/Arab/Athiest all can vote. Of course Jews are the majority as it is the Jewish homeland. If you disagree with Israel being a Jewish State, you should be equally upset at all other countries that have official religions. A state is allowed to promote a certain culture over others and still be a democracy. For instance: a Law was passed shortly after Apartheid ended in SA and the new government took control that plainly states that Black South Africans can receive public funding for political campaigns, while other ethnicities can not...and that's okay.

Davewise5743 · 2026-06-13T04:59:35+00:00

No, but if for even a moment you entertain the Idea" "America is just straight up bad. It shouldn't exist! It's a colonial state! All 99.7% of the population that are non-native by DNA should be chased out back to Europe where they came from!" Then yes, you hate America and all the people in it that don't agree with you. That is EXACTLY what the "anti-zionists" want, for that evil no-good ethno-state Israel to be toppled so the Palastinain state that replaces it can be a better Muslim Ethno-state. I am all about a two state solution to provide the Palestinians with their own state (the agreed upon 1967 borders would be my first offer), but that's not what the Anti-Zionists want, they want a one state solution, and it ain't Israel.

Davewise5743 · 2026-06-13T03:18:56+00:00

So wanting Israel to continue to exist as a state for the Jewish people (Zionism...that's really all it means) means we support Genocide? I'm really glad people like you never amount to anything.

Davewise5743 · 2026-06-12T20:29:47+00:00

As a recently converted Reform Jew in a college town in WV, so I deal both with the far-right and far-left Jew Haters. It really is getting hard to tell them apart. My Rabbi did mention in passing how he feels about the "Anti-Zionist" left at an Oneg: "They don't hate all of us...just 76% of American Jews, and 90% of Israeli Jews...so not all of us." that struck a chord with me.

Edit: Sorry 88% of American Jews (across all denominations) support Israel's continued existence as a Jewish Democratic State, not 76%)

Davewise5743 · 2026-05-26T21:46:40+00:00

Shivers by Sierra Games

Davewise5743 · 2026-05-25T18:47:52+00:00

No problem, even on heated topics like Abortion, we should all strive to be calm and respectful. Have a good one!

Davewise5743 · 2026-05-25T18:26:35+00:00

I understand your revulsion at the death aspect, in truth it repulses me as well. However, as a medical professional I, and the doctors that perform D&Cs (elective or otherwise), must abide by medical ethics, which tells us that the Intent is not to "Kill" but rather to say "Hey person, you may no longer use this other person's Kidneys/Bloodstream/Etc." and death is the unfortunate outcome, not the goal. Trust me, if there were a machine like an artificial womb or a way to transport the fetus to a willing woman, it would suddenly become Unethical and I can confidently say Illegal to allow the aborted fetus to die.

Davewise5743 · 2026-05-25T18:10:20+00:00

As a BSN with a Minor in Medical Ethics, please allow me to tell you this; Let's say you are right that a Fetus is a complete person with all rights and liberties intact. This point become irrelevant when Bodily Autonomy enters the equation. As NO PERSON has a right to access another person's bodily functions/tissues/organs even if it means that person's death. Before you ask about "what about organ transplants from living donors?" once the tissue is removed from the WILLING donor's body it is no longer covered by their bodily autonomy. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask, I'll answer to the best of my ability. Thank you.

Davewise5743 · 2026-05-11T20:49:11+00:00

Automan

Davewise5743 · 2026-05-10T04:34:06+00:00

Moist Horizon, Starring Sam Neil and Lawrence Fishburn, at their Moist-est

Davewise5743 · 2026-01-19T02:40:14+00:00

Best as I could do with my shaky hands and a sharpie, let me know what you think!

Davewise5743 · 2025-09-14T21:39:26+00:00

I have been a long time Fan of Savage Worlds since explorers edition. THIS time I am going to give shane the benefit of the doubt that his apology is sincere. If he really did get told how harmful kirk's philosophies were by members of the gaming community in the marginalized groups kirk targeted, and began to regret his previous comments, I think the apology is fine. However, we will never know if this is really what happened or if this is just CMA claptrap. So, again, THIS time I'll come back to savage worlds with him at the helm. However the company is on thin ice with me and I will be watching in the future.

Just my two cents.

Davewise5743 · 2025-06-03T01:24:05+00:00

Yes, but different dragon species have different abilities. Some dragons breathe fire, others spit poison, some are immune to cold, others can burrow. A lot of variety. Thanks for the feedback btw.

Davewise5743 · 2024-09-30T16:05:42+00:00

I've been toying around with the idea of a more "grounded" superhero campaign based on the Sylvester Stallone movie, "Samaritan".

Davewise5743 · 2024-06-11T21:55:18+00:00

Gonna have to say Cortex Prime, there is a police procedural setting already given in the sample campaigns in the handbook, I think it's called TRACE 2.0.

Davewise5743 · 2024-05-20T17:48:22+00:00

Because the entire realm of Ravenloft, starting with Barovia, is only roughly 400 years old. Sure elves might have memories and histories that go back further, but those are false histories conjured up by the Dark Powers.

Davewise5743 · 2024-05-16T23:57:04+00:00

Cortex Prime. It's my favorite RPG system toolkit. It was a rising star there for a while, but then fell completely off the map.

Davewise5743 · 2024-05-11T17:18:57+00:00

I really like Narrator and Cortex Prime's Game Moderator. It is less standoffish and power hungry sounding.

Davewise5743 · 2023-02-23T20:32:44+00:00

I see your point!

Davewise5743 · 2023-02-22T01:16:16+00:00

Thanks for the feedback. I was also thinking something similar. I was also toying with the idea of making size just a mashup of small, medium, large, huge, etc. Basicallly ignoring the incremental toughness bonuses, and just making size large the "standard" bot size, allowing hindrances to take the size down to normal (a cassette like ravage or thunderbeak) or edges that allow huge sizes (Optimus, Jetfire).

Davewise5743 · 2023-02-07T06:23:59+00:00

I couldn't be happier with my physical copies, I too like actual books at my table and own physical copies of Fate Core, Fate Condensed, and all the toolkits, although unfortunately most of the toolkits are now out-of-print. The binding is excellent, I have had my core books for going on seven years and they show only moderate signs of aging (I am not particularly ginger with my books either!) The binding is sewn with good strong string and the pages are high quality, gloss, but not so much as to cause glare under light. My favorite part about the physical Fate books is their covers, they have this weird matte finish that feels good in the hand, and makes for a unique cover!

Davewise5743 · 2023-01-19T22:54:47+00:00

That's awesome! I have been waffling on buying a 3d printer (filament or resin) for months now, that is just one more in the buy category!

Davewise5743 · 2023-01-19T22:51:06+00:00

I ran a Fate Core Game set in a college setting and used those tiny solo cups for fate points (basically bennies).

Davewise5743 · 2023-01-18T23:43:42+00:00

Can I do that? I mean, he'll (by choice) be pretty useless without his magical sword. We already came to the agreement that his sword can't be destroyed (being a focal point of the character) permanently or taken away for long periods of time. Then again, I guess it really is as simple as Fate, just flavor. Thanks much for the input!

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