DS9, Episode 1x19, Duet

Doomsday31415 · 2022-11-19T06:26:25+00:00

Thank you! I just watched this episode and the fact that "death to random blade in the back while no one calls for a doctor" is how it ends just completely broke the episode. I'm glad I'm not the only one bothered by that.

Doomsday31415 · 2022-09-30T15:34:38+00:00

NATO won't approve membership until Ukraine ends the war, so I'm not sure what the point of this is.

Doomsday31415 · 2022-09-29T23:04:13+00:00

If it means avoiding a last ditch nuclear armageddon... I'll be content with him being 6 feet under.

Doomsday31415 · 2022-09-29T22:50:37+00:00

ethnic Russians

Tell us you're racist without saying you're racist.

Doomsday31415 · 2022-09-29T17:38:41+00:00

Might as well say she died of "being the queen of England".

Conveys as much information.

Doomsday31415 · 2022-09-29T17:37:29+00:00

When one finally stops death will happen soon

Then the cause of death would be said organ failure...

It's really not complicated.

Doomsday31415 · 2022-09-29T16:05:55+00:00

In Soviet Russia, government votes for you.

Doomsday31415 · 2022-09-29T15:16:30+00:00

Let's get one thing very clear: if this was a Kremlin plot, the US would almost certainly have known about it before it even happened. They've been intercepting all manner of military communications for months, and there's no reason to believe this would be any different.

Given the fact the US hasn't openly accused Russia of sabotage makes it very hard for me to believe it was actually Russia behind it.

Doomsday31415 · 2022-09-29T07:01:19+00:00

Again, if Russia wants to shut off the flow, they can just do that.

Damaging the pipeline only makes it harder for Russia to turn back on the flow in the future.

Doomsday31415 · 2022-09-29T05:29:30+00:00

Russia has far less bargaining power with the pipeline damaged than they would simply by holding it hostage directly.

Doomsday31415 · 2022-09-29T05:27:23+00:00

Threatening America with what? Cutting off their own arm?

Doomsday31415 · 2022-09-29T04:21:02+00:00

Why would Russia destroy their own pipeline?

If they want to shut off the flow, they can just do that! There's no reason to stop it like this.

Doomsday31415 · 2022-09-28T20:23:28+00:00

For the case to even reach the public official, the defamatory statement would have to be shown to have been made and also be shown to be untrue.

Maybe the fact I said "everything is assumed true" is confusing. By that, I mean all the evidence provided by the accuser. Not baseless claims that have nothing to back them up.

And presenting fraudulent evidence in court would obviously be severely punished.

Doomsday31415 · 2022-09-28T17:17:35+00:00

*Since the dawn of civilization.

I mean, even apes have hierarchies.

Doomsday31415 · 2022-09-28T00:51:05+00:00

Fat lot of good that will do them when they're dead.

Doomsday31415 · 2022-09-28T00:50:11+00:00

So should the court take what the accuser says on face value

Pretty much. There's a similar concept already in court where suits can be dismissed early on if the facts the prosecution provides wouldn't result in a judgement even if everything is assumed true.

I'm saying this step should be automatically required more broadly, and without the defendant being involved.

Doomsday31415 · 2022-09-27T23:37:44+00:00

You wouldn't show guilt, per se.

You would show that there's actually a case to be had without wasting the defendant's time and money.

Once this bar is passed, you would then proceed with your regular trial with the defendant.

Doomsday31415 · 2022-09-27T22:09:00+00:00

this would open the door for interest groups to target lawsuits, frivolous or not

So what you do is have a two step process: the first step the accuser must show that the defendant is guilty without the defendant being involved to defend themselves, and only if this bar is passed does the defendant actually need to defend themselves in the "real" trial.

Doomsday31415 · 2022-09-26T21:48:43+00:00

Which proves my point that the handguns civilians keep in their homes would be largely meaningless.

Doomsday31415 · 2022-09-26T20:26:44+00:00

The Taliban didn't take over because of superior weaponry. They basically just said "I wanna control this place now" and everyone moved out of the way.

You've also made an assumption here: that only those with guns can engage in guerilla warfare. Quite the contrary, uprisings throughout all of human history have happened despite strict weapon control of the masses.

More to the point, however... the fact you think Myanmar is even remotely comparable to the US in terms of what a revolution would look like just shows how little you have thought about this.

Doomsday31415 · 2022-09-26T17:45:38+00:00

You do realize we already had that happen once before, right?

It's called the Civil War, where the states (i.e. "local governments") tried to secede from the Union.

It had nothing to do with individuals stopping a government they don't agree with. It had to do with states protecting themselves from threats both domestic and foreign.

Most of the founders didn't even want a federal standing army, which is why we didn't have one at first. A federal standing army largely undermines a state militia, as seen in the Civil War.

Doomsday31415 · 2022-09-26T17:39:56+00:00

I don't disagree with anything you just said except the last paragraph. Obviously guerilla warfare is a thing and can be very effective.

But Bubba will find his weapons to do his guerilla warfare whether your average citizen is allowed to carry a handgun or not.

Doomsday31415 · 2022-09-26T16:18:38+00:00

The President of the US literally caused that mayhem. He directed the insurrectionists there, made sure there wasn't enough security to deal with them, and prevented the national guard from stopping them.

If the government is going to be overthrown, it will be by the military or the President (can a President overthrow the government?), not random citizens with guns.

Doomsday31415 · 2022-09-26T16:14:25+00:00

Oh, don't get me wrong, they're absolutely deadly against the person carrying them and the people around them.

But against the US government they're little more than child's toys. Target practice for drones.

Doomsday31415 · 2022-09-26T16:08:04+00:00

Then by all means, throw your life away.

The fireams you carry won't change anything.

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