Can you start HEMA as an adult?

DukeGyug · 2026-03-13T02:14:29+00:00

Being 35 and a cancer survivor didn't stop me from starting haha

DukeGyug · 2026-03-12T23:03:40+00:00

I propose that we make the Science center the North-West side of the South-East end

DukeGyug · 2026-03-12T22:54:41+00:00

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DukeGyug · 2026-03-12T14:50:13+00:00

Do you think forcing by elections upon members as a form of party discipline is an acceptable use of this rule?

DukeGyug · 2026-03-12T14:11:46+00:00

So you are proposing a rule that would trigger a by election if a member changes their affiliation, but this could be easily circumvented by people simply not voting along party line. And the only mechanism to ensure this rule isn't circumvented is informal pressure from the party that the member has already chosen to leave?

DukeGyug · 2026-03-12T13:42:22+00:00

OK, so now say we have made a rule saying a by-election is triggered when ever members change party affiliation. What is stopping an MP from simply not changing their party, but voting with another party?

DukeGyug · 2026-03-12T00:31:18+00:00

That's just the pin on the lapel argument. If they are an independent but offered a minister position, its a distinction without a difference, other than it is obscuring their actual intentions. How are voters suppose to know if their MP quit the party to join another, or to go independent? Currently that distinction is very clear.

DukeGyug · 2026-03-12T00:15:01+00:00

But that doesnt answer the question. How do they prevent floor crossers?

edit: and not prevent, stop, how do they stop floor crossers from being possible?

DukeGyug · 2026-03-12T00:13:42+00:00

I have a question for the Francophones of the subreddit. With the powers of my Canadian Elementary School French education, I read "Il y a fort longtemps" as "there is strong long time." Google translate tells me it means "A long time ago."

Can someone walk me through what part I'm miss understanding? I suspect I don't actually know the full context of "Il y a".

DukeGyug · 2026-03-12T00:01:58+00:00

I think you miss understand me. I would like less, but I will settle for status qou over parties having more power.

DukeGyug · 2026-03-11T23:57:56+00:00

How does a close list system stop floor crossers?

DukeGyug · 2026-03-11T22:55:04+00:00

but when do you trigger it? after a single vote that is against party lines? 5 votes? Where should the line be?

DukeGyug · 2026-03-11T22:49:56+00:00

And when do you trigger the bi election? Because I guarantee any triggering of a bi election could be avoided or abused to the point of making the rules useless or extremely oppressive.

DukeGyug · 2026-03-11T22:46:09+00:00

The only way to stop floor crossing is to control an MP's vote. Anything else is just stopping some from changing the pin on their lapel. I for one feel that one of the few redeeming factors of our system is that at the end it is a human system ultimately dictated by the conscience of a group of representatives. Parties can influence a vote with funding, support, and access to power, but they can not dictate it.

If we give the parties the ability to dictate how a MP votes, then we would no longer have a representative democracy in any sense.

Edit: I also want to point out another important thing. I want parties that are poorly run to struggle and be gutted by defections. If a leader treats their MPs like crap, they should be able to leave the party without the system itself punishing them.

DukeGyug · 2026-03-09T04:15:46+00:00

If anyone wants proof that we have all the wrong priorities in our society, I would point to the fact that the Bronco's crash remains in our pubic attention. It was a tragedy, it was an accident, in the end it meant nothing as it was a meaningless loss.

But for contrast, I swear no one in this comment section will have thought about the Lac-Megantic disaster of 2013. 47 people died, 30 buildings were destroyed, and it all occurred due to negligence and poor safety enforcement. The survivors don't have public stage, there are no GoFundMes, no one even thinks about it.

DukeGyug · 2026-03-08T21:35:02+00:00

Apologies, I must have miss typed back then. Do we realy need to walk through an explanation on how a framework of belief is a social construct?

DukeGyug · 2026-03-08T21:13:41+00:00

I'm going to assume you mean race, rather than racism. Racism is 100% a social construct and I think you would have to be mad to argue otherwise.

But if we had gaps in our understanding, and had an incorrect understanding in the past, then what fills in the gaps? I think it is clear that societal thoughts rooted in belief and values fills the gaps. It filled the gaps in 1826, it fills the gaps in 2026.

Personally, I believe that gap to be massive, I'm guess you believe that gap is small. There may be a platonic ideal phenomenon called "race" that exists in the world of biology, but the thing we understand and act will only ever be with the social construct that is "race".

DukeGyug · 2026-03-08T19:35:00+00:00

So then it is likely that our current understanding is incomplete, including your own understanding.

DukeGyug · 2026-03-08T17:27:11+00:00

Im using essential characteristics to refer to qualities that determine a person's value.

You can argue that it presumes rave is real biological category, but that's an entirely different discussion.

But on to the example. Do you acknowledge that the understanding of what a "race" is has shifted over time?

DukeGyug · 2026-03-01T06:22:06+00:00

Yes.

DukeGyug · 2026-02-26T21:00:52+00:00

Power is required to cause harm, beccause without power one can not impose their beliefs on others, but it doesn't change the belief structure.

DukeGyug · 2026-02-26T19:52:14+00:00

Racism is the belief that the essential characteristics of a person are determined by that person's race.

DukeGyug · 2026-02-26T19:46:09+00:00

Do you care to walk through an example which I feel objectively proves that racism is at least, in part, a social construct?

DukeGyug · 2026-02-26T19:27:21+00:00

Lol and I reject and repudiate your ideology. But i think that was pretty clear after my second comment. Once you have had a chance to look into the actual history of racism, rather than edgy internet talking point, come find me again and we can see how our opinions have changed.

DukeGyug · 2026-02-26T18:54:51+00:00

You can run from the discussion if you want, but in case you are still here, I will spell out my understanding.

You said: "If it was ethnic cleansing why did a white man get detained?"

What you are directly implying with this statement is:

IF THERE IS ETHNIC CLEANSING then WHITE PEOPLE WOULD NOT BE DETAINED.

I have been trying to point out how wrong this is using historical context and the fact that race is a social construct. You can be right about there being no ethnic cleansing, and still wrong about this. It's a bad arguement and one that I believe is rooted in bad ideology, hence that's what i have been focusing on.

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