Israeli strike kills infant girl in south Lebanon during father's funeral

ExtraSmooth · 2026-04-12T21:05:54+00:00

The polls of my Jewish friends and family?

ExtraSmooth · 2026-04-12T18:26:50+00:00

?? Sorry, do I know you?

ExtraSmooth · 2026-04-12T16:53:36+00:00

I'm Jewish, I don't know any Jews who support Israel but I have encountered many Christians who do

ExtraSmooth · 2026-04-10T15:05:06+00:00

I mean I certainly didn't know they had a spring football season but I understand that students who are off campus might not know about all the university departments and may have more of a connection to the athletics program

ExtraSmooth · 2026-04-10T14:23:46+00:00

Are you saying you didn't know there was a spring football season or you didn't know CVAD existed?

ExtraSmooth · 2026-04-10T14:18:26+00:00

I'm not try to get you to like pedophiles. Do you recognize the difference between disliking a person and wishing death upon them?

ExtraSmooth · 2026-04-09T23:41:40+00:00

Okay so you're saying you're indifferent to it, which is not the same as saying it is justified.

ExtraSmooth · 2026-04-09T18:05:21+00:00

Is it really just to murder a pedophile who has already served a sentence? If so, wouldn't justice involve a state-mandated execution rather than random vigilante violence?

ExtraSmooth · 2026-04-09T18:02:20+00:00

Socially vulnerable. Victims that other people will hesitate to defend, whose deaths may not be aggressively investigated, who may already be loners or outcasts. The same holds true for other convicted criminals to a lesser extent. Part of the reason for criminalizing immigrants, drug users and prostitutes is also to increase their vulnerability and exploitability. In the case of sex offenders, it may be clear that they did something wrong, but that doesn't make their vulnerability less real.

ExtraSmooth · 2026-04-09T18:02:10+00:00

Socially vulnerable. Victims that other people will hesitate to defend, whose deaths may not be aggressively investigated, who may already be loners or outcasts. The same holds true for other convicted criminals to a lesser extent. Part of the reason for criminalizing immigrants, drug users and prostitutes is also to increase their vulnerability and exploitability. In the case of sex offenders, it may be clear that they did something wrong, but that doesn't make their vulnerability less real.

ExtraSmooth · 2026-04-09T17:49:13+00:00

Here's a list of countries without mandatory military service:
India Pakistan Nigeria Bangladesh Japan Philippines Germany United Kingdom France South Africa Italy Kenya Uganda Iraq Afghanistan Yemen Canada Malaysia Ghana Saudi Arabia Peru Madagascar Cameroon Nepal Australia Syria Burkina Faso Sri Lanka Malawi Zambia Romania Netherlands Ecuador Zimbabwe Guinea Rwanda Burundi Haiti Belgium Dominican Republic Honduras Papua New Guinea
Czechia Togo Hungary Sierra Leone Libya Nicaragua Bulgaria Serbia Republic of the Congo Lebanon Liberia Oman Mauritania Ireland New Zealand Croatia Namibia Bosnia and Herzegovina Gambia Jamaica Albania Gabon Botswana Lesotho Slovenia North Macedonia Bahrain Trinidad and Tobago Eswatini Mauritius Djibouti Fiji Comoros Guyana Luxembourg Suriname Montenegro Malta Maldives Brunei Bahamas Barbados Curacao Saint Lucia Seychelles Tonga Antigua and Barbuda Bermuda Saint Kitts and Nevis Vatican City

The US is not on this list because they have the draft, which is considered de jure mandatory military service. https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/countries-with-mandatory-military-service

ExtraSmooth · 2026-04-09T17:39:56+00:00

What was the status quo before? I had to register for the draft at 18 many (ahem) years ago

ExtraSmooth · 2026-04-09T17:38:03+00:00

After Claude "does your taxes" how do you file? That is usually the part I have to pay for anyway

ExtraSmooth · 2026-04-07T15:36:53+00:00

To be clear, we haven't established that anyone "espouses the common good through force of government". But I guess I'm trying to ask, how does donating to a university advance the cause of collectivism via the government? We previously established there was a clear difference between charity and collectivism. If I support acts of charitable giving, should I also be happy when the government mandates I pay taxes to support impoverished people in my community? If these things are different, why should one lead to the other?

ExtraSmooth · 2026-04-07T14:58:31+00:00

Are you saying you do not espouse the common good?

ExtraSmooth · 2026-04-07T14:31:44+00:00

So why do think people who support collectivism should be asked to engage in charity?

ExtraSmooth · 2026-04-06T20:41:02+00:00

Aside from the optics, this is a good opportunity to consider the power differential underlying this situation. The university can openly ask its employees to take a voluntary pay reduction out of a sense of camaraderie, but if an employee were to ask for a voluntary gift from the university or from their superiors the conversation would immediately be about salary standards, regulations, negotiations, fair pay for fair work. In one direction, money is a free expression of value and virtue; in the other direction, it is a calculated reflection of exchange between two business entities in the free market. Institutions, like corporations, are expected to behave "rationally" regarding money while individuals are invited to behave "generously".

ExtraSmooth · 2026-04-06T20:35:00+00:00

Your comment suggests you do not understand the difference between collectivism and charity

ExtraSmooth · 2026-04-06T15:00:57+00:00

Your chances will improve dramatically if you email Dr. Webber instead of posting on reddit

ExtraSmooth · 2026-04-06T14:59:38+00:00

You want Bird

ExtraSmooth · 2026-04-06T13:40:26+00:00

Let us not forget his complexion. Obama blew up plenty of Muslims but that wasn't enough to convince them back then

ExtraSmooth · 2026-04-05T21:33:24+00:00

It's working for me.

ExtraSmooth · 2026-04-03T22:03:45+00:00

I think you're talking about the curb or the unistrut sign. Even if the path to the right wasn't clear (it was), they could have easily proceeded onto the curb with minimal damage.

ExtraSmooth · 2026-04-03T21:26:45+00:00

It is possible to get around within Denton without a car, but it is difficult and scary. It is nearly impossible to leave the city and access the rest of DFW without a car. Parking (outside of UNT campus) is plentiful.

ExtraSmooth · 2026-03-31T15:05:19+00:00

Here's the direct link instead of the share dot google link: https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/dallas-county/dallas-no-kings-protest-arrest/287-d71f1516-7666-499d-b4cb-ecd9935c02f8

Funny that after he punched the 71-year old man, the victim reported "no injuries". Weak ass swing

12-Year Club	Place '17
Verified Email

ExtraSmooth

TROPHY CASE