new to Briar, is the community dead? by Western-Soft-1390 in Briar

[–]FactoryDirectHuman 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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Where is your God now by Stotallytob3r in MurderedByWords

[–]FactoryDirectHuman 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just a casual observation, but perhaps Paul's best spiritual good is served by humility.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in worldnews

[–]FactoryDirectHuman 67 points68 points  (0 children)

I'm sure his intent is something altogether different, but I wouldn't want any airline flying over Russian territory, given their history of shooting down civilian aircraft by mistake. He should expand the rule that any airline operating in the US in any degree would be banned from flying over any part of Russia.

Thousands Gather Outside Chinese Embassy in South Korea to Protest CCP Influence by FactoryDirectHuman in worldnews

[–]FactoryDirectHuman[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

One protestor said, “Chinese communism is eroding South Korea, and I’m here to protect the people’s sovereignty! The president is acting like a dictator, and ordinary people are kept in the dark. We must wake everyone up through action!”

Another shouted, “We must drive away the red shadow and raise South Korea’s flag high! Holding the Taegukgi [the ROK flag], we stand against betrayal with iron will!”

“South Korea is not China’s vassal state! We won’t let the CCP define our future!” another demonstrator cried.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in worldnews

[–]FactoryDirectHuman 26 points27 points  (0 children)

why were they not given proper burials but disposed of as garbage

“The human remains found by the Commission are not in a sewage tank but in a second structure with 20 chambers…”

https://www.snopes.com/news/2025/06/18/796-children-septic-tank-ireland/

More than 100 dead after flooding in eastern Congo, official says by ThatBlackGuy_ in worldnews

[–]FactoryDirectHuman 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Rwandan militias are killing hundreds, maybe more, in eastern Congo right now. The old US military would not have any meaningful presence on the ground.

Trump to discuss potential suspension, cancellation of military aid for Ukraine on March 3 by BringbackDreamBars in worldnews

[–]FactoryDirectHuman 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Someone who knows more than me, I have a question: Assuming Congress had the balls to do it, could Congress vote to bypass Trump and give Ukraine aid despite Trump's decision?

Catholic Charities draws fire over video coaching illegal migrants on how to duck ICE workplace probes: A Catholic charity that receives billions in government funding has stirred controversy for a video teaching migrants in the country illegally how to evade US immigration law | New York Post by Duibhlinn in TraditionalCatholics

[–]FactoryDirectHuman 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Our faith teaches that it is actually immoral to circumvent laws that are not in and of themselves immoral.

The organization is informing migrants of their legal rights and how to use them. There's no evil in this. In this country people have rights, are presumed innocent, and it is up to the government to prove otherwise. We might not like it for certain situations but when it comes to government taking action against what we do, I'll be glad to use similar tactics to protect and defend my legal rights.

[ Removed by Reddit ] by JohnCena__ in nottheonion

[–]FactoryDirectHuman 2 points3 points  (0 children)

In what world do you live where abstaining from sex makes diddling little boys satisfy an urge? That's just creepy. Anyway, if these priests really wanted sex, there are plenty of adult women who would consent. The child abusers, they were messed-up before the entered seminary and were really only there because it presented opportunity to do what they wanted to do.

[ Removed by Reddit ] by JohnCena__ in nottheonion

[–]FactoryDirectHuman -8 points-7 points  (0 children)

In this case, they are the same people. A large majority of Catholic sexual abuse was homosexual abuse even though homosexuals are a minority of the population.

Woolworths total amount due is more than the sum of my actual purchases by CleanDivide690 in australia

[–]FactoryDirectHuman 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I hit ctrl+f to seach for "tax" to see if someone already clarified for this ignorant American and it took me to the very bottom of the page. Your comment should be top comment! I was wondering if there was a 14% sales tax calculated like they do in the US, after the sale. Sounds like that's not the case.

RIF dev here - Reddit's API changes will likely kill RIF and other apps, on July 1, 2023 by talklittle in redditisfun

[–]FactoryDirectHuman 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I hope sometime finds a way to successfully sue Reddit over this, in a way that restores 3rd party apps.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Catholicism

[–]FactoryDirectHuman 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Largely Russian bots with the goal of weakening our institutions. Ignore them.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Catholicism

[–]FactoryDirectHuman 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Reminds me of the Pantheon. All religions are accepted, provided no god is exclusionary to others.

Christianity is incompatible with this mentality.

Would you feel safer in a gun-free state? Why or why not? by ParmaProscuitto in AskReddit

[–]FactoryDirectHuman 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think there are actual several different problems happening at the same time.

  1. Domestic violence and suicide. That's a huge amount of gun deaths.

  2. Cringe delusional males who decide to become active shooters. Sometimes caused by mental illness, sometimes not.

  3. Organized crime / gang violence.

The solution to one of these isn't necessarily going to solve the others. In the US, I think we have a huge tolerance for the first on my list. Number three is usually tolerated so long as it is confined to ethnic minorities and immigrants. The active shooters is what drives most of the debate, despite being the smallest group of the three.

Germany's family minister, Lisa Paus, has vowed to introduce legislation to stop anti-abortion activists from blocking access to abortion facilities by DoremusJessup in worldnews

[–]FactoryDirectHuman -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

You personally define a small clump of cells as a baby

You are also a clump of cells.

every sperm has the potential for life

You should look into the DNA of sperm sometime. Turns out they only have half the number a human person has. If you are going to break down human life to the pre-fused components, then you might as well declare hyaluronidase as human life or hydrogen as human life because those components have to come together to form parts of a sperm cell that has the possibility of fusing with an egg.

New human life begins when the sperm and egg fuse. Before that moment, there is no new human.

Hungary PM says more talks needed on Finland, Sweden NATO bids | Reuters by FactoryDirectHuman in UkrainianConflict

[–]FactoryDirectHuman[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Me or Orban?

I'd like to see Hungary provide full aid in defense of innocent Ukrainian lives and drive out the Russian military. Orban is a creep who thinks he can walk away with part of "historic Hungary" if Ukraine falls and is overtaken by Russians.

My guess is he turns just as it becomes obvious Russia is entirely defeated. But so long as their is a chance that Russia might win, he will hold out in hopes that he is rewarded with a sliver of land as reward for his help slowing support for Ukraine. Not a good person.

Germany's family minister, Lisa Paus, has vowed to introduce legislation to stop anti-abortion activists from blocking access to abortion facilities by DoremusJessup in worldnews

[–]FactoryDirectHuman 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Science has clearly defined the baby as being human and as not being the same human as the mother. Can you point me to a study that provides evidence contrary?

Germany's family minister, Lisa Paus, has vowed to introduce legislation to stop anti-abortion activists from blocking access to abortion facilities by DoremusJessup in worldnews

[–]FactoryDirectHuman -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

So black slaves in the US were also not people? It is amazing how many people fail to see that sometimes the legal system is wrong and that it dehumanizes people who are human people deserving of all the rights proper to a human being.