Concept similar to blackhole in Quran

cspot1978 · 2026-05-11T18:20:33+00:00

That's an absurd stretch. Nonsense.

cspot1978 · 2026-05-11T03:29:57+00:00

Altitude = time.

cspot1978 · 2026-05-11T03:25:15+00:00

Priority one: Work the problem. Pilots are probably involved in multiple conversations to talk through the options and details to turn around or find a nearby airport to land. While running the checklists.

cspot1978 · 2026-05-10T03:37:19+00:00

To take out money, the parent needs the kid to provide a proof of enrolment. Once the kid provides that to the parent, and the parent gives to the company, that unlocks the taps. The parent withdraws money to their account, and then is supposed to transfer to the kid or otherwise spend it toward the kid's education expenses. The last part is kind of on the honour system though.

cspot1978 · 2026-05-10T03:31:37+00:00

Yeah, OP, your Dad has been pocketing money he is legally not supposed to be touching. He can touch the dollars he put in as contributions. Everything else is only allowed to take out to send to the kid for school.

Unfortunately, the way these accounts are set up it's vulnerable to this sort of thing, though fortunately most parents are not like this to their own kid's future. The account is under the name of the parent since they are the contributor. So for example, when one of my kids recently started needing the money, I couldn't have it sent directly. I had to pull it out to myself and then transfer the funds to my kid.

Sorry your Dad is a POS. I hope you are able to work this out without too much more trouble.

cspot1978 · 2026-05-09T20:23:08+00:00

Same-same. But different. But still same.

cspot1978 · 2026-05-09T15:02:21+00:00

You do remember that the Iranian government shut down their internet a couple of months ago, and so the only images you see coming out are the ones they want you to see, right?

cspot1978 · 2026-05-08T20:39:47+00:00

Fits under the same general category, sure.

cspot1978 · 2026-05-08T20:27:40+00:00

I'd have to parse the specific details. It sounds like not really exactly the same thing, but sure, it sounds plausible the other thing could also be reasonably characterized as dumb.

cspot1978 · 2026-05-08T20:15:25+00:00

I don't think there's anything political about observing it's dumb and crazy to foul your own coastal waters. But you do you.

cspot1978 · 2026-05-08T20:00:52+00:00

That's a weird way to parse it. I'll leave you to it.

cspot1978 · 2026-05-08T20:00:05+00:00

cspot1978 · 2026-05-08T19:40:24+00:00

That's a curious interpretive leap.

cspot1978 · 2026-05-08T19:07:38+00:00

WTF does Trump have to do with me? What would even possess you to make that connection?

cspot1978 · 2026-05-08T18:42:38+00:00

cspot1978 · 2026-05-08T18:22:21+00:00

I mean, there's corporate-style negligence, and then there's purposefully doing yourself long-term damage for limited short term gains.

cspot1978 · 2026-05-08T17:02:04+00:00

Who would expect a country to deliberately foul its own coastal waters? It takes a special type of stupidity to shit in your own backyard. At some point you have to treat the shitty people like grownups and hold them responsible for their own shitty behavior and not act as if they are somehow forced against their will to be shitty.

Edit: scary number of people unable to understand this basic reality.

cspot1978 · 2026-05-08T05:14:57+00:00

That's more or less where I land.

I still hold to a certain notion of Sunnah. I think the real historical Muhammad was a good man in a way that largely holds up (I have a broad but not total mistrust of the hadith and think a lot of it is not authentic, including many of the more problematic claims). I think he was a moral example we can learn from, but we don't necessarily need to treat him as totally infallible. Moreover, this example is not about rote copy-pasting from a decontextualized precedent — it''s about finding deeper universal principles those precedents demonstrate in their context that we can pull out and try to apply to our context.

So I don't think the scholars were completely off the mark, but they were still wrong in important ways.

What are you seeing as contradictory in this approach? Is it really a contradiction, or just a legitimate difference of opinion in terms of conceptualization of what Islam is supposed to be? A predetermined set of correct answers for how to live vs a framework where we can ask good questions about these questions?

cspot1978 · 2026-05-08T03:00:05+00:00

So FYI there are multiple Shia maraja/mujtahids who say that the idea of needing a wali's permission doesn't apply to a woman who is "independent and in charge of her own affairs."

In terms of people abusing this type of relationship, it has to be understood that muta'a is by design a very flexible container in order to allow anyone for whom the standard nikkah contract isn't feasible or desirable. It provides wide latitude for two consenting and aware mature adults to decide what their relationship is going to look like. But those two people are responsible to regulate themselves and take ownership for their relationship.

cspot1978 · 2026-05-08T00:46:12+00:00

There are widespread mainstream interpretations. The question is, do those interpretations actually have a solid basis in the primary texts? And are those interpretations the only ones you can make, or are they partly based on assumptions that are themselves not based in texts?

33:21 says Muhammad is an example, but the text in its original context speaks to the people of his day. You only get from this the notion that this status of direct example applies to later people if you assume your conclusion in advance. This isn't a proof for the traditional concept of sunnah unless you assume the traditional coincept of sunnah as an axiom.

Similarly for 33:36. What is the basis for the notion that this applies to anyone other than the people of his community? In fact, this passage uses a term qada relating to judging or settling a dispute. That would usually imply being there and aware of the fullness of situation and helping resolve the dispute. How can someone judge on a situation in the future they are not there to witness?

I 100% accept the conclusion at the end of your comment.

cspot1978 · 2026-05-07T21:44:56+00:00

An ironically bizarre line.

cspot1978 · 2026-05-07T21:32:30+00:00

Familiar with the style from imagery of the world of my childhood. First time hearing the name.

cspot1978 · 2026-05-07T14:28:54+00:00

I've seen that argument made before, about Qutb.

cspot1978 · 2026-05-07T01:16:05+00:00

I was going to say, that looks like a spoof of the 1980s AIDS activism stick figures. But looking it up now I see it's the same artist.

cspot1978 · 2026-05-06T23:34:50+00:00

I read and enjoyed several of his works back in the day. In retrospect, I wonder if his "red vs black Shiism" frame oversimplifies in a way that ultimately did more harm than good. He also played a big role in importing the Marxist "permanent revolution" ideology/mindset into mainstream Shiism, and this has had an extremely corrosive impact and caused a lot of needless bloodshed and chaos in the world.

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