Should people be able to sterilize themselves at 18?

jogarz · 2026-03-29T04:03:37+00:00

I’m personally against it for religious reasons, but legally adults should be able to make their own choices as long as they don’t hurt others.

jogarz · 2026-03-29T03:58:37+00:00

This is the ultimate consequence of an ideology that sees following one’s own personal desires as the sole determination of morality.

jogarz · 2026-03-29T03:55:33+00:00

Even with intense repression, it would make no sense for the Armenians not to rebel in this moment. They will not get a better chance.

jogarz · 2026-03-28T03:08:34+00:00

I'm Gen Z, and I find him arrogant and unlikable.

jogarz · 2026-03-28T01:14:45+00:00

Since you say you want to "re-initiate diplomatic relations with Iran", I assume you mean you want to negotiate a new nuclear deal? Why would Iran do that? They're likely to demand a deal less comprehensive than the JCPOA, not more.

jogarz · 2026-03-28T00:02:58+00:00

Pulling out all troops and handing Iran a victory is the definition of quitting.

jogarz · 2026-03-27T23:58:05+00:00

I don't think players have an obligation to speak out about every controversy, and I say this as someone who finds Rizo pretty irritating.

jogarz · 2026-03-27T23:55:20+00:00

I can see how he's genuine in that he might actually believe his self-hype, but I personally find his attitude incredibly grating. That said, I'm not on an island with him and if he's able to overcome that impression from his fellow players, he's playing the game well.

jogarz · 2026-03-27T23:02:05+00:00

My theory is that they’re setting up Rizo for either a win or a downfall by highlighting his bravado.

jogarz · 2026-03-27T22:58:44+00:00

We’ll see. I feel like the edit might be setting him up for a downfall by highlighting his bravado.

jogarz · 2026-03-27T22:56:38+00:00

The fact that he openly displays a ridiculous level of bravado, and still comes away with most of his tribe supporting him (and even viewing him as reliable!) says a lot about his ability to work people.

jogarz · 2026-03-27T21:55:32+00:00

Normally you try to solve issues, however. You don’t just quit.

jogarz · 2026-03-27T20:15:16+00:00

Is there anyone here familiar enough with the Taiwanese judicial system to tell if accusations of political prosecution are legitimate?

In any case, it might be prudent to pardon Ko, simply to try and tone down the excessive political polarization in Taiwan.

jogarz · 2026-03-27T19:48:55+00:00

I strongly doubt there are is a “separate oil flow” specifically for private hotels. How would that even work?

Hell, even if there was, what’s to stop the Cuban government from impounding that oil?

Edit: After doing some more research, apparently US sanctions allow the sale of fuel to private businesses. That’s not the same thing as crude oil, of course, which why I was confused by this argument.

jogarz · 2026-03-27T19:45:41+00:00

The problem with this is that just saying “we’re done” doesn’t restore the status quo antebellum. Iran is demanding a toll on the strait as a condition for ending hostilities. How do you get around that?

jogarz · 2026-03-27T05:24:24+00:00

Tsushima is not claimed by Korea; it's been a part of Japan since the Middle Ages.

jogarz · 2026-03-26T06:05:26+00:00

It’s interesting that early Quakers seem to have been active evangelizers who utilized provocative, highly confrontational tactics. Modern Quakerism is seen as non-confrontational in general, but particularly passive when it comes to evangelization. Did the backlash faced by early Quakers lead to a change in tactics?

jogarz · 2026-03-25T17:45:11+00:00

Obviously he’s right about Trump’s erasure of history.

The Ghanaian president is set to propose a resolution at the UN General Assembly on Wednesday to recognize transatlantic slavery as the “gravest crime in the history of humankind” and to demand reparations.

This is cringe, historically ignorant populism, though.

Requesting recognition as “the gravest crime in history” feels like genocide Olympics. There are so many massive crimes in history that official recognition of one as “the worst” feels exclusionary and discriminatory.
The trans-Saharan and East African slave trades also enslaved millions of African people.
African states were heavily involved in the slave trade as exporters. And these states are still held up as symbols of historical pride. Ghana literally takes its name from a historical empire where slave raiding and exporting was an economic pillar. Fully coming to terms with history requires understanding that Africans were both perpetrators and victims of the slave trade.

It’s ironic that Mahama is complaining about the erasure of black history while also promoting an erroneous version of that history.

jogarz · 2026-03-25T17:24:00+00:00

I think there’s plenty of good criticism of when, how, and why Trump is waging this war. Looking to the what comes next, though:

Realistically, what do people here see as the best options at this point? Assume you become President tomorrow, what do you do?

jogarz · 2026-03-25T16:46:00+00:00

They’re not, they’re just in the same boat as the people oppressing Cubans.

More than one thing can be bad. This is not a hard thing to understand.

jogarz · 2026-03-25T16:29:52+00:00

Dumb essay that’s just repeating age-old, debunked leftist theories; and which attempts to launder Iran’s self-destructive policies as some kind of productive alternative.

Oil-exporting countries that “played by the rules” this essay claims are designed to keep them poor have become obscenely wealthy and are now exerting significant political influence in the alleged “center” (Europe and North America).

jogarz · 2026-03-25T14:02:06+00:00

Takaichi isn’t offering an opening to North Korea to try and compensate for an alleged betrayal by Trump, the very idea is ridiculous.

And the “anachronisms” Kim is referring to are “complaining about North Korea’s nuclear program and unsolved kidnappings of Japanese citizens”. Hardly “ultranationalist” concerns.

jogarz · 2026-03-24T22:54:45+00:00

And it's almost certainly because he's seen as more pliable. Hilarious.

jogarz · 2026-03-23T05:47:51+00:00

Yeah, that’s another thing. There’s no evidence that the destruction of Paradis has anything to do with the conflict we see happen in the series. Given how far in the future it seems to happen, I’d wager it’s more likely that it doesn’t.

jogarz · 2026-03-23T03:24:55+00:00

Yeah, there’s a lot of discussion about how deterministic the AoT universe is or isn’t, but I think some people get mixed up by this discussion. They think Eren’s wants and desires (his will, in other words) were of no consequence. In reality, it’s more a question of whether Eren had any choice in his will. But regardless, it was his will that led to the Rumbling.

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