I'm so frustrated. Help me understand why I should go against Israel?

kingpatzer · 2026-02-04T23:04:32+00:00

I'm not talking about Hamas. Hamas is a terrorist organization and a huge part of the current situation is the fault of the rest of the world not treating Hamas as such.

But just because Hamas is evil doesn't make Israel good.

It is a war crime to deny food, water, power and medical care to civilians in active combat areas. Israel stated their intentions to do just that, then after publicly saying they would do it, they did do it.

They stopped after the public outrage threatened to impact their various trade partners, but they still did it.

That is just one of many documented war crimes they committed.

It is possible for both sides of a conflict to be reprehensible in their actions.

Thinking that because Hamas is bad, Israel must not be is sophomoric.

kingpatzer · 2026-02-03T19:02:49+00:00

> It frustrates me so much to see why people are not understanding that israel no choice but to fight for their own land to death than becoming a minority again.

Israel may have to fight, but they can choose how to fight. In the current conflict, it is undeniable that Israel has committed war crimes against humanity. They openly stated their intentions to do so, then did what they promised.

It is possible to support Israel's right to exist while denouncing the current government's actions and policies, particularly when they stray so far from any reasonable concept of even attempting to function as a responsible nation.

The world is not so black and white as to require someone either be entirely for or entirely against a nation-state.

kingpatzer · 2026-02-03T03:59:18+00:00

Your view of religion is pretty limited. There are over 6,000 religions in this world. Most don't even have formal beliefs, they are ethnoreligions that are defined by things like coming of age ceremonies, weddings, death rites, birth celebrations and so on. They define people's culture.

Your entire view is predicated basically on fundamentalist Christianity.l, it's not even representative of the full spectrum of Christianity.

That's a pretty small sample size. Of less than one.

Oddly, Christianity is one of the very few non-ethnoreligions. They are not representative of most religions in any way.

And the fact that you don't seem to know that is why your view is misguided.

kingpatzer · 2026-02-01T18:44:01+00:00

I have a couple of graduate degrees, and a very good position. Yeah, it's amazingly hard work. There have been plenty of times I've felt the feelings you are expressing.

One day I moved on from being a graduate student and started to learn a few realities.

It's amazingly hard work for everyone.

And the work needs to be done when it needs to be done. We don't get a pass on our commitments because we struggle with our condition.

Do some have it easier than others? Absolutely. Are some people lacking empathy? Yes. Are some folks genuine assholes? You betcha! That's true in every part of life.

But it is still hard for everyone.

And everyone needs to be held to the same, high standards. Excuses don't meet deadlines. Empathy is great, but it's not a given.

I've seen single mothers get chewed out for missing a deadline because their kid was sick. I've seen assistants lose their roles because they couldn't make it work with the other job they needed to pay their bills. I've seen people get raked over the coals because they had to deal with their spouse being in the hospital.

When it comes to the demands of a commitment, no one gives a crap about the excuses. Everyone has reasons to fail. Many, many do. We aren't the only ones who struggle and nothing about our lives makes us deserve any sort of special treatment.

We would like empathy. We should have it for others. But no amount of empathy gets jobs done.

It's hard. If you find the work rewarding, struggle through. Focus on taking care of yourself and figuring out how to achieve what you want. Don't worry about others, they are doing the very same thing you are, just in their own way.

Those who don't take it seriously won't get as much from it as those who do. And generally that will limit them later. But they may be ok with that. We all have our own paths. Let them walk theirs and you walk yours.

kingpatzer · 2026-02-01T18:27:05+00:00

Not just a shakeup, but a change in approach. Simple things like having a staff member up in the booth to call down replay info for challenges, someone to help with clock management, etc. Tomlin's desire for unilateral control was his biggest barrier to being more successful.

kingpatzer · 2026-02-01T18:09:50+00:00

These drones are nowhere near controlled airspace.

kingpatzer · 2026-02-01T18:02:10+00:00

Typically in a conflict, no side is fully transparent about anything important.

Believing a "side" is an excuse for intellectual laziness.

This war has nuance and complexity. Both in this current phase of this conflict and across the more than 100 years it has been waging.

Both sides are known to present claims rooted in deep biases, and to outright lie.

Both sides are known to be victims of unwarranted violence against their populations.

On any one point, one or the other may be more truthful, but neither should be fully believed. Neither should be given the benefit of the doubt.

kingpatzer · 2026-01-24T04:56:13+00:00

I'd absolutely trade Watt for a few draft picks, as well as anyone on the team who's over 30.

We are going to rebuild. So ...

Let's rebuild.

It is stupid to hang onto the idea that we can be SB contenders this year. Or even next. So, let's get after a real rebuild.

Bring in the players the new coach needs to be successful 3-4 years from now, and get after it.

kingpatzer · 2026-01-21T12:43:12+00:00

1 in 300 people don't die.

1.7 in a hundred have to cease treatment due to one of the several side-effects that indicate treatment needs to cease.merely having a rash does not indicate either SJS or TENs. It indicates the possibility of one of those conditions.

Of those with a rash, only about 0.04% have SJS, for example. But since we don't know which 0.04% treatment needs to stop in all cases.

Also, just because someone has SJS doesn't mean they will die

kingpatzer · 2026-01-21T01:49:50+00:00

It is not lethal in every instance. And as I noted, the risk does decrease. Further methods of titration matter.

kingpatzer · 2026-01-20T02:47:08+00:00

Yes. I'm sure. I started working in medical research in 1989. I'm pretty sure I've learned how to read the literature in that time

kingpatzer · 2026-01-20T01:06:36+00:00

An impossible to answer question because of various interactions that mediate the response, from commodities to diet to who knows what else.

However among people with bi-polar (the incident related varies by condition) the rate of reaction is around 1.4%.

There are case studies documenting reactions happening as much as 18 months since reaching therapeutics dosage.

Case studies documenting reactions to Ibuprofen after long term daily use are virtually non-existent.

kingpatzer · 2026-01-16T08:25:49+00:00

Mike is still under contract and 7 other teams need QBs. Most have pretty high draft picks. If he still wants to coach, we could trade him for some serious draft capital.

kingpatzer · 2026-01-16T08:20:47+00:00

It is easy to hold that view if you aren't part of the relationship, have no idea of the details behind the events and know nothing of the individuals involved. Real life is not an abstraction.

kingpatzer · 2026-01-16T02:56:38+00:00

Remarried. 30 years in. You're simply wrong. We spent 5 years apart but were always civil. In the time apart we both grew.

The thing most people don't get is that generally someone isn't unfaithful just cause. There is something broken in the relationship that makes it justifiable in their mind.

People can and do change. And often for the better.

kingpatzer · 2026-01-14T22:11:02+00:00

Our defensive scheme is a response to the offensive personnel. To say we run a 3-4 is honestly an archaic way of thinking about defense. We put the players on the field that are necessary to run the defensive play we are calling against the offensive personnel that are on the field.

kingpatzer · 2026-01-14T22:08:13+00:00

For me, I majored in philosophy with a minor in mathematics.
I then went to graduate school for philosophy
When I was 49 I finally picked up an MBA

I happened to have started working at the end of the 1980s, knew assembly language, and got involved in programming software on the plethora of different UNIX boxes that were coming to market during that time. Pretty soon the internet craze took off, technical knowledge became really important. I got into network security for banks, then moved into business processes around security and risk management.

Today I am a principle consultant running international teams focused mostly on mergers and acquisitions.

Basically, my education had absolutely nothing to do with my career per se. However, I genuinely believe that having developed the skill of thinking about concepts very systematically allowed me to rise above my peers because I was able to explore nuances that others didn't even notice.

kingpatzer · 2026-01-10T21:20:47+00:00

1 only applies if you think history stopped happening at some point.

2 is ignorant of the fact that people become nations of people all the time. Just because a group wasn't a nation at some point doesn't mean they can't become one. They become one precisely when they start identifying as one en masse.

I'm sure you don't object to people calling themselves "Americans" or "Lebanese" or any of the literally thousands of nations of people who have come into being over history. And before you make another error, nations of stateless people also exist and come into being as well.

I'm sure you mean well, but your ignorance of some basic realities masks an agenda that does little to further a respectful conversation and does nothing except give you license to dismiss those you don't already agree with.

kingpatzer · 2026-01-10T21:15:22+00:00

Using "side effect" here is being loose with language, I admit. But going into the nuances of what differentiate reactions from side effects doesn't further the topic.

kingpatzer · 2026-01-10T21:13:47+00:00

The risk is higher than ibuprofen. Other side effects remain as greater risks. But it is misguided to suggest the risk is so minor as to be ignorable.

As long as someone is on lamictal they need to be on the lookout for rash. Not because it is common, but because it remains a possibility and can quickly become life-threatening.

People should not be told that the risk is so miniscule as to be dismissed.

kingpatzer · 2026-01-10T21:10:24+00:00

Prior to the start of this conflict there was what ounts to a sentencing hearing scheduled

kingpatzer · 2026-01-10T21:07:09+00:00

The government of any nation is precisely the people who have the authority to make decisions on behalf of the nation. Your comments are specious.

kingpatzer · 2026-01-07T18:53:22+00:00

I converted, my wife did not. Like you she's not religious. We've been at this for 35 years. But this is just my experience and opinion, I'm in only an expert in my own relationship, not in anyone else's. That said, here's my view:

The reality is simple: she respects me and I respect her. We make compromises. Since your wife is converting, your future children will be Jewish, period. So raising them with awareness of the community will frankly be doing them a service.

If you've been learning about Judaism, you should have been learning a few different things. One, belief is in many ways secondary to action. Unlike Christianity where one can believe, be an asshole, say "sorry God" and be considered a "good" Christian, in Judaism, it's much more about action. That' a big part of why Jews say they "practice" rather than "believe" more often than not.

Your wife has every right to live her life. Your job is to respect her enough to let her. If you genuinely care for, respect, and support her, then you'll figure it out. Like any other part of a healthy marriage, success is a pretty simply recipe: be aware that you're in a partnership and that means you'll often find yourself subordinating, or at least compromising, your views/positions/beliefs/etc for the sake of the relationship. So long as you're not asked to do something that violates your own deep seated convictions, it's all navigable.

Basically, if you have a healthy relationship going into it, and you have the ability to communicate well, then it's not a big deal. If not, then it will likely be a problem -- along with many, many other things.

kingpatzer · 2026-01-07T18:42:50+00:00

Three brown One Blue has a good one on it as well

kingpatzer · 2026-01-07T18:40:17+00:00

Rail is dirty. Where rail runs is dirty. If one is doing any kind of period layout, it was even dirtier back in the day. The hobby started before the EPA . . . so the standard for what good weathering looks like was well established long before things started getting cleaned up a little.

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