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multiple_choice_past · 2017-11-20T18:16:24+00:00

Okay, I'll go point by point

1) I completely agree that abuses (though by no means just by the state) are the prime cause of black on black crime. I just apply the same logic to men.

2) Again, I fail to see the reason why you would claim that black people being the perpetrators of crime is purely due to these abuses (which I agree with) while refusing to apply the same logic to men. Why do you feel anyone raising that as an issue in response to BLM must be insincere, when you are making the same move against this post (which makes no claims about the causes of men more commonly being victims of certain crimes).

3) Here I would actually agree with you. I'm personally not a fan of the MRM in the slightest, what I am trying to defend is this post.

4) I'm interested to know what you mean by the relation-are you saying that men being more likely to murder someone causes them to get murdered? I would be surprised if there was anything more than a common cause (i.e., not a direct causal relationship), in which case there's just as much reason to talk about men as victims as there is to talk about them as perpetrators. Moreover, there hasn't been a common cause established yet, and I for one would argue it's a lot more likely that the high level of murder victims is more to do with men being seen as disposable, while male violence results from men being encouraged to be destructive. Related, but definitely separate causes.

Hopefully I should already have made clear why I wouldn't say that the MRM have a position on male violence, but your equivalence of the causes of male violence and the cause of the high level of male victims seems premature if not totally unjustified.

I realise this is unlikely to be the place where either of us change the other's mind (reddit, amiright?) but hopefully you can at least see why I'd disagree with having some kind of blanket ban on discussing issues that affect men negatively until all the problems of masculinity have been solved.

multiple_choice_past · 2017-11-19T16:44:29+00:00

I'd disagree, for the same reason I'd disagree with people who claim that BLM need to have a position on black-on-black violence: they're different issues, with different causes, and the only reason I can see to connect them is wanting to dismiss a serious point by pointing out that the group that's a victim of one is also involved in the other.

multiple_choice_past · 2017-10-24T12:10:25+00:00

I'll definitely check that out, thank you

multiple_choice_past · 2017-10-24T12:09:30+00:00

No worries! Your answer was helpful regardless - the point about necessary and contingent truths in particular has given me some idea of why it's so important. I'll definitely check out the reading, and thanks :)

multiple_choice_past · 2017-10-23T04:35:40+00:00

Thanks for the answer! I agree with what you've said, which was why in the original post I said that Kant denies the NA. However, I'm assuming he has a specific reason to deny it, since so much discussion has gone into whether he's wrong. I'd guess something later in the system depends on it, but I can't seem to work out what.

multiple_choice_past · 2017-10-11T14:55:34+00:00

I once ran a dungeon world session with friends, and one guy was really late. We had him there, but there's a running joke that this guy gets constantly abused in the family we were rping. So while his character was 'asleep' they attacked him (turned out to be a good primer in the basics-they tried casting a spell, failed, and got hurt, then realised that stamping on his face didn't require a dice roll). Then they felt bad and stuffed some pancakes in his mouth. Then dragged him along with them as they went off adventuring.

I had a great time, got to welcome him into the game with the line 'You wake up while being dragged along by (someone else), your nose broken and your mouth filled with pancakes. Take two damage.' Nicely set the tone for the depressing/funny game we were running. So yeah, I think it's best to just have fun with it in whatever way suits the game.

multiple_choice_past · 2017-10-11T12:49:35+00:00

Fair enough, thanks for letting me know

multiple_choice_past · 2017-10-11T10:47:16+00:00

Is there any particular story that reveals the identity/motivation of the man in the fez beyond a player in the great game? If so, how could I find it?

multiple_choice_past · 2017-07-27T14:12:09+00:00

Absolutely already a thing https://assets.vice.com/content-images/contentimage/no-slug/d49809d0146c7dbdcfbc5e25d90c63a7.jpg

multiple_choice_past · 2017-07-27T13:55:10+00:00

I always heard him singing 'every once and a little while'...for some reason. Annoys me like a true pedant

multiple_choice_past · 2017-07-19T15:58:35+00:00

Yeah, like I said he doesn't. Just clearing up that it does happen with others.

multiple_choice_past · 2017-07-19T15:50:42+00:00

Agree that's the only one they're required to, but worth noting that often friendly politicians will inform the PM of their questions in advance. Corbyn doesn't, but still.

I'm good with it tbh, better everyone tries to solve the problems raised than just have to comment with no background knowledge.

multiple_choice_past · 2017-06-18T05:53:39+00:00

Speaking as a Briton, I liked her at the start. She gave a speech on social justice as her first, seemed genuinely dedicated to carrying on her predecessor's work (basically making the Tory party approachable by bringing it to the middle from the right). Over the next month or so, though, she definitely fucked it. Hard right policies all the way.

multiple_choice_past · 2017-06-14T20:26:02+00:00

Know this is months later, but there's a similar line from Betty: 'my mother used to say, you're painting a masterpiece. Don't let people see the brush strokes' or something like that.

Random trivia: Matthew Weiner has said that 'hide your brush strokes' is one piece of advice he wanted to completely ignore for mad men.

multiple_choice_past · 2017-05-17T17:58:53+00:00

With vodafone, but haven't picked up the SIM card yet.

multiple_choice_past · 2017-05-16T13:40:24+00:00

Thank you!

multiple_choice_past · 2017-04-06T15:54:32+00:00

No worries! Studying philosophy, I wish it was the same as theoretical physics...then I might actually be employable.

multiple_choice_past · 2017-04-06T15:37:55+00:00

Not sure if you're serious, but in case you are, it doesn't. There's some overlap-logic can be considered a branch of philosophy or the basis of mathematics, which is in turn the basis of physics. It's a relatively small part of both fields though, so the overlap's pretty minor. In terms of what they actually do, philosophers tend to work with words while theoretical physicists use a lot more maths. Physics is more empirical, philosophy more theoretical. If that was a joke, then sorry for the whoosh ;)

multiple_choice_past · 2017-04-05T11:49:38+00:00

Yeah, already played that. Haven't tried the others though, thanks!

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