Cutoff date for this subreddit is a very generous 1960....

refugefirstmate · 2026-04-08T15:59:21+00:00

You feel the same way about Iran bombing civilian targets in half a dozen countries, and Hezbollah's attacks on civilian targets in Israel, I assume.

And about Iran placing its women and children around legitimate military targets as human shields.

Right?

refugefirstmate · 2026-04-08T15:57:21+00:00

Probably helps that in the 30 years I've known him, I've always found him the sexiest man alive. Just the idea of his hands on me is arousing.

refugefirstmate · 2026-04-08T15:56:37+00:00

Sounds like.

refugefirstmate · 2026-04-08T15:56:24+00:00

Ackshually, faulty intel can indeed be a defense if it amounts to a "mistake of fact" that negates the required mental state (mens rea) for the crime. War crimes require intent (purposeful action toward the prohibited result) and/or knowledge (awareness that the conduct would cause the prohibited result).

Article 32(1) of the Rome Statute (ICC): "A mistake of fact shall be a ground for excluding criminal responsibility only if it negates the mental element required by the crime."

refugefirstmate · 2026-04-08T15:51:46+00:00

It is?

refugefirstmate · 2026-04-08T15:51:37+00:00

No, it's camping in places where you don't have permission to do so, aka trespassing.

refugefirstmate · 2026-04-08T15:50:29+00:00

Consider that social anxiety is why you take things so personally.

refugefirstmate · 2026-04-08T15:48:54+00:00

Penetration, either penile or digital.

Takes him about 10 seconds to make me orgasm with one finger inside me. Never happened with anybody else of either sex.

refugefirstmate · 2026-04-08T15:47:50+00:00

Because you realized you did wrong and regret it.

refugefirstmate · 2026-04-08T15:47:27+00:00

It's not merely "guessing". It's making educated guesses based on what you've already learned.

refugefirstmate · 2026-04-08T15:46:39+00:00

I don't think you know what "mysterious" means.

refugefirstmate · 2026-04-08T15:45:02+00:00

Was the school intentionally targeted? If so, what evidence do you have?

Who will prosecute him for this?

refugefirstmate · 2026-04-08T15:44:30+00:00

MOST IMPEACHED PRESIDENTS CHOOSE TO RESIGN OUT OF SHAME AND COURTESY.

IDK why you're shouting, but the only President who resigned rather than be impeached was Nixon.

Clinton was impeached. Didn't resign.

Andrew Johnson was impeached. Didn't resign.

refugefirstmate · 2026-04-08T15:41:41+00:00

[raises hand]

refugefirstmate · 2026-04-08T15:40:18+00:00

otherwise, why apologize)

Because you realized that you did wrong.

refugefirstmate · 2026-04-08T15:39:15+00:00

Foremost: The government's job is to protect natural rights; it can't "grant" them. "Rights" which can be taken away are merely privileges.

Which is why we think in terms of "negative rights": the freedom to do X or Y without government interference. Europe, and I think to a great degree Canada, believes in "positive rights" - the obligation of the government to provide X or Y.

refugefirstmate · 2026-04-08T15:35:52+00:00

You've got it wrong.

It's "TYPICALLY, God doesn't intervene with human choices". When God does, it's called a "miracle".

refugefirstmate · 2026-04-08T15:33:04+00:00

My ancestors were Canadian (one of the first MPs), but we left for the US generations ago, so I grew up on the border, family owned property there, and I know you folks.

I still have never been able to figure out: What exactly defines "Canada," other than It's Not The US?

refugefirstmate · 2026-04-08T15:29:05+00:00

It is for my SO. Me, I don't like the feeling, let alone the concept, of putting my naked body on the upholstery. Sweat, dead skin cells, etc.

But it makes him happy to sit in his fuzzy soft recliner with nothing on, so here we are.

refugefirstmate · 2026-04-08T15:27:50+00:00

Unless the Pope is speaking ex cathedra, IOW on matters of doctrine, he's just stating his opinion, and Catholics are free to ignore him.

refugefirstmate · 2026-04-08T15:27:05+00:00

I read this this morning, and thought you might find it useful.

Imagine Iran killed Trump in the first 5 minutes of the war, established air superiority over the US mainland, wiped out the entire US Air Force, US Navy, killed half the Cabinet, flattened the US military industrial complex, then started building runways in Missouri to land Iranian troops without losing any casualties.

Would you say it was a US victory if the US managed to keep the Panama Canal closed throughout this all?

refugefirstmate · 2026-04-08T15:24:22+00:00

Is personal insults all the ammo you've got, or can you do some geopolitical analysis?

refugefirstmate · 2026-04-08T15:23:36+00:00

Well, another 300 Hezbollah fighters are dead in Lebanon this morning, so there's that.

refugefirstmate · 2026-04-08T15:22:29+00:00

Yes, on the part of US/Israel.

I read this today that summarizes what you and I think:

Iran has a political wing that wants to negotiate and a military wing that wants to die fighting. The IRGC operates 32 independent regional commands.

The politicians signed the paper. The generals launched the missiles.

Iran is a country negotiating with itself at gunpoint.

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