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That is just so convenient for you, isn’t it?
All those rules in the Bible…. And you can break them all, can’t you? But abortion, which the Bible doesn’t mention, is the one moral rule you cannot break. Which is awfully convenient for you, because your body can’t even have an abortion! So all you have to do is tell other people what to do, and you get to go to heaven!
OR, you could waste a little time and actually read the Bible for yourself and follow the rules that are actually written. Modern Christianity has very, very little to do with what’s written in the Bible and a lot to do with rules and stories dreamed up by men, like the rapture.
Absolutely one of the worst.
A non-structural thing like a concept(the Monroe Doctrine) is much greater than any structural thing like a law. Legal system is not creating its own concepts it only serves the existing ones. And it is very easy to create a precedent by deploying 50 navy seals into the region.
In a real world negotiating treaties only "works" if the other side has the power to hold you accountable.
What relationship exists between the Department of Education and teachers unions?
Why should teachers be prohibited from belonging to unions, a right which every other person has?
International relations does not function entirely at the tip of a sword, as you imagine. As for the power of a “concept,” I suggest that you read the United States Constitution, and pay particular notice to the portion which states that ratified international treaties are “the supreme law of the land.”
Read my second sentence again. It's because they have a comeplete stranglehold on education. They keep ****** a** teachers around simply because of tenure, don't allow for teacher competency tests, don't allow for alternatives - ie: vouchers for private schooling because they can't steal any union dues from non-members, they're constantly on strike whining for more money yet produce nothing to justify the pay raise and they don't teach - they indoctrinate students with woke garbage among many other reasons.
There's a reason why homeschooling is gaining in popularity.
I suppose this is the reason NATO became a liability that does not pay for itself rather than an asset. Not to mention a watered down swastika that can be seen in its logo.
It is a debate for another day how come that the concept of a "rules based order" essentially hijacked the US Constitution and its respect for a ratified international treaties.
This is why I used "in a real world" as reality on the ground at any given moment can be very different to what US Constitution "states".
Wait till they find out how the entire insurance industry works.
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You clearly have no idea what a sepsis is so I’d rather have an MD make that call. Without having to worry about any legal repercussions of course.
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It took a while, but Godwin's Law was finally invoked.
Thanks for your detailed clarification.
Perhaps he regrets it, or perhaps his maker is congratulating him on correctly understanding "Judge not". To me, that always seems like the trickiest challenge in the handbook, but I guess we will eventually find out.
If Jimmy Carter isn’t in heaven, I doubt anyone is.
I'll give a bit of personal experience here: My youngest sister went into the hospital a handful of years ago while pregnant with her fourth child. She had a "miscarriage" of which I put in quotes only because she had to have an abortion to save her life because of sepsis.
I can't begin to imagine everything going through her and her husband's head to arrive at such a decision to terminate the pregnancy.
I am very pro-life and oppose abortion in all cases except one - to save the life of the mother as it did for my sister.
But it’s the doctor and patient who should decide this, not a bunch of “born again” politicians. Women have already died because of the Dobs decision.
Besides that, I think it’s frankly barbaric to force a 13 year-old incest or rape victim to deliver a baby in order to assuage your conscience. A group of American Christians have concocted a religion which “saves” them simply for being white, straight and male, and the only sins one can commit are by being dark-skinned, gay or pregnant. It’s absurd, to be honest.
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Having a horrible personal experience can definitely give a person a new perspective. Out of curiousity, did you allow that exception prior to your sister's experience, or were you unaware of the risks?
It is the same as subverting and diverting any serious situation with a simple "let's not be too serious about it".
But from what I'm reading in this thread is either not important enough or even a positive thing for some. Unfortunately privilege doesn't guarantee brains of logic, sadly we're seeing that more and more in our society.
You (or your employer) are already subsidising the current healthcare system by the high rates most insurance companies are asking; whilst at the same time finding ways to deny as many claims as possible. What if you got that money instead of the health insurance company; and paid instead like 4-5% into a universal system where everyone was covered. I know it is counter to capitalism, but it would be no different than taxes currently being used to pay Firefighters or Policeman.
Although if we did go to a universal system, the taxation should be bracketed like income taxes IMO. A 5% universal healthcare tax on my salary would be less than I am paying now for health insurance. Although in reality we already have a system in place that could be used (Medicare.)
All of Congress and military has universal healthcare; the rest of the nation ought to also. At the very least, if the Government isn't going to do it then Congress should be forced to use the same system as the general public; trust me it would get fixed fast.
(Later you mention student loans, I agree with you on that, you took the loan out, you need to pay it back; if you can't find a job based off whatever lame ass degree you received, perhaps you should move into the blue collar jobs market where their are plenty of jobs)
You're absolutely right — no one is talking about Gaza, I mean literally no news coverage and people don't post anything about it on social media at all. I had to actually google it to find any reference to it! All news agencies seem to focus on anything else other than Israel. I believe their moto is "jews — not in our news!" In fact, I was amazed to read about it here. #sarcasm
To be serious, criticizing Israel is not necessarily being antisemitic, however I've yet to see someone do one without the other. And please don't bring useful idiots into this, they have always existed, and always will. Their only purpose is to help the likes of you justify all you say.
Well if you go by the historical definition of Semitic people, then the Palestinians are also Semitic, so being critical of either side is anti-semitic.
Yes, that's an old and very "useful" argument, however I'm going by the historical definition of the term antisemitism.
Ridiculous. Common and widespread parlance all over the world defines the term "antisemitic" to mean Jew hatred. So, just so you know, if you come across people making this argument, it just means they are ignorant or, more likely, virolently antisemitic. Good day.
The claim of "genocide" is objectively false on every fair minded measure. It's a political shorthand for being anti-Israel, but it is quite obviously false.