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- Thu May 09, 2024 6:11 pm
- Forum: Current Events
- Topic: War in Gaza
- Replies: 456
- Views: 80439
Re: War in Gaza
Interesting and nuanced take on the "organization" of some of the campus protests, in Tablet today. These groups, Shideler says, typically operate in a decentralized manner, using successful tactics drawn from decades of anarchist organizing and spread through left-wing activist networks ...
- Thu May 09, 2024 4:20 pm
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: Is Biden Fit to be President?
- Replies: 47
- Views: 948
Re: Is Biden Fit to be President?
This thread isn’t “Is Trump fit to be President?”, although I think it would be fine if you started such a thread. Everything is relative. If we are going to propose some measure of "fitness" for a particular candidate it is appropriate to gauge how that person measures up relative to eve...
- Thu May 09, 2024 4:11 pm
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: Autocrat vs Institutionalist
- Replies: 9
- Views: 141
Re: Autocrat vs Institutionalist
Much of purpose of the Constitution in the first place is to reign in or limit autocratic tendencies in our leaders. The word "reign" itself exhibits autocratic tendencies. If limiting them is the goal, it might be better to rein them in. :ugeek: It is of course a balance - leaders who ar...
- Thu May 09, 2024 4:06 pm
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: Autocrat vs Institutionalist
- Replies: 9
- Views: 141
Re: Autocrat vs Institutionalist
Much of purpose of the Constitution in the first place is to reign in or limit autocratic tendencies in our leaders. The word "reign" itself exhibits autocratic tendencies. If limiting them is the goal, it might be better to rein them in. :ugeek: I just put that there so you would have so...
- Thu May 09, 2024 3:05 pm
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: Autocrat vs Institutionalist
- Replies: 9
- Views: 141
Re: Autocrat vs Institutionalist
I would start with the premise that we have an institutional form of government, not an autocratic form of government. That is what the Constitution is all about. The founding fathers already decided this almost 250 years ago. And I think they got it right. Much of purpose of the Constitution in the...
- Thu May 09, 2024 3:01 pm
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: Is Biden Fit to be President?
- Replies: 47
- Views: 948
Re: Is Biden Fit to be President?
Nice whataboutism there. Either lying is a measure of fitness for president or it isn't. Which is it? This thread isn’t “Is Trump fit to be President?”, although I think it would be fine if you started such a thread. Everything is relative. If we are going to propose some measure of "fitness&q...
- Thu May 09, 2024 2:52 pm
- Forum: Anabaptist Theology and Practice
- Topic: Do you agree with this statement? Part 3
- Replies: 5
- Views: 143
Re: Do you agree with this statement? Part 3
I disagree. One of the things that I've learned from 25 years of married life, is that love often doesn't need action. Sometimes it just means being there and nothing else. Often my wife tells me things, not because she wants me to "fix" them or do anything. But simply because she wants me...
- Thu May 09, 2024 1:03 pm
- Forum: Anabaptist Theology and Practice
- Topic: Morals & ethics behind supporting certain mission efforts?
- Replies: 51
- Views: 1356
Re: Morals & ethics behind supporting certain mission efforts?
I've hit a point where I don't think enabling an addiction is doing good at all. That's why I like working with places that have rather strict rules, so I know the help will actually be helping. The places and programs that I try to get people to go to are actually quite strict, and have rules, whi...
- Thu May 09, 2024 11:37 am
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: Is Biden Fit to be President?
- Replies: 47
- Views: 948
- Thu May 09, 2024 10:11 am
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: Is Biden Fit to be President?
- Replies: 47
- Views: 948
Re: Is Biden Fit to be President?
Biden lied when he wasn’t in cognitive decline, but has a rich history in telling whoppers. Cheated in law school. Lied about his grades. Lied about his GPA. Lied about his scholarships. Lied about being at Ground Zero on 911. Lied about witnessing the collapse of a Pittsburg bridge. Lied about bei...