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Cake day: March 14th, 2023

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  • i hired a car in Miami, driving to Disney world, as an Australian we “keep left” in this situation,. so along with trying to drive at the speed limit, in a foreign country, on the “wrong” side of the road, I kept getting the finger and beeping… wtf. Took me about 4 dudes in trucks “polietly” informing me of my trangression for me to realise… keep right :)




  • in that case, the same thing from.the other side though. That attack was just retaliation. How long do you continue with an eye for an eye face? Blowback…

    The only sane outcomes is to say doing more of the same will lead to worse atrocities and do something different. All this is retaliation is going to do is make it worse.

    look at the Iran thing, lot of conservatives say they’re worried Iran will build a nuke and sail it into Manhattan… why are they worried about that ? what is it they’ve done to Iran over many decades that they think that’s a possible retaliatory outcome ?






  • not sure I agree and i think perhaps it’s a difference in definition, I’d say what he’s talking about as cowardice under my definition. We see this playing out in Ukraine by not going all in against Russia, similar by not being outraged about gaga we side with the fascists and Cuba, the random killing of fisherman in The Caribbean etc etc

    but to me pacifism means the violence of war is a last resort, not the go to first reaction but if you must engage, go all in.