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by back_beyond 10y ago
I made no attempt to dismiss or excuse the South's role in upholding slavery. Your quibble is not with me.
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by back_beyond 10y ago
One perspective is that these Southerners died defending their home against a foreign invasion. Despite being vastly outmanned and outgunned, they withstood five bitter years. Some view honor in that.
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by back_beyond 10y ago
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by back_beyond 10y ago
Don't I?
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by back_beyond 10y ago
What are the benefits of developing such technology?
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by back_beyond 10y ago
As an atheist, and someone critical of religion and its practices elsewhere in this thread, your faith seems quite reasonable. The notion of "ignorance breeds fear" is at play somewhere here.
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by back_beyond 10y ago
I appreciate the civil discussion and insight. What is prayer if not speaking directly to a deity?
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by back_beyond 10y ago
To a, presumably, educated person like yourself, yes, religion is likely more in the domain cultural evolution. Can the same be said for all? Many would claim to have a personal relationship with their deity(ies).
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by back_beyond 10y ago
God told me to never eat anything. Where is the distinction between mentally ill and religious?
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by back_beyond 10y ago
Is fasting during Ramadan a data-driven decision?
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by back_beyond 10y ago
Have you found that the freed mental cycles came later in the month, after adjusting to the fast? In my experience, fasting requires even more mental effort than I'd normally spend just to ignore hunger pangs.
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by back_beyond 10y ago
There need not be a distinction. Your hobby could literally be to kill your own food.
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by back_beyond 10y ago
Hell, we can't help it! The definition keeps changing!
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by back_beyond 10y ago
As if the chicken had a chance when you kill it "with your hands"... No reason to be condescending towards another's hobby.
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by back_beyond 10y ago
We seem to be in complete agreement. Personally, I do not conceal carry; however, my point was to state why some might want to do so.
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by back_beyond 10y ago
It's sad that people are often confronted by violent criminals. If this time were to come, should we just hope that police and/or bystanders will protect us? Criminals seek situations where neither is readily available.
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by back_beyond 10y ago
Questioning the accuracy and objectivity of such a simulation seems perfectly valid.
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by back_beyond 10y ago
Some people do exclusively rent guns and never take them out of the firing range. If this is your only intended use, that's probably the best strategy. However, like others have suggested, an additional reason to own a gun is self-defe
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by back_beyond 10y ago
Recreation. Many people enjoy visiting a firing range.
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by back_beyond 10y ago
We should not forget that flush also refers to the time when a person's face becomes red. As in, your face will go flush if you realize your credit card reader is not flush because you might have just flushed all your winnings from hav
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by back_beyond 10y ago
Edit: November 9th!
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by back_beyond 10y ago
The day is November 5th 2016, and the top post on HN is "Donald Trump is the 45th President of the United States". Comments read "it is a sad day for the United States" and "I don't understand, Hillary was poll
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by back_beyond 10y ago
No where did I mention armed resistance. This discussion is framed the wrong way. It isn't about plastic/wooden/metal sticks that eject lead, it is about whether citizens should give up their rights.
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by back_beyond 10y ago
The death of my entire family at the hands of a gunman, while incredibly tragic, would not make me any less pro-gun. As other commenters have stated, the right to own guns is fundamental to the identity of many Americans. If the government
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by back_beyond 10y ago
This thread is missing Google's PR team and links to its SRE book
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by back_beyond 10y ago
Sure, this is something that I can support. The parent post seemed too simplistic a characterization.
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by back_beyond 10y ago
Apparently I did miss the memo. All successful people are a result of luck and leaching. TIL. Actually that is, in my opinion, a perverted world view. Surely you don't believe it.
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by back_beyond 10y ago
We should limit a community's exposure, even if it's organic and consistently one of the most active[1] on all of Reddit? What if we gave extra votes to lesser-represented political parties because, you know, they have good idea
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by back_beyond 10y ago
If restricting the message of a movement isn't censorship, that's news to me.
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by back_beyond 10y ago
I understood that. Let me clarify: what are examples of racism and bigotry that have gained traction? Let's define "gained traction" as 1000 upvotes. Although, I'm open to a better definition.

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