Freauxzen

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but don’t pretend it was all bullshite.

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Wrong. Know that it WAS all bullshite.

That's the issue. That's why we'll never know how "Real," the whole situation was. Looking back, it looks like a lot of bullshite. That doesn't mean that COVID wasn't real. Whatever kind of virus that was - yes it was real. But was it THAT serious for everyone? What did or did not happen with the ventilators/remisvidir? Who actually died from COVID? What was the actual impact? Why did Flu numbers shift so dramatically? What was in the vaccine?

There are so many questions without answers, answers that we will never REALLY know, we can't actually define ANYTHING in that time. You have to question most of the deaths "from Covid." You have to question most of the concerns around the vaccine. So talking about a bunch of people "who died from Covid," is false. They died from a poorly mis handled and mis communicated situation. Undetermined. Covid? Maybe. Maybe not. But we can't actually even define any of that.

That's not your fault, or my fault. That's the fault of the people in charge.

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Is that the one where the video game used the athletes to make billions and didn’t give them much of anything in return?

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You mean LSU QB #6 on EA NCAA roster who looked like a cross between Shrek and Cro Magnon man, and then Clemson OT #71 who also looked like a cross between Shrek and Cro-Magnon man. And also KSU RB #11 who also looked like that, but was black?

You mean those characters?

The thing was - that game was more about just being to be the coach of LSU and winning the SEC. It had little to do with the players, it was about the team.

Ravenous
In China They Eat Dogs
The Spanish Prisoner
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
A History of Violence
Coherence
Bone Tomahawk
The Autopsy of Jane Doe

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If someone doesn’t want to have kids why is that a problem

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If it were like a smattering of people here and there sure, but this article the doinks or dinks whatever they call themselves, etc. it's become a whole culture of not having kids. That's different.

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society has enough unwanted kids.

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Not sure not having kids is the best solution to this problem.

It's Rocky and not close. Sorry.

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I've got a couple of Acquinas books in my lineup because he seems so fascinating. Which ones do you recommend. I have Guide to Thomas Acquinas by Joseph Pieper and Acquinas's Shorter Summa on my list

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Both of those are solid, but you really have to just start reading the Summa. Kreeft's Summa of the Summa is probably your best overall guide. I do like Pieper's work though too.

In terms of the OP, that no one questions their beliefs, it's the perfect antidote if you want someone who voraciously questioned everything. Did his best to respond ad critique and laid it all out on paper. I would say start on page 1, i did, but that's tough. It might better to move to whatever section of the Summa is more relevant to your interests, and any of the short guides can do a pretty good guide of summarizing sections or arguments that you may pass over by not going cover to cover.

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I've been a Christian all my life, and I'm kind of starting to think that nearly everyone in the church is just full of shite. By this I mean that they probably don't question what they profess to believe, and if they did seriously evaluate it all, they would probably be afraid to admit the results.

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Go start reading Aquinas.
And don't be afraid of using a guide. You are welcome.

Marketing.

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If you can't see how his comments were worthy of criticism

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Of course they are. It was classless, mean-spirited and unnecessary. Trump can be pretty mean, and this is probably his worst ever jab. 100%. Dude is not Christian, and has a questionable moral compass, all true.

However, that changes nothing for you or me. It doesn't matter what Republicans do or don't do, they will always be painted as Nazis with "binders full of women," and Hitler, and murderers because they support not transitioning minors. They took a Mormon with a pretty good record, and painted him evil with said binders. They take Pro-Life protestors and paint them as evil. All of a Christian Conservatives good intentions - EVEN THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS, are just sullied constantly. None of this decorum really matters. It changes nothing.

Now, we should still do it, we should still be nice, we should still pray for them very much so.

Trump should be better, people in general should be better. But if they aren't....? Like am I going to turn around and vote for the Pro-Choice party because Trump did something stupid? Like, what does the outrage and the feigned decorum accomplish?

And like I said, does Obama get points for reacting with "sadness" to Kirk's death when he is one of the biggest dividers politics has ever seen? You know he doesn't actually care about Kirk, and that it was a calculated response purely for looks. You KNOW this. Obama's and to that point, Reiner's reaction to Kirk's death is irrelevant. Honestly. Like what does it change? It didn't change them, it didn't change what they say. So why does it matter at all?

A bunch of people are acting like Trump's response MATTERS, like truly matters. But it really doesn't. Again, I get it, I get why you think that. But what is the outcome of it really mattering? He should be called out on it, but beyond that, what does it change? He won't change, they won't change, I won't change - for lots of different reasons. Therefore, it's generally irrelevant.

Someone's never seen Tin Cup.

Of course you go for greatness, ever time. That's the only way to achieve it.

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And it's not crazy to think we should hold the president to a much higher standard

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What does this even mean?

Is high standards for a President getting a blow job in the oval office? Lying about stuff to get a war supported? Being racially divisive? Mean Tweets?

I'm going to say, we should probably have a good idea of that, but it's not like it has ever mattered.