Gotcha… I guess I interpreted it as simply replying to the question of who I was talking about initially (native Americans or Israelites).

I’d say yes everyone was doing it, but we don’t “give back” land that was conquered… Like, America is never going to give America back to the first people’s, and we’d be pretty pissed if the world tried to make us (which is why it’s understandable that the Palestinians are pissed too)

Makes sense with the flood story… I wonder where the Moses story came from

This is great to know! Thank you

Interesting… Is there more accurate information about how the Israelites ended up in that region? Did they just never do the whole Egypt thing?

Who were you disagreeing with? The comment you replied to just stated a fact… I don’t see any of this comparison in that comment

Pretty sure they believe it did

So you’re agreeing that giving Palestine “back” to the Jews just because their ancestors lived there was stupid?

Lol… Their ancestors only lived there after they ethnically cleansed the people who were already living there. They’ve been doing this crap for a long time.

Edit: to clarify, I’m talking about the Jewish people of Israel

I agree with all of this… Might cost you some time and fights depending on how poorly you did raising the kid to this age though… But now this kid is going to go into school adamant that the game can’t be played at night… You’ve set him up for serious ridicule because you’re too lazy to parent well

The system isn’t broken, it’s “fixed”

Genetics= nature, neural structures= nurture… Human brains aren’t developed at birth, it takes a couple decades for the neutral structures to develope completely and it’s everything going on around the person that decides how those structures get wired (nurture)

Little known fact, stars are actually like angler fish… The male is significantly smaller than the female of the species.

So, even nature is anime in Japan… Got it

I’m so tired of being the bad guys. (US)

If they could get VR programming on there, they could even replicate an immersive art exhibit experience. The Mona Lisa might get destroyed, but the VR experience of seeing it in person will at least live on.

Addiction isn’t freedom… But the only way to beat it is for that person to choose to fight it themselves… Until they make that choice we’re just wasting time, energy, and money trying to force them to

If they want to be forced that should be an option too… But so should the option of continuing to use until it kills you… but even then we should do our best to keep them as healthy and comfortable as possible because in the long run it costs society less that way and it’s easier to get out of when they decide to

Yeah… Then they’d need someone helping them with their money I guess. If I had a magic wand I’d make all substances legal but manufacture and sales strictly controlled by the government… When someone gets to the point where the addiction is so bad they’d choose substance over housing or food, offer them free housing and all the drugs they want for free, but the housing is a special community just for that, with like therapists and nurses galore. When they’re ready to stop using move them to the recovery community… Still free housing but also start reintroducing them to alternative activities besides drugs… All of this would require a shit ton of money though… And right now that money is almost all going to the pharma companies for their alternative drugs that never actually get people off drugs

I mean… Money can be traded for shelter and food.

I’d say with those people you just need to give the money to a care giver instead of directly to the person… But it’s still just giving money without making them jump through all kinds of dehumanizing hoops