GreyEyedGhost

At this point, this clip is the entirety of the debate that I've seen, but I will say two things about this general issue.

If your argument is that his opponents are doing shitty things so it's okay if he does shitty things, take a look through history or south of our border to see how that ends up. And I've never seen Pierre give a real alternative to any issue he's identified, whether those issues are real or not. The few stances he's taken are usually tired conservative agendas that have failed every time they've been tried, yet he drags their mummified remains onto the stage, dusts them off, and pretends that it's a novel idea that will solve the issue it's targeted at with a single step. Mandatory minimum sentencing? This is a primarily punitive measure that ignores the main issues with our prison system, that it is overloaded by people who have little hope for a better future and few options besides crime for anything but the most meager of existences. But sure, longer sentences will fix that. No? Well, at least it's something that can happen in one term. And that's representative of every 'idea' he puts forward. An alternative whose only merit is the thinnest veneer of emotional relief to charged topics and not enough depth or nuance to actually address the problem, let alone solve it.

Just checked it on F-droid. Last updated 13 months ago. This is a fork of another project whose creator walked back the FOSS stance of his projects. Forks were immediately produced, but no real work has been done. I'm using two of these apps, and have no real hope that they will be maintained in any meaningful way.

I'd explore these with caution, unless you're looking for near-abandoned projects to adopt, in which case these may be worth your time to look into. What is there looks good, but without active maintenance it's an encroaching storm of security risks.

Every accusation is a confession...

Seriously, probably meant to say gagged, and failed miserably. I still think it's a shit excuse.

What better way to grasp the impact of an activity than by doing it? Of course this can be harmful - if every visitor to a natural reserve picked a flower, eventually that reserve would have no more flowers. But it can certainly bring that impact home when you're in the midst of the results of many insignificant actions.

It's kind of funny how many non-Italian things go into making that distinctly Italian food, pizza. I don't think of this as a criticism, but a credit to them, that they will unashamedly take those things they can't find or weren't originally found in their region and make them their own.

Just remember, it takes exploring half the world to make a Hawaiian pizza.

Why can't we spend $20 billion on a full-scale reactor that may very well not work? Why is science so slow?

Thos is a false trail. We certainly may be missing signs of life that don't follow patterns we aren't looking for, but that has no bearing on this case. The argument in this case would be if there were paths we knew of that could produce these chemicals that don't involve life, or paths that involve life on earth but could develop without life being present to produce these chemicals elsewhere. If we can't rule these options, and possibly others I haven't thought of, out, then we may only be left with alien life being the source of these chemicals.

If you believe in rule by the people, secession needs to be a valid option. It's how America was founded, and it's more or less how Canada was founded. Now, using it as some sword of Damocles is harmful to society, but calling those who want to leave criminals isn't helpful. In the opinion of Quebec, 50% plus one is sufficient. Perhaps I don't agree with that, but I think it's the minimum that should be acceptable. But I think it's less of a crime to say the nation is no longer serving the will of some significant segment of the populace and that they wish to have the final say in their governance.

That said, capitulation to a foreign power at the expense of your nation is a different issue.

Kind of my point, but a set of a dozen chairs like that isn't so much about creativity as it is cost. Still beautiful imo, although i still prefer more minimalist styles in furniture.

I agree with all of this except the part about making things pretty being a waste. Beauty has its own value, although far too often for pieces like this it was more for bragging rights as you said.

I wasn't sure how big a deal this whole ruling was, but it's going to impact every trans person every time they need to use the bathroom in public. That seems a big enough deal to me.

Also, a number of quotes used the phrase "women are women and men are men." If someone reading this agrees with that statement, please review the chart below. There's a whole lot of ambiguity between the classic XX woman and XY man.

Kind of my thought. China (or any single country as your supplier) isn't great for national security, but damn Trump for making that option look so palatable.