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Of course mistakes can be made, but I tend to trust the decisions made by parents along with their physicians and psychiatrists on behalf of their children, over that of third parties who are often guided by religion or politics rather than science. Do you think there are many parents who push or indoctrinate children into a sex change that the children do not want? That would seem to be an extremely rare occurrence.

I think the difference lies in the wishes of the individual. I'm no expert nor am I transgender, but it seems to me that transgender people often desire to change their physical makeup, while people who are not transgender (or otherwise LGBTQ+) wish to impose onto the LGBTQ+ something the LGBTQ+ is not seeking. Allowing an individual to do what they feel is best for themselves is generally considered a human right. Trying to force a change on an individual because you do not like them that way is indeed demeaning, insulting and abusive.

Don't you ever get tired of playing the victim?

The answer seems to be 'yes' depending on how you choose to look at things, under what circumstances, at what time, using which rules, with what training, in what sports, etc. The answer seems to be 'no' if we look at Laurel Hubbard. Perhaps it is not as simple as a 'yes' / 'no' answer. https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-news/transgender-olympian-laurel-hubbard-fails-win-medal-olympic-debut-rcna1568#

Maybe the extra bonus is not money but an admission of what we did, an apology, a vow never to do so again, and the implementation of new laws that cement our vow.

Generally seems fine to me. They are addressing it with the police, the parents, and the parents of other children. The fact that it happened in a toilet seems irrelevant to me. Should receive the same response whether in the toilet, gymnasium, classroom or school yard.

Since it only address wealth, it seems to me this does not address reparations for the past targeting of black people. I don't necessarily object to a universal basic income program, but without explicitly addressing transgressions based on race I don't know if this will be seen by people who were so affected as a satisfactory solution. It feels to me like a way around having to do the hard part of admitting we were wrong. It also reminds me of the boss at work, when dealing with a bad behavior by a single employee, implements a new policy for ALL employees just because he doesn't want the confrontation with the one bad employee. If we targeted people by race, we should make sure that we loudly proclaim that race has to be addressed in the solution. Otherwise we'll spend the next 100 years trying to get the government to fully and unambiguously address the issue.

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Ah, I get it. Certainly seems a reasonable conclusion.

Fun article!! Well, fun for people like me who don't like Trump.

Was he just asking the same thing on two forums?

The latter. How about one from March of this year? https://www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/article/where-to-go-to-explore-pagan-culture

Certainly. A quick Google search turned up the following article supporting the claim that paganism is increasing. And to me it is not surprising as there is also an increase in nature practices such as forest bathing which dovetails nicely with some pagan practices. https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/paganism-witchcraft-are-making-comeback-rcna54444

I thought it was a really well done and interesting video. I believe there are always people who are not satisfied with whatever spiritual environment they belong to, and are thus looking elsewhere. As it is no longer dangerous (usually) to refute the major religions it is not surprising that many people find that pagan practices correlate with their own beliefs. I don't think the movement of people from one set of beliefs to another is new, only that looking at historical practices is more popular than it has been in the past.

Welcome to the site Benjamin! Can you please summarize the video for us?

That comment isn't really germane to the issue of Palestinian reparations. It seems like you are more interested in fighting than discussing. I don't think I'll take the bait.

Why don't you open a thread on that topic and find out?

No, I'm saying the ability to sense god is a delusion.

Then MigL's point stands. "...any other kind of 'sensing' is usually a delusion of your own mind."

Whatever. I'm tired of trying to follow you around the room.

Thanks. Which one senses God?

You most certainly are. If I sue Ford today and win, YOU are going to lose wealth as Ford will have to pay me and it will mean you get reduced dividends or reduced share value.

The government did it. The government is still there. If Ford makes a faulty car that has exploding gas tanks, Ford is not off the hook for damages done if their CEO dies. "Ford" is at fault, not the employees personally.

Not under my model, no. My model is very simple. We did something wrong. Make it right. I'm not here to solve all the world's problems, or analyze all of its injustices. If I get into a car accident and it is my fault, I pay to make it right. I don't look at the history of what might have been, or if they should have been driving a cheaper car, or if they should have done better maintenance. If I did damage to their car, then I want to fix it. It's complicated if you choose to make it so. We aren't following rules set down by others; we get to make up our own rules. If we are paying reparations, then we get to decide who to include and who to leave out, what to pay for and what not to pay for, how much to pay, how to apologize, what to fix going forward. If your plan is too complicated to implement, then simplify it. If it costs too much, pay less. But what I don't recommend is that we ignore the harm we've done to our neighbors by using the excuse that someone else did something bad previously. Whataboutism in any form is in my mind just a way to avoid responsibility.