Eetan
5hr ago
It can be both, of course. Babel is the divine frustration of a human-willed plan, which is therefore experienced as tragic, even if the scattering was intended all along.
In this story, creation of different languages is explicitly described as divine punishment, not blessing (as was famine and plague in other biblical stories).
This does not stop mainstream Christianity from embracing and encouraging fighting against hunger and plague.
Why should be language diversity any different. Had any notable theologian ever condemned learning and teaching foreign languages as sinful attempt to thwart God's will?
Eetan
5hr ago
Yes, expert can always know better than the person themselves, expert can always psychoanalyse you and discover that your deepest held beliefs and values are result of trauma caused by absent father and overbearing mother (or vice versa). It is guaranteed to work on anyone with any beliefs and values at all.
Eetan
6hr ago
I'd argue the reason why many young Americans become rabid leftists
Instead of speculating, just ask them: "What radicalized you?"
Rabid political activist are absolutely eager and willing to share their origin story, many such confessions are easily found online.
Eetan
6hr ago
If that were true, in countries with free or near-free higher education and/or with nationalized healthcare the youth would be significantly less leftist than in America.
Let's turn this question around.
Look at countries where the youff is "significantly less leftist" than in America. By whatever definition of non-left you want - less LGBTQ+? more religious? more nationalist? more pro free market?
Do these countries have super expensive education and health care, or is this all non relevant to the question, and "left" or "right" orientation comes from somewhere else?
Eetan
12hr ago
I'm not sure to whom you are referring by this.
We are clearly talking about online Warhammer Catholics, who really want to believe that racism and bigotry are compatible with teachings of the church, while the modern church as a whole rather strongly disagrees.
Yes, Mr. Morlock is professing Catholic who for some reason was not listening to his well trained priest when he was explaining to him that racism is wrong.
Eetan
12hr ago
Because they believe that the teachings of the Catholic Church are true. What other reason would they need?
While they simultaneously believe that the whole church, including the hierarchy and Pope, got these teachings wrong. Not an enviable position.
Eetan
2d ago
Some people want to kick Chevalier out of the party, bless their hearts. This wouldn't work even if it were feasable. Democrats need votes from leftists to be competative nationally. A party at war with its own base cannot stand.
It's rather worse.
Leftists (defined as people sharing these views or sympathetic to them) are small minority of the population, but they form large part of D activists and organizer cadres, the party officers and NCO's who make the party actually work on the ground.
The party needs 1937 style purge, but such operation needs Georgian genius. Watch for new man/woman/nonbinary person coming from Atlanta.
Eetan
2d ago
It's something Christians (and Jews) developed to be able to live alongside one another, but it was never meant to be applied to Islam.
Correction: idea of religious tolerance was something Protestants developed to be able to live alongside one another, but it was obviously never meant to be applied to papists. (Jewish question was at the time and place very little issue)
Eetan
2d ago
In fact, Wikipedia is pretty consistent on this.
No, it isn't.
For example, Bill de Blasio is not entitled to the same courtesy, even when he was born as Warren Wilhelm he was not yet notable.
No one is worried that Bill might see his article, and become very sad when he is reminded of his dead name.
Bill de Blasio[a] (born Warren Wilhelm Jr., May 8, 1961) is an American former politician who served as the 110th mayor of New York City from 2014 to 2021. A member of the Democratic Party, he held the office of New York City Public Advocate from 2010 to 2013.
For another less notable but still Wiki notable case, wish of recently deceased Nicholas Alahverdian to be exclusively known as Arthur Knight is not respected too.
Nicholas Alahverdian (July 11, 1987 – June 25, 2026),[6][7][8] also known as Nicholas Rossi and Arthur Knight, among other aliases,[5] was an American sex offender and child welfare activist who faked his own death in 2020.
Eetan
2d ago
By way of analogy, imagine instead that Alice is a devout Catholic and Bob is a devout Protestant.
We are not talking about personal etiquette in office or neighborhood, we are talking about official policy of world's encyclopedia of record.
Rather different things.
Imagine Encyclopedia Britannica had a rule to never ever mention that notable persons known for their Catholicism were ever in their life adherents of different religion. (in description of people of other religions or non religion, no such rule applies).
Wouldn't you find it a little strange, wouldn't this make you worry that famous objectivity and impartiality of Britannica might be compromised?
I know "gay ideology" is too narrow, but "anti-natalist" isn't complete either. They're just one strain of a broader selfish ideology.
Childfree and antinatalist movements are two distinct things with very different vibes.
Childfree are proudly selfish folks, while antinatalists are self sacrificing Boddhisatvas, staying in this hellworld of pain and misery in order to preach their message and prevent future sentient being to be born and suffer.
One is mega consumerist lifestyle pushed Up To Eleven, problematic not only due to maximal carbon footprint while the other is rather more disturbing - well, would be if it was less cringe.
Anyway, the pro natalist movement one upped and overcame anti natalists in cringiness long ago.
Typical natalist discourse now looks like this:
ANTINATALIST: Life is pain and suffering, the best fate is to be never born, but only one out of million could get so lucky. Sad!
PRONATALIST: Yea, life is suffering and this gives it meaning, suffering is awesome! Think about thousands of generations of your ancestors who suffered horribly, so you could be born and suffer too! Be thankful for the gift of suffering and pass it to future generations, you do not want your ancestor's sacrifice be in vain!
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Eetan
2d ago
Maybe it is misremembering of very real stories of cops going house to house to seize guns (in totally unlawful and unconstitutional way) and American gun owners obeying.
It was rather sordid and blackpilling episode, like the whole Katrina story, and it is understandable no one wants to be reminded of it.
Eetan
3d ago
You can half-portray the past as it actually was, but only if it's a road-not-taken alternate history where the hero wishes he could turn the world into 1990s America.
This is inescapable if you want to create art with mainstream appeal.
Historically accurate ancient or medieval movie, accurate not only in architecture, clothing, weapons and gear, but in beliefs, attitudes and behavior of characters, would be unwatchable and utterly repellent to normie public. Seeing hero of the story looting and pillaging the countryside, sacking towns, massacring POW's and burning heretics alive with clear conscience will be too much for modern audience.
Face it: the past is different country, and it is, to use presidential term, the worst imaginable third world shithole country.
Eetan
3d ago
You've got this very old-fashioned text, which probably began as some sort of oral history, only later written down by various different people at different times.
That's the point. Are you going to teach the Bible as ancient book written by ancient Near Easterners for ancient Near Easterners, or as infallible guide for all men of all times and places? Even if you mandate one, how you are going to monitor the teachers to do not thwart it into the other?
Eetan
3d ago
In your opinion, is this "dickish" behaviour?
It is smart way to discredit him in the eyes of his fans - double barrelled hyphenated name is very posh and (Norman) elite coded, not well fitting to champion of common Englishman born on common English street.
It ain't working well, but it is the best they have.
Eetan
3d ago
The analogy is that if you are known as prepper, when SHTF your hoarded supplies become number one target in your neighborhood. You have guns? Well, your desperate neighbors have guns too and nothing to lose.
This is why OPSEC is the most crucial element of survival success in such situations.
Eetan
4d ago
However, Wikipedia only has one article on Alice Famousperson; it cannot simultaneously adhere to both trans-accepting and trans-rejecting standards. It cannot both include and exclude the fact that, prior to her transition, prior to anyone having heard of her, she was called Bob Nobody.
Just use ordinary standards for name changes.
Many Wiki-notable people both historical and current were changing their names and using pseudonyms during their lives, and Wiki policy deals with it.
For example, Henry McCarty, deadname of William H. Bonney, better known as Billy the Kid appears in his page.
Excepting name changes for gender identity reasons.
Why? Would Billy the Kid suffer less pain and anguish if someone reminded him of his unglamorous Irish origins?
Eetan
5d ago
Not originally, but classical regency romances now need massive appendices explaining the social and economic structure of vanished world of early 19th century Britain, world as strange and foreign to 21st century as Shire or Gondor.
Eetan
5d ago
It seems to me that for all Martin's talk about what is Aragon's tax policy, he really didn't think very hard about the details of his world building.
If JRRT was economics nerd instead of linguistic one, the trilogy would definitely have 50 page appendix about Sauron's tax policy and full org chart of Mordor internal revenue service. Be careful what you wish for.
Eetan
5d ago
American defeat was well outside my model, so this is "winning too much", as it were.
Yes, you trusted the experts, as we all did. Nothing to be ashamed of.
Eetan
8d ago
The "stealth" satellites are not stealthy, their orbits are well known and their mass is roughly estimated. You can observe them yourself with rather modest equipment.
What is unknown is their capability and their mission.
Eetan
8d ago
"Partheniae"
Mostly mythical event "at least three distinct traditions", and not rebellion - sending excess populaiton overseas to found new city was SOP at the time. None of the traditions say that Partheniae wanted to get laid, but to get land of their own.
"Sabine women"
Pure mythical event.
"Nian Rebellion"
From your own source:
"Their slogan was "'kill the rich and aid the poor.". Not: "Let's get laid!"
"Crusades"
Economic motive for crusades is completely discredited by modern scholarship - crusading was never profitable, emarking on crusade ruined both ordinary nobles and great kings, but they persevered for centuries, as if they really believed in Holy Land. And sex motive was never ever proposed by anyone.
If lack of sex is common motive for revolutions and urprisings, you would be able to cite numerous examples from well documented history, where well fed and comfortable people go set the world aflame just because they can't get laid.
Eetan
8d ago
And another culture (and shooting) war event happening right now, event of more importance than the pathetic one in Montreal.
After a year (lightning speed for justice) events that happened during protest at ICE detention center in July 4, 2025 were resolved.
In rather unexpected way, by maximum possible prison sentences.
Benjamin Song, who fired the gun at the police officer, was sentenced to 100 years in prison. Song was convicted of attempted murder of an officer of the United States, as well as firearm and explosives charges. He was also convicted of riot, providing material support to terrorists. He faced anywhere from 20 years to life in prison.
Zachary Evetts, Autumn Hill, Savanna Batten, Elizabeth Soto and Meagan Morris were sentenced to 50 years in prison. Maricela Rueda, another demonstrator, was sentenced to 70 years in prison. All six were convicted of riot, providing material support to terrorist, and explosive charges. Rueda was also convicted of corruptly concealing a document or record.
Ineffectiveness of your resistance is no longer an mitigating circumstance, and using Signal is highly aggravating one.
The judge openly said that the sentences are meant to "send a message".
As expected, Xitter celebrates while Bluesky mourns. We will see if this is one time occurance, or Trump's promise to crack down on Antifa was meant seriously.
The early church endorsed one world government when they were living under it. Were they wrong?
Had any early church father called to dissolve the Roman Empire into separate provinces (and to split Latin language into dozens of mutually incomprehensible dialects) as something more pleasing to God?
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