I came along and vented. By all means vent. It gives me heart that people feel strongly about this. You are not trying to persuade me. You know I agree. I was trying to present an argument in a way so

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As I read this I thought of the tradeoff a parent makes every day. Optimal risk would mean locking the child away. Not letting the child go to camp. Not letting the child drive, go out with friends, travel.

I'm still unsure of why they'd just blindly bomb boats though. There is no clarity on this. We are in a strange place now in my country. People are trying to figure out what the president can do without

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Ignoring the constitution, flagrantly tearing down the checks and balances that are in place to moderate unbridled greed in the guise of capitalism, and now ignoring international law by executing without

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Worrying--oh my do I have to remind myself of this. If there is nothing to be done about an impending event, why ruin today worrying about it. This comes in handy why I'm flying (actually, came in handy,

I guess I'm the natural audience for this blog. Surely you remember my saga with my daughter's mice? A mated pair turned into 23. 23 white mice that took over my dining room (17X 9 feet!). There were aquariums

Hi @litguru, I haven't read your story yet, but @jayna says it's wonderful. Later, when things calm down around here and I have time to pay close attention I will read this myself. As for the comments.

I am recognising them for what they are. They don't even try to hide it anymore.

Thank you! The acknowledgement is much appreciated.

Now that's a nice writting Thank you. It took my a while to collect the information and organize it in a way that made a coherent argument. I didn't want to hector. I wanted to persuade. It's not the U.N.

War is always cruel, and the cruel love war. Indeed. There are no winners in war. War is a beast with a will of its own and once unleashed takes paths no one can anticipate.

Hello @seki1 The bombings are something that's kind of specific to this hemisphere. The U.S. is asserting dominance apparently in what it considers its sphere of influence. Citing drug trafficking as the

Was the firebombing of Dresden in '45 a war crime? Yes! Do you know about Operation Paperclip I knew about the program...didn't know what it was called. Unit 731 I knew about the Japanese experiments on

I have a lot of personality flaws. One thing about me, though, I don't give up. The harder they push, the more determined I become. I do think we can't give up. The long history of the human race...so

I'm older than you, probably by a generation. I grew up in the shadow of WWII. The Japanese atrocities were very much a part of my consciousness. I try to let it go, but that's hard. I can't fathom how

But we can't give up. They can't wear us down. Gotta keep resisting...Otherwise we are truly lost.

Thank you very much, @discovery-it. I like this community very much, and as my Hive power increases I look forward to increasing my delegation.