Y'know, I wondered if my evolving opinion of you wasn't too harsh, and then I went back through my entries from just before my vacation and here I find you seriously making the argument that the way our government discharges its obligations to the original inhabitants of this continent are a benchmark for how much our government is capable of.
That's just special.
You're giving our government/society too much credit and not enough, at the same time. You're giving us too much credit by positing that the situation on the reservation is a matter of us honestly trying our best to meet our obligations and failing. You're not giving us enough credit by positing that we couldn't meet that obligation... and a similar obligation to each and every citizen of our nation... if we actually tried.
It's possible for France to do it. I'd like to know why it's not possible for us.
Sure, seatbelts increased incidences of whiplash. And you know what? Every time there's a technological advance in body armor available to soldiers, there's an increase in the amount of battlefield injuries. Whiplash is better than dying because you went flying through the windshield and injuries are better than fatalities.
But that was her choice, and she will have to deal with the consequences (should there be any
You live in a dreamworld just like she does, a dreamworld where you and only you are responsible for everything that happens to you and your actions have no consequences beyond you. There is no magical imp or angel making sure that the idiot who doesn't wear a seatbelt does not impact a responsible person wearing one. The person she hits because of her idiotic decision will have to deal with the consequences of said idiotic decision.
My belief is
You're advocating a world where there is a genetic health tax and a luck tax, where the bar for survivability is raised higher than it needs to be. Fuck you. Fuck you hard. You're naively advocating for evil.
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That's just special.
You're giving our government/society too much credit and not enough, at the same time. You're giving us too much credit by positing that the situation on the reservation is a matter of us honestly trying our best to meet our obligations and failing. You're not giving us enough credit by positing that we couldn't meet that obligation... and a similar obligation to each and every citizen of our nation... if we actually tried.
It's possible for France to do it. I'd like to know why it's not possible for us.
Sure, seatbelts increased incidences of whiplash. And you know what? Every time there's a technological advance in body armor available to soldiers, there's an increase in the amount of battlefield injuries. Whiplash is better than dying because you went flying through the windshield and injuries are better than fatalities.
But that was her choice, and she will have to deal with the consequences (should there be any
You live in a dreamworld just like she does, a dreamworld where you and only you are responsible for everything that happens to you and your actions have no consequences beyond you. There is no magical imp or angel making sure that the idiot who doesn't wear a seatbelt does not impact a responsible person wearing one. The person she hits because of her idiotic decision will have to deal with the consequences of said idiotic decision.
My belief is
You're advocating a world where there is a genetic health tax and a luck tax, where the bar for survivability is raised higher than it needs to be. Fuck you. Fuck you hard. You're naively advocating for evil.