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The rest of the paragraph quoted is "They are esteemd Valuable friends in that way and it is said, tho I never saw an instance of it, that they Converse with Men as familiar as weomen do—this however I do not aver as a fact as I never found any who did not detest the thought"

So it seems to me there were known femboys in the village and there were people having sex with them but majority of men were still homophobic and looked down of it.

Thats a pretty charitable interpretation of James Morrison's journal paragraph. I can't find a free copy of davids book so I'm not sure if he cites from something else in that chapter.

Thats sad. They're cooked for no reason either. The US buying those jeans is a win win for both countries. Hopefully they can find other markets quickly.

Its a cancer that is spreading across the world. My dad thinks covid isn't real but also ivermectin is a wonder drug that the government tried to hide for some reason.

I see plenty of non LW instances. Its balanced fine IMO. I'd prefer to have a big instance where new users can join and see a populated active feed.

These people need to be charged with treason as soon as you regain power. Also go after the disgusting right wing mouth pieces that push disinformation 24/7.

Yes there is no such thing as a war that is just. This also applies to rules of war because one side will break them if they need to survive and I can't blame them for doing so.

The cost of war in my opinion is to high for us to be making a framework of when its OK to go war. Also its unfair since major powers abuse the framework to justify their war then turn around and label another war unjust. Its just not how war should be treated. If you want to go to war just do it. There are enough alliances and countries who look unfavourably on warmongers that I think just war is pointless.

My comment might be rambly became its 5am and I'm on my phone in bed.

If someone attacks you then you should fight back or make peace. Nothing wrong with defending yourself.

With me saying "just war" doesnt exist I'm trying to attack the justifications used for war. In history we see nations saying "we have to go to war because "all these things have happened that justify our moral right to war". Its not "the moral thing to do" there is another reason why you want you to go to war. Say that instead of hiding behind this moral reason that supposedly entitles you to go to war morally.

Like Ukraine defending itself against russia. Its (in my opinion) not enough to say they do so because they were attacked and so they are justified. They do it because they want to hold their territory and think with the support of the west they can retain it.

My point is not that there is no where else to buy the products. My point is that there is no point in the government stepping in and deciding that nz businesses now have to pay extra.

The US tariffs dont hurt us much. We can sell elsewhere and likely still complete in the us with the tariffs. However if our government tariggs us goods it will hurt us a lot. Extra costs on our top 3 US imports would make everything more expensive here, make our exports less competitive and do all this at a time when market capital is uncertain and liquidity is low.

These devices all do final stage manufacturing in the US. Switching out a system can cost a fuck ton. If I had a John deer tractor system and I had to switch it to a Chinese one there would be a ton of things that dont work together and require buying a new thing. Thats wasteful.

Nzers have more than enough reasons to boycott and avoid the us. I dont think it is a good idea for the government to make the decision for us.

As a liberal i feel I need to step in and defend endless economic growth. Its not tied to resources as they're only one way an economy can grow. Economic growth can be 2 people buying digital art from each other.

Majority of the companies are nowhere near being resource capped. From their point of view the only thing for then to do is to keep doing more of what they do best. The problem and reason why endless growth gets a bad rep is that consumers are super apathetic and governments do a terrible job of regulating. So companies exploit consumer apathy and "eat" smaller companies with illegal practices.

How is zorinOS? Do they ship new software or do they hold it back for testing?

Two that may be controversial. 1st There is no such thing as a just war. Both sides will always justify war and believe they're on the right side of it. I can still look at the war and choose a side but I dont think im morally above someone who chooses the other side.

2nd, warcrimes and rules of war are always valid strategies and people will always brake the rules if they think it would help them win or not lose. I understand the reasons we have them and i support post war trials to punish those who commit them but I dont think I'm morally above people who commit war crimes since I'd do exactly the same thing if it helped me not lose a war.

3rd one: you have a moral duty to defend your country from invasion.

Far left is communists, socialists and anarchists.

I'd take a platform of far leftists over far rightists any day. At least far leftists care about people.