SaltSong

You keep saying "I understand" and then displaying that you don't understand.

I mean, I can explain why Grand Moff Tarken blew up Alderaan. I understand why he chose to do that. There is no slippery slope from there to "it's ok to blow up planets."

It is crucial that you understand the motivations of your enemy, and understand why he makes the decisions he does. You aren't going to defeat him by guesswork.

There is a difference between "justify" and "explain." He's not saying what happened is OK, he's explaining why some people were motivated to ruin what most purple thought of as a good thing.

Did you check to see which sub-lemmy you're in?

Define "extinct?"

If I had the skills. . .

No-one makes a stronger case for people getting away from American products than our president.

Working my way through the Lost Fleet series. It's mediocre, but in an entertaining way.

This is an anti-gift.

I agree with you, but no matter has good your training and equipment, you're taking the chance every time.

As someone pointed out elsewhere in this thread, the same is true of driving to work, which makes OP's position rather questionable.

This is the worst headline I've read all day.

I don't think he has any beef with firemen, but if your job is to deliberately expose yourself to an incredibly dangerous situation on the regular, death is kind of an expected outcome.

I agree, as far as that goes, but I still feel sorry for them.

I'm on board.