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There are Muslims in Indonesia, Muslims in India, Muslims (barely surviving) in China, Muslims in Malaysia, Muslims all over the World. Or, as you might write "Muslims, Muslims, Muslims"? Are they all guilty? ETA: And I have no idea where you see "irony", but I find it ironic that you...

Thanks. With 7.8 IMDB I'll go ahead and download that now.

Do miniseries (e.g. A Man in Full (2024)) belong here, or in the Movies thread? But first can we all please agree that Tom Wolfe is the greatest living American novelist? Others of his books have been made into movies, so when I saw this mini-series I had to watch! Jeff Daniels plays Charlie...

Did somebody bump this thread? Hear, hear

Jean Manco's Ancestral Journeys reviews the prehistory of Europe with special emphasis on DNA. I looked for the book when I started this thread; couldn't find it; and assumed it was one of several books I gave to my relative who has very similar interests to mine. But just now while looking...

I've thought the same for some time. But here in Thailand, many pay for EVERYTHING via Internet phone app (no fee at all), and have for some years. Two people pointing their phones at each other to complete a transaction is quite common. Just now I transferred 1 baht (2.7¢ US) to my...

Thanks for the reply, Lion IRC. I've snipped your comments for brevity, but they all seemed reasonable (and IMO not incompatible with Leibniz' view).

Hello everyone; let me introduce myself. My name is Rip Van Winkle. I am not up on recent culture. Some people in this thread seem to tout The Phantom Menace, which I'd never heard of. I did Google it, and learn it's one of the NEW StarWars films which I never watched. (I did watch Episode...

So Netanyahu responds to complaints from the ICC by vowing to escalate his massacres? That's what a fascist would do. I posted the following to the wrong thread: It was the My Lai massacre and the company officers who perpetrated it that became the "go-to" example of war crime during the...

Fifty-five years ago the U.S. was involved in a major war that attracted vehement opposition on college campuses. It might be interesting to contrast U.S. reactions then with U.S. reactions to student protests today. Unfortunately, I am not qualified to do it. 55 years ago I was an immature...

How good is the "firewall" preventing Jury from watching TV or hearing opinions on the case on their days off? So the Judge will instruct Defendant that he misspoke to the cameras; that he still has full right to testify in his own defense. (If I were the Judge I'd want to humiliate the...

Hi Lion. I'm curious about your viewpoint. First let me summarize what I've gleaned. God created the universe down to the tiniest detail. In that universe are creatures with agency (volition) of their own. Q: Does the Omnimax God know in advance what decision those creatures will make? ("In...

A second Trump term would be disastrous for democracy in America and all around the world. One cannot discuss this horrible prospect without being accused of hyperbole. We are stunned with grief to imagine that tens of millions of Americans will still vote for this sociopath. German voters in...

I don't know if legendary descents from mythical figures play a role in any "official" pedigree. I was thinking of cuckoldings -- well known but not discussed in polite society -- like these two examples from the 19th century: Alice von Battenberg is grandmother of the present King of the...

While re-reading Nick Lane's wonderful book The Vital Question: Why is life the way it is? I was struck by how good his prose is. The following -- which sheds much light on thread topic -- may belong in the "Beautiful Snippets of Text" thread.

"120,000 Gazans killed, WOUNDED or missing." I don't know the threshold for "wounded" -- does it include those who visited doctor for minor sprains and cuts? But whatever the details, it's pretty clear that Gazans -- already miserable even before this war -- are now in desperation, and lacking...

The Wikipedia article War crimes in the Israel–Hamas war discusses allegations and conclusions reached by international organizations. They find much to blame on both sides. AFAIK, the ICC has not issued any indictments for this war. It has issued only 4 indictments altogether since 2022, all...

According to Wikipedia, there are 120,000 Gazans killed, wounded or missing. Another MILLION Gazans are "on the brink of imminent starvation and famine." Yes, that's MILLION with an "M." And this colossal genocide -- yes, GENOCIDE, let's call a spade a spade -- isn't even the biggest...

What gibberish. You're in Nevada. If a military drove you into Arizona would you still be "home"? NV and AZ are both in the USA.

Yes. Most Eastern religions emphasize proper deeds and appropriate thoughts and feelings in THIS world. Judaism seems to emphasize suffering(!?). Islam is about charity and humility; indeed the very word "Islam" translates as "submission to God." But Christianity, at least as practiced among...