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John Brown did no wrong. The Boston Tea Party was political violence. Stonewall was a riot.
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Brian @someonenamedbrian.bsky.social · 6d
In case I somehow reach anyone with views that a civil war in the US would be acceptable or winnable, it is neither. Even if you think you are on the other side you need to understand this. People are still being murdered from the fallout of The Troubles.
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The Troubles were a civil war and exactly what we'd get with a population 220 times larger.
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Brian @someonenamedbrian.bsky.social · 1m
Oh, cool, a crime.
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Brian @someonenamedbrian.bsky.social · 20m
They tried to fly out of CDG. That's a poor choice to escape Paris even when the police aren't looking for you.
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Brian @someonenamedbrian.bsky.social · 6h
The enforcement mechanisms are broken. They won't be charged, can't be sued, and won't be fired.
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Brian @someonenamedbrian.bsky.social · 7h
That makes more sense than being racist, because he expects to die and also expects the bleeding to stop as his body dumps adrenaline into his system. Rendering the bleeding problem moot and irrelevant in the long term.

Racists, unfortunately are still here. They are worse than exsanguination.
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Brian @someonenamedbrian.bsky.social · 8h
Ok, imagine I'm someone who understands SHA and the elements behind building a trusted firmware deployment. Imagine I also understand ppk and https. What does a smart contract add to this puzzle?
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Brian @someonenamedbrian.bsky.social · 8h
I grew up in Seattle, I enjoy rain. Honestly I think it is a really fun place for machine nerds. There are other important places to visit in San Francisco.
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Brian @someonenamedbrian.bsky.social · 9h
If you ever make your way to San Francisco you could check out their cable cars, still running, and the museum. Old isn't always obsolete. Go when the weather is bad for the best experience. Shorter lines.
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Brian @someonenamedbrian.bsky.social · 9h
Yeah, most internet scanners went dark a while ago
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Brian @someonenamedbrian.bsky.social · 10h
Yeah, I think you nailed it there. That is why we have things like LOAC and the Geneva Conventions. It's very easy to go black and white when it is really quite grey. Saying it's ok to shoot the enemy soldiers but not civilians is hard but necessary.
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Brian @someonenamedbrian.bsky.social · 11h
That's all fair, however the al-Awlaki strike is part of why we are where we are today. You can point to other decisions, other strikes, but Obama moved the ball in the undesirable direction.
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Brian @someonenamedbrian.bsky.social · 11h
Do your broader point (which isn't yours, personally), the rules of war require every effort be expended to prevent civilian casualties. A suicide bomber, or nuclear weapon, does the opposite. I will point out I don't consider Commanders in chief, defense ministers, etc. as civilians.
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Brian @someonenamedbrian.bsky.social · 11h
That, to me, is closer to a Kamakazie attack on a legitimate target. I think the example from Fail Safe might be closer to the mark. I find the latter kind of response similarly repugnant. Nuclear weapons are not useful in ensuring global peace.
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Brian @someonenamedbrian.bsky.social · 12h
Defeat, not oust. Read each question and answer carefully.
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Brian @someonenamedbrian.bsky.social · 12h
I hear you, and appreciate the conversation. I simply find, for me, that it immediately removes the moral high ground any type of insurgency is looking for. The dual hits of taking advantage of your own supporters and accepting massive collateral is about 10 steps past the last moral wall for me.
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Brian @someonenamedbrian.bsky.social · 12h
I particularly despise suicide bombing as a tactic of war. The bomber is frequently manipulated or forced and not particularly skilled. The result is an attack which is frequently more harmful to civilians than a proper target.

There are, in my view, acceptable ways to do asymmetry. That isn't one.
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Brian @someonenamedbrian.bsky.social · 13h
There are a lot of variables (what counts as an empire, should we throw out the outlier of the Romans). What is more quantifiable is the correlation that empires collapse after invading Afghanistan.
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Brian @someonenamedbrian.bsky.social · 13h
A Honda. Though it was probably built in the US and designed in Japan so I'm gathering that the owner wants the US to import services and become a manufacturing economy?
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Brian @someonenamedbrian.bsky.social · 13h
True, though this is more ideological than the old one. If a test is needed (it shouldn't be) it should be a test of the Constitution, 50% body, 30% bill of rights, 20% remaining 17 amendments. That's all the federal government needs to and should get to know about its citizens.
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Brian @someonenamedbrian.bsky.social · 13h
All 4. Motivations are messy and even evil people can have worthy aims.
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Brian @someonenamedbrian.bsky.social · 13h
The stated reason for the invasion of Kuwait and Iraq was the liberation of Kuwait. A critical thinker would find truth in all three other answers. This test appears to attempt to weed out critical thinkers.
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Brian @someonenamedbrian.bsky.social · 13h
While that may be true, this is not that.
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Brian @someonenamedbrian.bsky.social · 13h
There are no wrong answers to 8 and 10 listed as options.
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Brian @someonenamedbrian.bsky.social · 13h
He certainly wasn't afraid of that since he was asking them to shoot him earlier. I think your read is equally valid.
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Brian @someonenamedbrian.bsky.social · 13h
Not the most important point, but DS9 was way more feminist than Voyager.
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Brian @someonenamedbrian.bsky.social · 13h
He (I'm assuming gender here but think I'm safe) put forward a massively incorrect take, then backed through it with massively incorrect assumptions. It's impressive, really, because normally you can invert the logic and see how it works but it's just too wrong here.
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