Uriel238

joined 1 year ago
[–] Uriel238@lemmy.fmhy.ml 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Since J. Edgar Hoover, the FBI is secret police by the most common definition (investigates and hunts enemies of and threats to the current regime) although the Comey-era bureau changed its mission from enforce the law to national security

At this point in the US the function of the common precinct is to ensure its own survival, and is a threat to both citizens and the hierarchies that decide their budget.

[–] Uriel238@lemmy.fmhy.ml 5 points 1 year ago

It is true. Every civil right we have was withheld until it was seized by force or by the authority of state. Our oppressors will continue to withhold rights until their own being is threatened.

Authoritarians negotiate only with terrorists.

[–] Uriel238@lemmy.fmhy.ml 18 points 1 year ago

I think Sonic is immune to acceleration injury, and would laugh at sustained 10gs of force.

[–] Uriel238@lemmy.fmhy.ml 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Can I ask what comic this is? It smacks of QC but I don't recognize any of the characters. Also no robots.

[–] Uriel238@lemmy.fmhy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

I'm not sure I trust anyone to exorcise my personal demons.

Besides which we're on terms, and have regular tea at the bottom of the abyss.

[–] Uriel238@lemmy.fmhy.ml 7 points 1 year ago

A lot of evil playthroughs require kitten-eating miniquest, were you have to suck the souls of forsaken orphan children or massacre cute things. I'm way too much of a softy to harvest Little Sisters

Curiously the Vader-grip in the Jedi Outcast series allowed me to disarm foes without killing them, allowing me to pacifist my way though entire levels that were meant to be cleared.

[–] Uriel238@lemmy.fmhy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

I live for statements like this one.

[–] Uriel238@lemmy.fmhy.ml 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

God gives His toughest battles to His strongest soldiers

sounds to me like

God stress-tests each of us until we die

which smacks a lot of

Survival of the fittest. with extra steps.

[–] Uriel238@lemmy.fmhy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Isn't this how we invented the automobile?

[–] Uriel238@lemmy.fmhy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

The TV series Bob & Rose written by Russell T Davies is about Bob, very much a gay man, falling in love with Rose, a cis-het woman, while still preserving his gay identity, and how they (and friends and family) process this disparity between identity and behavior.

So the answer is, yes, of course. How we identify ourselves doesn't always match our behavior, and so long as the closet is a necessity, we have to be allowed to have mismatches between identity and behavior.

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