Decades of throwing money at the problem has shown that nothing changes. The money just goes down the drain.

In the meantime drug abuse ruins neighborhoods and they have a right to be protected.

They are just not arresting as many people and de facto legalizing more crimes. The NL is a hub for organized crime, drug trafficking and human trafficking.

https://nltimes.nl/2024/03/01/people-feel-unsafe-netherlands

At what point does a nation cross a line from claiming to be solely acting in self defense to becoming a constant aggressor in a region

They don’t have to pay for it and in a rapidly aging country with a very low birth rate they may not have enough people of military age to put together an army at this point.

Taiwan, the island occupied by Japan during the war then the nationalists ran off to it and declared themselves independent because Mao didn’t have a navy? Imagine if the republicans ran off to Hawaii and declared independence then China formed a military alliance with them.

Sorry but based on the Nippon Steel controversy we cannot trust Japan with a steel company so therefore we cannot trust them with advanced missile tech.

Performing when injured? Sounds like any performing group. Athletes, musicians, etc.

My wife does this with index cards. I have to try to figure out what she wrote down (1? l?) and she crosses out an old one and writes the new one in a random spot so I have to study the card to find the live pw.

I’d be open to using a pw manager then I read the comments here and everyone is suggesting different apps, arguing over how inconvenient one or the other it, various issues, etc. It doesn’t make me feel like taking action if everything feels sketchy.

And the EU has forced us to answer that goddamn “do you accept cookies?” question on every frigging website. How many people just click “accept all” to get on with things?

I just occasionally wipe everything. I have to reenter passwords and such but it isn’t a big deal.

No certs and degree isn’t in CS. I just have lots of experience.

My pathway was basically:

1. Got a low tier job as a glorified intern (paid)
2. Switched jobs a few times, pay increasing each time. Chose interesting jobs.
3. Left a low paying gov job for contract work. Got hired full time by one of my contractors.
4. Have stayed at that job. Golden handcuffs.

Both sides do this over their pet subjects

I agree. If the holocaust was unique then there is no need to say “never repeat it!” since it can’t be repeated if it is unique. History says otherwise. Like you said though, this isn’t some victimization competition but it is exceptional in its scale and industrialization.

Not true. Hitler had little care or understanding of the world outside of continental Europe.

I feel like I’m treading into a minefield here but anyway…

It wasn’t unique in its goal but it was unique in its method. It was much more organized and industrialized than other genocides. Most were about bringing a group under control whereas the Holocaust was about eliminating a group.

People are tribal and need group identities

Just legalize it all and have a 2nd category for clean athletes. “Ok, you are in the freakazoid group.”

Why don’t they just launch airstrikes at them? They seem to have no qualms about violating national borders or assassinations anyway.