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

Ah, defending no research. Gotcha

I’ve never heard the terms were treated differently. A troll was just called a troll.

Don’t talk to strangers.

Searching things is easy so don’t post something without checking it. People now don’t make the slightest effort to verify a rumor or conspiracy crap.

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.

Unfunny, she asked if I was dating her because she had blonde hair. Well duh, yah part of dating is that you are physically attracted to that person but her accusing me of being that shallow guaranteed I wouldn’t go out with her again. “You are a judgemental shit.”

My date went to smoke pot with the band we were seeing (small nightclub)

Conversely why do we act horrified that someone in the past didn’t act according to standards that only exist today and pressures that don’t.

I wonder if they somehow think they will be able to manage it.

I don’t know why people get into meth and crack in the first place. They’ve heard all the stories and likely know people messed up badly from it already. “Hmmm, this is the drug for me!”