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    General US Politics

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    Redistricting is really just annoying in general, regardless of political implications. Virginia has it happen fairly frequently, and while it isn't as bad as it is in other states, it still gets on my nerves because I live near one of the lines that gets moved every time a different political party comes to power. It gets on my nerves when you vote for one person and then he doesn't even represent your county anymore. Plus, it has actually rigged our primaries before. 

    Why can't we just have stable lines? They should make a law that keeps them from changing them more than once a decade.

    General US Politics

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    Interestingly, employment discrimination can work the other way too. My father used to work in construction. There, they would primarily employ Hispanic men because they tended to work harder than white men with the same wages. However, promotions usually only went to whites and blacks who spoke good English and were in the country legally. 

    FE: War of Men (Sign up/Discussion)

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    21 minutes ago, Enaluxeme said:

    Sully, Radle knows who Joicelyn is, she traveled with him, Maurice and Cecilie.

    Oh yeah, I forgot about that.

    20 minutes ago, Thany said:

    Then perhaps she can do a conversation with her to have her talk to Cecilie?

    Allow me to edit my post.

    FE: War of Men (Sign up/Discussion)

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    Just now, Thany said:

    How brave of you, tho it might be a bit hard for that mage to reach her if she happens to attack you a space away or the lance unit, since there's a wall in the way.

    Looks like I might be taking a few more hits than originally planned. But Sicon is probably the one that Joicelyn will really go after.

    Can you even recruit red enemy units? I figured you could only recruit purple ones with RPers playing them. Unless Ena wants to be Joicelyn...

    FE: War of Men (Gameplay)

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    Radle saw an enemy mage approaching. Joicelyn! She was a powerful magician he had gotten to know over the past few days. He could have easily taken her down, but one thing Radle hated was fighting women. Maybe I can get her to surrender peacefully. At the least, I can keep her from attacking the others. He moved directly next to her and spoke.

    "Well, Joicelyn. How about changing sides with me and Cecilie? I know this situation hasn't sat very well with you either, and now that Maurice is gone, you really have no reason to keep fighting. If you will put down your weapon, I promise to protect you."

    Radle moves to H13 and talks to Joicelyn.

    General US Politics

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    30 minutes ago, Lord Raven said:

    I'm not so sure that this is correct. Society has a greater acceptance of different races but it's still not quite there that we can remove legislation.

    I don't see any reason why the free market would correct bigotry nor is there anything wrong with the current law aside from the fact that it's not broad enough. The Civil Rights Act is little over 50 years old; the south still hasn't gotten over the confederacy.

    I've lived in the South my entire life and never met or even heard of anyone who wished they could stop serving blacks. While such people probably exist, they are such an unpopular minority that they wouldn't be able to make it anywhere if they tried to run a business that way.  I don't think the South is really that much more racist than the North, but many people are confused because a lot of Southern tradition has its beginnings in a racist system. Just because there are Confederate flags waving doesn't mean we all hate black people and northerners.

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    3 hours ago, DefaultBeep said:

    Although, now I'm curious to see how similar this aspect was: were your parents incredibly strict about what you could watch/read/play for a while, but then once they started easing up, they did so basically all at once? I remember not being able to even play most games rated E10+ until I was actually 10 (thankfully at least the N64 Smash Bros. was rated E!), but within like a year after that, they were fine with me playing most M-rated games, and very few movies were considered off-limits to watch as a family.

    Yeah, that's how it was for me. In my case I think it was because they got so tired of being strict with my older siblings that they lowered the restrictions once they moved out.

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    General US Politics

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    24 minutes ago, Shoblongoo said:

    Black man walks into a bakery. Baker says "We don't serve your kind. Find yerself a colored bakery, boy" and refuses service. Capitalism at work and something the general economy should take care of, or something that should be against the law?

    @ping is right. Like it or not, the Constitution protects your right to be a jerk. The government can't (or at least shouldn't) do anything about the above situation. However, refusing a man water when they are dying of thirst or a doctor denying service to a wounded man due to race, ethnicity, religion, gender, sexual orientation, etc. - those are crimes that can be prosecuted. You can always find another bakery - if you can't, you can live without cake. People who are jerks don't need the government to make them regret it. That's not what government is for. 

    Some restaurants won't let you enter unless you meet their dress code. Some gas stations won't let you use the bathroom unless you buy something first. Some discriminatory business practices are just an extension of those rights, despite being so much more reprehensible. I don't like it, but that's the way it is. You can be a jerk in America.

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    8 hours ago, DefaultBeep said:

    I think I just missed my chance with the Pokémon series; not sure if @SullyMcGully had a similar experience, but I was never allowed to play the games or watch the show growing up, because it had too much "magic." Which is absurd, because if there's any questionable aspect of Pokémon, it's the lighthearted way it supports dog fighting. Pretty shady there, Nintendo; your silly "fainting" nonsense can't fool me. But anyway, I've tried to play a few of the other games now, but I just can't really see the appeal of them. Or rather, I can see the appeal, but that appeal does nothing for me personally.

    Wow. Are you me? Let me guess, you weren't allowed to read Harry Potter either.

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    General US Politics

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    3 minutes ago, Dark Holy Elf said:

    The claim that governments will force churches to hire gay people for religious positions seems completely crazy since they don't even force churches to hire women for those as is. Separation of church and state cuts both ways so churches get a lot of specific exemptions in terms of hiring practices and I don't really foresee that changing.

    I'm not really worried about that happening, but others are. The closest we've come is several church musicians who sued over being fired after they "came out". I haven't heard of any of them succeeding, though.

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    2 hours ago, Res said:

    Nobody is going to be forcing any church to hire lesbian worship leaders. And 'homosexual lobby'? 

    As for businesses, that's really a whole separate, sticky topic. I think there's a lot of hypocrisy present and I also think there's potentially dangerous precedence being set for health-care related businesses (it's also another reason why I hate that healthcare is tied to employers in the U.S.)

    But ultimately - the U.S. has a separation of church and state. So I do actually have an issue with any political stance that attempts to push a religion's moral issues onto the whole population. The same goes for religion in public schools. 

    That was a hypothetical scenario which a lot of people think might be the case in the future. I'm not sure about it myself. "Homosexual lobby" refers to the groups that lobby for gay rights, such as the ACLU. Is this offensive or something? I don't know, but I'm sorry if it is.

    I wasn't arguing that people should legislate religion, just that it is not wrong for someone to be motivated to make a political stand by religion. For instance, a Christian might feel that as a Christian, it is their duty to fight the death penalty. While their Christianity motivates them to do what they do, if they make a logical argument against capital punishment, it should not be thrown out just because their primary motivation is their faith.

    46 minutes ago, Lord Raven said:

    these are similar arguments that gave people the power to not serve blacks

    try again

    There's a difference between refusing to serve a man in a restaurant and refusing to participate in an event that goes against your religious beliefs. Would you force a gay baker to cater at an event affirming traditional marriage? I think the person whose freedom is violated in those situations is the person forced to work against their will, not the people who want the service. 

    22 minutes ago, Sias said:

    Isn't Joel Osteen the guy who refused to open his megachurch in order to shelter hurricane victims?

    Really, the evangelists may fear that their right of free religious expression may be infringed upon, but it rather sounds like they're unhappy because they aren't allowed to sexually discriminate people anymore. Also, don't you see the problems that would arise if we let people deny others goods and services just due to their religious beliefs?

    Also, what @Res and @Lord Raven said.

    I actually don't like Joel Osteen that much. He's just an example. 

    I don't really have a bone in this fight. My church doesn't have to deal with these issues, but since I have an insider perspective, I thought you might be interested in knowing what the people you are referring to actually think.

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