Forcing my self to stay awake until 10:30.

Druvius comments on Oct 13, 2019:

I like waking up at 4 or 5. I am guaranteed hours of peace and quiet. :)

‪TRUMP PULLS TROOPS FROM OUR ALLIES THE KURDS THEN GIVES OUR ENEMIES THE SAUDIS ( OIL RICH ) 3000 ...

Druvius comments on Oct 11, 2019:

The Kurds aren't our allies for starters. https://original.antiwar.com/David_Stockman/2019/10/10/bravo-donald-a-war-washington-might-finally-leave/

I'm looking forward to the logical gymnastics that our conservative brethren will go through to ...

Druvius comments on Oct 10, 2019:

People are actually under the impression that anyone in Washington ever gave a rat's a-- about the Kurds? That's even harder to understand. https://original.antiwar.com/Danny_Sjursen/2019/10/07/the-united-states-of-betrayal/

The strong case for nuclear In the US, there is a strong anti-nuclear stance that prevails over ...

Druvius comments on Oct 6, 2019:

As someone once said "If the first public demonstration of the automobile had killed 100,000 people, we'd still be riding horses." It is sad, nuclear is our last best hope for staving off AGW, but I don't think it will be embraced in time. The nonsense people are sharing about Fukushima is maddening.

Report Advertisement ‘Pure rage’: AP reporter paints terrifying picture of anger and paranoia ...

Druvius comments on Oct 5, 2019:

I'm kinda suspecting a lot of the people around him have decided to just stand back and watch him burn.

UK Court Rules Christian Doctor Has No Right to Misgender Patients for Jesus ...

Druvius comments on Oct 5, 2019:

Bigotry and hatred trying to fly under the rubric of religious belief is a truly ugly thing.

1,800 texts from 79 A.

Druvius comments on Oct 5, 2019:

This has been in the works for decades, nice to see major progress being made. There have to be other carbonized libraries in the vicinity still undiscovered too, a library was quite the status symbol for elite Romans. And 79 AD, might be contemporary documentation shedding new light on a certain controversial ministry a few decades earlier. ;) Exciting stuff.

Hypothetically, how does someone who is not an expert in a field differentiate from "real science" ...

Druvius comments on Oct 4, 2019:

FLICC: https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4691

What do you use for self-defence?

Druvius comments on Sep 30, 2019:

My brain, it's the first line of defense in any situation. If a mob does surround and assault me in my home, well, the first six through the door are going down.

Christ Calls Off Plans For Return After Realizing It’s Been So Long It’ll Be Weird Now

Druvius comments on Sep 23, 2019:

Or this: https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/2008-11-24

If Dracula had a cat ^^

Druvius comments on Sep 22, 2019:

It's a scientific fact that a cat takes up as much space in a bed as an adult human. And if forced off the bed, the thump their paws make upon landing expresses generations of injustice.

I wonder if there are any Christian neuroscientists?

Druvius comments on Sep 21, 2019:

Well, Iran is a world leader in medical research and technology, so I'm guessing the answer is yes.

If you came across this, how do you think you would react?

Druvius comments on Sep 21, 2019:

My ride's here! Finally! So long suckers! ;)

I get this sick feeling inside that the only reason Trump isn't going full nuts on Iran is that he ...

Druvius comments on Sep 20, 2019:

Well, Iran (likely) just demonstrated an ability to take out critical infrastructure with cheap and essentially unstoppable smart weapons. They could have thousands of them ready to wreak utter havoc in the region. So going to war with them right now is a very risky idea. Presumably this is a big part of the reason we haven't attacked yet.

And one post of Cat Memes deserves another. A Glaring of Cat Memes, one might even say...

Druvius comments on Sep 19, 2019:

LOL, my cat jumped into a squad car once. The cop said that was a first for him. :)

U.

Druvius comments on Sep 19, 2019:

Trump went to war with Iran a year ago when he imposed a crippling embargo and presented them with Pompeo's 12 demands. Not sure if he is willing to risk a shooting war, we'll see.

Photographer removes our smartphones to show our strange and lonely new world

Druvius comments on Sep 18, 2019:

But you can look at cat memes 24/7, so it's worth it.

OH COOME OON... You know it's funny.. 😁

Druvius comments on Sep 18, 2019:

I guess if you're 13 it's funny. :/

Allstate Cat Commerical [youtube.com]

Druvius comments on Sep 15, 2019:

Or this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_MaJDK3VNE

A school board president, Sue Kern, question to her underlings, ACTUAL eductors: "Darwin's theory ...

Druvius comments on Sep 15, 2019:

Facepalm for sure.

There may NOT be life on other planets

Druvius comments on Sep 13, 2019:

Dunno about the specifics of that, but I have always favored the Rare Earth Hypothesis. Our evolution might well be so unlikely that it even happening once was unusual. We simply don't know what the odds are. And Fermi's Paradox just keeps getting more annoying as SETI keeps coming up with buttkiss. Interesting post.

Republican's Burn AOC's Picture in Disgusting New Ad [youtube.com]

Druvius comments on Sep 13, 2019:

The mindless rage and hostility directed towards her from the right is quite something. She must be hitting below the waterline to get that kind of reaction.

How many people know that the North Koreans cough a American spy ship.

Druvius comments on Sep 12, 2019:

I remember, huge deal at the time.

Scientists have discovered water vapor on a potentially habitable super-Earth for the first time.

Druvius comments on Sep 11, 2019:

Maybe. We still seem stuck on our very parochial view of life. Suspect when we get probes out there none of the Earthlike planets we see will be anything Earthlike at all.

More pre-Clovis finds: [arstechnica.com]

Druvius comments on Sep 10, 2019:

One of the curious things about the Clovis Culture is how established the idea that it was the first New World culture got. So much so that when they hit the Clovis layers, they stopped digging. When Monte Verde finally completely proved there were pre-Clovis people in the Americas, archaeologists revisited some Clovis sites and kept digging, and at some of them found pre-Clovis materials. Oops, the evidence had been there all along. Not surprising, scientists can be as blinded by preconceptions as anyone. Most of them though eventually come around when evidence challenging their pre-conceptions is presented.

Who watched that movie Jesus Camp?

Druvius comments on Sep 9, 2019:

I made a point of seeing it so I could blog about it. Ted Haggard went on to infamy when his secret drug fueled gay life was exposed. And the camp was closed due to all the bad publicity.

How would you reply to a theist who says, "You send yourself to hell"?

Druvius comments on Sep 9, 2019:

Have a nice day!

Common Misconceptions 3: A Preview, Three Voices Today’s scientists have substituted ...

Druvius comments on Sep 9, 2019:

More horsecrap from the Electric Universe cult.

You must be new ...

Druvius comments on Sep 8, 2019:

Yeah, I have a cardboard cover on my counter. I know where little paws have been.

Good question!

Druvius comments on Sep 8, 2019:

Doesn't matter, DC vs Heller (2008,) the constitutional question is resolved. People have an individual right to own guns. Continuing a pointless debate is just a distraction. Doesn't mean things like the AR can't be banned, there's no such thing as an unfettered right.

Do religious people really believe what they say?

Druvius comments on Sep 8, 2019:

Some do, but it's a scale. Some literally believe the Bible and every word in it, on the other hand I know people who are very active in their church but privately admit that no, they don't believe in God or any supernatural nonsense. Hell, the church I sometimes go to openly welcomes atheists. I don't know what percentage of the congregation are atheists, but some are.

Due to the fact that my grandfather had Alzheimer's disease, I attach great importance to my brain's...

Druvius comments on Sep 8, 2019:

He's a quack selling snake oil, I wouldn't put any faith in it.

Risk rescuers' lives for people who refused mandatory evacuation?

Druvius comments on Sep 7, 2019:

Of course you try to rescue them, otherwise you are encouraging other rescuers to also start deciding who is and isn't deserving of rescue. Then you try to make damn sure the stupid situation doesn't repeat.

Scientists identify the genes linked to left-handedness

Druvius comments on Sep 5, 2019:

I'd be a little leery of making any connection to individuals, individual variation is pretty wide. That being said, fascinating that the rise of human language is almost certainly linked somehow to our very unusual species predilection for right handedness. I hadn't heard that before, thanks for posting.

Did atheism somehow cause - or contribute to - the rise of science?

Druvius comments on Sep 5, 2019:

No, I would say it's the other way around. Science showed that all sorts of things formerly attributable to God had perfectly rational explanations. Church steeples regularly get hit by lightning, and the invention of the lightning rod pretty much made that a non issue. That's one of the bigger ones, but they are legion. I also think it's a bit of an odd comparison, atheism isn't a thing, but the scientific method and institutions most certainly are. So I would say, and I am an amateur historian at best, that the rise in science engendered a weakening on organized religion. So atheism became more widespread and more open. Interesting question.

[alternet.

Druvius comments on Sep 5, 2019:

This is truly disturbed. I'm hoping he doesn't have a crisis to deal with in the next few years.

Common Misconception 9: Einstein’s relativity theory has been proven.

Druvius comments on Sep 5, 2019:

This is an astronomy group, not a pseudoscience group. Why are you spamming the group with this nonsense? https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/nz7neg/electric-universe-theory-thunderbolts-project-wallace-thornhill

Richard Feynman on "Not Knowing Things" One of the unexpected benefits I experienced in letting ...

Druvius comments on Sep 5, 2019:

He was a very wise man, loved his books. Scary smart but able to explain things so that peeps can understand. We need more like him.

((Humans will be BANNED from driving cars within the next 25 years as 'safer' autonomous vehicles ...

Druvius comments on Sep 5, 2019:

Possibly the dumbest slippery slope argument I have ever seen. Hopefully you were being facetious.

If Men Flirted Like Birds ^^

Druvius comments on Sep 4, 2019:

One of my favorites. :)

Quebec law on secularism: putting the breaks on ideological pollution. [atheology.ca]

Druvius comments on Sep 4, 2019:

And one of the most tortured examples of false equivalency I ever read.

Quebec law on secularism: putting the breaks on ideological pollution. [atheology.ca]

Druvius comments on Sep 4, 2019:

No, putting Muslim women in their place.

Here’s Neil deGrasse Tyson, in Astrophysics for People in a Hurry, 2017, on page 17: “In the...

Druvius comments on Sep 4, 2019:

Yes, all the astronomers and cosmologists in the world have a secret society devoted to suppressing evidence supporting alternative theories to the big bang. Do they have a secret handshake? Do they have joint conventions with all the climatologists who work so hard to maintain the global warming hoax?

Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation (CMBR) Widely Claimed as Evidence for the Big Bang If there...

Druvius comments on Sep 2, 2019:

God, the Electric Universe people are still pumping out their nonsense I see. Like YECers, it's a religion to them, so no point trying to debate.

This is un-fking-believable! 😡😡😡 Texas loosens firearm laws hours after the state's latest...

Druvius comments on Sep 1, 2019:

Very believable. Very similar to the mindset that propelled the South to secede. They are "defending their freedom" against "liberal aggression." The victims of mass shootings "should have been armed."

A very lovey stray around my sisters.

Druvius comments on Aug 30, 2019:

Why feral cats (F. catus domesticus) are often non-aggressive towards humans is still a mystery, last I checked three mutant genes were involved. A wonderful thing though. :)

Despite us both being atheists, my roommate and I had a disagreement on the usage of the word ...

Druvius comments on Aug 29, 2019:

Babies are atheists the same way rocks and kittens are atheists. Even if one technically wants to call it atheism, it's a meaningless label.

Plant-based "meats" - good for the environment, bad for you

Druvius comments on Aug 29, 2019:

He's misusing the word 'processed' as if it was inherently bad. Whole wheat flour is processed food. Cooked meat is processed food. The former was what fueled the rise of civilization, the later fueled the evolution of our huge brains. I'm guessing he's using it to mean food that has been stripped of nutrients and loaded with fat and sugar, and yeah, keep those to a minimum. I bet plant based mock burgers are all over the map, if it's made with good ingredients with no added fat and sugar, why not?

I've seen posts recently about the futility of engaging the Liberal majority here in any dialogue.

Druvius comments on Aug 29, 2019:

Both camps live in their own reality bubble, no wonder discourse is almost impossible: https://theness.com/neurologicablog/index.php/false-memories-and-fake-news/

I didn't know whether this belonged under politic, religion, or just sheer nonsense coming out of ...

Druvius comments on Aug 28, 2019:

This, this is why the aliens fly right past.

According to ours... 03:30 is cat breakfast time. 🙄😼😼

Druvius comments on Aug 28, 2019:

Wow, so she lets you sleep in 30 minutes, you're lucky. ;)

New Oregon Bill Would Allow Black People to Sue Folks Who Make Frivolous 911 Calls with Racist ...

Druvius comments on Aug 28, 2019:

Downstream solution, like so many solutions proposed in America. It not only doesn't address the underlying issue, it may make it worse. Good intentions poorly executed.

If true, this could put a fork in Trump.

Druvius comments on Aug 28, 2019:

Following the Russiagate silliness is just like the old X-Files show. Every episode preceded with the teaser that "this is the episode where the truth comes out!" And nothing is ever revealed. Not only will this not lead to his impeachment, the Russiagate nonsense is helping distract from his current ongoing looting of America for his rich cronies. The Dems are on track to lose in 2020 if they keep focusing on irrelevancies.

Trump blames Obama, not Putin, for Russia seizing Crimea

Druvius comments on Aug 27, 2019:

Russia didn't "seize" Crimea. The legislature and people of Crimea voted overwhelmingly to join Russia after a western backed Nazi coup shot their way into power in Ukraine ... and made it their first order of business to pass laws making Russian speakers second class citizens. Democracy and self-determination in action.

Can we and should we separate a man from his body of work if that man has done wrong in his personal...

Druvius comments on Aug 26, 2019:

This is a conundrum many people have pondered. Some of the most creative people in history have had some very dark skeletons in their closets. My belief is that their work should be appreciated on its own merits, and if there are skeletons, they should be used as a teaching example if they come up. That being said, Neverland Ranch was NOT part of his creative body of work, it was a pedophile's child grooming facility. Burn it to the ground.

You are comletely alone in the Universe.

Druvius comments on Aug 26, 2019:

It get worse. You will die. Life has no meaning. And just for fun, you have free will! Existential psychology. Fun stuff.

Well, just saw an old friend interact with a contractor.

Druvius comments on Aug 26, 2019:

Thanks for all the thoughtful replies. I'm just going to have to be more aware and more professional in the future when it comes to working for friends. No point letting a business relationship damage a friendship.

Atheist since age 14, former Catholic.

Druvius comments on Aug 26, 2019:

Catholics tend to extremes, but organized Catholicism is an ugly thing.

[motherjones.

Druvius comments on Aug 24, 2019:

To call that a biased article is being generous.

Do we need to ban plastic?

Druvius comments on Aug 24, 2019:

Plastic ends up in the ocean because China and a few other east and south Asian countries do a very poor job of keeping it out of their waste stream. Unless you live in one of these handful of countries, your plastic isn't going to end up in the ocean. So no, no need for a ban in the US.

How to stop men from picking up a precious wood sculpture?

Druvius comments on Aug 23, 2019:

Never touch another person's stuff without permission. The item you posted is clearly unusual, not just a utility bowl. It would fall in that category, don't touch. Nonetheless, boors, like hats, exist. A sign is not a bad idea. :)

From the mind of a right-wing Evangelical conservative on Facebook.

Druvius comments on Aug 23, 2019:

And RIP Vicki Weaver, she was killed extrajudicially.

I'll just leave this here, I hope others will read it.

Druvius comments on Aug 23, 2019:

The modern version of duck and cover drills. If needed, means the government has already failed.

From the mind of a right-wing Evangelical conservative on Facebook.

Druvius comments on Aug 23, 2019:

That's not what happened at Ruby Ridge. Typical right wing "logic."

Very often, the reason something can't be disproved is that it didn't exist in the first place.

Druvius comments on Aug 22, 2019:

Telepathy, precognition, and a whole host of such woo comes to mind.

Are you a "Noah denier" If you recognize that the great flood story is just a myth?

Druvius comments on Aug 22, 2019:

Most historians share this "trouble." Though the only facts we know about him is his baptism and execution. Why a lot of atheists have trouble with this, and go to fabulous lengths to "prove" Jesus didn't exist, is a mystery to me. Even if one could prove he didn't exist, the only people who would care are atheists. In any event here's hoping that more contemporary accounts will someday come to light.

Man is omnivorous! Whilst a predominantly vegan lifestyle is acceptable for adults, don't force it ...

Druvius comments on Aug 22, 2019:

These parents were child abusers. They got away with it for so long because they were also anti-vaxxers and science-deniers, this kid never saw a doctor. Their other malnourished (unlike what this article implies) kids were also taken away from them. People manage to believe all sorts of silly things, often these beliefs are harmless, but when children are involved, this sort of horror can happen. Made me think of this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Folie_%C3%A0_deux

UPDATE on Religion's professor saying atheism is a religion.

Druvius comments on Aug 21, 2019:

For some people Atheism is a religion. They are a tiny minority and not representative of most atheists. Your prof is using the fine brain God (or Evolution, same thing) gave him for Olympic level confirmation bias and motivated reasoning. Sad.

And people wonder why most conservative don’t like Obama.

Druvius comments on Aug 21, 2019:

Nice story. Don't worry, Liberals believe all sorts of nonsense too. https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/greene-report/

Oh boy oh boy, I've eaten a TON of Nature Valley granola bars over the past few years.

Druvius comments on Aug 21, 2019:

On the plus side, Roundup is harmless to humans. https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4676

In a Country run by the nra... grown ups had failed to their children.

Druvius comments on Aug 21, 2019:

Pretty much.

[yahoo.] Epstein's jail guards warned his cellmate to keep hush on Epstein's suicide.

Druvius comments on Aug 21, 2019:

Prison guards fucking with prisoners heads has been around since the first prison. This means exactly dipsquat, but no doubt will add another fine brick to the conspiracy theories already swirling around Epstein's death.

CEO compensation higher than people estimate it to be and what it to be. What is your opinion?

Druvius comments on Aug 19, 2019:

It's out of control. One of those things that there's an easy and fair fix for, just cap CEO pay at some multiple of their lowest paid employee's salary. Then once again rising tides will raise all ships.

“ Have a blessed day”.

Druvius comments on Aug 18, 2019:

no. Why would someone wishing me well irritate me?

Definitive, crushing argument against Creationism.

Druvius comments on Aug 18, 2019:

The scientific debate about Evolution vs Creationism was over in the 1870s.

"As he has made very clear, Richard Dawkins would far rather have dealings with an honest-to-God ...

Druvius comments on Aug 17, 2019:

Thanks for reinforcing my low opinion of Dawkins.

Insane to think that there's a cat that's been around almost as long as I have! ...

Druvius comments on Aug 17, 2019:

I met a 31 year old cat once. Skin and bones, didn't do much, but still liked to sleep in the sun. It's muzzle had gone white like one sees on old dogs, only time I ever saw that on a cat.

Most thinking people are now only too aware (that) we must curb pollution and find new, clean ...

Druvius comments on Aug 17, 2019:

The technology is already here and just getting better. Unless the political clout of the oil/coal industry is overcome somehow, change will be too little too late. :(

Officials horrified after first graders get ahold of gun meant to protect school against mass ...

Druvius comments on Aug 16, 2019:

Yes, this sort of incident was going to be vastly more common than fantasies about teacher's going Dirty Harry. Sooner or later something like this won't end so benignly.

July was hottest month on record. [thinkprogress.org]

Druvius comments on Aug 16, 2019:

And this is just the beginning.

Gun control perspective

Druvius comments on Aug 15, 2019:

The first sentence is a steaming pile of straw man hooey on several levels. Sadly this is passes for "logic" in some circles these days.

“If the red shifts are a Doppler shift .

Druvius comments on Aug 15, 2019:

Interesting quote from a historical perspective.

Do you think sociopaths and psychopaths can't really help their actions since they didn't really ...

Druvius comments on Aug 14, 2019:

Yes, by middle age about a third of true sociopaths/psychopaths are living more or less normal lives. Some of them even study psychology to learn how to mimic normal emotions. All because they figured out that having friends/family/career in the long run is a much better deal than screwing over everyone they meet for short term gain. (The other 2/3 rds are mostly dead or in jail.) It is a terrible mental pathology, "madness without delusion" as first described. But yes, except when they are blinded by rage, they are as in control as other people, possibly even more so.

Have scientists proved the Big Bang did not happen? [youtu.be]

Druvius comments on Aug 14, 2019:

No.

Created a cat shelf for buttercup I think it pleases her

Druvius comments on Aug 13, 2019:

Most cats enjoy an elevated perch, kudos!

What are the non-negotiable claims of the Christian?

Druvius comments on Aug 13, 2019:

There are over 40,000 Christian denominations and countless millions of individual interpretation of Christ's message. The only thing they all have in common is that their faith is centered on Jesus. Maybe in your branch of Christianity those demands are dogma, but they don't apply to all Christians. None of your claims are scientifically testable, so science can't address them. What science can say is that evidence for supernatural influence on reality is essentially nil. God bless!

Difficult to imagine. Probably true.

Druvius comments on Aug 12, 2019:

Applies to all the mainstream news.

There's 'no way' Epstein killed himself: Former MCC inmate

Druvius comments on Aug 12, 2019:

The people cashing in on the Epstein's death conspiracy trope if lined up would reach to the moon. People can and have killed themselves in all sorts of creative ways, it's entirely possible his death was simply a suicide.

The biblical "god" is merely a manifestation of the violent, male-dominant, hunter-killer left ...

Druvius comments on Aug 11, 2019:

The overwhelming majority of human on human violence is by males. There are no female Ted Bundys. Virtually all of history's "Hitlers" have been male. This doesn't mean all men are evil, it means all men should acknowledge this and try to be part of the solution. Because not acknowledging it is part of the problem.

Maya more warlike than previously thought: Evidence of extreme warfare from Classic period disputes ...

Druvius comments on Aug 11, 2019:

Humans are humans. Due to quirks in how our brains evolved, it's not unusual for large groups of people to do things that by any rational standard are ghastly. Our only hope is that there have always been people who said "Wait, we can't do that! It's wrong!"

Mike Pence Wants Creationism Taught In Public Schools | Michael Stone

Druvius comments on Aug 11, 2019:

For one thing, he's not an idiot. He is in fact a shrewd and clever mofo, far more dangerous than Trump. As for how he got elected, long story, but Reagan ending the Fairness Doctrine was the thing that allowed things like Faux News and Rush Limbaugh to thrive. Add that to the Evangelicals getting home schooling be OK for anyone, so a whole generation of kids got raised on Creationism and science denial, and here we are. A Democratic party who sold their souls to big business and stood by doing nothing hasn't helped.

Vox.

Druvius comments on Aug 11, 2019:

Colonialism, the gift that keeps on giving. When India was partitioned into India and Pakistan, by all rights Kashmir should have gone with Pakistan, being a Muslim majority state. Wanting to gain favor with the new nation of India, the British conspired with the nominal Hindu leader of Kashmir to bring Kashmir into India. Not giving a crap then or now what the people of Kashmir want, and of course not allowing them to even hold a referendum.

A friend of mine posted this on Facebook.

Druvius comments on Aug 10, 2019:

He wasn't on suicide watch, and the suicide rate for prisoners is 1.5 to 2 times the rate for the general population. So much for suicide in prisons being difficult. Until EVIDENCE of anything other than a perfectly normal suicide is presented, it's just a suicide. He certainly wouldn't be the first person to kill themselves rather than face the music.

Can you logically be both a White Supremacist and a Christian?

Druvius comments on Aug 10, 2019:

Sure, why not? Otherwise you're just making a no true Scotsman argument. A pretty messed up Christian I'd say though.

Isn’t there clear evidence that the supreme something that created the universe is an unjust ...

Druvius comments on Aug 9, 2019:

The God of the OT is the equivalent of a disturbed 3 year old. Supernatural claptrap aside, if the Universe was designed by a supreme being, their creation is implacably, remorselessly, fair. The laws of the universe it created are utterly inviolate.

Would you still be friends with a person who ended up becoming a huge Trump supporter?

Druvius comments on Aug 9, 2019:

One of my oldest best friends has gone all the way down the Trump/Alex Jones/Rush Limbaugh rathole. Now that trump's policies are actually hurting people I know, I find I really have no interest in remaining friends with him. Differences of opinion are one thing, people getting hurt is another. :(

Interesting business model, like the guy who invented a product that you pay money for at the ...

Druvius comments on Aug 9, 2019:

The "work for me now, I'll reward you after you're dead" model is still the ultimate business model. :)

Something people could learn from vets

Druvius comments on Aug 9, 2019:

I was a raging bigot before I served. I pretty quickly learned that someone's skin color (not to mention social class) told you nothing about what kind of person they were. Granted not everyone had my experience, nonetheless this social leveling is one of many reasons why we should bring back the draft.

The Boy Crisis::: Nearly all white mass shooters are from FATHERLESS homes: [youtube.com]

Druvius comments on Aug 8, 2019:

As soon as I read the title, knew it was garbage. Even five minutes on Google shows it is garbage.

[friendlyatheist.

Druvius comments on Aug 8, 2019:

One of the things that's just nucking futz about this is that decades ago a solution to the problem was at hand. A friend's troop I know implemented it. It's an unbreakable rule that there must always be two adults present, boys must never be alone with a single scout leader. Frankly there's a lot of institutions that should abide by this rule, maybe all institutions where adults interact with children.