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IntronExon

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    Comment #16540409

    That isn’t really an option though, is it? You can live by their rules on the streets, or live with a much more stringent set of rules in prison.

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    Comment #16534177

    I’m asking a question you seem unwilling to answer. You invoked national security as a motivation to stay on the cutting edge of military science. I’m asking just what your definit…

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    Comment #16534142

    There's also an argument to be made that remaining on the cutting edge of military science is a form of national security. Your words, I’m asking who’s security? Our security while…

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    Comment #16534138

    https://www.globalresearch.ca/us-has-killed-more-than-20-mil... That’s tens of millions, and I’m being generous in ignoring how you’ve moved the goalposts. Your thesis is simply un…

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    Comment #16534089

    How many thermonuclear weapons do we need to be secure? Secure from what? Invasion? No one is invading a nuclear power.

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    Comment #16534084

    Oh for sure, you can get much more bang for your buck out of a swarm of MIRV’ed ICBMs carrying megatons of hydrogen bombs than bayonets and muskets. I mean, just try ignoring inter…

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    Comment #16534029

    The word used is “outraged” and not “surprised” though. I think that’s more than just a semantic point. In fact there is no mention of surprise in the article. I think that’s a rea…

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    Comment #16534015

    While those camps were morally reprehensible and constitutionally indefensible, the goal was not to kill people. Can we at least agree that the whole , “A secret court has ordered …

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    Comment #16533717

    https://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/24/world/asia/drone-strikes-... https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2014/nov/24/-sp-us-drone... Whatever you think of civilian deaths, don’t forget …

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    Comment #16533352

    Absolutely, but my point is that the cost is reasonable, the wages are not, and that implies a fix. Moreover, the fix doesn’t lie with Patagonia. Even more, if the true cost of thi…

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    Comment #16533347

    Maybe the real difference is that some of us lack the empathy and imagination to consider the plight of some poor bastardized having their wedding, school, or hospital drone-strike…

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    Comment #16533314

    That sounds like a problem with depressed wages, not the price of the coat.

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    Comment #16533196

    For values or “us” which are nuclear powers and their close allies. Of course if “thanks to technology” we end up destroying ourselves with nuclear weapons, climate change, or some…

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    Comment #16533172

    Not a problem, I was wrong and appreciate the feedback.

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