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@Gabriel Martin. “ Not sure you want to bring into focus Catholicism's history on the blood of innocents..” Go for it. I’ll defend the sins of Rome against the depravities of any o…

One minor quip “ The crimes committed there were not different than the ones committed in Europe between Europeans.” Just over 100 years ago Belgians were “harvesting” the right ar…

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Or forget that liberalism has its roots in Spain centuries before similar ideas are found elsewhere.

They weren't killed, they died of diseases. As we see today with the pandemic, the respiratory illnesses were unstoppable, so you cant ascribe guilt through some assumed knowledge …

Let me give you another opportunity. While you’re at it, care to expound a little more than “reframing”? Did those laws not exist? Did they not grant rights unheard of in the 16th …

Law of Burgos 1512 Sublimis Deus 1537 Pastorale Officium 1537 New Laws 1542 Laws of Spain, or of Roman Christendom, declaring that America belongs to Americans (ie natives) and tha…

Having added a timeline (point 1), I’ll agree - dog breeding today appears to me, a non-expert, barbaric. So, two people on the internet have agreed! Let’s put aside jewelry and lu…

“ Sarcasm is a perfectly valid rhetorical device. If you find it rude, I apologize.” Its perfectly valid rhetorical device, a needlessly aggressive one that is good at putting down…

I dont support government support for the arts. At least not in a direct way like buying PPs for library. Should government buildings be beautiful and be tastefully decorated? Defi…

Again, sarcasm. Patek Phillipe is 180 years old. “Normal” people used to need mechanical watches to get to work on time until 40 years ago. Anyway, luxury goods don't have to justi…

1.“I don't believe you. It is pretty obvious someone would object to luxury cars and jewelry:” Let me revise, since I have met ppl like OP: Im so bewildered at this attitude that I…

OP spoke in generalities, and I answered in generalities with specific examples merely as illustrative aids. You just used sarcasm.

What’s obvious is economic misunderstanding. The resources “misallocated” in luxury goods motivate and teach us to make better mass goods. The car industry is a great example. luxu…

This seems like a judgement call from someone who doesn't understand any of the three topics and therefore sees only the negatives. As an example, dog breeding which I know least o…

Agreed 00000 is not black, but the reflection is not from the backing layer but from the transparent glass. if the glass’ reflection is greater than the emissivity of the actual sc…

Very interesting and true. Reminds me when my mom taught me that in oil paintings the “black” colour of a scene should be made by mixing all the colours used - there is information…

Ballistic doesn't mean space, it mean paraboloid trajectory. A baseball is ballistic. But I concede your point. Its pedantic though. The new missiles do have a shallow trajectory s…

The Russians new ICBM don't go to space and fly a “low” altitude trajectory to avoid ABM defences. including, it seems, these pebbles. Anyway, the Russians or the Chinese, if they …

No because it would couple the impact’s energy over a (much) larger area.

At GaTech there was a professor whose research included a suspension that could stop bullets. The idea was to make flexible body armor. It worked in the lab, but there was a proble…

Ketchup is non-Newtonian (shear thinning) as is corn starch suspension (shear thickening). Non-Newtonian liquids aren't rare. In fact, if we consider pure water to be a Newtonian f…

- HP products before Corina took over. Especially the HP-28s and HP-48GX Hp basically put a lisp machine into your hands. The 28 is better than the 48 except for I/O, battery door,…

The Bic pen is genius. Im a writing utensil snob, but I have but the greatest respect for the bic. When you need a indelible pen that will just work and not run. As long as I dont …

As a pencil enthusiast, I love the rotring 600. I have two. I also loved rotring’s Tikky 1 (not the subsequent ones) Other great pen/pencil: - Pentel Ortez. I have the 3 mm and, if…