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Benkei

['Moderator', 'Editors']Joined: October 21, 2015 at 07:13Last active: January 21, 2026 at 18:0838 discussions8101 comments
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Proved my superior awesomeness over Yahadreas by joining earlier. Twice.

Discussions (38)

Referendumb

October 23, 2024 at 09:47 8 comments The Symposium

Sanna Marin

August 22, 2022 at 18:26 157 comments Political Philosophy

Gosar and AOC

November 17, 2021 at 19:55 65 comments Political Philosophy

What is Law?

July 05, 2021 at 15:42 36 comments Political Philosophy

Party loyalty

August 19, 2016 at 07:33 20 comments Politics and Current Affairs

Nuclear Deterrent

November 09, 2015 at 15:51 14 comments Politics and Current Affairs

Refugees

October 22, 2015 at 08:05 26 comments Politics and Current Affairs

Mute Threads

October 21, 2015 at 13:18 3 comments Feedback

Comments

I should've led with this @"Tobias" https://www.youtube.com/shorts/gpdurWD8Hew
January 13, 2026 at 08:13
Well, that was super user friendly.
December 05, 2025 at 13:38
What a dumb equivocation. Are you really such an idiot you cannot tell the difference?
September 21, 2025 at 18:31
In: Iran War?  — view comment
It's not a strawman, it's rephrasing what you said. Anyhoo, enough on this. People can read and realise you don't know what you're talking about from ...
June 25, 2025 at 11:14
In: Iran War?  — view comment
If you want a theory to be taken seriously, it needs to be falsifiable. So your position is that the JCPOA was done for shits and giggles to make sure...
June 25, 2025 at 11:10
In: Iran War?  — view comment
That's one of them yes. The JCPOA does not align with your core theory that says letting Iran develop peacefully was never an option. If you want to c...
June 25, 2025 at 06:16
This is every reason why it's a good editor and first draft writer. Other than that, it has no role in anything.
June 25, 2025 at 06:10
In: Iran War?  — view comment
It's amazing how much stupidity you manages to pack in a few paragraphs. I've decided to engage it one last time; after this I'm done. Probably foreve...
June 25, 2025 at 06:02
I only use PM to gossip or talk about personal stuff.
June 24, 2025 at 18:39
Correct but I do go out of my way defining its key characteristics; so if there's someone out there calling something "radical individualism" but does...
June 24, 2025 at 18:34
Lol. If anything, Christiana is a functioning illustration of how liberty is sustained by shared norms, internal constraints and community accountabil...
June 24, 2025 at 18:31
In: Iran War?  — view comment
You realise you are not being fair right? You’re setting up a position that can’t really be challenged, because every shift in policy, whether engagem...
June 24, 2025 at 18:25
In: Iran War?  — view comment
Unsurprisingly, you bring no knowledge to the table. We are once again back at the "they bad, us good" myopic view of the world that brings us nothing...
June 24, 2025 at 18:19
In: Iran War?  — view comment
I already did twice. You are ignoring a lot of facts to reach your version of real politik interpretation. What we've seen that deny a consistent, lon...
June 24, 2025 at 06:53
In: Iran War?  — view comment
That has been luck. Read the IAEA reports and statements on attacking nuclear sites. No. Also, you're assuming a lot of things Iran supposedly says bu...
June 24, 2025 at 06:30
In: Iran War?  — view comment
Ostensibly for power generation. Possibly to gain a nuclear bomb. But even the latter doesn't give Israel and the US the right to bomb nuclear facilit...
June 24, 2025 at 06:03
In: Iran War?  — view comment
Again with the oversimplifications. Yes, Iran is a structural rival to US-aligned states and Israel. Yes, the US has often acted to constrain Iran. Bu...
June 24, 2025 at 06:00
In: Iran War?  — view comment
Ah yes... the "they're 2 weeks away from a bomb" for decades pre-emptive canard. The idea Iran would go so far as to actually drop a bomb on Israel ev...
June 24, 2025 at 05:55
In: Iran War?  — view comment
Every illegal attack, like the two we've recently witnessed, is an argument for them to pursue a nuclear bomb as that is the only weapon that truly ac...
June 24, 2025 at 05:30
In: Iran War?  — view comment
I don't agree with your more polemic statements. You might want to dial back on them to make it easier for others to charitably interpret them. That s...
June 23, 2025 at 14:21
In: Iran War?  — view comment
I'm not convinced it's as simple as applying the "proper lens." That phrase implies there’s one correct way to see things and that those who disagree ...
June 23, 2025 at 13:37
In: Iran War?  — view comment
Following Israel’s strike on Iran’s Natanz nuclear site, and now the US bombing of additional nuclear facilities, it’s worth asking whether anyone sti...
June 23, 2025 at 06:42
Dear Vera, thank you for having graced this forum. It was a better place because of it. On a personal note also thanks for reviews on my own writing. ...
June 22, 2025 at 19:20
In: Iran War?  — view comment
It's pretty insane they are bombing nuclear facilities accepting the risk of nuclear fallout.
June 22, 2025 at 15:15
The concern about strains on public services, like schools, is a reasonable one. Rapid demographic changes can place pressure on institutions that are...
June 20, 2025 at 13:23
In: Iran War?  — view comment
Yes, you've made it quite clear you don't understand double effect. It's not a stand alone concept. For people with a normal sense of morality, leveli...
June 20, 2025 at 05:07
You're welcome to add what the problem is you think should be solved. My "feel free to add" was an invitation to come up with reasons to support what ...
June 20, 2025 at 04:51
I've written two substantive posts and make reasonable conclusions. Idiot walks by and calls it "virtue signalling" without any argument. Thanks for p...
June 20, 2025 at 04:47
In: Iran War?  — view comment
What's also a war crime is targeting a nuclear, civilian facility. Reciprocity excuses Iran's attack under rules of conflict but humanitarian law has ...
June 19, 2025 at 21:04
Just imagine how tired I am of people denying it when the proof is in the pudding. Funny how only Latinos are targeted no?
June 19, 2025 at 14:41
Reply to a Donald Trump thread. What makes you say they haven't been enforced? Obama ~5.3 million 2009–2017 Trump 1 1.9–3.13 million 2017–2021 Biden >...
June 18, 2025 at 21:25
In: Bannings  — view comment
Banned unenlightened for being a broken record.
June 16, 2025 at 18:40
So your point is that he isn't a neo Nazi?
June 16, 2025 at 14:10
What fact are you disagreeing with? That Martin Sellner is a neo-Nazi? Or that the letters between the participants referred to a "master plan"?
June 16, 2025 at 12:49
There's nothing "secret nazis" about these identarian statements and policies or how the average AfD voter understands them. Are you even aware of wha...
June 16, 2025 at 12:14
Because this was groundbreaking commentary on actual facts. :roll:
June 16, 2025 at 10:08
:up:
June 16, 2025 at 10:06
They're openly fascist. Springer is in the Bundestag. But good to know you're ok with fascists. Explains a lot of your other posts.
June 16, 2025 at 10:03
What's childish and boring is pretending "their site" is the only source of information and pretending what they say and do has no relevance. There's ...
June 16, 2025 at 09:46
I had a very long time to draft the responses, because I started with them when the comments arose. Gave me time to shave away all the acerbic comment...
June 16, 2025 at 09:31
The fact you see no problem with remigration really says it all. As if it doesn't echo extremist and identitarian talking points of the (neo-)Nazis. L...
June 16, 2025 at 06:31
@"ucarr" @"Baden" @"Banno" @"Vera Mont" @"Amity" Thanks for reading and your kind words! Also particulary Vera and Amity for arguing my case better th...
June 16, 2025 at 06:08
No shit Sherlock. That one was easy! Had a hell of a time trying to cram my argument in 5000 words, the original when I was done was over 8000 words. ...
June 15, 2025 at 19:23
In: Iran War?  — view comment
Interesting that nobody has anything to say about the blatant breach of international law. There's no sensible interpretation that this was self defen...
June 15, 2025 at 06:45
In: Iran War?  — view comment
You don't have to go to war for it, just pass the BBB.
June 15, 2025 at 06:37
https://on.ft.com/4jN2FJr @"ssu" and so on...
June 15, 2025 at 05:55
Sonetimes it is. It's called civil disobedience and that can sometimes be a duty if a law is outrageous enough. I'd call it bad ethics to wait for oth...
June 13, 2025 at 06:43
What about the 14th Amendment and a child's right to be reared by both their parents? Looks very much like a right to family life. Especially where th...
June 12, 2025 at 21:30
help me out with what is the law in the USA here. No statutory limitations? No reasonable expectation that if a government doesn't deport you for x nu...
June 12, 2025 at 20:55
I asked perplexity.ai what the difference were in the Obama deportations and those of Trump. Interesting enough to post it: How is what Trump us doing...
June 12, 2025 at 17:13