Chairchucker

Ah, I assumed that it would be relatively uncontroversial amongst most people here that the USA was founded in racism and that there is still a great deal of systemic and unconscious racism, (as well as overt and incidental racism) but more fool me I guess, turns out we're not all on the same page. Hey here's some real statistic evidence of systemic racism https://www.thinkstatistically.com/post/is-there-evidence-of-systemic-racism-in-the-u-s Not sure if you genuinely think any of your counterpoints have any value? They really don't. Seriously, one of your examples of evidence that the USA can't possibly have systemic racism, is that people are fleeing to the USA as opposed to freaking CHINA? While we're at it, why not ask why they don't migrate to North Korea?

Ah, so it is bad to teach about systemic inequality because of the measures people might take to address it?

I've read bits of it but dang it is long. I have noticed that while it may refer to 'Critical Race Theory', it seems to also reference discrimination experienced by women. In any case, what is the specific nature of the objection people have to this being taught?

Does anyone have any resources about the CRT thing? I've only seen brief snippets about it which have given me the impression that anyone opposed to it is either misinformed, or one of those 'You know who talks about race? RACISTS!' idiots who think that acknowledging the racist history of the USA and the flow on effects this has had is somehow a bad thing.

With this purchase, Obsidian is not going bankrupt and having to lay off a bunch more staff. The Microsoft acquisition of Obsidian isn't the reason Obsidian aren't currently looking to make PoE3. JE Sawyer has been relatively open that in his opinion there is likely not a high chance of a PoE3 at this stage simply because PoE2 wasn't nearly as successful as they'd hoped. https://jesawyer.tumblr.com/post/669770197986590720/hi-josh-hope-youre-doing-great-world-of-eora

Elan of the Houndhearts is the worst. Every time I restart I like him less. What a self righteous jackass. He is probably my least favourite character.

Sure, the chance of any one specific person spreading the virus is relatively remote, but we don't make exceptions for the rest of the population that want to travel.

Well let's look at a few aspects of the context. Djokavic claimed to have gotten a positive test on 16 December. He also ticked 'no' on the question 'Have you travelled or will you travel in the 14 days prior to your flight to Australia?' Despite Serbia's rules requiring 14 days of isolation: On 17 December he attended a ceremony unveiling a stamp in his honour (he claims that he hadn't yet seen the positive result at this point) On 18 December he attended an interview and photoshoot in Belgrade (he admits that he had seen the positive test result but decided to go anyway because he'd made a commitment) On 25 December he was pictured on the streets of Belgrade. (This was after a 22 December negative test, but within the 14 days in which he claimed not to have travelled.) Meanwhile, we've got people who have been in a detention centre for up to 12 years for the crime of fleeing persecution or war or whatever. Yes, I think our Government is unfair, but crucially, NOT TO DJOKAVIC. Not even one iota. He is a lying, manipulative jerk, I'm glad he's getting kicked out. Don't waste your sympathy on Djokavic, there are more deserving recipients.

I assume that first line was sarcasm, as you know that both of us think it is cool and good that Djokavic is getting deported.

Started again, again. Decided to play on Core, see if I can manage. (I'm usually on normal to escape Owlcat's shenanigans.) I'm actually doing OK. Helps that I know exactly where to go in the first act, and how to cheese myself some extra XP using 'only active party members gain XP' until I get a full party. Current character is a two handed fighter going full into elven curve blade. Gonna go trickster and unlock all the absurd trickster feats.

The Eternals came out on Disney Plus this week so now I've seen it. Rather enjoyed it actually.

Re: Djokavic; boot him. The process that led to his initial visa cancellation may have been flawed, but there is still ample reason (i.e., him being a lying jerk) to deny it a second go round. Re: socialism/capitalism etc, I think while the terms are useful in terms of a shorthand description of certain policies, they can also be a hindrance, in that people will just play word association bingo and go 'oh that particular policy used the key word 'social', it must be socialism and therefore bad', instead of considering the policies on their merits and examining how they've fared when they've been used elsewhere.

Hating our politicians is what we do best.

No movie ever has 'needed' to be made, and there are whole categories of movies for which the purpose is 'make money'.

Personally, I've never made a merc and I never will.

Yeah, you've touched on something there relevant to our own system. People have been in our system for, as I understand it, as long as 12 years. Perhaps it really is impossible to extradite their legal cases or whatever it is quicker than that. If that is really the case, it then becomes our responsibility to not place people in lodgings where they start to see suicide as a preferable alternative. Especially when we put them in off shore detention so that we can then claim that since they're not on Australian soil when human rights abuses get committed against them, it's not Australia's problem. Also, fun fact, it would be cheaper to just build houses and feed them in Australia. We're paying extra for the bonus of torturing them.

Gotta be honest, I've kinda gone off Ember. Now Daeran is my best friend. (Plus he bought me roses, and sometimes a girl likes to be wooed.)

Honestly I'd never heard that specific requirement to qualify as a 'concentration camp'. It seems kinda dumb and arbitrary. Nazi death camps probably followed German law at the time. I remember reading at some point that it was the Nazis who referred to theirs as 'concentration camps', to conceal the fact that they were frequently death camps. I would've just used the criteria, "Are they cramming a bunch of people into an uncomfortably small living space? Cool that's a high concentration of people, hence 'concentration camp'." That said I'm not aware that, generally speaking, any of the inmates of these detention centres have been charged with anything, so the rest of the definition that Dan Stone has offered seems to fit. A later definition offered in that same article is, "A camp where persons are confined, usually without hearings and typically under harsh conditions, often as a result of their membership in a group which the government has identified as dangerous or undesirable." Yep, they're cramped, they haven't been charged with anything, the conditions are harsh enough that a number of suicide attempts have occurred, the government frequently hides behind the shield of 'they could be terrorists' so the 'identified as dangerous or undesirable' fits. I know some object to the use of the term 'concentration camp' because of the most infamous examples being the Nazi Death Camps, and so it might seem like an 'emotionally charged' term or something like that. I kind of understand that, but on the other hand we have people who have been held without charge for a decade, we have people on our offshore detainment centres in particular who have been physically and sexually abused, we have people who have tried to take their own life because of how bad the situation is, so frankly my position is to use the emotionally charged term, and if someone's issue with the whole situation is that we're using a term that is 'too emotionally charged', immediately stop caring about that person's opinion. EDIT: Side note, politicians on both sides frequently refer to harsh measures taken against refugees as a 'deterrent'. My personal position is that if you see people getting into a leaky boat to escape a horrible situation, and your policy is 'let's treat them badly enough to make people prefer the awful situation they're trying to escape', maybe you're just a wretched human being.

There is, IMO, no reason for that character to survive until act 4 in any good aligned run.

Yeah, Australian politics really would improve immeasurably if someone sprinkled holy water on Rupert's coffin.

There's probs a few different ways to accurately describe them.

The Djokavic situation is interesting, not because there's anything remotely sympathetic about Novak's plight, screw that guy, I hope he gets kicked out, but because his detention at the same place a bunch of people have been detained for like a decade for the crime of trying to not get murdered in their home country has highlighted their plight. A bunch of his fans went down to protest on his behalf and realised his plight was not the biggest deal.

Yeah I'm not sure Emily Blunt's capable of making a bad movie TBH. No one should feel any obligation to prove me wrong.

Past Chairchucker was alternately a rude jerk and fine, actually. Some of my old posts make me want to delete everything before 2010, some of my old posts make me think 'nope, past me was great'. In more MOVIE related news, The Eternals comes to Disney+ this week. It got mixed enough reviews to make me not bother with the cinema experience, but I'm sure gonna watch it since I'm already paying for the subscription.