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https://www.bbc.com/news/live/c206zm81z4gt It looks like they could have the killer of Kirk Im going to guess about why he did it and of course I could be wrong because I gave 5-6 different ideological motives in a previous post He will be mentally unstable and influenced by radical left ideology and he believed Kirk was destroying\dividing the US with his debates and views and had to be stopped

Most people and the general EU\NATO is much more concerned with provocative Russian actions, like sending drones into Poland, that could lead to war with Russia than conflicts in the ME like the Palestinian vs Israeli conflict Sorry to disappoint you, its just the reality of the consequences and its regional EU impact. Its not personal

Did you watch the video I posted earlier? You might personally think he was a bad debater but thats clearly not what the young people who use to debate him thought The young lady in the video says after about 8 minutes " Im having so much fun in this debate " I would assume the people who spent time debating Kirk who be the best ones to judge if he was a good debater?

Yes, it seems like a professional hit. Probably ex-military and he got away cleanly But Kirk had a certain way he engaged, he would debate in the open and outside at Universities in many cases So automatic doors wouldnt have helped in this case

Sure but thats the point Im trying to explain He didnt " own the Libs ", thats just the silly reference that people use on SM and thats part of the problem with the nature of this type of debate. People want to align with one side or another and not listen to what the other person is saying or how they make there points If you want to see how he interacted with young people and why they enjoyed engaging with him watch the video, the young women is a liberal and believes in women's rights\feminism in a very normal way and she asks excellent questions and makes good points and clearly is well informed Its only 15 minutes but it will give you a better understanding of Charlie Kirk and why he was popular amongst young people on both sides of the aisle

I dont know if they are stupid because he provided a platform and medium where students could engage on issues I cant recall many people shouting in the videos, people disagreed with him and then they debated certain points. The ones I watched were almost always the same, students asked him questions on his views and he clarified why he believed what he believed He was always calm and he use to listen but he generally made the same counter arguments on the issues that were raised Here is just one example, like I said I didnt watch hundreds of his debates but this is a good example of the nature of how he engaged and his belief in freedom of speech . Its only 15 minutes, the female student he is engaging is really well informed, disagrees with him and yet really enjoys the debate. This is the type of debate Kirk created and its lacking in most of our societies. Its not about who " won " or " lost ", both of them made good points (and again ignore the YT title, the actual debate is much more nuanced than that )

Yet dozens of students use to come out to debate him? I think its much better to encourage debate like this than to shut it down The YT titles are often sensationalized and stupid, " Kirk OWNS\Destroys Liberal\Woke student " but I use to ignore that and just listen to the debate He never use to "destroy " anyone, he made his points and then the students use to agree or disagree

Yes he did believe that, its not as insensitive as you suggesting and he clarified this on several occasions and he had ideas around how to reduce gun violence But he fundamentally believed in the 2nd Amendment Millions of Americans do and its unfortunate we conflate the rampant gun violence and its causes in the US with the right to bear arms

The Charlie Kirk killing is really unfortunate and sad , he had 2 young kids and its yet another example of the rampant gun violence in the US and how some extremists on the left and right believe the best solution if you disagree with someone politically is to kill them I watched several of his Campus debates and as usual with this type of commentator I agreed and disagreed with him on different topics But he was very good at engaging with young people and lots of young people on both sides of the political aisle use to debate him It will interesting to see who shot him when he is caught because it could be an extremist from any one of several groups because Kirk would have angered several different groups of people that could include anti-Israel group pro-Palestinian group BLM group Radical Left group Neo-Nazi group Mentally unbalanced person

Nothing surprises me around Russia's warmongering and provocations anymore but they denying it ...which is the normal response from Russia

Yes, this type of greed is not a good start to this game At the very least include all the clans in the vanilla game Charge for DLC once the game is out and confirmed to be worthwhile considering its tumultuous development history

I enjoyed Hogwarts, I dont remember any of that political ideology\commentary being significant in the overall narrative I never read the books but I watched all the movies and I thought they did an excellent job at creating the Hogwarts world with its lore It had lots of fun side activities like exploring Hogwarts, Merlin Trials, breeding animals and broom races and it provides a massive open-world to explore Spells make combat interesting and varied and I like the crafting where you do end up looking for ingredients And the Companion side quests are nuanced and interesting, like Sebastian's sister quest The enemies became monotonous, you can only kill so many poachers and Ashwinders but that wasnt enough to detract from the fun factor of the game

Im about 45 hours into Fallout 4 and my Life in Ruins mod collection and Im still loving it Outside of all the improvements this mod collection makes its hard to beat the fun of an open world and sandbox game that Bethesda ultimately excels in This mod collection makes the game harder around survival mechanics and especially the economy as I mentioned I have also added some new mods using MO2 and I have had mixed results. Some of them work and some dont but Im reluctant to start troubleshooting too much because I dont want to break the mod collection experience where everything works together in the list. Thats why you not suppose to add mods to a large mod collection So Im just leaving it, its not serious mods anyway. It was just some Romance and extra companion mods

@melkathi Melkie my stepmom is leaving tomorrow for a 30 day overseas holiday, 7 days in London and 3 weeks in Greece at Paxos and Corfu Have you been to these islands, anything you can recommend outside of the normal advertised tourist things?

I wish international waters were respected but its often not the case The Houthis have been targeting ships for 2 years now in international waters and you will find people who justify this criminality and support it

"Petroganda "

I use to sometimes follow the various Romance discussions when Bioware had official forums and I remember the whole " Tali sweat" debate It was just one thread on dozens through the years but it always seemed to get the most attention and criticism It was really just an example of an unusual topic that only some people participated in and yet the entire Bioware forum got labelled because of that in a negative way Now you have specialized forums where people discuss that type of content and ideas freely like LoversLab You just separate those topics from the official mod forums like Nexus and it works well That topic on Loverslab wouldn't bat an eyelid now

That does look good, I remember reading up on the narrative and its very interesting Not your standard Vampire game

Okay, you amongst friends here You can be honest, I also love those AI girls apps How much you really spend on handbags and shoes?

Protests in Democracies nowadays are not precursors to insurrections or civil wars to overthrow unjust or authoritarian states So its not the same as the reality of what caused the Boston Tea Party Protests are almost always about a law or societal reality or unhappiness with a failure around something that government is doing They not about overthrowing the government like we saw in the Arab Spring

Here is a more detailed gameplay video for Bloodlines 2, its 11 minutes and covers some more detailed mechanics like decapitating combat skills that certain clans have and different dialogue outcomes around your play style Its making the game look much better

Protests dont have even have to cause a stir like traffic disruptions to get a message across Many protests get live interviews and media attention which is very effective around what the protest is about And in South Africa many protests end up with a memorandum being handed over to some government representative at the end of the protest march Those are all constructive outcomes of protests

Of course, the idea of burning a flag is hypothetical because I know no one on this forum would burn a flag or be involved in criminal acts like looting and vandalism during a protest With the exception of @uuuhhiiwho clearly doesnt know that a protest can absolutely be peaceful and you dont have to break the law

Here is a quick 6 minute Bloodlines 2 gameplay video It seems okay, I will wait for final release to see how good this game really is. Im a little reassured but not much

How are things in Denmark, are you still enjoying it and spending time with family? Are you planning on staying, also how is your Danish? With you living abroad for so long can you still write and speak Danish fluently?