RattlerSix @ RattlerSix @lemmy.world

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They probably get every benefit once and every bill twice.

Doghouse, this is Beagle, and things really suck!

It's not on the list but I always wanted to be a knocker-upper

Oh man, I loved True Names, A Fire Upon The Deep and A Deepness In The Sky. I never got around to read ling the rest or his stuff but maybe it's time

Ok I think I get where you're coming from. It's membership in the nation group that makes it genocide. But that would make almost all war genocide. We could think that but it kinda takes away all meaning. If all war is genocide then no war is genocide.

It also ignores the second part of the definition, "with the aim of destroying that nation or group." That is a basic Google/dictionary definition and it's not bad but the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide defined it as "...acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group, as such."

First, there has to be intent. Second, "as such" means destroying the group so much that it is no longer a group.

US law isn't applicable but it is a little more clear.

USC 1091 defines genocide as "...specific intent to destroy, in whole or in substantial part, a national, ethnic, racial, or religious group as such."

USC 1093 defines the term “substantial part” to mean: "a part of a group of such numerical significance that the destruction or loss of that part would cause the destruction of the group as a viable entity within the nation of which such group is a part."

I believe they're both saying "destroy the group so hard it is no longer a viable group."

If nation group is the gauge, the question is: During WWII, did the US intend to destroy Germans so thoroughly that there was no longer a Germany? Did the US intend to destroy Iraqis so thoroughly that there ceased to be an entity called Iraq?

No to both of those.

Ba'athists aren't a nation or ethnic group either.

No not really. Just because we can put the enemy into a group doesn't make it genocide. Every war is fought against an enemy we can put into a group. The Germans in WWII were Christians. We weren't committing genocide against Christians.

The goal in Iraq was to change the people in power. We didn't target Ba'athists, we targeted those in power who happened to be Ba'athists. And if you recall, we did that in like 3 weeks and thought we were done. We didn't go around rounding up Ba'athists trying to eradicate them. We got them out of power and said "mission accomplished!"

Then it turns out a lot of people, Ba'athist and non-Ba'athist, didn't like us being there and it became a huge messy "us vs everybody."

Unfortunately, tardigrades love the bass and cello and hate violins so the only way to get a photo of one playing the violin would be to fake it somehow

I don't understand the idea of subjecting yourself to them long enough to get tired of them

At least they didn't try that with toilet paper

I keep plenty of scrap parts and supplies but the only "garbage" I tend to hang on to is large foam padding. I have one that I land the end of my kayak on when I'm getting it off my vehicle roof, one that's big enough to lay on when I'm working under a car and one that I put under heavy parts when working on the workbench. I have a small stack that I will throw away when I realize I'll never use them then slowly rebuild when I see one and think "I'll use that for something."

I work in an industry that uses razor blades and if OSHA comes in and finds one laying around it's an automatic fine ($500 last I heard but that was a decade ago). They make disposable jugs for used blades, we put the blades in and throw the jug away once it's full. So, basically, the same as your method. It seems to be the best anyone's came up with.

As someone who just finished a small electronic project where I couldn't find the perfect switches to save my life, I've sworn to save every switch I run across from now on

There's extra steps that have to be taken in order to serve food so they're probably officially classified as a restaurant

I saw a YouTube video where like 15 guys in some poor country rigged up a bicycle or something to power a projector that displayed a horrible picture of a movie onto the side of a stack of old tires. They were watching Tenet.

Of all the movies to watch that way..

I would have loved to see them be interviewed about it two hours later.

He's had it rough since he had to stop jacking off to M&Ms

I'll never understand their obsession with other people's genitals

Imagine if they actually spent time representing everyone instead of constantly picking a group and coming up with stupid ways to harass them.

That's funny :-)