Board 8 > Politics Containment Topic 170: The Title Doesn't Matter

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redrocket
04/27/18 1:43:56 PM
#452:


Nelson_Mandela posted...
The Mana Sword posted...
So I guess the Korean War is finally ending later this year. Never thought that would actually happen.

IB no one gives Trump (and his volatility) credit for this


How exactly did Trump cause this?
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Jakyl25
04/27/18 1:54:17 PM
#453:


We need to stop fighting or this maniac will nuke you and he might not know which country is which
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EmDubyaSee
04/27/18 1:56:23 PM
#454:


redrocket posted...
Nelson_Mandela posted...
The Mana Sword posted...
So I guess the Korean War is finally ending later this year. Never thought that would actually happen.

IB no one gives Trump (and his volatility) credit for this


How exactly did Trump cause this?


Here's a more fair question....

How did he NOT?...
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TheRock1525
04/27/18 1:58:11 PM
#455:


EmDubyaSee posted...
redrocket posted...
Nelson_Mandela posted...
The Mana Sword posted...
So I guess the Korean War is finally ending later this year. Never thought that would actually happen.

IB no one gives Trump (and his volatility) credit for this


How exactly did Trump cause this?


Here's a more fair question....

How did he NOT?...


did trump cause north korea to blow up their own testing and development site?
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Nelson_Mandela
04/27/18 1:58:35 PM
#456:


redrocket posted...
Nelson_Mandela posted...
The Mana Sword posted...
So I guess the Korean War is finally ending later this year. Never thought that would actually happen.

IB no one gives Trump (and his volatility) credit for this


How exactly did Trump cause this?

Pressured China to pressure North Korea.

I am in no way in support of the general Trump foreign policy but I call em like I see em. Trump and the US just precipitated the end of the Korean War.
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Espeon
04/27/18 1:59:14 PM
#457:


EmDubyaSee posted...
redrocket posted...
Nelson_Mandela posted...
The Mana Sword posted...
So I guess the Korean War is finally ending later this year. Never thought that would actually happen.

IB no one gives Trump (and his volatility) credit for this


How exactly did Trump cause this?


Here's a more fair question....

How did he NOT?...


I mean, unless you think its a GOOD thing that Trumps incendiary rhetoric made NK rev up their nuclear weapons testing, which led to their testing facility getting fucked up and defanging the only real threat they had going for them...
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The Mana Sword
04/27/18 2:00:23 PM
#458:


I'm more inclined to give Moon most of the credit, but whatever.
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UInstinctGogeta
04/27/18 2:01:37 PM
#459:


Espeon posted...
EmDubyaSee posted...
redrocket posted...
Nelson_Mandela posted...
The Mana Sword posted...
So I guess the Korean War is finally ending later this year. Never thought that would actually happen.

IB no one gives Trump (and his volatility) credit for this


How exactly did Trump cause this?


Here's a more fair question....

How did he NOT?...


I mean, unless you think its a GOOD thing that Trumps incendiary rhetoric made NK rev up their nuclear weapons testing, which led to their testing facility getting fucked up and defanging the only real threat they had going for them...


Do you somehow deny that wasnt Trumps doing?
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Not_an_Owl
04/27/18 2:07:36 PM
#460:


I think it's certainly possible Trump had something to do with the (apparent) resolution in Korea. The NK regime really, really doesn't want a U.S. invasion and with Trump in office they're no longer confident that it won't happen. I think that fear (together with the collapse of their nuclear testing site and some degree of Chinese influence) is probably what's driving them here.
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Espeon
04/27/18 2:07:42 PM
#461:


UInstinctGogeta posted...
Espeon posted...
EmDubyaSee posted...
redrocket posted...
Nelson_Mandela posted...
The Mana Sword posted...
So I guess the Korean War is finally ending later this year. Never thought that would actually happen.

IB no one gives Trump (and his volatility) credit for this


How exactly did Trump cause this?


Here's a more fair question....

How did he NOT?...


I mean, unless you think its a GOOD thing that Trumps incendiary rhetoric made NK rev up their nuclear weapons testing, which led to their testing facility getting fucked up and defanging the only real threat they had going for them...


Do you somehow deny that wasnt Trumps doing?


Do you somehow deny that, if not for sheer dumb luck in NK fucking up their own testing facility, Trumps actions accomplished nothing other than egging on an irrational madman with a penchant for firing missiles at our allies?
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banananor
04/27/18 2:11:30 PM
#462:


hey, if the korean war finally ends in a good way i don't care who takes the credit

obviously people laid the foundation in the past and people are executing in the present

taking responsibility for the good and bad things that happen under your watch is important
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Jakyl25
04/27/18 2:12:46 PM
#464:


Wrong topic Yo
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CaptainOfCrush
04/27/18 2:29:05 PM
#465:


The topic titles look so similar to me! Oh well, happy to have been on the same wavelength with you (just later... and in the wrong topic).
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charmander6000
04/27/18 2:50:23 PM
#466:


There's a range of reasons for North Korea potentially changing position. Trump obviously gets some credit, but so do other people/nations/organizations.
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Eddv
04/27/18 2:52:24 PM
#467:


The North Korean economy tanking because of conditional changes in China should get most of the credit but everyone likes assigning credit to politicians for some reason
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LordoftheMorons
04/27/18 3:51:34 PM
#468:


Trump being a fucking lunatic very well might have been a significant factor here, but I think it's also something that increases the probability of war. In this case we may have lucked out and have gotten a good outcome, but I'm very skeptical that the expected value of the madman strategy is positive (especially since the worst case scenario is very, very bad, so increasing the odds even a little is very dangerous).
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Mr Lasastryke
04/27/18 5:49:25 PM
#469:


eh, the korean war ending... i'll believe it when i see it.

seems kind of premature to go "OMG NOBODY IS GIVING TRUMP CREDIT FOR THIS" when it hasn't fucking happened yet.
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LordoftheMorons
04/27/18 5:56:18 PM
#470:


That's true as well. It's very possible that nothing actually ends up being accomplished here.
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BowserCuffs
04/27/18 6:13:54 PM
#471:


The thing about politics is everything is posturing until actions of consequence are taken.

There's also the fact that North Korea will probably still be a dystopian hellhole even after peace is made.
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Jakyl25
04/27/18 10:51:47 PM
#472:


From WaPo:

A federal judge on Friday granted Michael Cohens request for a delay in a lawsuit brought against him by porn star Stormy Daniels, saying it appeared likely Cohen will be indicted in a related criminal investigation


Does this tell us anything we didnt already know?
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HaRRicH
04/28/18 12:24:23 AM
#473:


4/27/2018
TWITTER - Josh Lederman (AP)

Attribution is a bear - the only unredacted words on this page of the House Russia report https://t.co/wLyVW33OFb

*PICTURE OF REDACTED PAGE*

https://twitter.com/joshledermanAP/status/989869246862766080?s=19


*eyes squint*
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kevwaffles
04/28/18 1:01:30 AM
#474:


HaRRicH posted...
4/27/2018
TWITTER - Josh Lederman (AP)

Attribution is a bear - the only unredacted words on this page of the House Russia report https://t.co/wLyVW33OFb

*PICTURE OF REDACTED PAGE*

https://twitter.com/joshledermanAP/status/989869246862766080?s=19


*eyes squint*

The paragraphs above and below are marked unclassified and they're still redacted. It's like, why even release it?
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LinkMarioSamus
04/28/18 6:24:54 AM
#475:


And yet anti-liberal attitudes are so prevalent people still prefer Trump as POTUS over most anyone else.
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Kenri
04/28/18 12:36:59 PM
#476:


http://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/385248-seattle-officials-file-motion-to-vacate-marijuana-convictions

Some rare good news! Hopefully it becomes a trend nation-wide.
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Corrik
04/28/18 12:40:39 PM
#477:


Fail to see how that is "good" news, but okay.
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Kenri
04/28/18 12:43:38 PM
#478:


Corrik posted...
Fail to see how that is "good" news

Shocking.
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Dancedreamer
04/28/18 12:52:43 PM
#479:


Corrik posted...
Fail to see how that is "good" news, but okay.


It's good news because people who went to jail over possessing a plant will be released.
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Corrik
04/28/18 12:55:38 PM
#480:


Dancedreamer posted...
Corrik posted...
Fail to see how that is "good" news, but okay.


It's good news because people who went to jail over possessing a plant will be released.

How is that "good" news? At the very least, it is people who went to jail because they broke the law and were punished according to the laws which were established beforehand.

I could see being indifferent to it because you disagree with the law or so on. But, to see it as "good"? Seems weird to me.
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Inviso
04/28/18 12:58:03 PM
#481:


Corrik posted...
Dancedreamer posted...
Corrik posted...
Fail to see how that is "good" news, but okay.


It's good news because people who went to jail over possessing a plant will be released.

How is that "good" news? At the very least, it is people who went to jail because they broke the law and were punished according to the laws which were established beforehand.

I could see being indifferent to it because you disagree with the law or so on. But, to see it as "good"? Seems weird to me.


If a law was created in bad faith and said law is being challenged across the country, then yes, it's a good thing to free people sentenced (and sentenced to inordinate lengths of time) under the restrictions of that bad faith law.
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Dancedreamer
04/28/18 12:59:06 PM
#482:


Corrik posted...
I could see being indifferent to it because you disagree with the law or so on. But, to see it as "good"? Seems weird to me.


If John goes to jail for a murder he didn't commit, and he's released--you don't see his release as a good thing?
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JeffreyRaze
04/28/18 1:00:37 PM
#483:


Assume someone disagrees with the law and sit at neutral. Then ignoring all moral arguments, you save 32k-ish tax dollars per inmate released. Neutral and a positive make a positive.
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Kenri
04/28/18 1:03:00 PM
#484:


Y'all really, really don't have to do this argument, we could be talking about the end of slavery and Corrik would be like, "they were enslaved legally... I just don't get how it's a good thing." It's not worth it.
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Jakyl25
04/28/18 1:03:20 PM
#485:


Corrik posted...

How is that "good" news? At the very least, it is people who went to jail because they broke the law and were punished according to the laws which were established beforehand.


And if those laws change, you still think the people imprisoned beforehand should serve out their original punishment instead of having it amended to what it would be today?

Is that justice to you? Why do you think its strange that people care about each other more than they care about arbitrary rules?
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Corrik
04/28/18 1:04:25 PM
#486:


Dancedreamer posted...
Corrik posted...
I could see being indifferent to it because you disagree with the law or so on. But, to see it as "good"? Seems weird to me.


If John goes to jail for a murder he didn't commit, and he's released--you don't see his release as a good thing?

That is the worst analogy to this I have ever heard.

The analogy would be if John went to jail for murder he DID commit and the law had clear repercussions for it. You wouldn't see his release as a good thing?

Like, this isn't for people who were falsely convicted. This is for people who did an illegal crime and were justly (I assume) convicted. Your analogy is way different.
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Jakyl25
04/28/18 1:06:17 PM
#487:


Kenri posted...
Y'all really, really don't have to do this argument, we could be talking about the end of slavery and Corrik would be like, "they were enslaved legally... I just don't get how it's a good thing." It's not worth it.


*Dictatorship is overthrown*

Corrik: The rebels who were imprisoned by the oppressive regime should still serve out their sentences under the new regime they were fighting to establish.
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HaRRicH
04/28/18 1:06:33 PM
#488:


Some laws are subjectively and perhaps objectively worth maintaining the punishment for people who previously broke the laws in question before they were no longer laws.

This is one I'm pleased to see go more sympathetically.

Good on Seattle (and California passed a variation of this too at the beginning of the year, so more broadly good on the west coast).
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Corrik
04/28/18 1:07:37 PM
#489:


Jakyl25 posted...
Corrik posted...

How is that "good" news? At the very least, it is people who went to jail because they broke the law and were punished according to the laws which were established beforehand.


And if those laws change, you still think the people imprisoned beforehand should serve out their original punishment instead of having it amended to what it would be today?

Is that justice to you? Why do you think its strange that people care about each other more than they care about arbitrary rules?

If the age of consent is 18, and a 40 year old sleeps with a 17 year old and is convicted for statutory rape. Then the state changes the age of consent to 17. Do you think that person should be released?

The point is that it was Illegal when you did it and you knowing the repercussions, still chose to do it.

I mean, are you going to argue that the person in question there did not commit a crime?

And, if they did commit a crime, there are repercussions for them.
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Corrik
04/28/18 1:08:54 PM
#490:


I personally think the correct response should be indifference. I don't see how it could ever be a good thing.
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Jakyl25
04/28/18 1:09:23 PM
#491:


Corrik posted...

If the age of consent is 18, and a 40 year old sleeps with a 17 year old and is convicted for statutory rape. Then the state changes the age of consent to 17. Do you think that person should be released?


Of fucking course they should be! What the fuck?!?!
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Jakyl25
04/28/18 1:10:34 PM
#492:


Corrik posted...
I personally think the correct response should be indifference. I don't see how it could ever be a good thing.


Because I dont like it when people are imprisoned unless they have to be because they are dangerous
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EmDubyaSee
04/28/18 1:10:49 PM
#493:


Jakyl25 posted...
Corrik posted...

If the age of consent is 18, and a 40 year old sleeps with a 17 year old and is convicted for statutory rape. Then the state changes the age of consent to 17. Do you think that person should be released?


Of fucking course they should be! What the fuck?!?!


No they shouldn't be....

But this is about a plant right now.

I can't imange how heartless someone would have to be to say on something like weed we should maintain punishment .
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Corrik
04/28/18 1:13:10 PM
#494:


Jakyl25 posted...
Corrik posted...

If the age of consent is 18, and a 40 year old sleeps with a 17 year old and is convicted for statutory rape. Then the state changes the age of consent to 17. Do you think that person should be released?


Of fucking course they should be! What the fuck?!?!

You (in this topic)argued that Moore was a "pedophile", should not be allowed in office, and is a piece of shit who should be in jail because he might have slept with girls ages 17 and 16 when the age of consent in Alabama is 16.

= / lol

Now because it isn't front of you, you are arguing a convicted sex offender should be released, taken off the registry, and so on because the law he knowingly broke was changed later for whatever reason.

*rolls eyes*

I can see offenders in states everywhere seeing this and trying to amend their sentences. Laws change all the times, including changes to mandatory mins, fines, etc. You are always punished based upon the laws that were in effect at the time of your crime.
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Jakyl25
04/28/18 1:13:49 PM
#495:


EmDubyaSee posted...
I can't imange how heartless someone would have to be to say on something like weed we should maintain punishment .


Fucking MWC is correctly calling someone else heartless

As good a place to end the topic as any
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Corrik
04/28/18 1:16:16 PM
#496:


It's not heartless. It is a crime. They chose to commit it. Pretty much how the legal process works. If the punishments have no weight, then the laws have no weight.
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Dancedreamer
04/28/18 1:16:20 PM
#497:


I think you mean "14 year old"
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Corrik
04/28/18 1:16:49 PM
#498:


Dancedreamer posted...
I think you mean "14 year old"

I meant what I said.
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EmDubyaSee
04/28/18 1:17:14 PM
#499:


Jakyl25 posted...
EmDubyaSee posted...
I can't imange how heartless someone would have to be to say on something like weed we should maintain punishment .


Fucking MWC is correctly calling someone else heartless

As good a place to end the topic as any


I just wanted to say I loved the Title of this topic so much, I was trying to steal it for the wrestling one, verbatim, and it would have a totally different meaning...
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Corrik
04/28/18 1:17:38 PM
#500:


Go Heels
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