You asked a question. Someone showed you the answer you sought was "No."
Just say thank you and move on. Don't double down and make yourself a jackass.
I'm generally against "sin taxes" but I have to admit that the $2 bump per pack after I quit smoking made it easier to not look back. It's now about $5 more (I think, I haven't actually looked for a while.)
After 18 years of smoking, I am glad I quit.
Unfortunately they don't actually state their reasoning. They just state what they told her while trying to reason with them to go to sleep.
You are probably right, but its just an assumption. In their position I would also be attempting to reason with them by reminding them of their existing relationship instead of "No, I don't want to rape you. You cannot consent."
That and they just stay there active, decades after the conflict. There are still minefields from decades old conflicts that kill/injure people today.
It's honestly no worse than dropping bombs on them. They don't have to deal with the explosive shock blowing out their ear drums either. It's way more escapable than sudden explosions happening all around you.
Besides.... if you invade a country you're down with death. A bunch of the soldiers use rape and attack civilians as well, so my concern for their well being dried up a long time ago.
That's actually not the problem with chemical weapons. Chemical weapons are banned due to their indiscriminate nature (being blown by the wind) and really the fact that it causes slow deaths over years. It's that it's tantamount to torture (which is also banned).
Blowing people's limbs off is considered A-OK as long as it's not done with land mines.
As a person with 3 cats, I get what you're saying. You're getting down voted, but we all know cats can devistate local wild life populations.
Rescuing them and making them indoor cats is the responsible thing to do, but I don't think any vegans would argue with that.
I think its after those establishing facts that the discussion is taking place.
I personally am not a fan of any breeding programs when there are so many cats and dogs available to rescue, but that's just me.
Eh, that's pretty metal. What I like about it is that it's not some chemical weapon that floats on the air to hiteveryone in the vicinity. You will see where you are hitting clearly because it's like a bright tracer round. And it'll cause more injuries than deaths.
You almost have a sporting chance to get away once it's started compared to the relatively sudden chaos of explosions.
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