Kepabar

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago

President has wide latitude in matters like this. Air strikes in this context are legal for him. He can even deploy troops as long as their deployment isn't longer then 60 days.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Because they can be slotted in to work existing machinery without retooling the entire plant.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I'm one of those older Trekkies who will complain about the aesthetic choices of the DSC sets.

My view is that there is a certain style with sci-fi shows of this nature that are part of their identity.

Large swings in design choices are very distracting to the point of being off putting to me unless there is good reason for it.

One thing I absolutely applaud Disney for is how they've managed to modernize but still keep the 70s aesthetics in their Star Wars shows. And I wish Trek had followed the same path.

[–] [email protected] -4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Yes, truth is a defense.

The grey area this law attempts to exploit is that terms like 'racist' have no absolute definition. The term can be used as a response to anything from 'i don't like Indian food' to 'Hilters views on the aryan race were right'.

Take the Indian food example. If you were you say that, and I called you a racist for it, is that a matter of opinion on my behalf or a fact that is the basis of a defamation suit?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Yeah, but I'm talking about if this happened to me when I was a kid.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Harry was a new ensign and they spent 7 years away.

Lt would probably have been the rank he would have had he had a 'normal' career at this point.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

In the era of social media it's become common for someone's racism views posted on their personal social media to get forwarded to their professional relationships (employer, clients) leading to fallout, for example.

This is an attempt at stifling that sort of thing. When this first started the people on the receiving end complained about 'freedom of speech'.

They where told freedom of speech isn't freedom of consequences.

This is Floridas attempt at getting rid of the consequences by silencing free speech, ironically.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I kinda would have been, but I had a dictionary at home so didn't use the library one much.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

A 16 year old can get emancipation from the court in Florida. Doing so would make it so parents or guardian would no longer have claim over any money earned.

That's the one decent argument for this law; an emancipated 16 year old needs the ability to work a full time job to support themselves as no one else is legally required to do so.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Essentially just the first season. The show was massively retooled after that because the executives felt the jokes went over people's heads.

Well, money wise that was probably a good plan. I can't see the show as it was in the first season running as long as the real show did or having the mass appeal it does.

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