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@teyvattabloid The problem is the board tells a different story because the queen can be protected. RxC2 saves the queen because taking it gives black a mate in 3. The board actually shows the fixation on taking the queen has destroyed white's defense. A more interesting point not made in game.

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@bxtchimaslub @GregBenage @jackofspuds Until modernity, a ruler anywhere was only legitimate if they were chosen by the divine or divine themselves. This is why the Romans saw Jesus's claim of divinity as a claim for secular power. You are applying a Christian understanding of divinity, alien to Rome, on Rome.

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@bxtchimaslub @GregBenage @jackofspuds Oh, so Augustus just gave Julius the honors expected of a king? That would be scandalous for a Republic, but it is a useful move to legitimize an emperor title foreign to Rome. I hope we're not stupid enough to believe this political ritual is the same as the major religious ones

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@bxtchimaslub @GregBenage @jackofspuds The living one, not the dead one. You only worship a god-king when they're alive, and then you switch to the new god-king when the previous one dies. Pagans only worship beings they believe can actually influence their lives, and dead gods can't.

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@GregBenage @jackofspuds His contemporaries also knew no one worship Prometheus because he was a failure of a god. The Christian notion that they should only worship a god who was killed by men is sacrilegious to the pagan mind, and a key reason they despised Christianity in a unique way.

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@Aella_Girl The big deal isn't that a human made such a sacrifice, but that God did. In other religions, humanity surve the gods and gods hold no responsibility to man. This argument is radioactive to Islam and Hinduism that both believe God could not love us so.

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@Anarseldain The GOP didn't choose anything. Vivek was forced on them by Trump and the Populous Right. Somehow, the Populous Right now believes the GOP somehow set everything up. Just admit you fell for an Indian scammer and move one. Lying about that just makes things worse.

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@GreeneMan6 Vivek has never been a part of American political leadership, and now we see why he has been excluded by the establishment. It's unfortunate that Trump's honor caused him to aid an honorless man, and now we're in a mess we voted for.

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@AJWhite47339434 @AydinPaladin Usury ended centuries. Debt slavery and debtor's prisons are no longer a thing. Bankruptcy on demand provides better protection than the Bible.

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@EinarPein @AydinPaladin You aren't punished if you don't have credit history, you just have neutral credit. You won't get the best deals available, but you won't be excluded either.

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@SAphram68254 @Lord_Hokage_PTS Men were expected to have mistresses, but the heir could only come from the official wife. A key reason Eris was fine with being the third wife is that she was able to produce the first son and declare that he was the heir without the other wives contesting.

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@bull_feath95552 @MrOvis2 He would have been killed by Voldemort if he did that. Lucius was expecting that Voldemort wasn't coming back, but he need to hedge in case Voldemort did. It was a prudent move that worked out well for him.

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@bull_feath95552 @MrOvis2 Lucius had to get rid of the book because of increased scrutiny, but he couldn't ditch it because Voldemort would kill him if he came back. Giving it to Ginny allowed him to get rid of the book with no meaningful consequences to his family regardless of the outcome.

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@MilesTrav Americans understand nobility. What we don't understand is stability. The ease of movement cause towns and cities to experience either boom or bust. You grow or you die. This assumption causes us to exaggerate the impact of nobility.

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@SadoMaoeamv @Templarpilled If the sport is racing in an open category, then whoever have the bester vehicle will have advantage greater than pure skill.

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@hailmaryloki @lin0000198556 Christianity limited who a king could kill. For treason, a king would kill the offending noble and strip the titles from the family. This happened to the Duke of Norfolk when he refused to convert to Anglicanism. The family title was later restored.

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@lin0000198556 @hailmaryloki Most of that history is fake. Museums in the 1800 made stuff up to sell tickets, and country would lie to foreigners to gain trade advantages. The Spanish Inquisition is a famous example are largely false history spread by British propaganda.

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@baalzamon35 @Nobu__11_ Maomao is a sociopath who follows the rules, and her condition is implied to be hereditary. She can function in society because her adoptive father knew she was a sociopath and instilled the discipline and obedience needed to be acceptable to society.

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@Devon_Eriksen_ The only problem with this post is that you should change the term from audience to customers. With prevalent piracy, most of the audience doesn't pay and authors run into trouble by listing to the pirates and alienating those who actually pay.