My 'child' wouldn't be at an ICE protest if they were actually a child.
And if they, as a young adult, went to one and got nailed with crowd control because they won a stupid prize, I would be mad at them for playing stupid games with Law Enforcement when I taught them what to look out for so they could GTFO before the spicy air and projectiles come out.
There's another aspect at play as well - your law enforcement and judicial system generally holds the monopoly on force. The conviction rate is something like 99%, the police are armed, and present.
The US generally doesn't have Koban, the nearest police officer might be 30+ min away by car (at speed) if you live in the country or not available due to staffing shortages in the city. And that's BEFORE accounting for gun violence - In the country, wildlife with rabies is enough of a threat to allow guns. In a lot of cities they're heavily restricted but the conviction rates here are much lower so the deterrent is much less.
10-15 years ago I didn't mind, because the only ones who tried to use it made an effort to be discrete, respectful, and not draw attention to their situation.
Nowadays I'm firmly against it because there's so many who feel ENTITLED to the space no matter how badly they fail to pass or how little effort they make to do so. Many are disrespectful when asked to wait because children are in there, and demand to be noticed taking up space and shoving it in everyone's face for internet clout.
If "the community" can't or won't police their own anymore, Women need to enforce their protections or we'll lose them to entitled men.
@HazelAppleyard@HelloFresh I don't think they thought this through. Because there is also Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis treatment for HIV... also known as PrEP, and the act of starting or being on the medication is also called "prepping".
@WillingBlam@matthewmercer@finalfantasyvii From what I've seen, it looks like (sounds like?) you did a great job respecting what people like about the character while also making it your own.
You keep saying this, yet as soon as progs start name-calling liberals "conservatives" or "right-wing", they start shuffling farther left instead of holding their ground.
Libertarians have a different but related issue - they are so obsessed with upholding a specific principle that they're willing to allow themselves to be manipulated into throwing away literally everything else to keep it as a shibboleth - including everything that gave it meaning as a principle.
Celebration parallax. Something is either gloriously true or scurrilously false based on who is saying it.
Since Conservatives were suggesting it as a logical continuance it was OBVIOUSLY disgustingly false and could never happen.
But now that Leftists are suggesting and implementing it - it's the most bravest and beautifulest and inclusivest thing everrrrrr! 🙄
But we already have commonly accepted modifiers like "surrogate", "biological", and "donor" that work better. No matter what method a homosexual or Trans couple uses it's always only 1 egg/1 sperm per child. Whatever 'mixing' method is used- genetically it's always going to come down that way and it can be tested to prove. There is ZERO need for this other than as a shibboleth.
@visegrad24 If a video is "too disturbing to be show in court" Life imprisonment without parole or death sentence should be the only sentence options if found guilty.
@uiyui_jk I'm sure it's less BO and more excess perfume/scented lotion for most situations. If you wear the same stuff every day you stop smelling it so you put on more because you like the smell. But for those around you... even good smells become bad when it's too heavy.
@fairymateria He's not conventionally attractive. Especially compared to many other male models in the game. But I can see why many people are drawn to the personality enough to overlook the general appearance and "age".
@AVGirl4Life Hopefully nothing. I wish for him to be a spark in the zeitgeist and fade away as people realize he does nothing useful for any society he touches.