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Are you familiar with the paradox of tolerance?

No, not at all, but I must highlight how all you’ve done here is to move the goalposts. You claimed use of force. You claimed coercion. I pushed back on those two points specifically. Now you’ve shifted to labels of ignorance and bigotry. It seems self evident to me that those are quite different concepts, yet you’re now conflating them. This isn’t supposed to be so hard. It’s right there in writing. Here it is again for convenience: See? Different... Much like the law isn’t what you keep saying it is despite repeated correction.

I’m reminded of how the actual law keeps getting misrepresented through this thread. Please, my friend, help me understand… By what specific mechanism are you being forced or coerced to do absolutely anything at all? Your position is being challenged. Criticized. Flaws highlighted and shown. As we do in science. But you’re claiming coercion. You’re claiming use of force. Kinda like you’ve been mistakenly claiming about the law itself. Sorry, brother. I’m not living this same fantasy with you, but a fantasy it is.

Is this another one of those “strong arguments with reasoning” to which you earlier referred? Or, perhaps it was one of these?

Because it’s not actually happening

Huh?

Again though, this isn’t even happening. When asked for examples, no valid / coherent / on-topic ones were shared. I’m reminded of arguments with creationists where they’d come in making mispronouncements about evolution saying my mom is a chimp or that humans should go around making babies with bonobos… or that evolution doesn’t explain abiogenesis so therefore is false and other ridiculous strawmen. The same issue is happening on US around schools right now with critical race theory. Interviews with people regularly lead to, “well… I don’t know what it is, but I know I don’t like it!” It’s sad seeing you guys do it here with this law. You: I don’t like the law bc it says X! Others: Well, no. It says Y, and that’s not even close to X and here’s why. You: I can’t believe all of you keep defending X! Such an echo chamber! Lather. Rinse. Repeat.

I’m quite calm. I’m also wondering why you continue struggling to properly comprehend (or at least represent) what the law does and does not actually do

Misinterpretations of a law, thinking it says and does one thing when it very clearly doesn't (as has been shown now roughly 17x, but for whatever reasons hasn't updated the thinking of those with said misinterpretations)

Lol... I desperately cried when saying this? Good to know. I look forward to Jordan Peterson smacking "this rhetoric out of [my] mouth with a witty comment" so I may reply in kind to his ridiculous hyperbole and strawman attack. I'd like to highlight here how nobody is silencing you except yourself. You still have an open platform to make your point and support your stance. You've just failed miserably at every attempt to do so, but the platform remains open to you and you're the only one saying you're taking your ball and going home. Out of curiosity, specifically which of your posts or points do you feel was a "strong argument with reasoning?" I saw a lot of requests to call you Ze and Thou, and bunches of personal barbs at me, for example, but not these "strong arguments with reason." I'm sure the fault is mine, though, and I simply missed it. Maybe you could use the quote function to reshare it and help me overcome my flaws / provide the opportunity for me and others to see the wisdom of your point and reconsider our own positions?

We just took our lemon tree inside for winter last week when the temps went to freezing. It too is a heavy beast. Casters are amazing inventions

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Do whatever, but comments and personal gripes will bleed across the threads and references will be made to others. I see the logic in splitting, but feel it will fail in implementation. Also, it’s only one or two people who are tossing in red herrings. Maybe deal with the bad actors instead of the topic as a whole.

It’d be more of an overflow valve than a drain hole. Unless it’s below the roots, I can’t see how it would help much. And if it’s below the roots, then the roots aren’t getting the water they need anyway. This is just a guess. I don’t know the answer. Take this with a grain of salt.

Who are you suggesting played the "race card?" It would appear you're suggesting I did, but if that's the case, then it suggests you're struggling either with honesty or reading comprehension issues (or potentially both). You should ask yourself... Do either of those possibilities bolster the position you're here defending, or are you really just continuing to troll and attempt to derail mature discussion about a highly charged topic with a flurry of disingenuous personal barbs and childish rhetorical feces flinging.

I’ll take progress where I can get it. After all… At least this time he’s not sexually assaulting his students and fondling nonconsenting women at conferences. 🙄 Fascinating. I hadn’t realized that white males were a protected class suffering from a long history of discrimination and brutal violence due solely to their gender identification.

I do like how everyone has started chasing the fresh new squirrel Koti has thrown into the mix… in what appears to be a banal attempt to distract us all from his profound failure to adequately defend his previous views and stances on the Peterson and trans pronouns issues… Quick!! Look over there!!! They took down white photos! Ho hum. Yawn.

It's called humor, and the funniest jokes as we all know are those we must later explain. Must. Resist. Urge... to tell you... to also stop being so... Sensitive

Nonsense. They're just trolling. Have been for a while

Indeed and agreed. My basic thinking, however, is that at some time AFTER that test one might encounter someone infected, increase their viral load, and pass it on to others without knowing. In essence, my original comment was you're ALWAYS able to pass the virus to others even when you've bene previously infected or fully vaccinated, so bear that in mind when thinking through these issues. It's not like you're impenetrable after 10 days, for example.

More like even when their immune system is able to dispatch it, this cleaning process takes time. Much like being immunized... helps afford protection, but isn't some 100% shield. Walk into an ER... even vaccinated or recovered from infection... you'll pick up virus. Then walk into a grocery store after and you can infect someone else.

Agree completely, but in this case one wonders why others felt it relevant to even mention in a thread like this... as if they were searching for rationalizations for their views, perhaps? And here I thought this thread was in the Politics forum. Kidding aside, if you feel you've been taken out of context, then correct me and point that out. I'm here arguing in good faith. I have a LONG history of doing so too, even if you don't happen to appreciate the rhetorical weapons I wield nor how I use them to make my case / erode the case of those who happen to disagree. Once more, you're reading into my words comments and meanings I don't intend. I am not asserting nor assuming any such thing about you (see also: my comments about potential blindspots). Stop being so sensitive. Lol

Yeah, that's a very common and useful trick... mixing CA glue with sanding dust. Great filler that tends to always match the material in that area. Same can be done with standard wood glue and sanding dust, in fact. Biggest issue of concern is it won't always take stain the same way as the surrounding area and sometimes looks different when finished with oils or polys, etc. If you do use the CA glue method, you can really speed things up with a quick spray of accelerator after the sanding. There's also a product from a company called Starbond where it's colored CA glue and comes in black and brown... which is really handy for filling small cracks and gaps like this.

Technically, a person can always transmit and shed virus regardless of when they were last infected

No worries, bud. We’re good ✌️